The Best Pubs in Bath

Welcome to the Raven, a traditional old English pub known for its hearty pies and sausages. This pub offers a rotating selection of real ales, ciders, and wine, all served with a dedication to simple, high quality offerings. You can enjoy a big hot pie on a bed of buttery mustard mash or home made chips, and the friendly staff make every visit memorable. The pub is open 7 days a week with no booking required, and it even has an online shop for bottled Raven ale and merchandise.

This pub is part of a brewery with over 170 years of history, crafting brilliant beer and welcoming guests across the south west. It is known for its friendly staff, great selection of beers including Bath Ales on draught, and a well liked Sunday roast and chips. The pub offers a place to relax and reconnect with friends and family over award winning beers and delicious locally sourced food. It is a dog friendly stay where you can refuel after exploring stunning coast path locations and charming harbours.

Welcome to the Bell, a historic, community owned free house and live music venue famous for its bohemian soul and legendary live music scene. This award winning pub serves local ales and great pizza, with plenty of space in its covered beer garden featuring a retractable roof. Open seven days a week, it offers live music from jazz to blues three to four times a week plus iconic vinyl only DJ sets from the Walcot Vinyl Collective. Owned by 536 regulars following a community buy out, this is a place where everyone is welcome, offering a good selection of cask ales and a versatile back room for events.

The White Hart is known for its great garden and excellent Sunday roast dinner, which requires booking in advance. The pub offers bar food with gluten free options, and regulars recommend the hummus, pesto, and olives. Recent visitors praise the monkfish skewers and steak specials, calling it the best pub grub they have found in five years.

The Crystal Palace is a Fuller's pub and restaurant that is one of the city's true gems, located near the Roman Baths and Bath Abbey. The menu stays true to traditional tastes with classic English dishes and daily specials, and there is a wide range of drinks to suit everyone, including excellent cask conditioned ales. The pub is dog friendly, offers step free access, has a garden, a real fire, and free WiFi, making it a welcoming spot for families. You can also book a table in the garden in advance through their website.

This stunning stone pub sits high on Lansdown Hill with picture perfect countryside views across the Charlcombe Valley. It serves a mouth watering selection of pub favourites and thirst quenching pints, with both indoor and al fresco dining available. The Sunday Roast comes highly recommended, especially the three meat sharing platter which offers plenty of food for two. It is a proper dog friendly pub that welcomes the whole family, big, small, and furry.

Step into The Old Green Tree and you’ve found a true gem, a proper pub that feels like a warm embrace the moment you walk through the door. Its oak panelled interior whispers of history, creating a cozy nook where you can truly kick back and take your time with a superb pint of real ale or crisp cider. The welcoming spirit here is legendary, with tales of Sunday afternoons offering terrific free food and a greeting so warm it feels like coming home. This is everything a pub should be: a charming, unpretentious spot that invites you to slow down, savor your drink, and soak in the genuine hospitality.

Welcome to The Wheelwright's Arms, a charming pub and guesthouse in a picturesque village. This spot is known for its homemade food, with a "from scratch kitchen" making everything from sourdough to breakfast brown sauce, alongside elevated pub classics and daily specials. Enjoy scenic valley views, west country beers and ciders, and a menu featuring brilliant sea bream and risotto, excellent venison burgers, and a nice fish and chips with homemade mushy peas. It is the place locals go to eat, and visitors discover and stay, with seven cosy en suite bedrooms in a 17th century guesthouse.

The Boathouse is a riverside country pub situated on the banks of the River Avon, offering picturesque countryside views where you can relax by the river. Inside, the traditional interior provides plenty of space to eat, drink, and unwind, while upstairs you will find nine boutique hotel rooms. It serves everything from casual drinks to Sunday roasts, with menus carefully crafted alongside drinks from around the world. The pub is dog friendly, welcoming four legged friends, and you can enjoy special offers like Burger Wednesdays for £12.95 or a bottle of house wine for £15 on Fridays and Saturdays.

The Pig & Fiddle is an iconic pub recently refurbished with a stunning new look, offering hearty seasonal dishes and piggy twists on pub classics. It features award-winning Butcombe craft beer and cask ale, plus a courtyard beer garden perfect for al fresco drinking and dining. The pub shows live sport on Sky Sports and BT Sports, is dog friendly and child friendly, and has regular live music. It’s a fun place with better beer choices than most pubs, a lovely chicken and bacon sandwich, and a great outdoor terrace.