The Moon Under Water (JD Wetherspoon), Cheltenham

Large open plan spoons. My late night visit probably caught it at it's best when quiet.

This JDW is housed in what is basically a large shed, something with which I don't really see anything wrong. It's wider at the front with the bar in the middle on the left and a narrower slightly raised area at the rear leading to a patio / garden. It's a Lloyds No 1 and the Lloyds Disaster Area is just in front of the raised rear with a drop down screen which was not in use, lights and an Idiot Booth. The long bar has two sets of five hand pumps with four in the middle badged with ciders. Beers on were the JDW Trio Of Doom with Abbot doubled, one unused, Purity UBU, Prescott Grand Prix and three festival beers. I went for the Theakston Vanilla Stout (£2.35) which was excellent. For a Lloyds I thought this place was OK.

Official site of The Moon Under Water (Lloyds No1) - www.jdwetherspoon.com

Official site of The Moon Under Water (Lloyds No1) - www.jdwetherspoon.com

As the previous review points out this is a barn of a place , the high ceiling amplifies the noise very well so the half a dozen or so rowdy couples near the front sounded like a football crowd at the pubs rear , service was slow , very slow , the usual sets of two banks of 6 handpulls , 4 of which had coming soon labels . My Caledonian Rare Red Rye was just OK , the other JDW in town is much better .