I've just had lunch in Wetherspoons
Discussion
Cotty said:
okgo said:
Not at all. If you want cheap beer in a former bingo hall. Good, it’s unbeatable.
But please don’t try and tell us the food is decent, every single picture produced shows it to be awful.
Well don't look at them then. But please don’t try and tell us the food is decent, every single picture produced shows it to be awful.
How difficult would it be for you to look at a thread knowing you won't like the content and decide to not click on it, not read it and not comment on it. If you struggle with that then I think you need to step away from the keybord and seek help.
okgo said:
Someone show me a decent meal from spoons - we haven’t had one yet. But great because you can get a tramp measure Peroni for £1.72 - apparently.
If they we're giving the small bottle of Peroni with the meal you'd be saying "that's rubbish, so you'll need to buy another drink on top". But they are giving the big bottle of Peroni so it's a "tramp measure".Has it occurred to you that perhaps you're not being entirely objective
Next Week: 'spoons have taken over La Gavroche and are doing a whole lobster with truffles and caviar for £3.27.
You: Look at the small left claw on that lobster, that's crap.
Cotty said:
okgo said:
Not at all. If you want cheap beer in a former bingo hall. Good, it’s unbeatable.
But please don’t try and tell us the food is decent, every single picture produced shows it to be awful.
Well don't look at them then. But please don’t try and tell us the food is decent, every single picture produced shows it to be awful.
How difficult would it be for you to look at a thread knowing you won't like the content and decide to not click on it, not read it and not comment on it. If you struggle with that then I think you need to step away from the keybord and seek help.
Let him continue to post or he might start kicking puppies.
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Someone post something that doesn’t look like a s
t school dinner and I may change my mind. Nothing to do with superiority, I LOVE a grotty boozer, in fact those are my favourites.
I said the booze is cheap. Can’t argue with that. The places aren’t where I’d want to drink but the product is the same as elsewhere.
Yet to see food comparable with anywhere else as I don’t think many places would serve things like what we’ve seen in the last two pages.
t school dinner and I may change my mind. Nothing to do with superiority, I LOVE a grotty boozer, in fact those are my favourites. I said the booze is cheap. Can’t argue with that. The places aren’t where I’d want to drink but the product is the same as elsewhere.
Yet to see food comparable with anywhere else as I don’t think many places would serve things like what we’ve seen in the last two pages.
Slow.Patrol said:
Anyway,
I am off to Edinburgh in May. I think there are five 'spoons in the centre and we are there for five nights. Room only, so that gives the opportunity to try each one twice. Breakfast in the hotel each day would be £120, compared to £25-30 in 'spoons.
Why not try one of the many amazing local businesses?I am off to Edinburgh in May. I think there are five 'spoons in the centre and we are there for five nights. Room only, so that gives the opportunity to try each one twice. Breakfast in the hotel each day would be £120, compared to £25-30 in 'spoons.
Serious question
okgo said:
Slow.Patrol said:
Anyway,
I am off to Edinburgh in May. I think there are five 'spoons in the centre and we are there for five nights. Room only, so that gives the opportunity to try each one twice. Breakfast in the hotel each day would be £120, compared to £25-30 in 'spoons.
Why not try one of the many amazing local businesses?I am off to Edinburgh in May. I think there are five 'spoons in the centre and we are there for five nights. Room only, so that gives the opportunity to try each one twice. Breakfast in the hotel each day would be £120, compared to £25-30 in 'spoons.
Serious question
okgo said:
Why not try one of the many amazing local businesses?
Serious question
Because I am not made of money. Serious question
Also I eat to live and not live to eat. A Michelin starred meal would be wasted on me as I would be thinking it is not good value for money.
And Wetherspoons is a local business, employing local people. Tim Martin has built a successful business. I don't hate the man because he has done well. That is called envy and it is not a good look.
Slow.Patrol said:
Because I am not made of money.
Also I eat to live and not live to eat. A Michelin starred meal would be wasted on me as I would be thinking it is not good value for money.
And Wetherspoons is a local business, employing local people. Tim Martin has built a successful business. I don't hate the man because he has done well. That is called envy and it is not a good look.
I was talking about local cafes not The Witchery. Also I eat to live and not live to eat. A Michelin starred meal would be wasted on me as I would be thinking it is not good value for money.
And Wetherspoons is a local business, employing local people. Tim Martin has built a successful business. I don't hate the man because he has done well. That is called envy and it is not a good look.
okgo said:
Nothing to do with superiority, I LOVE a grotty boozer, in fact those are my favourites.
I said the booze is cheap. Can’t argue with that. The places aren’t where I’d want to drink but the product is the same as elsewhere.
Yet to see food comparable with anywhere else as I don’t think many places would serve things like what we’ve seen in the last two pages.
Let's see some pics of your fine dining experiences in these so called grotty boozers, we're always happy to try new pubs/restaurants, can you recommend any? I said the booze is cheap. Can’t argue with that. The places aren’t where I’d want to drink but the product is the same as elsewhere.
Yet to see food comparable with anywhere else as I don’t think many places would serve things like what we’ve seen in the last two pages.
Gladers01 said:
Let's see some pics of your fine dining experiences in these so called grotty boozers, we're always happy to try new pubs/restaurants, can you recommend any?
I don’t tend to eat in pubs like that, if they bother to do food at all. Maybe that is the difference, I tend to separate places good for drinks from those good for food - they do tend to be a different kind of place.
There’s a few that manage both though, Canton Arms is one, hope and anchor in Waterloo, eagle in Farringdon.
okgo said:
I don’t tend to eat in pubs like that, if they bother to do food at all.
Maybe that is the difference, I tend to separate places good for drinks from those good for food - they do tend to be a different kind of place.
There’s a few that manage both though, Canton Arms is one, hope and anchor in Waterloo, eagle in Farringdon.
This is your choice, which is fine.Maybe that is the difference, I tend to separate places good for drinks from those good for food - they do tend to be a different kind of place.
There’s a few that manage both though, Canton Arms is one, hope and anchor in Waterloo, eagle in Farringdon.
Why are you trying to force your choices on other people? Their choices are just as valid.
zarjaz1991 said:
This is your choice, which is fine.
Why are you trying to force your choices on other people? Their choices are just as valid.
Even the fans of spoons are struggling to defend the battered dildo up the page, just puzzling is all. Why are you trying to force your choices on other people? Their choices are just as valid.
I’m flying a couple of times next week, I’ll see if I can get a better looking breakfast out of Gatwick/Heathrow outlets
okgo said:
twing said:
Yup!
Being prepared to spend more than £5 on food is LOADSA MONEY behaviour is it?I won’t tell you what they charge for coffee in a normal cafe these days then!
okgo said:
Love a Maccas, would say I get a couple per month. Almost exclusively breakfasts as I’ll be hungover.
My main gripe is how much it’s gone up in price, I never go into one (use delivery) unless in a station or something after drinks so not fussed on cutlery or whatever else.
I think it’s still cheap food done to a predictable standard. Not many places can match that. Subway however can and does on a predictability front.
My main gripe is how much it’s gone up in price, I never go into one (use delivery) unless in a station or something after drinks so not fussed on cutlery or whatever else.
I think it’s still cheap food done to a predictable standard. Not many places can match that. Subway however can and does on a predictability front.
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