The Quarter Jack - JD Wetherspoon Reviews Summary

Value for Money

Pros:

• "A family of four can easily eat a 2 course meal with drinks for around £35."
• "Great value for money - a pint of good stout and tasty veg curry for under a tenner."
• "The standard menu as usual offers standard pub food at very reasonable prices."
• "When you get a chicken curry with rice, 2 paps, mango, naan and a pint of good real ale for £9.19 there's not much to complain about!"
• "Such cheap affordable prices, meals and drinks for 2 peoples £13!!!! Absolute bargain."
• "Under £4 for breakfast muffin with hot drink."
• "Can’t knock it. Great value for money."

Cons:

• "you have to pay for parking which is annoying"
• "I would say avoid due to the fact we overstayed our paid for parking by a few minutes due to slow service and now being chased by one of the cowboy parking companies with an invoice disguised as a parking ticket for the sum of £70."
• "Stopped off to use the bathroom and have a refreshing drink before travelling on to Glastonbury. Somehow ended up with a £250 parking ticket because there were no clear signs or barriers to suggest I had to pay for parking."
• "cheap food and drink (even if it is not quite as cheap as it was a year ago)."
• "There is also a car park problem here because we had to pay & display for this Weatherspoons experience"

Service

Pros:

• "Service was quick"
• "Staff couldn’t help enough!"
• "The food came very quickly and was hot and fresh."
• "Hard working, polite staff."
• "Friendly staff. We used the app to order our food and it all arrived very quickly."
• "Great prompt service and really consistent food"
• "Food was served quickly and was delicious."

Cons:

• "Extremely poor management, heavily understaffed."
• "service was slow if you want table service if not ordering on the app"
• "waited ages for our table to be cleaned ended up doing it our self's then a waitress came to clean the table with a filthy cloth and no spray cleaner she was also very rude"
• "Had to wait over an hour for our food."
• "Service was poor. The food was even worse."
• "Poor customer service, very rude."
• "Service was poor."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Excellent food choice, quality and outstanding service."
• "the chips were nice"
• "Food was really good."
• "Food wise we had special 'Burns night Burgers' which were really good value and very good."
• "Food was really good, well cooked and waitress service was perfect."
• "The lamb shank and curry meals were hot and tasty."
• "The food was delivered quickly and, although it may not be gourmet, it was really good quality, well cooked and (importantly) delivered quickly and hot!"

Cons:

• "it was the worst gammon I've ever had it was like shoe leather"
• "The chicken breast was very dry and quite tough."
• "The wells quarter jack in wells was poor hygiene. Found hair in one the meals and steak raw not properly cooked."
• "The lasagne was very microwaved! The chips quite nasty and synthetic tasting."
• "Burgers were burnt beyond recognition."
• "The mixed grill had reheated sausages, old chicken, and the gammon had a funny taste."
• "Food was cold and not properly cooked through."

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "The bathroom facilities were very clean too..."
• "Toilets clean."
• "Toilets were clean and well maintained and a pleasure to visit."
• "The pub itself was clean and tidy."
• "This pub was very clean."
• "It was clean, and the usual menu which is good value for money."
• "Excellent pub, very clean, staff brilliant. Nothing too much trouble."

Cons:

• "All the tables were filthy with plates stacked high with staff walking past them without clearing them."
• "The floors were dirty and the tables was filthy and when asked to wipe them they didn't bother so we had moved to a cleaner table."
• "the next table equally as filthy then final table more food on it and a greasy hand print"
• "waited ages for our table to be cleaned ended up doing it our self's then a waitress came to clean the table with a filthy cloth and no spray cleaner she was also very rude"
• "Carpet stained and filthy, food on floor not cleared away for over an hour"
• "Under our table was food debris. Our table was also very sticky."
• "A lot of tables not cleared and generally a lack of cleanliness around the place."

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "It's been decorated really well and it's quite a cool Wetherspoons but it's tired, scruffy and not the best."
• "Best decor; up there with The Orangery in Exeter, lots of space and areas to pick to sit in."
• "It had a nice size beer garden, with disused concrete tunnel sections as a feature to sit in and eat or drink."
• "The stained wood Art Deco refurbishment throughout complements the building."
• "Some excellent sheltered outdoor 'pods'. Very innovative use of what looked like cast concrete sewer pipe!"
• "I really like the concrete tubes that have been made into sheltered seating with lamps and heaters."
• "Very modern and roomy weatherspoons. Nice choice of seating and even has a small courtyard divided for smokers and non smokers."

Cons:

• "It's tired, scruffy and not the best."
• "No character and looking a bit worn down."
• "Think working men's club in 1984 without the music or the concept of central heating of any kind."
• "Seemed grubby & uncared for."
• "This was a very bland interior, but had a good size garden at rear and terrace in front."
• "No character and looking a bit worn down."