The Pig & Fiddle, Bath

Many years ago when I first visited Bath this was the only pub I managed to get to as I only had an hour to spare. At the time it was owned by the now defunct Ash Vine brewery and was about half the size. It’s been broken through into the shop behind it since then and is now much more spacious. At one end is the bar area where an island bar serves the eclectic mix of visitors. Students, punks, bikers, French girlies on tour, they were all in. The newer area is long and thin with assorted seating all around including a couple of tables with Marvel comic characters under the glass. There’s a mural that looks like a religious artefact from ancient Greece until you notice that there is a Bath rugby ball floating in the sea etc. Pigs all around the place as you might expect especially when you go upstairs to the toilets. Every time you look around you see something new. There’s a fish tank as well, oh and Xbox games can be played. There’s loads of stuff in here, the food was pretty good as well. 6 handpumps on the bar including a traditional cider. Abbey Bellringer plus 4 changing guests. I had four different pints in here over two days and all were very good. It’s a great place.

Very busy large single bar pub with a large roadside patio drinking area,two entrances one of them has steep steps,not recommended for the Aged or "3 sheets to the wind" patrons. 5 real ales on tap on our visit