A genuine eighteenth-century pub on the Paragon, about ten minutes' walk uphill from the city centre. The Star has barely changed in two hundred years: four tiny rooms, bench seating, no television, no music, and Bass served straight from the jug. It is the real thing, not a heritage recreation, and the atmosphere reflects it — regulars, quiet conversation, proper beer.
The pub fills up on weekend evenings but is often quiet on weekday afternoons, when you can have a room almost to yourself. There is no food beyond bar snacks. The walk up from the centre passes through some of Bath's finest Georgian streets and is worth doing for its own sake.