The Savoy (JD Wetherspoon), Swindon

The Savoy is a Wetherspoons pub converted from a cinema. Once inside it has all the usuall Spoons decor and cliental and also a decent choice of beers on the bar but i car'nt remember what drink i had but it was a decent drink. The place was packed as it was Saturday dinner with people dining and drinking,my only reason for going in here was because it was there to go in. Pub visited 29/9/2001

Converted cinema, but only using quite a small part of the building which means it is not immediately obvious what its original purpose was. The elongated bar is located somewhere in the stalls, with no sign of what must have been the circle area. Bookcases line the back walls of the crescent-shaped seating areas which extend to left and right of the steps leading from the entrance. Exceptionally quiet on a Sunday night which meant there were as many staff as customers (if not more if you allow for some in the kitchen as well). 18 handpumps, and even with nearly half 'Coming soon' there was still a good selection of beers such as Batemans Autumn Fall (excellent value at £1.79).

18 handpumps,some doubled up. Not surprisingly (and despite it being 8pm on a Friday evening) there were 7 "coming soons" and all of these were the ales you'd most want to have,including some of the elusive scottish ones. How come Ruddles and Abbot and Pedigree never have "coming soon" on them??????? The Ramsbury Gold was good,as was the Tanglefoot had by the entourage.

A fair sized Wetherspoon's with a single bar selling quite a good range of real ales.

Official page of The Savoy - www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk

Official page of The Savoy - www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk