The Moon Under Water (JD Wetherspoon), Watford

Please Note: This review is over a year old.

Roger Button left this review about The Moon Under Water (JD Wetherspoon)

Deceptively large Wetherspoons although it was probably not a fair time to assess the place given that it was it was rammed with football fans prior to the Watford v Spurs cup tie. Despite the masses, the staff managed admirably on the service front given that they were swamped with customers. An impressive 18 pumps in all lined up along the long bar with a section devoted mainly to Rebellion beers. Unfortunately it was difficult to tell how many were actually available as many of the clips were not reversed, a task not too onerous even if it is busy and it would have made ordering a lot easier. Forthcoming beers are shown behind the bar. The plastic glasses on match days can't really be blamed on the pub as it is more likely to be a licensing coindition. Apart from the spacious (on non match days) main bar there are a further 3 rooms to the rear and sides, all of similar size, layout and décor. The colour scheme is fairly light and despite the low ceilings, it doesn't feel as closed in or claustrophobic as some of the other similar Wetherspoon outlets. The local historical snippets that Wetherspoons seem to install in all their pubs revolve around the sadly demolished Cassiobury House but there are a few interesting adverts dotted about in particular an estate agent advert for a 1930's semi – price £675, enough to make you cry. Given the circumstances of my visit, the place came across as an above average example of the more formulaic type of ‘Spoons with a far superior beer selection (which is always the main purpose of a ‘Spoons visit anyway). It would be interesting to see how it fares on a non-match day though.

On 4^th December 2008 - rating: 5
[User has posted 1239 recommendations about 1233 pubs]