The Strictly Coffee

23 Bath Street has given me something special, a family away from mine. Somewhere to come out of my shell and actually party and enjoy life. I have not met one grumpy member of staff or management here. There is ALWAYS something to do when they are open. Something for everyone, from Bingo to Sunday Fundays for families and kids. And you can't forget the great music events! Nicely priced drinks with a cracking selection. Never be afraid to ask for recommendations on drinks from the knowledgeable bar staff!

Loads of outdoor seating, nice staff and friendly atmosphere. They also host and interesting mix of events from spoken word to Drum and Bass

Drinks are a great price - easy to do rounds. We played pool tonight which has its own hut in the back where you can play your own music! Great for a get together with friends and if you're nervous about covid, you and your mates could just go in the pool hut and play :

What a great music venue! An intimate venue with a lovely outside area! Great sound too!

Great friendly venue. Great music, lots of curated nights and well known acts playing. Friendly atmosphere. The loft bar can be hired for private parties and there's an awesome outdoor area with seating and a pool room.

The staff were really welcoming and friendly and we enjoyed an absolutely delicious and very generous Sunday roast! We are not local and stumbled across this pub by chance, walked in as a group of 6 and the team were very accommodating. It's a very earthy, no frills kind of pub but I would definitely return and recommend. The team also went above and beyond in returning my bracelet that, unbeknown to me at the time, had dropped off whilst in the pub. Elfin was brilliant at making sure the bracelet was returned to me really promptly which meant a lot as it was a special birthday present. We hope to be back when we're next in the area!

Was a very good place to go from my friend's party. nice spacious room upstairs with a balcony area and Terrace. only thing I didn't understand was that security stopped people going out on the terrace after a certain time.. X

More of an entertainment venue but still a great pub. Friendly staff. Nice garden at the rear. Music and DJ nights. Sadly no draught ale but nice bottled beer. Worth a visit.

The reason for this poor review was due to the attitude and most likely law breaking behaviour of the bar staff and manager in the venue. I am a disabled person, who broke my foot simply walking due to a disability I have. I was due to be going in a wheelchair but was well enough to go without it this night according the doctors I had seen that week. To enjoy the music and spend time with my friends, I moved a bar stool to rest my foot on the very edge of the fairly quiet dance floor. I was told in an aggressive manner by one member of staff that I was not allowed to move the furniture there were tables on the dance floor, apparently these weren't a hazard but one stool on which I was resting was. This was in spite of calmly explaining that I am disabled and this is a legal reasonable adjustment. He just took the stool away. I was not rude to him at all, just calmly stated the law but the way he talked to me made me feel like a naughty child. That is really unacceptable. I then went to speak to the manager in the hope that I would get this sorted. The manager repeated the message of the bar staff that I was not allowed to move furniture for the safety of other people again, hazards already present on the dancefloor, and also my wheelchair would have been much more of a hazard. I once again calmly and I was sober for the record explained that I am disabled and this is a reasonable adjustment to allow me equal access to the dancefloor. He continued to deny me a stool, even in the corner. I explained that in line with the equality act, this was a reasonable adjustment. I calmly, of course asked what his suggestion would be to make this accessible for me. He told me I shouldn't have come this was the bit that angered me the most, and the only option was to sit on the edge of the dance floor. I felt marginalised, discriminated against, and understandably, extremely upset. I suggested that they might be contravening the equality act and that they were on shaky ground legally again, calmly, despite the hurt I felt inside. The manager disagreed and quoted health and safety. I explained that I was going to come in a wheelchair and he said "well we do have wheelchair access". That does not help a disabled person who is not a wheelchair user. Luckily, I knew the promoter of the event Doof! A 90s Rave who said "this is supposed to be inclusive" and immediately went and spoke to the fantastic security staff who told him and me that I was of course allowed any adjustments I needed as long as I didn't block the fire door. And that that was just common sense, let alone the law. They then went and told the bar staff that this was the case. I was not harassed again by the bar staff. As a result of this, for most of the night, I felt ashamed of being disabled and that I was causing a fuss. This is beyond unacceptable to be treated like this in the UK in 2022. No disabled person should be made to feel like that. Not all disabilities are visible. It is not just wheelchair users that need accessibility adaptations. Sometimes they are a little more unusual, but I really did not think a stool on the dance floor was particularly unusual. I strongly suspect it's just ignorance rather than maliciousness unless they're homophobic because I do really look quite gay. If ignorance is the case, then PLEASE learn the law. I am not going to make any kind of claim against you but you could stand to lose a lot of money if you don't make your venue accessible to people with disabilities. I'm more than happy to upgrade the star rating of this venue if I receive a full and sincere apology from the manager, and a promise to gain and train their staff in a true understanding of the Equality Act 2010, because the venue was a great little place for a party, and the rest of the bar staff were very pleasant to me. Don't let yourself down again please, 23 Bath Street.

Stunning Sunday lunch. Best of its type I've had out in ages. Generous portions, really tasty meat veg and giant Yorkshire pud. And all for £12.95. What's not to love!

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