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The Angel and Royal - now.
Run by Anber Taverns.
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Called for breakfast just after ten on Saturday morning. Breakfast fine and enjoyed with a nice pint of Acorn stout. The lad serving apologised twice for the wait for the food, which was no longer than 10 minutes. The only downside was that, despite all 10 handpumps having clips, several displayed the all-too-frequent "Coming Soon", and my first choice of Barnsley Bitter was simply not on despite the presence of the clip. Still, all in all a good start to the day.
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An attractive exterior leads into a standard Wetherspoons outlet although to be fair the beer was good the staff friendly and the breakfast a bargain at �3.10. We had Saltaire and Ossett beers which were fine. The TV's were on showing football focus but with no sound. Typical mix of JDW customers but no hassle and it was all OK
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Good looking pub from outside, and matters improve even more on entering. The pub is built on two levels, with a bar on each. The place really is very pleasing to the eye, whilst the normal good choice at the bar, found in most Wetherspoons pubs was available. I had a pint from the nearby Thorne brewery which was well kept. One of the best Wetherspoons pub I have been in. Give it a try.
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Decent enough pub and set up but far too many pumps not in action.
I had a steak which was up to scratch and the beer was most drinkable.
The young lass behind the counter was not the worst. If only I was 20 years younger!
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Agree with the previous reviews,this is my fave of the 3 spoons in Doncaster. It's very comfy and spacious and its nice sitting upstairs on the balcony seats. Have no idea why but all the guest ales were reduced to �1.25 pint when I popped in couple of weeks back and i couldnt complain as the pint of Saltaire was divine!! 8/10
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Agree its best of 3 spoons pubs in Donny. Ex Yates buiding so nice and airy - upstairs bar seating too. Great choice of real ale. Very busy on fri/sat nights.
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best of the 3 spoons pubs in the city centre & a good stopping off point if doing a pub crawl from the train station to the racecourse
anonymous - 29 Jun 2009 09:55 |
called recently for lunch. ex-Yates wine bar, not far from town centre.
outside, its a modern looking building, with some outdoor seating.
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Inside, an L-shaped interior, with open plan seating for about 150. Not a particularly large pub for JDW. There is also a balcony with alcove seating. There is a big screen TV over the central bar, along with other smaller plasma TVs elsewhere. I think this one of JDWs "Lloyds No1" bars, and so has a disco setup in one corner for the evenings. The saturday lunch crowd were reassuringly quiet well behaved.
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There were 10 cask ales on. The daytime bar staff were particularly "chilled out" and we were served at their leisure. The standard JDW menu was available. We were happy enougb with our choice.
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- verdict:
we liked it a bit more in here than the other JDW [gatehouse].
slow service but everything else ok.
a 7 from me.
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