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The Amber Rooms (JD Wetherspoon), Loughborough
Loughborough
LE11 5BE
Reviews of The Amber Rooms (JD Wetherspoon) (Average Rating: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Old Boots left this review about The Amber Rooms (JD Wetherspoon)
Spoons in an uber modern building over two floors. It’s a square room but pillars, raised areas and walls give it a cosier feel than some barn like outlets, it’s not big by spoons standards, it is rather dark inside however. Usual mix of high and low seating shortening as you move away from the long counter on the left. Six plus six pulls interspersed with the usual T-Bars, Ruddles and Abbott doubled up but the others were all different apart from an Oakham beer. The upper floor is a mezzanine leaving the middle of the pub double height, naturally the toilets are upstairs and there is another counter just with T-Bars. It has a garden at the rear backing on to the Rushes Shopping Centre. Visited a couple of times and the beer is fine and the staff excellent.
On 25th April 2025
- no rating submitted
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Amber Rooms (JD Wetherspoon)
This Wetherspoon has stopped being branded as a Lloyds No 1 Bar since my last visit 14 years ago, but nothing much has changed inside the rather nondescript interior of the reasonably-sized main bar. There is also a smaller upstairs area and a rear patio garden. However, the number and variety of cask ales has significantly improved from what is now two banks of six handpumps: offering Sharp's Sea Fury, Lancaster Black, Windsor Knot and a more local trio from Nottingham - Robin Hood, Sticky Wicket (£2.69) and It's Coming Home (and a decent selection of future options on the Ale-finder app) in addition to the regular Ruddles, Doom Bar and Abbot.
On 14th July 2024
- rating: 7
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Amber Rooms (Lloyds No1)
This is a basic modern branch of Wetherspoons located right next to the town’s main central shopping mall. The pub has a single room layout, carpeted throughout, with the servery running down the left-hand wall. The bar has a rather plain counter with a metal grill on the front, a large, mirrored bar back and some fancy looking pot shelves above. The walls have low panelling below plain upper sections decorated with a few items of local interest, a number of plain mirrors and the usual TV screens showing muted news channels, but despite all of this, the place still felt pretty bland and uninteresting. A couple of rows of pillars break the room up quite nicely and there’s a raised seating section to the right which almost feels like a separate room. Seating comes mostly in the form of basic tables and chairs, with a few high tables and stools closer to the entrance and through the space directly opposite the bar. Doors to the rear lead out to a smart looking patio garden full of simple garden furniture and with a few sheltered spots.
There were six cask ales available at the bar, split evenly between three ‘Spoons regulars and three guest beers. I was in here early on a Friday morning for breakfast, so swerved the ale in favour of a fry-up and mug of tea, so I can’t comment on the beer quality, but the three guests were at least all interesting brews you might not otherwise chance upon. My breakfast was pretty good and I think something went wrong with the plating up, as I seemed to have double of everything listed on the menu.
This felt like a pretty run of the mill ‘Spoons with nothing particularly memorable about it aside from the jumbo breakfast. I can imagine calling in here to try some of the guest beers, but Loughborough has plenty of other better pubs (including another marginally better Wetherspoons), so it probably only merits a wildcard visit on any crawl around town.
On 7th June 2023
- rating: 6
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- Accommodation : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes - Patio at rear - last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No - Just the usual 50p vouchers - last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
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- Pool Table : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
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- Real Ale : Yes last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
