Blink as you drive past the sign for the tiny village of Upton Cheyney – roughly halfway-ish between Bath and Bristol, just off the Kelston Road – and you’ll miss the turn-off. But miss it and you’ll seriously miss out, as Upton Cheyney has to be one of the most picture-perfect villages for miles around,Continue reading “The Upton Inn, Upton Cheyney, nr. Bath/Bristol”
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Mantra, Bladud Buildings, Bath
“Is that the roof of the Tramshed building?” “It must be, yes. And that lovely little Corn Market house – doesn’t it look weird from here? Like a toy house that’s just been dumped there by a kid who got bored.” “I remember when the Tramshed was the Ha! Ha! Bar” “Stupid name, with theContinue reading “Mantra, Bladud Buildings, Bath”
RootSpice, Argyle Street, Bath
A Japanese Izakaya and a modern French bistro. A supercool lounge experience and a superb steak house. An Italian trattoria, a traditional pub, a ‘boutique co-working space‘ – Argyle Street/Pulteney Bridge has quietly morphed into a distinctive modern Bath ‘quarter’ all of its own of late; heck, you could move from office to late-night partyingContinue reading “RootSpice, Argyle Street, Bath”
Budō, Argyle Street, Bath
On paper, the pitch is doomed to fail: let’s establish a pop-up Izakaya (Izakaya being a style of local tavern found in neighbourhoods all over Japan, serving small plates of food to enhance the pleasure of drinking with friends) in a refurbished Jacobean dining room upstairs from our pub in Bath city centre. Oh, andContinue reading “Budō, Argyle Street, Bath”
The Prandial Playground, Bath and Beyond... 