BITE user comments - StephenS
Comments by StephenS
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.
11 Oct 2005 01:37
Fine beers. Summer Lightning the real star when we visited. All the noise went on upstairs, they have a games room or something. But a real survivor among Bath's city pubs. Recommended.
11 Oct 2005 01:27
The Volunteer Riflemans Arms, Bath
Quiet, tucked away?
Mmm. It can be hugely loud in the evenings. The beer is always good, but sorry, not for me.
Rude staff. Loutish clientele. Though of observational interest if you are into tattooed heads and attempt to break the world record for the f-word.
I'll do my best to be kind in the rating, because of the beer. Can't complain about that.
11 Oct 2005 01:23
Well, gone now... It was no great shakes in its final few months, to be honest. Main gripe was expensive, revolting coffee. I can't say why it's closed or what will come next, but there is a big shake-up in Bath city centre atm, as businesses are shunted out of a 1960s monstrosity about to be redeveloped. Lots of leases are currently changing hands. Sam Wellers may be part of this game of musical retail outlets...
So a 'don't know' rating it is.
11 Oct 2005 01:17
Well, I can't understand the 4.0 rating this pub currently has, so I will do my best to bump it right up. The beer is mainly local, and good. The food, which is a very big feature here (and hence it will not appeal to all - this is not a beer and skittles village local) is imaginative, unpretentious and very soundly cooked. And not expensive. The service is friendly and you do not have to issue reminders, even when they're very busy.
It is also, for residents of Bath beleaguered by tourists and what caters for them on the one hand, and local yokels and the ****holes that cater for them on the other, a blessed and accessible relief.
11 Oct 2005 01:08
Excellent beer, food and company. Deserves to be supported
11 Oct 2005 00:57
Stayed in the village recently. The pub is excellent. Good range of well-kept beers, very much above-average but affordable food, much of it locally-sourced, and above all a friendly welcome - from publicans, staff and locals alike.
If you have a chance and it's the kind of thing that interests you, visit the village church. It's remarkable.
11 Oct 2005 00:52
The Black Bear, Moreton in Marsh
No, can't recommend at all. On the evening of our visit, they summarily disontinued food because they were catering for a party of 50 in the restaurant. Six people left very disappointed. Not good enough. They should plan better.
Bangladeshi restaurant over the road is excellent.
11 Oct 2005 01:44