Hat and feathers seaham harbour has been open for 11 yeas'no change of furniture the seating and tables are old and dirty. This is a good pub if looked after we have been going regular since it opene... See more
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SVEN is fabulous..
SVEN is fabulous... worked non stop all day... needs a bonus.
All the staff were amazing but he never stopped. Doing the food, the bar, everything.
Give that man a bonus!!
We have been in the Punch Bowl all day…
We have been in the Punch Bowl all day and Sven has worked his arse off. Not stopped all day. Serving food, jumping on the bar to serve when needed. Fabulous.
Yes, all the other serving staff have worked well, keeping the queue down. But Sven needs a special mention. Well down, management should be proud
Very Disappointing and Unprofessional Experience
My family (my wife, our baby, and a friend) visited Wetherspoons 24 january 2026 at around 9:40 pm for dinner. When we arrived, one staff member told my wife they close at 10:00 pm. To be sure, I then asked another staff member about the kitchen and pub closing times, and she clearly confirmed that the kitchen closes at 11:00 pm and the pub at 12:30 am. Based on this information, we placed our food and drink order.
Our drinks arrived after 9:55 pm. While we were drinking, at exactly 10:00 pm, a staff member wearing a white shirt came to our table and told us we had to leave immediately.
When I asked for a reason, he said under-18s are not allowed after 10:00 pm. I accepted this because we had our baby with us. However, I explained that we had already ordered food, and he said he could arrange takeaway for the food, but not for the drinks.
I politely asked for one minute to finish our drinks, but he refused completely and insisted we leave immediately, without any courtesy or proper explanation. There was no prior warning, no apology, and no attempt to handle the situation professionally.
I asked my wife to step outside with the baby, and my friend and I tried to quickly finish our drinks, but again we were told to leave straight away. At that point, I requested a refund. He agreed — but refused to refund the drinks, saying they do not refund items once they are “touched”.
This is completely unfair, especially when we were forced to leave through no fault of our own and were given incorrect information by staff in the first place.
The way we were treated felt disrespectful, discriminatory, and unacceptable. Staff should know the rules, communicate them clearly before orders are taken, and treat customers with basic decency — especially families.
Very disappointing experience. I would not recommend this person based on how poorly this situation was handled.
Briar Rose Hotel and pub in Birmingham…
Briar Rose Hotel and pub in Birmingham looked after us excellently again. This is third time we've stayed there so they must be doing something right. Even free tea and coffee as residents, so save £1.81 every hot drink! The real ales and food are all good value too. Can't wait to stay there again, or any Wetherspoons Hotel. UK's best kept secret. Keep it quiet Tim !!😁
Credit where credits due and deserved
My wife and I called in to the Arthur Robertson at Perry Bar One Stop after a morning of shopping, or waiting for madam to finish! We found a table by the window and I went to the bar and ordered a pint of Leffe and half a lager shandy, when at the bar were laughing at an extremely drunk guy lying on his back and the police trying to get him out
Once this had ended a really polite young man with dreadlocks (Ky) served me and we had the banter about the guy on the floor, Ky gave me my change and I took the drinks to the table, about 10m later Ky came over and said “I think I overcharged you” so he asked for my change, well the only change I had was the money he gave me which was about 70p from the £10 I gave him, straight away I thought oops I didn’t check my change! Ky took the change and a few minutes later he brought over £4 and a few pence! What amazing honesty, he could have ignored it, it was his mistake but also my mistake, he searched for us in a very busy pub with apologies! That’s not all I was served again by Ky and I gave him a £10 note and a £1 coin, he gave my the change but said “You’ve given me an extra pound” I said yes, he said with surprise in his voice “Is this a tip!” I said you deserve it and I will make sure Wetherspoons hears about it! Ky is an absolute credit to Wetherspoons and Tim Martin should read this! This young guy is a very honest, kind, polite person who deserves every chance to progress in your company. Please thank him for us please
Thank you from Steve & Chris Mills
Forgot my power bank at the moon harrow…
Forgot my power bank at the moon harrow in the hill , tried a lot of call to local pub , tried to submit customer service , all failed
Don't know where is customer service
Wether or not spoons
We’re to burger came burger went 30 min wait for replacement, burnt yes full on burnt they actually burnt the burger bun on one size it was black burger was also burnt noway no one saw this very poor made me wait 30 mins for a replacement one and they was rushed sloppy I asked for a refund as didn’t want wait another half an hour for a redo again I was told because I ordered through the app they couldn’t do it ok ok but wow so now I have to chase it up more on my side for poor work poor quality.
Drinks where fine but it’s clear staff prioritise customers stood at the bar over app orders 21 got served befor our drinks where even made we counted, we ordered from the app to save crowding the bar clearly not valued as customers.
Wetherspoons food gone down hill Tim…
Wetherspoons food gone down hill Tim Martin what have you done its so bad and standards have well dropped for 15 years I been going after today enough is enough dry bland tasteless food Tim.martin start reading your feedback on here it's shocking 😲
Visited Sunday evening meal the Golden Beam recently in…
Visited the Golden Beam recently in leeds area , we’ve been there quite regularly since it opened. Firstly my husband wanted the Caledonian burger but they said they couldn’t do it ? He ordered another burger on the menu, when that came it was over cooked and not in a burger bread bun . The second burger came out and that also wasn’t as described, it was in a muffin bread bun not American style cheese and instead of lettuce they put rocket on. No mention at ordering that they’d sold out of the correct burger buns , lettuce and the American cheese. Very poor not good enough, it maybe a popular pub in the student area but we’re not students 🥴 Ding ding food not cooked up to standard.
Wetherspoons bridge house bar belfast…
Wetherspoons bridge house bar belfast drinks ok but staff are very slow lifting empty glasses. toilets are inadequate as they don't flush and they smell awful.
Spoons have really gone off of late and…
Spoons have really gone off of late and no longer offer the decent food and drink at a reasonable price. I visited The Booking Office in Edinburgh recently. The service was awful, the table was dirty and staff just couldn't be bothered to clean it and the food was dreadful - burnt yet cold! I complained on-line but Wetherspoons clearly don't value their longstanding customers and haven't bothered to respond. I used to recommend 'Spoons' to others, but will no longer do so.
Brecon George hotel
Brecon - the George hotel. 2 nights. Nice room and everything you need. Great staff who were willing to help and food was reasonably priced and enjoyable. I would recommend for central Brecon stay. No parking but all day parking in market street for £5 and that's a 2min walk from hotel. Recommend and would stay again
Liquorice garden workshop every time we…
Liquorice garden workshop every time we come we have to clear the table probably the last time
Had a Burns burger the other day
Had a Burns burger the other day. Tasted bland to what I remember last year. Miss the half chicken and gammon options so my friends and I don't use it as much now. Portions are smaller now as well..
Visited Swindon branch a few weeks…
Visited Swindon branch a few weeks before Christmas Good service as you’d usually expect. Unfortunately I left my wallet there. Called them and they said they had it and would post it. Didn’t receive it so called them again only to be told it wasn’t there company policy to return it in the post? Well there is this service called tracked that the post office offer you know. Called them again only to be told they can’t find it now. So as you can imagine I’m not happy. It has my driving licence and personal information in it which you have lost so please sort it out!!
NEEDS A FULL REFURB.
Hat and feathers seaham harbour has been open for 11 yeas'no change of furniture the seating and tables are old and dirty. This is a good pub if looked after we have been going regular since it opened.
BEERS are very reasonably priced but food is never very warm'kitchen staff i have noticed pick the food up with bare fingers and dont use gloves or utensils. Tables are always left with dirty crockery' for customers to shift before they can sit down .
Warm beer is not ok
Selling warm bottles from the fridge , after complaining bottles warm told fridge broken down sell warm beer tell customer fridge broke won’t be cold not just give them warm beer
It is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
It is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, BEST RESTAURANT EVERRRR🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
Gourmet burger - on what planet!
Moon in the Square, Bournemouth, Gourmet burger Tuesday deal...don't bother! JDW should scrap this 10 minute service to allow time for things to de-frost. Chips half cooked, onion rings soggy (plus only 4 provided, not 6 as advertised). Burger itself was okay hence 2 stars, not one. Beef brisket topping was like soup so had to eat with knife & fork as bun was also soggy (spoon would have been handy). Overall, happy with 'small plates deal on Monday, curry deal on Thursday but give Tues & Wed (pizza deals) a wide berth!!
Used to be able to get a reasonable…
Used to be able to get a reasonable variety of decent real ales. Now only 3 or 4 of the lowest quality mass market drivel. Such a shame!
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