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Had plenty of ales on - no dark ones - darkest was a Tawny coloured Otter Claus Xmas Ale @5% (tentative xmas ale name if ever I heard one) - it was nice enough. The service was impersonal though and the atmosphere in the place was a bit sad, esp. as it was xmas eve. Place looks tired and I did not knpow it was a JD until I got quite close to it - still, no problem with JD pubs but they always seem a bit sad...
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Weatherspoons Pub is OK, bit tired but typical chain pub dont expect personal service when you are paying these prices. Real ale not bad 5 taps on the go.
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poor service ! cold food !no politeness by staff !cold feeling place not welcoming
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found it ok had a local suffolk ale which was fine. sataurday mid afternoon a few but got served quickly.i would rather have this type of spoons because i am thinking its always been a pub rather than a conversion from a retail site
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Shoddy pub with plastic feel, poor beer....... Just poor. Went to the dove via the beerhouse both vastly superior pubs in my opinion
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Must have been in around the same time as Rod (late review). Slow service and usual selection of "interesting" patrons.
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Popped in to use some of my JDW vouchers whilst the beer festival was on... I was very disappointed.
Two staff on and four people waiting to be or being served yet it took over 10 minutes to get served as the staff appeared to be moving in slow motion. The person next to me was surprised it didn't stock Stone's Ginger Wine so both members of staff went it search of some (in vain) despite having other customers to serve.
Six handpumps but two of the beers were "Available Soon". One was Greede King, one was a Perry (which was rather good) and two proper beers - a bit disappointing for a beer festival. The beer list had considerably more beers advertised.
I'm not a fan of JDWs and this place has done nothing to change that fact but at least it did have some real ale.
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The pub is ok, service can be a bt slow. However I have vistied on a number of occasions and the the ruddles county has been consistanlty very good, fresh, clear, light with just a hint of sweetness. Delcious and �1.29 a pint.
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Popular with the unemployed, gambling addicts and alcohols. Come to think about it, suits Ipswich.
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Have to agree with other reviews. The cheap beer prices are fantastic- ordering a pint of Abbot and being asked for �1.89 is something which can only happen in a Wetherspoons. However it's also true that the pub is understaffed, you will wait at the bar to be served even if there are no other customers, and you'll wait 20 minutes or more for even the simplest food order- perhaps a deliberate national policy to ensure you order another round of drinks. The menu looks sumptuous and seems to promise a lot but somehow boils down to very little- the food is all of the out-of-a-freezer kind . Unsurpsingly the clientele are mainly people attracred by the cheap deals on drinks.
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Full of scummy weirdos and I waited 20 minutes to get a pint. Cheap though.
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One of the larger and better Wetherspoons, well that's at least what I found yesterday lunch time. The 'Wetherspoons International Real-Ale Festival' is currently on and I believe 12 hand pumps were available with beers from the festival. The pub seemed to be friendly which is unusual for Netherspoons. I wonder if the festival has brought a number of different people in to the pub at the moment. I was talking to a guy who was working through halves of the beer that was available from the festival programme. I was served quickly which is much better than the other Wetherspoons in town.
I know in the evening that this will be a much different story.
The pub is large and many tables and chairs are available for customers who are dining. It has a nicer area for dining than the other town Wetherspoons if that is what you are looking for.
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Awful service, lousy beer, cheap food. Sums up most Wetherspoons pubs and this is no exception. Poor
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A fairly typical Wethersppons offering, promises something,delivers little. Firmly on the chav circuit now,sovereign rings and curtain haircut optional.
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Good for cheap drinks, not much else. If your in town and have only �1.50 and want a pint, then its perfect. Can be a bit chavy. Good range of beers but often not kept well. 4/10
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Generally a very busy pub right in the centre of Ipswich, a good meeting place if you're heading out on the town or onto another bar. Whilst it does have its downsides (ie can be hard to get served occasionally or find a table at the weekends) the food is alright and the selection of lagers (although varying) is probably the best around with a wide World Beers collection. The price is great too with some beers scandalously low such as the "reassuringly expensive" Stella Artois at �1.19 a bottle.
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Usual Wetherspoons.Plenty of pump clips but no beer.
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It's a passable pub. Full of old people during the day and packed with a mixture of ages at night. Beer is very cheap and generally quite nasty. Food is alright. Service is not very good at all, be noisy if you want to get served.
willd - 20 May 2005 11:39 |
Busy pub with changing real ale interesting microbrews. Decent food. Service a bit slow though, staff seemed not to take much interest in what they were doing.
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Cheap beer and food.. What more do you want!
anonymous - 12 Oct 2004 19:17 |
