Wetherspoons

[Huyton Layne]

The one in Prescot was full of mutants. I guess that happens when you close the Fusilier

 

[verreauxi]

The carpets are excellent. I try to go to one for people watching (and pints) whenever I’m over there. The Regal in Cambridge and the one in Islington are great for people watching.

 

[bluerobert]

I should start this off with saying I’m not a big drinker. I probably drink twice a year and that tends to be at a wedding, party or funeral. Other than that me and my mates go to Germany every now and again and then I’ll usually keep up with the biggest drinkers in the group.

With that in mind I’m not really fussed, I don’t tend to drink larger and IPA’s taste like a pint of somebody’s piss after they ate a bag of sherbet. Drink of choice is either Guinness or if I can find it a German beer like a Paulaner Munchen Hell. Is the Spoons Guinness as good as somewhere like Pogues, absolutely not. But it’s all playing 2nd fiddle to when I lived in Ireland anyway

 

[Connor mcloud]

The one in Prescot was full of mutants. I guess that happens when you close the Fusilier

I was in there last week when the fancy dress crew came in, something to do with Prescot cables i think,
Batman! He really embraced the part

 

[chrismpw]

Swindon is the lowest of the low, as a place. It's as close to the US inbred mid west, grass sucking Cletus demographic that you csn get, in my experience. However, Ive never had a bad pint or a bad experience * in a weatherspoons in Swindon, my nearest town.

In fact last week it was my birthday (thanks for nothing Joey) and I strolled in with a mate and they were offering 5 beers from Oakham brewery - consistently my favourite brewer, and quite rare in these parts. Oh happy day!

*went in there new years day about 20 years ago. Me and a mate (same one in fact) in one corner, 3 blokes in the opposite corner, 2 ladies sat somewhere in the middle and 1 bar staff on duty. It's formerly a cinema - and a pretty massive one at that, so you can imagine how quiet it was. Proper tumbleweed silence.

A full on fight broke out. (Not me).

It was 2 of the 3 blokes from the other side. It was all good entertainment until the scrapping bundle moved across the pub and started threatening to knock our drinks over. . . . .

 

[Dutch Toffee]

Not the biggest fan of them. Prefer a normal independent pub on the whole. But always good for a quick bite and a drink when in a bit of a hurry.

 

[Littlesue]

They have a place. A place for mad cheap shots and deranged drinking sessions.

And old women on a budget who can sit in a pub on their own without being stared at.

 

[Littlesue]

Love Spoons, where else can you get half a shandy and a packet of cheese and onion crisps for £1.95. The breakfasts great value too, plus love the way they promote the history of the building and local area.

 

[COYBL25]

Spoons are a real paradox to me.

The owner is a horror, but a brilliant businessman.

Some of them are terrible and are like something out of the Victorian area - the Navigator on Queens Drive for instance, full of fellas with problems , who start drinking at 9 am in the morning.

Yet some of them are magnificent and as another poster said, they`ve rescued some beautiful buildings - The Winter Gardens in Harrogate for instance, which is one of my favourite pubs in the UK.

They`ve made decent beer affordable for everyone, yet at the same time when a Wetherspoons opens on any high street or small town, within six / twelve months all the little pubs in the vicinity end up closing down, as they can`t compete with their prices and long opening hours.

It`s a tough one, as I can fully understand why people choose to drink in them, but at the same time, they`re like the Tesco Metro of pubs - they`re everywhere and suck the life out of all the licensed premises in the vicinity, which can help turn high streets into soulless pub deserts.

 

[bigjonny]

I was in there last week when the fancy dress crew came in, something to do with Prescot cables i think,
Batman! He really embraced the part

It was the last Cables away game of the season, Batman is/was an Everton supporter

 

[Toffeepot]

Never really got the Wetherspoons hate tbh

 

[Goodison87]

Don’t they have a Facebook page or something where you can beg for a round of drinks or something?

 

[bigjonny]

I was in there last week when the fancy dress crew came in, something to do with Prescot cables i think,
Batman! He really embraced the part

It was the last Cables away game of the season, Batman is/was an Everton supporter

I’ll rephrase that ! , the bloke dressed as Batman is an evertonian , he stands in the same bit of the ground as me when I go to Cables.

 

[COYBL25]

Don’t they have a Facebook page or something where you can beg for a round of drinks or something?

TrampsRUs ?

 

[Littlesue]

Pre match brekkie in Spoons, Freedom breakfast, toast and unlimited tea, bargin for a fiver