Just the worst.

Covid times are over and they still insist on greeting you at the door, then taking you to a table. Not a pub, but a restaurant masquerading as a pub. And a tourist trap one at that. Today, I walked in, began looking for a table and the door witch rudely asked just what I thought I was doing and insisted I waited at the entrance to "be shown a table." I retorted, "I thought this was a pub" and walked out.

A pub, or public house, means you walk in freely, sit, or stand, wherever you want. It also means you order at the bar. A pub is not table service. A pub is not rudely questioning a customer as they walk in as per the above. A pub is not wait-staff. A pub is a pub. This is not a pub.

I've given this place a few chances now, but they've no idea. The Crystal Palace is not a pub, but a soulless characterless gastropub catering to the nondiscerning tourist hords.

If you're a tourist to the UK, or Bath, and looking for a genuine pub, go to The Old Green Tree, The Star, the Assembly Inn, The Ram, The Salamander, or the Coeur De Lion. These are actual pubs. Take my word for it as someone who has been to over 1000 London pubs.

On other visits, while Covid restrictions were still in place, we witnessed elderly guests being told to use the app to order by a peroxide-haired young waiter who rudely and quite poorly didn't A) adapt to his audience (they were old and, if he only listened, he would have heard them say they didn't have smart phones), nor B) be a human and just take their order... It took a South African young waiter to see what was happening and go and help them, accommodating to their needs by taking their order manually. There have been other things too.

So all things weighed up - today's unpleasantness, observed incidents, and the complete lack of public house conventions, norms and routines, I say - avoid. I certainly won't be supporting them with my money any more. The real pubs of Bath will benefit from my custom.