The Ironstone Miner - JD Wetherspoon Reviews Summary

Atmosphere and Decor

Pros:

• "Lovely Wetherspoons with a great beer garden, which I believe is dog friendly."
• "A very clean and friendly pub, the staff were really friendly,helpful and courteous."
• "Lovely atmosphere and a great place to catch up with family and friends."
• "It's got kerb appeal and is a great place to catch the summer sun with the extensive outdoor front area."
• "Great atmosphere, with plenty of seating inside and out."
• "This is exactly what you would expect for a Wetherspoon pub, everything is great."
• "Really nice Wetherspoons, has a very nice beer garden at the front."
• "One of the best Wetherspoon pubs I've ever been in. Plenty of tables and cosy corners fresh decor."

Cons:

• "Place is a little shabby and tables not cleaned properly."
• "It not really a pub, but a youth club with food. Lacked any form of 'pub atmosphere'."
• "Tables are disgusting and always dirty.. called it varnish on the tables (yeah varnish my arse too look that dirty)."
• "When the bar staff could be bothered to eventually serve us, our food came out cold."
• "Usually good but busy tonight bar staff didn't want to be there slow, unattentive."
• "Very busy and almost impossible to park, only wanted a spot of lunch but staff not very helpful."
• "Shame place used to be filled with good staff. Had a lad serve me didn’t know anything yet he seems to have been there years."
• "It's always dirty inside. The tables are always choc full of dirty plates and there's always food on the floor."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "Very nice inside, too. Great service & the food was good."
• "We ordered on the app and the drinks arrived a couple of minutes later."
• "Staff friendly and helpful and chatted to us, with mutual comments about each other's accents!"
• "Food was lovely, staff were great. Busy venue but staff were finding time to keep everything spotless."
• "The staff at this establishment are fantastic!!!!"
• "Friendly staff. Excellent food. Clean toilets (always important) and accessible downstairs toilet room for my disabled mother."
• "The staff are all friendly and helpful. There is a huge choice of good food and drink at great prices."
• "Cheerful, helpful staff, serving reasonable breakfasts."

Cons:

• "Was sent breakfasts without the side orders of black pudding which I ordered."
• "Didn't get a chance to drink as I was told it was no longer dog friendly, staff member was very nice about it."
• "When asked if everything was ok with the food I explained that the hockey pucks were not edible."
• "Poor service. Asked for a dip and was told no go to the till to buy it when my food was already going cold."
• "Staff at the till were very rude and wouldn’t serve even my mum because it was 3 minutes past 9 and I’m under the age of 18."
• "Our meal was disgusting. 5 of us were eating only 4 meals turned up which were cold."
• "Food came looking lovely but unfortunately it was cold the cutlery was filthy, had to ask for a clean set."
• "Staff at this Wetherspoons are now stocking alcohol-free beers to an extent although many more are available."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Ordered an English breakfast, delicious but eggs overcooked and beans were cold."
• "The food was good. I recommend the steak and kidney pudding."
• "My breakfast turned up after approx 10 mins and was piping hot, I thoroughly enjoyed it."
• "Great menu, very competitively priced, fast service."
• "The food and service is absolutely brilliant, same with the pricing."
• "Food was lovely, staff were great."
• "Enjoyed a sirloin steak with chips, mushroom, tomato and onion rings with honey glazed sauce."
• "Everytime we have been here and had food it has been amazing."

Cons:

• "Ordered the new salted caramel sticky toffee pudding which was lovely, but the custard that came on top of it was really cold."
• "Food was unavailable, so had to re-order 3 times. Main meal came quickly after we reordered."
• "Breakfast came every item was cold plus plate was stone cold."
• "Ordered two small fish and chips. Mine was miserably teeny tiny, literally about two inches of fish!"
• "Visited this pub Sunday afternoon myself my partner and 4 year old grandson, we ordered a child's fish chips and peas, my partner had gammon egg, chips, I ordered chicken tikka garlic nan and rice, all our food came and it was all cold except the fish."
• "Been a few times now. But as usual didn't have any Abbotts ale again."
• "It’s alright. The food nice but it’s always dirty inside."
• "Have eaten here before was a good experience, but tonight we had find the fish in the rock hard batter that flew off your plate when you tried to put your fork in it not happy."