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Platinum Bar, Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne
ME10 4AW
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Aqualung . left this review about The Summoner (JD Wetherspoon)
This is only a medium sized Spoons positioned at the end of what seems to be a fairly run down High Street. The interior is rather more welcoming than the exterior consisting of an open plan carpeted rectangular room with the bar at the far left. The furnishings are fairly typical. On my morning visit there was a mixture of a few daytime brigade types, mothers with young children and others.
The bar has only six hand pumps which on my visit had the two GK beers, Doom Bore, a beer from the previous festival and two local beers Rockin' Robin Reckless Robin and Wantsum Chinook. I went for the Chinook (£2.05) which was excellent.
There are no architectural pub features to gaze adoringly at here but at least you don't get fleeced for a rubbish mainstream beer.
I liked it here and preferred it to the new one at the other end of town. It's GBG 2016 listed.
On 13th November 2015
- rating: 7
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Steve C left this review about The Summoner (JD Wetherspoon)
The Summoner is a large open plan Wetherspoons with a bar in the far left hand corner that is stocked with standard draught and supports six hand pumps. There were a couple of guest ales on and the likes of Ruddles were found on the remaining four pumps. I was surprised to see a dartboard to the left of the bar and even more surprised to see a lively group of lads playing a few legs. There are a couple of plasma screens that were showing muted rolling news and a weekly quiz is advertised for Wednesdays from 20:00.
I found this to be an average Spoons that I wouldn’t go out of my way to visit again.
On 19th February 2013
- rating: 5
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E TA left this review about The Summoner (JD Wetherspoon)
The single large bar in a former commercial building (was the Hulburd's shop until 1998), typical of JDW's less pleasant properties is quite dingy as described by Roger below. The clientele are a mixture of shopping mums, office workers from the nearby Council buildings and residents of the "hotels" just across the road looking ofr their cheap alcohol fix. All in all, quite seedy. On the plus side, though, the staff were unusually good for a 'Spoons', friendly and very pleasant. The beer range was good too - 5 ales on, I had a pint of Cairgorm Wildcat which was in great condition and, unusually, not too cold. It's worth including in a crawl, especially if you've got the CAMRA vouchers, but I wouldn't want to spend too long here.
On 25th May 2011
- rating: 5
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Roger Button left this review about The Summoner (JD Wetherspoon)
The pub name is taken from a character in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales however any similarity between the pub and a bit of culture ends.
Anywhere that has Units 1 and 2 as the first line in their address isn’t likely to be a place that oozes character and this mundane plastic Wetherspoons by numbers doesn’t disappoint in this respect. Situated in the front of a hideous looking shopping mall, the open plan interior covers a large amount of floorspace but is quite dingy and soulless, not helped by the low ceilings. There are a couple of sofa sections and a raised section at the front designated as the Family Area (that seemed to be more of a pram park on my visit).
On the plus side I was able to tick off some excellent Festival Ales although I am not sure what the usual offerings are on the ale front but with 6 hand pumps I would guess that the selection is a bit more limited than usual once the regular ales are taken into account. Overall, a pretty depressing place where even the most hardened ‘Spoon’s fan would struggle to conjour up any enjoyment from a visit.
On 5th April 2011
- rating: 4
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john mcgraw left this review about The Summoner (JD Wetherspoon)
Run of the mill Wetherspoon's in a run of the mill shopping centre.Not much in the way of real ale or atmosphere.
On 5th October 2009
- rating: 4
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