The Garricks Head

7-8 St John's Place, Bath, BA1 1ET - View on a map
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The Garricks Head Restaurant In Bath
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Overall 7.5
Food 8.0
Service 8.0
Atmosphere 7.0
Value 7.0

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Giles Coren - 7/10

Saturday, March 21, 2009 - The Garrick’s Head is a new venture by the guys from the excellent King William on the edge of town, which I reviewed here a few years ago, and which follows its model of robust English pub cooking, chunky 18th-century tavern elegance and big, well-sourced dishes, this time based around a fantastic charcoal grill. The meat is all free-range or organic and comes from Somerset or Wiltshire, the cheese is from local dairies, the veg from Bath market gardens, and there are four real ales and two Somerset ciders…

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The Garrick’s Head has two sides and we lunched on the left hand side in a comfortable dining room with dark wooden furniture and an open fire.

The menu was short and covered plenty of ground including a Sunday roast.

Opening with a glass of manzanilla sherry for me and a pint of ale from Wiltshire for my husband, we settled to examining the menu and the Sunday paper s at the same time.

Once decisions were made I started with a salad of pear, blue cheese and walnut which was tasty, light and well-dressed. The ham terrine with piccalilli and toast was a large portion, the piccalilli home-made and tangy, the terrine beautifully textured but maybe a little under-seasoned.

There is a good-sized and well-described wine list and a few beers on tap; the cocktail list on the wall hints at a good supply of other drinks as well. I moved to a glass of Multepulciano for accompanying my dinner which was just right.

Mains of whole mackerel with fennel for him, and Somerset pork chop with black pudding, apple and cider sauce for me were large and accompanied by a good-sized side of seasonal vegetables. Both meals were well planned and executed and we managed all of them.

With one chocolate fondant for dessert and a plate of cheese we left the Garrick’s Head feeling well fed and feeling that our meal was good value.

The mains ranged from £10-£14 I think, and the starters were around £6-7.50. There is a two-course lunch or pre-theatre dinner for £15 which would be very good value.
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Overall rating 8 stars
Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Sunday, March 01, 2009

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