Sally Lunn's Refreshment House & Museum

DawgatOxford

Perfectly Average 6th April 2008

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Cheap prices for a charming, touristy location. Service was alright -not friendly, but prompt.

The famous Sally Lunn Bunn is a slightly sweet oversized Hamburger roll, but slathered in clotted cream and strawberry jam is quite tasty.

I probably wouldn't go back, and I probably wouldn't wait in line, but I'm glad I got the experience for my Bath day trip.

jo104

Sally Lunn Bun anyone? 31st July 2007

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Sally Lunn was a young French refugee that came & settled in Bath 300 years ago. The restaurant is in Bath's oldest house & incorporates the Sally Lunn museum where you can see the origional kitchen she used to bake her famous bun in.

We decided to come here for dinner and enjoy the special trencher menu. A trencher is a type of bread which was used as a substitute for plates which were only invented in the 1500's. The Sally Lunn bun is a type of trencher bread & it soaks up the flavour from the meal itself.

Now I must admit when I passed on starters I was imagining the meal would be served on a huge bun equating to a plate. I was wrong the meal is served on top of a hunk of the Sally Lunn Bunn, a little disappointing. The starters looked unappertizing but were in fact deemed to be very tasty. I ordered the beef Bourguinon trencher which was very boozy!! Then the desserts were a good size, I had the lemon tart. Our table enjoyed a bottle of pink Cava to start followed by the house white.

The ambience is one of dining in someone's dining room it is quirky. The tea room serves different kinds of food which is the Sally Lunn Bun with sweet or savoury fillings. I would suggest you book in advance of a visit for lunch, tea or dinner.