Hidden Bath: The White Hart, Widcombe

You might well assume from the name of this pub that it’s just outside Bath - as I did, jumping into a taxi then being told it was less than 5 minutes walk away.*

It’s on the other side of the station in what amounts to a small village, well off the tourist track.

It doesn’t look much from the outside then you notice a window full of Michelin endorsements. Inside there are the statutory scrubbed pine tables and mismatching chairs of any gastropub.

We shared pre-starters of homemade hummus and a coarse, chunky flavourful pesto then a very good plate of fresh gurnard and aioli (my pick) and duck confit and chips in the case of my publishers Absolute Press who think sufficiently highly of the place they’re having their Christmas lunch there.

The cheeseboard wasn’t much to write home about and the one dessert (a chocolate brownie) a little fussily presented so I’d stick to the starters and mains. But it's a useful place to know about if you’re staying in Bath and want to get away from the crowds.

Learn more: The White Hart

*Facing the station turn left under the tunnel, across the footbridge and diagonally across the road up along Claverton Street to the bottom of Widcombe HIll.

For a more comprehensive round-up of Bath restaurants check out this excellent post from Dan Vaux-Nobes of Essex Eating.

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