BITE user comments - MarinerBill
Comments by MarinerBill
Oldjamaica is quite right - I assume "Ollie123" is the actual landlord by the tone of his ridiculous review. For the record the pub is still the same dump it ever was and, as others have said on here, a complete waste of THE prime location. Don't waste your time or cash when there are plenty of other pubs around which actually work hard to give their customers value for money.
27 Apr 2011 19:56
Have been using the Globe for many years, and in that time it has evolved from a genuine pub with restaurant attached to what is effectively a restaurant with bar attached. No local trade anymore - passing trade is everything, and with a huge car park and convenient location it's very well suited to mop up that passing trade. In its favour, the beer has always been good and they normally stock three real ales - Butcombe, Tribute and a guest beer - though annoyingly Tribute seems to have run out quite regularly. Food is pretty good whenever I've tried it, but they often seem understaffed so that drinkers have to wait to be served at the bar while complicated food orders are dealt with. One minor concession to people who purely want a drink was introduced a year or two ago in that a few tables close to the bar have been relieved of their complement of cutlery and menus so that you can avoid the feeling you're just blocking the diners. Overall this pub is designed for rapid turnover of customers and large volumes of trade - it's OK for a drink but more welcoming establishments are easy to find.
8 Apr 2011 17:43
This pub boasts a good range of beer at a very reasonable price compared with its competitors, some decent food and probably the best toilets in any pub in Bath. All very commendable and yet ...... it's pretty horrible. One large uninspiring rectangular room crammed with as many tables and chairs as can be fitted in. All the atmosphere of a railway buffet at one of the major stations with people continuously coming and going. Slow service at the bar and dull to the n'th degree. Only worth visiting if you have time to kill and it's raining outside.
3 Mar 2011 22:33
Visited the Jolly Sailor twice recently and found that there seems to have been a change on the beer front. Butcombe is still present but the other three real ales are now all Wadsworth - 6X, Henry's and Old Timer. I don't know if this means Wadsworth have acquired the pub - no change visible on the signs - but it seems the variety they used to offer has gone - which I suppose is no problem if you like their beer. The pub is still well run and worth a visit regardless.
20 Feb 2011 17:44
Excellent traditional pub with a good range of real ales and serving good food. Marston and Ringwood breweries are represented amongst the beers on offer and the staff are friendly and efficient. Nice to see a few darts players enjoying a lunch-time game in the public bar, and while there is a big-screen TV it doesn't dominate the room. Not too many pubs around like this anymore so well worth a visit.
27 Jan 2011 17:38
As Blackthorn says, I think the earlier comment wasn't intended for this pub. The Crown Saltford is a bit of a strange hybrid which tries to be part restaurant and part sports bar. Customers wanting to eat in the restaurant area have to walk through the other part with its pool table, big-screen TV etc. which doesn't seem a good way to entice people in. Trade seems patchy and some evenings it's really dead despite the sports coverage. The landlord has been there a long while and seems a friendly guy and they have two or three real ales, one of which is a guest beer and can be a bit out of the ordinary. As a straightforward pub it's OK but I can't imagine you'd want to travel a long way to visit it.
31 Oct 2010 13:17
A pub which has come back from the brink but seems to still be struggling. Good choice of beer - ususally Doombar, 6X, Courage Best plus Taunton Cider and I'm told food is pretty good, if expensive. Main problem is the way it was refurbished a few years ago - lots of stripped pine furniture and varnished floorboards, consequently chairs none too comfortable and with even a few people inside there tends to be a lot of irritating clatter and noise. Current landlord seems friendly enough and staff seem to be efficient, but there are pubs in every direction which are probably better set up for this sort of trade and have the space to develop. Gents toilets could do with being brought into the 21st century as well!
31 Oct 2010 12:49
The Wheatsheaf, like many others in the area outside Bath, was originally a basic country pub but was transformed into an out-and-out "gastropub" in a fairly recent makeover. The inside of the pub was given a refurbishment more suited to an urban wine bar and completely alien to the nature of the building. However, that said, it is still well worth a visit. It boasts a well-maintained and very extensive beer garden on several levels, a beautiful and very peaceful location and some reasonable beer and cider. The food is also very good, though expensive. In fairness to the management, they seemed to have done a slight rethink on the original interior image, and added some bar stools which go at least some way to reminding customers this isn't a restaurant. On my last visit Butcombe and Butcombe Blond were available as well as a local cider from Midford, but the pick of the bunch was the excellent Cheddar Valley cider. It's a bit of a trek to get there but worth the effort - however don't go there on a Sunday evening or anytime Monday - they aren't open for business.
31 Oct 2010 12:31
The Wheatsheaf, Corston
Visited the Wheatsheaf last week and like the previous reviewer was impressed. The current landlord is well into a program of refurbishment and the place is much more welcoming than before - in particular the horrid upright chairs arranged in ranks are thankfully gone. The door to the gents toilet has been repositioned in a more discreet area than before and the bar itself has also been repositioned so that the floor area of the main room has increased. The staff seem polite and helpful, the beer (Doom Bar) was good and the steak baguettes we ate for lunch were excellent value. There were various other beers available from barrels at the back of the bar which I may have tried if I'd known they were there, so the main improvement needs to be a sign/blackboard showing what beer they have. But otherwise all good news, and nice to see a pub which might easily have closed for good showing signs of revival.
13 Aug 2012 12:23