The Chief Justice Of The Common Pleas in Allerdale

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

How many terrible reviews does it take for the management to make changes. Price is not everything. A smile & a hello would go a long way. The look on the barmaids face turned my beer flat. I reiterate it’s called hospitality industry for a reason. You need to be hospitable. Poor very slow food service. Worst spoons in the country by a fair margin.

You can't beat the place for price or good variety of beers.

It's a spoons, consistent and if you need to check a review, you've never been in one!

It is a good building, very interesting to see the cells and court room, the staff were great and the food was as expected i paid less than £5 for fish and chip Brill

Great service, Very pleasant efficient staff. Happy Customers !

Spot on lovely place well worth a visit

Sat in the outside area and had a wonderful lunch here. The food was top class and the service was quick and efficient. Very impressed. The only thing I would comment on is on the nets around the outside seating area. I know this is designed to keep seagulls out I imagine, however there was a crow that was trapped inside and kept flying into the nets and very distressed and could easily cause injury. It was just cruel to see him so distressed and we could see that several other tables of guests felt the same.. I think you should really consider removing the nets .. or at least the sides of the nets and just keep the net across the roof area. to prevent this happening.

Great outside if the weather is good

Usual Spoons very busy Tables piled high with empty plates & glasses. Wouldn’t recommend I think they have put prices up too.

Great for stopping and filling up before journey.

Spoons, does what it says, good food, good beer, good price.

Can't beat a spoons for a good selection of drinks, and food

Visited on a Sunday morning for breakfast which as a chain I have found that the chain do consistently well. This was the worse breakfast I have had. The few staff they had were rushed off their feet abd the food was cold. 2 stars because service to order at the bar was quick and the building is unique.

Come here today for breakfast we waited over 30mins for it, wasn't to busy by then was cold they forgot some of my order so had to go looking for someone, I would of sent it back but we had already waited long enough, my son had his kids meal that was hot but it seemed the breakfast sat under the lamps far to long, can say wouldn't go back for breakfast again.

Service was poor the tall women (manger?) was huffing about everything, was loud and abrupt with staff and customers alike giving a poor atmosphere. Took ages for tables to be cleared so the place looked dirty. Even when tables were cleared there were not properly wiped. Items from meal missing, only small items but generally in other establishments this would be mentioned. Not disabled friendly, several parts are inaccessible if in a wheelchair. Menu prices more expensive than other spoons. First time here and would not come back. I was expecting better.

As Wetherspoons go, this is one of the best I have been to! It was once a magistrates court and has been cleverly turned into a pub, still with some of the holding cells! It is worth a visit to see the building and the history and of course to stop off for an obligatory pint! Only shame is that it is not dog friendly.

Was hoping to get the grilled chicken, but they are sold out. So got the fish and chips instead. But the fish is dry and thin. Definitely not recommend. We had to clean the table ourselves to sit.

Great spot for food in Keswick while everywhere else is loosing track of how much things cost this Weatherspoon's house is on track. The quality was great the service fast and drink cold what's not to like.

Gorgeous building, and as always, you know what to expect from spoons

The food was not as described or advertised. The staff were unfriendly and I had to ask for my drinks as it didn't come before or with the food. The new Korean chicken didn't come with coriander and chilli as described and advertised. The American Cheese burger didn't come with red onion as described neither. Poor quality food, poor service. I am really disappointed.

Dirty tables and rubbish everywhere. All day brunch dire. Left most of it. Beer was well kept though. Think I'll avoid next time I'm in Keswick, even after a 13 mile fellwalk....

I'm a Spoons fan and this is admittedly a nice pub and typically in Spoons fashion have converted an old establishment (this time an old court). However, despite earlier comments I have seen in a similar manner, there is an abundance of tables stacked with used plates and glasses. Staff seem to serve tables then walk straight past dirty tables .....obviously "not my job". Mr / Mrs / Ms Manager.....little things make all the difference.

It was a glorious sunny afternoon and I could scarcely believe my luck to sit in the prime outdoor seats, facing outwards over a neat set of shops. As befits the uncommon name of the inn, so the rareness of the variety and quality of drinks available. The delicious pint of Wainwright gave me the idea of climbing all of the Wainwrights in the vicinity, a thought which immediately made me more thirsty. A further benefit of The Chief is the view over the aforementioned shops, including a very popular fish-and-chip shop, the Lakes, and a Vietnamese restaurant with a curiously large "S" in its signage. This view allows one not only to make a study of the efficiency of take-away food processes, but more practically, to pick ones moment to pop in when the queues reach their lowest. Great staff, lovely place, fully worth a visit.

Good food, good price and a lovely setting.

Good spoons, love the interior and how the main area still resembles an old court room. Irn Bru is locked away in what looks like a prison cell.

Like every other spoons but very busy.

Great converted old court room inside with a large paved area outside. Good service once you realised you needed to order at the bar. Food well presented and good value for money. Nothing special about food but reasonable every day stuff.

A very disappointing hour waiting for our food. We arrived for lunch at 2pm after the busy lunch period. We were met with fairly incompetent waiting, dirty tables that didn't get cleared and while waiting with hungry children, got told repeatedly our meal would take 15 more minutes, and this continued over an hour. When confronted they confirmed they were short staffed and knew they wouldn't meet our request in a reasonable time period but weren't honest. We ended up leaving with a refund. Very disappointed. Can't really mention anything positive except that it was conveniently located next to the laundrette which did have excellent service

One of the female workers with red hair was extremely rude and when we were seated at a table she came to clean up and was slamming plates around threw the chairs into the wall snatched the menus off us and threw her cleaning stuff at us while cleaning her attitude was appalling and the way she huffed and puffed and looked my family up and down with dirty looks as they walked in she had no manners and was rude and disrespectful safe to say if i ever come back to keswick i will not be going here not recommended at all

Extremely slow service at the bar. Not enough staff and those who were on the bar were pitifully slow.

One of the female workers with red curly hair was extremely rude , when we were seated plates and drinks where still left on the table the place is like a tip and when we sat down and she came to clean up she was aggressive and had an nasty attitude. When she was cleaning she threw the chairs back into the wall she also was slamming plates and when she’s went to Wipe the table up she threw her cleaning products at us and she also sprayed me and didn’t apologise. As we picked up our menus to help her out as she was cleaning she snatched them from us and she had an aggressive tone when she asked us to move something and also had no manners safe to say when I come back to Keswick we will not be coming here ever again I do not recommend

Nice food. Good value for money. Service was a wee bit slow.

Fantastic food and service nice staff always happy to help

Buzzing 'spoons in a converted court complete with cells. Service via the app was generally quick and, as ever, excellent value.

It's a lovely building, far from perfect management, a lot of little things that aren't quite right that spoils the overall experience, coffee machine not working so long walk to the other matche, no glasses at the cold water machine had to ask at bar for one, general cleanliness especially the carpet and under the coffee machine dust and dirt not cleaned regularly, could be a great place with a little bit of attention to detail,

Poor food . Many items unavailable. Confused service. Dirty tables rarely cleared. Worst Wetherspoons we have been in.

Yes liked it , staff could be more friendly though

Very busy pub but it was curry night. Friendly staff. Quick service.

It's a spoons. You get spoons food, spoons drinks and spoons toilets that are miles away through the worlds craziest seating plan. Was decent food and really quick service. Normal array of beers. Decent outside area which wasn't too packed. One of the better spoons I've been to. R0

What on earth is going on with this place. Never have I seen a dirtier pub, had to clear a table ourselves just to be able to sit down. Every table loaded with plates and glasses. Service very slow despite being quiet. Management give your head a shake and sort it out.

Nice staff and friendly atmosphere.

This is a Wetherspoons pub, so everything is consistent with what you probably already know. Opens early for a good breakfast. Clean and comfortable. Wheelchair accessible.

These are great pictures but never ever seen it this tidy. It is always a total mess

Nice building with fast and friendly service, food was cold when it came out

The only place in keswick that isn't dog friendly inside, that's a massive plus for me. Good value meals, plenty of indoor and outdoor seating, quick service, another historic building put to good use.

Nice Wetherspoons, good service.

Typical Spoons. Cheap and cheerful. You know what you're going to get.

At the end of a long day in the Coroner’s Court, this was a perfectly themed place for Dinner.

Not the nicest Weatherspoons. Food was good but the place needs a tidy up and more pleasant staff.

It's ok. It's a spoons so you know what yo expect. It's quite busy. The day we attended it was raining so was busy. And seemed to be low on staff. More or a management issue.

A big restaurant within a historic building, with a big outside seating area too. Really good value menu, with food and drink combo deals. We ordered using the app, avoiding the bother of going to the bar. Food and drink were brought to table quite rapidly. We will definitely eat there again. Another big positive is the absence of annoying background music.

The beer garden is very pleasant. However the inside of this pub leaves a lot to be desired. They don't have any grills on the menu and when asked why the reply was it took too much room up in the kitchen and made the kitchen too hot in the summer!!!! They had the air conditioning on and the place was very cold, everyone had to put their coats on. Not to be recommended.

Food was decent, beer garden closed at 8 so we had to move inside and change our table number before food arrived. Lady with purple/red hair at the extremely rude and unhelpful and got ignored for ages. And was biggest let down of the place.

Lively pub, just needs a bit of a spruce up. Beer good.

A really cool Wetherspoons with it being an old court house. Exactly what you'd expect from a Wetherspoons though otherwise. The atmosphere was pretty dead but the pints were cheap.

Shame there wasn't a steak or mixed grill on the menu, however fish and chips were great, mushy peas were mostly pea juice. The curry was tasty too.

Great value and a good place to shelter from the cold and rain for an hour or so.

Customer service was a bit shocking!! Also doesn’t seem very clean! Everything seemed sticky!!

Excellent example of Wetherspoons keeping architecture as neer as possible

We visited on Thursday 27th June 2024 for breakfast… My other half ordered at the bar…. We began to wonder were our food order was and could visibly see it sat on a hot plate and the chef ringing the order was ready …. This was ignored by two staff members and ten minutes later it was still sat there…. Eventually a gent with a long ponytail brought out the food that had been sat under the hot plate and apologised saying sorry about your wait….. order food was cold on a very hot plate and we sent it back…. Less than ten minutes it came back one meal wrong and still cold on a very hot plate and the other meal was still cold so again it was taken back to the kitchen at this point we left with a young lady shouting after us about a refund… we just left without the refund…. Totally shocked to be honest by it all in a busy town like Keswick and that’s obviously why there was very few in

Worst fish and chips I've ever had, the fish was really small, over cooked and greasy. I won't be come back again, best to avoid.

Very busy long queue at the till could do with more staff at peak times as tables were left with food and empty glasses on

Great beer garden and great prices. I like to support local but Keswick prices are ridiculous now, milking the tourists so an afternoon in spoons ber garden was awsome

This used to be a great Wetherspoons, that we used regularly when staying in Keswick. Not been for a few years and to be fair we had read the recent reviews but thought we'd see for ourselves. Quiet for a Saturday lunchtime. Ordered on the app. Drinks came out within 10 minutes, although there was nobody at the bar and there seemed to be 4 or 5 staff wandering around? We ordered a fish & chips and a burgers. Both came out 15 minutes or so after our drinks, cold plates, no BBQ sauce (which I had to go and ask for) with the burger and the food was 'warm' at best. Didn't go back in, not even for a drink, for the rest of our stay. Disappointing.

After stopping here for the best spoons breakfast I’ve ever had! These guys went over and above when I left my handbag next to the table, and I only realised when I was 3 hours away on my way back to Doncaster! Andy (manager) couldn’t have been more helpful! My handbag had been handed in to the team and was stored safely with everything in it and then boxed up so I could organise a courier to return it safely back to me, which I got home a couple of days later with everything fully intact! Andy and his team run an amazing spoons and I am so thankful and grateful for everything they have done for me, as well as the amazing breakfast that we all loved ❤️

Staff friendly , you can picture the place when it was a court. Plenty to pick from on menu

After ordering on the app .. .Time waited for drinks 25mins husband went and found a load at the end of the bar and he was told just take yours...The food wait was 50 mins and when it arrived clearly it had been stood for ages and nearly cold ..plates and glasses all over not cleared ..Staffing is a massive issue So if its this dire where customers are collecting there own drinks and food cannot get out hot ..Stop the food untill further notice !! ..