Based on 1.312 opinions finded in 2 websites
Based on 1.312 opinions finded in 2 websites
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Decent food and nice friendly staff
Bombardier Billy . 2024-04-30
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Nice friendly atmosphere. Got served quickly and easily found a table to sit down. Would go again.. we went at lunch time and although didn't eat there, the food looked nice.
K H . 2024-04-24
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Solid experience keep the faith.
William Spowage . 2024-03-27
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In a prominent position in the market square taking full advantage of the 🌞 beaming in through the glass frontage. Week two of the Spoons Spring Fest and there’s still plenty of new ales to choose from. Always an added bonus having the toilets close by at ground level. About a one mile easy walk to the 🚂 station.
Mark Nicholson . 2024-03-13
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It was just perfect I had pancakes for breakfast this morning and they were absolutely amazing including the hot chocolate the food came faster than I expected it was full of people that's how good it is
James Holland . 2024-02-23
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Great pub, good location and plenty of seats and tables. Good value for food and the staff are polite and courteous. Honestly.. can't fault it.
Tom Rowlands . 2024-02-13
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It was steak night and we both had a lovely meal. Quality and value for money. We have visited the Observatory many times since and never had reason to complain, this week's visited was no exception, a great meal at very reasonable priced. The place has a good atmosphere. The staff are friendly and professional. Service was quick.
Andrew Marriott . 2024-02-09
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Always a good pint and the service is always good, food is what you expect from a Wetherspoons pub, cheap.
Roy Cross . 2024-02-04
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Your typical JD Wetherspoon... Plenty of locals to people watch!
Robert Aldred . 2024-02-02
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Always decent food at very low prices. Staff are very friendly and helpful. Good selection of beers etc.
Phil Harris . 2024-02-01
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A bit chilly but otherwise lovely
Patricia Sandle . 2024-01-29
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Lovely little number. Very clean
Stephen Carr . 2024-01-22
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I do not go often, but service is good. Food tasty .
Anna M Cuthbert . 2024-01-15
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Fabulous visit ,warm and friendly...these guys know how to keep us customers happy ..a true pleasure to visit..would recommend!!
Richard Everson . 2024-01-10
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Didn't eat but food looked good. Typical Wetherspoons- cheap, cheerful and clean.
Jenni Hynes . 2024-01-05
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Took my boyfriend here for our 5 years, wonderful place, great workers - especially Callie 🥰🥰🥰
Frankie French . 2024-01-02
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Lovely friendly staff, excellent service, and very enjoyable food.
Alison Cope . 2023-12-31
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Good quality spoons, nuff said.
WoodyJVO . 2023-12-01
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This is a nice place to be at....very cosy and clean. Tables are cleared constantly. Shame about the surrounding area. Not a place for out if towers. Nothing to do and nowhere to go.
al gran . 2023-11-28
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Good hot food, plenty on the plate. Not too busy, got a clean table with ease.
Michelle Pugh . 2023-11-27
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#163 on the Spoons quest Called in on the way home from park run, managed to get some on street parking a five minute walk away. Nice bright little pub on two levels, toilets Downstairs for a change, Staff were sociable and friendly, all in all a nice experience
Wayne Gammon . 2023-11-25
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Good selection of drinks quick service with the food as well
STEVE POUNDER . 2023-11-13
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What a great great pub with the drink and food that you want at a great price.
SAMUEL AUSTIN . 2023-11-04
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Very busy, food ok for the price you pay, good beer
Ian Dickinson . 2023-11-02
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Breakfast was cooked to exactly how I like it. Don't usually eat at wetherspoons for breakfast (bad experience elsewhere).
arran797 . 2023-10-27
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It's a nice, clean pub. Really nice hot drinks with free refills. Spot on.
jason littlewood . 2023-10-16
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Visited her when I came up to visit my daughter. She had been recommended by other locals to try this place, I wasn't sure as not keen of wetherspoons but was actually very nice staff were very helpful definitely would revisit next time I spend a weekend visiting my daughter.
Laura Chase . 2023-10-13
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Some good beers at reasonable prices
Animated Science . 2023-10-06
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Food came quickly and was great value for money! Waitress was totally uninterested and probably wished she was somewhere else!
Jo Carpenter . 2023-10-03
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It's a spoons! It's fine, though strangely the toilets are on the ground floor!?!?!? Not too far from the Benerly viaduct.
Chris Raisin . 2023-09-27
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The food is brilliant 👏 I absolutely love wetherspoons I feel like Everyone should be here🤣 Keep it up!
Darren Doughty . 2023-09-09
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I had fish chips and mushy peas and a large pepsi for just over seven pounds. Can't fault it ,the food especially the fish was very good. There's a friendly atmosphere and the staff were very efficient.
The old Boy . 2023-09-05
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Food is always amazing here only thing I feel it lacks is background music
kerry todd . 2023-08-28
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Had a lovely fish and chips. Staff were very pleasant and helpful
Philip Johnston . 2023-08-26
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Great evening meal and breakfast was had here 23/24 August 2023.Very central location great service and prices.
ChrisandAdel Rafferty (ChrisandAdel) . 2023-08-25
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Lovely nice staff,lady called Dawn .
Alan Talbot . 2023-08-24
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We used to be regulars in the Observatory when we lived in Ilkeston 10 years ago, so thought we'd give it a go. First impressions was rather grubby with unwiped tables and a stained rumpled Wetherspoons magazine stuck to the table. We ordered our food and waited approximately 30 mins for it. Fair enough, it was busy. I ordered a veggie pizza and hubby a mixed grill with salad rather than the usual trimmings, as he isn't eating carbs. He also got a side of chicken wings, after checking they weren't breaded. Food arrived after about 30 mins. Hubby was confused that peas were still on the plate and that the salad was in a side bowl, as peas are carbs. We were also confused about the chicken wings, as they looked breaded - it turned out that they weren't breaded, they were just cremated to the point of being completely inedible. His mixed grill looked like shoe leather (the egg was done well, though) and was lukewarm. I started on my pizza and ate one slice as it was tepid. I can eat hot pizza or even stone cold pizza the day after, but tepid pizza, especially vegetable ones are slimy and horrible. Such a shame, because had it been delivered when cooked, rather than left standing, I think it would have been a good pizza I quite like a Spoons when done reasonably to well - they are exactly what you expect and cheap, but The Observatory is not done well. Never again
316dawns . 2023-08-17
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Great for a quick budget friendly pub meal.
Mrs Stevenson . 2023-08-15
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Quick service, and nice breakfast, thank you
matt jewell . 2023-08-13
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Myself and my mum enjoyed some very nice lunch on sunday 13th August 2023 during the Ilkeston outdoor car show! We ordered drinks and food .... I had pannii and chips and my mum had fish and chips n enjoyed our food on the upstairs outdoor balcony! It was very busy which helped to give a good atmosphere! 😉👍
Matt Ayres . 2023-08-13
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Not a bad place, cheap and cheerful, nice staff, food was lovely and decent price. Only downfall in my opinion could do with new look.
jake weston . 2023-08-13
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The no smoking terrace garden is a welcome change, never disappoints to be value for money
Lorraine Gillott . 2023-08-12
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Great value for money, I particularly enjoy the breakfasts there. I have always been served quickly by very friendly staff and the food has always been excellent. I haven't tried any ales, (although they seem to have a good selection at a fantastic price) because I usually go in the morning but the place is always busy with many drinking it and it looks good!
Linzi Hughes . 2023-08-04
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All the tables dirty and full of pots upstairs other than that a Wetherspoons and everything you'd expect.
gem louie . 2023-08-04
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The staff they are very good service brilliant. My wife had the American 3 oz burger, said it was very nice and I at the sirloin steak the one with all the extras and unfortunately half of it was fat.
George Jackson . 2023-07-28
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Standard food quality, which is not bad price is competitive for the area no music but several tv's for entertainment. A selection of beers and ales are ever changing daily plus has drink and food offers
Daniel Robey . 2023-07-26
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My old haunt as you know what your getting have my favs
Ann Wood . 2023-07-21
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Busy place doing Breakfast, cheap and cheerful 😀.
David Birkinshaw . 2023-07-14
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Its a spoons what else do you want cheap beer cheap food does the job
James Wigby . 2023-07-09
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Great choice of real ales as always. I like to try some of the guest ales and they are always kept well. Late afternoon there is always a nice relaxed buzzing atmosphere. As with all Spoons pubs, the prices are great value. Some of the bar staff could be more welcoming, except Jay who always acknowledges customers and is happy to have a word while he is serving. He should be in charge!
Paradise778598 . 2023-07-07
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First class, both service and meals
Duncan Macpherson . 2023-07-05
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Great prices great food, nice atmosphere
Michaela Quinn . 2023-06-26
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Very nice father s day present foe hubby
Marilyn Bath . 2023-06-24
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Wetherspoons decent ale and good food at a mint price. Always good value
Adam Skinner . 2023-06-19
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Never fails to deliver good food and drink prices great
Angela Allan . 2023-06-12
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Good food with quick service. All at a reasonable price
Peter Bainbridge . 2023-06-02
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Half my chicken was bones. The chips were really soggy . Then there was a man serving my food but was also serving drinks and going in and out the kitchen. I don’t think this is appropriate as he is bringing peoples food out and wiping his nose and wiping it on his trousers . Never coming here again
Leonie Hardstaff . 2023-05-31
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Nice spoons nice none smoking terrace up starts, smokers have the outside at the side of the pub. Toilets for all down stairs!!. Liked..
Paul Ireland . 2023-05-24
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Great service, food could have been hotter.
samantha mabbott . 2023-05-12
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Went for a nice walk early on a Monday morning towards Bennerly Viaduct from Giltbrook and this is where we ended up. Brilliant food and reasonably priced too!
Christopher Repton . 2023-05-08
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Does what it says on the can. Good selection of cheap cask ales. Food cheap but mediocre
Cumn Getyt . 2023-05-08
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I'm not a fan of wetherspoons but this time was alright, would probably go again.
Brino Latte . 2023-05-08
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Lovely place nice food reasonable price friendly staff
murat yuksel . 2023-05-07
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A nice spoons, very big with lots of tables
Chloe Cadman . 2023-05-04
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Food took 15 minutes to arrive fatty bacon and ordered scrambled eggs and git fried eggs
Me . 2023-04-29
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Pints are a lot cheaper than reading however they need to have some training on how to pour pints
kasim ashraf . 2023-04-27
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Awful service. The lady who served us spoke over us to another member of staff repeatedly at the bar. We had a couple of drinks that had been bought at costa but weren’t being drunk as we had ordered food and drink there. They were just on the table until we left She bought our food out saw the drinks and said nothing only to then come back after we had started eating to tell us we needed to throw them in the bin. Why was this not said straight away?? Because if it had been I would have asked for a refund and left. My husband had to leave and stand outside and wait for us!! Ridiculous, you won’t be seeing us there again and we will not recommend to anyone The member of staff looked like management which is unfortunate as her whole persona was rude
Amber Kemp . 2023-04-14
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Went for curry Thursday. food place staff all great, only 1 slight issue food could have been a bit hotter temperature. not spice wise, the curry's we both had were very nice. Thanks Jon&Denise 🧙♂️ 🦉
Jon f Harding . 2023-04-02
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Enjoyable visit, nice staff, who brought us a couple of pints of Abbot ale straight up from the barrel in the cellar since the line was being cleaned. Customers were very pleasant, too. All in all, no complaints whatsoever. Looking forward to a return visit.
TheMisterviv . 2023-03-26
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Friendly staff Well priced produce
Paulette Hodgkinson . 2023-03-26
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A typical Wetherspoons pub with good prices and this one has efficient staff
James . 2023-03-22
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Decent pint food average van get busy during the school holidays
Carl Peter . 2023-03-01
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What a great wether spoons!! Clean, fast and tasty
Alex Share . 2023-02-28
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Nice place to pop in for some food. Friendly staff
Alexandra B-T . 2023-02-15
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Stopped here for breakfast... service was good. We used the app to order and didnt wait long for our food
Susan Rowley . 2023-02-13
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Clean and tidy, staff are very nice.
David Mcneilly . 2023-02-13
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Cheap beer and food, the food and portions are of a quality you would expect. You get what you pay for. The ales are well looked after and relativley cheap.The service is good the staff are engaged and friendly.
Richard Skam . 2023-02-04
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Staff were nice, but the food wasn't great, chips were greasy and my chicken wings were the smallest I've ever had at a Wethers (and I've had many).
David Barry . 2023-01-15
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I wrote a review for The Observatory back in October, mentioning a specific member of staff who made (makes) visits to the usually perfect Wetherspoons pub pretty uncomfortable. After leaving my initial review, the attitude of this member of staff seemed to have improved on a return visit, however... On returning to The Observatory again, with some friends, it seems that we've returned to the usual poor attitude for this member of staff. Visibly unhappy to be there, doesn't want to serve customers, just wants to stand on their phone - literally walking off when people go to the bar, as opposed to serving. The past couple of times I've been to The Observatory, it has usually closed earlier than the stated opening hours which, during quiet times, is completely understandable, but it seems to be on weekends that this happens.
rosannaw964 . 2022-12-21
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Bit on small side but food good Bar staff not the most welcoming
Anthony Bird . 2022-12-18
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Great service even though they were really busy. Food is good, especially for the price
Mike Perkins . 2022-12-02
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Friendly staff but the place could use a good cleaner and a new carpet, i often see beer that's not been wiped up theres lots of surfaces holding dust too.
Stu Gapper . 2022-12-02
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Really good for Wetherspoons. Friendly staff and a nice building. As always with spoons you get a good beer selection at great prices
Joshua Turney . 2022-12-01
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Great range of real ales. Good typical menus. Great working man's Wetherspoons pub. Thanks Tim(CEO). Keep up the great tradition.
andy koto . 2022-11-30
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Great breakfast and great prices.
Gary Amies . 2022-11-28
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Food is absolutely fine and good value for money. Majority of staff are pleasant and helpful but one, I won’t name names, needs to go on a customer service course or at least learn to smile and not look like he hates customers. Won’t put us off going but a smile makes all the difference when it comes to customer service.
chris taylor . 2022-11-17
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Always good value for money, food could do with being a little warmer.
Peter Charvill . 2022-11-10
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Typical spoons, great service, great prices and decent grub. Does what it says on the tin.
Jack Middleton . 2022-11-06
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Typical spoons, staff were a bit abrasive but does what it says on the tin
Chris 'Boss Hogg' Nicholson . 2022-11-03
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Modern building for a spoons, with a downstairs wc too!! Generally clean and tidy, other than that same as all others.
Mark Short . 2022-11-01
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The Observatory is normally a really nice pub. The staff (most of them) make you feel welcome. Recently, I’ve felt fairly unwelcome going into The Observatory as a result of a new member of staff - I’m unsure of their name - dark hair, long beard. He seems to be more interested in looking at his phone and berating his colleagues than serving customers. When he does eventually serve, he’s extremely rude and arrogant. Other than this one member of staff, The Observatory is a very nice pub.
rosannaw964 . 2022-10-22
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Their burgers are very good and so are their cheesy chips
Costea Radu . 2022-10-16
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Lovely pub lovely food great prices.
Martin Pearce . 2022-10-12
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A very good pub , clean tidy & good staff & good drink as always 🌟👌👌
Roger Birkin . 2022-09-19
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Nice breakfast pleasant staff lovely cup of tea
teena needham . 2022-09-13
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Ordered an ultimate burger plus maple cured bacon and cheese groom the new menu. Behold! 100 wetherspoons version of a big mac complete with gherkin. Better meat and bigger, more everything. Add chips and a drink and you are sorted. Neuter than macs!
TekMaker . 2022-09-09
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Fast service and the team we're amazing I'm the first person to slag weatherspoons but I felt safe x Thank you
Anthony Garnham . 2022-09-01
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Standard Wetherspoons. Friendly staff, could do with a lick of paint. Not any easily accessible car parking, but other than that, Standard fare.
Baz K . 2022-09-01
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Exceptional Exmoor gold makes it more than worth a visit.
jono birks . 2022-09-01
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Steak was so tough that it was inedible. Accompanying jacket potato was perfect...but not sure that is what is the preference when ordering from the grill. Hubby had lukewarm fish, chips and a "slab"of mushy peas...needless to say the dog did well at suppertime! Great for cheap drinks but not food
Sammy Wilson . 2022-08-29
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