The Junction, N1

Not many Spoons don't have Abbot ale, but this was one of them. It did have Doombore; however, which I did not partake of. Went in this place a couple of times last week and found the service was good and the Revelation @ 5.5% was in good order.

Slow staff, which really went down well in a pub packed out with the Christmas drinkers and their L-plates. Gave up waiting and walked out after 5 minutes.

Quite a bland modern styled interior. It's spoons you know what your getting.

I arrived here just before midday today to find this place quite busy, mainly with the extras from Last of the Summer Wine and Shameless. It's a much smaller place than I expected and to be honest it's quite basic for a Spoons with a wooden floor and basic wooden furniture. Needless to say it's a shop conversion so the building has no redeeming features at all. What really annoyed me was that on arrival there was just one member of staff serving despite the fact that it was busy. After a while a Zombie like female who looked like she had just been awoken from a deep sleep also appeared which improved things slightly. I tried the Butcombe Old Vic Porter at £2.05 which turned out to be the cheapest pint of the day. It was in very good nick. I wouldn't make an effort to return here, but it gets an extra point for the beer quality.

A very rough & ready Wetherspoons with an 'interesting' clientelle, not there best example by a long way. The beer choice was varied but all from the north and not really inspiring, though an extra mark for the quality. Not one I would like to spend an evening in.