The West Kirk in South Ayrshire

Place full with one member of staff pouring drinks

Value for money. I enjoy a night in here.

huge pub with very good range of both beers and grub

Was having a nice evening until this very rude staff member told me very cheekily to turn the volume down on my fone or put earphones on. It wasn't loud he was just being a dickhead.

Friendly staff with lovely food

this place is reasonably busy but you can generally get a seat. as far as wetherspoons go it's one of the better ones. only criticism would be that sometimes dirty plates are left too long before being collected.

Came here for breakfast, The service is very good, quick n polite staff, went for Small American Breakfast, the bacon on this was miniscule and not very crispy. Rest of dish was ok, some things felt cold. It's a lovely building, staff were nice and price great.

Tried a little breakfast somewhere new. One Eggs Benedict and one Mushroom Benedict. Both outstanding. In fact, their whole breakfast menu is pretty amazing.

Bangers and mash. Absolutely terrible. Poor customer service, from the large chap. No refund offered. Won’t be back. Certainly wouldn’t recommend. 13/11/2024. Table 5. Lunch time. The large chap that I complained to, should be sacked. It’s really put me off going to any WETHERSPOONS.

Place is a bit of a dump, badly needing a facelift. Tables constantly full of dinner plates, take your own cloth to wipe tables. Staff do their best but there is just not enough of them. Ten minutes wait at Bar to get served is not uncommon. Been going there since it opened but has went downhill considerably in recent times. By far the worse Spoons I have ever been in.

Visit here regularly with a person i support and the staff are always lovely

A pleasant environment outside. Very inexpensive meal and drinks. All in all, it was a good experience. We could be back!

Unique setting with amazing atmosphere! Dining in a converted church in Ayr is a special experience. Great food and friendly service—highly recommend!

First visit to Spins West Kirk for cappuccinos great price £1.04p each brilliant. Great atmosphere beeing within an old church great character. Staff welcoming and friendly 😊.

Great setting and cheap prices were the only good things about the place. No atmosphere whatsoever to the point it was creepy, place was full but almost complete silence during lunchtime. Had to buy full meals for everyone if we wanted to stay (4 people: 3 meals and a portion of chips wasn't enough and had to buy 4 meals instead??) Food was cold, and portions were tiny. Staff were clearly fed up. Only stayed because we were hungry and the car was at the garage round the corner. (Going to the loo there would probably have been quicker than traipsing up all the stairs too)

Cold as usual. Witherspoon buy massive buildings but never heat them. Every witherspoon I've been in is always freezing

Nice to have the vegan options. The place is in an old church building and it was freezing cold we had to keep our coats on and the place looks a bit dated.

The West Kirk Restaurant is a delightful gem! The atmosphere is warm and inviting, perfect for a cozy meal. The menu features a fantastic variety of dishes, each bursting with flavor and beautifully presented. The staff is friendly and attentive, making every visit feel special. Highly recommend for a memorable dining experience!

Great value and great selection

Just been in, had asked to get table cleared twice, because guy behind the bar with the beard, just either ignored or forgot, also he picks and chooses who he tells to go to the back off the quue, got a glass of wine, turns out the glass is stinking, this is one Weatherspoons we won't be back in, very disapointing.

Guy come with an attitude no help what so ever. Licence laws states food not a main meal like they are trying to rob you in broad daylight. Spoke to the manager aswell and she was a bit helpful but not much it's like they don't understand the Licence law. I'd advise making the staff more aware & not with an attitude.

Good pub and food was fine, typical JD's

Fantastic place. Great staff. Great food. Terrific prices. Value for money.

Best 'Spoons we've ever visited. Outstanding old church venue. Staff were exceptional and the beers were varied and delicious. We came to Ayr for a week for the Gold Cup meeting at the racecourse and visited here every day, it was so delightful. Food is first class. The Scottish breakfast a real treat. Well done everyone.

Food adequate not good presentation

Not what you expect from the outside it's a church turned into a lovely friendly pub,staff friendly food gorgeous at atmosphere if lovely

Wow just wow blown away by this building. Everything else same old w.s cheap beer no I shall correct that extremely cheap beer from 1.79 a pint well done all maybe all pubs should take note and stop changing 7.00 plus a pint

Really friendly staff and customers. No fights at the bar unlike most spoons because the customers 'cue' and the bar staff WATCH the bar. Super clean unlike the Paddlesteamer Largs !

Perfect grub before attending the Ayr festival

Was in lunchtime today will not be back, food was ok atmosphere you could cut with a knife, was in earshot of a family being thrown out because the adults were not having food I believe they ordered for their children, the manager had no customer service skills and his attitude towards them diabolical, I actually wanted to say something and get involved and regrettably didn’t, to that family I am deeply sorry it’s been on my mind the whole day, they were asking the manager his name and said they would complain if you read this I sincerely hope you do, they weren’t at all busy and should have welcomed any money you were willing to give them to feed your young, second time I’ve been and definitely the last

Ordered food but left as it was taking too long, but the cuppa was OK.

Waited for 10 mins to be served ,1 person behind bar working don't know what the other 3 were doing as no eye contact acknowledgement etc ,gave up went down to Willie wastles got served straight away.im afraid ayr witherspoon I won't be back.

It was a toilet stop...The inside felt weird as it was once a church..Plates left of half eaten food on tables suggests the items serves weren't worth finishing..

Nice cozy spot in the center of Prestwick, the particularity of this one, is that is inside of an old church. Quite fascinating architecture. Just awesome 👍🏻

Been quite drafty from the air conditioning the last few weeks,which detracts from the experience

A very nice place to visit and eat. Food came very quickly and it was cheap enough

It's a "Spoons", so good beer, great staff and great prices.

Food wasn't great... it's cheap enough... but quality was poor...our table was very sticky...had to clear it ourselves...other tables just left uncleared the whole time we were there...not good for business!!!!

Lovely building, great staff and service and good food.

Went in for a quick breakfast and it was that tasty and well cooked .

Like the west kirk visit at least once a week

Great place to eat, drink, and meet friends. Can be very busy at times, but if you have the Wetherspoons app, it's a good queue jumper, and you get served quicker. Great selection of food and drinks are all set in a good atmosphere and comfy setting in an old church. Located centrally and close to the bus station, and a 10 min walk from Ayr Station. A good place if you are on a budget for food or drink. A good place for groups to meet staff is very friendly. Great for breakfast, too!

Was in on Wednesday night food was not very good, theyhad no fish left I ordered 1 pint of Tennants with my meal when i got to the table and started drinking it the lager was not Tennants they must have poured from the wrong tap. I went back with it to complain they were not very happy i told them to taste it they refused. They started to pour me a pint of Tennants but they got as far as an inch and the barrel went off. They changed the barrell and carried on pouring the pint into the glass that was started. I got back to the table no life in the lager at all and it was flat just left it and walked out

Busy family pub. Attentive staff. Excellent deals on food and drinks

Very busy place, which was advised to us on Google maps before arrival so we knew what to expect. Beautiful inside, an old church (which some may see as blasphemous but really it just makes for a lovely atmosphere. We sat down at our table, and got onto the app to order. Unfortunately, the app had crashed and was unusable. A quick dash up to the bar, the bartender explained that it was kaput. He quickly took our order, with drinks, recommended stuff for a better price and was just generally lovely. The food arrived promptly, very warm, crunchy in all the right aspects, soft in all the right aspects. We sat and talked for a good half an hour after we had finished, taking in the atmosphere and beautiful scenery here. 10/10 Wetherspoons, would definitely come back another time. Thank you West Kirk.

A very nice place, just very dirty. There is no clearing, tables are left dirty. That's a shame for such a case.

food was cold, steak was dry and bearly able to cut and burger came tasteless

Lovely well maintained building in Ayr town centre. Visited for some Sunday lunch. The place was very quiet. Used the wetherspoons app, which was painfully slow, unsure if this has something to do with recent updates. One of the ales ordered was not available, replacement swiftly offered. Regular value for money.

Great prices but the toilets are a nightmare disabled toilets out of commission

We didn’t eat however the food looked nice. Great pub with a lovely atmosphere.

I had a large scottish breakfast. And totally no worth a price u need pay extra for haggis... no more tomato or mushroom... food was cold...

The staff told me I could not have a glass of wine with my dinner because I come in a group but I whit my daughter and friends had their kids with them to so they staff tell you what you can have to drink the staff was very aggressive and not very helpful the dinner was really bad it was not worth the money

The place was filthy. Food plates and glasses everywhere. Ordered a chicken burger and had to leave it as had a funny taste to it. Very disappointed

Love this place, excellent beers and good prices.

Saturday morning breakfast was slow to arrive over 30 minutes wait had passed despite it being empty and certainly not the busiest spoons I have ever been in and served quicker poor service will make me think again about the West kirk in future

Food was burnt, hard and took 30 minutes to cook. The place was almost empty but still took half an hour to cook burnt food. Wont recommend

Manager an ignorant person no time for me and my grandson...... Totally dismissed(not a wonder they are struggling for tourists!!!!

Eoin was a fantastic host, making sure my wife had a clear path in her mobility 🛵 when she needed the toilet.

Worst witherspoon I have been in staff took my order 10 minutes then to ld us food would be 25 minutes this was at 815 then the waitres said we would have to leave at 9 with our grandson

Old church, nice location, cheap

Was very busy, therefore restaurant not at it's best looking. Staff working hard. Set in an old kirk, so has stained glass windows. You can sit on the altar, to have your meal. Novel idea.

Witherspoon. You get what you pay for. Edible food

Been here many times and never had a problem, today was different. 15mins after we place the order we had to change a meal because they ran out. 5mins after that they want to argue over 1 pound, when we had been waiting 25mins at that point, then came back with more ammo and tried to keep arguing. Got a refund and left, didn't even finish our drinks, 35mins later still hungry. It is not the customers job to fix staff mistakes. Service terrible, blaming customers for their failure. Worst experience I've ever had in a Spoons.

It's a spoons in a kirk. Nice stained glass window & pulpit

Very good Spoons, lovely building inside and out. Longer than usual wait for our food (40mins) but staff very and genuinely apologetic for the delay. And didn't catch her name but one of the staff - young girl, dark hair - was sooooo busy and hard-working she was running around like she was training for the Olympics. Great credit to the company.

Hungry after a long day only to find luke warm chips. Burger was good, onion rings a bit dead, so average I am afraid. The building was best bit being an old chapel and I would imagine to be a drinkers hub later in the night.

I am new to weatherspoons having been taken to 3 different ones by my husband. This is by far the best one ,nice building ,clean and not too busy. It's the usual weatherspoons food and drink,which is acceptable and cheap . It's not fancy but it does the job ,good getting coffee refills. I will visit here again but not the other two weatherspoons in Manchester and Nottingham, they were not very nice at all,noisy ,dirty and busy .

People wearing football colours in a family pub

Shocking service waited over 20 minutes for food and 10 minutes for drinks. Tables were dirty and not the cleanest .Toilets were also not clean don’t recommend this weatherspoons.

I haven't been in the premises for 5 years

Somewhat dated former church which fit the Wetherspoons business model. Cheap and cheerful.

Food was good service was fast and spot on everybody got fed at the same time especially when there were 12 of us.

FALSE ADVERTISING about price Deluxe deal for panini with soft drinks on menus at 5.70 but was charged 7 pounds as they said that’s no longer available only todays special on separate menus were available and haven’t updated current menu. Yeah right, that’s false advertising

There was a slope at the sude of it for anyone with mobility problems.

Food was okay but server wouldn’t accept my partner’s PASS hologrammed ID (despite being 21 and the hologram still being on the card with a clear date of birth) so did not serve them their drink - despite it being alcohol free and presenting a valid form of ID. He was also very rude and it really just ruined the meal in general. There were not many clean tables either with people having to move plates and glasses just to get a seat. Bitterly disappointed by my experience to be honest I used to really enjoy visiting when I was in Ayr but the quality and experience has gone down hill

loved the place great food too.

Chicken starters where tougher than old military boots supposed to be southern fried main course was 2 lasagne and chips and a burger lasagne was warmish the chips where almost cooked but colder than the soft drinks well disappointed only saving grace was staff where decent sorry but as my school report say MUST TRY HARDER

A typical Wetherspoons, so you always know what to expect , Best priced bar in the area with adequate food and a chilled atmosphere

Where else can you get 2 good quality breakfasts with toast and unlimited coffee for under £9.00 Big old cathedral with a great atmosphere and friendly staff Value for money indeed

The pubs great when it's not busy but wen it gets busy it's to noisey for me I like a meal in silence not noise.

After a trip to the cemetary,my Mum and I fancied somewhere just to relax,sit outside in the sun,and have a drink. A beautiful building inside with lots of space,outside was understandably busy,but we got a seat. Didn't come for the food.. Efficient and friendly staff, great prices.Loved the stained glass inside. Would visit again ,but also go in the smaller pubs who can't compete with the prices

Great location for a good pub with good food.

Very affordable but a little dulll tbh

Have to give it 5 stars just for the venue... Friendly staff and usual spoons value drinks and food.

Amazing. Super cool vibes and very beautiful. A church that is now a pub… OMG.

We sat in a booth to eat. Rather uncomfortable when people behind us on the other side of our booth moved about. I ordered a chicken Alfredo which was very tasty but a bit dry - and the coriander served as a garnish had seen better days. It's a nice pub - very spacious and the staff were friendly.

this place is not clean tables not cleared up and wiped place needs refurbished toilets up flights of stairs food terrible not the best place

My haddock and chips with peas was very dry and slightly overcooked

This has to be in the top ten of Wetherspoon buildings. We met a man there who was christened here and his wife’s parents were married in the former church!

It's a Wetherspoons, so has its limitations, but this is a decent one - a lovely setting inside an old Kirk, staff were polite and efficient, and it seems to be one of the busier bars in Ayr town centre.

Not enough staff working Waitress was doing a good job but could have done with some help. The tables and seats could do with a good clean. I ordered breakfast, the sausages were cheap and so was the bacon. The place really needs a good clean.

Excellent atmosphere, very good price, great selection of drinks. Without a doubt a place to visit.

Good visit. Brioche burger buns are absolutely disgusting so two points off. Chips were undercooked very hard. Staff nice though. Disappointing all round

Great place amazing food an fast service would definitely re visit next time in ayrshire

Church converted into bar restaurant. Very curious and original. It has to be done elsewhere in the world.

Good food and drink at very good prices

Been in a couple of time staff helpful food ok drinks are great prices a little music would be great

Typical wethersp.oons in a old building. This was a church originally. Busy place but plenty staff on. Food drinks reasonable.

Friendly staff, well run by Amy. Seriously obeying all covid rules, making you feel safe. Cheap food and drink. What's not to like?

Ordered 2 vegetarian breakfasts and 2 coffees the member of staff couldnt hear me or understand me, as i was giving her the table number 1st. 3 times she said 'what" which I thought was so rude. Good quality food but beans and eggs and mushrooms cold.