Weatherspoons do create a storm whenever they're discussed.PedallingSquares wrote:Wetherspoons do rescue old buildings and do a decent enough job doing them up.I've always found them to be souless places.We have one locally and I rarely use it.Abbot Ale is £1.95 and it's £3.80 a mile up the road.I always choose the pub where it's £3.80 as it's a proper pub.
I've always found them pretty grim places, but, they are convenient and predictable if you want food & drink without fuss or pretensions. They are cheap but rarely cheerful despite the interesting buildings.
I'd love to be able to say I'm boycotting them because of the owner's politics - which are seriously suspect, but I can't honestly say that I am.
Outside the Weatherspoons in Hull City centre was one place I have seen a major police presence in daylight at a pub - says it all really!