Pig & Fiddle

Such a fun little find on the edge of the city center/​shopping area in beautiful Bath to stop in for a drink. Love their wall art and unique seating on the inside and the outdoor seating area. Pretty typical for a British pub with a warm and cozy tavern like feel and lots of drink options. Can’t honestly remember if they even sell food, but prices for beverages were good and same for service. Check it out!

Unique atmosphere, casual vibe, nice place to relax with friends. A truly memorable place.

Meh. It was a good bar with decent food. It’s pretty crazy packed most of the time. You have to serve yourself, mostly, unless you’re a regular. Tourists may feel uncomfortable here. We did not, but I can see how some would. It’s a pretty tight knit crowd. Very tasty beer and a warm enough atmosphere. I’d go back.

I enjoy this pub every time I visit Bath. Great to catch a game. Nice beer garden. It’s usually loud and lots of fun! Good for groups.

An absolute zoo, this place. It’s a sport lover’s drinking den. Space warmers outside keep smokers cozy in the winter months.
Wide selection of brews on tap. Definitely has a tavern feel and can get quite crowded inside. The Pig & Fiddle is located across the street from the Bath Hilton.

Visted Bath for a few days and this Pub was right down the block from the hostel I was staying. There’s Free WiFi, a Pub Quiz night and Red Stripe on tap! If you’re down for a visit try hanging out at the pig & fiddle it’s pretty chill.

Half way between trendy and good English town pub. Many of Bath’s Uni yooves in the night I visited. A good range of beers but the staff a little too preoccupied to engage in anything other than the order. Too cold to sit outside but on a sunny day I can see the attraction of the other reviews.

Great pub, decent food. Good size outdoor area and plenty of live sports and music. Perfectly located just a few minutes from the main shopping areas the Pig makes a fantastic meeting spot for friends who often stay all night!

The centre of table football excellence in Bath, great atmosphere. It is also my old local, so I can be considered as slightly biased in this review.

Have been drinking in the «Pig» for best part of 20 years now. Before it had the extra space added by buying up the old knitwear shop that is now the sports bar part.
Its a great place to have a drink or two in the summer and watch the passing people. It can get really packed out mind so best get their early if you want a seat.

I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for the Pig & Fiddle, it reminds me of my summers as a student in Bath, when we would all flock to the outdoor area at the back of the pub for a cheeky pint, or three. Granted, on Friday and Saturday nights it can take a while to get served at the bar due to the overwhelming popularity of the Pig with the locals and students alike and once you do manage to fight your way through, the drinks are a little on the expensive side. However, I’ve always had a good time at this place, the rest of the clientele are usually quirky and friendly and it’s a safe bet for a quick drink if you’re out in the city centre. Must better than all of the chain bars in the area.

I’ve always heard extremely mixed views about the Pig & Fiddle, some loving it, some hating it (a bit like Marmite). So I thought it was about time that I paid it a visit myself.
The first time I went it was the hottest day of the year. Pretty young things were lining the streets of Bath and I was looking as red as tomatoes. When my friend asked, ‘is it Pimms o’clock?’ the answer was a resounding ‘yes!’ Inside the pig and fiddle it was dark and gloomy so we headed straight out the back to catch some rays.
Our Pimms were a bit on the disappointing — a bit of limp lemon on the side with none of the fun that usually comes with it. The service was slow but friendly and the crowd were extremely cliquey. I’ve been back a couple of times and have always found it a bit disappointing. The prices are fair but it’s nothing exciting. Unlike my friends — I feel truly neutral about the Pig & Fiddle.

I must admit to being a bit confused as to the reasons for the general negativity towards the Pig and Fiddle being expressed in other reviews. I used to work just up the road and this lively pub was always our number one choice for a cheeky drink.
The interior’s okay — there’s a large main room with plenty of seating and a smaller area with Sky Sports if you want to catch the footie. The main attraction, however, is the large seated area out the back which sits next to Walcott Street (Bath artisan’s quarter apparently). This is always busy and is a great place to sit and enjoy the lively atmosphere, even for non-​smokers like me. I’ve never found Bath’s nightlife to be particularly vibrant, but the Pig and Fiddle is a big exception.

One of the few pubs in Bath where you can enjoy a drink outside. Always very busy at the weekends and generally quite difficult to get served unless you happen to be a known face. Not much in the way of decent beer, though there is the odd guest ale. Very popular with the younger indie crowd.

Once again in my review of a Bath pub, the Pig & Fiddle is nothing particularly special. Then again, how could I ever think differently after going to The Bell? P&F is a run of the mill pub with standard drinking options, TVs displaying the current matches, and plenty of outdoor seating for smokers (with heat lamps for the nighttime ones). They also have tasty enough food.
Maybe I always caught it on an off day/​night, but nothing about the pub really drew me in unless I was meeting someone there. They do have free wifi and some great real ales, though.
I noticed it was very popular with the foreign students (especially the American ones) and I’d often see them draped across chairs and tables, clacking away at e-​mails they were sending back home. At night, the Pig & Fiddle is usually packed so don’t plan on a quiet evening if you head here after dark. Especially on Tuesdays, because I think that’s the day they have live music. Also beware on rugby match days– A couple of times I’ve walked past and seen it loud and drunk in a way you usually only see when someone just won/​lost the Superbowl in Oakland.
All in all, it’s got a great location and is a nice spot to grab something to drink or eat after wandering around the center of town. I sampled some of their smaller eats on various visits and remember really enjoying the chips. Everything is averagely priced there and its basically unspectacular enough to be a good fit for just about anyone (during the day anyway).

A nice pub if you can get a seat in their beer ‘garden’ (it’s right by a fairly big road junction).
Not much to be said other than its popular with students and locals. Does all the usual drinks.

nice pub, with a massive outdoor terrace zone.
bar staff can be a little slow and stupid! once past that tho its a decent enought place.

This is a great summer pub as they have a large outside area that gets very popular so it’s a great busy atmosphere. The outside seating has heaters as well so it’s ok to go out when it’s a bit chilly too, inside can get pretty busy especially on a weekend and it’s a popular sports pub. Homely and relaxing, there are plenty of tables and benches and if you can’t find a spot then get lost with the rest of the standing crowd. They have a great little table football game and space invaders table which is a lot of fun! They also do food such as burgers and lasagne pub grub but good hearty portions and for a very reasonable price too.

Whenever we’re in Bath we always make sure to stop by the Pig & Fiddle. It’s a slightly unusual pub with a lot of character and an independent feeling, very different from the usual chain pub. They have an excellent (if slightly limited) range of beers, and the food menu is an interesting read.
It is quite studenty and it has a proper little community around it. It even has its own Facebook group where regulars and fans of the pub can get pub-​related news– not many pubs can boast that.
Last time we went they’d made the food menu a bit less interesting though– previously they would sell some very odd hamburgers, available with buffalo or even kangaroo meat as well as beef and lamb. Sadly it seems that that was too good to last but the food is still a decent quality anyway.

The Pig and Fiddle is a fun studenty pub in the middle of Bath.
They serve cheap food and bar snacks and have an outside terrace.