The City Arms - JD Wetherspoon Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Does a consistently good breakfast."
• "Food was good and staff were busy as usual."
• "Had the buttermilk chicken and was fantastic."
• "Food was lovely I had a mixed grill my wife had the cauliflower curry best wethespoon meal I've had in a while all the meat was spot on and her curry was delicious...."
• "Exceeded my expectation of the quality of the Chicken Tikka Masala meal."
• "The food is good also - yesterday me and my wife had fish and chips and mushy peas (for lunch), where the fish was really white and fresh."
• "Lovely and tasty food, good steaks from the grill menu, fantastic breakfasts!"

Cons:

• "All three breakfasts were stone cold and congealed."
• "Just had Eggs Benedict with an extra piece of plastic bag in it."
• "The steak is always hit and miss at wetherspoon's."
• "Food was dry like it was heated up in the microwave food cold."
• "Food is always nice but it's just standard pub food, the only complaint I do have about food is that it goes cold very quickly."
• "Ordered a medium rare steak that came out like a piece of charcoal."
• "The worst meal I've ever had at a Wetherspoons!!!! Poor service."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Friendly staff."
• "The staff are very friendly and sociable, and helpful if you need something."
• "Mostly good bar staff only one who was a little slow."
• "Typically Wetherspoon's quality, however this gets a five star just for the staff who were friendly, efficient and helpful without any problem whatsoever."
• "The staff are really good too providing great service and in very good time."
• "Staff are friendly and efficient."
• "Genuine and friendly staff made for a great family evening."

Cons:

• "young girl assistant manager up her own ass couldn't run a bath let alone a bar and guy with black hair who refuse to serve people for being drunk when they had only 2 pints with his meal absolute disgrace run and served by idiots..... will not go back or recommend a lot better service in other places in Earlsdon."
• "The rudest staff and worst service attitudes I’ve ever encountered this ‘pub’ should be avoided at all costs."
• "Drinks are so watered down it's almost like your buying premium for various flavours of water."
• "The 'large' male staff member with brown hair and blonde highlight served me the wrong food and drinks and refused to refund/swap it for the correct ones."
• "Manager and sidekick are arrogant, rude, lazy and unhelpful."
• "The man behind the bar was rude and threatened to take the drinks away of the rest of the party."
• "The manageress, a young, eastern European or Scandinavian-sounding person, was unbelievably rude."

Ambiance and Location

Pros:

• "Centrally located in Earlsdon."
• "Comfy atmosphere with a small open fire."
• "Pub in nice location, atmosphere was great."
• "Great atmosphere."
• "The general atmosphere was very festive."
• "Large open plan public house with a small separated outside area however the front of the pub has plenty of tables and chairs that is wonderful especially when the sun is out overlooking the high street and library."
• "Lovely to sit outside in the nicer weather, with a good sized seating area, with plants and flowers, and festoon lights overhead."

Cons:

• "The place was very busy and full of drunk men constantly swearing and being rowdy."
• "There is little to 0 'atmosphere' inside the pub, it's just big open spaces to fit as many people drinking as possible."
• "This place is deservering of the title 'worst weatherspons in Coventry' food often comes out cold and is reality bland and tasteless."
• "The interior decor and seating has been in need of updating for many years."
• "The place lacked atmosphere with the distanced tables and screens."
• "It's a typical Spoons venue with a decent hike upstairs to the toilets."
• "This place is clearly dated and needs modernizing."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

• "Great place for cheap drinks and food!"
• "Good value, wide range of adequate food and drinks."
• "As with all Wetherspoons pubs the prices are excellent."
• "Noisy, but good range of options on menu at affordable prices."
• "Relatively as a spoons. This is much cheaper than many others."
• "Drinks and meals are very reasonably priced."
• "The drinks were cheap, so all in all great value for money."

Cons:

• "The quality of wines has slipped and no champagne."
• "Chavy dirty pub but it's cheap as chips so I guess it has some charm there."
• "It's cheap and well set up."
• "Food is always nice but it's just standard pub food, the only complaint I do have about food is that it goes cold very quickly."
• "Although their pizzas are great value for money."
• "This Wetherspoon's is as good as all the rest, excellent quickly served food all the calories showed, and it's a really great place."
• "Wetherspoons and the management need to get their act together."