Angel Vaults Inn, Hitchinback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Very busy Identikit JDW, with a bar at the far end of a rambling building that takes a bit of finding.
No need to describe, you could be anywhere in the land.
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Not one of the largest 'Spoons so gets very busy. Finding a vacant table is quite a challenge.
It is well lit inside which makes a nice change.
The bar (down five or six steps) had a good range of ale - with none of the 'available soon' tags.
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Very, very, very, very (very) busy pub! Good Wetherspoons conversion of old buildings with standard fayre and ever changing mix of relatively well kept ales. Disappointment is that most of the fresh faced bar staff do not have the knowledge of real ales to help or advise customers, or even pull the correct pint! Very full lunchtimes, evenings and all weekends, you will struggle to get a table. Long queues at bar at these times. Detracts from the enjoyment of the place considerably.
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Hooray !
This pub has got itself a new manager
( as in a guy you see every day rather than once a week)
He seems to know what he is doing and the bar staff seemed to have perked out.
Fingers crossed.
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I was told that the only time the pub manager makes an appearance in the bar is to ban somebody ( e .g. Friday nights).
Perhaps the bar manager should make an appearance during lunchtimes when people are waiting to be served by the non-managed staff.
At least ( when finally served) the beer is ok.
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I only go in this pub at lunchtimes , when its a bit of a pensioners club , so its nice and quiet , and everybody is chatting to everybody else.
The beer is ok, as is the price, of course for a WSP, but the staff need sorting out.
Too many youngsters who need more training , so obviously this is management problem. The Manager needs to spend more time behind the bar rather than in the back room.
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Large, new Wetherspoons which was absolutely heaving on a Saturday night. Usual wide selection of real ales, but I wouldn't say this was a drinkers' pub. Lots of women of all ages dressed up with somewhere to go, with rather surly blokes in tow or eyeing up the opportunities.
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