The Banker's Draft Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The staff are lovely even at 7am."
• "Good service and the usual value for money breakfast."
• "The lady that served us was very chatty and nice."
• "All staff were friendly and polite."
• "Staff were great and very helpful."
• "Staff friendly and great service."
• "The staff were friendly."

Cons:

• "However there’s a lad who wears glasses who doesn’t keep an eye on who is next at the bar."
• "Member of staff had a real attitude problem, being rude about other staff a slamming glasses and cutlery on tables, very disrespectful."
• "Got assaulted outside, bouncer was pretty much busy on his phone, manager had a go at ME about it."
• "Worst weatherspoons I've ever been in .. Staff no interest in place at all."
• "The waiter... said we had to speak to the staff at the bar, when we asked if he could do it his response was.... 'I don't get paid enough to do that !!!'"
• "Staff are quite rude and the bar staff didn't actually listen to me and had to retake my whole order."
• "The waitress didn't bring salt and pepper when I asked her."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Met there for a night out. Food and service excellent."
• "I am really impressed with the standard of food for such a affordable price."
• "Perfectly acceptable and food was excellent."
• "Food was great, I love the burgers."
• "Excellent food in my experience."
• "The food is yummy."
• "The food was pretty good."

Cons:

• "The beans tasted like they'd been heated up many times and the chips were old too, none of the meal was sufficiently hot!"
• "The large breakfast was not the best - eggs rubbery and over cooked, only got two small streaks of Bacon when I was supposed to get three rashers, sausages were black!"
• "Probably the most tasteless chicken burger I have ever eaten."
• "Wasn't even a good breakfast... Was cold."
• "The meal was cold when it arrived."
• "Food wasn't great my chicken tasted dry/reheated feel like spoons is losing it's value on food."
• "Food was plain nasty not correct order no Value for money."

Ambiance & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Toilets clean and tidy."
• "It's usually a little more peaceful upstairs and there's plenty of tables."
• "I felt safe seeing the 360 cameras on the ceiling right above where I sat."
• "I find it clean good bar staff beer garden round the back two floors."
• "The staircases and frames on the walls add to the setting, where we were served quickly and enjoyed quality drinks at our seats while cleanliness had been maintained."
• "A nice, big, airy pub with plenty of seating."
• "Nice and clean place, toilets clean."

Cons:

• "Disabled toilet was disgusting and needed a good clean as I could smell it from where I was sat."
• "I was put off by the level of drunkenness of the customers there."
• "Constant harassment by homeless people on the rear smoking area."
• "But unfortunately this pub attracts sleaze bags and criminals."
• "The places however is in desperate need of a clean and/or refurb."
• "The condiment bottles were empty everywhere."
• "Scruffy, filthy toilets, unwiped tables."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Excellent value drinks."
• "In early afternoon place packed and as always drinks a great price."
• "Great service, excellent facilities, character, comfortable seating and most importantly, large selection of beers at the lowest prices in the city centre."
• "Great place for a cheap pint in the city centre."
• "The standard of food was what you'd expect for a Weatherspoons, and the prices were really good...lunch for 4 people came to less than £25 with drinks."
• "You can never complain when a vodka energy is so cheap."
• "The beer is well priced, the food is cheap."

Cons:

• "Don't agree with customers paying for pub meals when other customers bring their own takeaways in."
• "Shocking service. All our food came at different times even tho it was on the same ticket."
• "The meal we had today was not among them."
• "Waited 37mins for an app order."
• "The wait time is a bit longer than usual."
• "They also stop accepting substituting parts of breakfasts on the weekends."
• "The food at wetherspoons has gone right downhill."

Location & Accessibility

Pros:

• "Nice Wetherspoons near the tram stop, plenty of choice and one of the longest walks to the toilets known to man, definitely work up a thirst on your round trip."
• "I like the 'Safe Place for Women' sticker on the door."
• "Convenient meeting place."
• "Well located around the town center."
• "Right outside tram stop."
• "Next to both the tram and a whole bunch of bus stops."
• "Nice Wetherspoons pub in Sheffield City Centre. It's in a really convenient location by Castle Square."

Cons:

• "This place is like a crack head zoo!"
• "Whether you have a crack head trying to sell something for his next fix or a gypsy family arguing in the main entrance, I've never felt less safe in an establishment."
• "The city let me and my friend down as we witnessed violence in broad daylight and found the place scary as 2 women staying overnight on our own."
• "The general area around the pub was not the best with quite a lot of people hanging around outside on the pavement and back of the pub."
• "It has the potential to be a good pub but it's not in a great part of town and it shows."
• "Multiple regulars greedily eyed my bag."
• "Imagine all the detritus they scrape off the floors of other wetherspoons accumulated in one place."