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A spacious but has a rather formulaic Wetherspoons with all the usual characteristics however I can only underline pretty much everything that has been mentioned before (and I am usually the first person to defend Wetherspoons). The bar smelt like the world spewing championships had been held there during the afternoon, trying to find a table not piled up with dirty dishes was nigh on impossible, only 1 guest beer (which wasn’t up to the usual high Wetherspoons quality) and a generally down market crowd made this one of the most unappealing Wetherspoons I have encountered. I thought I may have just called on an off day but having read the previous postings, it is clear that the problems are an intrinsic part of the pub and not a good advert for the management. This is one of the worst examples of a Wetherspoons and the sort of place that gives the chain a bad name.
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The SHIT HOLE of slutton!
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As I have said before this pub is pretty grim. However why didn't your wife post her comments rather than reading it second hand??
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MY MISSUS WENT THERE THE OTHER NIGHT AND HEARD ONE OF THE BAR STAFF BEING VERY RACIST,SHE SAID THE FOOD WAS CRAP AND LAGER WAS CRAP,NOT A NICE PLACE AT ALL
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Old school sutton, that was hilarious lol!
I once went in this gaf, it was like worse than chav, it was pikey but a poorer version!
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enter this dickensian grog-house at 10am on any given morning and witness the debauchery,the despair,the hustlers,the whores,the never-weres and the never will-be"s,the sheer awful lonely desolation of knowing that this is the last god forsaken stop on a journey to oblivion and wonder no more why this once great,proud and truely mighty country is now no more than a rancid pimple on the worlds arse. i loved it
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this is the worse spoon i have been in and i have been in a few,waited 10 mins for drink,staff dont look to see who is next just serve whoever is nearest tables are never cleaned ,will not be going back
cbc88 - 15 Jul 2008 22:01 |
reminds me a bit of Star Wars...."You'll not find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy",,,,,been in the moon before then eh?
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excellent is you want to shag 16 year old chavvy birds and love a dose of HIV
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Not sure what's happened to this place. It's such a struggle to get served, never enough bar staff, long wait for food, and is generally grotty within as is much of its clientele. Probably they don't make any effort as the punters will come through as it's in Sutton and serves (after a bit of a wait) el cheapo beer. Don't go in unless you really don't care about the atmosphere and just want to get drunk cheaply.
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No longer serve Ray and Nephews on its own. Gay or what.
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The pros were good also but I did have to haggle.
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Pros: Cheap, good range, OK place to meet young and old drunkards of Sutton, booths.
Cons: Utterly filthy, chavified, glasses never never ever get collected, not enough seats.
Stop taking the piss Mr. Wetherspoon!
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Visited this pub two days running:-
1. Sunday 2 September between 1445 and 1730. Fairly quick service both food and drink, obviously helped by the Irish manageress being on duty. Only 2 guest ales on but after about an hour a third one was available. It's not too bad as Wetherspoons pubs go particularly at this time of the day. It's on the gloomy side and could do with a proper refurbishment.
2. Monday 3 September between 1545 and 1800. My god what a difference a day makes. At this time of the day all the tables on the top floor were covered with dirty plates, glasses and the normal detritus from a busy lunch-time. It took one member of staff nearly an hour to clear this area even then the tables were not wiped down. When I was using the gents, the duty manager rushed in, looked in both toilets, switched on both hand dryers and rushed out all in the space of 10 seconds!!
There was only one guest ale on and another appeared just before we left. The excuse given was that the lines had broken!! The Irish manageress was not there so presumably it was her day off. It showed as the staff were quite hopeless and to some extent on the defence.
Quite honestly I don't think I will be going back there in a rush and I know my wife will most certainly not.
I am coming to the opinion that the Wetherspoons empire is in freefall and that the original ideas of Tim Martin have been dispensed with. I don't know what his current role is, although he still puts his name to their house magazine and he is shown as chairman. I understand that he still carries out visits to pubs, but quite honestly what do they achieve. I say this bearing in mind some awful pubs that make up this chain.
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Like most Spoons no redeeming features other than some interesting ales. Had to wait 25 minutes for lunch (and we only ordered a baguette). Other than that drab, random and frequented by the great unwashed, a bit like the rest of Sutton really.
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I deeply enjoy going to pubs and believe you get what you pay for.
If money was that tight, I would favour a can of Special Brew in the park over this place!
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I want the guiness book of records to get down here and confirm my suspicions that one of the regulars holds the record for making a pint last the longest. Admitedly it doesn't make much difference how long you leave it as the lager is utter s**t. If you gave me a choice between letting a jehovah's witness into my home and having a pint in here I'd choose the Jehovah's witness. Actually that's a lie I'd take the Jehovah's witness down here in the hope that the cleaning fluid lager killed them and the place got shut down. How's that for two for the price of one.
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Escaped from All bar One opposite, had a bitter, lovely pint and much cheaper than opposite. Thanks.
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A most unpleasant bar to drink at because they leave the doors open & the wind whistles through. Beer range varies, but always tastes OK. Downstairs lobby - smoky haze. Upstairs lobby, pleasant but a little dark at times.
A great pub for dirty old men to stare at young girls wearing next to nothing.
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The fortunes of this pub perfectly mirror those of Sutton itself. Ten years ago it was a pleasant enough place now it's just a cr*phole that's been overrun by morons.
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Costant smell of puke put's me off this place
Chaverpoons of Sutton
anonymous - 25 Sep 2006 13:36 |
I visit this pub about 2 times per month whilst in Sutton shopping. The up-stairs non-smoking area is a bit like a works canteen expecially at lunch time. Always a good selection of real ale. I tend not to hang about, have at the most 2 pints, as it's not a very prepossessing pub.
anonymous - 20 Sep 2006 19:15 |
Chavorama.
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First of all, it's a Wetherspoons. You have to take the rough with the smooth in most of their pubs... sure, you might have to share bar space with a group of teenagers drinking their alcopops and bottled fizz, or a gang of pensioners dithering for ages before buying a sweet sherry, but that's because Wetherspoons buy and sell in bulk in order to pass on the savings to us all. They also have a fantastic company attitude to real ale, selling beers from lots of local breweries and microbreweries and sponsoring the "Bar Nouveau" at the Great British Beer Festival. A this particular branch, they take requests for future guest beers and will give you a free sample of anything you want to try.
That's the general picture, but looking more closely... the Moon on the Hill has seen better days. The carpets are sticky and stained, and the furniture all smells appalling. As far as I'm aware, it's only had one refit since it opened (1994?) and this really shows. The staff varies, because they're mostly (it seems) students... that's fine, I don't expect to know the staff by name in a large city centre chain pub, but Wetherspoons really need to be more selective. The good ones are great, but the bad ones are barely functioning lifeforms.
Overall... there's a lot to recommend (as long as you don't go after 9pm any night of the week, when it's like a disorderly creche) but the management could do *so* much more with this space. It's a sad example of neglect.
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Went there Sunday lunchtime, a couple of OK beers on, although most people were drinking lager. The toilets are disgusting, with one of the two soap dispensers missing (nicked?), and the whole placed reeked of pish. But of course, being Wetherspoons, some spotty oik with the manners of an amoeba has proudly marked that they had inspected them each hour. Tim Martin, sort this out.
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Beer OK, always at least one or two interesting ones. Friday & Saturday nights, packed with the younger element getting wasted on cheap lager & alcopops. Downstairs room gets very smoky & rarely cleaned properly. Main bar area is horrible when the penguins on the door insist on opening the main doors to the elements.
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pub is typical wetherspoon,it stinks of sick,manager is a prick and you w8 and w8 2 b served,only go there coz they do sum good real ales,really needs improving
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this pub stinks of sick,the manager is ver rude and looks as thou he would be more at home in a MCDONALDS restaurant,most of the bar staff are very slow,beer is cheap but not great,stick tp bottle beer
pj
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Beer's normally good (ish) when it's on, lots frequently off.
Staff range from unhelpful to incompetent.
Lunchtime it's not too bad, and the price is good.
I'm told the food is fair to good.
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Quite possibly the worst pub I've ever been to. Went there on a Sunday evening with my boyfriend and his friends. It had no atmosphere, was dirty, smelled of sick and the police were outside arresting some of the local chavs. The majority of the customers looked like they'd be getting up for school the next morning. Needless to say, we only stayed for one drink.
anonymous - 2 Nov 2005 08:45 |
Okay in the day time. Full of tossers in the evening.
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Chav central - enough said
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If you.....like waiting 20 minutes to be served, like watery beer that is getting towards the end of it's shelf life, like having people around you litterally falling over drunk, like the smell of sick in the bar area or think that the cheaper the booze, the better the place must be......... Then this is the pub for you (and you are welcome to it)
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What a horrible place. Wetherspoons are such a victim of their own success. Good,clean , friendly places where everyone was welcome and the beer was cheap, they have now just become magnets for burberry-clad alcopop-guzzling tweenines and old drunks. If you are down on your luck and want a few cheapies before heading on, maybe, but wouldn't advise it.
MATTHEW - 23 Sep 2004 17:15 |
Last time I was there, someone was sick just inside the entrance by the bar. Just about okay for a lunchtime drink, but forget going there in the evening.
Leslie - 23 Sep 2004 12:13 |
If your fave resturant is Mcdonalds drink here
Carl - 22 Sep 2004 08:34 |
As Pete Townsend said; "The Kids Are Alright", but that was before they entered the Moon On The Hill. Once inside it's mostly teenage girls trying to hide their puberty under acres of make-up and archetypal "England U21 Supporters" mixing it with old boys stretching their booze budget. The "White Van" of pubs, complete with St George flags, dents and angry young man at the wheel.
A - 20 Jun 2004 06:43 |
worst pub in sutton! no atmosphere, watered down beer that tastes like sour milk, full of kids who are easily seen as under age and all go around talking and thinking they are eminem!
Dazza - 20 May 2004 12:37 |
Kim. We'd been drinking there for several years and always had the same problem. When finished, we always returned our glasses to the bar & didn't leave them for the staff to clear up.
I don't smoke, so I go to the no-smoking section. I wish the doorstaff were as hot at stopping people smoking up there than they were at trying to get rid of people who were just finishing their drink.
Dan - 9 Apr 2004 13:51 |
Nice because it is cheap but it gets way too busy for my liking on Friday and Saurday nights. Full of teenagers getting drunk before they head to the clubs so if you want a nice quiet drink then don't go here
Jo - 15 Mar 2004 15:37 |
Its a Weatherspoons and conforms to the model almost perfectly. One of the better boozers in Sutton if you happen to find yourself there.
anonymous - 7 Jan 2004 16:41 |
All right during the day, but gets busy at night, Friday and Saturday nights are just too crowded to enjoy.
Alec - 7 Jan 2004 16:37 |
My local, if I goto the pub I go here. Good service, good drinks and fairly good food. Cheap and does the job, then onto the club watsed.
Andrew - 31 Dec 2003 17:24 |
Shooter boy is tons of fun. it is full of some rather young ppl, upon further investigation, they were all 18-19, but it was still a good laugh. and FYI, wray and nephew is 63% abv!
and Dan! couldn't u just help out and move to the smoking section so they can start to clean, i've worked in a busy pub and it makes all the difference if ppl abandon a section so u can start the long process of clean up.
Kim - 14 Dec 2003 13:55 |
used to work there and the place is still a total hole!! customers are still the same old faces, the newer ones are obviously underage!!! staff are generally polite, which would be nice if they werent totally shite at their job!! But hats off for their sheer bravery in working there tho! lastly, the 'management' as they are known, couldnt manage to catch a cold! hope this writeup dont put you off too much!!!!!!!
mark - 4 Dec 2003 03:39 |
Last time I went there. They were seeling doubles of Wray & Nephews rum (65%) for £2.50
Derek - 17 Oct 2003 13:53 |
Staff great and door staff friendly???
Obviously 'Daisy' was a Wetherspoons employee at some stage or has mate(s) working there.
The staff are generally useless, especially during the busier periods. And the doorstaff are w**kers. Flat out agressive and see everyone as a troublemaker.
You just try to finish your pint in the no-smoking section anytime after 10.45 and you'll see what I mean.
Oh and the food is shit.
Dan - 22 Jul 2003 15:42 |
Why have they stopped selling the beloved Jack Daniels????????? Whats that all about?????? Not a bad pub cos the drinks are so cheap!
anonymous - 7 Jul 2003 14:58 |
Great place to start off the night, cheap booze!!! Although saying that if you are over the age of 30 be warned you might feel a little old. Staff great and door people always polite.
Daisy - 4 Jul 2003 15:52 |
from outside its run of the mill weatherspoons but when u get inside theres a real local feel if u go ask for mike (bald mike) the bartender and ask to c his bottle tricks oh yeah tell him phil says hi!
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