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Originally Posted by gazfan
Can you explain a bit more, please.
Round my way the Weatherspoon pubs serve reasonably priced food, reasonably priced drinks & do not have loud music, fruit machines, etc.
It is, therefore, possible to go with a group of friends, have a decent conversation & not spend too much money.
- what do you consider to be missing from that when compared to a 'traditional' pub?
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In one word 'Atmosphere'
Wetherspoons lacks it, also my local Wetherspoons as others I have visited have the worst service of any pub I have visited. A few times I have walked in,waited for 5 mins and then walked out and gone to my local. The ratio of staff serving to customer is high, but the efficiency/time serving is very poor.
At least I never wait long in my local, because if there is a queue I have the owners blessing to go behind the bar and serve myself. I do this when they are busy, leaving the money behind the bar for the drink/drinks.
ps. I never drink at home, and to be honest I'm not a big boozer at the pub. Sometimes when I'm away early Saturday morning on my motorbike, I go on a Friday night and drink coke or a few shandy just to have a chat with my mates.