The Hat and Feather, Bath

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29 Apr 2005 15:31

The Hat and Feather, Bath

Recently re-opened as Hudsons Bar & Grill at The Hat & Feather. It's an insipid and depressing provincial pastiche of a 1990's trendy bar. It looks dated already despite having been open for a very short time. Entirely predictable minimalism with white walls, white ceiling, brown leather upright chairs (yawn) and square Formica tables all lit with bright halogen.
It's a masterpiece of parochial design for the Ikea generation, taking queues from what was trendy 10 years ago and mixing them in an unimaginative and boring manner to produce a bar that would be equally at home in a modern shopping centre or railway station.

The whole place is completely devoid of soul, which is a travesty because the building itself is a beautiful early C19 pub which oozes character and from the outside promises much.
Worth visiting just the once to see a textbook example of how to destroy a piece of history, right down to it's name.

29 Apr 2005 14:18