Lived here one night. Absolutely recommend for the price and service. The pub is a circle Theatre or Playground. Very old style and classic.
And, for the hotel, actually nothing to say. U cannot ask for this price which included a great cleaning and good bathtub any more. BTW, the window view is good!
Heidi S1 year ago
Food was "OK" - as in perfectly edible but not amazing by any means. Staff generally friendly and of course wetherspoons prices are always good.
What let the place down the most was the lack of table clearing and cleaning. At least 8/9 not cleared meaning no "free" tables when arriving unless you clear it yourself (then the tables aren't wiped) Staff and visitors were piling up tables with plates but none being taken back with them. When bringing food out, surely it would make sense to take used plates back as you pass those tables. Time and time again they walk back empty handed. Generally makes the place look very untidy and unclean.
Maggie J1 year ago
We went on the Curry Night with friends.
The positives are the food and drink are good, the staff are friendly and professional.
On this particular night the experience we had here was not the usual as previously food and drinks have been bought out fairly quickly even when very busy.
I used the App to order 4 curries and drinks, then used the App again to order a portion of chips.
The drinks arrived after about 10 minutes and the chips shortly afterwards. We knew they were very busy so waited 40 minutes for the curries and then asked how much longer they would be. We were told we are two tickets away from being served, we wondered whether they had not picked up the order from the App? We received our food an hour after ordering.
After we had finished our food we ordered more drinks via the App. By now the restaurant is fairly empty and we could see a few people going to the bar and being served immediately by the 3 staff. After waiting 20 minutes we asked about our drinks and were told that there are 2 bar staff doing general drinks and 2 doing App drinks. We had been watching and knew this was not the case as we saw the 3 staff members serving people coming to the bar, so again wondered perhaps they are not looking for the orders via the App?
By this point the restaurant is nearly empty, but the tables are still full of dirty plates and glasses, clearly this does not affect us, but we wondered whether there is enough staff to cover everything that needs doing as the staff worked non stop?
Derek johnson1 year ago
A great place to stay. Very friendly staff , and very helpful. The rooms are big, with a big walk in double shower. Very clean, and very tidy. The last place we stayed at was atrocious. -1 out of 10 . I’d give this place 9 out of 10. One of the best we’ve stayed in. Ask for a room in the front building, as they are a bit bigger than the back building. Bit of noise from traffic , but so quite as the windows are double glazed .It didn’t disturb our sleep. The beds are big. For £79 a night, it was excellent value for money. No breakfast included in the price, but for between £3.50 and £5.80 you can get an excellent breakfast in the old cinema immediately next door. Give it a try if you need somewhere to stay in the town .
Alan Hinds2 years ago
A surprisingly nice hotel a d bar. I stayed here on business for one night and was a bit sceptical of a JD pub / hotel. The building is an old theatre, was then a bingo hall and now a pub / restaurant and a hotel. The hotel is lovely, big rooms tastefully decorated in keeping with the original building. Comfortable bed, big walk-in shower, plenty of space to sit and quiet. The pub has been very sympathetic to the original theatre and was a nice place to eat. The staff were friendly and welcoming. I would definitely recommend it and will make a point of staying there again.
Archie Cullum2 years ago
Proper decent boozer loved my experience here, staff are super friendly and informative. get the gorgeous cookie dough if you can, not sure you’d be able to get it it’ll be in high demand because it’s double decent. All the food is lovely and you can tell the staff take great pride in assuring a quality service is delivered with quality food and a big cheesy smile. Would spend every meal in here if I could as I love seeing all the staff! Great pub Great staff proper bargain proper nice. :)
Paul brown2 years ago
You can clearly see the art deco giveaway former cinema from the architecture. Even more impressive inside with some of the original features remaining. I had the vegetarian breakfast with free refill coffee/ hot drinks. Help yourself to tap water at the bar, (a few slices of lemons wouldn't go amiss). The breakfast was okay, but the eggs were a little cold. I mentioned this and got two extra fried ones on a separate plate.
Simon2 years ago
Great use of a converted Cinema. I had lunch there, and you can order using a app, or the more traditional menu method. Good choice of beer, nice atmosphere.
And, for the hotel, actually nothing to say. U cannot ask for this price which included a great cleaning and good bathtub any more. BTW, the window view is good!
Staff generally friendly and of course wetherspoons prices are always good.
What let the place down the most was the lack of table clearing and cleaning. At least 8/9 not cleared meaning no "free" tables when arriving unless you clear it yourself (then the tables aren't wiped)
Staff and visitors were piling up tables with plates but none being taken back with them. When bringing food out, surely it would make sense to take used plates back as you pass those tables. Time and time again they walk back empty handed.
Generally makes the place look very untidy and unclean.
The positives are the food and drink are good, the staff are friendly and professional.
On this particular night the experience we had here was not the usual as previously food and drinks have been bought out fairly quickly even when very busy.
I used the App to order 4 curries and drinks, then used the App again to order a portion of chips.
The drinks arrived after about 10 minutes and the chips shortly afterwards. We knew they were very busy so waited 40 minutes for the curries and then asked how much longer they would be. We were told we are two tickets away from being served, we wondered whether they had not picked up the order from the App? We received our food an hour after ordering.
After we had finished our food we ordered more drinks via the App. By now the restaurant is fairly empty and we could see a few people going to the bar and being served immediately by the 3 staff. After waiting 20 minutes we asked about our drinks and were told that there are 2 bar staff doing general drinks and 2 doing App drinks. We had been watching and knew this was not the case as we saw the 3 staff members serving people coming to the bar, so again wondered perhaps they are not looking for the orders via the App?
By this point the restaurant is nearly empty, but the tables are still full of dirty plates and glasses, clearly this does not affect us, but we wondered whether there is enough staff to cover everything that needs doing as the staff worked non stop?
I stayed here on business for one night and was a bit sceptical of a JD pub / hotel. The building is an old theatre, was then a bingo hall and now a pub / restaurant and a hotel.
The hotel is lovely, big rooms tastefully decorated in keeping with the original building. Comfortable bed, big walk-in shower, plenty of space to sit and quiet.
The pub has been very sympathetic to the original theatre and was a nice place to eat. The staff were friendly and welcoming. I would definitely recommend it and will make a point of staying there again.
I had the vegetarian breakfast with free refill coffee/ hot drinks. Help yourself to tap water at the bar, (a few slices of lemons wouldn't go amiss).
The breakfast was okay, but the eggs were a little cold. I mentioned this and got two extra fried ones on a separate plate.
I had lunch there, and you can order using a app, or the more traditional menu method.
Good choice of beer, nice atmosphere.