The Salamander
$$ • Pub
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Absolutely amazing! Delicious food, really accommodating and knowledgeable staff. GF Food is clearly marked on the menu- so much choice!! Banana Sticky Toffee Pudding was out of the world! Best meal out I’ve had for a while. Thank you!
Great selection of gluten-free options (starters and mains), including traditional fish&chips. Very friendly and helpful staff. Cozy downstairs bars area (if you want a relaxed meal) and historic dining room upstairs. Menu full of traditional British pub dishes, but all home-made and cooked fresh. I had the GFO of their burger and it was delicious. Famous for its local beers and ales too (not for coeliacs obviously, but your friends) and good selection of wines by the glass. Slightly away from the centre and tourists attractions too and it’s thus got a nice local atmosphere with regulars and local people frequenting. Good value for money too!
One of the best meals I had in England. They are very aware of cross contamination (owner has a family member with celiac). Separate fryer for GF. Had incredible apps and wonderful fish soup/chowder. Highly, highly recommend.
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Fantastic food with lots of choice and really friendly staff
A fantastic place to eat. So many GF options - the starters in particular were fab I can’t remember the last time I ate Chinese pork belly but starter at the Salamander was incredible. Also shared the breaded chicken and the croquet - both very tasty and a rarity as a Coeliac.
Amazing food, some of the BEST onion rings I’ve ever had! Super friendly and quick service, super knowledgeable about coeliac disease with a seperate fryer, gf batter and flour!
INCREDIBLE. Went for a short day trip and was worried of not finding a place to eat… that said the chef was incredible and kept updating me on the cooking. Careful if you are celiac, gluten free beer is used for the fish and still has barley in it. Which as a celiac I am very sensitive to. Talking with them they made me feel safe. Since the frier had been compromised they made me chips in a pan & seared haddock. Cleaning all the utensils and cutting boards. My BEST CELIAC food experience. One of the only times I have not felt like a burden. Would highly recommend. Very communicative!!!
Excellent choice- almost everything on the menu is GF or GFO ❤🌻
Resident of Bath, and this is our local. Can not say enough great things about the friendly and conscientious, informative, careful, helpful service/staff, and the huge variety of **delicious** and wonderful, traditional, safe foods!! Five very enthusiastic yum faces: 😋😋😋😋😋
Excellent service, great English food, very safe menu and clearly marked GF. So good!
Found this place on the app. It helped that the Batman also has an allergy to nuts so was well aware of the importance of avoiding cross contamination. My son has coeliac and a nut allergy.
We had the fried chicken and chips. Very tasty and generous portions.
Food was good, service was a bit spotty, but they had only one gal in charge of the whole place so I’d blame poor management for that. Otherwise, great little pub if you need a quick bite or a drink.
such good food and very conscious of gluten free! when i finished i complimented the food and the bartender told me about how they try to be very allergy/other aware because so many restaurants aren’t! i got the ham, egg, and chips. the ham was SO good!
Went here for an evening meal and OH MY LIFE the best food ever!!! Only 2 things on the menu actually contained gluten and as soon as I told Gareth about my allergy he said we have separate friers and flour etc etc… and the food was just YUM. I had pork belly and SFC. 10/10 delicious and the service was 10/10 too
Awesome pub. Almost everything can be made gluten free. They have amazing fish and chips and onion rings. They also serve a local cider.
Awesome British pub experience. Most of the menu could be made gf including the fried chicken or fish and chips. Food was super delicious. Also excellent cider on tap.
Best Fish & Chips! I subbed the chips for phenomenal onion rings. So good, such a treat, a meal I haven’t had in over 20 years… I started tearing up with happiness…and there was no extra charge for the meal being gf! Don’t miss this place
Really great GF fish and chips! And 3 versions of hard cider (dry, sweet, and flat). Friendly staff, items marked with GF and vegan/vegetarian options. Plus can order small or large portions.
Ate here as part of a Rick Steve's tour and had a traditional English roast beef dinner which was very good. Dinner was served family style for the group, but they brought my plate separately to ensure no cross contamination.
Separate fryer for GF
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Ate here again another night and had the fried chicken which was like chicken fingers. They also have GF options for fish & chips and a seafood chowder.
Just had very tasty gf fish and chips! A treasure in Bath after a busy day! Items were marked gf or gfo - can be adapted. What a find!!
Wow! Just wow.
Best GF fish and chips I've ever had and the pork belly Starter cannot be missed. Additionally the fried chicken is incredible. Cannot recommend enough.
Staff is knowledgeable and friend and great Amber ale.
Lovely place! Everything besides the sausage roll is already gf or can be made gf (all of it is marked gf or gfo, gluten free option, on the menu). Talked to the staff and they said that everything is separate in the kitchen if you’re gluten free, including fryers and cooking spaces so just mention it!
Had the Salamander Fried Chicken and fries/chips and absolutely loved it. It’s rare that I can have fried chicken outside of Korean Fried Chicken, so this was awesome. They also have gluten free beer!
I am shocked this doesn’t have more reviews so I HAVE to leave one!
Our experience here was wonderful. This is a fun little pub with a great atmosphere, extremely kind staff, and great gf options.
Almost their entire menu is naturally gluten free or has a gluten free option. So when I arrived, I ask for their procedures.
They have a separate fryer for all gluten free things and the only thing they really can’t make gluten free is the sausage roll appetizer. They use cider for the batter on the fish (instead of beer batter of course) and many of the options they only have as a gluten free option (makes it easier for us right?!)
So I ordered fish and chips. And when I tell you they may be the best gf fish and chips I’ve had, it is no joke! The fish was fresh & crispy and the fries were wonderful.
I finished it off with a sticky toffee pudding, completely gluten free and OH MY GOSH- if you get a dessert, please do yourself a favor and get this. I swear I wish I could have this on a daily basis! Lol
My non-gf husband had a wonderful meal of his own fish and chips with affogato as a dessert. We were both incredibly happy and had a wonderful experience. I know I will absolutely come back here whenever I am in Bath and I hope everyone reading this gives it a try!
Tried based on reviews and the fish and chips were great! Chips a bit too crunchy for me but still delicious! Totally recommend! Gareth was super helpful and friendly.
Delicious meal, staff seemed very knowledgeable about a gluten free diet. Great range of choices in what felt like a safe environment.
Absolutely the best fish n chips that I’ve had. So flaky. See pic below. That’s the larger portion. Most of the menu is gf. Waiter fully aware of what is gf or not.
Lovely old pub, great choice of beers and wines, including some bottled gf pale ale.
Wonderful choice of food - most main courses were or could be made gluten free. Desserts - also choice of several, one of course being brownie and ice cream. I can highly recommend the lemon posset with light very tasty shortbread.
Jai was serving at the bar and bringing food to the table, delightful and very careful about ensuring everything was definitely gluten free.
For those like myself with accessibility needs also, this building would not be great, unless you’re ambulatory and have a helper to bring the wheelchair/ mob scooter in. One step at entrance then another into the bar area, toilets are upstairs only.
Lovely place and the gluten free fish and chips are amazing!!! The staff immediately reassured that there is no contamination and explained how the baked the fish & chips.
Such a cozy little pub- and had a delicious burger on a gluten free bun!
The fish and chips were so good at lunch that we went back for the salmon cakes and brownie later that day. Great atmosphere and very reasonably priced.
AMAZING!!! Everything we ate was gluten free. They even did gluten free onion rings! The salmon cakes were good...but the fish and chips was FANTASTIC! They also had a gluten free beer. A must-visit place if you are gluten free and wanting traditional bar food!
We had a lovely pub dinner here last night. Many options for those following a GF diet. Fish and Chips, Salmon Cakes, and Ham, Egg and Chips highly recommended
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