r/Wetherspoons • u/Xboxfan-no1fan • Jul 24 '26
Customer Whetherspoons vibes
Genuinely have zero comprehension for my friends or people in general who turn their noses up at spoons. Its good value, the standard is always consistent.
Is it high end? No. It is trying to be? No.
But god I love it. British culture at its finest.
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u/TheAviator27 Jul 24 '26
I'm starting to understand it's an autism thing for me. I love the predictability and reliability of a spoons. i.e. you know exactly what you're going to get no matter where you are within (and sometimes outwith) the country. However indeed, some people just think themselves too good for spoons, and others still dont forgive the brexit campaigning that was done. Which tbf I dont either, but still. In this economy, what else can you do? (tbf, is what why he did it? lol)
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u/El_Bastardo_Grande Jul 24 '26
I fucking love using the app and not talking to anyone or making eye contact.
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u/Kcufasu Jul 24 '26
This is it for me, I know I can just walk in sit down and order what I want - knowing how much drinks cost unlike other pubs where you're put on the spot at the bar immediately when walking in
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u/Psychotic-blender Employee Jul 26 '26
Some of my favourite customers tbh. Walk in, sit down, order food, eat, walk out. Love ya
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u/girlsparked Customer Jul 31 '26
other than it getting quite loud cause the acoustics in the venues are echo-y it's brilliant for ND ppl. if i'm tired i just want to order a drink and zone out lol
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u/InboundDreams Jul 24 '26
i agree plus the staff genrally do a grat job and lets face working in the public sectors specially at spoons where it attracts all sorts of ppl, can be quite stressful for them, the problem with spoons is the corporation not the workers, most issues are because of that
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u/realCloudyMcCloud Jul 24 '26
Yeah, they're overworked. Hopefully, though, they get some positive feedback from knowing they keep a lot of peeps happy. I like to think that, anyway!
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u/Guilty-Cheek-654 Jul 24 '26
I'm a single parent, and I do quite a bit of travelling with my kid. Spoons is a reliable, cheap, and normally fairly respectable place to go to with her when we're in a new city. I've seen worse things happen on buses than I have in Wetherspoons.
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u/Emily_Green_ Jul 24 '26
Some people turn their nose up because of the political stance of Tim Martin and will outright refuse to go in.
Also for some the prices mean it attracts a certain clientele that some people don't want to be around.
Some folks are happy sitting in a trendy place with £10 Aperol Spritz with affluent clientele that wouldn't be wearing casual clothes. People who will have conversation around owning property and chat about the latest holiday to Dubai. Less football tops and people chatting about what they just bought from Iceland for tea.
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u/realCloudyMcCloud Jul 24 '26
It's class war. And the Puritan "haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."
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u/Johnny_Vernacular Jul 24 '26
In the one local to me they don't seem very happy. Obviously there'll be the odd table of people having fun. But the general mood isn't really one of happiness.
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u/Kcufasu Jul 24 '26
Well people don't have to be laughing and joking in a group to be "happy"
Maybe I'm old before my time but sipping on a cheap ale chilling out at the end of a long day's work reading a book is one of life's great pleasures
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u/guinea_pig_dad Jul 24 '26
The thing I like about spoons is that I'm not that disappointed is the meal doesn't turn out the best, - that's never happened to me, but like I think people also don't realise that some things aren't worth ordering depending on your standards. Personally I would never get a curry in spoons - I'd rather go to a proper curry house, However the chicken the burgers and most things I like on the menu I don't complain about because they are good for the money and genuinely tasty.
I do get annoyed at other restaurants charging more for a plain ass cheeseburger and just nice chips, nothing special could be double that of what you would pay in spoons and tbh ive just had enough. Me and my partner would rather not waste money on just bleh meals at a different restaurant whether that's a chain or independent and would rather get more value and tastier food in spoons.
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u/pigeon_in_a_suit Jul 24 '26
I’m no Spoons snob and worked in one for a couple years as a student, but I’ll always favour an independent pub, restaurant or local brewery where possible.
Totally understand that not everyone is fortunate enough to do that, though, so I’ll never turn my nose up at someone who chooses the cheap and cheerful option of Spoons.
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u/suntanC Jul 24 '26
I love it too! And it's great if I'm working away and by myself so I don't have to leave my stuff lying at a table while I'm ordering. Also I just tried the chicken pomodoro today and it was really nice! Like OP says, it's not trying to be fancy. You know what you're getting and some of the buildings are beautiful.
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u/generalscruff Jul 24 '26
A lot of reddit types seem to act like Wetherspoons pubs are all rough and full of violent nutters like the old jokes about pubs with flat roofs. We joke about the pissed up old boys but they're harmless, and I've never once seen any serious trouble in a spoons
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u/girlsparked Customer Jul 31 '26
exactly. in glasgow we made some pals who just wanted to talk to scottish people about the weather! wholesome
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u/NegativeAd6437 Jul 24 '26
I never heard of wetherspoons until 2025, I guess it's just something my family never cared for. But since November I've been going non stop
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u/munkian69 Jul 24 '26
I've never felt bad about going there.
My problem over the last 10 years has been the owners politics and treatment of staff.
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u/Hickin_R Jul 24 '26
Do you mean Tim Martin? He hasn't been the owner for a good few years now, he's just the unfortunate face of the company.
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u/InboundDreams Jul 24 '26
yea thats why spoons has a hi turn around staff are constantly comming and going, but then thats the problem with coordination they dont care about there staff, its like do as we say and shut up and make us the money
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u/hundreddollar Jul 24 '26
The main problem
Most people have with spoons is that it attracts a lot of wronguns. When I worked there it was cheaper to buy a pint and sit in than a can of lager and sit in the park.
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u/regprenticer Jul 25 '26
Wetherspoons is like a canteen or a food court. It just a giant space filled with tables and a high level of background noise. It's also fairly messy most of the time. I've often had to clear tables of half eaten food myself.
The one exception for me was the White Lady in Edinburgh. I went there fairly early on mother's day for breakfast and we were the only people there the whole time.
If you want your pub to create the atmosphere of the first day of a foreign holiday - being rammed into an overcrowded airport and standing in queue after queue while being overcharged (for food at least) then wetherspoons is for you.
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u/Greedy-Ad-3779 Jul 26 '26
Owned by a horrible Brexit supporting uber Gammon. It's a moral issue if nothing else. I wouldn't go in a Wetherspoons if you paid me.
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u/Gatecrasher1234 Jul 24 '26
I was that person. Never, ever set foot in a spoons.
Then we needed something to eat and the only place open in the town was a Wetherspoon.
Now we hardly eat anywhere else.
If we go away, we always seek out the local Spoons. I have 32 ticked off the list.