The Boater, Bath - pub details
Address: 9 Argyle Street, Bath, Somerset, BA2 4BQ [map] [gmap]
Tel: 01225 464211
Bath Spa (0.4 miles), Oldfield Park (1.1 miles), Freshford (4.1 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Outside seating
Pub suggested by Sophie on 3 Feb 2004
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> Current user rating: 6.1/10 (rated by 16 users)
> Local guides: Bath pub guide, Somerset pub guide
other pubs nearby:
Rummer, Bath (0.1 miles), Rising Sun, Bath (0.1 miles), Coeur de Lion, Bath (0.1 miles), All Bar One, Bath (0.1 miles), Saracens Head, Bath (0.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Boater, Bath
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| Nice pub with good beer but food is a bit pedestrian. BobOs - 12 Aug 2008 21:52 |
| Beer garden/car park is ok for the summer. Wadworth 6X and Bath Ales Gem on tap. Strange mixture of locals and students and rugby supporters. Also drunk rugby players causing mayhem. Last time a went was in May the day after Bath won the European Challene Cup. Most of the Bath team were in there and I passed Matt Stevens (what an ape!) on the stairs. They were all plastered and making the pub a very unpleasant environment! Dancing on tables etc. Okay so they had a right to celebrate but trying to pick a fight with me wasn't a good idea! Why are all rugby players (and supporters) idiots after drinking half a shandy!? mattbeer - 10 Aug 2008 18:18 |
| Decent pub. Cosy bar. Good beer. As others have said, rather sterile basement bar, and rather annoyingly they didn't have sound on when I was last there. Great garden for the summer, tho' can get crowded (and large no of steps to negotiate if a bit merry). MrBlue - 5 Jun 2008 14:46 |
| Dose anyone Have a good picture of this pubs garden? x magicmushroom_123 - 15 Apr 2008 20:53 |
| Was down in Bath for the weekend and as it was a surprise weekend arranged by the wife and she did not tell me where we were going, was unable to utilise beerintheevening to research decent watering holes before coming down. So after a Sunday morning of walking around the Royal Crescent and the Assembly rooms and then back across town to the Grand Parade to ogle at Pulteney Bridge I was about ready for a beer and had spotted the Rummer. Unfortunately the wife spotted the Girlie boutique shops on Pulteney Bridge so across we went. However, the great Beer God was smiling and next to one particular boutique was the Boater. Not only that, but on the TV , plainly visible from outside, was the Saracens v Bath game just about to start and the realisation that I could overcome the disappointment us not being back home to watch the game live at Vicarage Road , by being able to watch it on the box at the home of the opposition and surrounded by the opposition. So after some negotiation with the other half, which involved me funding the purchase of another top to go along with the other 3000 blouses she has already, in we went. As for the pub itself Mr_Knowsit’s report is fairly spot on. It is on three levels, pool room upstairs which I did not venture into, nice wooden local’s style mid level with traditional bar area with alcoves and lots of Bath Rugby memorabilia ( and on this occasion lots of Bath supporters ) and now since the smoking ban, not smoky at all. And then a downstairs cellar bar , which was quite the opposite décor, being very bright and a bit sterile, more resembling a wine bar rather than a pub bar. I can understand why this is popular with the students. Being Sunday, the food on offer was traditional Sunday Roast which all looked really good and large. Unfortunately, but the time we had concluded that the Sarries were up for this encounter and we would stay to watch it , they had run out of roasts, probably not accounting for the 1.30PM rugby kick off when they were calculating the number of spuds needed.. . This meant we just had to drink more bitters, which were Wadsworths 6X, CW Bombardier and a local brew which I have now forgotten the name of. All were good and very drinkable, and the two ladies behind the bar were polite and efficient. And all this rounded off by a hard fought Saracen’s victory. Have to say we didn’t experience and animosity from the local Bath supporters, even when getting excited when Sarries crossed the try line. But then again this is the Gentleman’s game, and we weren’t from Bristol. Gann - 28 Jan 2008 17:03 |
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