"We'd rented a nearby cottage for a week's stay in Bath and had walked by this place several times before deciding one night to give it a try. We'd had a long day of walking all over town and just hoped that we'd be able to find a good place for a meal nearby and, based on the great experience we had there, we considered ourselves lucky to have stumbled in. The place was semi busy the evening we were there, but we were seated in a good sized dining area past the bar and up a small staircase (low ceiling watch your head! and given menus to review (after ordering two pints of Guinness to nurse while we were making up our minds . The first thing we'd noticed was this was not your typical pub menu. It seems that the chef there was a bit of a Francophile, so when I saw that they were offering a bowl of fish soup as a starter with cheesy croutons and a garlic aioli I knew that I had to give that a try. My wife skipped her starter and ordered a serving of cod and prawn paella, while I chose the coq au vin (we agreed at that point to share our mains and we both waited patiently for the food to arrive (it wasn't slow service, but we were very eager to get our food! . Soon after, my fish soupe arrived and it was a nice sized bowl of thick, pureed deliciousness, just the right amount of saffron and garlic yum. It was sad to see it go. Our mains arrived and they were both perfectly prepared. The coq au vin was particularly good, with a sauce that just begged for bread to sop it all up (which we did with relish . We decided to finish things off with an English cheese board that included samples of local bleu, cheddar and the Bath white cheese that they're rightly proud of. A couple of nice chutneys and jams rounded things out and provided the perfect way to finish off this meal. Service was very prompt and friendly, the atmosphere quite homey and, if we lived there, this would be on our list of places we'd visit regularly. Definitely worth a trip if you're in town."
