Groves Company Inn, Swindon - pub details
Address: 22/23 Fleet Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 1RQ [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 10431) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Swindon (0.2 miles)
Chain: Wetherspoons
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served, Real ale
- Wireless internet access (provided by The Cloud)
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> Current user rating: 5.8/10 (rated by 37 users)
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user reviews of Groves Company Inn, Swindon
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| Still tends to be the place for all-day dribblers and the like in Swindon, but in the evening their effect is diluted when it is pretty busy and regular after-work drinkers appear, to whom the "Airport Waiting Lounge" tag mentioned in an earlier review is a fair description. Reasonable pub, usual sort of Wetherspoons really, always got something interesting on beer-wise. PhilR - 3 Feb 2012 12:00 |
| Just managed to squeeze in a pint of Bath SPA before dashing for my train. Beer was fine and we got served pretty quickly. Not bad for a Wetherspoons although The Savoy probably just beats it in my opinion. mcroyal - 31 Jul 2011 11:48 |
| As I've just reviewed the other 2 'spoons I'd better do this one too. At the moment this is probably my personal choice of the 3 Wetherspoons in the Town centre, purely because the service tends to be better, and they seem to have a better selection of real ciders. The barstaff are friendly, surroundings are alright, clientelle are sometimes a bit........less than desireable, but the place is big enough to avoid those that you want to. And it's the closest of the 3 to the station. Good meeting place, pretty good Wetherspoons!! SW6 - 5 Apr 2011 15:59 |
| A charmless, soulless, drinking shed popular with Giro Jims and young mums with yelling brats in perambulators. On the plus side, the ales seem to be well kept and the bar service is fairly friendly and efficient. Also, it is never totally packed, unlike the Sir Daniel (which is a short stagger down Fleet Street). It's ok for a quick pint or two. griffo59 - 1 Jan 2011 16:57 |
Popped in for a late breakfast with four friends. I recommended this place having visited many wetherspoons over the years and enjoyed the food each time. Well really wish we hadn't bothered!! We waited almost an hour for our food to arrive, and when it finally did it was rank. bacon barely cooked, eggs either rubberised or so undercooked that even the whites were runny. Everything was cold. toast was either blackened or raw( ie bread!!). Some items were missing and when asked about, they admitted they didn't have them. It was only when we complained that we were offered alternatives. Despite me stating numerous times that I was allergic to mushrooms, they still presented us with a plate containing mushrooms together with the other alternatives... so couldn't eat any of that. The only hot item was the cups of tea so guess that was a blessing. As there were so few staff about, we gave up and ate what we could, we were starving by this point. Eventually we managed to attract the attention of the staff and a 'manager' was located, who whined how she couldn't judge the food as it had been cleared away by then , though the tray of toast was still there. I pointed out the bread they tried to pass off as toast and she merely smirked at me. She complained to US about her staff and how one of said staff had arrived in tears and refused to wortk ... that is our problem how exactly? We were offered one cup of tea between the 5 of us as recompense !!! After some firm but polite complaining she finally refunded part of our food charges and gave us all a free cuppa ... which was hot at least! Vile food, shoddy service and a real shame as have visited some lovely wetherspoons around the country, this was such a let down. I suggest staying home and cooking your own breakfast next time.. cheaper and tastier! druidofthehill - 1 Oct 2010 15:17 |
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