- Location
- London
If it can be managed, daytime drinking has some things to recommend it.
Alcohol in the evening/last thing disturbs sleep.
Wetherspoons
- Thread starter Dirk
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Alcohol in the evening/last thing disturbs sleep.
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
Whisky drinker then, postie?
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
I usually find there's a better atmosphere in the pubs during the afternoon. The poseurs and fighters don't tend to appear until later at night, especially on a friday or saturday. I try to keep well clear at the peak times.
FishFright
More wheels than sense
I've not been drunk for 30 odd years, two or three pints are my limit. If you want to know why Martin is hated so much ask a landlord of a non chain pub.
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
My brother has worked in the licensed trade all his life. He was at one time the longest continuous license holder in the Lothian and Borders region. He leased a well run, busy, non chain pub in Edinburgh for 25+ years, and knows what he is talking about. He has no problem with Tim Martin or Wetherspoons; they were providing a different type of eating and drinking experience to that of Wetherspoons. It cost more, but people pay the premium and everyone is happy. As some previous posters have hinted, it can even be helpful in that some of the less desirable customers might prefer to save a few bob and head for Wetherspoons.
- Location
- London
funny you should say that.
One of my favourite local spoons (one of the ones which looks rather plain/nondescript from the street but well fitted out inside and with a consistently good to truly excellent quality beer range due to its big cellar - one of the best in London) is frequented by the landlord of a local pub. He said he liked it. It was his preferred pub when not working.
As above yes the pub trade has been going through some tough times for years - a long-term trend but you can't blame spoons for this. If spoons didn't exist there would be less folk going to the pub and pubs would still be closing - to a fair old extent because of folks sitting at home drinking stuff from the supermarket, beer and wine, snorting cocaine/their drug of choice. All in the best possible taste - while poo-pooing spoons and the folk who go in them.
FishFright
More wheels than sense
Fair enough but I hear the opposite here.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
Indeed, Whatever the rights and wrongs of his politics, he at least is prepared to stand up to the government where he thinks (rightly or wrongly) their policy is damaging the pub trade in a noisy shouty manner that does a least get noticed. Benefits of that trickle down to the independent owner landlords, despite being at different ends of the market.
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
To be fair, I hear the same said about 'spoons here in my small home town. And as I said in a previous post, it CAN and does suck the life out of other pubs.
They have been blamed for the closure of several local pubs here, and it may well have been a factor, but to be honest the now closed pubs were not the best, and struggling long before 'spoons came along.
Wetherspoons just put them out of their misery.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Spoons offers nothing that any local pub offers except they do it cheaper. That's the challenge for these local pubs. You have to be something other than "the cheapest". If a local pub was just cheap and nothing else, and then Wetherspoons comes along and it is cheaper, the local pub probably wouldn't have lasted long in any case
Our little town has a Wetherspoons. It's nice and airy and it's popular with young families having a treat of a meal out. It also has 18 other pubs which operate with varying degrees of success. The busiest of all is the most expensive
It went well,not as many turned up but 19 was a good number.We had to find a different spot to set the tables up.some students were filming something for their Uni work.I got there five to ten they were filming then and only finished at 2-30, they took a lot of space up.It was well attended was the pub,We were not the only ones.But we were the only two tables dressed,even the staff commented how lovely they looked.No trouble in the in pub,people having food and enjoying themselves,a great atmosphere.plus we had a a secret santa,one of my mates has made his fortune in building houses of a high quality.So he took me to one side and gave me £340 to pay for the food and drink.I had to count the number and each person got £20, the best laugh I forgot to include myself in the head count,so I got nowt.Just brilliant.
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keithmac
Guru
I've had some great nights in Wetherspoons, just sat chatting with mates and having a nice pint.
Had some crap nights as well being dragged around more "upmarket" establishment's paying through the nose for a drink watching people pretending to be posh (that really boils my wee..).
Each to their own.
Had some crap nights as well being dragged around more "upmarket" establishment's paying through the nose for a drink watching people pretending to be posh (that really boils my wee..).
Each to their own.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
In the past, Working Mens Clubs (and similar) often "did it cheaper", but, pubs survived, alongside the Clubs.
Not everyone likes Clubs (I don't, generally).
It is freedom of choice.
- Location
- London
I've been around a bit - in my book the highest chance of getting a plastic pub experience and a middling to damn crap fizzy pint (and a very restricted range) of whatever colour is in a "high class" metropolitan hotel bar.
>>paying through the nose for a drink watching people pretending to be posh (that really boils my wee..).
folk extending a little finger drinking their beer from bone china cups?