The Bellwether JDW in Sandwell

Had a great morning with friends and enjoyed the food it was quiet for a change lol the staff was great even let us pull the tables together as there were a few of us

Went here last weekend ( 15/1/22). Food was good but as with most Wetherspoons they seemed short of staff. Covid seems to have disappeared as the tables weren't being cleared and cleaned but this could be because there was a staff shortage. Won't stop us from going back as it has been good in the past. Update 23/11/24 food arrived before the drinks, food was actually pretty good but as always the service was pretty shocking, had a good wait for the drinks but for once they got the food order right.

Could do with a spruce up but not a bad place.

As a regular in this Wetherspoons, I can honestly say the staff are really friendly and the service is excellent. The food is always tasty and never dissapoints. I would highly recommend various plates from the breakfast and food menu. The bellwether is also a great place to come and have a few pints at the weekend! I would not hesitate to recommend this Wetherspoons for food and drink.

Been here since 18 o clock. They never came to clean the table. Terrible service.

No love for any food preparation here .

Portions are smaller now so when you order large breakfast you get what you used to for small one. Staff are nice. Doing their job I guess. American pancakes as a new thing in a menu- recommended. For eggs benedict never had a fresh salad- always dry - tip for chef- keep it in a bowl of water.

Very good Wetherspoon pub. Busy, even in mid afternoon. I had the Peri Peri Chicken, and I like the replenishable coffee. Just the job for those of us who are driving.

Warm friendly welcome. Cheap and cheerful.

Fast service when ordered on the app. Just too busy the last two times I've been there. Also cocktails were not nice at this Wetherspoon either.

Used this place for ages now always good value for money nicely cooked friendly service.

Food is always lovely, and comes out really quickly. The staff are always helpful and polite.

Food tasted lovely. Beers ok. The portions you get for the price is dismal. For a whether spoon tho tasted beautiful. Must admit

As a Pub its ok. Sadly cannot say the same about the Breakfast. We all said the same. Need to find a greasey spoon local. If you call there breakfast good. You have lead a very sheltered life. Used to be ok but now i realised why there wasnt many in there on Sunday for Breakfast. It was Cold, Beans had a strange taste, Bacon was not good, Sausage so so. Best thing was the Toast.

Waitress is rude spilled my drink on the table as she put the glass down no apology and never cleaned it up. Boyfriend said the Barman is rude as well. This has happened the last 2 times management must be terrible since they are miserable with the customers.

Pleasant pub. This is a normal weatherspoons pub that serves good food for the cost, staff are Pleasant and there is plenty of choice when it comes to seating whether you want to be inside or out. Toilets are where you expect in a weatherspoons (up the 4 flights of stairs and through 15 doors) but they are tidy and clean.

Not really for us but couldn't find anything better in the area. Cheap and cheerful.

Popped in for last min meal on own, ordered mixed grill, which was better than i expected. Was busy with drinkers, tables were on need of a wipe

If I could give the staff a minus 1, I think it would be too much. Understandably, the bar was busy as it was a sunny Friday afternoon..stood at the bar in a queue only to be over looked as the bar girl Meg decided to serve people infront and behind me because they were her "regulars". A customer noticed this and called her out on this on my behalf. Rather than apologise and take accountability for her wrong doing, she decided to become sarcastic and rude towards myself and the lovely gentleman who stepped in for me.. Now because I challenged her at the bar, she clearly decided to have a conversation about this with her colleague infront of me (the young girl with the double nose piercings). As myself and my friend was leaving, I went up to the girl with the nose piercings to ask a simple question about the food, she clearly had a grievance with me as she was very dismissive and rude. At that point I just walked off. The pub and the food itself are great but the staff need an attitude transplant because they have no form of customer service whats so ever! As business owner myself, I'd of put the 2 girls in back of house as they do not meet the requirements to serve front of house! They spoilt my experience and i left with a bad taste. With all that being said, the lady with the dark hair and the lovely unusual name is an asset to you public house, give her a raise!

Staff were really friendly, good service. Marked down for the atmosphere.

Great menu, big venue in a popular location, but there is nothing special or unique about this place, the food was ok but the décor could maybe do with an update.

Enjoyed a light breakfast. Pub was well presented, clean. Staff friendly. Washroom facilities good.

No parking available. Have to go upstairs to toilets

I ordered a double American cheese burger the cheese didn't come melted and I could just take it if the burger bu itself and tye bacon was freezing cold like the just took it out of there freezer it also has given me food poisoning

Need a refurb.. painting shoddy.. leak stains all over.. floor by the bar so sticky would pull your shoes off

Cheap beer and food nice garden

Food is good and a few odd ales

Nice food. Bit slow on the service but overall a nice experience

Drinks and food reasonable price cheaper then other places and good is really nice too great atmosphere

So it was bank holiday weekend, yes me and my friends have had a drink but we wasn’t drunk, and they said we couldn’t come in but they let other people in I’m sorry but thats not right in my eyes

I don’t understand why the management of Wetherspoons never seem to comment on any reviews posted here. Their standards have dropped since Covid while prices have risen and the reviews lately are dreadful. I guess Tim couldn’t care less. We dropped in here late on a Friday night returning from a lovely curry where the service was excellent. The bar wasn’t busy but even so I stood there for 5 minutes or more before someone offered to serve me. One guy even stood directly In front of me hanging glasses up, looked me straight in the eyes then walked off. We sat at a dirty, sticky table before visiting the dirty, smelly, wet toilets then came out. Wetherspoons used to supply affordable food and drinks to a reasonable standard of service. Drinks are still cheap(er) but the service is now appalling. Even so, no one seems to care.

One of the girls was very rude. I asked for a straw and she throwed them at me... she literally threw them. Really dissapointed!

As normal.. good food and cheap beer. Nice pub inside.. nice and light.

13th may I visited the establishment, got refused an alcoholic drink as I didn’t have ID which is understandable. But when asked for a refund they refused. And didn’t offer to change it for a soft drink. The food was ok but the bacon was cold and the tomato looked about 2weeks old. Used to love this pub as I live around the corner but stopped coming in as always seemed to be some kind of issue. No ash trays outside either which is a fire hazard would suggest getting that sorted. Around 2pm tables were dirty with plates and dirt, floor staff don’t seem to exist here, maybe more training needed? Worked for spoons before so I know that training procedures are usually pretty good. Maybe new staff? And I don’t think the hourly toilets checks were done either as was a mess. And a bag of what seems to be coke on the floor. Anyway, it is a nice looking place unfortunately has dropped off in recent times. And a convenient location.

Friendly place and good bar service Would pop in regularly

Service was slow which is very unusual but they did explain why. They ran out of carrots but didn't mention this when ordering our foo to y No toilet paper in the three out of four toilets, plus all hand creams where empty in the ladies

Terrible dirty place - can’t even take our orders because card machine is down , app is not working and cash only.

great food got served straight away friendly staff .

Bit smaller than a lot of JDW locations but has a reasonable sized outdoor seating area, which I would use on a warmer day. Drinks were cheap, and locals were very friendly.

Staff were rude. Waitress was sarcastic when bringing over dessert. The pizza looks cold and was cold. The cheese wasn’t even melted over the pizza properly stone cold in centre. Took ages for them to bring drinks over and you just got the usual apology like they didn’t mean it. The lady with the pink hair was the only decent one there and took complaints seriously. Won’t be returning anytime in the near future. Toilets were filthy as well with someone’s urine all over the seat.

Very quiet in there but it was midweek , garden lovely for the kids all fenced off

Great place in terms of value for money. The food is good for the price you pay. The staff are all friendly. The only thing that let's the place down is the atmosphere on Friday and Saturday evenings - I avoid those two evenings like the plague! Other than that, it is worth a visit.

Went here wit the fam great food

Typical wetherspoons, cheap drinks, cheap food, good for a quick snack

Food is hit and miss here. Sometimes it's nice, the majority it's crappy and it's like the food is warmed up in the microwave. Great place if your just wanting a drink and a natter. I wouldn't however recommend the food.

Nice place I like the lad manger very nice friendly staff nice polite to .

No Wi-fi as usual 4 staff behind bar 1 serving

Nice ale n brekkie great fish n chips

Nice food that doesn't break the bank

Great service. As soon as we paid on the app, the gentleman came over with the cups for our refillable coffee 👍 breakfast was lovely

often very busy, usual cheap drinks and decent food, typical spoons really

Had breakfast there today. Value for money BUT it really needed to be HOTTER than it was. Otherwise ok.

Shock horror someone is cleaning a table, hopefully they will train others to do the same

Upped their game. More efficient staff now for this very busy pub. Mixed ages. Great meet and greet place. No loud music great for chatting with mates.

Nice breakfast and good atmosphere on xmas eve

It's wetherspoons, so filled with the cream of Wednesbury as you would expect, food really basic.. ham from a cheap packet of sandwich ham, otherwise, service was good, & poured a Guinness properly.

A typically nice weatherspoon pub, if you like the easy going friendly set up you will love this. Big pub, huge selection of drinks, full menu available, staff friendly and hard working,

Lovely and warm on a very wet day.

Staff were excellent, but it's a bit of a war zone on Saturday nights with all of the local nutters!

The steaks are amazing and Izzy behind the bar is brilliant

Good prices.nice& clean.good service.

It is what it is. If you are expecting haute cuisine in a Wetherspoons then you are nuts Food good, beer good, service good Cheap and cheerful Must be doing something right because it’s always busy

hairy sausage, lipstick on my cup, lukewarm toast, quite tragic really

Nom nom good, soy sauce is best drink ever legit when I’m buried I wanna be swimming in it

First drink of the evening . Male bar staff chose blatantly to serve a group of females that had just come to bar while we had already waited & watched him bottle up . When my partner who is deaf so sounds louder than most raised concerns we were refused to be served . The female bar maid Izzy could see we had been waiting & the manageress refused to listen to our concerns but truly hope she watches back CCTV to see how unfair our treatment was . I understand that it’s difficult to see who is next but even when we said we were first he continued to serve the female group individually . My partner was too embarrassed to say I’m deaf that’s why it seemed like his voice was raised & the manageress just didn’t want too listen

Nice pub but need to clear tables more quickly flies and wasps over tables also people smoking in non smoking area not just cigarettes but weed shame cause it's great location.

Good afternoon good staff good atmosphere

Food arrived cold an hour after order. 30 mins more for drinks ordered same time. Complained politely- don’t want to upset people who are going to warm your food! Deputy manager just shrugged & glared! Not a word of apology/ explanation! NEVER AGAIN!!!

Nice place to grab some food and drinks with your mates on Friday evening.

Absolutely disgusting food was mouldy when my brother went and then the drinks had mouldy fruit inside and the manager was rude and disrespectful and said its not dog friendly and told us to leave never going back again.

Good food and a nice selection of ales

Great breakfast and when I ordered decaf tea they gave me a mug with 2 teabags so I could refill. The food was brought out really quickly too. As the Terminator said: "I'll be back"!

Very popular booza cheaper than west brom spoons and that tells you a difference story.

Always have an enjoyable experience here. Salt of the earth pub with some excellent food choices

Price is creeping up and atmosphere isn't great could definitely do with some music on in the he background or something

Nice food n good service, prices have shot up tho!

Only think the curry Thursday and breakfast any good now at witherspoon prices gone up as much as a restaurant

A spoons is a spoons. Half decent grub for not a lot of money. Fish n chips still take some beating!

Lovely fish and chips. Beer is good and the service is great.

A warning to all those disabled people who are tempted to dine here... avoid the place!!! The ground floor "Disabled" toilet is open to all, even those without a "radar" disabled key.. The toilet seat would not stop up, so the men use it without putting the seat up, so if you are desperate .......don't forget you wellington boots, and waterproof lower garments.

Smaller than the average Wetherspoons. Food was nice and hot, no parking but there is parking not far away, tables need to be cleaned more regular.

It's been ages. I wanted to visit this weatherspoon branch. Overall, it's a reasonable place for its atmosphere. Extremely busy and parking is a nightmare if you don't know the area.

Another weekend another breakfast in wetherspoon. I can’t live without it,you have to try to understand. Cosy place for kids and families

One of the better Spoons, really enjoyed the beers and food 😋

My daughter had breakfast wrap I had scrambled eggs on toast Monday morning staff were lovely our breakfasts were good quality and value

Great food great beer nice place

Happy friendly staff, you can order from your phone and receive table service which is good for disabled people.

It's a split level 19th century pub conveniently located along the High Street area... There are plenty of indoor and outdoor seating Service staff are welcoming and lovely during our visit It's also a very popular gathering place for the locals

Great spoons!! Amazing beer garden. Lovely staff

Spoons sticky tables Chips overcooked and dry Service shocking, use the app, 22 minutes for a beer Only 2 servers, cup final on, place heaving Manager dour, stressed Fairly typical Spoons with cheap beer so who's complaining?

Always busy, always great prices and lovely beer garden. 🍺

Great place and kids enjoyed the food 👌

Great vibes when the suns out. Nice beer garden

Nice set menus and offer nights for the meals Good table app system Loos recently need more work from last visit . Coffee refillable and tap water both neat self service options My favourite aspect is beer garden that brings light and joy come day and night hours.

Classic British pub, much fun, good memories

The bellwether first impression was a usual wetherspoons, same carpets same set out and same menu. The choice of beers selection is very good. Unfortunately that's the positives of this place, it's not very clean, very sticky tables and staff would walk past tables and not give it a clean. The food we ordered was awful, slightly undercooked and the centre was doughy, chips were nasty, shame as chips are usually amazing from the spoons and poor quality steak. The 😮 shocker for me was going to the toilets and they have cameras near the urinals. I can see it is probably for drug control but it seems like the angles it positioned, well it's questionable. I don't think I will be going back to this wetherspoons.

A great selection of cask (real) ales. I like the staff, very friendly. If I lived closer this would be my local. I ended up having two meals there 💪🏻along with plenty of beer 🍻. Great time! I look forward to visiting again 🎉

This place is awful i will neve go here again its dirty you stick to floor just awfulr

Food was Quick and as Expected Wifi was a bit slow though which made ordering via the app more difficult than it needed to be

Popular with locals friendly pub