I've just had lunch in Wetherspoons
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Tim330 said:
On Wednesday I had to stay over at aome of our sites in Ramsgate where I stopped for a pint at the largest weatherspoons in the UK. Imagine it gets quite popular in the summer, holds up to 1,600 said the barman.
I went to that one in May last year. Bit out of season and it was less than half full. Great building and location right by the marina and beach. I like the outside balcony and the red boothes on the first floor. £3.75 a pint and the mixed grill was lovely.The one thing that lets it down is the bog standard Wetherspoons furniture they use for the tables and chairs on the ground floor, if they changed them like they do in some of their pubs it would look and feel so much better. Shame as they put so much effort into restoring the bulding.
The Tunbridge Wells one is quite impressive. It was originally an opera house, and has been nicely renovated with most original features remaining including lots of fancy plasterwork, the typical rich red and gold paint, big chandeliers etc. Day to day the pub operates on the ground floor and stalls areas, but all the seats are still in place on the upper tiers. The stage etc is all still there too, and periodically they get a touring opera company in to perform like the old days.
No pics of my own to post, but plenty online.
No pics of my own to post, but plenty online.
mikey_b said:
The Tunbridge Wells one is quite impressive. It was originally an opera house, and has been nicely renovated with most original features remaining including lots of fancy plasterwork, the typical rich red and gold paint, big chandeliers etc. Day to day the pub operates on the ground floor and stalls areas, but all the seats are still in place on the upper tiers. The stage etc is all still there too, and periodically they get a touring opera company in to perform like the old days.
No pics of my own to post, but plenty online.
Tunbridge Wells is the one 'spoons I've been into voluntarily, i.e. to have a meal and a drink, rather than pursuing some horrible toe rag for money.No pics of my own to post, but plenty online.
I wanted to see it because it looked interesting. I took my family with me and it is the only time I can remember not feeling safe with them in a pub. Too many career boozers and coke heads.
The food was bearable and the one Leffe I had before they ran out was fine. But I won't be setting foot in another one unless I am particularly keen to see the building.
Louis Balfour said:
If you cannot spot the riff-raff, you ARE the riff-raff. 
Guilty m’lord And the icing on the cake is the waitress has just brought fish n chips and a Pepsi to my table when I haven’t even placed an order. A difficult decision had to be made whether to eat it and run, or send it back ….
Edited by Big Stevie on Monday 27th February 12:42
Big Stevie said:
I’m passing time in Brigg Lincolnshire and their White Horse Wetherspoons is quite a few pleasant place, decorated nicely and with decent looking folk meeting up and eating, no scroates or riff raff to be seen. They even have a Specials menu
https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs/england/lincolnshire/the-white-horse-briggThat looks quite nice inside. See what I mean about how changing the furniture makes a lot of difference.
Edited by Cotty on Monday 27th February 12:46
Cotty said:
https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs/englan...
That looks quite nice inside. See what I mean about how changing the furiture makes a lot of difference.
Much more pleasant than their usual furiture.That looks quite nice inside. See what I mean about how changing the furiture makes a lot of difference.
mickk said:
Big Stevie said:
I’m passing time in Brigg Lincolnshire and their White Horse Wetherspoons is quite a few pleasant place, decorated nicely and with decent looking folk meeting up and eating, no scroates or riff raff to be seen. They even have a Specials menu
The prices have shot up. Tim330 said:
On Wednesday I had to stay over at aome of our sites in Ramsgate where I stopped for a pint at the largest weatherspoons in the UK. Imagine it gets quite popular in the summer, holds up to 1,600 said the barman.
According to https://londonlhr.online/4-of-the-biggest-wethersp... there are several Wetherspoons in London that seat more than 1,600. Appearances can be deceptive, I've been to all four of those mentioned on that site and am a bit surprised by the ranking - I would have said the Crosse Keys felt like the biggest Spoons I've visited anywhere.Are there still have two big Wetherspoons only a few yards apart by Cardiff station?
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