J D Wetherspoons

Approx twice a week here, all the food and drink is good quality.

cant wait to read Johnny Mustangs post ...

One of my local pubs owned by a celebrity chef sells Fish & chips for £13 - pint of bitter £3.80p and white wine and soda £6.00. Wetherspoons fish and chips was less than half the price with a pint thrown in and just a nice, in fact less greasy.

Its microwaved shoite.hth...fit for only the poorest of pezants.

kennybhoy barred from Spoons, fails their No Tramps policy.

Happy hour, 11am. Nice.

I hear you get glassed every time you go in ?

Omg I'm being insulted by a tartan tory who collects keyrings!

Block akabula.....I did a year ago....trolls don't like it.

Spotty never blocked anyone in his life, he's too nosy.

i've only ever been in one. I escaped with my nuts in tact

akabula, cheeky fecker,

meals are **** and plates are luke warm if u r lucky.

Akabula still Cliff Richards No. 1 fan

no offence to anybody but this did make me chuckle

Omg I'm being insulted by a tartan tory who collects keyrings

thanks for that, thought aka meant me, apologies.

I wondered what had annoyed you Mr M.
Long time since I was in a Spoons.
Don't remember eating anything but the beer must have been okay as we kept going back.

Thanks Tim, hows 'no deal' no problem going?

delta
cant wait to read Johnny Mustangs post ...


Well since you asked Delta I have absolutely no objection to the outfit.

If it gives poor people the opportunity of (what they might call) a good night out at modest prices then so be it.

I am a fan of Spoons.  Generally good selection of real ales that you won't find in other pubs.  Round here £1.99 a pint (less 50p if I remember my CAMRA vouchers).

Not so sure about the food.  The large breakfast plate is full of cheap stuff, the sausages are the cheapest.  Had a steak meal once which was poor. 

Two other gripes, while Im at it!  Tables are cleared infrequently and are often dirty.  The new app means lazy bar stewards get served ahead of those at the bar (where you have to order guest beers as not on the app.)

sofiakenny    19 Dec 18 23:10 
Its microwaved shoite.hth...fit for only the poorest of pezants.

Freshly battered cod & chips doesn't come out of the microwave.

The trouble is you can't generalise about their pubs. Some are perfectly civilised,others I have walked in,had a quick look at the clientele,and walked straight out again.

That's true Salmon - if Wetherspoons realise that that's happening, they pull out. Most are frequented by older men and their mates because of the price of the beer and yesterday I saw a lot of well behaved students taking advantage of the prices. Our ageing golf society meet up once a month in one in the city centre, which is easy for all to attend - six or seven pints of decent beer and a curry with a free pint - no music so we can have a decent conversation. Then the wibbly wobbly way home. Haven't found anywhere better. Never seen any trouble.

The fish and chips on Fridays are okay.

Some friends went there for a Christmas dinner recently.
They reported the meal as simply appalling. Neither of them cleared their plates. l
Which is amazing to think that a national chain would serve up slop like they described.

In my town two pubs from the 1800s have been taken over by the chains. At least the one taken over by 'spoons keeps the original pub name.  The one taken over by O'Neills loses the name which is a bit sad I think

several nice buildings have been saved by spoons - particularly the opera house - where they still have operas!!!

I have had several nice med rare steaks there and the real ale variety is second to none

Sofia kenny   -   steaks aren't good micro waved - maybe they deep fry them - I doubt it - 

for naughty food their chips are delish

some of the other stuff is no better than standard pub grub

you need to be selective

mind you, I live in a posh area and the two I go to reflect that

I go to the Spoons in Brixton for a couple of jars, The Beehive, whenever I go to the market and shops there. Always well staffed and although it's usually very busy you don't have to wait long to get served and they show RUK. Also when I take Muttley to the groomers in Beckenham I plot up in The White Horse Spoons on the high street for a couple of hours, always spotless clean and again plenty of friendly staff on hand. I don't eat the food though but it looks OK from what I've seen.

you ok SLIPPY, i was by your the other day visiting my nephew ( west norwood ) he took me to a pub called  " the rosendale", 1 pint of guinness and 1 pint of lager ..... £ 10-40p.   

  same 2 drinks where i drink in Chester £ 6-30p.   Nice pub though. !!

Surely this is the jewel in the crown !?

https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pub-histories/scotland/edinburgh/the-caley-picture-house-edinburgh

Yes GLASGOWCALLING, I know 'The Rosendale' pub very well and usually go there at least once a week when I take Muttley for a walk and have a lunchtime pint as they are very dog friendly in there. The food is of a very high standard as well, I'd recommend that pub to anyone, one of the best in the area in fact. Paying over a tenner for a couple of pints is just the norm in my neck of the woods

Had pizza and a pint last night. Very good.

.... you know whats coming SLIPPY when the bar staff say " are you paying by cash or card " , cant say i have

      heard that anywhere else.  Food did look good.

Food is pretty awful in spoons, obviously microwaved, and the plates are rarely hot, and nearly always luke warm if you're lucky when you've finished.

the stake aren't  or the chips   or the salad   hope this helps

nore is the real ale

even more help from the hq of MO TOWERS

no cats singed either

or the onion rings

or the fried eggs

etc

mind you  I would defy people who eat in pubs can find a lasagne that has not been buzzed  ho ho

or a curry

or a cottage pie

etc  - you get my drift

or one of those dreadful lamb shanks!!

Having a think through the (sizeable) menu I would say very little of it is possible to microwave. I avoided spoons for years because of a reputation which turns out to be absolutely false in my own experience.

There are some cracking old spoons buildings.

Near the Millennium is an old theatre - Prince of Wales.  Winter Gardens in Harrogate.  Palladium in Llandudno.

Those are just ones I have been to.

They should be congratulated on taking an interest in the local history of each place and local famous people.

Food is pretty awful in spoons, obviously microwaved, and the plates are rarely hot, and nearly always luke warm if you're lucky when you've finished.
thank you cannyman.

you already said that kenny and it is rubbish what you say

difficult to microwave a steak to medium rare or chips come to that - at least not the nice crunchy ones they do

salad  microwaved - that would be interesting

microwaved fried eggs would be differen

and ice cream mikeyed would be super

Surely they buy most of the food in already cooked, and warm it up in the microwave where possible?

The fish are obviously fried on the premises. I doubt if they'd get the batter so crispy any other way.

Like if you have duck at a hotel, it's usually a boil in the bag job with the sauce included.

lasagne type dishes and some puddings definitely microed as in nearly all pubs - especially chains

steaks and fish are not nor the chips

fried eggs bacon etc???

beer is excellent

my local (greene king chain) do their own food at lunch time and very good it is  - much in the tradition of the old fleet street pubs in the 60s and early 70s  - not much micro stuff there -

Slippy...do you live in the Beckenham area???Still got family just off upper Elmers End Road..Near the old Elmer Lodge...think its a church now..My uncle used to run the Cornish Football club...now its Beckenham Rugby club (unless I have my club houses mixed up)..

Total kips, food is disgusting.

Sorry wardy I missed your reply mate. I have lived in Beckenham and played cricket and hockey for them in the past but I live in Dulwich now and am settled here for good, very near to my old school Dulwich College.

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Admittedly, we weren't trained chefs, and yes most of the food does come in frozen and is microwaved/fried. But it's cheap pub food, what do you expect? You won't get michelin-starred dining at £3.99.

The food is like any other pub/gastro pub. All bought from brake Brothers. The steaks and sausages are cooked on a grill the the fish is deepfried but everything else is either micro'd or Sous Vide (boil in the bag)

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I think they have good pubs