The Crown (JD Wetherspoon), Worcester

Strange conversion of half an old hotel, with the opposite side of the old coaching yard given over to shops. The result is a very long and rambling interior, entering through the front room (or the yard) with the bar in the middle. An upstairs room features a small keg-only bar, open only at busy times. The bland furnishings and predominance of shoppers do not lend much atmosphere and the service was not great, but otherwise just another Spoons.

This is a long narrow city centre Spoons that was busy with mostly shoppers on my Monday lunchtime visit. It extends back a long way into the building. It dates back to 2004 and will be closed for a week in August to carry out a refurbishment. I hope that refurbishment will include some extra hand pumps as six is a pathetic number for a Spoons this size. On my visit three were taken up with Ruddles & Abbot, Vale Gravitas had gone off, leaving just a Locale Prescott Chequered Flag or an International beer from about six weeks ago Adnam's Sixpoint Make It Rain. I went for the Chequered Flag which was in reasonable condition and was £2.20 discounted to £1.99 on Cheapskate Monday. I thought this Spoons was a complete waste of time and would only return if the refurbishment saw an improvement in the beers available. The one by the railway station is miles better than this.