Man your pumps, Wetherspoons are coming

L1011 · 27-06-2019 11:59AM

Hurrache wrote: »

Might have been before those incarnations, but probably 18 years ago or so my wife used to work nearby and I'd occasionally meet her after work for a pint or two in there and from what I recall it was much more airier and brighter than those photos, more of a bar/dischco-bar style set up than what I would say a nightclub. It would have been an after work pints type place for people in the centre.

Is there any chance you've merged memories with Budabar/Buddha Bar (Can't remember the spelling and both turn up) where Krispy Kreme is now?

Hurrache · 27-06-2019 03:59PM

Nah, I defo remember Budabar! One visit to there was more than enough to sear its memory into my head.

theteal · 27-06-2019 04:08PM

southstar wrote: »

Heard Wetherspoons described as pubs for people who don't like pubs... Bit harsh perhaps but there is a certain truth to it.. A bit lacking in soul and remember one evening having to queue up in the Cork one like one does in McDonald's.. Service was incredibly slow and rather grudging.. Cheap though and that's its big strength

That's just the majority of English pubs in general. They're not bar staff as we know them, just minimum wage kids who will only take one order at a time (this has to be policy and not just ineptitude). Go for a drink anywhere in London, they fcuking love queuing, it bugs the sh!t out of me.

irish_goat · 27-06-2019 04:14PM

theteal wrote: »

That's just the majority of English pubs in general. They're not bar staff as we know them, just minimum wage kids who will only take one order at a time (this has to be policy and not just ineptitude). Go for a drink anywhere in London, they fcuking love queuing, it bugs the sh!t out of me.

Funny, I met Tim Martin in spoons in Derry and he was surprised that people were queuing. To be fair, the bar had a weird layout that kind of encouraged queues to form more than anything.

theteal · 27-06-2019 04:41PM

irish_goat wrote: »

Funny, I met Tim Martin in spoons in Derry and he was surprised that people were queuing. To be fair, the bar had a weird layout that kind of encouraged queues to form more than anything.

Well these days in a 'spoons there really shouldn't be queues, the app is a godsend. Generally though going out on a busy night anywhere (unless a proper Irish owned pub where orders and drinks will be flying across the bar left, right and centre!) it's one order at a time and hence a stupid queue. Also, modern English blokes don't necessarily drink pints anymore, nah g&t, amaretto & coke etc. , it'd put years on you.

Anyway, sorry to divert slightly OT.

Technocentral · 27-06-2019 09:37PM

theteal wrote:

Well these days in a 'spoons there really shouldn't be queues, the app is a godsend. Generally though going out on a busy night anywhere (unless a proper Irish owned pub where orders and drinks will be flying across the bar left, right and centre!) it's one order at a time and hence a stupid queue. Also, modern English blokes don't necessarily drink pints anymore, nah g&t, amaretto & coke etc. , it'd put years on you.

Don't think the oul lad drunks Spoons attract use apps

bennyineire · 27-06-2019 09:47PM

Technocentral wrote: »

Don't think the oul lad drunks Spoons attract use apps

Didn't know we had "oul lad drunks Spoons" in Eire yet me lord

L1011 · 27-06-2019 09:56PM

Technocentral wrote: »

Don't think the oul lad drunks Spoons attract use apps

Oul lad drunks aren't going to go to a pub that doesn't sell Guinness in my experience.

BeerNut · 27-06-2019 10:54PM

bennyineire wrote: »

Didn't know we had "oul lad drunks Spoons" in Eire yet me lord

The Forty Foot on a Saturday morning. Quite possibly The Forty Foot every morning, but Saturdays are the only mornings I'm ever there.

ciaran76 · 28-06-2019 10:23AM

Hurrache wrote: »

Might have been before those incarnations, but probably 18 years ago or so my wife used to work nearby and I'd occasionally meet her after work for a pint or two in there and from what I recall it was much more airier and brighter than those photos, more of a bar/dischco-bar style set up than what I would say a nightclub. It would have been an after work pints type place for people in the centre.

I think when it was called West it was brighter styled pub with windows. Then it turned more into a nightclub/discobar styled but as Heaven/Light.
Thats my memory anyway.

MonkstownHoop · 28-06-2019 10:51AM

BeerNut wrote: »

The Forty Foot on a Saturday morning. Quite possibly The Forty Foot every morning, but Saturdays are the only mornings I'm ever there.

Went there for a quick breakfast with the OH a couple of times midweek when we had to visit the council and there was a gang of them every morning drinking fosters, recognised a few that would have been drinking cans around the area, better in the pub imo

Hurrache · 28-06-2019 03:57PM

ciaran76 wrote: »

I think when it was called West it was brighter styled pub with windows. Then it turned more into a nightclub/discobar styled but as Heaven/Light.
Thats my memory anyway.

Yeah, I think that's it. Its original incarnation was less club, more barr.

Technocentral · 30-06-2019 04:21PM

Was a bunch of them on tuesday about 6pm in Forty Foot when I was there last

Fan of Netflix · 30-06-2019 06:48PM

Why can't normal pubs copy Wetherspoons price model and steal their niche? Economies of scale?

Geuze · 30-06-2019 11:55PM

Can you order drink only on the app?

Or must it include food?

Ha Long Bay · 01-07-2019 12:02AM

Geuze wrote: »

Can you order drink only on the app?

Or must it include food?

You can order a single drink on the app it doesn't need to include food.

BeerNut · 01-07-2019 08:06AM

john4321 wrote: »

You can order a single drink on the app it doesn't need to include food.

But not the rotating cask beers, right?

irish_goat · 01-07-2019 08:20AM

BeerNut wrote: »

But not the rotating cask beers, right?

Correct, just the regulars e.g. Abbot.

Cienciano · 01-07-2019 10:36AM

Is the Abbey Street one open yet?

thebond · 01-07-2019 10:43AM

No not yet, i keep check the Wetherspoons app, not listed yet as a pub, Would assume when about to open, it will also go live on the app
Will update post if I see /hear anything

RasTa · 01-07-2019 11:02AM

They are like drinking in a hospital canteen. Two is the most I can have inside before needing to get out.

Cienciano · 01-07-2019 11:16AM

RasTa wrote: »

They are like drinking in a hospital canteen. Two is the most I can have inside before needing to get out.

I like them, no music and great variety of beer for a reasonable price

RasTa · 01-07-2019 01:17PM

Cienciano wrote: »

I like them, no music and great variety of beer for a reasonable price

I'm over in the UK now so the beer choice isn't great in spoons. Every place you go too is a million times better. Did laugh at £3.99 for punk and the brewdog bar 4 mins walk away was charging £5.60

Cienciano · 01-07-2019 02:02PM

RasTa wrote: »

I'm over in the UK now so the beer choice isn't great in spoons. Every place you go too is a million times better. Did laugh at £3.99 for punk and the brewdog bar 4 mins walk away was charging £5.60

Well, you know what it's like in Ireland. In fairness, over the last 5-6 years the beer selection is much better with craft beers popping up in bars everywhere, but you'll pay for it.

Looks like the Abbey street one is behind schedule, any mention of it online and it was supposed to be open a few weeks ago.

Standman · 03-07-2019 11:24AM

thebond wrote: »

No not yet, i keep check the Wetherspoons app, not listed yet as a pub, Would assume when about to open, it will also go live on the app
Will update post if I see /hear anything

Weird, it was open last Wednesday evening. Went in for a quick look. Went back on Friday and it was closed. Must have been a practice run or something.

BeerNut · 03-07-2019 11:31AM

Standman wrote: »

Went back on Friday and it was closed. Must have been a practice run or something.

Yes, it was loosely an invitation-only opening with free food and drink, for staff training purposes.

Cienciano · 03-07-2019 02:05PM

No sign of it on the app

MonkstownHoop · 05-07-2019 06:43PM

Any update? Will be in town for a gig Sunday

Muahahaha · 09-07-2019 02:13PM

Still not open?

maximoose · 09-07-2019 02:13PM

Opening at 3pm today!

https://dublingazette.com/news/news-city-edition/wetherspoons-abbey-94820/

Man your pumps, Wetherspoons are coming

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