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The Rai d'Or, Salisbury

69 Brown Street
Salisbury
SP1 2AS

Phone: 01722327137

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Salisbury Central

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Ian Mapp left this review about The Rai d'Or

Met my needs completely, as I was good beer guide ticking (2026) and fancying a Thai meal.

The restaurant side of the business is efficient and not too intrusive but it did mean that all other customers were here for the food. Wisely, this meant keeping the cask to two offerings and my chosen Frome Brewery Usual Best Bitter was perfect. Food was good too.

Blue plaque outside to the C14th landlady. Everything else you need to know is documented here in other reviews.

On 16^th May 2026 - rating: 8
[User has posted 1857 recommendations about 1823 pubs]

Tris C left this review about The Rai d'Or

Grade II-listed and dating in some form to the 13th century, the Rai d’Or (Golden Ray) claims to have the oldest history of any Salisbury pub; it also has a CAMRA Historic Interior rating of *.
Drinking is permitted to the central and left-hand area, but if customers so wish, the right-hand side is essentially a dedicated Thai restaurant, which explains the Siamese carvings. Otherwise, there’s a log burning stove, low ceilinged and atmospheric with a few unnecessary modern nods.
There were two cask options, with Great Uncle John’s Bootleg Beer and Downton Elder Quad, £2.40 a half and good.
Worth a look, but not a special trip.

On 15^th April 2026 - rating: 6
[User has posted 2337 recommendations about 2279 pubs]

Strongers . left this review about The Rai d'Or

The Rai d'Or is an L-shaped pub and Thai restaurant where just drinkers are more than welcome. The three hand pumps were drawing Frome Brewery’s Great Uncle John’s Bootleg Beer Session IPA, Downton Brewery’s Elder Quad Session Pale and Sandford Orchards Devon Red Cider. The Downton and cider were on good form and served by a friendly member of staff. I enjoyed this visit, but this is one of the furthest pubs from the railway station in central Salisbury so I don’t think I’ll be walking out here again, but it was worth a visit to have a look.

On 2^nd April 2026 - rating: 6
[User has posted 6673 recommendations about 6635 pubs]

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