The Cordwainer in Northampton

Great place! The staff were pretty friendly and the food/drinks were delicious. The building itself looked nice too, with lots of seating and space for people.

We visited on two occasions, Saturday night, and Sunday morning. Saturday was very busy but service was maintained, however Sunday morning, despite being fairly quiet, we waited nearly an hour for our breakfast and when it came out it was the wrong order. Fair play to the slightly grumpy manager though, the problem was rectified swiftly. (I suspect the air of grumpiness was caused by having to deal with a lot of dissatisfied customers that morning.) Overall, it's a Wetherspoons. You get what you pay for and that is generally more than acceptable.

I came in as a lone female and I always feel safe in a spoons pub. Sitting upstairs the service can be a little slow, but this is only due to lack of staff. Often there Is just one person manning the bar, the on line orders and the food. More staff are needed upstairs.

Love this pub always a great place

Absolutely shocking place. Staff are simply lazy. Food took 50 minutes to come out and was stone cold. The staff just ignored the many taes of dirty plates. They walked past them many times while on their way to THE KITCHEN!!! ignorant woman lording herself and ignoring requests for information on where our food was at, literally just walked past and ignored a very clear 'excuse me'. She proceeded to head to the bar where she spent the next 10 minutes chatting with her friends. Honestly, I am and have always been a spoons fan and this is the first time that I have walked away in disbelief.

older guy in the bar was very rude. wouldn't go again his name is gary and apparently is the manager. food took forever to come out bacon was gross and barely cooked

Disappointment. The MANAGER was just rude at the bar and took my order wrong. There were several items he didn't include or change as per my request. The food took ages to arrive and when it did it was literally stone cold. Gordon Ramsey would have a field day with whoever cooked it, 'IT'S RAW!' Oh... there was a HAIR IN THE BAKED BEANS! The bar servers were really nice, which I appreciate as they had nothing to do with the poor quality food. I don't plan on coming back for breakfast now.

Refillable hot drinks are what we usually call in here for, the sevice at the bar downstairs can be very slow, sometimes seems to only be one person on, does tend to be better upstairs, but no always seating so sometimes back downstairs. Overall very good value.

Clean, spacious and good service

Nice pub and it's the right place to come if you are looking for a cheap pint of beer.

Probably the worst meal (breakfast) I've had at a Weatherspoons, and I eat at one regularly with friends elsewhere. Hence thinking I knew what to expect here. Food arrived either cold or lukewarm. The only hot thing about the meal was the tea.

shout out to CAMERON the best bartender out there!!!!!

Great food, lovely service and workers. Locals as to be expected 😂 but not too loud or rowdy, good atmosphere.

All good drink and food would recommend

Awful food, awful staff, awful atmosphere, what else is there to say, it's a Wetherspoon's

Not in the best position but has a better selection of beers than a lot of Wetherspoons.

Wetherspoons do it Wetherspoons way. Can't fault it.

My friend and I enjoyed a meal and drinks here on the evening of Tuesday, February 4, 2025. The pub was clean and the staff were professional and polite. Food was nicely presented and warm. The toilets were clean and tidy.

the old short manager is so angry at the world, received better service at karen’s diner #getthismanaholiday

Good for breakfast and the service is fast and friendly. Good for meeting up with friends for a drink at the start of the night.

Typical weatherspoon chain, cheap beer and nice food. Korean chicken is spot on !

For a weatherspoons it's pretty decent.... atmosphere is lacking if you visit at a quiet time... but everyone knows its cheap drinks... decor is in decent order

Went with some friends on Saturday night we had some good drinks and a very nice catch up with other friends. We had lots of different drinks. Good times.

Good food and range of real ale

Standard spoons venue but as always suits a purpose when out and about

Great price, great beer average food .....

No music on.not enough staff on

Turkey a bit disappointed,food usually better

Did not get the food I order got delivered some random dish complained they wouldn't change it very dissapointed

One of my favouritist favourites even with beer not at it's absolute best when I visited

Lovely Spoons. Professional staff and pleasant atmosphere. Burger and a Guiness turned up quick and was top level!

Located on a quieter back street just off the main areas, this Wetherspoons boasts a large building with plenty of seating spread across two floors. The food was decent—nothing exceptional, but it met expectations for the price point. While the service could have been faster, given there was only one person working at the bar, the staff were friendly and helpful, which made up for the wait. Overall, a decent spot for a budget-friendly meal or drink, especially if you’re not in a rush.

Good beer decent food at excellent prices. I go here a bit always nice.

Popped in for coffee and small breakfast, Although price is really good in all weatherspoons for beers etc . This breakfast was just above cold . We frequently use the Cordwainer but I don’t understand how everytime we order food it’s tepid It’s a shame really because we enjoy everything what Cordwainer as to offer.. Perhaps hot serving counter or If not chef

Comfortable seating excellent lighting good bars and facilities

Fine old building on two levels on the town.

Just lately service is poor nit enough staff 20 minutes for a bacon butty

Stopped for quick meal on way for weekend break. Nice clean busy pub and restaurant. Quick service, bit if a gliche with food ordered but swiftly acted on and most and pleasantly surprised at how they resolved. Eaten in many weatherspoons, this one top of the good ones. Thank you.⁸ Excellent value for money. Thank you

Food was cold and nothing like the advertisement pictures.

I remember the days of drinking here with pals during and just after the pandemic. I now no longer drink but made some fun memories in this pub. The food was pretty good too! Back when pitchers were 2 for £12, I hear they have increased dramatically now…

Great place for breakfast and reasonable prices .

Super quick delivery of breakfast even though I added extras to the Freedom Breakfast. Had only just got my coffee and sat down before it arrived! Nice modern pub, quiet as I’m here as it opens.

we went for breakfast over the weekend and had worst expereince. we have been to wetherspoons in multiple other locations across the UK and this was one comes at the bottom. toasts missing in all our breakfast plates. when pointed out it was served with less butter. our cutlery came with cutting knife . then was replaced with unclean used cutlery. porridge was all dried out and stale. no amount of milk could save it. Person serving us was impatient and always trying to run away. when we pointed out these, he would not wait for us to complete what we were saying. 😡😤 I would definitely not recommend this place.

Kind of what you expect from a 'spoons. Catering food ingredients - but well cooked and presented here - what do you expect for such a low price. Staff really friendly and helpful, will use agin

Food had cold dry toast with missing items, replacements did not turn up after asking for them I guess as you have to pay before receiving they're not bothered about service or satisfaction

Pub at a walkable distance from the city centre. Spacious and well maintained. Staffs are friendly as well.

We love this place, the food & the cheapest prices for miles

No frills British pub, get served early in the morning if you're an alcoholic. Get grunted at by staff, smiled at if you're lucky.

Typical Wetherspoon pub. A little out of the way which surprised me.

It is what it is. Beers reasonable price of course but full of the usual Spoons pissed from early doors clientele.

Rude blind idiot behind the bar. Clearly saw me standing at the bar waiting to be served and then he served 2 other customers before me. So I walked out and went across the path to a very nice warm and cosy pub and was served accordingly. Worst Wetherspoons so far. Get rid of that ignorant waste of space!

Despite asking for steak medium rare, it was cremated as was all the other meat on the plate, staff were very apologetic and got us a replacement meal quickly

Visited today,in the morning approx 11am ,service was good,selected one of festival ales(8 on sale).Barman said have you tried the pink ale (adnams) and was amazed it was excellent. Was sitting near the bar but when it got busier used the app and service was quick. Also noted that the specials were on the app,even if you missed that option the standard prices for said offers were there(£2 off fish and chips) Only down point language near table 46 bit near the mark.

The staff here are so rude. The guy with the ponytail bought our drinks over and slammed them down with such aggression that they splashed up at us. We went to the bar to ask for a drink as it took over 40 minutes to come and the staff at the bar were so passive aggressive and rude. Worst service i have ever received.

Spacey pub, with beer garden and roof garden too. Very friendly staff

I was visiting the area for work and in the evening was happy to find a wetherspoons. It was a Wednesday night and very quiet, 1 member of staff was serving and there were 2 customers ahead of me who were ordering food. While I was waiting, I noticed 1 member of staff behind the bar who it seemed wasn't serving another member of staff on the ‘floor’ who had nothing to do. I waited at the bar for 10 minutes before leaving. There is nothing more annoying than watching staff doing absolutely nothing whilst you are waiting to be served.

A member of the bar staff was quite rude when he asked why I had not responded to his request to what I wanted .I explained that I'm partially deaf he never apologised.

Brilliant place with outside seating, staff friendly.plenty of space ,food Mazing and reasonable price parking is not great .

Yeah, it's a Witherspoon's, the Premier Inn of pubs, so you know what you're going to get. It gets busy on match days so it's a great idea to order food and drinks off the app. If the weather is nice then I'd definitely recommend sitting outside on the roof terrace.

Pretty standard wetherspoons, not enough being done to stop begging happening in the beer garden from people walking in from town.

We going during the day. Sometimes quiet sometimes a lot of people in there. Lovely Everytime we have visited

Its wetherspoons no expectations but probably one of the better spoons I've been in. Just had a nice cold big breakfast, apple juice was nice though, service hmm served by the walking dead

Lovely, spacious place. Good menu and alcohol choice, which does not hurt your purse. I would definitely visit again 😊

We generally use weatherspoons while travelling the country..always great ..on arrival no eye contact from the bar staff ..talking between themselves ..when we got served ..if you like three quarters of a pint ..!!..and the eye roll when you ask for a top up ..one member of staff very pleasant and efficient ..wish we’d have got his name ..the doorman just grunts ..don’t think he knows how to smile ..we are closed in a stern manner..10 minutes before they close and repeating this every few minutes then sat by us at 1259 ..they close at 1 ..which we’d already been told as we asked !!..very intimidating ..we left on time..wouldn’t have dared spent a minute longer there !!..very poor service

Cheap and cheerful , what more could you want

I had dinner at The Cordwainer last Sunday around 6:30PM. It was busy but not heaving...the atmosphere was very chilled and relaxed. The food was really nice and the staff were friendly and welcoming. All in all it was a lovely evening...just what I needed after an extremely busy day at work!

Excellent food value for money. 👍 Great service. 👍 Highly I recommend them. 👍

Great prices on the Drinks and Food !!well presented and clean Establishment must Visit 😊😊😊👍👍

Went to the Cordwainer this morning at 9 am for a breakfast with my daughter. Hardly anybody in there at that time of the morning. Ordered our food and got it within 15 minutes. I had a large, full English breakfast, and my daughter had a breakfast wrap. Refillable tea and orange juice were our choice of drinks. For just under £15 you can't complain.

Lovely service and great food and great staff 🥰

Andre is a very attentive bar tender and has made me and my friends feel more then welcome on every visit. The cordwainer is definitely in my top 3 wetherspoons venues. Highly recommend a visit

Had a vegan breakfast with a latte ; my friend had the full English breakfast and a mug of tea

Wouldn't know what the food was like, as half the menu unavailable - my friend who did actually manage to get some food ordered some chips which weren't cooked properly. How can you mess up chips?!?! Won't be returning here!

Good little wetherspoons. Staff really friendly & served really quickly. Toilets are of course at the furthest point away upstairs but it wouldn't be wetherspoons if that wasn't the case!

A decent Spoons with some of the best staff I've ever encountered. The great, fair-price beer you'd expect from Spoons, with decent food too, and wine that the wife loves. Lovely outdoor areas for the summer.

My husband and I decided to eat here after being in town on business, only one table available at lunchtime. Went up and ordered two steak meals to be told they only had one steak left at 11.45am? My husband had the mixed grill instead, when it arrived the mushrooms were missing from the steak meal. By the time I could grab someone and they arrived we had nearly finished our meal. Food was lukewarm and not once did anyone come over to ask us if our food was ok. We ordered pudding which after 30 minutes and asking twice where it was, finally came. The next day my husband was seriously ill with very bad vomiting and diarrhoea, never seen someone as sick as this before. He was extremely unwell with food poisoning, was a very frightening experience.

Nice meal good menu, nice cookie dough x

Very quick service. Had the ramen which was surprisingly good.

It's a spoons and a big one prices for cask at £2.63 at time of review are about the national normal for a city spoons.. quick service as well.

Lovely food, great prices. And a thank you to Michael who made sure our pizza was delivered to the table fast after a bit of a delay.

++ lunch bundles with beer 🍺 ++ variety of different foods ranging from burgers, fish and chips to curries. ++ cozy atmosphere ++ Stella Artois from tap Recommendation!

Stopped in for breakfast my partner had the traditional and I got the fiesta brush which was absolutely amazing, perfectly cooked and full of flavour

Loved it and the atmosphere over there nice open place to enjoy it

Perfectly happy with my visit. Staff were polite, asking if my food was okay, which it was. In my opinion, at it's price point, you cannot beat 'spoons.

We went there a few weeks ago, i waited patiently in the bar area until i was served and i saw a few people arrive around the bar area to be srved after me, a man serving behind the bar at the time ignored me and went straight to the guy who came after me and started serving him!! to add it was abundantly clear that he was a regular and that the server knew him, i pointed out that i was waiting first and the server claims he saw the man first but miraculously he claims to not have seen me, which is bizzar considering i was the only person at the bar to start of with before those he claim to have seen first!! We had heated exchanged of words and the customer guy who was served before me starts joining in!! I stood my ground and said what I needed to say!! and as my elder mum wanted a hot drink and was tired I stayed for her otherwise i would have left aftr that treatment, we had hot chocolate which was awful, it was very watered down with hardly any flavour, i wouldn't have minded had I not been treated so rudely to add on top of the watered down hot chocolate!! never again!

Great friendly staff, affordable beers. Must try

Ordered a Jalfrezei, they didn't have any, re ordered spicy Nachos, they had no Guacamole. Didn't bother telling us at the bar, had to wait until other persons food was delivered. Terrible service.

Good pub. Beer fine. Delicious standard fare as you would expect in a 'Spoons' establishment.

Went for a drink quickly served by helpful staff. Plenty of good sitting area inside and out. Reasonably priced drink prices

The food was great, the price was fair, and the services were awesome and timely, too. You pay for your meal and get served in a few minutes. Had a lovely time and enjoyed the chicken tikka masala I had there. Will recommend

Friendly atmosphere, good value, nice to be able to sit outside.

Stopped off for a spot of lunch, had the new chicken wrap with rice, really nice!

The breakfast was disgusting pretty cooked bacon looked burnt wasn't hot at all whoever is the chef needs retraining to cook as a chef myself it wasn't fit for dogs sorry to say

Ideal place for lunch, nice atmosphere, professional staff

Could have been better. Fish & Chips Meal but not very tasty . Would not visit again.

Central spot for value food and drink

This was my first visit, it was a good experience. Will visit again when I'm in the area.

As Witherspoons go, the Cordwainer is up there. It was one of the best I have visited and I've visited a lot. Koppan, the young man upstairs who served me for food and drink, was an absolute credit to the pub. The chicken melt was very good, and the spicy shawarma had spice but lacked shawarma content. The terrace bar was fantastic, with the weather getting to 26° it was roasting. The outdoor area downstairs was blended into the indoor part of the pub seamlessly... Overall, it was a really nice pub that had the Witherspoons value for money with some really nice visual features that were relaxing and peaceful amongst the roof tops.

A conveniently located JD Wetherspoons fit for anything from late nights drinks to family-friendly evenings.

Ordered a mixed grill the piece of steak I was unable to cut rest of meat was black due to over cooked on looked like dirty griddle pan and food was not hot .would not go back.