BITE user comments - bladud
Comments by bladud
This has been Bath's top jazz pub for as long as amyone can remember. Now under new management by the same people who run the Northey Arms and a couple of other foodie pubs in the country. Smartened up a bit but there's still jazz on Tuesday and Sundays. Menu looks good. Friendly enough pub with a lot of the old regulars still hanging around, but although there's a lot of handpumps and the beer is all well kept, it's all Wadworths. They don't even do Bellringer (which is brewed in the yard out the back) any more for goodness sake!
21 Jun 2007 17:58
Under new management. Beer (only Courage Beast at the moment) not only drinkable but actually quite good. The old place is getting smartened up no end. Garden cleared and there'll soon be BBQs. New landlord very affable fellow. Glad to see that the decline of this boozer wasn't terminal after all, and that things are definitely looking up.
21 Jun 2007 17:53
This pub was in the Good Beer Guide 8 years or so ago, but the management changed and things went downhill. I was told that I had to visit again as it was under new management. Glad I did. Very friendly couple running it, they keep the beer well and are trying to get a lot of different beers on too. Nice litle boozer, glad to see it back on form.
21 Jun 2007 17:49
OK, if you want to watch football, drink crap lager and shovel down reheated lasgane and chips, the Garricks probably isn't for you. This is one of the few pubs in town that regularly serve beers from Milk Street in Frome and Matthews in Timsbury, plus Palmers, and ace cider from Burrow Hill - all well kept. Proper food too. Gastro it may be, and there is a big wine list, but it's fine if you just want a drink too. And sitting outside in one of the most interesting bits of Bath is a pretty good way of passing the time as well.
21 Jun 2007 17:43
The Crown and Anchor, Upper Weston
Recently revamped with an Indian restaurant upstairs, pub still open.
21 Jun 2007 14:09
The Pony and Trap, Knowle Hill
Turned up here on spec Saturday lunchtime. Beer fine (though not a great selection), food excellent. Lots of fresh fish, generous portions, bistro style but not bistro style prices. And still a proper country pub. Young staff, very friendly. Will definitely return.
21 Jun 2007 13:23
The Plough and Harrow, Monknash
This is a briliant pub. Lots of character, very friendly staff, splendid range of beers, some direct from the barrel, and ciders. The food hits the spot too - not too pricey and the right mix of normal pub grub and bistro-style nosh. Old-fashioned farmhouse interior, nice garden, and there are plans so they tell me to open a brewery. Just wish it was closer to home.
29 Jun 2007 14:29