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The Bridge Tap, Salisbury
Salisbury
SP2 7RG
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Bucking Fastard left this review about The Bridge Tap
A solid looking building by the bridge over the Avon,it's now home to an open plan sports bar with no real ale ,cheap and dull pub grub despite some effort to help vegans and gluten intollerants.
There are a lot of sports flatscreens at the front,on mute thankfully on my Thursday lunchtime visit.The high tables are in the central section,low profile tables and comfy chairs to the right while further back beyond the bar is a rear section with some neon.
There are 14 wall mounted taps behind the left sided bar with drink names numbered on barrel ends above the taps.On my trip there were 5 sparkling ciders,three multinational brands (Camden Hells,Brixton Reliance Pale and Beavertown Neck Oil with indie beers Tall Tale Pale,Wild Under the Sun Hazy IPA,Easy Living Pale,BrewDog Punk IPA and Wingman and Tiny Rebel Electic Boogaloo which was only moderately interesting.The complete lack of dark beer and a focus on Pales and IPAs left me unispired.
It's a paint by numbers keg house and not one that I plan to revisit,once was quite enough.
On 11th May 2025
- rating: 5
[User has posted 2971 recommendations about 2971 pubs]
Dave Jones left this review about The Bridge Tap
Visited with my mates earlier in the month and was served by Scott who kept our drinks flowing. Loved it! We will be back, thank you Scott.
On 30th April 2025
- rating: 10
[User has posted 1 recommendations about 1 pubs]
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Gill Smith left this review about The Bridge Tap
With time really running out for our time in Salisbury this was a quick visit and I found a beer from Penton Park brewery called 50 not out, apparently brewed to celebrate a relatives birthday and very good it as too.
On 12th May 2019
- rating: 7
[User has posted 1339 recommendations about 1222 pubs]
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Graham Coombs left this review about The Bridge Tap
A large barn of a place, with a lot of money spent furnishing in the current Tap style, as no doubt it was in previous incarnations as Slug & Lettuce, Hogshead etc. A mixture of distressed wood, tiles and industrial fittings, with the odd splash of colour. There is a pizza bar at the rear and a small riverside terrace at the side. Four handpumps on the bar serve a changing range of ales, along with a batch of craft beers and keg cider. as well as a couple in boxes. Not unpleasant at quiet times of day, but probably heaving at 'circuit' times.
On 27th October 2018
- rating: 7
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Quinno _ left this review about The Slug & Lettuce
A converted chapel next to the river by the bridge. Pleasantly surprised to find five pumps ale pumps within; Hobgoblin, Doom Bar, Cottage Sunset, Ringwood 49er (so-so), Dorset knob (so-so) and GK IPA. Long interior, classic Slug with a cheap laminate floor, tub chair seating, mirrored bar back etc. Raised area to rear. Shame the quality wasn’t up to much at it wasn’t that bad a location. Formerly a Hogshead.
On 23rd October 2014
- rating: 5
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E TA left this review about The Slug & Lettuce
Formerly The Hogshead, this is one of the better S&L pubs. It consists of a large, airy bar on the ground floor with wooden flooring and good views of the river, and an upper floor bar which appeared closed. It forms a triangle with the King's Head and Town Mill, a good location for outdoor Summer drinking. There are tv screens and gaming machines, while the background music as, for once, pleasant and unobtrusive. It's popular with the younger element, though there was also a sprinkling of CAMRA members and more mature drinkers present. There are some very cheap meal deals on offer, and they have 3 ales on - I had Old Thumper this time around, which was in very good condition. Worth a visit for a pint or a cheap snack, and definitely worth including on a City crawl.
On 10th May 2013
- rating: 7
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Nigel Rowe left this review about The Slug & Lettuce
Competing with a Wetherspoon's opposite, the Slug & Lettuce offers real ales at a reasonable price. Good, quick food and good quality beer on offer. For churchgoers, it is near to a United Reformed Church, not a Methodist!
On 7th July 2011
- rating: 6
[User has posted 65 recommendations about 57 pubs]
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Nigel Rowe left this review about Hogs Head Clock Tower
Now a Slug and Lettuce.
On 13th August 2007
- no rating submitted
[User has posted 65 recommendations about 57 pubs]