The Peter Cushing Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff were absolutely fantastic and we had such a great laugh."
• "Another great J.D.Wetherspoon, excellent service, fantastically reasonable prices, a super choice of real ale and exceptionally clean Gentleman's Toilets."
• "Staff are friendly and helpful."
• "All staff were friendly and great atmosphere."
• "Also the service was excellent."
• "Staff were friendly and courteous."
• "The staff are great, really hard working, welcoming and friendly."

Cons:

• "Food was as expected but tables were not being cleared or cleaned."
• "Service wasnt great, rather then see who is next the bar staff shout next from the till only had 2 people serving on a Saturday night."
• "The waitress was rude and abrupt."
• "The female member of staff who served me seemed to be a supervisor/manager and was very matter of fact when relaying this to me."
• "However when we visited the place was scruffy and the staff slightly overwhelmed."
• "Staff extremely busy didn't say a word."
• "Under staffed and staff looking very stressed."

Ambience and Decor

Pros:

• "Inside very hi ceiling with images of the late Peter Cushing."
• "What a beautiful pub! I think it's a really good use of the space available and reflects the history of the building."
• "Art deco cinema converted to pub / restaurant by JD Wetherspoons. Tastefully decorated in keeping with the theme."
• "This is a nice venue. It's an old cinema and still retains many of its art deco features inside and out."
• "Inside is beautifully decorated in an early to mid 20th century style with plenty of hints to the buildings past use."
• "Surroundings are really impressive with most of the interior and exterior left in its original art nouveau fixture and fittings."
• "What a lovely building, the art deco cinema that's been converted. Lots of nostalgia on the walls."

Cons:

• "Dead flies in the beautiful art deco lampshades. Fancy plaster/coving hanging off the walls, and dirty."
• "Because of massively high ceilings I feel the atmosphere is lost a little."
• "Can get a bit noisy and boisterous at times with youngsters 'pre-loading' on the cheap drink before moving on elsewhere and management turning a blind eye to the anti-social behaviour."
• "The full English would be good if it was hot have had the breakfast four or five times but how can you put together a full English and at least 2 parts stone cold every time parts are cold."
• "It's quite dark in there, and it looks like the beautiful art deco light haven't been cleaned since the day they were installed."
• "Not my favourite weatherspoons. Due to the layout based upon the old cinema it is very loud inside."
• "The place was very dark needs more lighting."

Food and Drink

Pros:

• "The Guinness was excellent as was the Doom Bar."
• "Great food as usual and as with any Wetherspoons I'd thoroughly recommend."
• "Had great fish and chips meal today at a reasonable price among locals and visitors."
• "The Spns tuna jkt potato was very tasty."
• "Good range of food and drink on their extensive menu."
• "She absolutely loved her fish and chips, the batter itself has an outstanding flavour!"
• "The Benedict breakfasts, chicken wings, and curry club are winners."

Cons:

• "Ordered drinks with food and apparently never went through with the meal."
• "Fish and chips were passable, peas could've been used as ammunition and table service basic."
• "The food here is okay if you can't afford to actually go out and the drinks are cheap too."
• "Food was cold and zero toilet paper in the loos."
• "The fish was dry and over cooked."
• "Ordered the grilled chicken breast from the chicken club menu and found portion size very small and chicken so over cooked it was like cardboard."
• "Unfortunately the curry I had was nowhere near hot enough."

Accessibility and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Very clean and tidy Smells very clean too The ladies room was very clean."
• "Very well organised for social distancing."
• "Really clean toilets are a relief!"
• "Always prompt service, good value food and drinks."
• "The food is always good and arrives very quickly!"
• "The service was very good and we both had fish and chips which was very good."
• "The staff were friendly and welcoming, nothing was too much trouble, tables were cleared and clean as quick as they were vacated."

Cons:

• "Quite a few steps to navigate up and down to get in, there is a lift but the door is frequently left open so you can't call it to a different level."
• "The toilets. This is the main point of the mark down. They look like they've been ten rounds with the entire world heavyweight boxing division, with some chimps with permanent markers thrown in."
• "Gentlemen's toilets out of action."
• "The disabled toilet was disgusting."
• "Very few tables were being cleaned after people left and new people sat at the same table."
• "I was disappointed with the cleanliness of the table it hadn't been cleaned properly since the last customer."
• "I've noticed lately that it's not a clean as it used to be, the entrance needs a good wash down and the ladies toilets are a bit grubby."