V-Shed - JD Wetherspoon Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Great staff."
• "The staff (all but one) really seemed to be enjoying their jobs and looking after customers."
• "Service was great from the gothic/alternative lass at the bar, pouring a perfect Guinness."
• "Staff are attentive and friendly."
• "The staff where lovely and on hand throughout, inquiring if all was well at each course."
• "The staff never disappointed me ever going to any weatherspoons pubs."
• "Staff were very friendly and helpful 🙂"

Cons:

• "Where do I start...the front door security absolutely terrible."
• "Horrible experience, staff didn't seem to care about anything."
• "Team leaders attitude was we have no floor staff."
• "After waiting 15 minutes at the bar we asked politely was there any chance of being served - the reply was 'We only have two staff on'."
• "Staff is relaxed/don't care."
• "Really rude manager, the bouncers were sound but the manager was so rude to us."
• "Staff who ignore you."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "I really like the fish and chips and Indian curry dishes."
• "Food quality was amazing on both the dinner and the breakfast we had there."
• "Visited in the evening for food. Really tasty and great value."
• "The mixed grill was consistent and well cooked. The chips dry and baked potato soft and fluffy white."
• "Wife had mushroom Benedict, which was excellent."
• "Had an American style breakfast which was delicious."
• "The food itself is very good."

Cons:

• "The food was cold, the poppadoms had pools of oil in."
• "Food was a little disappointing."
• "Our bacon was black and burnt, hash browns were undercooked and the rest was cold."
• "The food was undercooked, cold and the waiting time was over an hour."
• "The large breakfast I ordered was cold, especially the beans and bacon."
• "Food came out after only 15, was cold and chips undercooked."
• "Had food here last week, food was abyssmal, I ordered the bbq chicken burger."

Cleanliness and Maintenance

Pros:

• "Very clean, really polite staff! Nothing too much trouble at all!"
• "The place itself is nicely laid out and the food was excellent."
• "They managed covid-19 security very well, i very much liked that there were hand sanitiser stations on every stair case of each floor!"

Cons:

• "The floors were sticky so we're the table's, The tables needed a good scrub."
• "The floors were incredibly sticky, which is a horrible feeling to have."
• "The tables were sticky and dirty, had an odd smell like it hadn’t been deep cleaned for a while."
• "Tables were always so sticky, when wiped no cleaner was used."
• "Also sticky carpets which isn't the best."
• "Floor was sticky and even in the morning when we went for breakfast the floor was still sticky and the place stank of alcohol and sweat from the night before."
• "I will not go into detail about the ladies toilets but I have never seen toilets so dirty."

Atmosphere and Location

Pros:

• "Good place for groups, later in the night it gets louder due to having a DJ in house from approx 9pm till late."
• "The atmosphere was nice and was easy enough to get a table and served on a Saturday evening."
• "Entertaining and good value Wetherspoons venue."
• "In good location and looks cool."
• "Lovely area of Bristol."
• "It's right on the developed docks & has a nice view."
• "Lovely location on the harbour side and if you can get to sit outside it's lovely."

Cons:

• "Often very loud."
• "Having to que to get to the que and then pay to get into a weatherspoons on a Saturday night is never a great start."
• "The dance floor concept is stupid on weekends."
• "It's also smack bang in the middle of the lively bar and club area so it was noisy, loads of teens/twenties yelling at each other in the bar."
• "Very loud inside when we visited."
• "Groups of young people fill this venue, and language can be a lot to be desired, absolutely no regard that children are sat in front or behind them."
• "Never felt so unsafe in a venue in all of my life."