The Talk of the Town (JD Wetherspoon), Paignton

Large Wetherspoons between the station and the beach, various seating area, usual menu, though the food wasn't brilliant, friendly, busy and all typical Wetherspoons.

A newly refurbished Wetherspoon’s pub that was originally a couple of guest houses which were built around the 1890’s, it has one large square room with lots of dark wood panelling, several large supporting pillars and the room is on two levels. The long bar counter is against the right hand wall and there was a nice cast iron fire place in the middle at the back of the room. There were a couple of large flat screen TV’s showing sports news and the usual Wetherspoon’s offering of interesting local history framed on the wall. At the back of the building are double doors that lead out on to a small patio that overlooks a large public park. Regular ales are Green King Abbot Ale and Ruddles County with four changing guest beers from local independent breweries. On this visit they were Bays Devon Dumpling and Topsail, Hunters Gold and Otter Bitter. I tried all the guests and they were well kept in my opinion. This is a better than average Wetherspoon’s which was clean and tidy due to the recent refurbishment; the staff were all very friendly and helpful. I would definitely recommend this place for a drink due to the good selection of good quality local ales.

went in a few times 1st week of july whilst on holiday,value for money,freindly locals and bar staff

Good location,Very Busy on the day we visited But had only 2 bar staff working. Took ages to get served.

Official pages of the Talk of the Town - www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk