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Dreadful place! Dirty tables, poor food, worst service, staff find it funny that clients swear at women at the bar while serious customers wait to be served.
Avoid!
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Been in this pub hundreds of times over the years. I am not bitter, never been barred or have any grudge against anyone in here. But its a dump, an utter dump, a shame as it could of been made into a fairly decent pub. The people that drink there don't help as 'coke' is a big thing, and the toilets are vile because of this. It is just going down hill, but as the regulars are a sorry bunch theres not much point doing this place up.
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this and the Cap in Hand on the A3 at Hook are the worst two Wetherspoons pubs i know.am normally a Wetherspoons fan,never had a complaint about the food or drink,but this one the staff are rude,clueless and lazy and i was threatened by someone who claimed they were the manager when i complained about the food not only taking ages but being the wrong order."never again" (mickmuncher) is spot on.The Cap in Hand is actually WORSE,any nice beer runs out when barstaff finally get round to serving,and the food takes way way too long and is cold by the time you get it,served on a cold wet plate.
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on the last visit and it will be the last visit it took an age to get served,the meal took so long to come .
. when it did arive it was stone cold..never again
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Wetherspoons product well represented here. Friendly if rather noisy group of regulars. VERY pleasant young girl happily let us try a couple of beers before selecting a perfect pint of Otter. She was also very helpful in giving directions to our next port of call.
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Now Called "The Nonsuch Inn"
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Well what can I say about this pub. The staff are rude in the extreme and if this is mentioned then they refuse to serve you. When you complain to the deputy manager she then makes excuses for them saying they are perfectly entitled not to serve you if they see fit.
The food is usual weatherspoons standard. IE cold and unappetising. Or salad served on hot plates straight from the dishwasher.
The beer is good though with a good choice available and of course their beer festivals make up for a lot of the shortfalls.
Still as someone else said on annother board. Weatherspoons to beer is what macdonalds is too hamburgers.
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I visit this pub frequently, mainly around lunch time - the beer is usually very good and there is plenty of choice. If Kristian is around you will find him very helpful and knowledgeable about the guest ales.You take a chance with the majority of the other barstaff though which usually consists of a number of surly Polish women who never smile, have no memory of which customer came to the bar ahead of another and keep shouting "who's next". They also tend to have difficulty in taking food orders which can result in a big build up of thirsty customers. Best days to visit for lunch are Mondays and Thursdays when Jo is on duty.She is like a breath of fresh air to the place with her welcoming smile and professional attitude, oh yeah, and Keily's nice too, and the Marzena that works part time.......
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Went for lunch the other day and it wasn't too bad at all. The usual loud Wetherspoons drunks were happy, polite drunks, and they stayed out of our way. Got served promptly, and the food was good, actually. I'd go again.
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Stopped off the other night (a Weds) and on the evidence of that visit, it's not a place for a quiet drink. True it was quiz night. But once quiz night was over it was still packed and with teens, who just kept piling through the door.
Quick food service, the usual Wetherspoons fayre. Several eastern European bar staff - one on her first day, didn't know how to serve Coke and Diet Coke.
Did have some slight different ales on offer (eg Deuchars IPA). All in all, a fairly average Wetherspoons. You get what you pay for.
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Used to be a great pub, plenty of locals, decent beer. Ok, always attracted the usual ammount of fake teen gangster clones on a friday but it is a Wetherspoons. Since the South African influx it seems impossible to get a decent tasting pint or to be served. Not even sure who runs it these days, perhaps the inbred chav swathed in fake burberry does, at least thats the way it seems
anonymous - 1 Jul 2006 03:28 |
Chavs in weatherspoons??? NEVER!!!! come on ppl could be worse, you could av to drink in the queen vic or tones! shuddddddder!
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me and my boyfriend went in for a quiet drink on a week night and managed to be verbally abused by at least three of the regulars as well as threatened! main reason being my boyfriend had a beard! stay away if you don't know people in there agree with previous comments must be hard for staff to smile working there very depressing!
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Despite all the tossers, the new managers seem friendly enough and have got the beer back in. All we now need is a truck to plough into the pub one friday night and wipe out the entire front section thus ending any sort of procreation from the muppets that appear to think they own the place!
Where are their parents - Nick is my guess.
anonymous - 4 Apr 2005 22:38 |
agree entirely with sickofitall, the pub has a decent set of regulars, who provide the life and the soul-and as for the staff, they do a fantastic job. complaints about them being miserable must be placed into context-how would you feel having to pander to the needs of the scumbags who drink in there, ranging from petty old men, to wannabe chavs, with their fake designer gear, who take over the place of a night-time. i have nothing but the greatest sympathy for them. Maybe if there was a greater mix of amicable customers, rather than downbeats and drugie deadbeats then they might have something to smile about. in the main, i find if you are polite to them, then they will be polite back. for christs sake, they have to deal with people who complain about having to pay an extra 20pence for a pint that stil will probably come to less than £1.50. have some respect people, as this is the best pub in the area, and at the end of the day, if you dont like it, then dont come back, as i think i speak for many when i say that you wont be missed. keep up the hard work mark, nmmet, lisa, dee, matt, colin, char, nicola, nicola, tom, aaron, gary, nicola, laura, tamer, stephen, gareth,jo, kelly, flick, mel, and all the other wonderful staff, those people who know what they are talking about know that you are both industrious and very easy on the eye.
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Most people who drink in wetherspoons are either coffin dodging miserable sperm burpers or little wanna be ganster nothings. People moaning about this fantastic pub need their bumps felt. The bar staff are quite simply the best in south london. I'm fed up hearing 'no directors', and then seeing a look as if their first born has been run over. The only way to put a smile on these perpetual grey cloud lovers would be to slip a few drops of liquid mdma into their chewy beer. Personally i would relish the chance to line them up and machine each and every single bloody one of them!
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only ever seats in non-smoking can wait up to 40mins to get served (literaly) and the bar staff seem drunk or tired all the time. Poor
Dancavr - 23 Jan 2004 13:02 |
cheap beer but smoking area too big. bar staff seem to run the place for their own convenience with the exception of Matt who is first class and a welcome change from the others.
dave - 15 Jan 2004 19:57 |
Cheap booze and good starting place for nite on the town.
Bit of a grandads pub though cos wetherspoons pubs neva play music.
Natalie - 12 Jan 2004 17:25 |
Cheap, need I say more?
Lawrence - 2 Oct 2003 16:55 |
Only place to drink in North Cheam without getting stabbed, but that's about it.
Steve - 22 Aug 2003 16:47 |
Agree with the comments made so far. All weatherspoon staff are miserable but ok for a starting point as the beer is cheap. Only good thing about these pubs.
Anon - 14 Jul 2003 13:56 |
Real mixture of people
Ok for a cheapo drink but apart from that has nowt else going for it.
Bar staff are miserable as sin
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typical wetherspoons,situated in an old supermarket.
Gary - 20 Apr 2003 20:00 |
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