St James Wine Vaults, Bathback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
This is not, as you might infer from it’s name, some sort of trendy wine bar, or even in fact vaulted. Instead it’s very much a traditional pub, so where it’s name comes from I’m not entirely sure. There is I believe a cellar bar used for live music which may be vaulted, but we didn’t investigate this.
It consists of just one room, although this is divided in to two with more of a lounge feel to the left. This has carpet on the floor, which seems to be coming increasingly rare these days, and traditional red velvet bench seating along the walls with tables and red velvet stools elsewhere, low ones at the tables and high ones at the bar. The lower part of the walls has wood cladding on and above that is maroon paintwork. There were a couple of LCD TV’s on the wall, but the volume was off.
A selection of miniature string instruments were hung around the walls such as violins, guitars and banjos. Seemingly unrelated, a large space hopper was on a shelf above the door. The landlady seemed friendly, and the was a good mix of locals in on a recent early evening visit.
Beers on tap were a slightly uninspiring Doom Bar, London Pride and Butcombe, whilst ciders were Thatcher’s Gold and Aspall’s Suffolk. In a slight nod to it’s name perhaps, a chalkboard listed half a dozen or so wines that were available by the glass.
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Rather cramped but friendly pub. Good beer, pool table, would make a good stop on a pub crawl
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By far my favourite pub in Bath. Super friendly, everyone knows each other but still welcomes a newby. The beer and cider collection is good, as well as the wines. There is a gallery room upstairs (where you can order a takeaway) with exhibits of local artists plus music and poetry. There is also a cellar bar that puts on great live music including Baths best bands. Go check it out! Interesting crowd and a great atmosphere!
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Didnt spend much time here, but it looked a very nice place to scoialise and was busy as we couldnt get a table. Good selection of spirits and wine- dont know about ales and lager but i guess theyre well stocked too.
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Nice pub, nice people, nice beer. Am I damning the vaults with faint praise? I don't mean to. This is a very pleasant and lively pub, lots of people chatting and generally having a good time. The beer is very ... nice; nothing special, certainly nothing bad.
Rapper sword friendly.
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I don't live in bath any more but on my visits always cehck out this place. Always a friendly welcome, usually has some interesting beer on tap.
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