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I had a pizza and a chicken tikka masala with all the trimmings + halloumi fries on Friday. All perfectly acceptable. But that's not saying Kuch as up till recently I spent 6 months a year living on chicken + rice or rice + chicken
How ever I wouldn't preferentially go there as I do have much better options for eating closer to my house.
How ever in my home. Town the pickings are slim and as above weather spoons has at least given a good sized venue to head to ..... A big issue in my youth pre weatherspoons was "let's meet at X pub" to arrive at the pub and find it so rammed it was no fun.
It's gone full circle it seems all the small pubs shut down but they have started reopening with USP.....one has a gambling license and does weekly poker nights , the pool league has been rejuvenated. Darts , dominos, quizzes basically land lords are having to work for their money . Those that do appear to be rewarded with steady local clientele.
I wouldn't give Big Tim a singe cent.
Joey Holts and JW Lees boozers are still reasonably priced round our way.
Haven’t been in one for a while now but have they really gone downhill that much?
Unsurprisingly perhaps, it varies quite wildly between venues and locations IME.
The places themselves are pretty consistent but they attract a large volume of scumbags in some areas, doubly so since 2016 for some ephemeral reason that I can't quite put my finger on. My local Spoons has gone from being a nice place for a quiet pint to being the Mos Eisley Cantina in the last five years or so.
I was down in London for my work Xmas night a couple of weeks ago and we ended up in a spoons after our lunch. Can't remember which one but it was next to the bank of England as that's where my office is.
Spoons was the only place we could get in as every pub was rammed.
Went to the bar with one of my colleagues. He was getting a round in. He got half way through the order and the barman told him to stop, he wasn't getting any more drinks for him as there were other people waiting to be served.
Abysmal customer service. I finished my drink and left. Cheap or not, I'm not supporting that.
Joey Holts and JW Lees boozers are still reasonably priced round our way.
I find Holt's ale to be pretty universally mediocre, but JW Lees pubs are a bit of an overlooked goldmine. Both kinds of beer, bitter and lager, on tap for like £1.50 a pint or something in city centre Manchester, that's hard to argue with.
Im not into either, that’s why I stated both.
Do you ever use Esso fuel CynicAl? Or do you support indy petrol filling stations?
(getting back to your 'support the independent' quote)
Sam Smith's pubs provide a good value alternative to Brexit Tims dives in that London, beer better quality too
Some genuinely really interesting views on here.
Really interested to hear that the "moral red line" has been draw regarding 'Spoons and Brexit and that some people are reluctant to even set foot in the place.
I wonder if a similar "moral red line" can be drawn when it comes to bakeries and Colin Greggs conviction reported in the press in 2017?
Sam Smith’s pubs provide a good value alternative to Brexit Tims dives in that London, beer better quality too
Apart from their lagers which are disgusting and their stout which is minging too.
I wonder if a similar “moral red line” can be drawn when it comes to bakeries and Colin Greggs conviction reported in the press in 2017?
I had no idea about that!
If he ran Greg's I'd probably never shop there again, but he's in prison where he will die and was a schoolteacher, not a sausage roll maker
Apart from their lagers which are disgusting and their stout which is minging too.
Only drink ales!
Hi Kimbers..... He was indeed a "sausage roll maker." (and a part-time teacher) It is reported that he was instrumental in building up the business and is still a share holder. He will come out of prison at some stage (in 6 years I think) and will continue to live a very comfortable life on the dividends, all paid for by unknowing customers who think Greggs is awesome cuz they have a large high-street presence and do "amazing" steak bakes.
Apart from their lagers
What!! Sam Smith's pure brew organic lager is manner from heaven. It's my go to recovery lager after a tough night, I'm pretty sure it has the same qualities as isotonic lucozade only with alcohol...
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LOL "Manner from heaven...""
Are you from the West Country?
@Simon_Semtex Warrington bloke in Derbyshire, but probably a hangover from my service time with some of the finest janner's you could ever meet. Anything with alcohol was manner from heaven, but they deserved it.
My local Spoons regularly gets stink bombed which honestly amuses the hell out of me.😆
I dont mind 'em, theyre a safe option. Found them to be a bloody godsend when I used to work away though, cos when you've been on site for 12hrs and only get £10-15 daily food allowance a burger,chips and a pint for 8 quid does the job nicely thanks.
LOL..... Janna!
Pubs now are either way too loud with music or are just some kind of wanna-be posers bar where beer is 9 quid a pint.
That's nonsense. There are loads of good small bars, many run by the owners, serving excellent beers at reasonable prices and no shit background noise.
Pizza Express of pubs.
Without the VC debt loading.
They serve a purpose, the beer and food is cheap. The cellars are clean, tidy and well maintained.
Staff can be hit and miss but its a nmw role, managers on more but they certainly earn it.
No short dated beer, that a an urban myth from the hatetz. 3 weeks minimum on delivery for ales, more for kegs.
Yes they don't pay much, and have a national bracketed pricing structure. You are asked to tender once a year, for a year.
The price is wholesale money, but beer is direct delivered. It's the volume driven end of the market. They will not buy short dated stock.
80p a pint input if you really want to know, give or take. Each jdw has to put through a volume of ales from the majors. Courage best, Spitfire and bishops tipple or similar. If they are over target then they can have more guest pumps, below then less
I’m sat in one now in Weymouth on my third coffee after walking the dogs on the beach. I’m in the Swan that doesn’t allow kids in at anytime. Brilliant! They have the William Henry just up the roads for the breeders to take their screaming spawn.
I wonder if a similar “moral red line” can be drawn when it comes to bakeries and Colin Greggs conviction reported in the press in 2017?
I hadn't heard about that before either. I would certainly boycott Greggs if they had "Bored?
Why not interfere with children?" posters up in their branches.
Stop bloody arguing 😵
Jesus. Someone relates a wee tale about enjoying decent quality, cheap beer and food and this place goes off like a prison wing.
Pathetic.
Bit dramatic. Hardly an argument is it, just a discussion on the merits (or lack of) of a chain of pubs.
I avoid Gregg's because I'm not a fat tramp. Quite simple really.
This thread does rather highlight the absolutist bellendery that makes social media either fun or a nightmare. 🙂