The Chequers Inn (JD Wetherspoon), Stourbridge

Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Chequers Inn (JD Wetherspoon)

I may well have been to this branch of Wetherspoon's at some time in the past, before it became Wetherspoon's, perhaps in the early 1990s before I kept any records.

Nowadays, it has quite a nice interior with a high ceiling (toilets up a tall staircase to the left-hand side) and chandeliers. Walls are painted brown and cream and hold lots of black and white pictures of the local area in attractive frames, unlike many other branches.

There is an island bar towards the front, with the usual gaming machines just behind, whilst there is a slightly raised area to the rear, where an open kitchen can be found in the rear right corner. Back at the front, it looks like the pub's original frosted and stained glass windows have been preserved.

Greene King Abbot is the regular cask ale here. Guests were Sharp's Doom Bar, Silhill Wow, Wychwood Hobgoblin Gold, Reedley Hallows Beer o'Clock & Lymestone Cherry Stone. Bag-in-the-box ciders were piled on top of one another on one end of the bar. They were Gwynt y Ddraig Black Dragon, Lilley's Passion Fruit Martini, Mango Cider, Peach Cider, Rhubarb Cider, Tropical Cider & Crazy Goat & Barbourne Vumpy. A surprising number of Lilley's ciders, which I haven't seen Wetherspoon's stocking until now.

As 'spoon's go, this one is fairly good. It was clean with what looks like a fairly new carpet. Service was friendly and surprisingly efficient.

On 18^th August 2026 - rating: 6
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