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I think might also be the best Wetherspoon's I've been in, and I've been in a lot! Lovely building and great range of beers. They had the Slater's on when I was there and it was fantastic. Excellent service too.
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Best spoons i have been in, decent building, clean with a good selection of ales. Had some food yesterday also which came out fast and was nice. Service was good for a sunday lunch
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Absolutely cavernous spoons which was converted from a bank hence it's name "The Standing Order"(Yes I know I am stating the obvious here)
Decent varied selection of ales on the day however not quite as much choice as The Babbington Arms which even though is a Spoons is still a beer drinkers Mecca.
All in all, worth a visit if you are in Derby even if it just for a swift one! ! !
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Impressive interior (an old bank). Got served fairly quickly and had a decent beer (Brewsters Decadence). All the usual Wetherspoons trimmings and the usual mix of customers. Worth a visit just to see the inside if nothing else.
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Good service and good choice of ales. Can get very crowded and usually the odd chavvies make this there settlement for a session. Can get noisy but a decent JDW.
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One of my favourite JDWs because of a) the usually efficient staff; b) the interesting clientele; and c) the general friendly atmosphere in spite of the hugeness of the place.
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Service average. Had five bad pints in a row here! Fool me once etc. Never coming here again!
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Fantastic wetherspoons, beautiful building and very big! Great place to drink any time of day and always busy with a good JDW atmosphere
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another satisfactory visit to here for lunch during a city break.
good ales, food, & service.
beautiful building!
verdict:
a 9 again from me.
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As stated below good building. Staff know the locals. Good range of ales on. Were there Thursday t time so a good few in but not overly busy.
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Lovely old bank converted to a pub. Spectacular ceiling albeit somewhat nicotine stained.
Service is generally poor. The bar area is too small to service such a large pub. Staff seem to be students with little idea of who is next in the queue.
A bit like drinking in an aircraft hangar.
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good old wetherspoons, cheap drinks, good food great stuff - 8
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Beer not as good as the Babington though the service is a lot better. It's one of those must see pubs though, as the building is a bit of a tourist attraction in it's own right (and Derby doesn't have too many).
anonymous - 9 Jul 2009 18:26 |
Beer not as good as the Babington though the service is a lot better. It's one of those must see pubs though, as the building is a bit of a tourist attraction in it's own right (and Derby doesn't have too many).
anonymous - 9 Jul 2009 18:26 |
One of the better 'Spoons pubs you will go into. Very big old banking hall.
Has ok pub food and has occasionally some very good guest ales.
Be warned, although it is quite cheap, it gets extremely busy at weekends.
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A disappointing choice of ales but the large mixed grill was to die for. Excellent value for money and served in good time. The interior of this building is certainly impressive.
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Some confusion going on here I think. The pub voted the No 1 Wetherspoons is the Babington Arms a couple of hundred yards away from this one.
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Please don't think of this as your average Spoons. The interior is very impressive and the huge range of beers are perfectly kept. In fact I recently read that this was the number one Wetherspoons in the country as far as real ale is concerned. If you visit on a Friday or Saturday night however, don't expect to be served straight away as it gets VERY busy.
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Popped in here for something to line the stomach before a mini-crawl of Derby. It was Curry Night. The place was busy but not so that you couldn't get a seat. Service at the bar was quite slow and when I handed back a sticky glass and asked for a clean one the barmaid slammed it down as if she'd had a bad shift, and it was only about 7pm. Not good. Still, despite being ping-cuisine, the curry was passable and set me up for the evening. I didn't have any ales as I was saving room for the afore-mentioned crawl but there seemed to be a good selection on the bar.Wonderful old banking hall in which to drink sort of made up for the poor service.
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jdw site comment:
"This Wetherspoon pub was built as the Crompton & Evans Union Bank, later the City branch of the NatWest which closed in 1993 and is, appropriately, now called The Standing Order. "
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There are two JDWs in Derby, and I this is the smarter one in my opinion. A town centre pub. A converted bank building with a large stone front with small outdoor seating area.
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Inside, the entrance area has some seating, and leads into the impressive main room. This is a large, high-ceilinged area, with skylights, ornate decor and numerous portaits hanging high above. The centrally positioned bar is surrounded by open tabled seating, with some alcoved seating round the sides. These are lined with old books.
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It was an early friday afternoon. The place was buzzing with custom. All ages.
Despite this, the bar and food service was still surprisingly fast. I think there were about 8 cask ales on. We went for the fish & chips, and abbot ale. Both were very acceptable.
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verdict:
I tend to score on building character, ales, food, service & price, and I was tempted to give a 10 here. On reflection though, I think the beer range could have been wider here, given the volume of custom.
so a 9 from me.
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Impressive ex Bank building with an island bar. Fairly typical Wetherspoons conversion of a bank building, very similar to the Bankers Draft in Sheffield. Loads of handpumps, all with pump clips on them, almost all showing the same 3 - 4 beers. Does have a couple of guest beers on, but you have to walk all the way round the bar to find out what they are. Whilst you're finding out what beer is on, it would also be a good idea to find out where there is someone serving and stand there. I've been in this pub loads of times and have left more often than not due to problems getting served. I sometimes think it would be quicker to walk to the Babington a couple of hundred yards away, buy a pint and bring it back here!
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Probably the most beautiful pub in Derby with great drinks offers. The food however has been degraded from well-prepared and plentiful pub food in the late 90s/early noughties to loveless, standardised & microwaved fare. The portions have shrunk to half not even filling up a light-weight like me. The food is edible, but don't expect any fireworks.
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If you want to wait 15 minutes for a pint... This is the pub for you !
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a very nice pub which is cheap and offers a selection of drinks. food in general isn't too bad. had some batter on fish which seemed to have a curious end to it and the mice infestation in the pub which it has had for at least a year does not do anything to make the pub wosre, it is a very clean pub just as with age the occasional mouse in the seating areas which adds entertainment value.
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Comfortably the best large pub in Derby, The Standing Order is about as good as Wetherspoons pubs get. Top quality service, brilliant interior and a wide selection of decent beers on properly cleaned taps. Highly recommended.
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I much prefer the Standing Order to the other Wetherspoon�s pub in the city (the rather claustrophobic Babington Arms). What the Babington lacks in height and light is more than made up for by the Standing Order, which actually has even more hand pumps (24) than the Babington. Sadly, only 3 or 4 of these seem to dispense guest beers � the remainder are for the Wetherspoon�s regulars, Abbott, Pedigree, Directors etc., etc., but I�ve no complaints about the quality of the beer, the staff, or the service. Although Wetherspoons isn�t everyone�s favourite pub chain, they do deserve a lot of credit for taking over redundant inner city properties and giving them a new lease of life. The Standing Order is an excellent example. It is a magnificent Grade II* listed building, formerly a bank, which dates back to 1876.
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Really nice place, brilliant bar staff, one of them, said his name was paul, best barman who has ever served me, ill be going back
anonymous - 13 Nov 2006 20:26 |
Ditto the last review really, we waited an hour for curry on curry night, were told the "chef" hadn't defrosted enough! And thene ventually my friend was told there were none left!
The vaulted ceiling gives it a nice atmosphere tho, and it's not a bad place to start the night with a few ales.
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The beer is OK, but food service is poor. The first time we went there my wife's meal arrived uncooked in the middle; the second time our orders still hadn't come after an hour so we got a refund and went elsewhere. Needless to say we won't be going again.
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Been to this a couple of times when visiting Derby, and it's a typical Wetherspoons, with a rather boring standard range of cask ales available, there may be a guest ale of note,Springheads Roaring Meg on my last visit, which was top quality, very good stuff. Food is standard Wetherspoons fare.Another Wetherspoons in Derby, The Babington Arms, has ( or had on our visit on the same day)a wider, more diverse range of cask beers, but as food wasn't available there that day(some disaster had happened in the kitchen!) we went to the Standing Order instead. Will no doubt visit both again soon...will review both again.
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Your standard wetherspoons fare in an old bank, nice setting. I'm not sure about the "Great place to pull" comment though, it's a good starting point to meet people, huge bar so service isn't normally a problem.
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Great place to pull.
anonymous - 19 Oct 2005 12:39 |
The place to start a session in Derby, good cheap beer, not too smoky and loads of space to find your mates. Gets very busy after 8.30 at weekends
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It's a good pub, although being Weatherspoons no music.
LOL at the previous comment from anonymous above...the ceiling is more like 20 METRES high mate!!
anonymous - 24 Apr 2004 19:53 |
Formally a NatWest bank, inside is exceptionally roomy, the ceiling is at least 20 feet high and decorated like the Sistine Chapel!
The bar is a long rectangle in the middle of the room and its a big room - easily 20metre by 20metre.
It has disabled access and huge toilet facilites.
There are also loads of cubicles on the sides.
The lighting in the pub makes it very light and airy which is great as you don't get that smokey pub feeling.
Only problem is, its a popular pub and the bar can get 6 deep very quickly.
Highly recommended.
anonymous - 23 Nov 2003 01:59 |
