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The Lord John (JD Wetherspoon), Stroud
Stroud
GL5 3AA
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J D WetherspoonReviews (Current Rating Average: 4½ of 10) see review guidelines
Quinno _ left this review about The Lord John (JD Wetherspoon)
Seemingly unchanged, as is often the way with JDW pubs. Three guest cask, my choice of Flacks Black Jack was a classic Spoonerised-tasting pint (NBSS 2.5). Friendly and efficient service from the winnowy ginger lass who nevertheless managed to clomp around with the noise and thud of someone three times her size.
October 2016
A long and narrow L shaped Spoons, converted from a former Post Office. Burgundy and white colour scheme. The vaulted skylight above the bar provides welcome light and makes this a brighter and cheerier Spoons than is sometimes the case. To the rear is a nice walled garden. Three proper guest ales - Schiehallion (excellent shape), Elgoods Strong Bitter (very good) and one of the seemingly never-ending collaboration brews. A downside to an otherwise decent performance was understaffing but the lad behind bar was good at picking out who was next and keeping on top of things but it meant that tables were unkempt and sticky. Fairly decent but could be even better. 6.5 Rated 6.5
On 26th April 2023
- rating: 6
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paulof horsham left this review about The Lord John (JD Wetherspoon)
The town's Wetherspoons was an emergency stop, owing to the late opening of The Ale House, and I'd say it's best kept that way.
It's relatively small as their pubs go, and was incredibly busy, as is so often the case; under-staffed, as you've come to expect, with plenty of customers who've already had more than a few. Chaotic service was the rule at the bar, with punters having to decide among themselves "who's next".
I opted for a swift half from the current festival range, which, to be fair, was perfectly fine and, naturally, incredibly cheap.
In summary, it's a Spoons, it's Friday afternoon. It's just what you expect it to be.
On 27th March 2023
- rating: 3
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Lord John (JD Wetherspoon)
The Lord John was my first Wetherspoon's experience since re-opening. I have to say that they have set up their pubs well. Whilst you can order using their app, you're also welcome to order at the bar, as the app seemingly doesn't show every drink and doesn't appear to deal with 50p CAMRA vouchers.
The pub was relatively busy for a Sunday morning. There was a group of rowdy youngsters in, who had clearly had one too many despite the time of day.
The usual Greene King Abbot & Ruddles Best were on. Guests were Sharp's Doom Bar, North Cotswold Shakespeare Bard's Best & Great Western Moose River. Ciders were Old Rosie, Black Dragon & Stan's Big Apple.
Typical Wetherspoon's layout, albeit the interior was a bit brighter than most. I seem to recall some skylights. Slap bang in the centre of town, which can make parking a bit tricky.
A fairly decent start of the day.
On 4th August 2020
- rating: 6
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Lord John (JD Wetherspoon)
Not obvious that this building was a post office before being converted to a 'spoons, but the front section leads to an atrium housing the central bar area (with further slightly split-level seating / dining areas beyond). Usual furniture and decor throughout. Modest selection from the two banks of five handpumps, with some duplicates but two seasonal real ales (including the Banks & Taylor Santa's Slayer, £1.90) and three ciders.
On 15th December 2018
- rating: 6
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Lord John (JD Wetherspoon)
Don't visit here on a Friday Eve, as most of the local degenerates seem to amalgamate here. One guy who was off his face on something more than Carling, told me to get out of his way when I was walking back from the toilets and to walk backwards into a space near one of the tables. Fortunately for him, he scurried away down the stairs to avoid conflict. The main features here was the high vaulted ceiling area with sky light of the bar. The bar was a decent size, but the downside was the limited choice of ales, Butcombe was about the best choice.
On 28th February 2018
- rating: 2
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Aqualung . left this review about The Lord John (JD Wetherspoon)
This is another JDW Post Office conversion consisting of a long narrow shed like room with a wider area at the end where sadly they were showing live football. At least the whole pub wasn't dominated by it as you could hardly hear it from the other end and there were actually quite a few people watching it.
There was one table with a daytime brigade contingent that were quite raucous but they left soon after I arrived.
Although the bar has twelve hand pumps the beer selection was pretty rubbish with two unused, Ruddles and Doom Bore doubled up, three ciders, Wold Top Wold Gold, Coach House Innkeepers Reserve and a single festival ale the Arundel Coffee Milk Stout (£2.35) which was in decent nick.
Overall I thought this one was pretty poor.
On 25th October 2016
- rating: 4
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