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Nº 393 in 502 in Ipswich

Nº 52 of 60 British in Ipswich

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Had large breakfast. Not the best I've ever had but certainly not the worst.....and for the price you pay it definitely sets you up for the day

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Steve Swain . 2025-05-14

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Old protected building by historic England. Standard spoons well laid out room + rear + side beer garden. Beer and food very good + good service.

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Thomas Alexander . 2025-05-11

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It's one of my favourite go-to pub lunches. Cheap, good menu of food and alcohol. Easy to order from your table via the app.

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Matt Huggins . 2025-05-09

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didnt have any staws, ruined my whole night, atleast the alcohol was good and cheap tho, keep it up

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Jack . 2025-05-08

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Nice little pub with friendly staff.

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Kevin Lane . 2025-04-21

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We waited 35 minutes for breakfast and then it was burnt and the eggs were cold and very messy not the best for a spoons ,the man who give me my breakfast quickly said I will change them if you like bit was gone before I could answer

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Denise Foxe-king . 2025-04-19

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It's what you expect from a city centre pub/wetherspoons

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Alan Cook . 2025-04-17

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Decent spoons gets busy on a saturday night but still a good nightout

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Liam Mitchell . 2025-04-10

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It is what it is, a Wetherspoon’s pub, food is good enough, cheap and arrived quickly. Free coffee refills. Lovely view out of the top floor over the river. Only real negative is that there’s no disabled or pushchair access to the top floor.

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Hamish Axten . 2025-04-02

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Excellent staff given some extremely difficult circs Kitchens out of order reduced menu and to top it off sewage from the toilets pouring through the ceiling providing a lovely odour

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Clare Fox . 2025-04-01

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I decided to try a double breakfast with egg benedict & mushroom benedict, which was near the lunchtime menu, as I'm a health & fitness freak. Great combination thou 😋 but it did confuse the staff with having two for one person. Maybe they should do this as a special with just 3 eggs 🥚 🪺 as i couldn't eat the last muffin 😢 🤔 😀.

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fish sadler . 2025-03-31

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Stopped with my son (adult) on a Saturday evening for food and pizzas - the pub was busy with no free tables inside but there was a huge outdoor space so we sat outside. Ordering on the app was easy and everything brought in a good time. Food and drink very reasonably priced and the pub had a good atmosphere. Enjoyed.

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Sarny . 2025-03-30

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45 mins for a wrap. Nothing else need to be added.

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Matteo Carra . 2025-03-23

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Last time I will be visiting a Taco Bell restaurant again. Staff look like they’re having a dance party rather than making my food. Food was meh for the price. Service was slow and wait times long.

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Charley Boneham . 2025-03-19

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One of the best spoons I've been in great atmosphere friendly staff. A very nice place to be fair 👌

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chris “Flinty” flint . 2025-03-17

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Been a while since I have been in a Spoons, but pretty sure they used to give you more than 12 chips with an adult meal.

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Tony Porty . 2025-03-10

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The location is ok, the food average and service alike. They don't do much from the menu. We struggled finding something to order they would actually do. The App was a hit and miss. Wouldn't recommend or go back again.

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Andreea Maria Mihalcia . 2025-03-09

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Shocking service from a JD Wetherspoon, the manager needs replacing as he clearly doesn't understand what customer service is.... I won't be visiting again.

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Michael Dacus . 2025-03-08

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Nice place and food for reasonable price.

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Elena Stevenson . 2025-03-05

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Just a normal busy Wetherspoons pub Food is what you pay for isn’t it ?

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David / . 2025-03-03

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The Cricketers are very slow bowlers. Ordered food over 30 minutes ago still waiting. I think the staff have stopped for Tea

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James Purcell . 2025-03-01

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We lucky enough to eat at some of the best restaurants in England and the world but our weakness is the ham egg and chips at Wetherspoons. It is always a great dish.

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TravellersOnTheGo . 2025-02-25

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Not the best spoons you'll ever visit. The place is a bit tired but the service is good

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Matt Cadwell . 2025-02-25

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If it would be possible 0 stars, looking for drugs or maybe money???? in ur pockets searching if he could find anything valuable to grab and tellin he is only looking for drugs. Maybe something I didn’t know about before but for me it’s not common to search for anything without reason…. Never had such a experience in UK or at some other country…. Sad to see…

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Sarah Ha . 2025-02-22

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Anyone who is interested in a bouncer who appears to have no experience whatsoever (professional qualification won in the lottery (or British equivalent)?) and has the slightest knowledge of dealing with the public, rigorously turns you away for no apparent reason (apparently looking for drugs - of course not possessing any drugs), should definitely visit this establishment! For everyone else, look for a shop that has qualified staff where you can have a cozy evening!

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Be B . 2025-02-22

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Usual great Wetherspoons standard. Clean inside and lovely polite staff too.

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Mark Sutton . 2025-02-22

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Very atmospheric in a former theatre. Wetherspoons to be commended for sympathetically restoring and maintaining interesting buildings. The service very good at the table within helpful staff. However, male lavatory had broken or missing door latches. Obviously, vandal-proof looks are needed in many Spoons since imbeciles find it necessary to steal/vandalise lavatory door locks. Why, why? Why?

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William Stavely . 2025-02-16

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Big garden is advantage. Inside it's not many space

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Piotr S . 2025-02-09

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Quite good service tasty dishes you can enjoy a drink or wine

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T. “Akkmar17” M . 2025-02-08

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Food was ok. Service was great tho.

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Gary B . 2025-02-07

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Dont have COMPETITION is the best PUB ubiteble PRICE

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Arnaldo Fernandes . 2025-02-07

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We had not visited before..it was a Saturday afternoon and obviously very popular as the pub was full. We were served our drinks quickly though.

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Jean Fleet . 2025-01-26

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Macej gave are great drink recommendation when I was out for a family event he had a joke and was confident that the drink would be good. It was, as a barman I always appreciate bartenders who have character and will have rapport with customers great service

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Denzel Stewart . 2025-01-18

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Busy pub, hard to get a seat sometimes, tables feel rarely cleaned, toilets horrible.

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mike goddard . 2025-01-18

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We ordered the classic burger and chips and it was absolutely terrible and we would never go back. If you want decent food stay clear of this dump. I can see why JD Wetherspoons is going down the pan the sooner the better if they are all like this.

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Dale K . 2025-01-08

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Wow I asked for scrambled egg and got this after complaining I got another bowl of the same crap. No effect whatsoever in making it what a waste of money

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DD F . 2025-01-01

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Paid £30 for 2 large breakfasts and 2 drinks. Fully wish I’d have gone to a greasy spoon as the food was appalling. I was served with 1 and a half fried eggs which were burnt, bacon undercooked, toast soggy. The only good thing about this experience was the drink and the service from bar staff and waiters. Chef needs a training course.

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Genienne Whatley . 2024-12-19

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Jacket pot was cold reheated jacket vry dry lettuce and cucumber and tomato onion rings dry and burger took ages to come out and was luke warm and they didn't have things we ordered service was slow and noone had smile on face

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Susan Hutchings . 2024-12-15

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Large mix grill was not so large but acceptable, beer very good

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Aleksej Sysoj . 2024-12-11

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Typical weatherspoons, large, well looked after building, big walk to the toilets (it wouldnt be a wetherspoons if there wasn't). Can be very busy and sometimes a long wait to be served.

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Christopher Craddock . 2024-12-08

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Hair In food Rude waiter They served me an alcoholic drink and then after preceeded to ask me for id, i showed picture id and he said they "couldnt accept" but wouldn't give me a refund?

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Caidan Poulter . 2024-11-26

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We went for breakfast. We had the large English breakfast and it was delicious. Everything you'd want in a classic English breakfast and more. I couldn't eat everything I was full. Plus as many refills of coffee or tea you want.Good value for money definitely

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Timothy Muskett . 2024-11-20

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Quite full, but friendly pub. Four of us ate there. Hot meal,very quickly brought to our table. Nice staff x

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Carol Dowling . 2024-11-20

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The best fish and chips I have tasted in years.

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Rita Leggett . 2024-11-19

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Popped in for brunch and coffee and I was rather impressed with the building's floors. Standard service from our favourite Brexit landlord with some questionable ideas about treatment of staff and people, but the staff and ambiance makes the pub not the xenophob landlord.

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Mihai Bica . 2024-11-14

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Brilliant choice of drinks, food wasn't brilliant.

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Colin Reid . 2024-11-09

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Not great service and no atmosphere at all but it is a Wetherspoons so food and drink is cheap. You get what you expect but staff are very disinterested in customer service and more interested in speaking to their staff mates.

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chris warner . 2024-11-08

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I’ve never understood the General I’ll feeling towards Wetherspoons in the uk- I always thought they were a cheap, clean boozer which had good selection of drinks and deals! I’ve not been to one for years so getting a breakfast after missing my train was a bigger mistake than not getting up 5 mins earlier and missing my actual train! The brekky was woeful, the price isn’t even particularly cheap, my local cafe does something on par price wise and they put some effort in. Whole thing just tasted of oil, it looked like a kids plastic dinner toy ro be honest. I feel for the staff there, I just realised it was full of obnoxious drunks who had no regards for queuing- Shame cause the pub was nice, good selection of ales by the looks of things- too early for me though, unlike the rest of the pub. Sorry but it now looks like a hang out for down and outs- I had two cokes and a mouthful of breakfast and left. It’s not the staffs fault, they all looked young and beaten down by the complaints and rude punters, I wasn’t going to add more misery to their day by complaining.

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Matthew E . 2024-11-05

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Do not go here for food at all me and my wife ordered 2 meals here and both times the food has come out Lupe warm and then stone cold in under 2 minutes also to add to the rubbish they gave my wife moldy chips and staff look lifeless and clueless will never come here again Wetherspoons your a disgrace

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xBox Dude . 2024-10-31

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Cheaper pint than my locals, didn't eat but plenty of people ordering as I was at the bar.

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J Green . 2024-10-29

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Cheap but nice place to get a pint and have a chat with mates

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Justyna Kujawska . 2024-10-26

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I almost didn't write this review because I'm only 90% that I'm remembering this correctly but I swear the portions in Wetherspoons have gotten smaller. Don't get me wrong the venue itself is fine and the staff were perfectly pleasant but I have memories of the portions being a lot bigger. But then to be fair, the last time I went to a Wetherspoons was a few years ago and I was probably drunk. So if anyone wants to weigh in in this, are the Wetherspoons portions getting smaller, or I have I just reached that point in the aging process where I think everything was better back in my day, even if it wasn't?

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Dan Barnett . 2024-10-20

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Bit of a walk from the station other side of town centre. Building looks to date from 30s, very draughty from old windows , layout not great most of the space taken up by massive bar! Looking a bit uncared for but staff were pleasant enough and the food was hot and well prepared. Overall didn't find it very comfortable and didn't appear to be overly clean in appearance.

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Russell Wilson . 2024-10-15

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It's very good for what it is, a city centre Wetherspoons. The pub is big and has a traditional feel, it's not the best inside, but the food was good and at a great price, the staff were nice. Felt completely comfortable, and enjoyed the visit.

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Paul Devivo . 2024-10-15

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Another good value and tasty visit to a Wetherspoons. Korean Chicken, one with chips and one with coconut rice both with soft drink, £17 - bargain!

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John Primmer . 2024-10-14

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Slow service Food order wrong poor quality and Luke warm

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Tony Bedford . 2024-10-10

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Typical wetherspoons close to town centre didn't have food but same menu as all wetherspoons all good

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kevin thomas . 2024-10-10

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Not a bad little pub there's a nice curry as well

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John Forester . 2024-10-07

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First time there , lovely all round.

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Michael McAtamney . 2024-10-02

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Not overly busy at 12:15. Efficient Bar and Table staff. I thoroughly enjoyed a steak lunch; the accompanying Theakston's Old Peculier was fantastic.

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Roger Hadley . 2024-10-02

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Do not go her for a meal of any type! i went today to meet family for a birthday meal and I only wanted a small brunch basically a small fry up and received on the plate a piece of bacon the size of a 50 pence piece , no lie!!! I woke up on my birthday to the news of a friend passing away and then i get treated to that garbage !!! never again will i buy food there ! The chef can not even cook a piece of 50 pence sized piece of bacon without drying it out !!! Rubbish !

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Liam Loomes . 2024-09-26

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My mate and I went for the Large full English breakfast this morning and coffee ☕️ the service was very good Friendly staff the Breakfast was superb , comfortable seating speedy service and the refill drinks were a nice touch highly recommended we will definitely return there.

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Victor Hemmingway . 2024-09-26

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With 5x family lunched at the Cricketers. My fish and chips was huge, scrummy and well served. Others enjoyed their meals apart from the burger which was described as poor. I would elaborate to say my cod was the best quality for many years. Well done Wethies.

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Stuart Bird . 2024-09-22

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Fast paced pub with a lot going for it. Speciality beers are as cheap as chips. Currently £2.36 a Pint. Thoroughly recommended.

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Brad Green . 2024-09-20

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Shocking. Bar staff were very rude.

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Jason Hayfield . 2024-09-08

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Service was slow - app to order food was glitchy and no discount for nhs workers.....

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Sarah Smith . 2024-09-07

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Nice Pub, decor is a bit dated! Probably the best selection of cask ales I've ever seen!

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Steve Allen . 2024-09-07

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Great pub! Yummy food, wide selection or drinks, welcoming and friendly staff, good service, clean, vibrant. Value for money 👍🏼

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Sandy Fragata . 2024-09-07

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It was a lovely day service was good meal excellent

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gwen Cunningham . 2024-09-06

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Never been so disgusted in all my life. Called in for a quick drink after mising a bus. Asked for a malibu and lemonade with very little ice. after watching the barmaid fill the glass with ice I called her to ask tipp a load of the ice. She then proceeded to fill the glass with lemonade again I shouted whoa. After she put the drinks down on the bar she said now funking go away. Absolutely disgusting .kids have no respect. Spoke to the duty manager. And he said not much he could do about it. And said in her defence that she had had a busy night. Poor girl last time I drink in there.

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Robert Humphreys . 2024-09-04

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Typical Wetherspoons. The Tuesday after a Bank Holiday will have some things unavailable.

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Karen Hammond . 2024-09-03

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Lovely place, friendly staff & quick food service. Menus were clean & not sticky

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Jane Sherriff . 2024-09-01

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A good idea , T.M. would be more flexibility in ordering breakfast -i.e. "build-your-own" breakfast from items already on the menu would seem to me to be a good idea (e.g. 2 poached eggs on BUTTERED toast, with added extras like tomatoes, bacon etc) On to the full rant:- As usual, lately, the place was so cold due to the air conditioning that I had to keep my jacket on. Toast was only toasted on one side, looked like it had been toasted one side, waved in the direction of the toaster on the other. For some reason the toast could not be ready-buttered, despite scrambled eggs on toast being supplied with ready-buttered toast! Staff "explanation" was that eggs on toast was not vegan. (Er, neither is the butter supplied with toast and jam/marmalade, so why wasn't I asked if I wanted vegan?) N.B. Tim Martin: Sort out training of ALL shift managers on sensible air control settings. (22C outside, 16C inside is NOT what I consider reasonable.)

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Harry C . 2024-09-01

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Wetherspoons at its best Staff make the pub Decorative and welcoming..wish I'd taken pics..all I can say is go there and soak up the brilliantly priced drinks in probably the cleanest and best decorated pub in Ipswich, no place better ..I think...now I'm thinking..yeah get there .. get tips Probably revs later lol

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Darren . 2024-08-31

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Katie the manager has great customer service skills.

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Andrew Hood . 2024-08-29

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Very tasty food, fast service and most importantly cheap

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Andrius Nikitiuk . 2024-08-23

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Felt like I was not wanted appeared only interested in the local clientele, went in to order drinks and food for 5 was ignored when next in line not once but twice first visit to Ipswich town centre and Wetherspoons and will be last would give 0 if I could.

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Bryn . 2024-08-13

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Had late breakfast b4 football game. Young lad serving was very pleasant and helpful

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Hairy Haggis . 2024-08-10

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International Laws had been Broken inside & by the Cricketers PH Employees!

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Ryan Brakes . 2024-08-10

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Quite a large typical wetherspoons pub, selling all the usual beers & drinks.

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Robert Clarke . 2024-08-07

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Good pub needs a bigger smoking seating area though

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Jack Cartwright . 2024-08-05

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Very slow with food orders when done on the app

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Kristina Moore . 2024-08-03

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Food good staff good wetherspoons prices outside garden area excellent had a lovely afternoon there 😊

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Daniel Thornton . 2024-07-31

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A good Wetherspoons experience, good prices. Very prompt service when you order via the app.

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Markg216 German . 2024-07-30

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Pretty typical Spoons. Another historic building rescued turned into the usual dark wood pattern carpet affair. You love or hate spoons. This is one of the better examples as it's big and airy and we've never had any trouble finding space. I would say the following about every whetherspoons pub I've been to... Very Cheap drinks. Cheap food (quality is average and a little hit and miss) but I refer you to the price. Excellent value unlimited self serve hot drinks. Tastes as good as anything you'll find from Costa or Starbucks but obviously much more limited menu. Great for a breakfast!! (If you can ignore the day drinkers!see first point)

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Grant B . 2024-07-23

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Quick food and good quality food, can spend £10 for cheap and cheerful meal, staff polite

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Paulina Kopysc . 2024-07-23

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Lovely food, reasonably priced, most food including drinks. Friendly staff. Could do with some new furniture and chairs.

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S A . 2024-07-22

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Harrison is an outstanding employee. I left my phone with credit cards and money in one of the wc cubicles and he safely returned it. So nearly a disaster averted by Harrison. Thank you

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Richard Vest . 2024-07-17

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Always good to meet with my ex bouncer mates every couple of months for a pint a bit of dinner and a good yarn

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nic crocker . 2024-07-12

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Goo place for a coffee and a bacon sarni.

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Gordon Barber . 2024-07-08

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Good food and beer very good prices as well. Still very nice. Still OK but my breakfast was a bit cold today.

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Roy Maddison . 2024-07-07

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Once you enter, you cannot leave for hours, and the prices are also affordable, I recommend it.

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Görkem AKBULUT . 2024-07-04

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Reasonable prices brilliant place

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Jennifer Scrivener . 2024-06-30

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Didn't order food, so 1 star. Service must have been OK as I didn't hear any complaints by those I accompanied. Atmosphere was good as was with company but there was no music. So you have to make the atmosphere yourself. Also, I don't vape or smoke, but apparently you're not allowed to do this "outside" of the pub... When I mean outside, I mean out under the sky. Which was strange when I witnessed this. Everything else was fine and drinks are becoming a little cheaper as they're competing with The Mannings, currently.

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Daniel Downes . 2024-06-29

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Last time I visited, the ceiling began leaking water at around midnight from beneath the men's toilets. That kind of thing puts you off returning.

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Invokehazza . 2024-06-28

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Good atmosphere throughout, friendly service, very reasonably priced!!

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Peter Sheppard . 2024-06-26

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Really enjoyed a night out here. First time coming and I'll be back again for sure😊 service was lightening fast and the serving staff were excellent👌 The atmosphere was alive 5*

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Chris Gibbons . 2024-06-21

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In bad state of decor ,wallpaper coming off near windows ,paint chipped ceiling stained.shame as they spent thousands onbar area

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Sue Lucas . 2024-06-21

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Popped in for lunch and a drink. Easy ordering via the app and quick service. Food good value and a nice outdoor seating area

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Glenn cass . 2024-06-18

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Value for money breakfast fast service lovely staff

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Paul Fox . 2024-06-16

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