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The Star Inn, Bath
Bath
BA1 5NA
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Reviews of The Star Inn (Average Rating: 8½ of 10) see review guidelines
Moby Duck left this review about The Star Inn
Another wonderful multi- roomed Bath pub, deserving of its heritage status. Beers were Bath Bellringer and Maximus IPA, Spitfire,Titanic Plum Porter and Bass, the Cider was Stans Cheddar Valley. A must visit in Bath.
On 17th March 2020
- rating: 8
[User has posted 1327 recommendations about 1313 pubs]
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Blackthorn _ left this review about The Star Inn
A fantastic unspoilt pub located just a few minutes’ walk from the main shopping area, this has been a licenced preemies since 1760 and is listed on Camra’s National Inventory of Heritage Pubs. Now owned by Bath brewer Abbey Ales, it’s one of four pubs that they have in the central Bath area, and to my mind easily the best. In fact it’s probably the best pub in Bath, regardless of who owns it.
Internally it consists of several small rooms, all quite cosy and atmospheric. The central room is perhaps the cosiest of the lot, with old wooden boards on the floor and much wood panelling on the walls along with some small frosted windows along the top. Space is quite limited with the three or four tables packed in quite tightly. Various old pictures of the pub and local cricket team are on the walls, whilst a small wooden fireplace to one side had a coal fire blazing away which was a nice touch on a cold November evening. To the right in the next room is the bar counter, and this too was made of wood with a curved end. A stone fireplace was at the rear, and this also had a real fire going.
Beers on tap consisted of just Bellringer from the owners, and this was served directly from barrels racked up behind the bar. This was joined by Directors, Hobgoblin Gold and Bass, the latter of which were available in jugs which many punters seemed to be partaking of. Ciders were Thatcher’s Gold and Cheddar Valley. All in all, a great pub and well worth taking the walk from the centre to track it down.
On 30th November 2017
- rating: 9
[User has posted 1749 recommendations about 1684 pubs]
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Rex Rattus left this review about The Star Inn
A Star in more ways than one. The Star Inn is one of those very few pubs that have the definite "wow!" factor when you walk in. You have the feeling of stepping back a hundred years or more as you enter into the wood panelled interior, and meander through the different rooms that have remained unchanged for a long, long time. It's on CAMRA's National Inventory of pubs with unspoilt interiors, so I don't need to spell out the interior features in great detail - follow the WhatPub link on here to see the description as well as Mick Slaughter's excellent photographs of the interior.
But I do need to mention that this is one of the handful of pubs where ale is served into a glass jug from one of the casks on stillage at the back, and then poured into your pint glass. The two ales on stillage when I was in were Bass (as always), and Abbey Bellringer (it's an Abbey Ales pub). On handpump were Brain's Rev James Rye, Davenport's Red Baron, as well as an 8% Thatcher's cider called Stan's. Food was clingfilm wrapped cheese and ham rolls (£2 to £3 as I recall), with no sign of any buffalo mozzarella, aioli, wraps, or brioche buns.
This is destination pub, and a must for anyone visiting Bath.
On 23rd August 2017
- rating: 9
[User has posted 2575 recommendations about 2493 pubs]
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 06 March 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 06 March 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Beer Festivals : Yes - July - last updated 31 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Beer Garden : No last updated 06 March 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Car Park : No last updated 06 March 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Darts : No last updated 06 March 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 27 April 2010 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 06 March 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Hot Food : No last updated 06 March 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Jukebox : No last updated 06 March 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 06 March 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Micropub : No last updated 06 March 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Pinball : No last updated 06 March 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Pool Table : No last updated 06 March 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Quiz Night : Yes last updated 06 March 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 31 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 06 March 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 06 March 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- WiFi : Yes - Code available from bar. - last updated 06 March 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
