The Hare and Hounds

You'll find yourself on a residential stretch of Lansdown, away from the Georgian crush of the city centre, where this pub feels genuinely lived-in rather than designed. The Hare and Hounds has that unhurried quality you want from a proper boozer—the kind where regulars nod at the bar and the staff actually know what they're doing. It's the place you stumble upon and think: why don't more pubs feel like this? The real draw is the food and drink offering, which takes the whole thing seriously without being pretentious about it. Real ales get proper attention, and the kitchen produces proper cooking that makes you want to linger over a second pint.