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The Glasshouse (JD Wetherspoon), Norwich
Norwich
NR3 1LA
Pub Type
J D WetherspoonReviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Old Boots left this review about The Glasshouse (JD Wetherspoon)
A large multi room spoons over two floors, it appears to been at least two buildings knocked together as it’s a bit of a warren. This results in there being three serving counters on the ground floor with the leftmost room and its counter having an L shape and the other rooms being straight and narrow running back from the street. The two sets of five pulls are found on the outer end counters, T-bars are spread about. You may think low ceilings and multiple rooms would give the place at least character and hopefully charm, you would be wrong. It’s a work a day spoons downstairs, no worse than many, better than some. Less decor and more machines than usual I thought, the stairwell or open part between the floors is dominated by large murals. Upstairs is more open and better for it, there appear to be original timbers in one part. Spoons seem to have lavished some money here but I think downstairs fails. To be more positive the staff were very much on the ball on a busy Friday night.
On 21st April 2024
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Steve C left this review about The Glasshouse (JD Wetherspoon)
The entrance of the Glasshouse opens onto a seating area with high tables and a beer shelf that is faced by the right-hand side of the bar counter that runs along the rear wall. To the right is a thin strip of standard seating along the right-hand wall and to the left is a split-level seating area with more high tables that are faced by the mid-section of the bar counter. The bar counter then wraps around to the left rear where it faces more seating up the left-hand side of the pub where access can be gained to a split level patio area. There is more seating on the first floor that overlooks the bar area. A thin balcony runs along the left side of the building overlooking the aforementioned patio. The pub is carpeted throughout and laminate runs around the counter. Standard and premium keg was available alongside the two banks of five hand pumps. These were drawing Sharp’s Doom Bar, Greene King IPA and Abbot, Oakham’s JHB, Woodforde’s Nelson and Green Jack Brewing’s Mahseer IPA that comes in at a whopping 5.8% My visit was around dinner time on a recent Thursday so I decided to have a pint and a burger which cost just over £9. Very cheap, but the food wasn’t great. The service was polite and I thought this was a reasonable Spoons.
On 22nd April 2023
- rating: 6
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Quinno _ left this review about The Glasshouse (JD Wetherspoon)
A tidy, rambling and modern JDW over a number of little rooms. Friendly and efficient staff and a whole raft of Spoons Characters as well, a true cross-section of society rubbing along happily enough. Three guest ales, I dropped a Green Jack Mahseer (NBSS 3.5) with my breakfast. A nice rear patio available for sunny days. Another decent Norwich Wethers.
Visited early August.
On 12th September 2021
- rating: 7
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Glasshouse (JD Wetherspoon)
Not too bad for a city-centre Wetherspoons, one that makes an effort during beer festivals with additional ales on a stillage at the back. Large 'L'-shaped bar with various seating areas at ground floor level, with more tables and a small side balcony upstairs. Two banks of five handpumps, including Lacons Legacy and Green Jack Trawlerboys in addition to the usual suspects on this visit.
On 2nd March 2019
- rating: 6
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Aqualung . left this review about The Glasshouse (JD Wetherspoon)
This is a rambling Spoons on two levels though I didn't look upstairs. It's a roughly L shaped room split into different areas. Sadly the far area was taken up with showing a football match and to make matters worse two of the Locale beers on were football commemorative ones and doubled up along with the Abbot. The seven beers from the ten hand pumps were Doom Bore, Abbot, Oldershaw's Ultimate Goal, Mauldon Three Lions, Wolf Norfolk Pride, St Peter's Two Decades and Moorhouse's White Mist. I went for the Two Decades (£2.59) which was in good nick.
It's not a bad Spoons but not an outstanding one.
On 29th June 2016
- rating: 6
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Gill Smith left this review about The Glasshouse (JD Wetherspoon)
Enjoyed a lot of decent ales from here last month when we called in for their beer festival. They had some on stillage as well as on the bar and a good choice of styles and strengths available. One of the better Wetherspoon outlets.
On 4th May 2013
- rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Glasshouse (JD Wetherspoon)
This is by far the best Spoons in Norwich. We were lucky on our visit as there was a beer fest on serving twenty ales on stillage. There was also some samples of various barley and hops to have a look and have a sniff at. The head brewer Fergus Fitzgerald from Adnams was also there. I went for the Coach House Gunpowder Mild, Hook Norton Cotswold Lion and the Adnams Old Ale.
On 10th November 2012
- rating: 7
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john mcgraw left this review about The Glass House (JD Wetherspoon)
A fairly comfortable Wetherspoon's with several drinking ares and a good range of real ales and although it was the beer festival,some were straight from the cask.
On 18th November 2009
- rating: 8
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