Dear wetherspoons, I have always enjoyed your food and the service we normally get whilst in one of your chains.
On 24/1/2010 I drove my niece up to her university in Canterbury and treated her and my daughter to a meal in The Thomas Ingoldsby/C112HC. Pub number 0291 till number1 at 16.22.
When we went to order my daughter had to change her option as they had run out of sirloin steak which early afternoon was strange but she did order something else instead, we also ordered starters and was asked if we wanted it with the main and we said no as a starter please. We paid and took our seats. Within 5 minutes they brought one of the starters of breaded mushrooms and we took one each to eat.
Both my daughter and myself took a bit and looked at each other and said yes its frozen inside. My daughter took the plate up to one of the staff members and discretley told them the problem.
We sat waiting for a further 6-8 minutes and by this time were a bit annoyed as the second starter was nachos which as u well know need no cooking so why had we not got the order at our table.
When the waiter came to the table with the mushrooms I asked when the nachos would come and they went off to enquire, and on their return we were told sorry but it had been put down to come with the main.
Im sorry but we had been asked at the till and asked for both as starters. We were told it would be delayed,
We finally received the nachos and by this time as you can imagine were very hungry. We waited and waited for 45 minutes from order for our main. My daughter once again left her seat to go and ask a waiter were our mains were. He started to make some excuse up that which really annoyed my daughter, whom has run a Hungry horse pub/restaurant. The young waiter was trying to fob us off with it takes time and it was ordered with the main by mistake, she pointed out that had the order taker knew he had made an error he should have put his head round to the chef and ask it to be prepared with the other starter.
We finally got our meals but had to wait for approx 1 hour after we had ordered our meals and told that it would be ready in 20 minutes.
We were ignored whilst we ate and not one person came over to ensure the meals were fine or if we had a problem, this has never happened to me before and feel that the staff need to be re trained in customer service.
Had we been mystery shoppers and had to report back to you you would take this seriously.
We spent enough money in your premises and for the first time certainly did not enjoy the service and attitude of the staff.
I wait patiently to hear from you
Many thanks
Mrs Lucy Fares
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I went to moon under water in Balham in January with my partner and in the ladies toilet a bucket had been placed in the middle of the floor presumably to catch drips from the rain. We live in Livepool and were visiting friends. We came down this week end and went along to weatherspoons as usual and guess WHAT! the bucket is still in the middle of the floor in ladies toilet. This is a health hazzard as far as I’m concerned as could easily be tripped over in the position it’s in.And not only that why hasn’t the ceiling been inspected so a bucket need not to be there?
Brenda,
Your first mistake was going to the Moon Under Water in Balham. It’s a horrible pub and Balham has many far nicer ones. Next time you visit Balham I recommend trying the Clarence or the Devonshire instead.
Dave..
I went to the tom toya lewis weatherspoons in newport with my family today 7 march 2010 to have a sunday lunch for my daughters 21. It took me 20 mins for order to be put through as person on till was training we went through what I wanted three times meals took twenty minutes to come or should I say two of the meals with none of the extras I ordered when asked about this was told they were on way 20 minutes later my meal arrived daughter had finished hers and told they me I didn t order extras but could go and order them even though most people had finished there meals by now the person who served me at till .even though i had asked about receipt and that every thing was on there before I paid for meal. A line leader then came and told me .I hadn t paid for extra vegtables. But would send the manager he came informed me I hadn t paid for vegtable extra. Saw I had paid for lager I hadn t had and refunded that at no time did they apologise for there mistake customer service in this particular weatherspoons is non existant other weatherspoons I have been in recently have curtious and pleasant staff is this one meant to give you the weatherspoons don t care experiance at the end of the day customers pay for a service of which if they did not there would be no jobs if you get it wrong rectify it don t upset the customer as i said at the end of the day customers are who keep buisnesses like weatherspoons staff employed and rudeness will eventually see customers use other venues
I took my Nan to the George in Staines for her Birthday meal as we have always enjoyed it there but this time were really dissappointed. We ordered amongst other things two children’s meals that are supposed to coem with a *free* drink. When they weren’t brought to us I asked at the bar about why we didn’t the free drinks and the obnoxioius little git behind the bar said ”Tha’s because you didn’t order them”. and I said ”I don’t understand, they’re free drinks” and he replied ”Well you have to order them at the bar, if you don’t ask me for them I’m not going to give them to you”, so them a lady behind the bar explained that if we wanted *free* drinks with the meal it would have cost more – that doesn’t sound like a free drink to me!!
Then the toilets were a disgrace as well. Every one except one was blocked with paper and the one that could be used had no paper in it. The place is disgusting and the attitude by the staff is so appalling I suggest if you’re thinking of going there – don’t. Standards have severely slipped in a very short amount of time and for this I can only blame the management.
went to the thomos drumond in fleetwood lancs went for annerversery meal we go alot and have always been very pleased not this time i was served frozen food they took it back i at to ASK what was happing with my meal after 15 min in the end i told them not to bother and asked for refund which i had but ruind he meal will not be going again sorry MR PLANT
Just been to the new wetherspoons in Hawick in the Scottish Borders, Tuesday night steak night there was six of us all wanting steak to be told there was none left! then when we did order our food sat at the serving area for that long it was cold by the time we got it.
Was also there for coffee last week and there coffee machine was broken for the second time, not a good start for a new resturant!!!!!!
The Wetherspoons in Blackpool on the prom is terrible.The management could not manage a tea party let alone a pub all they do is pass off complaints to another person who then passes is on again until it is forgotten.A friend went for an interview there a few weeks ago only to be left like a muppet while the manageress/manager was so busy talking to friends that he was left in the pub for nearly an hour yet if he was late for an interview they would not see him.My point being the pub is run so bad on a prime location it needs sorting not the staff but managers seems to be too many of em who play the blame game and don’t take responsibility.
Shame on Wetherspoons this type of management is blowing your rep away staff do not care about the customers,complaints never get sorted oh wait this is same with all the chain if you look on the net hard enough.
Avoid @ all costs or will Wetherspoons look into it more instead of passing the buck shame on you and sort out your staff or better close it and let another chain of quality pubs take over the land and give us the service we want
On Saturday the 29th October 2011 my wife and I went to Cabot Court Hotel in Weston super Mare at approx 3pm, we went to order some food but were told that there was at least 30 minute wait so we decided against having food and jst ordered two coffees we paid for the coffees and as I turned from the car a member of staff came rushing through with empty plates knocking the coffee from my hand. The coffee went all over my wifes coat we later found that the coffee had also gone all into her handbag soaking the contents. On sunday I spoke to the deputy manager Glenn who said he would have to watch the ctv film of the event. I then had a phone call from them to saythat the manager C Partridge was happy it was just an accident and nothing would be done about it. I feel that we should be due some sort of compensation for the inconvenience caused !!!
We had dinner today 4 of us, we ordered 2 Steaks 1 Salmon, 1 curry, The steaks were cold. chips and vegetable were cold, the salmon was very small finger size also cold, vegetables were cold, so not a good start, the pub was cold with the air conditioner was on, asked if we could have it switch off, so nothing happened, in fact it been like that for years. we complained about the foods, but it fell on deaf ears, showed no interest what so ever. waste of time, in fact wonder why we bother. The bill was £31.40p. Thank you Mrs S.Clement 2a Winsford Rd Torquay S.Devon TQ26UG. 01803 690037.
Benjimin Huntsman Sheffield…..From all the complaints written abovt Weatherspoons above, my visit to this place was typical
Extremely poor service
Managerial lathargy
No feedback or Complaint address.
No identity badges for the people who serve.
I suspect they get by on location and cheap beer. Why else would anyone go in?
Five of us decided to breakfast (23.08.12) at 10am in Weatherspoons, King and Castle, Windsor to celebrate superb GCSE results.
We took the breakfast menus from the bar to the outside upper patio balcony. Whilst my husband was ordering at the bar we all decided to move to the outside lower ground floor patio as all the tables around us were wet from the previous night’s rain and to our benefit several of the lower floor tables were sitting in the sunshine.
My husband informed the bar that we had moved tables to avoid any confusion.
Our order arrived fairly swiftly; however, the female member of staff who served us was incredibly rude and terse. She abruptly informed us ‘that on this occasion she will allow us to eat our food on the lower patio area but in future food is only served in this area after 12pm and could we be aware.’ She spoke in a condescending, patronising manner which was not only unnecessary but embarrassing for all of us.
Firstly there was no sign or cordon to separate or inform patrons regarding the rules and expectations for the eating areas. Secondly, had the tables been dried in the upper patio area before 10am then we may have been comfortable eating there. Finally, as a paying customer I expect to be treated with respect and not as a poorly behaved school child being reprimanded.
Maybe waiting staff should be taught how to smile even when annoyed by paying members of the public who are contributing to their wages.
Montague Pyke in Chating Cross Road – APPALLING SERVICE AND LYING STAFF
Just because this is in Central London the staff are arrogant, poorly trained, and the management worse. This Sunday I went there for Sunday Lunch – I ordered Roast Chicken. The maneger tried to supersize that for an extra £1.50 – she wouldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer. If I wanted is supersize I would have asled for it. I paid £7.75 – at least it came with a ‘free’ pnt of Hen.
About 20 minutes later – they were not bust – my order turned up as Roast Beef. I said wasn’t mine. The server insisted that it was. She’d obviosly got my order wrong. I asked for the manager and it was the same woman who’d taken my order. She accused me of ordering Roast Beef. In fact I couldn’t and wouldn’t have – I have some loose fillings which precludes chewing anything tough – and I’ve had Wetherspoon’s Roast Beef before – thick grissle – never again. But she wouldn’t apologise nr accept that she might have made a mistake. No – I the customer was wrong – and she made sure the whole place knew it.
So I made a scene and said I wanted my money back – which she gave me.
I went to the Black Cap in Camden where they did an OK Chicken Roast for £8.75. But my favourite place for Roast Chicken is Rupert Street at £6.95. Bot of these place are NOT Wetherspoons.
Montague Pyke in Charing Cross Road – APPALLING SERVICE AND LYING STAFF (corrected)
Just because this is in Central London the staff are arrogant, poorly trained, and the management worse.
This Sunday I went there for Sunday Lunch – I ordered Roast Chicken. The manager who took my order tried to supersize that for an extra £1.50 – she wouldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer. If I wanted it supersize I would have asked for it. Anyway I paid £7.75 – at least it came with a ‘free’ pint of Hen.
About 20 minutes later – they were not busy – my order turned up as Roast Beef. I said that wasn’t mine. The server insisted that it was. She’d obviously got my order wrong. I asked for the manager and it was the same woman who’d taken my order. She accused me of ordering Roast Beef. In fact I couldn’t and wouldn’t have ordered that – I have some loose fillings which precludes chewing anything tough – and I’ve had Wetherspoon’s Roast Beef before – thick grissle – never again.
But she wouldn’t apologise nor accept that she might have made a mistake. No – I the customer was wrong – and she made sure the whole place knew it.
So I made a scene and said I wanted my money back – which she gave me.
And I walked out – pretty pi$$ed off.
Then I went to the Black Cap in Camden where they did an OK Chicken Roast for £8.75. But my favourite place for Roast Chicken is Rupert Street in Soho at £6.95. Both of these place are NOT Wetherspoons.
i am fairly disappointed at how me and my partner was spoken to at wetherspoons mexborough, we was only out for an hour and a quiet drink when we returned to the pub for a drink they refused to serve us sayind i fell through the door which was correct n i wasnt even drunk, normally we get good service but last night was horrendous n am in two minds wheather to go to our local paper about it u need better staff who know how to talk to customers n i will give the place a bad name its radiculous
i meant which wasnt correct i didnt fall through no doors or on the floor so get ya staff into place
went in my local wetherspoons in blackheath and was shocked to see that the exmoor gold as gone up from £2-09 to £ 2-25 dont you think that his a bit steep price increase
Beware the bar maid from hell , she works in weatherspoons the madenhead in basingstoke . I dont drink mutch because i drive for a liveing , maybe 6 times in my life i have bin in that pub . I went in to see my bro , He said get them in , went to the bar , from hell said to me ,i am not serving you i dont like the way you are looking at me , i looked behind me , i thought she was talking to some one else . i said what do you mean , you not serving me because you dont like the way i am looking at you , with that , she said ok you just touched me up now your barred , i went mad , you lieing bitch get your manager , she said i am the manager , with that she called the police , i wouldent leave untill they got there , they escorted me outside , i told them what she said , they said nothing we can do she can barr whoever she wants . yesterday i see my local landlord as i going home from shopping he tells me i am on pub watch , not alloud in any locals for a year , i am now told i cannot appeal it her word against mine , how can this be wright . tryed weatherspoon complaints , guess what , correct , they dont want to know , get a solicitor the told me . this could have bin serious for me , a man , being accused of sexual assault . just beware that bub ,