bramling
Veteran Member
Presumably this is because they want to use the maximum space they can for the "drinking floor" and putting toilets (other than the accessible one) on that level wastes that space?
There are exceptions. "Old Spoons" in MK (the one nearest the station) is all on one level and there are, if you really want, tables you can sit at where it would be fewer than 10 steps chair to urinal. I half recall them being on the ground floor in Fort William too (largely because upstairs is a Travelodge).
If it is a deliberate policy then it’s a sensible one, as many Wetherspoon establishments can be pretty busy at times to the point where it’s hard to find a table, so maximising the space available for that is quite reasonable IMO - subject to the proviso that there’s a disabled toilet or two in the main level for those who find stairs a problem.
ISTR Farringdon is another where the toilets are on the ground floor.