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The Moon & Bell (JD Wetherspoon), Loughborough
Loughborough
LE11 3HA
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J D WetherspoonReviews (Current Rating Average: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Pub SignMan left this review about The Moon & Bell (JD Wetherspoon)
One of two Wetherspoons outlets in Loughborough, this is a surprisingly compact traditional ‘Spoons with the servery down the left side of the main room and plenty of seating through the partially partitioned space opposite. Some good comfy benches line the left-hand wall whilst basic tables and chairs fill the front part of the room and high tables and stools fill the gaps directly opposite the bar. The servery has a simple tongue and groove counter front and a white painted bar back of minimal interest. The room extends back into a raised seating area with quite a few more tables and chairs, whilst a door to the right leads out to a patio garden with a decent amount of seating and shelter. Décor is the usual ‘Spoons style, including TV screens showing muted news channels and various information boards giving snippets of local history. I popped here for a bite to eat and decided to try their chicken curry, which has to be one of the best I’ve ever had from a ‘Spoons and was terrific value for money as well.
On the bar, three regular ales lined up alongside four guests, of which I tried the Branscombe Summa that, which was in pretty good shape. The barman was exceptionally friendly to the point that I thought he might even pay for my pint at one point!
This is a fairly unmemorable ‘Spoons, even by the brands’ own standards of producing identikit town centre boozers, but it was elevated somewhat by the excellent service nd food and some decent beer. It’s not going to be anyone’s first port of call on a crawl of Loughborough’s finest pubs, but still merits a visit and is probably marginally the better of the town’s two ‘Spoons.
On 31st May 2023
- rating: 6
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Quinno _ left this review about The Moon & Bell (JD Wetherspoon)
The wheezing grumpy old man Spoons, situated in the Grade II Atherstone House. Surprisingly bijou interior though the many shades of red-purple paint job is pretty nauseous. A GBG’22 entry with four guests across the eight pumps served by friendly staff. My Titanic Plum Porter was excellent (NBSS 4) so this one's worthy a visit regardless of the downsides. Suspect this will end-up on the disposals list before long due to its small size. 6.5
On 19th November 2022
- rating: 6
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Mild Drinker left this review about The Moon & Bell (JD Wetherspoon)
Standard Wetherspoons though a lot smaller than most I have visited, located in the centre of town. I tried a Pale Rider and an Easy Rider which were pleasant enough. Wasn't too busy for a Spoons, but as it wasn't a bad day I sat in the smallish beer garden to the rear. I'm sure there are probably better options round here.
On 28th December 2021
- rating: 4
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Moon & Bell (JD Wetherspoon)
The Moon & Bell is a Wetherspoons that looked pretty grotty from the outside.
Once inside it was not much better.
There is a smallish oblong shaped room which runs to the rear,the bar is on the left side,the room is carpeted,there are a few tall tables and chairs to the front and normal tables and chairs elsewhere,the rear area is up steps.
I noted seven real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Dark Star Hop Head,which went down well,the other real ales noted were Purity GoldBanks's Park Life,Harvistoune Schellion,Thornbridge Jaipur and Spoons regulars Doom Bar and GK Abbot.
I did not take to this Wetherspoons at all.
A shame they had one real ale on above 4.5% ABV as i prefer to drink beers below that ABV.
Pub visited 1/7/2017
On 22nd October 2017
- rating: 6
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custodian 42 left this review about The Moon & Bell (JD Wetherspoon)
Worst ever selection of real ales I've seen in a Spoons. Nothing above 4.5% ABV. Mind you, there was a marquee in the back with 30 real ales and several of them above 5%, so not all bad.
On 26th March 2017
- rating: 5
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Moon & Bell (JD Wetherspoon)
This is a moderately sized one room pub, set in the Grade II Atherstone House. The main bar was situated down the left hand side and the rear of the pub had a raised seating area, which seemed popular. Also a splendid patio garden, which looks over a park. There was a marquee in position on this visit, which had something to do with their beer festivals they have a few times a year.
The décor was cream painted woodwork, a French blue and burgundy painted walls. Beer wise, they had two banks of six, so I went for Wolf Brewery Spring Ale, which was superb. The staff here were friendly and the service good.
On 7th April 2016
- rating: 7
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Aqualung . left this review about The Moon & Bell (JD Wetherspoon)
This Spoons is a converted Tax Office that opened in 1999. Inside it's a fairly typical medium sized one with the usual assortment of tables and chairs. Unusually there is a garden area at the rear that I didn't investigate. For some reason there is an annoying small ramp that runs down the centre of the room ideally situated to trip people up. As in the other Spoons there was no obvious sign of their daytime brigade but a good mix of people eating and drinking. There were two banks of six handpumps which ignoring the 2 GK beers doubled up, Doom Bore and Pedigree were serving Milestone Crusader and Black Pearl, Grainstore Triple B, Banks's Botanic Beer, Nottingham Rock Mild and Bateman's Yella Belly. I went for the Nottingham Mild (£2.35) which was outstanding and when I returned later to eat tried the Banks's Botanical (£2.35) which was well kept but dull.
It's a reasonable Spoons that could be improved immediately by serving better Locale beers than Milestone, but on the plus side they claim to ALWAYS sell a mild.
On 22nd September 2014
- rating: 7
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Moon & Bell (JD Wetherspoon)
Not quite as large as it appears from the front, with a slightly cramped bar supplemented by a smaller raised area and a decent-sized patio beer garden. Good selection of real ales from the 12 handpumps, offering guest ales from smaller breweries (such as Grainstore Ten Fifty at £2.10) in addition to the usual Ruddles, etc. Well staffed, and GBG 2010 listed according to the banners outside.
On 17th September 2010
- rating: 6
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