Bank Public House

The Bank Tavern, also recorded as the Bank Public House, is an independent free house pub in the city of Bristol, England. It presents itself as a small pub with a big heart, tucked away from the bustle of the city centre, and states that it has stood since the 1800s. As a free house it is not tied to a particular brewery, and it stocks what it describes as local and national award-winning ales, ciders and lagers alongside a food offer. The pub's best-known speciality is its Sunday roast. It says its roasts have been talked about for years and that it was crowned the home of Bristol's best Sunday Lunch at the Observer Food Monthly Awards in 2019 and at the Bristol Good Food Awards in 2018. Roasts are served from 12pm every Sunday across three sittings, with locally sourced ingredients, vegetarian options and attention to allergy requirements. The pub also offers outdoor seating throughout the year. The Bank Tavern trades as an independent, privately run hospitality business rather than as part of a large pub group or brewery estate. Its own account of itself is informal and characterful, mixing pride in its beer and food with humour about the British weather and about the challenges facing the hospitality trade. It remains an active Bristol pub and a recognised local destination for Sunday lunch.

The Bank Tavern, also recorded as the Bank Public House, is a pub in the city of Bristol, England. According to its own account, the building has stood since the 1800s, and the pub describes itself as having survived an alarming number of riots, two world wars, Bristol City Council town planners and the Thatcher era, bringing it up to the present day. This self-description places the pub within the long history of Bristol's historic drinking houses rather than among modern chain outlets. It operates as an independent free house, meaning it is not tied to a brewery and can choose its own stock. It emphasises local and national award-winning ales, ciders and lagers, and presents itself as a small pub with a big heart, tucked away from the bustle of the city centre. Outdoor seating is available throughout the year. Its modern reputation rests heavily on food, particularly the Sunday roast. The pub states that its roasts have been the talk of the town for years and that it was crowned the home of Bristol's best Sunday Lunch at the Observer Food Monthly Awards in 2019 and at the Bristol Good Food Awards in 2018. It continues to serve roasts from 12pm every Sunday across three sittings, with plentiful portions, locally sourced ingredients from trusted suppliers in and around Bristol, vegetarian options and accommodation of allergy requirements. Its website notes that Sunday lunches for 2026 sold out again, indicating sustained demand. The pub's tone is deliberately informal and humorous, joking about the British weather and about political and regulatory pressures on hospitality. It remains an active, privately run Bristol pub and a recognised local destination for beer and Sunday lunch.

• The Bank Tavern building is said to have stood since the 1800s.

• Wins the Bristol Good Food Awards for Bristol's best Sunday Lunch in 2018.

• Crowned the home of Bristol's best Sunday Lunch at the Observer Food Monthly Awards in 2019.

• Sunday lunches for 2026 sell out again, according to the pub's website.

Independent free house pub with a small, characterful, community-minded identity, known for award-winning Sunday roasts and a strong local drinks selection.

• Sunday roast

  Award-winning roasts served from 12pm every Sunday across three sittings, with locally sourced ingredients and vegetarian options.

• Ales, ciders and lagers

  Local and national award-winning drinks stocked by the free house.

1. 1The Bank Tavern | A Uniquely Inhospitable Placebanktavern.com
2. 2Bank Public Housewikidata.org