The Farm — Restaurant in Bristol

A Proper Pint in a Proper Pub Having just completed a volunteering day at the City Farm—a noble attempt at hard graft that left me knackered and questioning every life choice that led me to this moment—I found myself in desperate need of a pint. Not just any pint, but a cold, rewarding, life-affirming pint that would make me forget the fact that I'd spent the last several hours shovelling something that smelled suspiciously like regret.

Enter The Farm, St Werburgh’s very own community-driven boozer, nestled in Bristol’s most effortlessly cool enclave—a place where urban hippies, artists, and ex-Londoners priced out of Hackney congregate in a haze of craft ale and good intentions. And what a pub it is. No corporate nonsense, no desperate gastropub menu trying to convince you that a "deconstructed scotch egg" is something other than an insult. Just a proper pub, with a proper crowd, and a properly poured Guinness that would make an Irishman weep.

The Guinness, by the way, was exceptional. Silky, rich, poured with the reverence of a man who knows that rushing the process is a crime punishable by exile. And the service? Friendly, warm, exactly what you want when you walk into a place where the furniture has stories and the punters have beards that predate their mortgages. St Werburgh’s, much like The Farm, has its own unmistakable vibe—one that is refreshingly resistant to the creeping sterility of identikit pubs that serve £7 pints with a side of indifference. It’s a little gem, a place where people actually talk to each other, where the pub is an extension of the community rather than a hushed temple of avocado toast and ironic wallpaper.

We stayed for two, obviously. Maybe three. Who’s counting? After all, it was the first real day’s work I’d done in years.

And if lifting a pint counts as manual labour, then I might just come back for another...

Edit: The farm responded to this review and kept true to their word and discounted my next meal. Haven't tried the roast again but the pizza's are banging. Again big up the staff as well, such lovely people.

The staff here are lovely, the outdoor space is really lush on a summers day.

The roast is really disappointing. We keep giving it another chance and hoping they've gone back to their previous standard but we're let down every time. This used to be my favourite place for a Sunday roast but the last couple of years I've been disappointed every time I've had a roast here. The most recent roast was today, the veg selection was much better than the last few times but for £16 a roast we got two small bits of lamb that were the same size as thin cut bacon. I just don't think waiting for over an hour and paying that much for a plate of veg is okay. Especially as I know what they used to serve. The gravy was nothing to rave about , pretty watery and bland and the cauliflower cheese was a joke - £6 for two pieces of cauliflower. Such a shame really. The vegan roast had less veg than the meat or veggie ones and overall looked much smaller. There are much much better places to go for a roast in Bristol.

They've updated their menu mon-sat and thank god as I was served a half raw chicken burger just before the menu revamp. Went for a pizza recently and it was really really good but we waited close to an hour for the pizza then as well and we were the only table who had ordered food...

You can't book to roast here which means you have to turn up early (they start serving at midday) or get lucky. The extensive beer garden is always chocka and often with families as well as your usual werbs suspects. We found the staff friendly and the roast really really tasty and very reasonably priced indeed. The veggies and vegans were really happy with the vegetable ballotine as a foil to the usual nutroast and the omnivores were also really pleased. As I said the cost is very reasonable which perhaps explains the quite small portion for a Sunday roast. One of our number had the children's portion (an excellent option as not everyone wants to be stuffed sideways with a roast...and being told at some places you can't have the child's portion because you're an adult is absolutely ridiculous) which was markedly cheaper but was only one potato less. I personally didn't find the portion size to be too disturbing but the hungrier among you should probably just watch out for it. Overall though a good experience and we...