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Well what a thread - and all about a pub

Anyone want to know why we have lost a lot of long standing regulars then just read this thread

As for Weatherspoons- the one here is decent enough , food is good and well priced ,
 

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[QUOTE="Liverpoolphil, post: 2386397, member: 15344"]Well what a thread - and all about a pub

Anyone want to know why we have lost a lot of long standing regulars then just read this thread

As for Weatherspoons- the one here is decent enough , food is good and well priced ,[/QUOTE]

wait until we get another one about black socks!
 

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Well what a thread - and all about a pub

Anyone want to know why we have lost a lot of long standing regulars then just read this thread


As for Weatherspoons- the one here is decent enough , food is good and well priced ,
 

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Not a fan - menu is uninspiring and cooked terrible. Usually filled with alcoholics and the dregs of society. No atmosphere whatsoever. Keep them. They are the mike ashley's sports direct of pubs.
 

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Not a fan - menu is uninspiring and cooked terrible. Usually filled with alcoholics and the dregs of society. No atmosphere whatsoever. Keep them. They are the mike ashley's sports direct of pubs.

Is that one that you have been in? A lot of them are decent.
 

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One if the plus points is that they are still, to some extent, drinking pubs. So many pubs have focused on their food offerings to the extent that those who want to just go out for a drink feel excluded. At least in a spoons you can have a few beers and a chat without feeling like you are in the way if diners and not really wanted
When I used to go to visit the inlaws near Plymouth they had a lovely village pub, the place used to be rammed in summer with lots of families as they had a children's play area and an outside BBQ just one small area inside for people who wanted to dine. New owners - all the children's play area kit removed the vast majority of the pub turned in to dining only. The last time I went in there were only 4 people in the pub with every dining table empty. How to kill a thriving business.
 

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A few years ago we went to our local Wetherspoons for lunch with my in laws. My father in law was told that he couldn't have the meal he wanted, which was a mixed grill, because "the machine we cook the eggs in is broken". I did suggest getting a frying pan and an egg and putting the latter in the former but they said they weren't allowed to. I then suggested serving the mixed grill without the egg but was again told they weren't allowed to.
 

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I like Spoons or Weathers which ever you choose to say, but as it has been said many times they can be chalk and cheese. Ours is horrible and I e mailed Spoons to tell them. They were in within two weeks doing work on it! It's still pretty bad but much better than it was. As for beer, I've stopped drinking beer two years ago. No one knows how to pour it anymore and the standard is dreadful. I now only sup Cider. A good Spoons is a pleasure to be in. You can quickly tell if it's a bad one. We just do an about face and find a better pub.
 

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I like Spoons or Weathers which ever you choose to say, but as it has been said many times they can be chalk and cheese. Ours is horrible and I e mailed Spoons to tell them. They were in within two weeks doing work on it! It's still pretty bad but much better than it was. As for beer, I've stopped drinking beer two years ago. No one knows how to pour it anymore and the standard is dreadful. I now only sup Cider. A good Spoons is a pleasure to be in. You can quickly tell if it's a bad one. We just do an about face and find a better pub.

I have done that a few times and not just with pubs. ?
 

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Cant say I've been in many, but have been in the one in Inverness a few times a bit generic tbh, also appears to be the meeting place for the local drunks. It's always I a bit of a state tbh, usually all the ates and mess from the lunchtime meals is usually still on the tables waiting cleared. Would avoid myself given the choice
 

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Is that one that you have been in? A lot of them are decent.

I think then that I have a blind spot for decent ones. Never seen them without the usual morning drunks, idiots, terrible food and no atmosphere.
 

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A few years ago we went to our local Wetherspoons for lunch with my in laws. My father in law was told that he couldn't have the meal he wanted, which was a mixed grill, because "the machine we cook the eggs in is broken". I did suggest getting a frying pan and an egg and putting the latter in the former but they said they weren't allowed to. I then suggested serving the mixed grill without the egg but was again told they weren't allowed to.

This speaks volumes
 

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I'd use it if we had one.
I totally get being put off if you've had bad service /food and steering clear of one or two outlets. We all avoid repeating mistakes

I don't follow not using them due to disagreeing with a corporate or moral standpoint unless your prepared to apply the same standards and you also don't use all the other national and international companies that also have questions against them like amazon, apple, Ryanair, AG, tesco, British Airways, sky etc etc etc. The list is very very long
 

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The Boy tells me that we have 2
1 is inhabited by the Yoof of today and the other by the wrinkly generation.
Him and his mates accidentally went in the wrong one once...didn't stay long.
Both are decently clean.
 
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