The Unicorn Hotel (JD Wetherspoon), Ripon

Official site of The Unicorn Hotel (JD Wetherspoon) - www.jdwetherspoon.com

Very good for a spoons stayed two nights here food was good but only had our breakfast rooms were excellent but bad for parking but would stay again next time we go to the races. Date of visit 28th 29th of May

waited over an hour for our food and when it came we could not eat it as it was cold the staff didnt seem interested will not be visiting again

Reopened after a long refurbishment and conversion into a 'spoons with accommodation, all of which has been well executed. One of the smaller JDWs the original L shaped bar has been extended to the rear and the counter moved into the back left corner. Reuse of the space has produced a number of drinking and eating areas with low ceilings and dark wood panelling characterising the new bar with a lighter touch in the original front and side bars. The side bar has booth like areas down one side and the slightly spooky presence of a large Unicorn in Elizabethan costume as homage to Lewis Carroll's links with Ripon. The furniture is tightly packed in most areas. Local interest pictures adorn the walls with Lewis Carroll, the Cathedral and Fountains Abbey being prominent. Eight hand pumps with the JDW standards plus local and more far flung guests, a couple of T bars provide the usual kegs at each end of the split counter, one end seems dedicated to food 'n' coffee orders. There is a beer garden and smoking area at the back and as it's a smaller 'spoons the toilets are upstairs. It's early days but the beer quality is good and the staff are better than average for JDW.