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St Matthews Hall (JD Wetherspoon), Walsall

Old Court House, Lichfield Street
Walsall
WS1 1SX
Phone: 01922700820

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Quinno _ left this review about St Matthews Hall (JD Wetherspoon)

Housed in an impressive GII listed building (dig those doric columns!) is this very tidy and upmarket Spoons. A pub of one half and two quarters as we discovered over two visits and they feel like totally separate places with different atmospheres; what you think is front and back depend on the entrance you use and which one you get depends on said choice of entrance – essentially there’s the main bar, a conservatory area and a quieter lounge-style affair. Nice tidy décor, the odd bit of older JDW style but overall fairly modern, maybe it’s had a full refurb in the last few years. Of interest in the main bar are the jumbo copper coins hanging from the roof. My Damson Porter by Burton Bridge was a genuinely amazing pint, a rare-as-a-hen’s-tooth NBSS 5. A minor let-down was Sunday breakfast, with the kitchen making a pig's ear of the orders. Beer and atmosphere-wise I thought this performed better than some of the other more storied GBG pubs in Walsall.

On 13th March 2024 - rating: 8
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Ian Mapp left this review about St Matthews Hall (Lloyds No 1)

A beaut of a JDW - particularly from the front, where doric columns gleam in immaculate white paint.

Inside, its anti tardis but does stretch across a higher room, a lower room and then around the corner a lovely looking "library" room.

Beers - including award winning Abbot - all under £3 and perfectly kept. Breakfast delivered before I'd knocked the top of it and unusually for a JDW, very efficient floor staff keeping everything immaculate within.

As good as 'spoons get.

On 7th August 2023 - rating: 7
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Old Boots left this review about St Matthews Hall (Lloyds No 1)

Rather odd shaped spoons in a venerable building or two but possibly originally separate parts, a brick part at the back and a stuccoed portico on the side. The counter is on a raised level in a greenhouse affair added to the front of the brick building. There’s tall seating in front of it and lower tables and chairs on the ground level. Behind in the original building is an oblong room decorated as a library and furnished with more low tables and chairs. Usual spoons set up of five plus five hand pumps topped and tailed with keg founts. Toilets upstairs of course in the part with the fancier exterior, but not a trip to Narnia away. Large outdoor seating area at the front next to the greenhouse. Beer quality ok and it’s GBG 2023 listed.

On 10th July 2023 - no rating submitted
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Steve C left this review about St Matthews Hall (Lloyds No 1)

St Matthews Hall is a Lloyds No.1 with a bar counter up the right that supports standard and premium keg alongside two banks of five hand pumps. The cask options during my recent midweek early evening visit were Ruddles, GK Abbot Ale, Sharp’s Doom Bar, Salopian’s Day of Days and Hop Twister, Black Hole Brewery’s Super Nova and Byatt’s Brewery’s Comet IPA. The Hop Twister was a decent drop. The bar counter faces a high tables that run up the left hand wall either side of a square parquet floored seating area. At the rear is a conservatory with sunken seating and a large sloped glass roof. I was unaware of the rear section of the pub, only noticing it as I walked up the side of the pub after leaving. I had thought that this was very small for a Spoons. I enjoyed the Hop Twister, but I struggled to get comfortable so I wouldn’t go out of my way to revisit.

On 19th May 2023 - rating: 5
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Delboy 20 left this review about St Matthews Hall (Lloyds No 1)

Nice building and always busy. There was a choice of 4 ales on but 3 of them were porter's / stout's. The other was a fairly awful "fruity" beer, the name of which I seem to have blocked from my memory! Having said that I always call in when I am in the area.

On 5th October 2018 - no rating submitted
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Graham Coombs left this review about St Matthews Hall (Lloyds No 1)

Fairly average sort of Wetherspoon's in an historic building. Beer seemed in good condition though.

On 24th March 2018 - rating: 6
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about St Matthews Hall (Lloyd's No 1)

This Lloyds No 1 (or is it now a regular 'spoons?) is housed in a very grand old building (at least at the front but perhaps not the conservatory extension at the back...), being an old courthouse (and originally a Victorian subscription library). The interior, however, is a bit of a disappointment with little character left. Features quite a lot of patio tables out in the square (although hardly the weather for that when I visited). Reasonable selection of real ales from two banks of five handpumps, including two from Sadler's (from which I went for the Peaky Blinders black IPA).

On 26th November 2016 - rating: 6
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Real Ale Ray left this review about St. Matthews Hall (Lloyd's No. 1)

This was a fleeting visit, after being spoilt for choice in the Fountain and Pretty Bricks. There were two banks of five handpumps, with four pumps out of action and some usual Green King suspects. So the only real choice left was to go for the Inveralmond Lea Fail, which was decent enough. The pub was quite busy on our Thurs eve visit, with the majority of customers calling for a bite to eat, so the overall aroma of saturated fat took over the place.

On 18th August 2016 - rating: 6
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Al Bundy left this review about St. Matthews Hall (Lloyd's No. 1)

What looks like a very small Wethers on entering is actually not so. Depending on which entrance you use you will find the bar to your, right if you use the side entrance or ahead of you if you use the front. Its basically a 3 area pub with a conservatory, a room to the side of the bar and the main area where the servery is. Not the best selection of real ales on this visit but its a nice enough Wethers.

On 25th July 2016 - rating: 7
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Aqualung . left this review about St. Matthews Hall (Lloyd's No. 1)

This is set in a grand listed building as can be seen from the pictures. There is little external signage possibly because of the listed building status.
Inside it's smaller than you would think from the exterior and has a generally more modern look. The bar is on the right as you enter up the steps and there is a conservatory and patio at the rear. The fixtures and fittings are a bit more varied than the norm and better quality. It is a Lloyds so probably turns into a nightmare late on Friday and Saturday night, although the only evidence of it being one on my Saturday morning visit was the fact that the menus were in Landscape format rather than the usual Portrait.
The bar has two sets of five hand pumps which on my visit had the two GK beers doubled up, Doom Bore, Everard's Nutcracker, AJ's Stuck Blonde, a cider, Salopian Lemon Dream and Backyard Bad Santa. I went for the Backyard Bad Santa at £2.70 which sounds expensive but is a 6.8% beer.
I liked this Spoons especially considering it's a Lloyds.

On 23rd December 2015 - rating: 8
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