Agreed there. I've had many meals in 'spoons (mostly breakfast before they went and removed most things on the menu) and the baked beans there really aren't pleasant. The rest of the meal is usually rather good though and they always seem open to substitutions in their large breakfast.
I've done just that for the one I used to frequent in Birmingham. I frequently went for pancakes and scrambled egg on toast but both of those were removed when the menu changed so I decided that it wasn't worth it anymore.I tend to try and find an alternative now.
Allowing substitutions is an important point though. As far as I'm concerned, a breakfast place that doesn't do reasonable substitutions will have to substitute me with another customer I'm afraid.
I tend to try and find an alternative now.
Allowing substitutions is an important point though. As far as I'm concerned, a breakfast place that doesn't do reasonable substitutions will have to substitute me with another customer I'm afraid.
I'd far rather they offered "create your own" at a price per item like Morrisons do. They used to (well, they offered individual items to add, some staff were happy to order just add-on items on a plate and some weren't) but dropped it, presumably because it makes stock control easier.
What they do need to do, though, is pack in serving the awful McCain Home Fries as so-called chips. To make chips, you slice potatoes and deep-fry them. All other options are grossly inferior.
I'd far rather they offered "create your own" at a price per item like Morrisons do. They used to (well, they offered individual items to add, some staff were happy to order just add-on items on a plate and some weren't) but dropped it, presumably because it makes stock control easier.
However, I just need to know that if a fixed breakfast includes the dreaded mushrooms I can get them replaced with some extra beans for example.
So nice of Tim Martin (brexiteer) to put his pro brexit stance/views in the Wehterspoons News to all people of the UK. Must not imagion if a Nexit happens in NL that Albert Heijn or other supermarketchain does something like that.
Before 23 June Tim did have both Stay and Leave beer on, not sure if the beer was different from each other.I was quite surprised he sent that out to everyone. What did that cost, in terms of print costs AND distribution? And for what? It's not as if anyone will read it (any more than I suspect anyone does when seeing one in the pub).
Probably bitter and mild but the actual taste was formed in the mind of the drinker.Before 23 June Tim did have both Stay and Leave beer on, not sure if the beer was different from each other.
As would I. It is not the place for it.I agree on this. I would equally object to Remain campaigning on this basis; it's exploiting impressionable people by only giving half the facts (if that).
WOW - You have had a sheltered upbringing if you think spoonies is scary!
Having had a Knife pulled out on me in the bathroom by someone i had never met for daring to want to wash my hands after a pee, i'd say my upbringing has not been that sheltered to find that scary?
I previously referred to my local spoons as nice. Still, someone got stabbed in there on NYE.
There are certainly some Wetherspoons that attract an interesting crowd. When you add alcohol into the mix, anything can happen. Personally, I've never felt scared in a Spoons, but some definitely feel more edgy than others. If you aren't used to drinking in dodgy establishments, I can understand that it could feel intimidating.
I disagree. They kill pubs that are crap. The good ones survive and evolve, even if they are more expensive.
It's amazing that I can still walk into pubs that only offer the likes of Carling, Fosters, John Smiths, Guiness and their premium offering is Stella. This will be followed by me immediately walking back out. That wasn't a great business model 15 years ago. Taste evolves, pubs need to too.
There are also still pubs that are frankly dirty too.
There are many reasons why pubs fail, but a lot of them are controllable.
Doombar? I think not. I'm not always taken with the ale offerings in 'spoons. I will go for ones I like. As @Iskra said, I wish they would do Taylor's Landlord.
Other than that, they're a McPub. Mass market and efficient. You know what you're getting when you go in.
in a Weatherspoons or something that happened to you once in a pub?
I have drunk in some very rough pubs but no one has ever pulled a knife on me. A gun ( and i think it was a replica) but not a knife! It was all a misunderstanding and case of mistaken identity. I don't think I look like a policeman. He thought I did. The man I was looking for luckily was able to vouch for me!
Piccadilly Gardens Spoons actually.
I agree with this. Sometimes tables could be cleaner or queues at the bar shorter but apart from that they're pretty good and consistent.I can think of a few reasons just off the top of my head:
They're open all day.
They serve alcohol from early in the day.
They do a roaring trade in breakfasts and unlimited coffee up to midday.
They provide a wide ranging food menu with clearly advertised calorie and allergen information.
They provide a fairly homogenised food and drinks offer that means that you pretty much know what you're getting no matter what town you're in.
They undertake tasteful and sympathetic refurbishments of historic buildings that would otherwise probably remain derelict.
There's a wider range of drinks (alcoholic and otherwise) than you're likely to find in many licensed premises.
Their pubs are accommodating, unchallenging and inoffensive to a wide range of clientele.
Food and drinks prices are generally cheap and they offer a range of deals.
They have a strong, easily recognisable brand.
Having had a Knife pulled out on me in the bathroom by someone i had never met for daring to want to wash my hands after a pee, i'd say my upbringing has not been that sheltered to find that scary?
I agree with this. Sometimes tables could be cleaner or queues at the bar shorter but apart from that they're pretty good and consistent.
I agree with this. Sometimes tables could be cleaner or queues at the bar shorter but apart from that they're pretty good and consistent.
why they don't do an all day breakfast is a mystery
Yeah, the MK Xscape one is always really slow to serve you, but at least now you can take a seat and order on the app while they faff about.
I thought they did?