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why are there no J D Wetherspoon pubs in ROI?

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  • #1452
    Hunterbiker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭Hunterbiker


    JDW have a whole host of outlets in the UK and if those some will not be as nice as others. How nice a pub is is often closely associated by the people who use it and where its located also what time.of the day it it.
    It does seem that JDW is keen to put out a good image in Ireland for its pubs - this can only be a good thing.
    Its the same old story if people allow their preconceptions to rule them JDW will always be seen as a rubbish pub chain to them amd they'll always find fault.


  • #1453
    GSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭GSF


    LDN_Irish wrote: »
    They vary wildly in ambience and atmosphere in England. So for example, the one Greenwich is quite nice whereas the one in Lewisham is a kip.

    Haven't been in a few years and I hear Lewisham has gentrified a lot in the last few years so that may be an outdated assessment.

    I presume that they enter into 20 or 25 year leases on premises so there may be a case that they dont spend any money on premises where the leases are expiring soon. Plus of course different areas attract different types of punter.


  • #1454
    SHOVELLER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,640 ✭✭✭SHOVELLER


    Been in the ones in Derry and Belfast many many times and they are competitively priced and well run with great specials every day.

    They will be a great addition as the greedy publicans have had their own way for years.

    More than welcome.


  • #1455
    TallGlass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,935 ✭✭✭TallGlass


    Have been to the one in Blackrock and was very well run, up market and on part with the likes of Porter House which seem to be the only decent brand of pubs in Dublin. Only differences was price between the two, food and alcoholic drinks for two people and still change out of 20€, great if you ask me. Can wait till they open more that are in a more central location.


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