Guidebook for Bath
Food Scene
A great pub in Bath for food and drink. Close to the Royal Crescent.
79 locals recommend
The Marlborough Tavern
35 Marlborough BuildingsA great pub in Bath for food and drink. Close to the Royal Crescent.
A lovely little pub with an open fire in winter and great good and drink. Near the Assembly Rooms ( Fashion Museum)
51 locals recommend
The Chequers
50 Rivers StA lovely little pub with an open fire in winter and great good and drink. Near the Assembly Rooms ( Fashion Museum)
Great Location near the Royal Circus and just wonderful food. White table cloths sort of place. Ask for a table upstairs when booking as nicer.
209 locals recommend
The Circus
The CircusGreat Location near the Royal Circus and just wonderful food. White table cloths sort of place. Ask for a table upstairs when booking as nicer.
A supper club restaurant at weekends which used to take place in Noya's house. Great Vietnamese food. Everyone shares tables and has drinks together to start. Essential to book
Weekdays it is open for restaurant lunches and the food is fab and good value
36 locals recommend
Noya's Kitchen
7 St James's ParadeA supper club restaurant at weekends which used to take place in Noya's house. Great Vietnamese food. Everyone shares tables and has drinks together to start. Essential to book
Weekdays it is open for restaurant lunches and the food is fab and good value
Part of the iconic Ivy group - in a wonderful converted bank building on Milsom Street
124 locals recommend
The Ivy Bath Brasserie
39 Milsom StPart of the iconic Ivy group - in a wonderful converted bank building on Milsom Street
Also called Clayton's Kitchen. Reliable good food and lovely setting on the high pavement in George Street
25 locals recommend
The Porter
Also called Clayton's Kitchen. Reliable good food and lovely setting on the high pavement in George Street
The Locksbrook Inn
103 Locksbrook RdA pub on the canal where you can get food and drink
Try the Bistro as more casual than the renowned restaurant and good food and drink in a gorgeous setting
26 locals recommend
Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa
Try the Bistro as more casual than the renowned restaurant and good food and drink in a gorgeous setting
Get out into the countryside and have a stroll around the to die for kitchen garden and then enjoy lunch and drinks in sumptuous surroundings. Sofas to squish in and play scrabble afterwards...
88 locals recommend
The Pig - near Bath
Get out into the countryside and have a stroll around the to die for kitchen garden and then enjoy lunch and drinks in sumptuous surroundings. Sofas to squish in and play scrabble afterwards...
Priory Hotel
Weston RoadFine dining. Fine service. Fine garden
Olive Tree Restaurant
4-7 Russell StFine dining near the Assembly Rooms
Same Same But Different
Bartlett StreetFavourite every day bistro and tapas ...
Society Café
5 Kingsmead SquareExcellent coffee and cakes
Coffee aficionados - coffee is taken very seriously here - on Queen Square
64 locals recommend
Colonna & Small's
6 Chapel RowCoffee aficionados - coffee is taken very seriously here - on Queen Square
The Bertinet Bakery
1 New Bond St PlBread and croissants are wonderful
Love this cafe for breakfast, coffee and lunch and its in a great little location for exploration too
31 locals recommend
The Green Bird Cafe
11 Margaret's BuildingsLove this cafe for breakfast, coffee and lunch and its in a great little location for exploration too
The food here is just wonderful. For a very special lunch or supper
20 locals recommend
Henry's Restaurant Bath
4 Saville RowThe food here is just wonderful. For a very special lunch or supper
eight
3 N ParadeLovely intimate restaurant with great food and service
Gather Cafe
229 London Rd EOur local cafe - great coffee and lunches
Great fish and chips
SO CLEAN THIS PLACE !
Also great cooked breakfasts the old fashioned way
12 locals recommend
Robbie's Plaice
227 London Rd EGreat fish and chips
SO CLEAN THIS PLACE !
Also great cooked breakfasts the old fashioned way
The new kid on the block. It’s classy and the food I’d wonderful. Book ahead as everyone wants to go there!
Beckford Canteen
The new kid on the block. It’s classy and the food I’d wonderful. Book ahead as everyone wants to go there!
The Beckford Bottle Shop
5-8 Saville RowGreat small plates and wine
Clayton's Kitchen
15A George StreetGreat well cooked food. High quality
Drinks & Nightlife
Sub 13
4 Edgar BuildingsCocktails on the high pavement
Circo Bar
16 George StBar for the young before they go clubbing ....
The Bell Inn
103 Walcot StWell known for its famous benefactors and a variety of live music
The Star Inn
23 VineyardsSpit and Sawdust - old - fascinating
Walcot House
90B Walcot StSightseeing
No. 1 Royal Crescent
1 Royal CresWell it is curvy...
The Circus
The CircusRound like the colliseum inside out ...
It is the longest most perfect Georgian Street in Europe - stand by Laura Fountain and walk to the Holborne Museum and back
24 locals recommend
Great Pulteney Street
It is the longest most perfect Georgian Street in Europe - stand by Laura Fountain and walk to the Holborne Museum and back
Prettier than the Royal Crescent IMO and I love the sheep grazing opposite...
9 locals recommend
Lansdown Crescent
Prettier than the Royal Crescent IMO and I love the sheep grazing opposite...
Margaret's Buildings
Margaret's BuildingsLovely shops and cafes - don't miss it!
A street of small shops, also a bridge. No, you are not in Florence! Immortalised in the film, Les Miserables.
93 locals recommend
Pulteney Bridge
Bridge StreetA street of small shops, also a bridge. No, you are not in Florence! Immortalised in the film, Les Miserables.
You can catch a train from Bath Railway Station and be in Bristol in 10 minutes. Get a no 8 bus or another train to Clifton Down Station. Shop and Eat lunch on Whiteladies Road. Walk up to Clifton and see the iconic Bristol Suspension Bridge before pottering around the wonderful shops and cafes and restaurants in Clifton Village.
314 locals recommend
Bristol
You can catch a train from Bath Railway Station and be in Bristol in 10 minutes. Get a no 8 bus or another train to Clifton Down Station. Shop and Eat lunch on Whiteladies Road. Walk up to Clifton and see the iconic Bristol Suspension Bridge before pottering around the wonderful shops and cafes and restaurants in Clifton Village.
Parks & Nature
Royal Victoria Park
Marlborough LaneBath's big park with a view of the Royal Crescent
Immortalised by Peter Gabriel ... I can see the city lights.
Get up there - a short climb
14 locals recommend
Solsbury Hill
Immortalised by Peter Gabriel ... I can see the city lights.
Get up there - a short climb
Get a map from the Tourist Information Office and walk along the Bath Skyline. Bath is built in a bowl and you can walk around the rim
73 locals recommend
Bath Skyline
Get a map from the Tourist Information Office and walk along the Bath Skyline. Bath is built in a bowl and you can walk around the rim
One of the nicer zoos. Lovely gardens too. Take in Clifton and the Clifton suspension bridge at the same time.
35 locals recommend
Bristol Zoo station
One of the nicer zoos. Lovely gardens too. Take in Clifton and the Clifton suspension bridge at the same time.
Jane Austen used to hang out here - she lived opposite at one time.
43 locals recommend
Sydney Gardens
Sydney PlaceJane Austen used to hang out here - she lived opposite at one time.
Prior Park Landscape Gardens (NT)
Ralph Allen DriveNational Trust Gardens with Palladian Bridge
Hang out in the treetops
94 locals recommend
Go Ape Forest of Dean (Mallards Pike - Treetop Challenge and Forest Segway)
Hang out in the treetops
Westonbirt Arboretum station
Walk among and up in the trees. Cafe
Arts & Culture
May be the reason you came here. The Romans came because of the natural springs ...
544 locals recommend
The Roman Baths
Abbey ChurchyardMay be the reason you came here. The Romans came because of the natural springs ...
This is where the Georgians partied. Also you will find the fashion museum here
43 locals recommend
Assembly Rooms
Bennett StreetThis is where the Georgians partied. Also you will find the fashion museum here
Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
You cannot miss it. Just wonderful
Old masters and contemporary gallery of art in a garden with a cafe where you can sit outside near the canal path.
190 locals recommend
The Holburne Museum
Great Pulteney StreetOld masters and contemporary gallery of art in a garden with a cafe where you can sit outside near the canal path.
Changing exhibitions and lovely little shop and permanent exhibition upstairs
59 locals recommend
Victoria Art Gallery
Bridge StreetChanging exhibitions and lovely little shop and permanent exhibition upstairs
All things American and a gorgeous garden with wonderful views. Up near the University.
64 locals recommend
American Museum & Gardens
All things American and a gorgeous garden with wonderful views. Up near the University.
Beaux Arts Gallery
12-13 York StGreat Gallery of art for sale
No. 1 Royal Crescent
1 Royal CresMuseum about Georgian Bath
Herschel Museum of Astronomy
19 New King StHe discovered Uranus
Sort of a Museum but more a smart cafe where you can smell and taste the sulphurous waters ... usually classical music playing
58 locals recommend
The Pump Room Restaurant
Stall StreetSort of a Museum but more a smart cafe where you can smell and taste the sulphurous waters ... usually classical music playing
The Jane Austen Centre
40 Gay StEntertainment & Activities
AirHop Bristol
Unit 5 Britannia RdLoads of trampolines to exhaust yourself on
A great Spa using the natural waters from the earth's core. No need to book unless you are having treatments. Just turn up and they give you towel, robe and slippers all for about £35 each for two hours which is enough as the water is like a hot bath ... Great views of Bath from the rooftop pool and it is always hot. Over 16's only
392 locals recommend
Thermae Bath Spa
Hot Bath StreetA great Spa using the natural waters from the earth's core. No need to book unless you are having treatments. Just turn up and they give you towel, robe and slippers all for about £35 each for two hours which is enough as the water is like a hot bath ... Great views of Bath from the rooftop pool and it is always hot. Over 16's only
Just go! No need to book if you avoid the busy twilight zone
The roof top pool is so hot and you will never forget the experience
392 locals recommend
Thermae Bath Spa
Hot Bath StreetJust go! No need to book if you avoid the busy twilight zone
The roof top pool is so hot and you will never forget the experience
Getting Around
Hertz - Bath - Windsor Bridge Road
Station RoadBath Spa Railway Station
Bus Station
1 Dorchester StBristol Airport
Riverside Coach Park
Avon StreetGreen Park Station
Green Park Road