American Reacts to Wetherspoons | Popular UK Pub
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As an American I have never heard of the pub called Wetherspoons. Apparently this is very popular in the UK so today I thought it would be fun to check it out. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
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Wetherspoons is more like the McDonald's of pubs. The buildings are nice, drinks are very cheap. The food is a bit rubbish but fine for the price.
waa the ultimate burger is yummy, tho it depends on what staff is cooking that day depends if there shit or not
@@peteramaranth85 its all frozen shyte or from the microwave
Honestly I think I'd rather see these lovely old buildings as a Weatherspoons or McDonald's etc than left to ruin or squatted. I bet a lot are listed so cant be changed too much but atleast it keeps them maintained
The food is a bit rubbish?! I've worked in two W kitchens, and I made the best fish and chips. I'd backhand you if you complained...
@sunseeker9581 Nothing wrong with freezing meat, you're obviously defrosting it wrong! 😂
45 years, not 25! lol
45 years
Thank you. I was going to say....
It's been around since the movie "Alien"... not "The Matrix"
American maths 😂
He like that with everything always get something wrong need to do his homework on his videos better
How could he get it so wrong 😂
You just became my favourite youtuber. You knocked 20 years off my age, I'm in my 20s again yay!
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If only my back would agree with that I would say the same lol
I'm going to echo the other comments. Wetherspoons is the pub you go to if you want to get half-way decent food and/or drink at a really low price. It is not where you go for really good food or really good drink.
Most pubs are run owned by brewers and will only sell their owner's beer (actually most pubs will also have one or two 'guest beers' also). Pubs that are not tied to a brewery are called 'free houses'. The free houses are usually small stand-alone businesses. Wetherspoon is unusual in that it is a chain of free houses.
I went to a Wetherspoons in Richmond, North Yorkshire and found the toilets were actually on the Isle of Skye.
I take my hat off to you - that made me laugh out loud!
If you sat near to the pub entrance and downed a pint you could set off to the toilet immediately and be ready to p155
it out by the time you got there.
I went to the toilet one new years and got back in time for the following new year
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🤣Founded in 1979 so it's been going for 25 years. What. I think Tyler needs a maths lesson🤣
The American education system failed this man.
Perhaps Tyler hasn't the right amount of fingers (& / or thumbs) upon which to count ..?!
I actually put a rare Dislike on this video. Why? Because the video you watched was a guy trying to be a comedian and failed offending me, everyone and most of all, Weatherspoons. You totally got the wrong impression of Weatherspoons.
That is exactly what I thought - why is he being so disrespectful and trying to make fun of Spoons. It is an OK pub/restaurant and I have never had bad food there. Not cordon bleu, but good for a quick meal.
Tyler displaying the high quality of American education there with his dazzlingly accurate maths skills....
@@OneTrueScotsman Calm down dude, it's a joke, I honestly thought he would twig to it. IF he can't take a bit of gentle ribbing he better never actually visit the UK, his poor mind couldn't take it!
Credit the guy with a sense of humour, eh hero?
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Oh but there is, as vaccination to encourage better health is always a good thing
who's perfect YOU
Americans have never heard of it because it's in the UK!! And Americans don't know much outside of the us!!
My cousin goes to his local wetherspoons every day the piss head and when he walks in they put two pints of his usual on the bar without him having to ask.
Is he on benefits by any chance? 😂
@@c_n_b No mate he's the manager of a betting shop.
@raylaye2884 ... I'm sure it still happens in some pubs, but it used to happen often in many pubs years ago where they had regular known customers.
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Wetherspoons is above all “cheap & cheerful”, the tables can sometimes be a bit ‘sticky’ and the carpeting is bright & heavily patterned. Some of the actual buildings are quite beautiful & if Wetherspoons hadn’t repurposed them they would either have been left empty or perhaps demolished & repurposed. When we go there we almost always order using their online app - drinks will usually arrive at the table in 5 or 6 minutes & food is rarely longer than 8 or 10 minutes. They don’t offer fancy food, but there is a wide variety & it is of decent quality. If you do ever get across the pond, you should try and sample one - there’s bound to be one reasonably close in most parts of the country. PS/ The free refills of tea/coffee/hot chocolate are from self-service machines.
"1979? So, 25 years?" thank you for being as outraged at the passing of time as I am!
I am known in my local Spoons and another pub so well that I don't even have to ask for "the usual". They start pouring my pint when they see me walk in the door. Sad but true 🤣
Out shopping with a friend once, we stumbled into a Wetherspoons for lunch. The carpet was sticky, the table was unwiped and it was full of all day drinkers. On the plus side I had an all day breakfast for about 8 quid which was nicely cooked and unlimited coffee to fortify me.
Please pardon my comment but to your "fortify" will be Tyler's 'twentyfy' 😅😂?!!
Being a chain, I'm sure it varies from place to place but the nearest one to us is nothing like that (thankfully!).
The local wetherspoons here is just a den of all day drinkers - guaranteed you can go at 11 am and it's the same blokes propping up the bar - they go because it's the cheapest around - and they'll still be there at 5pm.
The Wetherspoons game would totally blow tiny American minds. Put which Spoons you’re at and table number on social media and see what your friends send you via the app.
What are the best and worst examples?
Kids go to mcdonalds adults go to wetherspoons. Both are cheap. Owner is a dick in my humble opinion.
Commonly referred to as Spoons, they are by far the cheapest pubs in the UK, beer/ales can be between 60% and 30% cheaper than other pubs, lagers are typically 30% cheaper, (beer quality is good) spirits are usally cheaper if you buy a double/large, example: Whisky as a single shot/measure will be the same or slightly cheaper than others, but usally they offer the 2nd shot/measure for £1 (less than half the price of first shot) extra. Their food is not great, burgers are always burnt, (pre cooked that way for delivery) the best things to eat are there pizza and curry dishes in my opinion. Spoons are very popular because of price. Wetherspoons have their own app that's easy to use, it's very useful if the bar is busy, you can order/pay from your table, then it's brought over to you.
The reason why it is called JD Wetherspoons is that Wetherspoon was a teacher who told Tim Martin would not achieve anything.... it is a sarcastic revengeful dig at the teacher.J D comes from Dukes of Hazzard his favorite programme I believe
The wetherspoons in Tunbridge Wells is a converted opera house. Kind an interesting one to visit.
There's a theatre in Cardiff. One can have a beer 'in the Gods' if one wishes!
I have to say the original video was total crap, just a troll trying to be funny and failing, you would do better reacting to some Americans visiting Wetherspoon's, all the videos I have seen have been very complimentary to the chain.
Wouldn't go to a Wetherspoons if you paid me!
Indeed. Owned by a piece of garbage.
dont then you loss
Awful places, dirty, products are selcted because they make good margin not based on demand, microwaved food, poor service
And their horrific jugs of "cocktails" 🤢
The building preservation aspect is cool I have to admit. We don't really have any historic buildings in Murica but we are experts in terrible food.
No, we do not. They've bought up decent pubs and turned them into a franchised mockery of what pubs were.
Formed in 1979 that makes it 45years old. Locally known as Spoons or Wethers, depending which part of the country it is
It is pronounced 'wet her spoons'!
Free refills of tea… “must be important to the British”
Why do so many Americans think all Brits drink tea all day ritually? It’s just another option for a hot beverage.
Wetherspoons is great. The food is fine, The fish and chips are better than most fish and chip shops and you get a beer with it. Pensioners can afford to get out and socialise in a place where they are welcome for a change. Students can leave their grimy rooms and meet their friends in an affordable place. The beer is fine and its served by pefectly competant friendly staff . The guy making this vidio is just showing off to his mates ,IThank you Tyler for looking into it more closely and not just taking this pretend Cocknies word for it. He dosent even have the accent hes trying to put on to be patronising to the working people who go there.
Definitely the McDonalds of pubs. People go because it’s cheap. The food is not good, but the portion sizes are normally quite good and it’s difficult to muck a burger and chips up too badly.
Most pubs in the UK are run by a chain but those called a "Free House" are independently owned and run. The latter can sell what they like, including their own or artisan beers. The pub chains dictate what brands can be sold in their individual pubs. Many of the chains that own the pubs are the big breweries themselves.
Arithmetic is obviously NOT your forte, 2024 - 1979 = 45 years
I know people who ‘work from home’.
In reality they are sitting in Weatherspoon, using their laptop.
Taking advantage of the free Wi-Fi and free coffee refills 🤣
I was born in 79 so thanks I'm 25 again cheers lol
As an older woman I can go into almost any Wetherspoons, order from the app and get no hassle. Recently went into a similar chain pub. Had to go to the bar, food was poor - watery curry, one small poppadom and one naan bread the size of a crumpet. Drink expensive and service rubbish. Only went there as there wasn't a Spoons close. Won't make that mistake again!
Its definitely a big hit with the local street drinking community, honestly, i would rather go to a real pub,any pub.
I think that the comparison as "the Mackas of the pub world." is apt. If you're the kind of person who regards Mackas (McDonalds) as a restaurant then you would enjoy it, mate. They certainly aren't clean & sparkly and the two I've been to smelt rather nasty. But yeah, the cheapest pubs around - which attracts a lot of young binge drinkers etc. The food is cheap as - but processed & frozen.
But no dogs allowed, kids aren't really considered, neither of the ones I went into even had gardens, let alone books & games. I too would rather go to a proper pub. How's a pub without dogs a real pub!! 😢
I would most certainly not go to *any* pub. I like country pubs with beams and interior woodwork, log fires and horse brasses or, in towns, pubs with mahogany bar tops and panelling, stained glass and mirrors.
I would rather go to a Wetherspoon's than a sports bar or a pub with huge widescreens mounted on the walls showing football etc. or loud music (of any type). You can have a conversation in Wetherspoon's and hear what your friends are saying.
Nobody outside the USA would call Wetherspoons a restaurant. It's a pub chain which incidentally sells typical pub grub. The meaning of "grub" in this context can be left as an exercise for the reader.
I have lunch with a friend I we both had gammon chips peas egg and a drink for about £20 and we spent the afternoon talking drinking free coffees. Witherspoon are everywhere in UK
Yeah true, kinda funny that in the US, places for beers (i.e. bars) and for breakfast are mutually exclusive.
In Europe (even more so than in the UK), they’re usually the same place. Lots of bars open at 7-8am. You go there in the morning for coffee and breakfast before work, and go to the same bar in the evening for beers after work.
Specialised breakfast cafes do exist, but more the sort of place you go to sit down and treat yourself in the weekend.
For your day-to-day rush hour breakfast needs, you go to your local bar. Cheap and easy.
Well at least in spain. But pretty much in all of europe, most breakfast places serve alcohol.
The interesting thing to me about Weatherspoons is the creative way that they name their pubs, usually with some local significance. For example in Oxford there is a pub called 'Four Candles' as it is near the school where Ronnie Barker (of Two Ronnies fame) was educated. Whenever I am in a strange town, I usually look for a 'Spoons' for lunch.
All the carpets are different, so with links to the area
Watch a couple of your fellow Americans hit all 16 Wetherspoons in London in a day on their channel Small Brained American posted a month ago or watch the video posted 3 weeks ago on the channel Where Are We?! where they try breakfast, dinner and drinks.
My local Spoons is a converted Church where I got married. Before it was a Spoons of course! The great benefit for real ale drinkers is that Wetherspoons has a fantastic variety of hand-pulled ales which change every week. So it's possible to try beers from small producers that you would never find in other pubs. And all at knock-down prices - the cheapest beer is £1.79 a pint with guest beers at £2.63. You'd pay at least £5 a pint for these in other pubs.
I went down the other route, actually got married in a pub which has now closed down! So has the marriage, fortunately. Haha!!
£1.79? Do you really count Ruddles as a beer???
yes you can go, and they will know what you drink, our weatherspoons opens 8am, and its the same people who are in for a drink, leave lunch time, then you may get the afternoon people in, which they, because the drink is cheap, food is cheap, is the food great no, but its not bad for the price, when you can chicken tikka massala rice and nann bread and a pint for 7 pounds, then its great, also 9am you get alot of mothers come in, to have a catch up, coffee free refils after they drop kids at school, maybe have a cheap breakfast, they do this once or twice a week, children welcome, with kids menu, colour books and stuff, you get the old timers in retired, some will have a food and few beers, might be on there own, cheaper than making a meal for one, sandwhich on the evening, they sorted, gets them out, place to start a good night, meet up before moving on,
Between 8 and 9am they only serve hot or soft drinks (plus food of course). The alcohol licence does't kick in 'til 9...
@@paulcaswell2813 your wrong my friend, our peterlee in county durham, serves alcohol from 8am, yet billiingham another one we like, in teeside opens 8am, but does not serve alcohol until 10am, depence on their licence they have. nad yes i am sure, my wife works next door to it, and i am often having a beer 8am on a day off, i prefer the mornings, to the evenings
@@seanmc1351 in the Midlands Spoons don't serve alcohol 'to 9 at any rate...
@@paulcaswell2813 Hi paul, i do agree the norm is around 9am to 10am for alcohol, As i said ours opened for alcohol from 8am, and to be honest, its gets pretyy busy at 8am, i have lived here in northe east, isle of wights, poole bournemouth and London, i agree with you the norm is around 9am to 10am. here in the northeast, its a drinking culture, long story, its goes back to the coal mining industry, after they closed, Im not saying every one drinks at 8am, but many regulars, do meet for beers at 8am, many are coffee breakfast, mothers meeting for coffee after they drop children at school, for chit chat
I don't know if it's still a thing in all wetherspoons but one of the positives beyond it being cheap, reasonable quality is they don't have music, just a TV with the sound off except for football events, it makes it a good place to have an okay meal with alcohol if you want to be able to talk with whoever you've gone out with.
Please dont take ythis guy seriously...... they wouldnt be so popular if they were as bad as his poor humour is suggesting. They usually are spot on - for the money you pay!!
Was this video filmed in the 90's?😂 1979 is over 40 years ago mucker..
It's a scheduled upload that was uploaded in the 90s
not dirty at all
quality of the beer is great - he is joking
Usually the toilets are up a mount Everest of stairs,just the thing you need after a few pints,carido workout...and sticky carpets anyone 😂
AT LEAST THERE CLEAN not swimming in smackdeads like mr geezer said melt
Wetherspoons is the place you go for a drink or two , before you go on to somewhere nice lol
Spoons is garbage. Sorry but it really is. There are way better pub/ restaurants out there that are cheaper than this garbage.
They are not cheap dirty places - they are well decorated - he is over exaggerating for effect
What year do you think in is right now?
1979 was 45 years ago not 25.
beer about half price of normal pub
I don't go spoons , the owner is rabid right winger, treats staff badly
1979 is 25 years ago...... are you sure?
They are bars not pubs and not everybody loves them.
i would rather poke my eye out with a sharp stick than go to a Wetherspoons. There, said it.
What's your snooty problem
@@dav147 much prefers lunch at £35.50 per head for cucumber sandwiches and lady grey tea with " the girls wot luncheon
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@@dav147 It's a shitty company with a shitty CEO who treats his staff like shit. The food is horrible and it has zero atmosphere. There are plenty of much better pubs with equally cheap food that actually tastes like it's been cooked from scratch instead of stuck in a microwave on full blast for two minutes. You are obviously free to disagree, but you won't change my mind.
@@lottie2525 I agree it is what it is, just don't see the need to be snooty, says more about her, it fills a gap for many, it's there for those that need it.
Every wetherspoons has its own pub name. Its usually named after a local famous/historic person or place specific to the area its situated.
Its not as bad as what he was suggesting. Wetherspoons attacts almost every type of person like families,, stag/hen do's, people finishing work, retired oldies and the down and outs of society. Its pretty much a small snippet of british society all under one roof😂
My local one has two floors: downstairs is for the archetypal 'Spoon's all day drinking boring old men, and upstairs normally professionals and students often working with a pint to hand.
Wetherspoons is the place the riff raff go, dreadful mostly microwaved food, I wouldn't touch it, but it's fine for those wanting a basic cheap no frills meal and a drink. As for McDonalds our local one opens fully between 6am and 12 midnight and between 12 midnight and 6am the drive through only is open, so basically 24 hour service but drive through only for 6 hours. Our local Burger King which I much prefer opens 8.00am to 9pm daily.
So you would prefer to eat from polystyrene rather than plates and eat carbs rather than vegetables and you think the others are riff raff???
@@Decameron-pj ... I eat food I prepare fresh for myself, not rubbish somebody else has made from god knows what. Stop judging others by your own low standards.
@@martinwebb1681 I eat food I prepare for myself. I’m just surprised you eat at Burger King
@@Decameron-pj ... Nothing wrong with an occasional Burger King, I rarely eat food I don't prepare myself but when I do Burger King is my go to place, I avoid all the rest like McDonalds, KFC, Pizza places etc.
I know my Maths is bad, because I have dyscalculia but... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
2024 - 1979 = 45 (surely?!!) 😮🤔
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They don't serve boiled eggs.
The beers cheap because he buys all the end of line stock cheap that nobody else will be able to sell in time because he has massive amounts of outlets. Genius idea really but probably explains why its a bit shit on occasion but I guess you approach the brewery and say I'll buy all your beer thats got less than a week left for 25% of what it would be then sell to the public for nearly half what it would be, everyone wins. I havnt been in for years but around 2000 it might be £2.80 a pint elsewhere but £1.75 in Weatherspoons on a Saturday night so the savings really were worth it(dont hold me to those prices). To think happy hour in my local(Not a WS) was £1 a pint from 4-6, 7 days a week, what a head start. The foods edible and affordable + will soak up the cheap nearly off beer, not sure id risk fish or chicken but I feel that way in most places. Chips and burger cant go too wrong usually.
This is a very jokey almost parody description of Wetherspoons. The pub equivalent of McDonalds is probably the best way to describe it. Fairly standardised menus with quite a bit of pre prepared food reheated onsite when ordered. and great drinks selection. Here is a better video that goes over some of the food and has a bit on the hot drinks refills too. ua-cam.com/video/2jQhwJwbOBw/v-deo.htmlsi=ShkopUBHRWW2tMTd
Your pub obsession is hilarious 😆 and relatable. Get over here do a castle and pub tour of UK they’re usually close. You’ll love it and immediately understand Love ya wee vids
It’s the McDonalds of pubs. They’re cheap and do microwaved food instead of fresh. There are loads but they’re not great. You’re better off in an individual privately run pub
Yeah they are so poor that’s why millions use it every week. They entire what they provide and people do love it. Staff are generally good and if you go enough they will remember you. Clearly this guy doesn’t go there as he knows so little about them.
I went in one once but I never told my mates and it was the only time. Worse than a wine bar.
The Circus Tavern in Manchester - right next to a chippy - that's where to go.
I know time flies and all that, but 1979 was 45 years ago lol, not 25 😂
wetherspoons, is basically like hooters or applebee's in the USA
They are not called Wetherspoons. Exeter has The Imperial, The Chevalier, George's Meeting House. They are Wetherspoons. And shit.
0:49 Yes it’s like the McDonalds of pubs, cheap food and drinks
The Brewery’s used to control the majority the pubs
In one now an old church ⛪
There is a certain snobbery around spoons, because it is cheap and cheerful it has the reputation of being frequented by the poor who can't afford to go somewhere better or just want to get drunk as cheaply as possible.
Reality is that it offers good value for money and is frequented by lots of different people from all sorts of backgrounds
to true that comment made me lose my temper but you like flatt beer by all means go to mr geezer home land spew
Tyler just confirmed the intelligence of the Americans, 25 yrs ?????? Hahahahaha
think you were bang on in calling it "Wetherspoon is the McDonald's of Pubs" a Large Chain of Pubs,, With Cheap meal and drink deals on certain days of the week. But ya Food Was probably cooked by a Microwave by a spotty 15 year old.. they like taking over large old or other disused Buildings like Old Banks ect. We love it coz it's Cheap Beer !!!!! and Cheep beer is GOOD Beer !! 🙂
The few times I have been to Wetherspoons they seem understaffed and that was before the pandemic. I've not been since the pandemic So the staff are rushed off their feet trying to serve at the bar, cook food and collect empty glasses.
It's kinda slightly different at each pub, but still the same too. They keep alot of the original decor, i think. I'd hate to think of the UK now, if wetherspoons hadn't changed the game.
Too many pubs have been closing or changing into bistros or worse.
Maccy's is a little more heartless with takeovers (Going off the film 'Croc' mostly. It's called 'the Founder', but i was sure i watched it when it was called Croc. I maybe made it up. I can't find croc info)
I don't think many head to wetherspoons for breakfast. You just end up there, or order while in there.
Sorry to keep adding to this, but i loved you explaining a 'Waiter'? I think i understand 😉🤣
Egg cup
"By this stage in the evening you've been at wetherspoons for about 6-7, possibly 8 hours"
"Doombar" it's a nice british beer made in Cornwall. It's a darker ale. It's not bad for a mass produced one
Food will vary from place to place, and even during different times. It'll depend on the staff. Remember these are cheap versions. You're better off at most 'chippys', to get your fish and chips. Closer to the coast, the better
You were happy at Coffee, but hot chocolate blew your mind. I love tea, never had a wetherspoons one.
Forget the comments below. Your maths are fantastic. I was born in 1980, so I'm 24?
I go to Spoons almost everyday for my lunch break, as it's a 5mins from work, I yes I can go up to the bar,nd certain staff members will know what drink to pour me
I live in Nottingham, we have atleast 8 of these pubs located around Notts
Doombar (World’s biggest selling cask conditioned beer and often ghastly) and quavers (everyone’s guilty pleasure). There are other chains apart from Spoons, but often not as strongly branded - Stonegate, Marston’s, Greene King and others, sometimes linked to specific breweries. Scottish chain Brewdog ever have pubs in the US. Returning to Spoons, CEO Tim Martin is a rather controversial figure, having used the chain to spread pro-Brexit propaganda preceding the vote; not all of the staff were happy
My own local (not a 'Spoons) normally has my regular being pulled the moment I walk through the door. That's what being a regular is like in Britain. Back to 'Spoons - £1.99 for a pint that would be £5 or more anywhere else..
I worked in a Spoons for a few years. They tend to be clean at 9am, but 11pm it probably won’t be. They do try to keep the beer fairly well, but you do get the exception. The food is basic and fast to serve. They have a card on the kitchen wall for each dish, which tells the “cook” what each item is cooked in and for how long, i.e grill for 1.5 minutes, microwave for 1 minute etc. and even how to plate it up. When I worked there, the aim was to get the food out within 15 minutes of ordering. Not sure if it still is.
We did have certain people that would barge in as you tried to unlocked the door at 9am, and some would stay for the majority of the day. Funny thing was that the 9am guys would be so desperate to get in, but have to wait at the bar while you finish hooking the doors back and stick out all the POS signs 😂
From 17:30 you're asking about a 'Standard Build'? - this is very American thinking - sorry as this is most unlikely.
My own City they all look completely unique & individual, classy interiors in Old Banks & such. Always been impressed by each Site/Building.
Personally, I prefer Toby Carvery's, (maybe you should look them up, Tyler 😊), but Wetherspoon's are OK. A bit hit or miss, though. There are good ones and bad ones.
Wetherspoons is the "basic bitch" of pubs. It's the standardised framework of a pub, with a standardised menu of generally accepted pub classics. Depending on the location or building some have character but most are... generic. If ChatGPT was asked to create a pub, Wetherspoons is basically what you would get.
Wetherspoons is basically the measure that most British people would consider "an acceptable pub". You don't go in expecting a good pub and you aren't surprised if it is a bad pub. I hope that clears things up.
Weatherspoons isn't that bad 😂 not where I live anyway. Cheap and cheerful, and the food it pretty decent in my one. When I was a teen, they had 2 for £10 on cocktail pitchers! 😂 the plan would be get drunk there before hitting the clubs to save money 😂
Over reacting but funny. 😂 Our Wetherspoons is located by the Thames (Tems) with a conservatory overlooking the river. It’s very popular and is a chill place. Except when Fulham FC or Chelsea FC are at home. Then noooooooooo!
Weatherspoons aka spoons (also connected with JD bar chain) is a cheap place for food and drinks. Nothing special just used for predrinks by students or frequented by the middle aged as a drinking hole. It's not really a place for a night out although they attempt to make a dancefloor by moving tables 😂😂😂
However, £1.99 worthingtons on draft isnt to be sniffed at
I live in North East. Wetherspoons are horrid places. Drinks spilt everywhere. Tables never cleaned. The food cheapest microwaved rubbish you can find. Evening just kids and alcholics drinking far too much
No, not everyone LOVES this place. Typically a headline that is designed to get clicks. Wetherspoon pubs are ok, I’ve been in a few, but I would never say I love them. They are adequate for what they are, cheap reasonable food and drink.
Cheap pub with OK food and drink for working classes (not complaining at all). However, owner is a jerk after Brexit. Damaged his brand as surprise, surprise less staff
Tyler 1979 to 2024 45 years not 25 .lol.Wetgerspoons is great if your wanting a decent lunch and good beer and yes it's reasonab ly priced althhough the one i tend to visit in Glasgow. is always very busy. Their are several Wetherspoons in Glasgow.... In total their are over 250 different bars in Glasgow.
This video was more about the presenter than the subject. EVERYONE knows what to expect from Wetherspoons. Like any chain it has pros and cons and there might be an occasional groan but no surprises. Saving redundant buildings isn’t top of the list maybe but having a pint and an acceptable plate of food in a church, cinema or even an Opera House (yes - Tunbridge Wells) that has been rescued without being vandalised is at least a novelty.
We used to go to spoons for Sunday lunch with my family. Also a place to meet yo have a few drinks (Including the famous pitchers which you shared with a straw - Vodka and Red bull) get very merry then go on to a night out clubbing after. Yes drinks are cheap, good food - vegetarian lasagna with chips was my favourite. Really sad when they closed our local spoons - rip The Skylark
Weatherspoons are everywhere. The quality varies, but most are good and not dirty, some are exceptionally good. The food is cheap and not too bad at all (the all day breakfast is excellent). They have a big selection of good beer, and usually one ale at give away prices. The main reason I go to them other than the good beer at low prices, is that they don't have 25 tv screens and crap music blasting you like most other pubs (apart from the posh ones, but then you can't afford the beer and the ambience doesn't quite satisfy my thirst). I've never had a wrong order in any weatherspoons, and I've done many ove ther past 45 years, though I have seen nutters order the wrong thing and then complain about it. But Brits love to winge. I reckon most of this is tonge in cheek, with some truth in it. However, Weatherspoohs is NOTHING like McD's. It serves food!
Wetherspoons .... awful places. Cheap with nasty food. No, we don't all love Wetherspoons.
Not all Wetherspoons open as late as 9 O'clock in the morning. Found one in a small town in Lincolnshire that opened at 7 in the morning for breakfasts. Think they only started selling beer etc......a little later? Their usual beers are mostly the poor quality, popular chemical lagers but they do occasionally have decent guest ales at very good prices. Trouble is, they're usually close to their "sell by date", which is why they're cheap..
It could be like millers without the TVs, and the food at millers is better,and full of locals 🇺🇸🏴
Are other ones like there's one called Brewers Fayer I think its called, which was least owned by Whitbreads, though I don't know with minors in Wetherspoons, I dont think they're allowed in there, but at Brewers Fayer they are (like will be something about them not being allowed at the bar or which ever).
In Harrogate is one (the first place to use gas street lights in the country as well) in what was formerly the Winter Gardens and did it kind of completely up compared to how it was, though a lot of its dead tatty now when you look at the corners at the edges lol (way for kind of people to visit a garden indoors etc).
Sometimes in a Wetherspoonds (depending on the look of the place) will have old artworks on the walls, like is a portrait of the 1st Mayor of the Ripon City Council, ordered as such by James VI in Scotland and by then by about a year I in England, when he ordered the formation of the council and gave a proper charter to Ripon (3rd smallest city in the country, though when excluding Wales is it becomes the 2nd smallest after the City of London.
His use of the term "dirty" does not mean filthy. It can mean several things such as basic, naughty in a fun way , or even as a replacement for lovely . Not 100% sure of his usage here , not my age group but it definitely doesn't mean unclean.
That's a boiled egg , what no soldiers (bread cut into finger sizes to dip in your runny egg) Yum A kids breakfast staple! .
To me Weatherspoons is somewhere you might arrange to meet up if you are going out in a group, have one drink then move on to a better place. They are usually large and airy so easy to spot people you are metting up with.
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Wetherspoons is best known for cheap beer, cheaper food and sticky carpets (and by cheap I mean terrible). Also for the occasional 50+ person punch up. Its definitely not somewhere the majority of Brits go but tends to attract a very specific type of crowd...
Tyler, you really should appreciate by now 'British banter'.....his insults to the place are not genuine LOL.
historically most pubs were owned by a specific brewery. the landlords were tenants. but more and more "freehouses" came about and have become the norm. Now we have a chain company that keeps prices down and does cool things like banning music so people can socialise. It was different when they first started popping up. they now have an app so you can order to your table, table service. And yes, its the mcdonalds of pubs, but its pretty good place to socialise with free coffee refills. its not a typical pub experience. some are better than others, but mostly down to the area/clientele that visit. they areusually well kept places, as good as a regular hotel lobby type of atmosphere.