The Tollemache Inn (JD Wetherspoon), Grantham

The Tollemache Inn is a Wetherspoons pub that is situated in the meddle of Grantham and fairly close to the train station,so handy for me to have a quick drink in while waiting for a connecting train to Nottingham after a train up from Hitchin. Once inside there is a large L shaped room with the bar facing,there is the usual Spoons seating and the room is carpeted. I only had time for a very quick half,which was Grainstore Ten Fifty,this went down well,i did not have time to note other real ales on the bar. It seemed to be a decent enough Wetherspoons on my quick visit. Pub visited 17/6/2017

The Tollemache Inn is named after a former Grantham politician so they could have chosen a far worse name. It's said to be one of the earliest Spoons to open outside the London area and looks it as it's very much a large old school JDW barn and nothing like an Inn. It's roughly an L shaped room with a lower area at the back and inevitably the toilets up a huge staircase. Although there are three sets of five hand pumps the bank down the side only added Adnam's Broadside to the mix. The front ten had the two GK beers, one unused, Milestone Azacca Gold, GK Abbot Reserve, Long Man Old Man, a Marston Xmas beer, Newby Wyke Dragon, Everard's Red Ale and Grainstore Rutland Panther. I went for the Newby Wyke Dragon (£2.65) which was excellent. Although this is an older Spoons it had a decent beer choice and seemed to be well run. It's GBG 2017 listed.

Standard Spoons - usual beers and a useful place to wait for the train.

Basic run of the mill Spoons pub set at a busy crossroads with a fair range of cask beers on the go.As the previous reviewers point out it has an L shaped bar with a lower area to the right that seems to be mainly used by the diners.The better half was a tad nonplussed by the poor state of the toilets saying they were a bit grubby with a broken toilet seat,and was even more nonplussed about there being no coffee of any description available.