The Bath Brew House Reviews Summary

Category: Brewpub

Address: 14 James St W, Bath, BA1 2BX, United Kingdom

Phone: +441225805609

Rating: 4.1
based on 159 reviews.

Beer Selection

Pros:

  • "A great pub with a decent selection of ales and craft beers."
  • "Tonnes to choose from on draught."
  • "Great beer - so much choice."
  • "I was impressed with the number of beers on cask and draught."
  • "An excellent selection of their own and guest beers."
  • "Great selection of local and non local beers."
  • "Great beer selection which rotates frequently."

Cons:

  • "Average selection of beer."
  • "The choice when we were there was poor... All beers low percentage and not a great mix of different styles, not exactly craft."
  • "The beer wasnt anything to write home about."
  • "really rather disappointed, while service was great the beer selection was terrible."
  • "It's overpriced, full of bargey students and has a rubbish selection of beer."
  • "If you like American IPAs... sadly disappointed with the lack of grapefruit thirst quenching promise from these IPAs."
  • "The beer flight we had was a great variety of different beers."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food is delicious and very well presented."
  • "Food was spot on - my Mushroom Wellington was perfect and my other half said the burger might be the best he's ever had."
  • "Great quality food."
  • "Food is tasty and very well portioned."
  • "All our meals were great, my roast chicken was delicious."
  • "Food was plentiful and delicious."
  • "Really good food - mainly meat and barbecue focused due to their smokehouse out back, but they also have some decent veggie options."

Cons:

  • "The rest was very poor! The parsnips were raw, along with the kale."
  • "Burger which was even worse; red raw with blood in the middle."
  • "The food was atrocious."
  • "Vegetarian burger was also dry and tasteless."
  • "The food served is ok but nothing special."
  • "The food was a little disappointing. The beef was cooked to death and the roast potatoes were also overcooked."
  • "Both the pork and chicken were dry and overcooked and the majority left."

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "Staff are generally welcoming and friendly, but were majorly let down."
  • "The staff are very knowledgeable on their drinks."
  • "The staff were polite and friendly."
  • "Great staff eager to make the event run as smoothly as possible."
  • "The staff are helpful and knowledgeable of their business."
  • "The staff have been working so incredibly hard to make reopening possible."
  • "Staff is attentive and lovely."

Cons:

  • "There was no apology and I was made to feel that somehow I was at fault."
  • "Needless to say, I won’t be recommending or coming back. Really frustrating."
  • "Possibly the slowest service I've ever had in a bar."
  • "Food was great but service lacked customer focus."
  • "The service and food availability was poor."
  • "Visited here yesterday lunchtime... was served by a young chap who obviously didn't want to be there, quite abrupt and needs people skills."
  • "Hour wait for food. Brought the wrong food. Awful service and when confronted just shrugged shoulders and didn't care."

Ambiance and Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "The outside space is bright, colourful and industrial."
  • "Beautiful interiors."
  • "The outside seating is fantastic and gives a great vibe."
  • "Beautiful Brew House Pub with a lovely atmosphere and great choice of ales, quirky, quaint and all social distancing and government guidelines adhered to without losing its atmosphere, easy to find in a great location in Bath centre."
  • "Nice atmosphere and decoration but fairly cold inside."
  • "A nice open pub, clean seats and nice decor and vibe."
  • "Lovely atmosphere as well."

Cons:

  • "I'd give it 0 stars if I could, blasting music stupidly loud."
  • "Worst bar in Bath by a longshot."
  • "Saturday evening the urine smell heading up stairs to toilets was horrendous."
  • "Toilets stink of piss soon as you walk in."
  • "Very discriminatory and racist."
  • "Its not really a garden..more a space with seagulls...which seem to make eating outside a nightmare."
  • "One of the worst bars I've been to in a long time. Very loud, very dirty."

Price and Value

Pros:

  • "Prices were in line with many pubs in the area."
  • "Also get 15% student discount. Fair prices."
  • "Very reasonably priced."
  • "Food was nice...a bit expensive but still nice."
  • "The servings are delectable and huge, so mind the orders."
  • "Great beers, one of the best beer gardens and nice food."
  • "The food was a decent portion and quality."

Cons:

  • "The nachos were fabulous but a bit overpriced."
  • "Very standard pub food, unfortunately the prices don’t reflect this."
  • "Food, was nothing like the pictures and extremely overpriced for what you got."
  • "I thought the buffet food was lovely but rather over-priced given what I heard the company paid for it - almost double the amount spent on drinks."
  • "It's overpriced, full of bargey students and has a rubbish selection of beer."
  • "The app was very problematic and took 30 minutes to place an order."
  • "Relatively good pub with extravagant pricing."

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