James Young, Bathgateback to pub details please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Everything cleared out of the premises. Does not look like is will reopen after lockdown.
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Now trading as 'The Foundry'.
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Closed as a "Spoons" about three years ago or so.
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I have never in my life,see or been in a pub with such a dismal shower of people,there is a crowd of over weight chancers,or prancers,in the corner,too whom they call the bangourians,what ever that means,(it's maybe a new job club in the making)there is a bald gentleman who drinks spirits out a wobbley glass continuously,or was it his legs that day?? A ruff neck looking character who carrys a ruck sack,goes by the name the razor,so god only knows whats in it,a little man,who gets money from different sources at the table to gain drink,and has not been seen to spend a pound,among the others who buy only their own selves drink,a rite shower of miserable so and so's,how the pub makes money with this kind of clientele i haven't a clue,the bar staff are good,but should be paid the Queens ransom as a wage,to put up with that baying mob on a regular basis,i wouldnt take my dog to an establishment like that,never mind my wife and kids,ridhot rating 1 out of 10..and thats being kind!!!
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Very busy place and the "Bangour tables" getting louder all the time. It must be a meeting point for alcoholics as I've never seen anyone with a soft drink! There appears to be a new addition to this place, a guy who laughs all the time. Methinks his previous job was in that wee glass container as you enter the Pleasure Beach in Blackpool. Good happy place now and the food certainly has improved.
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Returned again to this "end of eternity, as we know it!). Never the same glass twice, good service though, eventually! Bar staff brilliant, crisps still poor and the Old Bangour tables "bursting at the seams" and I mean trousers!!
New additions as to previously mentioned:
Jumbo Joe, Davy Pudding, Benny the Pointer, not painter, Graeme with the shiny teeth??, Chris Bacon puss and Big Jock Knew, to mention a few!
Gives one something to learn and avoid for the future, God save the Children in this hovel!
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Returned again to this hovel and was amazed to see a lady?? called Karen apparently, getting plied with wine as fatter Frank(enstein) was chatting her up, amongst others! The only place for people like these should be confined to a brothel as there are woman & kids around them, however, the bar staff leave a lot to be desired as they allow this to go on. I thought begging was illegal (bar staff don't understand by all appearances) untiI I saw a ragamuffin by the name of Flanagan praying for a free pint from the fat table. Appears that this wee freeloading pensioner has no shame and doesn't realise what he is doing IS illegal. As far as the lack of service is concerned, I'm amazed that the tills are kept busy and the duty female managers rear ends are getting bigger. Good packet of crisps though! This is the place to come if you like dodgy dealings, gambling, poor service, rubbish beer, and constant utterings of nonsense all day long and the odd intelligent conversation regarding the "motherboard" whatever that may be??
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Returned to this den of iniquity 2 days ago and surprisingly the crisps were great. Same old faces, same terrible service and you never get a similar type glass twice for a particular beer. I also noticed what I would call the "looney" table, is getting more characters?? to it. You have 20 ton Tam, 2 ton Tommy, Fatter Frank, Jolly Jaykie, Freeloading Flanagan, Travelling John, Orange John, Retired John, Jolly Jock, The mad dentist and Alistair talk a lot, just to mention a few!
As far as the bar staff are concerned, that wee fat arsed girl, Sharon I think, is such a happy chappy and has a voice that that could break glasses. Surprised it's not happened already! Must be the only place where people who are banned from elsewhere can be served (eventually) good thing though, one will never get drunk in this place due to undertaker service.
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this will be the first wetherspoons I've heard of shutting down it had no lager left on Friday and it shut at 10.00 pm on the wedensday , it been empty for the last 6 months and I am not surprised with sour faced bar maid called Sharon working there !
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First time back since Spring and the same old cardboard cut outs are still wasting their lives away in this run down establishment. Some are even getting fatter and certainly not fitter. Hard to believe they can still get belts to fit around their waists!
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I returned to this place last week and thought I was in a gambling casino. There is a card school and money freely changes hand and the staff don't say a word to the perpetrators. I have even seen individuals eating their own sandwiches and another plumpish type guy pouring his own drink from a bottle which is kept in his bag.
How the devil do they get away with it? Have they no morals? No point complaining to staff as they can hardly serve you as it stands.
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Forgot to mention in previous comments that there is a table which is always full to over capacity and the noise which comes from it is ridiculous and the staff do nothing about it. There are a couple of plumpish type guys always there who look like cardboard cut outs until it is time for more guzzle. Not a place for kids with those sort of people about.
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Definitely the worst service ANYWHERE. At prime times staff are on their break. Have they never thought of "queue busting"? Only one person most of the time serving and on occasions, including meals to table.
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I have left my old review from 2006 to show I am not working for for the pub .
The new manager has completely changed it the best pub in bathgate ,
my only complaint is is there should be a separate area for ordering food,you can be waiting 10 minutes when someone orders 4 meals and coffees and all you want is one pint.
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Totally agree about the diabolical service. If the pub is busy, which it tends to be on weekends, be prepared for a frustrating wait at the bar.
Apart from that it does have things going for it, cheap prices, nice surroundings. But the service does tend to put you off.
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Service defies description. Takes Wetherspoons's already terrible reputation to new depths. Rude staff, poor food, bad beer, being cheap as chips does not excuse any of this. DO avoid!
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One of the worst Wetherspoons ever. One visit last year. NEVER be back.
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the service is the worst I've seen in any pub and the management don't seen to think it their job , I drink in it myself but only because it cheap
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what used to be a good place to go and still is service not always the best but the beer is
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