The Talk Of The Town - JD Wetherspoon Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The staff are very efficient and professional."
• "Staff are very busy and helpful!"
• "We were served by a very pleasant young lady by the name of Paris."
• "Service has always been quick and friendly when I've been, regardless of whether it's busy or not."
• "The staff are always friendly and the service is always excellent."
• "The staff could not have been more helpful - they located the purse and posted it to me."
• "Staff still friendly and food served within 15 minutes of ordering."

Cons:

• "Every empty table was scruffy and filled with dirty plates."
• "The staff where lovely but a lot of standing around waiting only 2 people pouring drinks."
• "Average. Slow staff."
• "Had to wait for ages to get serviced."
• "Food didnt take long but was cold. Tried to catch attention of 2 members staff but both looked away as they past."
• "Absolute pandemonium. Place mobbed and not enough staff."
• "No Manager came to see us. No one offered us a free drink."

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "The pub is following covid regulations, plenty of hand sanitizers everywhere."
• "The bar area was nice and clean."
• "Very clean and no messy tables or floor."
• "The staff are all friendly and helpful. The staff are constantly cleaning the bar, bar pumps and tables."
• "Clean and tidy."
• "Tables cleared quickly by the staff."
• "Nice outside seating facing the park."

Cons:

• "App didn't work, wrong drinks brought to table twice, floors and tables very dirty."
• "The place is very dirty, staff cannot manage/run the bar."
• "The toilets and surroundings very very dirty and not very family friendly."
• "Dirty place sticky tables from the night before looked like sick on the carpet."
• "Food was OK tables very dirty don't think they wipe them after someone has eaten."
• "Toilets are filthy - glass bottles left from night before."
• "The ceiling is covered in dead flies, tables not cleaned and food all over the floor. Food was cold and hard, cutlery dirty."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Never had an issue with service or food or drink."
• "Steak was cooked perfectly."
• "Exactly what you expect - really cheap - two pints for £5.04 - I had the beef Madras and chips - the food was delicious - great position backing out on the park - excellent quality and really good price."
• "The food arrived hot and tasty and fast."
• "Food was cooked well and wraps and pizza nice and hot."
• "Food came promptly, was hot and tasty and we did enjoy it."
• "Food was good with rapid service."

Cons:

• "Fed up with lukewarm food.... It needs extra time in the microwave!!"
• "Portions were SMALL...veggie sausages had no taste....meat sausages tasted like soap."
• "I never knew that mashed potato came with a skin. Revolting food. Overcooked and ruined."
• "The chips themselves were cold and the cheese was not melted."
• "The food was nothing less than disgusting, the fried fish was dry because it had been standing too long."
• "The chicken strips are meant to be fried not soft and greecy bread crumbs."
• "Food was cold and badly cooked...bread was stodgy, chips so undercooked couldn't finish them, peas like ball bearings."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "However, all in all, wetherspoons is great value for money."
• "The menu choices and the prices are fantastic."
• "Reasonable prices compared to other places in the town."
• "Drinks are cheap too."
• "Unbelievably good value."
• "Good food and the usual great value."
• "Very extensive menu, from breakfast to dinner at absolutely reasonable prices."

Cons:

• "Menu is non existent, and considering we are still currently in a pandemic. Cleaning seems to be the last thing on their minds."
• "Steak night is not as cheap as it used to be!!!!"
• "I can't believe they can charge £5 pound odd for that won't come here again."
• "Overpriced and rubbish."
• "Not very clean either. overall I do not recommend this monstrosity of a Wetherspoons."
• "Remember when a traditional breakfast was £2.99 and well worth it, now at £4.50 without a drink included I’m not too sure."
• "The food is definitely a 0 out of 10."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Although a bit of a tourist trap it's quite a nice bar inside, cozy with a bit of a rustic feel."
• "Very friendly and welcoming pub. Wifi is available and very good. The food is what you expect from a weatherspoons."
• "Great for families."
• "Nice place to visit, I especially like the veranda out the back, great sun trap in the summer."
• "Love coming here for the lovely atmosphere."
• "A smashing atmosphere."
• "Nice friendly atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Hardly a relaxing atmosphere with kids running riot and parents seemingly lacking in the energy to stop them."
• "The atmosphere was the same as the atmosphere on the M6. I wouldn’t come back again."
• "Pub not very clean had to queue on a Tuesday evening to get a seat."
• "Staff were quite rude. Made me feel uncomfortable while eating food."
• "The pub so dark and dingy, refurbished in 2010 (plaque on wall) needs a uplift carpets seen better days and pub smells of body odour."
• "Everyone is packed in like it's a cattle market."
• "Not a great atmosphere. Just didn't feel comfortable drinking there with my father."

Accessibility

Pros:

• "On holiday here at the moment visited the pub last year sat outside on the tables no problems with a small dog."
• "Wheelchairs are accommodated with large front doors and an internal lift to the main area."
• "Despite my inability to down load the app I was reassured by young man at the door it wouldn't be a problem and staff were excellent and took my order at the table with a friendly service."
• "Great pub and plenty of seating."
• "Plenty of space inside and tables also in the back garden."
• "The ordering of food and drinks is dead easy via the app."
• "The service is really good and the staff were very attentive to making sure the youngsters were old enough to be ordering alcohol."

Cons:

• "Shame the beer garden is no more."
• "You have to climb too many steps to get to the toilet."
• "No wheelchair access that I could see to go up to the next level, so seating is hard if it is full."
• "Too many new seating arrangements, difficult to get through pub with a pushchair or disability chair."
• "Area by disabled toilet full of high tables and stools and teens blocking way with stools and suitcases."
• "I am a disabled person and in a wheelchair and when I came inside found the lift was out of order."
• "Toilet was a trek from the restaurant area, hard work for those with any difficulty in their mobility."