The Sir Walter Scott - JD Wetherspoon Reviews Summary

Location and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "This restaurant is located inside Edinburgh Airport."
• "It was an incredible atmosphere, so much chatter and noise."
• "The seating area across the walkway is always best to sit, in my opinion."
• "Atmosphere is good though and tables are clean."
• "The ambient of the place is nice, full of Walter Scott motives, again, for an airport."
• "It's the most expensive wetherspoons I've ever been in, yet their food or drink is no different to any other..!!"
• "This is now relocated next door to the old location. It feels a lot bigger and more covers."
• "Great pit stop while waiting for a flight but so overcrowded."

Cons:

• "Due to busy times and struggle to get a table you are best to find a table and use the Wetherspoons app to order."
• "Could do with some better aircon, we found it very hot on both occasions."
• "The place is horrible, both the hamburger we ordered were cold and not cooked well."
• "Tables could do with an occasional wipe as arms stuck to whatever residue was on there."
• "One little grumble was the number of people taking up seats/blocking tables with baggage."
• "Closed earlier than advertised and rudely ejected us five minutes after calling time."
• "Tables very dirty. Real bad attitude from the bar staff."
• "Absolutely disgusting, I had the scrambled eggs with salmon... the eggs taste like water and the salmon is more brown than orange/pink."

Service

Pros:

• "We were served very quickly."
• "Servers came directly after we finished and cleaned up."
• "Very quick service despite being really busy."
• "I had to mention this to the manager who handled the situation in a very professional way."
• "The staff always are pretty pleasant and helpful."
• "Staff excellent especially Lauren."
• "The staff are brilliant, friendly and welcoming."
• "Staff friendly and helpful but very busy."

Cons:

• "Nothing on menu that is gluten free, had to order items from the 'extra'."
• "No staff around to complain to."
• "The food took around 20 minutes to come which is understandable considering how busy the place is."
• "Neither the scan nor the app worked on my android phone nor my iPhone. So I couldn't order breakfast."
• "The staff parked a fly infested garbage cart next to our table and abandoned it."
• "Waited over 2 hours for food which was cold."
• "Male host making sure people track and trace and sanitise their hands was aggressive and rude."
• "Have to self order from the bar and very slow respond from the staff."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "We were also pleasantly surprised the food arrived so quickly and the standard was extremely good."
• "The chicken burger and it was very tasty."
• "The food was decent and comes quick."
• "Had a thoroughly enjoyable breakfast today, my expectations were exceeded."
• "Cracking cooked breakfast and very cheery staff."
• "Great food and great interactions with staff. The food was (in my opinion) the best food in the airport."
• "Dropped in here for lunch with not knowing what to expect from an airport Wetherspoons and it was absolutely excellent!"
• "The whole experience started the 'airport wait' perfectly."

Cons:

• "Dissapointing burger a small light burger bun (White bread)."
• "Small breakfast OK, beans had seen better days, but edible nonetheless."
• "Food was cold, yet tasty."
• "Poor quality burger and a measly portion of chips for a premium W/Spoons price."
• "Ordered ribs and chicken bbq and it was alright. Also order nacho which unfortunately is not good."
• "A pint at 4am before your morning flight? No problem! Is it overpriced? Absolutely."
• "Very expensive considering what you get in quantity. The burger patties are made for small children."
• "Honestly. Food is inedible."

Price

Pros:

• "It is what it is, a Spoons inside the airport. Cheaper prices than some of the other food places in departures."
• "Food was decent value considering they will be paying Airport rent / overheads."
• "Prices are okay. Just the drink prices are a bit high."
• "A busy pub, very tight on space between tables as they've packed as many in as possible. Offers good pub food at typical airport prices."
• "Good drinks service. Ordered a pizza and came missing rocket. No big deal except food is twice the price compared to normal town pubs."
• "Always good to have a Wetherspoons available, one of two of the company’s pubs at the airport, this one located after security for passengers only. Great pricing, real ales, and extensive drink and food menu."
• "I am a firm advocate of reasonably priced pub food and bear in mind the Sir Walter Scott is in an airport, I feel the prices are very reasonable."
• "Service and food what you expect from a whetherspoons. Never disappointed with the food have used table service at a lot of Wetherspoons lately."

Cons:

• "But 11£ is overpriced."
• "A total rip off airport version of the normal Weatherspoons. Limited menu and prices are probably double the normal price."
• "Very expensive considering what you get in quantity."
• "Nice clean place, really pricey 'high for airport prices' decent food."
• "A pint at 4am before your morning flight? No problem! Is it overpriced? Absolutely."
• "Crazy steep prices. For very average food."
• "Significant price increases. No offer including a drink with your meal anymore."
• "Very much more expensive than other Wetherspoons."