The Kings Head Inn (Lloyds No 1), Salisbury

Large 2 floor wetherspoons overlooking the river with accommodation available.

An average JDW which offers a different range of beers to the other (mostly better) real ale outlets in Salisbury, with the added attraction of coffee in the mornings. There were 8 ales on, I had a pint of Amercian Rye just for the novelty value. It was fine, and served slightly colder than I like but I suppose it was apprpriate for this particular beer. Clientele has deteriorated in the last few months and now includes many undesirables who were previously banned. Weekends usually involve the younger, drunker elements and bouncers on the door. A reasonable place to start a crawl, especially with the CAMRA discount, but not somewhere to spend a whole evening.

A mock Tudor/Jacobean sandstone corner riverside Wetherspoons pub with accommodation and patio. The interior has two open plan floors - being food based in general, though as Roger says, there are some sofas as well. The decor is a real mix; it includes, wood panel, grey tiles, white, beige and green. It had the silent Sky TV and the usual pictures. The service was fine, the clientele mixed, but i was surprised at how few there were. The food was functional. I found it just like any other Spoons to be honest. Beer; tap stuff, with the usual handpulls of Ruddles and Abbots, with guests Exmoor Gold, a decent enough Dorset Piddle's Silent Slasher and Hogs Back Spring Ale. For once at a Spoons the beer was OK. Everything else, typical Spoons

An ornate two storey stone building in an elizabethan style combining a Lloyds No1 and a Wetherspoons lodge. The drinking section is a large open area on two floors with the bar downstairs. It is situated next to the river and has a pleasant outdoor drinking /smoking area. A mixture of the usual dullard staff but with one very on the ball and alert. 5 beers on hand pump during my beer festival visit including the standards from Greene King etc, plus the normal keg line up. My beer (Mauldons)was in excellent condition however the man next to me at the bar complained his (Lees) was a bit tired but still drinkable. An early evening visit so the customers were a few families, pensioners and people either finishing work or starting an evening out.