J.D. Wetherspoon in general

JD Wetherspoons was set up in 1979 and seemed to go below the radar for most people for many years. However, in the last decade Wetherspoons bars have been cropping up all over the place, with one or more in nearly every town / city centre. Wetherspoons made its name selling cheap drinks. One of the ways it did this was by not paying out on an entertainment licence (meaning no music). Today Wetherspoons have kept to the no music policy, even though premises laws have changed and they'd no longer have to pay and, therefore, would not need to compromise on their food/drink prices. Drinks The drinks in Wetherspoons tend to be the cheapest ...  Read the complete review

We have a Wetherspoons very near us and just lately we have been living in the damn place. We like to eat but we have a few rules. 1)Our tastes in food vary so the menu has to be pretty vast so that we both find something that we like. Wetherspoons menu consists of a huge menu that offers anything from jacket potatoes to risottos from burgers to lasagna and from chips to vegetables. I am a fussy eater but there is so much on the menu that I'd like to try which is why we go back again and again. 2)The budget has to be right. We like to eat at a good price and Wetherspoon comes into that category. You can get a bowl of chips for just under a pound or ...  Read the complete review

Wetherspoons is a national pub chain that has a mixed reception in many towns and cities around the UK. I say mixed because of its lax attitude to policing the nutters that frequent their bars for cheap booze and then go on the rampage. There are quite a few good things about Spoons. The food is incredibly cheap and not too bad in quality. There are quite a few meals that are available for £2.99 as well which means that you can fill up with a pint and a drink for less than a fiver. The quality of the food also depends on which Spoons you visit, and what time of the day as well. If you go at a busy time or later at night the quality seems to drop off ...  Read the complete review

Wetherspoons is my new favourite pub! The reason is simple: price; it's so cheap for food and drink that it amazes me they can make a profit. Wetherspoons is a chain of pubs. We have a couple or maybe three in Plymouth. I am not a drinker, so I never tend to go to pubs, but there are other reasons to go to a pub: food. I love a good burger- not a McDonalds wimpy one, but something decent and substantial. For a good burger you can expect to pay £4 or so, but not in Wetherspoons. No, there is a deal available where you can buy a thick burger with bacon and blue cheese, chips and a drink for just £4.50. The drink can be anything from wine to beer to ...  Read the complete review

I am not a regular pub-goer, so these days I don't really have much knowledge or experience to compare one pub from another. I tend to be more of a "pop in for something to eat at lunchtime" visitor of pubs. So lets start on the food. What I have found eating in a Wetherspoons is basic grub at basic prices, although we are not getting down to the basic of a greasy spoon level - with that in mind, I would 9 times out of 10 eat in a greasy spoon over a 'regular' pub - the pub generally wins on comfort, but greasy spoons serve up exactly the type of food you would expect, i.e. it is filling and full of energy for getting you going. Think along the lines ...  Read the complete review