The Three John Scotts - JD Wetherspoon Reviews Summary

Category: Pub Hull

Address: City Exchange, Alfred Gelder St, Lowgate, Hull HU1 1XW, United Kingdom

Phone: +441482381910

Rating: 4.1
based on 218 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Ordered and paid using the Wetherspoon App......just amazing. No queuing and food and drinks brought to your table."
  • "Service at the bar and the food was quick."
  • "Staff very attentive and courteous. We ate and were impressed by the Manager's Specials."
  • "The table service was spot on and the app was very easy to use."
  • "Staff were great, polite and expedient."
  • "Always good mix of clientele, staff helpful and friendly and any grumbles dealt with proper."
  • "The service was good but all the tables were sticky inside and hadn't been cleaned so had to go sit outside."

Cons:

  • "Service disgusting asked for some more sauce as the one on table was empty.. practically threw the new one at us."
  • "Been told by staff that our party is about to be kicked out because we've used the app to order drinks, if they don't want folk to us it then don't advertise it."
  • "Having ordered the wrong dessert the staff refused to change it for us."
  • "One of the staff was very rude to me. She got the total wrong end of the stick about something that was said and started shouting her mouth off."
  • "Appalling rude staff today."
  • "The glass collecting and service staff were very rude."
  • "The service at the bar was slow and unfriendly."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Lovely place and very friendly staff with great food."
  • "Really comfortable enjoyable afternoon in this bar. Very good value for money! We ordered 3 main meals and 3 alcoholic drinks and it only came to £21 and this included doubling up one of the burgers."
  • "I had the breakfast there and it was excellent given the price, never ending coffee is a bonus as well."
  • "Popped in for Thursday curry night. £9.50 for beef madras, garlic naan and two poppadoms /chutney and of course the accompanying pint of St Migeul. All very tasty surpassing my expectations."
  • "The food was wonderful and a great price. There hot chocolate was so good, I had to get another one."
  • "The chicken wings were perfectly seasoned, with a delicious balance of spices that had us reaching for more."
  • "Absolutely beautiful food. Lovely staff, could not do enough for you. There was 11 of us including children all meals came relatively at the same time, all hot. The burgers are fabulous great price and you get a pint with it."

Cons:

  • "The fish was chewy, like a gum, rubbery, bouncy and not dividing as it would normally."
  • "The food was barely warm and the plates were cold, therefore halfway through the meal the food was cold."
  • "Went for breakfast this morning and ordered eggs royale this is generally hot as the dish has cooked eggs, muffins and hollandaise sauce and is served with smoked salmon. It came out quickly and the sauce was cold and the eggs lukewarm."
  • "The food was FREEZING cold and the halloumi was squeaky and chewy."
  • "Asked for medium rare and came back well done, rest of the food was overcooked and burnt."
  • "We found our own managers specials menu and ordered our food which came in reasonable time but was cold."
  • "Food was below average for a weatherspoons which is disappointing as you usually can't go wrong."

Ambiance & Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "Staff great place clean nice atmosphere."
  • "It's a Wetherspoons so as expected. Great drinks selection and even better prices."
  • "A lovely restored building in a good location. We ate here twice during our visit to Hull. Excellent and attentive staff when the pub was busy."
  • "Nice atmosphere."
  • "A nice location, being inside of an old post office building. They even have a beer garden at the back that allows for more tables, should the weather cooperate."
  • "Stepping into The Three John Scot JD Wetherspoon Pub in Hull, I was immediately struck by the warm and inviting atmosphere."
  • "Very nice beer garden, impressive original interior and an architecturally important historic building."

Cons:

  • "This pub is a COVID 19 time bomb waiting to go off."
  • "Went in for a drink in may half term. Mid afternoon, place was filthy. Tried 3 different tables but all sticky and surrounded by food on floor."
  • "Worst weatherspoons of them all. It's dirty quality of food is terrible and the staff are all miserable."
  • "Place was pretty grubby with stained seating areas."
  • "Love the food my husband and I went in last week enjoyed the food and staff lovely But the tables where very sticky and the toilets especially the disabled and baby changing was disgusting."
  • "Unfortunately I find this pub too loud, there are usually so many people in the place all trying to speak over one another and it makes for a terrible din."
  • "Visited 3John Scott's today has I've done many times over the years how disappointing and disgusted. The seats are ripped and taped with masking tape walls and pictures all splashed and dirty."

Accessibility & Facilities

Pros:

  • "It was an outdoor area to smoke, vape also."
  • "Large old post office building, very spacious with plenty of standing room and seating."
  • "The bar is clean and they have some great and unusual beers on."
  • "A lovely big old building (as is usual with spoons). Big and spacious inside with a lovely beer garden outside."

Cons:

  • "If your in wheelchair I am unsure how you would get in as big steps to get in the venue."
  • "A downside is the steep set of steps you need to climb to get into the building."
  • "The toilets are downstairs."
  • "The gents toilets were a disgrace. One loo seat off, one door with no lock and the other with paper and water all over."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Really comfortable enjoyable afternoon in this bar. Very good value for money! We ordered 3 main meals and 3 alcoholic drinks and it only came to £21 and this included doubling up one of the burgers."
  • "Brilliant prices for Brilliant food and Brilliant Beer."
  • "Cheap drinks and Food. Affordable tasty pub grub."
  • "Wetherspoons, great value beer and food."
  • "Well pay once and refills are free so happy days and only £1.45 per drink what a bargain."
  • "Where else can you get that price?"
  • "It's actually good food at a great price."

Cons:

  • "Portion sizes should be bigger than what a child's meal would get."

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