Wetherspoons

-westy- · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:21

I'm after opinions.

What do you think of the Wetherspoons/Lloyds No.1 company as a whole?

What words/phrases spring to mind when you think of a Wetherspoons?

What do you think of their customer service? And how do you think it could be improved?

cheers

Kell_ee001 · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:21

-westy- said:
IWhat words/phrases spring to mind when you think of a Wetherspoons?

Cheap

helmet · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:22

Cheap music-less place to have a few quick pints.

Van Hellseek · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:23

i avoid wetherspoons because of the lack of atmosphere... which is probably down to the lack of music.

so in a word : atmosphereless :/

cheets64 · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:23

We have 2 in Wigan one is in the town centre its busy and dirty most of the time, plates and glasses left on tables for some time, very cheap and decent pints and bottle lagers, there other is 10x nicer but its 10 min walk from the town centre and its massive, I notice that it depends on the pub and its location, some can be good some can be crap.

indyskyz · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:24

the one in stoke is a **** hole

-westy- · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:24

cheets64 said:
We have 2 in Wigan one is in the town centre its busy and dirty most of the time, plates and glasses left on tables for some time, very cheap and decent pints and bottle lagers

perfect reply, thank you

.:MBK:. · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:24

the one in lynn is pretty good, very large, good prices, music some nights, well maintained

DaveyD · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:26

I usually enjoy trips to weatherspoons, as it's nice to get a good selection of non-Strongbow/Magners cider from the bar, and also nice and reasonably quiet to just talk with friends. I don't really like the Lloyds chain though, or certainly the Lloyds on Broad Street in Birmingham, it's a little bit too picky with who it lets in and I've found a little too expensive also, though I hadly go there anyway.

Scythe · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:26

indyskyz said:
the one in stoke is a **** hole

Across from Maccie D's in Hanley? I thought it was a book shop

Trinity · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:26

Cheap and Cheerful

Lloyds - Full of pretentious Pretty Boys who need a good smaking

Kell_ee001 · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:27

DaveyD said:
I usually enjoy trips to weatherspoons, as it's nice to get a good selection of non-Strongbow/Magners cider from the bar, and also nice and reasonably quiet to just talk with friends.

That's why we usually start the Newcastle Meet in the Wetherspoons

Van Hellseek · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:27

-westy- said:
perfect reply, thank you

care to fill us in on what this thread is really about?

cheets64 · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:27

To be fair the other "bargain pubs" Last Orders and a few others in town are a lot worse than the weatherspoons one, atleast the weatherspoons one does'nt bring in the thugs and people looking for a fight.

Been to the one in Preston and the price of drinks there was shocking, double if not treble the prices in Wigan, full of skirt though.

Glaucus · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:29

great, always server good points, but even better do lots of foreign/unusal bottles. If you go with good group of mates music isn't everything as your talking anyway. But definatley more of a starting bar.

Loyds food seems to be much nicer, I expect that's down to who works in *** kitchen though. Oh and loyds have music...

cheets64 · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:31

Anybody else Wetherspoons got LCD tvs in, ours has had International football on in big games, only BBC broadcast though.

[TW]Fox · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:31

helmet said:
Cheap music-less place to have a few quick pints.

The one in town plays music so loud you can barely hear your mates talk and charges £2 for entry on Friday and Saturday evenings..

phykell · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:32

It's good for lunches and in the evening it's a good place to meet up with people, have one drink and go on to somewhere decent

Alan! · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:33

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DB_SamX · 29 Oct 2006 at 23:33

Cheap and ok for the start of the night. Food, which i assume is all microwaved is just enough to satisfy your hunger usually. Gets dirty/messy easily. Not bad, but not great either. I would give it a 5/10.