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Went here for a meal with the family while visiting York. Service was not wonderful when placing a drinks order, the chap seemed to repeatedly mis-hear what I was asking for and seemed frustrated as if it was my fault. By comparison when I went back to the bar to order food, a different chap served me and he was great.
In terms of the ale, I had a pint Magnum at 3.8% priced £2.35. No complaints, a nice pint. Plenty of other ales to choose from too.
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Large Spoons; posh, young audience. This could be a Lloyds No1 Bar. But yet another 'coming soon' jdw. Staff said 20 minutes wait for food, came after 5 mins: no complaints here...
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Okay Spoons, lacks atmosphere and is a bit out of town. Pretty much always busy, but in a good way, although it frequently takes an age to get served. As with many Spoons, the cask ale quality is a bit hit and miss, although the range of local microbreweries (and the price �1.99) is good. 6/10
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Ok Spoons, although unusually we had to take a beer back (and wait the usual near-eternity at the bar a second time).
alexw - 27 Aug 2011 13:40 |
A modern type of Spoons pub, a great place to have a drink on the rear patio area, next to the river Foss, swans, ducks and water voles if you are lucky! Three areas inside the pub, and a large bar. There are usually quite a few real ales on, and pretty good. Service is ok and the staff are helpful. Can get busy on weekends with hen and stag nights, but well worth a visit, a Travelodge adjoins it, so it is well placed for anyone visiting York
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For wetherspoons this is one of the better ones it also does great food and is very ideal for breakfast if you are staying next door.
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Surprisingly quiet for a wetherspoons. Next door to the travelodge, handy for breakfast for anyone staying there.
A purple theme. Purple walls, carpets and alcoves.
Mock leather chairs, sweeping curves. Almost art deco with a hint of 80s departure lounge.
My beer was warm (unheard of for wetherspoons). Hardly worth the 5 minuite walk from the centre except for the cheap dinners, we know the menu off by heart.
4.
anonymous - 15 Oct 2009 11:19 |
Good selection of Cask ales. Good food and freindly staff
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Different to your average 'Spoons in two ways:
1) Superb Foss-side view
2) It's actually LIT
Otherwise find any other review of any other said chain's establishment anywhere else in the country and it will apply here
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As Wetherspoons go, this isn't a bad one. It doesn't have a great deal of character, but it does have a decent location/view next to the river Foss with plenty of ducks/swans etc around. Has a better selection of guest ales than many Wetherspoons, always a well kept pint and usually easy to get served. Had breakfast here once whilst staying at the Novotel (who wanted �14.95 for breakfast). Got served easily at about 10, but as we were leaving they were actually queuing through the bar for the one till that could take breakfast orders. It's not bad for a first/last one whilst staying in this part of York.
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This pub is a good stopping off place either going in or coming out of the town if you are staying in the Fishergate area of York.
Usual JD's offerings of cheap food and beer or wine.
Good assortment of traditional tables, High tables and Low tables with comfy chairs.
Ten ale pumps although some duplicate ales on. Can get busy early evening when people are eating before heading out into town.
Always planty of bar staff on hand so not a long wait for a drink.
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Late review from November visit when their festival was on. Better choice here, but mainly the foreign ales from cask. Westgate Bonkers Conkers that is really another Greene King available. Different style but looked very sterile.
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Located slightly off the tourist route this is one of the strangest drinking venues I have ever been in. It is more like an airport lounge than a pub! Sterile, full of chrome & echoey. Very large with plenty of places to sit. No real issues as it is typical Wetherspoons. I had a pint of Raucous Reindeer from Oakham Brewery.
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Modern Wetherspoons underneath the Travelodge. Nicely decorated - sort of 30's style - and plenty of room. The back of the bar looks out onto the tables on the terrace and overlooks the river. A nice setting and near the city walls so you can hop up and have a walk round in the sky after a few pints.
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Large Modern Spoons ,Quick Service , Great tasting ale @ only �1.79 pint, ajoining a travelodge so very handy 4 an affordable night away, 8/10
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All the usual drinks promotions and the same menu as in all other Wetherspoons branches in the UK. This one was built in 2003 and so is no where near as architecturally pleasing as some of the others. A pretty sterile and unremarkable experience, a handy stop off on the way in / out of town from Heslington Road / Fulford. Not one to make a special journey for by any means.
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Had the Abbott whish was fairly bland -but my companions food was served sharpish...lots of people calling in for food -so can't be too bad!
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Doesn't consistenetly run out of beer unlike the Punchbowl, does generally do food pretty quickly, not much to complain about. I quite like the place.
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Numerous visits here in Feb, service was mixed to say the least, all the real ales I tried were fine. Toilets were whiffy as you opened the door and whilst you don't expect a perfume counter smell in the gents, there's some room for improvement.
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im sure wetherspoons could do better than this not too busy but still had to wait ages. not enough bar staff
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NEVER, EVER has more than 2 bar staff on who have 2 working speeds, slow and taking a break. Rubbish. J D Weatherspoon, you should be ashamed of yourself.
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This is the worst Weatherspoons that I have been in. Food quality was poor at best. After being served, the food was found to be lukewarm and more greasy than usual for a plate of fish and chips. Of the 5 real ale pulls available, only 2 were functional for 2 days thereby leaving us to drink the somewhat questionable guest ale, Footslogger. I am normally a fan of the Wetherspoon pub, but this one does not live up to expectations. This is puzzling since York thrives on tourism and since this pub is at the bottom of a Travelodge, you would think that these guys would uphold a better quality all the way around (e.g., The Palladium in Llandudno). So, to quote SMW above, I rate this a 2 for having drinkable beer. I would, however, advise you to go across the street to the Red Lion for a better experience.
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One of the Whetherspoon's pub chain, so it is quite predictable. There is a pretty good choice of ales, usually well kept and the usual choice of mainstream lagers and bottles. The food is pretty poor, mostly reheated, and un-impressive, but cheap (you get what you pay for). Inside it is large, and modern in a pretty bland way, with little atmosphere. It is often busy on an evening, particularly weekends, (not entirely sure why), so queuing at the bar is possible. All in all, fairly unimpressive.
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Reasonable at the best of times.
I know i should expect it to be a bit shoddy being such a large chain pub but my last visit there will be my last.
The service was very slow, the beef burger was under cooked, then the next one, cooked but very greasy, then the fire alarm went off and by the time we were allowed back in it was cold.
The manager had told his staff they were "not doin refunds" but we did manage to get our money back.
All in all, a very unpleasent experience
rated 2 for heving drinkable beer.
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It's a relatively newly built Wetherspoons, part of the Travelodge Hotel building on Piccadilly. Of the 'modern' variety of Wetherspoons (ie more chrome furnishings and no book cases) but seems to work quite well. Prefer the other Wetherspoons - The Punchbowl at Micklegate.
Paul - 7 Jul 2004 10:39 |
