please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Why mention a Nottinghamshire pub in a thread/post about a Kent one?
It's so easy to comment on that other pub's own BITE page.
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I went into this pub for the first time yesterday lunchtime , and there must have been 100 people eating , and drinking , but there were only two bar staff.
The manager was collecting the plates, and delivering the food while the two teenagers behind the bar were trying to work out who to serve next.
eventually the customers formed a queue.
a classic example of a WSP bring run with one hand tied behind its back, when it should be a license to print money. 6/10
p s the art deco lights are quite jolly.
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With signs everywhere to book a toble I have the impression they have capacity problems.
When I visited the place, several tables had reserved on it. Not seen this before in spoons.
I like the place and with 7 real ales in good condition its very good.
But to sort out the capacity they should have added a second floor.
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What a good job they have done on this building. Well done! Beer the usual Weatherspoons fare. It was okay.
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Lovely old Art Deco building that used to be a cinema. Even sitting at a table drinking a beer, there's a hushed cinema atmosphere, and you get the feeling that the curtains are about to go back and a film is about to start.
Although the beer was standard Wetherspoons prices (�1.99 for basic ale), the food was the most expensive that I've ever come across in a Wetherspoons. Guess they've got to pay for the usherettes somehow.
Perry - 18 Aug 2012 01:44 |
The Peter Cushing is definately the top end of the Wetherspoons spectrum , the staff are polite friendly and bacoming more knowledgable day by day.The Food is very good value for money and food service time is very quick.It is a push to find a table on a Sunday afternoon.The range of beers are eclectic to say the least but there is always something on for everyone.Look out for Bob he is a real asset to the Wetherspoons team and what he doesnt know about beer isnt worth knowing.I would thoroughly reccomend this pub as long as the staff keep their standards up.The surveyor who designed the interior must have been having a bad hair day , as the vast floor space needs breaking up with screens as it sometimes seems like a 1950's butlins dining hall with the tables lined up in neat rows.The lack of natural light to the building is a let down.But this is balanced by some very clever sourcing of 1920 deco panneling and decrotive deco chandeliers and the most fantastic stain glass to the front of the building.Your team almost got it right Mr Martin!
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ALMOST AS GOOD AS THE WALL TAVERN. ALMOST....
IS THAT RED LEICESTER I CAN SMELL?
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As previously mentioned by nearly every poster the decoration in this 'spoons is of a very high standard, though beyond that it's still just another 'spoons.
Standard fair with cheap food, good choice of real ales, and your normal cliental, I can say this as I drink it a lot of spoons and the cliental is the same everywhere, it what makes these pubs, like it or hate it.
Cracking pint of Zulu Blonde from a South African brewery while the beer festival was on.
Few good photo's of Peter Cushing dotted around the place.
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A really nice Spoons, gave me a feeling of the 1930's with the lighting.
Had a nice choice of real ales too and cheaper than Canterbury, �1.99 a pint of festivale ale .
Very cheap for Whitstable.
This place and the Opera house in Tunbridge Wells are my favourites so far regarding interior.
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Was in here last Thursday with the wife. We had the fish and chips. Fish was very nice, but came encased in a lot of batter. I had a pint of Adnams Old Ale, very well kept.
I took the opportunity to have a word with Rita, who is one of the duty managers. She said that if we give her a bit of notice she could reserve a table for us if we do decide to get together.
And another thing, I think my gout is coming back.
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Popped in here last Sunday and rumours of Snecklifter on the pumps proved correct. Very pleasant. Thought it had been done out very nicely, will be returning soon. And then sample the food.
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This has gone on long enough. January is depressing enough without the ale drinkers of Kent falling out with each other. I'm all for peace and love. I even own a Yoko Ono LP.
I suggest that we all put past disagreements behind us and all meet up.
We could come together in the PC, perhaps take advantage of their Thursday night curry offer?
What dya' reckon folks?
I could invita Yoko!
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Whitstable is not big enough to support two Whetherspoons.
Where would the second open?
Come on bright sparks, where?
The Parish Hall? Budgens? The public toilets around the back of the Ship Centurion? My auntie Doreen's front room?
I know you've been put up by Whetherspoons wealdman, but get real old boy!
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I've worked it out....
Whetherspoons have got their PR people on the case.
You've all been rumbled...mandraker, tempest, wealdman.
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JDW spent c�1.5m on this fine pub which is well over their normal budget. Aptly called after one of the town's most famous residents, the pub is a gem and compares well with JDW's Opera House in Tunbrige Wells (which still has operas!)
The PC was a cinema and bingo hall and provides visitors with a unique atmosphere reflecting the building's previous uses in another era - and the history of the place is depicted on the walls, and that of Whitstable itself.
Being a listed building made JDW'a work more difficult - as did the asbestos found.
Staff are friendly and the service is excellent. Food and beers are the JDW norm; the ambience is the prime feature, as well as the very high fitting out standards - evidenced, for instance, by the toilets which are probably the best (and cleanest) in Kent!
So pleased are JDW with their creation that they now seek another unit in the town.
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Plums half a pound, who wants them?
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The Peter Cushing has to rate as one of Whetherspoon's most lavish and opulent hostelries.
However what it gains in size it lacks in atmosphere. The lovely retro art Deco fittings can't disguise the fact that a visit to this place is like eating and drinking in a barn, the contabulation of noise rising and growing like so much vapour off an alfresco cup of coffee on a cold day.
For a Whetherspoons establishment the number of ales on offer seems small (five or six on my visit). Even the Mechanical Elephant in Margate offers a greater choice than that!
Also, on both of my visits I've been served by younger staff who have been on the surly side. There's no need for it.
As for the name....I'm a great admirer of Peter Cushing's work, but to name this pub after him shows such a lack of judgement on Whetherspoon's part that it beggars belief.
It should have been the Oxford, and almost everyone I speak to agrees.
On a positive note, it's good to see that the opening of the PC doesn't seem to have affected any of the town's other, smaller pubs.
Another positive...it's not a Sheps boozers.
Happy now mandraker, tempest?
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Still, it's good not to take yourself too seriously Mandraker, no?
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Three comments from Lad, in about a week, about the Peter Cushing: He still fails to say anything about the place!
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As for the PC being 'whitstable's finest'.
Get a life mate!
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Harsh words tempest.
At the end of the day I'm just a boy from the wrong side of the tracks who has made a successful career for myself in the tough, dog-eat-dog world of soft furnishing. I also happen to love me ale!
Is that so wrong?
I think my comment was valid, in relation to tomo252's earlie post.
Any more of your old nonsense and I'll tell me mum.
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Lad talking rubbish again - posting on a pub's page without mentioning it! The PC is Whitstable's newest and finest.
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tomo252,
You're quite right old chap, there are far too many Sheps pubs in Whitstable, foisting their bland ale on us all.
But there are alternatives. Next time you're in Town try the Ship Centurion. They always have four ales on tap, including a mild. Adnams and London Pride are regulars in addition to a great range of guest ales.
Parsons, by the Horsebridge, is very poncey, but they do sometimes sell Gadd's and also have a decent range of bottled ale.
I am also paricularly fond of Madame Fifi's all-night kebab and knocking shop. In addition to being an excellent brothel, complete with easy to follow instructions, they stock warm cans of Long Life, Double Diamond and Worthington E.
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Had a great visit, really good selection of real ale from around the country unlike most of the other pubs in Whitstable who only stock Shephard Neame!! The burger i ordered was HUGE and great value, service was above average for weatherspoon pubs, definitly worth a visit.
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Went against my personal rule of never to go into one of these 'spoons' places and was suprised by how ok it was seemed. However after sampling the hospitality and the food I was again reminded of 'there is a reason why its cheap!" Ergh, rather pay the �2 extra and have something decent!
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White stuff? I never touch milk!
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who cares paul - and that lad is on the white stuff again?
the fact is this is an exceptional spoon in a prime spot - and named after a famous gentleman who lived nearby
standards are normal - but the decor/fitting out are above the JDW average
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Sorry, a slip of the finger. I mean't to say 2011 of course.
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Have to correct you Paul. The Peter Cushing opened earlier this year, August if my memory serves me right.
I visited soon after it opened with Lord Tonto McGee of Barnsley, my new probation officer.
Once we had both taken in the opulance of our surroundings (one lighting fixture actually made me come!) we settled down to eat.
I started with the broiled John Dory in an Iron Bru jus and had the shallow fried grouse in a Castrol GTX sauce to follow.
Tonto had the fillet of splayed Eagle on a bed of mushy peas before moving on to the roast camel liver, served with a pickled egg on the side.
To drink we shared four bottles of Lambrini, rounding off the evening with a couple of pints of Su Pollard IPA.
I will definitely be complaining.....
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. . . and I'm surprised that The Ladhimelf has not yet reviewed it !
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I know Wetherspoon pubs are not everybody's cup of tea but you cannot dispute the fact that the refurbished old buildings are often quite exceptional. And this one is stunning and one of the best I've been to. A converted cinema tastefully decorated in an art decor style, in black, grey and white. Three large octagonal lamps hang from the ceiling. The real ales are the usual Wetherspoons selection and there's a nice subdued atmosphere in the place, no canned music or damned fruit machines. Opened in August 2010, I'm surprised this pub has only just added to BITE.
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