The Chief Justice Of The Common Pleas in Allerdale

Average Spoons that does not lend itself to a comfortable layout. Many smaller rooms none of which are well laid out.

Used many times and have always had decent service and been served quickly

Typical Spoons pub. Excellent value in reasonable surroundings.

Typical Weatherspoons, good choice of real ales.

Don’t allow dogs, even outside on benches out the way of everyone. Other people who had food and drink got kicked out too. Dogs weren’t bothering anyone, completely out the way. Absolutely shocking, it’s the Lake District everyone brings their dogs..

Lovely spring afternoon in the beer garden having a few beers not having any food but it looks lovely staff friendly

Great central pub in Keswick, tried the Eggs Benedict with free refill coffee breakfast, not easy to get right, 8/10 not bad😊

Nice friendly bar to get a drink and chill out. Friendly staff would recommend

Called in just for a coffee break ended up having a full English breakfast and I may say I wasn't disappointed absolutely brilliant 😀

Smaller than some Wetherspoons so a nice cosy atmosphere.

A cracking venue. Lovely building converted out room. You can have your beers a jail cell. The usual spoons choice of food. The place is very clean and the staff are super friendly. Well, worth a visit.

Brilliant pub great location staff and food along with great prices. Highly recommend 👌👍

Struggled to order as the table I was sat at didn't have a number on. Was told by stroppy teenage barman I couldn't order food. I asked why they were numbers on and it wasn't my fault. I explained where I wad but he wouldn't take an order. He was rude empty tables full of plates and glasses even on top of walls. I come in all the time but today it was absolutely terrible.

Typically Spoons. Great!!! Had the sausage, beans & chips. Adnams beer. Ohhh very lovely. If ever I stay overnight I’m spending more time here!

Standard Witherspoon good value but a bit shabby

Slow service had to chase up missing food and drinks

Lovely atmosphere in the heart of Keswick.

Another well placed weatherspoons all the usual choice of beers at reasonable price plus its beer festival time so lots of different beers to sample

Restaurant prices in Kewswick have gone sky high since the pandemic, with even pubs charging £20 for lunch, so I decided tp try The Chief Justice for a meal. As this is a Wetherspoons, it's national pricing, so is considerably cheaper than most other places iin Keswick, and beer prices are half what you'd pay in other pubs., with a large range of real ales for £3-4 a pint. The caveat is the food is nothing special: I bought an 11 inch pizza that was OK, but for £11 you don't expect a gourmet experience. One thing I did like was The Chief Justice was a former police station and magistrates court and many of the original features have been retained. Also the pub was spotless and the staff friendly. Basically this is a middle of the road place to eat, but if you are on a budget in Keswick, I'd recommend this pub.

This is a rare place in Keswick, somewhere low cost to eat and drink. Wetherspoons have done a tasteful conversion of a historic court house. The food was ok and good value at £8.10 for a baked potato with chilli non carne and a drink. The place was absolutely rammed and so noisy and therefore difficult to chat in. Staff were excellent however and it did its job of cheaply filling up and hydrating me.

Great prices, great value and great location.

Had to clear the table before we could sit down. We’d manage to blag one of the cells in this former police station and magistrates court. We ordered the food and drink on the app. One loft of food came long before the other so the first batch was almost eaten by the time the rest of the order finally came. We were sat for over an hour chatting but there was no effort made to clear our table or the ones we could see outside of our cell. There appeared to be plenty of staff so that’s not an excuse on this occasion. Giving this review an average mark as the food was quite warm for a,’spoons. Plus the novelty of eating in a room that until fairly recently was a proper cell was a pretty cool experience.

Fun way to dine with kids as you can sit in the courtroom or the old jails. Always reasonable, decent food.

Beer prices that take me back to my youth.

I sat outside and waited 90 minutes for food nothing came out, went inside and asked for the food and went back outside, still no food. I got asked about what I ordered 5 different times the staff took notes and took pictures of the order and still never got my order. I asked for a hi-chair for the little boy and never got it from the first waiter I had to ask for it again. Shocking customer service when it is busy they can’t handle it. Our table had the order all mixed up missing items and we got the wrong food 4 different times. people came after us and ate and left and we were still waiting. At the end I left without having my food.

Nipped in for dinner whilst on holiday and thoroughly enjoyed it, good food, good beer very busy but enjoyable.

Quirky and busy, food was great , atmosphere great, good selection of drinks

It's a wetherspoons. It's the same as nearly every other wetherspoons (although perhaps harder to find a seat)

Typical wetherspoons, you get what you pay for. Value for money.

Cheap drinks / food Good atmosphere

Really not a good experience, food was very poor, sadly could not recommend, woukd definitely not return

Great selection of cider and a very nice fish and chips . Staff wonderful.

I love weatherspoons and I used to like this place but tonight it was dirty and understaffed. We had to clear our own table and there were piles of dirty plates and food everywhere. The pub itself is running a limited menu so you can't get a decent weatherspoons meal. It's either burgers, salads or lite bites, nothing substantial. If environmental health walked in, they would shut the place down immediately.

Didn't have a good experience with my first time at a Wetherspoon pub. It was a busy day so they said food was 30 mins late, ended up being later than that, service only happens when you go to the bar and ask what's going on. When we did get the food it was not great anyway, wife's burger had practically nothing in it except a patty and a thin smattering of sauce. They were kind when dealing with polite complaint though and the lemonade that came with the food was well sized. Overall though, I won't go back, don't think they'd miss my business with how busy they are anyway. Will think twice before trying Wetherspoon again.

We wandered in about 6pm on two consecutive nights. The place was full, most people eating but it was not dirty/untidy. Friendly. chatty staff.Good service. Great beers (a white stout! first time for me) Ridiculously good value. Would imagine it gets very busy later in the season but for us it was a great place to have a couple of drinks before dinner.

Very disappointing breakfast this morning. 7 of us eating here this morning and nothing was very warm apart from the porridge that one of us had ordered. Won't be hurrying back for food.

Keswick high street, wonderful place to visit.

The staff are amazing.so pleasant and friendly,considering how busy the pub is. Made our visit so much more enjoyable.

It is what it is food ok and good beer, interesting place for food and drink will be back

Called in to see what it was like wow stunning features from the courthouse to the police cells. Nice atmosphere very very surprised of our meal, the chips was hot fresh and burger was nice. I was expecting a Wetherspoon and definitely recommend

Had breakfast with two friends today, staff were pleasant and food reasonable as sadly the food was only warm and was cold before we finished. So will not be rushing back anytime soon.

Dining in an old courthouse, you can even choose to sit in one of the prison cells, class, Usual weatherspoons hike to the loo.

Lovely place to enjoy drinks and food

Reasonably priced drinks in busy pleasant pub.

Always use spoons just brilliant value I will be back for sure

Clean gets busy as in tourist area food good

Food is fine and atmosphere is great,staff lovely,prices for alcohol on comparison to other pubs in keswick is fantastic no surprise it's always busy.

Another Spoons taking an old, well used building and giving it a new taste of life. Good selection of good priced ales, much cheaper than all surrounding pubs.

Average in every way. There are much better Wetherspoons with more welcoming staff. Usual good prices for food and drink. Cask beers were good. Good value for Keswick.

It’s always busy so there’s a decent atmosphere. It’s absolutely freezing though, put some heating on, we all had to sit with coats on which isn’t ideal when eating. Great location and cheap. Staff are friendly.

I Have Visited MANY Wetherspoons Both Up And Down The Country, And On The Whole Enjoy The Vast Majority, However Have Found The Only Exception Being The Justice Of The Peace Based In Keswick, Where The Majority Of Times Have Found Them To Have Ran Out Of Foods Or Drinks On Their Bar Menu! With My Most Recent Bad Experience Being Today 20th Dec 24 At 12.30pm, When Was Told By Bar Manager They Had No Turkey Christmas Dinners, With Crazy.Reason - "THEY HADN'T BOTHERED TO TAKE FROM FREEZER, BECAUSE NO-ONE WAS ORDERING THEM!! Which Especially At This Time Of Year, To Be.Ridiculous! PLEASE GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER JUSTICE OF THE PEACE MANAGEMENT, ONCE AND FOR ALL! A VERY ANGRY 'FORMER" Attendee....

Standard Wetherspoons. Cheap and good beer selction

Excellent weatherspoons. Rapid service , hot food and clean tables

Called in for afternoon drinks, plus breakfast the following morning. A very interesting building, with quite a history behind it. Plenty of seating, drinks at the usual prices, breakfast hot and delicious. Clearing and cleaning tables certainly didn't seem to be high up on their list of priorities, had to ask for some to be cleared near us due to the awful smell. Staff seemed to be generally miserable, apart from the guy who served breakfast, who was friendly and helpful.

It’s a spoons so love or hate it, expect cheap low quality food and drinks but it doesn’t let dogs in so 5 stars for that alone.

Lovely place . Friendly and polite staff . I will definitely be visiting again. Just a lovely , chilled environment.

Unbelievebley low prices no wonder its busy but get served straight away would save a fortune if lived here.

What you'd expect from wetherspoons ( amazing cask beers and food served quickly and at super prices). Bonus of being ten minutes walk from Dertwenwater in the lakes.

Visited for breakfast whilst visiting Keswick. Fantastic old building packed with history. Service spot on and clean inside. Will be visiting again next time we're in town.

What a tremendous pub this is ! A converted court room and cells makes for an interesting experience and all this with the excellent Wetherspoon vibe.Top!

I stayed in keswick and went to this place and within 2 hours of eating I was violently poorly it was obviously the food I'd eaten there as I had been hiking all day and hadn't eaten anything anywhere else. The pub isn't the cleanest

Friendly and efficient staff. Great selection of beers at great prices. Very busy but i always found a seat. Great place for pint or two.

Lovely helpful staff, food was prompt and at the perfect temperature, not too hot and not lukewarm. Gutted I didn't take any photos. I had cod, chips and mushy peas, defo recommend it.

Food was ok. It's basic pub grub. Service was good and quite quick but food was only lukewarm not hot. For ease and quickness it was fine.

Clean and tidy. Food was good, wide range on menu, including options to upgrade drinks in meal deals.

Food was hot and fresh, even though it was very busy☺️. In a very nice area and town.

Dirty furnishings, slow lousy service, filthy cutlery, and rude miserable staff. It’s obvious that customer satisfaction is worth nothing here, presumably because most visitors are tourists so no return business to worry about, but tourists are still human beings who don’t want to use filthy cutlery, wait 20 minutes after food arrives to get their drinks, or have their order thrown down on the table without a word by an obviously very unhappy member of staff. Food was actually very decent for the price, just a shame about everything else.

Wow ,what an unusual place ! Lots of history of the law courts,central location in Keswick with a large council carpark next door

If you want cheap eats and drinks and Keswick with no frills, and I mean no frills, then this is the place. Menu is the standard Weatherspoons offerings and the staff are doing their best. Overall though it feels cheap and the food is bland. Drinks are a bargain though.

Dropped in on 1.99 a pint, can't go wrong, good breakfast the following day.

Busy in the pub but service was quick. Food was hot and freshly cooked.

Good old spoons. Never fails .Good pub grub. As with all spoons pubs the table had not been cleared. Do it myself.

Always good value but some of the items on my breakfast were stone cold.

Really enjoyed the Korean chicken. The ales on offer for ale festival very poor. The Ruddles very good.

Didn't manage to get served. Only two people behind the bar during the beer festival. Waited over 10 minutes then gave up. This was at 4.45pm our bus was at 5.30pm so we wouldn't have time to wait for service.

You know what you get from a Spoon's. The place was clean and tidy and the beer was good.

To be honest, we've called in a few times over the years and have always received good service, food, and drink, all at a great price. You can't fault the place.

Ordered a drink for my grandmother as celebrating a big occasion, ordered a drink which she wasn't able to have due to the lack of professionalism from certain members of staff refusing to serve it. Didn't even offer something as an alternative therefore I've lost money which meant a lot to me. Meanwhile my pizza that I ordered took over an hour to arrive I was a loyal client to this establishment and now I'm never coming back again Thanks, nans crying now

Food was of poor standard if I knew the burgers were so small and greasy I wouldn't of bothered.

Food good, didn't have long to wait. Only negative point is that the toilets were upstairs and with me having mobility issues, it was inconvenient

Excellent venue, always assured of a great meal at very reasonable prices. Attentive staff, nothing is to much trouble. Highly recommended.

We popped in for a coffee and got served quickly.

In the last 5 days we've eaten 4 times here. ( Breakfast, 2 X lunch, evening). As we had parked in the public carpark just behind ( Bell's Close) we decided to pop in for a late breakfast, not expecting too much. We were pleasantly surprised. The vegan breakfast and bacon butty hit the spot. Especially at the good value prices. The bottomless refills of tea (twinnings - including decaf - great!) and Lavazza coffee..again lots of decaf options.. were very welcome. On our subsequent visits we enjoyed the new ramen bowls, jacket potatoes and various side dishes. Found it unbelievable that adding a gin and tonic (britvic mixer, not from a hose) added only £1.50 to the meal +soft drink price. We were there at busy times. We found the wait at the bar acceptable. The food came quite promptly. Exchanged cutlery twice and a mug because not fully clean - but that happens elsewhere. We found staff pleasant, chatty and helpful. I'd happily return in our next visit and recommend. For the price it offers very good value.

The food was very good but and pizza served on a cold plate so within minutes the pizza is cold. They were short staffed I believe, only 3 staff for a large pub.

Typical Wetherspoons. Reliable coffee and comfy seats. Value for money. Quite a tidy place with an unusual layout. Large beer garden. Handy for parking and main shopping areas.

All good nice atmosphere drinks were alot cheaper than others places round there and staff were ok too

It is Weatherspoons, don't expect amazing food. However they have guest ales for very sensible prices (£2.97). If you like ale then I'd recommend this over paying £5.60+ for ales at nearby pubs. Lots of seating but the building is a maze. Can feel crowded

Didn't have food just drinks. Love a pub in a building with a bit of history. Worth a visit just to see the old cells but with a good range of drinks at great prices, it would be rude not to try some. Staff were very friendly which adds to the relaxed atmosphere.

Good food, good value for money plus good menu, friendly staff 10/10

Great weatherspoons. Food was really good and wonderful staff!

Not one of my favourites ,not enough staff to cater for the people coming into the pub ,long ques for food and drinks ,plates and empty drinks left on tables.

Called in for breakfast, good food , warm welcome, and value for money.

Beer!& now Leffe!&cheapest boozer in Keswick! Still the biggest and cheapest bar in town,and hey op £2.70 a pint!,£5 uptown same beer tastes better when ure paying less!

Typical Wetherspoons restaurant/pub. Good pub grub and reasonable prices. This particular outlet was difficult to negotiate with the wheelchair due to there being too many tables and chairs in the dining area. We have had quicker service elsewhere but we enjoyed our meals and drinks. Wheelchair accessible for only part of the premises and what seemed to be a large number of high chairs and tables which are not suitable for disabled customers. Disabled toilet clean and modern. Plenty of parking in the town centre car park including some disabled spaces.

The prices are very low, don't know how they can make money. Fast service, good food.

This is a Weatherspoons pub. Cheap booze. Promotional days. Fish chips and mushy peas, barcardi and coke only £12.85

Fantastic food here 😄 with a bottle of wine

Visited for a hot drink while in Keswick. Very busy as it was holiday season even though it was a very wet day. A big Spoons that used to be the old magistrates court and police station and has various different rooms to dine in aswell as drinks. There are even old police cells to enjoy your meal in which adds to the magic of the experience of eating here. Didn't venture into the garden area as it was very wet but with ample parking behind (pay & display) it is a great spoons with loads of character

Keswick has needed a good stable eatery and this is it.. been visiting for 20yrs and never had a favourite place to eat as businesses tend to change hands a lot from year to year. Has become very familiar and comfortable now as our visits more & more frequent, it's the weirdest.. you can sit in a jail cell or in the courthouse wondering about the rogues that got sent down there.. strangest Wetherspoon's we've been to but love it!

I am a huge lover of Wetherspoons, I live their prices, you're never disappointed with the food as it's cheap and cheerful! I have never been to one that's disappointed me u til now! Omg what a complete shambles! Waited nearly an hour for a pudding, when it came it was freezing! Cookie dough with ice cream, the cookie dough is meant to be warm/hot, so it clearly hadn't been prepared correctly or was just sat. The pints of dark fruit were flat. I'd of understood if it was busy but it really wasn't. But now I can see that people prepared paying extra and the other pubs in the town were packed! Let's hope the next wetherspoons is better!