The Leading Light - J D Wetherspoon in Swale - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Called in here during hop festival. Two apple crumbles with two small pineapple juices in plastic cups for almost £17.. What a rip off !

Very busy because it was the hop festival weekend great value food and drinks

Food was average for a spoons. There was a few drunk people sitting at the entrance as we walked our young family through to the seating area. We sat outside as it was too busy inside, but was surprised to find staff on breaks swearing and talking to friends on a nearby table as well as having to walk through vape/cigarette smoke to exit the garden.

Excellent Service. Great Wetherspoons Served Food. Superb Garden Courtyard.

I found the Wetherspoons in Faversham to be incredibly well run with friendly staff, the food was timely and well presented. The back courtyard garden is an oasis delight with hanging plants. Nothing was a bother for the staff and I highly recommend a visitor to Faversham to go there

Me and mini me went for lunch date. She went for a ham and cheese panini with chips and I had an American double cheeseburger. We also had a portion of onion rings. I had a carlsberg as carling wasn't available and mini me had a Pepsi. Drinks arrived speedily and the food wasn't far behind. The bottom of her panini was rather greasy but looked good, My burger looked amazing but wasn't as tasty as it promised. The chips are second to none and the onion rings just as good. We enjoyed our time sitting our on the terrace so much we had one more drink each before leaving. It's a Spoons, so it is what it is. You get what you pay for and at lunch time it's a great place for chilling 😎

Great value for money, we ordered on the app, very quick response. Tasty breakfast, refill tea/coffee. Can't fault it.

It's a 'spoons' pretty much all the same

It's a wetherspoons! It's a national treasure! What else is there to say.

Very pleasant staff who are generally very helpful, nice surroundings. Nice outdoor area to the rear of the main area. Newly added tables and chairs to the front of the premises. Standard Wetherspoons menu, but, normally well presented and staff helpful with regards to condiments, etc. Generally very well run, clean and very pleasant place.

Manager was rude and unprofessional. There were several errors on the food order.

I've been working in the area and eaten here many times in the past 10 years - but no longer! Last weeks curry was very poor. Today I ordered steak and kidney. I waited an hour and after chasing got something that ha been reheated a few times was dried up and served COLD. My last Spoons meal - ever?

Good place for cheap drinks in Faversham, staff are njce

Poor WiFi could not put an order through .

The only place still open late in Faversham on a night out. If they had music it would be better. But the staff are friendly and the prices are cheap.

Can get very busy around lunchtime and of an evening.

Another good value Wetherspoons

Good place, cheap, friendly staff. Very large inside.

I really like this place for lunch, it is peaceful and the food is traditional.

One of my childhood dreams has come true… after standing at the bar being completely ignored as customer after customer that got there after me was served, I realised I’ve become the invisible man !!!

Had a giggle n8ce cheap place for a few cold ones

Lovely pub, great building, history of the area inside. Friendly staff and great selection of food and drink.

Take your own antibacterial wipes to clean the table.

It’s a spoons, great value food and drink and atmosphere too

Extremely busy with possibly insufficient members of staff to serve, replenish etc. Food was lovely but most of all staff were relentless in their efforts to keep customers happy, they didn’t stop! Well done to all who were working 19/05 👏🏻

Good not only the place there but even the neighbours aswell

My visit was midweek, and I only had a beer.

Saw some bad reviews and yes it was quite roudy with younger people but food and drink were excellent so no complaints and would deffo come back 😉

Read so many bad reviews however we had a lovely hot breakfast.

After reading the reviews I thought you have to make your own mind up. Glad we did lovely hot breakfast.

Just the perfect place for a quick catch-up with friends. Good price.

I’ve always said that you know what you get with spoons, but today completely changed my opinion. Walked through a door (in which the windows had been removed and a man was aggressively smashing it with a hammer) on a sticky carpet, sat on sticky chairs to eat at sticky tables. My feet actually got stuck to the table leg. There was thick dust and dirt literally everywhere. We asked one of the waitresses for a cloth to clean the table, but she just came and ‘wiped’ a dry cloth over it - even this got stuck 🤣 We tried to pick up the menus, but these were stuck in the sticky remnants of the pints that had been spilled the night before and were stuck to the table. There was limescale on the hot water dispenser, leading to a scummy cuppa tea- at least the tea bags were Tetley… Highlight was when I went back to the bar to ask for a hot drink, and after paying was told that the barman couldn’t find a clean cup. He came back after wandering around with his head in the air and said “this one’s been used, is that alright?” When I replied and said it was not, he said “do you want me to wash it?” (He went and rinsed it under a tap) - I could not bring myself to argue with such a deluded person so just sat back down without my coffee, despite paying for it. The food tasted fine, but I’m now sat at home awaiting an inevitable bout of food poisoning, as I’m sure the kitchens are just as filthy as the rest of the place. My Dad said he can only imagine we had a similar dining experience as to what we would have had in Beirut. Safe to say we won’t be returning.

Visited the pub on a Friday afternoon. Plates and glasses left on available tables. We ordered on the app, our food arrived in 15-20 minutes after originally going to the wrong table and I had to ask the fella for our drinks. He went off and came back with the wrong drinks before returning with the correct ones. We had a bbq chicken bacon panini and a buttermilk chicken burger. Panini was dry and was hunt the chicken, burger was ok. We thought let’s have a coffee and a hot chocolate. One machine was not working and the other one dispensed hot chocolate without the chocolate. Staff seemed to be busy talking to their friends and looking at their phones rather than doing their job

One of the most grim Wetherspoons/pubs in general I’ve ever been in. Sat down with full view of the men’s toilet door (maybe turn the tables to face the other way as women don’t tend to exit the toilet still putting themselves away?) Place looked like it hadn’t been cleaned properly in months. Carpet was covered in crumbs, flakes of I don’t know what, dirt, mud, you name it. Dropped something, bent down to pick it up and saw the state of the table legs with added banana slice. That’s been there a while. Dread to think what the areas you can’t see (the kitchen and behind the bar) look like if this is what the places you can see looks like! Horrible atmosphere in there. Unwelcoming.

Good price but had a few slow points in the service throughout the night

Wandered in on the way from train to the bus. Lovely old decor in an airy kind of way with lots of beers on tap. Friendly service at the bar. Nice atmosphere with a goodly number of patrons.

Curry night - great value and delicious though somewhat oily poppadoms & nan bread!

Really small for a spoons, but nice enough. Nice and flat so fine if you have mobility issues. The coffee machines seem to have a problem quite often

It's my second time visiting the pub and I'm sure it won't be the last.

Odd crowd in here but we liked it. Quite a small quiet Spoons but it was Tuesday at 4pm when we arrived. Food was better than a lot of other Wetherspoons. Plates were hot which made a pleasant change. We both had burgers & we both said you could tell that whoever prepared them actually cared. I was hoping to learn a bit more about the history of the building but the food menu cover gave minimal info. Service, location & general appeal were all good. Spoke to 3 members of staff during our visit & they were all friendly, helpful & polite. Take note about your staff members Tim. No parking on site but public car park is a 4 minute walk costing £2.60 for 2 hours. Wetherspoons number 34 ticked off our list.

Surprised by how good the portion sizes were for food just after Xmas.

Cheap and cheerful just as you want a spoons

It's good for a drink. Nice surroundings....hard to park...food is not their fault I suppose as with all Spoons has gone downhill

Very British pub in a nice town

This pub is AMAZING! As I walk in I am greeted by the alluring aroma of damp canine. Lucky for me I find a seat amongst the sea of crockery, tissue and glassware display, obviously a popular exhibition in such a renowned establishment. I sit, and to my good fortune realise I have a prime view of its patrons! Oh you beauties! Hungry, yes please! Upon perusal of the menu, I was delighted to find the only available thing on the menu was the mouth-watering burger! Mmm (pictures to make your taste buds tingle attached). After an hour to get a know and feel for this historic tavern, my meal arrived with a flourish. (My partner thinks it was dumped, I say flourished for presentation) To sum up this pub is number one (star) in my books! Tell your friends (To get a tetanus shot before coming)!

Not a bad spoons as they go and it's a good use for an old building with some nice features. Food and drinks by the fireplace is an afternoon well soent. Quite lively with a good mix of customers

Management don't help, I asked for the TV to be put on at 9.30 and he said we don't usually have it on in the morning, usually means they can, the one in herne bay has it on all the time, he just couldn't be arsed

I ate here with friends. It was really easy to order on the App and we were all happy with our food and drink as well as fast service. Thank you

It's too small! Not enough seating either, You need a bigger property wetherspoons,

Great friendly staff and fab food. Christmas market day today and the poor staff were rushed off their feet. Sadly not all customers were pleasant. HUGE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DID THIS MORNING.

Last three days this pub has been freezing. It would help if some form of apology was posted on the doors. Lots of regulars upset, staff wearing extra clothes to try and keep warm.

Typisch Engelse tent. Prima ontbijt voor goede prijs. Kan weinig niet goed aan zijn.

All good. Friendly people all good

Always pop in when I'm working in Faversham. Great staff and fast service.

We had to visit Faversham around 9:00am and was looking for a wetherspoons for breakfast which was the easiest option as we don't know the area the building was impressive and at that time in the morning not to many people about but the food was good and the staff very friendly

Not a bad spoons could do with a bit of a make over

I’ve visited 196 last count and I should have walked out before I ordered drink let alone food !!! The whole place is run down , the carpets worn and stained , the floors filthy , tables tatty and uncleared . Our food as a couple arrived with a 10 min gap , no apology just something about frying an egg . The food was literally thrown on the plate , terribly presented and cooked and when I mentioned my chicken wing was a meatless bone I was told some are like that So I persevered and requested an actual chicken wing , such a Karen eh ??? I got another meatless bone dumped unceremoniously on my table . I never write bad reviews , but today I’m taken aback

Well..don’t have a good word to say on arrival it wasn’t busy however every table free was dirty when going up the bar the waitress gave us the sanitiser to clean the table we wanted to sit on ourselves. The attitude of the staff was shocking and the pub is basically ran by kids. Food was ok…wouldn’t bother

We were served by an exceptional young lady.

Unfortunately there are some delightful customers at times

Went for a quick late lunch . Staff helpful but the food was substandard. The chips under cooked , the meat pudding had two small pieces of meat in it .the gravy on the side was cold and came out in one lump .

We went for a drink and picked this place because it was busy and in other places were no guests. Inside we discovered that they do cheap food and de Dailey special comes with free softdrinks. No haute cuisine, but not bad either. Had sirloin steak and coke for 10 pounds! Should have gone earlier.

Ordered a panini and the bread was mouldy, was told we would get a refund and still haven’t had one this was a week ago now and we are extremely disappointed

The whole place needs a deep clean

Quite a good wetherspoons. Has a nice outside seating area. All the usual great ales to choose from

Love the Spoons breakfasts, great value and tasty too

Breakfast and lunch lol. We were ona family day trip. Loved it here at this wetherspoon and will now eat here every time we come

Decent spoons, been there loads. Good food most of the time, had one or two mediocre meals but generally great service :)

Service was the only let down. No advice that food items were unavailable- dishes just brought out with things missing. Asked for a replacement and was fobbed off sadly.

Went here just to grab a few drinks on. Saturday afternoon. Can't really knock a wetherspoons. Great value drinks that you can have delivered to the table using the app. This wetherspoons is great architecturally, so definitely worth a visit. Would happily go back for a bite to eat and take up one of the many offers available.

Unless you’re a 20 something male Tilly will not serve you. We waited ages for drinks only to be ignored as we were obviously not there to be flirted with. Hope Tilly finally managed to get on one to the many men we were ignored for!

Typical wetherspoons. Value for money ,good atmosphere,polite staff .

Absolutely filthy needs a bloody good clean!

Great place to visit for dinner

Place needs a good clean up and more staff. Food was OK and beer was fine.

Normal Wetherspoons, good pint and as a plus a nice outside area and toilet NOT upstairs!! great

Myself and my friend were here last Friday 25.08.23. While we were sitting inside a girl was bringing out food and some of it fell off onto the floor. The girl took the food back into the kitchen and then attempted to bring it out again. The same thing happened and then another girl who she seemed to know but not sure if she worked there picked the food up off the floor and put it back on the plate! She seemed to find this really funny. Obviously this put us off as it just looked really unprofessional and disgusting. The girl trying to carry the food took it back into the kitchen again and we left after that but it was very off putting. It just appeared like everything was very slapdash it wasn’t like the girl was putting the food from the floor on the plate being served was doing it to be helpful it seemed she thought it would be ok to serve it like that. The girl carrying the food did take it back in again but the fact that another person either friend/colleague was allowed to intervene and do that just seemed totally unprofessional.

Curry awful onion bhaji not cooked inside (also found a hair ) complained sent out more the same but burnt .. kitchen were notified apparently no apology whatsoever

Called for a drink while visiting Faversham yesterday Wednesday.... Love a Wetherspoons all very different in design... prices,are good for food and drink

Great pub, great beer, great food, great prices. A tad disappointing that the beer was more than a tad cloudy during the Hop Festival. Staff were great, door staff reassuring proactive and friendly.

Pint of Wantsum Dynamo and steak 'n kidney pud :- BOTH excellent 👌!!

Can't go wrong with a good old Wetherspoons

Better than average witherspoon largely due to great staff.

Добра храна на нетипично ниски цени! Добро обслужване и атмосфера! Станах постоянен посетител въпреки, че не живея във Фавершам.

Box standard, although nice outside section

Classic building, Victorian atmosphere

Best value for money Cheap good food and an excellent choice of beverages

Lovely Wetherspoon within a great building. It was my partner’s first time in one of the chain and he was well impressed. We had a little confusion with the food order and the manager was very helpful and friendly and he just went ahead and removed the item from the bill. Great customer service!

Lost a star for sticky tables. Grim. Food was ok. Served very very fast. Which for hot food was a little bit worrying but it was hot and ok. Typical spoons atmosphere but we hadn't a lot of time and know they serve people fast. Wish the staff weren't shrieking and messing about with mates. Needs a clean and a freshen .

All staff are very polite and hard working! Well done all

Last time gonna eat in this wetherspoons, served us raw meat this time, last time was 3 gammons on my mixed grill n the time before that gave me the wrong meal, need to sort ya kitchen out, cant complain about the cheap beer tho

We ate several meals here as we were staying in the area . Efficient staff and good value too.

Very good service every time we use.

I am a Wetherspoons fan. We have been to dozens and look them up wherever we go for the individual styles depending on the building. The leading light is a great disappointment. The food was extremely badly cooked and presented and served. Truly a bad, bad experience. I hope it was a one-off end of a busy day for the cooking and serving staff (who went off duty shortly after). Luckily, Faversham is not short of decent pubs.

Busy on the Sunday we visited, tables were dirty, but the place was close to full and the staff had obviously not got around to it yet. Nice pub. Normal wetherspoons food.

It’s ok, not my favourite spoons, outside space is it’s redeeming factor, rare ground floor toilets

Empire state burger nothing empire about it always got a pint of bud to wash it down that even tasted like water. £11.50 Worth £2.50

Situated on the main high street, the leading Light is a Wetherspoon pub that hosts all the usual fare the brand provides, and they do have some great ales on most of the time. Sited from the Wetherspoon website - The name of this pub recalls Henry Wreight (pronounced ‘rate’), who was a leading light in the development of Faversham in the 19th century. One the town’s two main benefactors, after his death in 1840, his bequest was used to provide schools, the recreation ground and almshouses. He was also three times mayor of Faversham. It's a lovely, good size building with a small garden to the rear. Staff are friendly and welcoming as are the regulars.

Could have played music in the background

Comfortable, and the food was good.