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The Huntsman, Bath

1 Terrace Walk
Bath
BA1 1LJ
Phone: 01225482900

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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Huntsman

Fuller's pub with a ground floor bar and an upstairs dining room. The bar was split into a few different sections. We chose to sit (or rather squeeze into) a set of pews not far from the entrance.

At the bar, Fuller's London Pride is the regular beer. They also had a Fuller's collaboration beer with North Brewing called Sparkling Ale and a couple of guests in Verdant Penpol & Siren Memento. They'd had a Siren tap takeover 3 weeks prior to our visit. We had the Sparkling Ale and the Penpol, with 2 halves coming to £6.

Music was playing at an acceptable level and as with many pubs in Bath, the forthcoming Rugby World Cup was being promoted.

On 26th August 2023 - rating: 6
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Quinno _ left this review about The Huntsman

Another upmarket Fuller’s a few paces away from the Crystal. Larger and a bit more impersonal though decorated well with a nice green tiled lower bar. Friendly and helpful barman. Three cask over five pumps, my first choice of Fyne was kyboshed when the price was announced - £3.25 for a half! So I settled for a still overpriced but more acceptable Pride (NBSS 3) which I'm fairly sure was (even) more expensive than the same beer/measure in the Crystal 15 minutes before which surprised me as that was the classier joint of the two. Worth a drop-in if you've not been but the Crystal is the better bet for a GBG listed Fuller's second time round. 6.5

On 4th May 2023 - rating: 6
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E TA left this review about The Huntsman

One of Bath’s fine Georgian buildings, currently a pub operated by Fuller’s, which doesn’t do it any favours. During the COVID era food is only available in the upstairs bar, and the ale selection has dropped to two draft ales – although when I arrived the Oliver’s Island had run out (only just, they told me) leaving Pride as the sole decent offering. The young staff were quite unhelpful, one of them cocky and rude. The beer wasn’t on top form, and it was over-priced for the area. Some of the other customers were also fairly belligerent, not locals, just entitled tourists. All in all a rather disappointing visit, it certainly wasn’t a relaxing pub visit, so I doubt I’ll join the pack and hunt this one out again.

On 16th November 2020 - rating: 6
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Huntsman

Good looking Georgian frontage,this pub is now tied to Fullers,and the interior has an ale house feel with a wooden floor ,a fireplace to the left with a small book swap library ,a narrow banquette to the middle right and a bar supporting 7 handpumps,although some will be double clipped.Ale choice on my visit was London Pride,HSB,Oliver's Island,Summer Ale (decent) with a sole guest of Bath SPA.
Solid without being spectacular ,a GBG listing seems over the top,but its worth a pint.If you are looking to eat there is a smart first floor restaurant with it's own bar supporting two handpumps.

On 25th June 2017 - rating: 7
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Huntsman Inn

This pub is also conveniently situated for the Rugby ground being a fairly short stroll to the Rec and we utilised it to meet up with some Bath supporting colleagues when Saracens visited just before Christmas.
Pub on a couple of levels and the street level bar is a modern decor well described by the previous reviewer so not a lot to add to that.
Service levels were good, but a match day when the pub is rammed is probably not representative of the norm.
Unfortunately the beer choice wasn’t that inspiring for a Londoner as they seemed to have taken a delivery from Fullers as three of the pumps had Pride and ESB on. But the fourth had Abbeys Bellringer, and all the beers our group had were well kept.
Not sure I’d bother next time when visiting Bath as there are more interesting traditional pubs in Town. But for a couple of pre match decent pints it was perfectly fine.

On 19th January 2013 - rating: 7
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Blackthorn _ left this review about The Huntsman Inn

An extensive pub on many different levels, conveniently located just around the corner from the abbey. It’s had an extensive refurbishment since I was in here last, and now has a much more contemporary feel and open and was packed to capacity on a recent Saturday afternoon visit, although the fact that it was St. Patrick’s Day and Ireland were playing England at the rugby no doubt contributed to that.

Downstairs is the more contemporary bar with striped wooden flooring and that pale brown paintwork that is very much in vogue with pub makeovers these days. There were a couple of plasmas around showing the rugby. In the basement is a pleasant cellar bar that mostly seems to be used for hosting live music and a band were in the process of setting up their gear when I poked my head around the door. A mid level floor at the back is an all together plusher space with carpeted flooring and some exposed stone work on the rear wall. Finally at the top is another large room with it’s own bar counter and a somewhat darker, more formal appearance with flock wallpaper, ornate gilded mirrors, some elaborate hanging lights and some photographic artwork on the walls. The few seats in the window gave pleasant views of the hills beyond the city. There was also another plasma which seemed a little out of place here.

Food menu was an extensive pub grub affair, with various sections such as burgers, pasta and nibbles. Most of the mains were around the £6 - £7 mark although we didn’t eat so I can’t comment on the quality.

Beers on tap were Breakspear’s Oxford Gold, Abbey’s Bellringer and Whychwood’s Hobgoblin and Dirty Tackle. Ciders were a somewhat unadventurous Blackthorn and Strongbow.

On 19th March 2012 - rating: 7
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hondo . left this review about The Huntsman Inn

Close to the river. Beers from abbey ales, marston's, ringwood and wychwood. Food served and live music advertised.

On 10th October 2011 - no rating submitted
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