Wetherspoon

Blue Llama said:
Many home brews are superb. The Stockport Beer and Cider festival have organised a home brew competition for about 10 years now. The winner of each style hets to brew a batch at a commercial brewery e.g. Cloudwater, Blackjack, Runaway, Torside etc. The festival takes 3 casks of each the rest goes to trade. Several of these winners have gone on to win national awards. This year's festival starts on the 18th June. Tickets £19 or under includes £10 drinks voucher and £4 glass deposit. https://www.stockportfestival.org.uk/
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A cracking festival.
The cider choices are also superb.
Hope this year is another resounding success...
 
The Wetherspoons next to Newcastle Quays Travelodge is great.
If you get a seat outside on a hot day even better.
Men's toilets no climbing involved as well.
 
dickie davies said:
Pints of beer £1.99 upwards. What's not to like!
Just bought a pint of good quality IPA and a large glass of wine for less than £8
The restaurant I've just eaten at was £6.50 a pint
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Been having the same conversation with so many people recently. Table service on the app is fantastic too. The pints of act a twat are always ice cold too. Been in about 10 different spoons over the last year and there is very little to fault. The food is good for what it is too. The only problem is when you start ordering extras. For example, Mrs and I wanted a garlic dip with what we were having and it cost £1.60, it was a tiny squirt into a little pot. I thought they were joking but that was actually it when I challenged them. It is just underneath flying with Ryanair I suppose.

Have not stayed in any of their "hotels" yet, but if they get it right, they will quickly put all your budget stays like Travelodge and Premier Inn out of business.
 
Stephen230 said:
From what I can make out, he seems to spend pretty much his whole life these days doing this.
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Why wouldn’t he? He clearly loves what he does, and what he’s built. Maybe in his own boozers is where he’s happiest. Fair fucks to him.

Don’t like his politics, and I don’t warm to him as a person, but you have to respect Tim Martin. In such a volatile, mercurial industry he’s been constant and relatively consistent for many decades. The guy is simply a phenomenal operator. There is no escaping that. And part of that brilliance will be his desire to be at the coal face. Every visit adds value to his operational skill set.
 
Stephen230 said:
From what I can make out, he seems to spend pretty much his whole life these days doing this.

He's regularly turning up at the Manchester City Centre ones. Always seems to turn up at the Deansgate one first, then Oxford Street, then Printworks. Not sure he bothers with the Piccadilly one? Even he's got his limits. They always ask him where he's off to next and give them the head's up that he's on the way.
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Walked past that one at 7:30 this morning. It’s fucking grim in there.

Also got a part of a bucket of water thrown on my feet when I was walking past the Piccadilly Tavern when (presumably) the cleaner was chucking her dirty water out into the pavement!

She did not give a fuck.

It actually made me laugh!
 
SamTheGuru said:
Been having the same conversation with so many people recently. Table service on the app is fantastic too. The pints of act a twat are always ice cold too. Been in about 10 different spoons over the last year and there is very little to fault. The food is good for what it is too. The only problem is when you start ordering extras. For example, Mrs and I wanted a garlic dip with what we were having and it cost £1.60, it was a tiny squirt into a little pot. I thought they were joking but that was actually it when I challenged them. It is just underneath flying with Ryanair I suppose.

Have not stayed in any of their "hotels" yet, but if they get it right, they will quickly put all your budget stays like Travelodge and Premier Inn out of business.
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There are no budget stays any more. You're paying 100 quid a night in most Travelodges now and Premier Inn is even more expensive.
 
Off to spoons later, if I drink enough bitter I might even have a dance on one of my numerous visits to the toilet.
 
bennyboy said:
The Wetherspoons next to Newcastle Quays Travelodge is great.
If you get a seat outside on a hot day even better.
Men's toilets no climbing involved as well.
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Yeah, I've been in there quite a few times, it's a really popular place .... no climbing to the toliets either as you say, most of that is up the hilly back streets back to the city centre afterwards, best to just jump the 54 bus after a few scoops i think!

I stayed in the other Travelodge, further up the quayside towards the Pitcher and Piano ... that pub is nice to sit outside on a hot day too.


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Eaststander1 said:
The Wetherspoons in Llandudno is quite an impressive place ..... used to be a cinema apparently.

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It was a theatre before it became a cinema.
Me and the wife have been in that particular Spoons many times, usually for breakfast,as it gets very busy in the late afternoon/evening, catering for hungry/thirsty holiday makers.
 
manclad said:
It was a theatre before it became a cinema.
Me and the wife have been in that particular Spoons many times, usually for breakfast,as it gets very busy in the late afternoon/evening, catering for hungry/thirsty holiday makers.
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Ah, right ...... yeah i was in there the other week and was impressed with it, and it was really busy that night ... I was doing a bit of a pub crawl, but spent more time in there than anywhere else.
 
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