The Sir Titus Salt, Bradford A Pint Of Ale Pub Review
A standard Wetherspoons offering in an impressive old Victorian baths, Sir Titus Salt is worth a visit for a gander at tthe building.
As with many Wetherspoons we’ve visited, The Sir Titus Salt is an impressive building conversion. Named after the industrialist Mayor of Bradford who founded the town of Saltaire just up the road, this used to be the city centre Windsor Baths. It is a large, open space with a mezannine balcony running around the edge. The original iron and glass roof is held up by a central iron column rising from the ground floor. It’s an impressive building.
There were at least five ales and a cask cider available last night. The ales hailed from across the country, from Greene King’s IPA to the much more local Yorkshire Pale from the Saltaire brewery.
I stuck with the Pale, a fruity, hoppy light beer which was similar in taste, if not as strongly-flavoured as the brewery’s Sundowner which Matt and I sampled in The Owl last week.
It was a Saturday night when we were in the Sir Titus. It wasn’t all that busy compared to some other Wetherspoons we’ve visted, but the weather was atrocious outside. There was the usual mix of clientele, from the brooding loners to the groups of girls on a big night out wearing very little. Matt and I both thought that the atmosphere was a little lacking though.
It’s a good pub to visit; certainly the best out of the little group of trashy bars that it sits amongst. I’d like to visit one summer’s afternoon when the light must stream through the glass roof onto the drinkers and diners below.
