Defectors Weld Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Ambience

Pros:

• "Great beer selection, atmosphere was lovely and chilled until the music got louder."
• "Comfortable trendy local bar with a great selection of interesting beers and ales at reasonable prices. Great music and vibrant but relaxed atmosphere."
• "Great place to hang out on the sofas after a long day at work."
• "WOW! What a change. This pub is a luxury. It feels so cozy and with a proper old English pub feel."
• "Lovely proper english pub. It's got strong ales, great chips and tasty sauces. It even has vegetarian options."
• "Evening the place fills up but good atmosphere and service."
• "Pub is great, clean and amazing vibe."

Cons:

• "Dark and stinky, always seems to be busy when I visit."
• "The music was horrendously loud making conversation impossible."
• "Really bad music the dj wasn't interested in nothing at all even Shazam couldn't recognize the music he was playing."
• "Absolutely ridiculous service.... literally inconceivable how unaware the staff are as to how awful their service is."
• "I found the atmosphere to be rather aggressive."
• "The atmosphere inside will be a bit livelier than the atmosphere at somebody's wake."
• "Honestly so disappointed in the whole vibe here."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "The staff are friendly, attentive and pour good drinks."
• "The staff are always friendly and the food is great."
• "Great staff, fab cocktails and special thanks to the DJ playing on Saturday night for playing Latin tunes and even Salsa."
• "Polite and quick service too."
• "Service was amazing and quick considering it was a Saturday night, and it wasn't heaving like the other pubs surrounding."
• "The staff were so friendly and helpful, we came 30 minutes late to our booked table and they made the effort to still organise a table for us."
• "Staff are friendly & chilled."

Cons:

• "Was left standing at the bar for what seemed like a very long time while others were being served around me, all for a garnish..."
• "Service is very slow at the bar."
• "The bar tender refused to serve us cocktails as apparently they were understaffed."
• "Staff that I've seen there during the day also aren't as welcoming as they ought to be."
• "She was rude, no manners, like she didn't even wanted to be there."
• "Very rude member of staff."
• "Rude barman."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "It was very well made, with a good selection of tasty vegetables and roast potatoes."
• "Their food selection is also delicious, especially their chips with garlic mayo sauce."
• "Food was great too- we had toad in the hole (amazing) and a black pudding scotch egg and chips."
• "The food is really good. Menu is limited with something for everyone and is better than just traditional pub grub."
• "The Sunday roast are fantastic with good portions."
• "Drinks were great and chicken burger is to die for."
• "Food was excellent, very tasty fish & chips and burger looked good too."

Cons:

• "Had the most. Overcooked. Chicken burger. Ever."
• "The beer selection wasn't vast but it was very good. The food wasn't that great though."
• "No real ales, and out of most beers and lagers."
• "The pub then ran out of lime."
• "Went for a roast lunch with family and it was awful- food was barely lukewarm and the vegetables were hard- asked twice for extra gravy which was just a lukewarm blob!!!"
• "But definitely too pricey for a pub, both beers and food (16£ burger and fries is a joke)."
• "The burger and fries at 17£ was not good value. Fries were soooo salty. And the burger was cremated making it very tough."

Security & Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Very hot day, but nice and cool in the pub as it has very good air-conditioning."
• "Nice murals in the smoking area though 👍"
• "The pub looks amazing after the refurbishment. Staff are super attentive. Great atmosphere."

Cons:

• "There is very poor security at this pub - I was there for some work drinks and 2 bags got stolen within the first 10 minutes."
• "Defctor weld is an absolute disgrace refused entry for wearing clean carpenters trousers."
• "Decent pub, good selection of beer, (could use a wider selection of cider), and non offensive music. Sadly the place was let down by the disgusting ladies toilets."
• "Avoid went there last year and was great so returned talk about having gone down hill! The toilets were absolutely filthy, doormen rude, would only serve in plastics because of a Peterborough match this was 2.5 hours before it even started!"
• "Only downside are the (female) toilets. 3 were out of order, a radiator was hanging off the wall and the cubicle walls looked caked in mould."
• "The door man makes you not want to come in, makes you feel super uncomfortable."
• "Disabled toilet was full of televisions so the husband had great difficulty."

Pricing & Value

Pros:

• "Comfortable trendy local bar with a great selection of interesting beers and ales at reasonable prices."
• "Very pleased there was a bar near the big screen, happy find was complimented by good wine :)"
• "In the green of Shepherds bush. One of the best pubs by far, classy confortable, a large list of diferent beers and at affordable prices!"

Cons:

• "Beer was good but very expensive."
• "But definitely too pricey for a pub, both beers and food (16£ burger and fries is a joke)."
• "A tenner for a large rose, WiFi didn't work and terrible service."
• "Bonkers amounts to pay for pint in Shepherds Bush."
• "Prices are high here."
• "Drinks are way over priced."
• "You can expect it won't be cheap, as per any Young's pub really."