Will you drink in Wetherspoons when pubs re-open?

[Cheshire Cat]

I like their beer and prices but hate the owner so I will boycott them.

 

[Brew_DD2]

Not a chance.

 

[Stephen B]

Absolutely no chance.

 

[MickDundee]

My mates and I have already decided we won’t. It used to be one of the few places I could get beer I liked but the rest of Broughty Ferry has caught up a bit. The 2 Belhaven pubs have been stocking West Brewery’s lager instead of Tennents which has improved my enjoyment of “standard” pubs significantly (although one of those 2 pubs also has a decent selection of real ales).

 

[fury_tea]

I like their beer and prices but hate the owner so I will boycott them.

Yeah I usually try to avoid it. I really don't like the owner. It's good that they save old buildings rather than flatten them, but that's the only plus point (apart from price of the beers). I'd prefer to pay a bit more and support a local business, personally. Plus they could probably do with my cash more than a behemoth like WS.

Wouldn't call it a boycott but just prefer to drink/eat elsewhere.

 

[MyQul]

I never drank in them before and wont when pubs re-open. The owner is a w*nker hopefully the chain will fold

 

[trueblue]

Can't disagree with what has been said and one thing I would add is the amount of time you have to wait to be served. I would rather pay a few pence more for a beer so they could staff the bar properly.

 

[MickDundee]

Can't disagree with what has been said and one thing I would add is the amount of time you have to wait to be served. I would rather pay a few pence more for a beer so they could staff the bar properly.

That’s why you should always order on your phone using the app. Nearly always quicker than standing at the bar.

 

[obscure]

That’s why you should always order on your phone using the app. Nearly always quicker than standing at the bar.

Problem is that they don’t have all the beer on the app,or didn’t the last time I was in one. So you could order a pint of John Smiths no problem but a pint of one of the various guest ales which I would say was one of their only selling points.

In addition I have never found Weatherspoon's to be particularly pleasant places to drink, always being closer to a budget chain restaurant than a pub, the atmosphere always seeming to be slightly depressing.

 

[An Ankoù]

If I ever get the chance to visit my native land again without being thrown into quarantine, prison, deportation centre or forcibly made to admire the golden rivet aboard the good ship WIndrush, I certainly will not ever again visit a Wetherspoon's establishment except to relieve my bladder in the entrance on my way home from a proper pub.

 

[Dads_Ale]

Whilst I don’t disagree about the owner they have really turned around some venues that would have been lost forever.
I am therefore undecided

 

[Linalmeemow]

I'd rather give my cash to a locally owned pub - they're going to need all the help they can get once this is over.

 

[dad_of_jon]

Believe me its the best pace to drink locally for some distance the other pubs would have a minus food rating on them if that score were allowed. They are real scummy holes. I'm more likely to boycott Chinese goods than avoid spoon's if they re-open.

 

[Goldthirst]

That’s why you should always order on your phone using the app. Nearly always quicker than standing at the bar.

I would if there was a 'top up pint' option!

Our local one is (or was) usually very noisy, crowded and full of youngsters. I'm not keen on going in there.

 

[DavidHatton]

I never drank in them before and wont when pubs re-open. The owner is a w*nker hopefully the chain will fold

Maybe him and Mike Ashley can go into a partnership Wethersports or Spoonsdirect.

 

[DavidHatton]

Only drank my local one 2 or 3 times during the ale fests, gonna boycott. if I need a beer fest got pigs ear fest down the bottom of the road.

 

[MmmBeer]

Food and good selection of beers at sensible prices. They have found a formula that works, when many other pubs / chains are failing in their droves.

They may not be my favourite of watering holes, but they definitely have their uses. So yes I will drink in them again, I wouldn't cut off my nose for the sake of 6th form common room politics.

 

[Ajhutch]

Food and good selection of beers at sensible prices. They have found a formula that works, when many other pubs / chains are failing in their droves.

The first and second half of this sentence are related.

I already avoided Wetherspoons unless I’m in a big group and there’s a consensus to go there. Not because of the politics of Tim Martin but because of the toxic impact of them selling beer at a price that independent breweries and pubs can’t sustainably cope with.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Food and good selection of beers at sensible prices. They have found a formula that works, when many other pubs / chains are failing in their droves.

They may not be my favourite of watering holes, but they definitely have their uses. So yes I will drink in them again, I wouldn't cut off my nose for the sake of 6th form common room politics.

6th form politics get real this guy laid off his staff and told them to get a job at Tesco’s.

 

[Clint]

What I like about our Wetherspoons is the crowd of shoppers that have been to Iceland for their frozen stuff and popped in for a pint...and spent the rest of the day there...