A great place to hire for family functions with a massive concert hall and stage. Many an evening…read moredancing the night away. A dart board, pool table, skittle alley and 2 full size snooker tables mean there is plenty of entertainent. The downside is that you have to be a member unless youre hiring.

If you visited Nailsea & Backwell rugby club 15 years ago, you'd be walking into what looks like a…read moresize 45 shoe box with a stuffed crocodile behind the bar. When the club relocated to Nailsea, the upgrade was anything but subtle. The new club is one of the best in the region, with gym facilities, male and female changing rooms and a double bar upstairs with a huge conference room. The club is great, the people are fantastic, and the food is er the food is for rugby players who just went through 80 minutes of enough hell not to care. The club always holds an annual beer & cider festival which is absolutely brilliant, and has various events throughout the year with a particularly good fireworks display at around guy fawkes time. It has a huge car park and a great place to play or watch a bit of rugby, and if you want to join a boxing or running club, then this a great place to start. For all the facilities Nailsea & Backwell has to offer, I think a visit to their website is well worth the time.

Real site: http://www.nbrfc.co.uk/…read more Good club with come excellent facilities - bar area is a little compact (when you get a lot of people in it)...but great atmosphere and very enjoyable. Good training for kids/mini-rugby and lots of interest. Great coaching and mentoring for the younger players too. A really great bunch of people.

Great venue for comedy, cabaret and live music with a large function room upstairs with bar and…read morestage, and smaller function room downstairs with bar. It also boasts pool tables, a snooker room, three skittle alleys, plenty of darts facilities and other pub games. Basket meals and other hot food every night of the week and lunchtimes at weekends. There is an outdoor terrace overlooking the leafy canal basin. Members enjoy cheaper bar prices and concessionary ticket prices on some events.

Bowling clubs seem to have a great knack for hiding themselves away in places that you don't expect…read morethem to be. This club is just such a place, literally hidden between Marlborough and Sandringham Road - you don't even notice that it's there, which is remarkable given the size of it. There are both men and women's bowling teams that play both competitive and friendly games. Penylan Bowling Club now also supports the Cardiff Bridge club which meets on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. They have over 150 members, and it's a great social club. Both of these games are usually associated with more mature people, but I there are a lot of younger members here. The two clubs often hold social events like barbeques which often feature live music and dancing, and occasionally include a game of bingo.

I went to the Hen & Chicken for a family birthday and Sunday Lunch, and while the food wasn't…read moreamazing, it is a great pub with an awesome vibe. First and foremost, the hen & Chicken is a pub - and a good one at that! It is big, set over a couple of levels and has a really nice central bar. While all very standard, they serve a decent selection of ales, ciders, largers and spirits. It's everything you'd expect from a pub bar. The atmosphere and clientele differs slightly from day time to night time, when during the day you'll find a full range of people, and night times being a slightly younger crowd. From Friday night and over the weekend, it gets very lively, is open later and has a great atmosphere. They also do some really good comedy night in their comedy room upstairs. I've never ben to one, but the line up for Jan/Feb looked great and I've heard from others that it's really good. Definitely one I need to check out! The Sunday lunch wasn't amazing; the beef was lovely and the Yorkshire pub was also really good, but as a lover of veg, I was a bit let down. The gravy was super tasty, but was really thin and didn't really stick to anything, so didn't really add any flavour to the rest of the food, which was a real shame. I'll definitely be going back for drinks, a night out, coffee in the afternoon - but probs not for Sunday Lunch.

This 3 stars is based on the roast, I need to go back and enjoy it for the great pub it seems to be…read moreand update my stars! I've become a bit of a roast dinner snob lately and although the rare beef (which tasted deliciously rare but wasn't pink) and Yorkshire were really lovely, veg is important to me. I got powdery potatoes, soggy carrots and parsnips and tasteless cabbage. It's like they knew because they hid it underneath the ginormous Yorkshire and tender beef (which made it all even soggier!). It was all a bit luke warm too. We paid extra for cauliflower cheese but this was just raw cauliflower with a tiny bit of cheese sauce dribbled on top. The veggie roast and burger didn't look great either. And how can it be called the Hen and Chicken and chicken isn't an option on the roast menu? It's lamb or beef! Maybe it's to protect the chickens! We went for a family birthday meal and I had a great time. The staff were accommodating to our big table and the service was good. The pub itself is very cool. The decor is quite wooden and arty and there's a nice beer garden out the back. Upstairs they do comedy and that looks like a very fun and popular thing to do of an evening. The bar was fully stocked and the drinks were nice. Overall I'd dodge the food but definitely go again for an amazing atmosphere and very cool place to hang out with friends and family. Kids are welcome so bring everyone!

Zywiec (pronounced Zee-Vee-Etts) is Poland's greatest lager, and is served merrily and in freeform…read morein this tardis-like basement bar. Easy to walk past without noticing (it is located next to the church on St Paul's Rd, and has a small sign in Polish above the door), this is the entertainment venue of choice for a very diverse crowd, 99% of whom are not, in fact, Polish. A great place, and you'll be amazed at its capacity once you finally find where it is!

They have a vast selection of different cocktails and wines…read moreto choose from. One reason I probably choose this place among others is because I feel comfortable here.

The first pub you get to from the bear pit going to Stokes Croft. This looks generally like a good…read morepub for groups of people (which it is) but it has a surprising secret in also having great food and well-looked after beer. Their food is organic and very tasty. They aren't mean on their portion size either. They have six beers on at a time, often Gem, Doom Bar and Deuchers IPA and last time I went they had Golden Hare and Butcombe. They have a full bar, interestingly some vegan wine, and live jazz on a Monday (8-10pm) which means they get a mixed crowd of friendly crusties, backpackers staying upstairs and those who like food and beer which is not a bad thing. Vibe is always friendly and chatty. I have felt comfortable here as a couple and with a group of about 20 of us trying to organise a new year party whilst eating lunch and having a beer - the staff handled our comings and goings with ease. Pub is open til 11-ish (12-ish on the weekends) and they have the next door Attic Bar for later nights.

The Full Moon's rising over Stoke's Croft - a backpacker hotel, a bar, a club, a party venue, and a…read moredamned fine attempt at a gastro-menu - this place has got it all. For banging tunes - hot new DJs in the Attic Bar - fluro lights and fancy cocktails. For chilled largers and perfectly cooked organic steaks head for the Full Moon pub on the opposite side of the courtyard. Fancy a kip in a comfy (if basic) room for less than forty quid a night? Head upstairs to the hostel. To top it all - they play host to the Bristol festival, Drum 'n' Bass nights and great gigs - officially the hottest venue in the 'up and coming' Stokes Croft area right now, and deservedly so, methinks.

Stumbled upon a wonderful little pub that is community owned by 700 of the locals that often…read morefrequent the place. Much friendlier vibe than I've found at many of the other crowded areas in bath and cheaper prices if you venture just a bit out from the main city centre area.

Although it is definitely a tourist place, the portions are large and the food is solid. The…read moreservice was also friendly and prompt.