text: My extreme dislike of Wetherspoons pubs does not mean that I am able to avoid them altogether seeing as every man and his dog thinks the Spoons is a good place to meet booze eat and generally make merry Why I have to go to these kinds of places occasionally it is rarely an enjoyable experience and this place is no exception nnThis chain clone has everything you would expect from a Wetherspoons tables full of sauce packets cheap booze on tap puggies in the corner and no music thankfully so you can actually have some kind of conversation without screaming down each others ear holes the only bonus nnOn my visit to the Graham Bell Alexander would turn in his grave it was steak night A bargainous ua odd for an eight oz steak sides and a beer I figured this was probably the safest bet and opted for the sirloin with jacket potato peas mushrooms and tomato My mates ordered separately from me but also went the steak route nnOf course because we ordered seconds apart from each other my meal was served half an hour earlier than theirs I was finished before the rest of the grub arrived When the rest of the food did make an appearance the orders were wrong ranging from steak preferences to incorrect additional orders nnThe meal was not very good Though for less than ua I did not expect much Lots of gristle dry jacket potato and cold peas nnService was very poor The extremely rude girl on the counter was in the worst mood known to mankind do not work there if you do not like busy places it is a Wetherspoons She refused to split change and pulled the wrong drinks I could not hear a word she was saying because she was talking a script at a million miles an hour when I asked her to repeat her spiel I was treated to an eyeroll Classic nnAt least there is cheap beer cleanish loos and no music Contrary to my moan I am not a fulltime grump I just hate crappy places like this I know I will need to keep frequenting Spoons occasionally and would really like a good experience If only to show me that all Wetherspoons are not miniature pockets of hell on earth