The Lord Arthur Lee - JD Wetherspoon Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Had a family meal yesterday with very fussy teenagers and daughter. Staff handled it very well and sorted everything out leaving whole family happy."
• "Popped in lunchtime, it was absolutely packed!! But we found a seat, ordered our food and before we knew it, our food was there!!"
• "Highly recommended. Most Excellent breakfast and service every Sunday now for several weeks of visits in a row."
• "Ordered chicken jalfrazie and the mangalorian cauliflower both with rice and 2 pints of punk IPA. Very good quality and perfect amount of food served promptly."
• "This pub lets you sit down outside with your dog."
• "We only wanted a drink but were welcomed in and sat down by the friendly bar man."
• "Staff were so busy, making sure tables were cleared and cleaned, but they were all cheerful and friendly!!"

Cons:

• "Probably would've got better service at Mcdonald's 4am in the morning."
• "Staff are extremely rude, they will tell you to turn your phone off because it’s loud while drunks are screaming over each other."
• "The service was very slow they kept forgetting our food."
• "Rude and hostile / aggressive staff. We just walked away, shocking customer service and best avoided!!"
• "One of the workers were so rude they practically frizbeeeeed the plate in my DIRECTION! The chicken burger was underdone and wet!"
• "Rather rude staff who always look as if they’ve been told by their GPs they have a week left to live."
• "Really bad service from a ginger girl with glasses looked really unhappy."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Absolutely delicious and such a reasonable price!!"
• "The Guinness was excellent."
• "It does provide exactly what you expect from a Wetherspoons establishment, good, honest, pub grub."
• "Ruddles best £1.59 cheaper than drinking coke! Burger meal and a beer for less than £10. What is not to like."
• "The food is always cooked to perfection."
• "Called in with wife and daughter and son.son had Fridays fish and chips which he liked.wife and daughter had chicken and ribs combo.i had mixed grill food was hot and tasty service was good.they were busy."
• "The fish was delicious."

Cons:

• "Food was horrible. Chicken burger was like chewing on a rubber chicken."
• "The normal beef burger had quite a bit of gristle in it."
• "The chicken burger was very dry."
• "The fish was disgusting, I don't know what it was but certainly not the nice cod they usually serve."
• "Food came within 2 minutes cold chips and onion rings."
• "The pulled chicken burger I had was slimy and the bun was soggy."
• "The cottage pie was like something out of Iceland. Was dried up. Peas were cold."

Atmosphere & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "The venue was clean."
• "This is the cleanest and best run Wetherspoons we have visited."
• "It appeared clean and well laid out."
• "The bar and table area were very clean and well presented."
• "Great location, very spacious and friendly staff."
• "Always have a great night out, and enjoy the bubbly atmosphere here."
• "It's quite a bit larger than the Crown further up the street but still has a nice homey feel to it."

Cons:

• "They need to clean the seats in there..they were really dirty."
• "Save your money and go somewhere else."
• "Really inconsiderate to neighbouring residents. Noise noise noise until 23:00 from pub garden."
• "Last minute decision and not a great one. Never been in such a noisy place."
• "Toilets (for men): they are not always clean."
• "Small garden is a downside and needs a paint and new apholstery on the seats."
• "A strange experience. I don't think I've ever been in a pub quite like this before. Absolutely full of really old people."

Value

Pros:

• "Late breakfast, ok and good value."
• "For the money you pay it is very good value."
• "Good old 'Spoons. Can't fault the place."
• "A lot of snobbery around going to a Wetherspoons but I've just had the small fish and chips with curry sauce, and a pint SA Gold. Food came quickly and was very tasty."
• "Very good prices and quick service."
• "A decent pint of ale is £2.15 - what's not to like :?"
• "In my opinion one of the safest covid friendly pubs in Fareham, the staff are switched on and attentive to the current climate."

Cons:

• "The only slight let down was the variety of beers for the advertised festival."
• "Once we did get served the 2 different ales that we ordered were horrible."
• "The cocktails I thought wasn't great at all. I would rather pay more to get a decent drink."
• "Okay for cheap drinks, but don't accept the house wine. The merlot would be better on chips!"
• "BBQ Panini could have had bit more care taken when making it, tasted nice though."
• "The beer is cheap (and on the Cask Marque Ale Trail- so we know it will be good)."
• "Terrible cup was full all round the chipped. Scrambled egg not mixed and solid skin from side of saucepan."