Exchange, Banbury

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Visited this pub on 5 occasions to see the difference staff etc make Breakfast lovely and reasonable price filled me up and I am a big lad quiet during the week but then most places are was quite busy Friday & Saturday but then it is a feeder for the nightclub next door ( see listing ) Staff friendly though some what slow drinks good price and enjoyable no loud music but punters sometimes rowdy toilets clean but small in summary good feeder so added to my crawl
shrekman - 12 May 2011 10:49
Reasonsble beer, but ghastly clientelle.
BinBagBob - 24 May 2009 13:52
Went in the other day for the first time in ages and walked straight out again, flilthy, glasses everywhere and full of idiots and drunks. This place is everything that is wrong with JDW.
wellinformed - 17 May 2009 17:26
if you want to get into this place you must first fight your way through the smokers stood on the steps and around the door....a disappointing Weatherspoons outlet full of the towns winos and because of the adjoining nightclub is the last stop for the clubbing set
lilscse - 26 Apr 2009 16:55
The only word for this plastic pub is shabby, shabby interior, customers,shabby poorly trained staff and unless you have a couple of hours to spare forget about food. And why pretend to have a huge range of ales when invariably there are only one or two actually on
wellinformed - 14 Apr 2008 03:28
This has got to be the worst Wetherspoons pub on the planet! If they've got cask beer it probably isn't in very good nick. Did you know that they sell it so cheap because they buy stock that is about to go out of date? You can tell! Because it opens so early in the morning (9.00ish), it is soon full of .... well you know .... those kind of people!
Informe - 12 Dec 2007 10:50
Slow service. If you are in a group you will be lucky if you all get your meals at the same time. Cheap beer isnt everything.
lampgb - 18 Jul 2007 08:26
Typical Wetherspoon's. Very cheap beer and quite tidy (almost sterile), no music (a good thing for some). Attracts the power drinkers but surprisingly little trouble. (one of the few pubs with a high evening turnover that does not have doormen, asks the question do we really need doormen or are they more of an invitation for trouble?)
Good priced food but often runs out of dishes and very slow service at the bar (exrememly frustrating). If you need the toilet... wait until your next pub.

Food: Good price, good quality.
Decor: Tidy & clean (but a bit sterile)
Toilets: Disgusting & extermely smelly
Service: Very slow, the odd smile would be nice
The_Whole_Truth - 8 May 2007 20:22
A typical Wetherspoons, but there were staff serving so there was not too much of a wait. They did have guest beers on over their usual range and it was in good condition.
gillhalfpint - 29 Mar 2007 12:48
recently refurbished moved the smoking area to the rear of the large open plan room.....slow service...supplies of real ales hit and miss as they run out quickly...food menu revamped..plenty of choice....
lilscse - 15 May 2006 08:54
Big converted Post Office, a large barn of a place. Typical Wetherspoons but with really, and I mean really, bad toilets. Its difficult to actually get served most of the time, but it is one place in Banbury to get the odd guest beer. The Real Ale is variable, mostly served too cold. Having said all this it would be on any Banbury crawl so it does have obvious benefits too.
imdownthepub - 17 Feb 2006 18:01
Okay for an after work pint, but big and soul-less. Too smokey, no music, zero atmosphere but hey, cheap beer! Yep - typcial big chain pub. Gary 06 is right that it needs tarting up majorly.
paul69 - 12 Nov 2005 17:27
el-capitano is spot on about Friday and Saturday night
but then what else would you expect from a place that supply's beer at working mens club prices. No matter what time you go into the place it has it's hard core professional drinkers section if you know what I mean.
The food is good value for money though but the whole place is well over due a makeover.
Gary06 - 11 Aug 2005 14:41
A Wetherspoons like any other Wetherspoons. Tends to be understaffed so you may end up waiting for your food. Don't go on Friday or Saturday evenings as the place turns into chav heaven at that point.
el_capitano - 19 Feb 2005 14:31

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