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The Lantokay (JD Wetherspoon), Street

111-113 High Street
Street
BA16 0EY

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J D Wetherspoon

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Steve of N21 left this review about The Lantokay (JD Wetherspoon)

Back in Somerset and having been dragged to the Clark’s Village and seeing from the newer reviews that this ‘Spoons had undergone a refurbishment since my previous visit some 14 years ago, I decided to go over the wall and investigate.
Yes, agree, much improved over its previous incarnation with a bit more character and significantly lighter.
An initial brick walled and carpeted section as you enter via the front door leads onto a main wooden floored section that houses the bar to the left, and now with a glass walled section to the right, which provides much more light than previously and leads to a small garden area. Then, beyond this, up a few steps, is a further elevated carpeted section with table seating.
The bar now supports two sets of six ale pumps and although the trilogy of doom is repeated on both there were five ales on the remaining pumps which had a decent choice on as my visit coincided with the ’Spoons Autumn real Ale Festival. These were Acorn Brewing 2 Decades Pale Ale, Rudgate Vanilla Mild, Hobgoblin King Goblin, Adnams Dos Perros amber ale (apparently brewers exclusively by Adnams for Wetherspoons) and Steel and Oak Brewing Easy Stout. I went for the last two and they were both in decent Nick.
Much much better than my first visit, so happy to up the rating.

On 24th October 2023 - rating: 6
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E TA left this review about The Lantokay (JD Wetherspoon)

Recently re-opened after a refurb, this JDW has obviously improved considerably since the previous reviews (before Aqualung's). Now 12 handpumps, although they weren't being used to best advantage. Beers on draft were Exmoor Stag, Will's Neck, WB's Bees' Knees, Ruddles, Abbot and Doombar, plus one cider, Dirty Scamp. Three more ciders were boxed behind the bar. The staff were very efficient, helpful and friendly, among the best I've seen in JDWs. The single large bar remains, there is a tidy paved patio at the side, 2 gaming machines in the bar and a raised area at the rear leading to the shared car park. Avoid busy times, though, as the usual JDW Klingons (jIQoS, tlhInganpu') have been replaced by the swarms of shoppers avoiding the extortionate food and drink prices in the Clark's Shopping Village.

On 12th June 2017 - rating: 6
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Aqualung . left this review about The Lantokay (JD Wetherspoon)

This is a fairly typical shop conversion consisting of a rectangular room with the bar on the left and a patio to the right. The furnishings are slightly better than average and it was doing a good trade on my Thursday afternoon visit.
The bar has two sets of six hand pumps which had the complete range doubled up. This was the JDW Trio Of Doom, Dartmoor Jail Ale, Cotleigh Tawny and Butcombe 42. I went for the 42 (£2.29) which was an excellent pint.
Given the limited beer choice and that there didn't appear to be any other viable options in the town, I had a look at the cider and there were four, two from Purbeck, one from Orchard Pig and one from Thatchers. These were £2.69 and were also excellent on a warm summer day.
I thought this place was OK and is much needed in a town where there are so few worthwhile outlets.

On 4th June 2017 - rating: 6
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BobOs . left this review about The Lantokay (JD Wetherspoon)

Pretty poor, even for a 'spoons. Nevertheless it keeps the chavs who come in coaches to buy 'seconds' from the 'factory outlets' away from the Bear down the road. The only saving grace is that the ales are usually well kept, food is the normal microwaved frozen pre-packs of the chain and the staff are not quite as moronic as in some other 'spoons. Well below average.

On 12th July 2011 - rating: 3
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Lantokay (JD Wetherspoon)

Now you're not expecting an architectural gem when you visit a spoons (with the possible exception of those few built into historical buildings and retaining period features, ). But this place takes the art of dullness to another level.
IThis is another Wetherspoons build in a former shop premises and in this case it was a former shoe shop, and this kind of fits as it is so completely void of any ambience and character that it gives you the experience of drinking in a large plain shoebox.
Most other high street Spoons at least try to brighten the place up with a few photo's and information of surrounding points of interest, but not here. Perhaps that says something about Street.
And although there is a temporary rush of excitement when you approach the bar to see 10 real ale handpumps , this is quickly crushed when you realise that they only support the standard house ales found in most other ‘spoons, namely Ruddles, Pedigree and Abbots. And although there was a token regional beer on at the time of my visit, Contleigh Golden Seahawk, which is usually a decent golden beer from the Somerset Brewer, unfortunately it's not when it's served in the Lantokay.
Oh Dear

On 18th October 2009 - rating: 2
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