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Best pub in Bath if you don't want to drink with chavs. They've got the Lamb & Lion down the road. Always 5 real ales on tap - Hobgoblin, Gem, Brakspear, London Pride and Dirty Trick (Wychwood) at the moment. New manager and his wife are nice (previous managers now run the Royal Oak by Windsor Bridge in Twerton). Best juke box in town for metalheads, skaters, goth and emos.
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Good pub. Great name, good atmosphere and great beers. The kind of place that makes me wish i hadn't quit smoking.
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Could do with a clean. And the pub too!! Boom Boom.
Average pub beer choice ok at best ( London Pride anyone !!! ).I give it a five as I had to get a piercing to fit in ( conformist that I am ).
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Nice. A good choice of Hobgoblin ales and Bath Ales too - kept a little too cold in my opinon. Black seems to be a reccuring theme. Jukebox has an ample selection of heavy metal and the grafiti in the mens toilets makes fo interesting reading. Haloween is the best time to visit.
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Travelling from Australia I walked into this pub and felt right at home. Great people doing a good job to try and please. Pool room seems a waste of space.
anonymous - 16 Sep 2006 22:04 |
Probably the darkest pub in bath- at least downstairs in the cellar- which is good enough to scare off most annoying people to the Lamb and Lion nearby. Really good selection of mostly Hobgoblin ales, and pool tables upstairs. Many 'bespoke' people make this an interesting place to hang out.
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There is a slightly rough and ready feel to this street-corner pub, but I quite like coming in here. The main bar has a good atmosphere, and there is more room downstairs if required. The beer quality has lacked consistency in my opinion, and seems to suffer in warmer weather.
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so so - Bell much better in my opinion
Sophie
anonymous - 15 Nov 2005 13:05 |
No, this is Ok. Attracts all sorts. And conversation at the bar is wide-ranging,erudite.. and often pissed. Wass wrong with that? It's a pub, innit?
Staff (and customers) especially hot and voluble on music.
Existential reassurance definitely to be found here.
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I visited here on my wedding anniversary (how romantic!) and loved it. There's a new manager who seems intent on getting a bit more music and life into the place. Let's hope the brewery / owners give him their backing, and this pub could be firmly back on the map.
Great beer and a fabulous alternative atmosphere make this pub a real treasure.
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Perhaps we visited it on a bad day, but the beer wasn't very good, to say the least - that combined with our visit to the 'drinking area down the stairs' (looked like no-one had been there, let alone cleaned the place for some time) caused us to leave our drinks and the 'establishment' quite swiftly. Our advice to visitors to the area would be keep clear of this place, and go directly to the Bell (which is where I wish we'd stayed).
anonymous - 3 Dec 2004 16:53 |
I visited this pub last year and I have to say that it was a breath of fresh air. Good beer
daevie - 12 Oct 2004 21:52 |
I remember being asked if I was old enough to buy a pack of fags in here, when I was 24.
Bit of a pikey pub, and also very very expensive for no real reason
TheGP - 12 Aug 2004 09:58 |
Has unfortunately lost a lot of its charm since becoming a Balaclava / Pubs 'n Bars "asset". Locals are still very loyal but without serious investment - including actually fixing the leaks and creaks - the pub will become just another memory. Sad.
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Odd atmosphere. Gets a range of customers. Standard range of real ales for a Hobgoblin chain pub.
Mark - 4 Mar 2004 16:11 |
Intriguing pub. Very relaxed atmosphere and great for people watching.Good quiz on a Tuesday as well.
mdma - 31 Jan 2004 12:09 |
Pool tables upstairs never seem to get busy - bonus! Good selection of ales.
kev - 24 Jan 2004 14:01 |
Occupying three floors of a bizarrely shaped triangular building, this is a pub overflowing with character. With its regular events such as live music and party nights, it appeals to pretty much anyone with a pulse and a sense of fun, although particularly your alternative-set Bath students and beardy travellers. Expect a wooden floor, a warm atmosphere, odd-looking barmaids, and imps on the walls. This is my favourite UK boozer outside of London.
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