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The Red Well (JD Wetherspoon), Wellingborough

Pub added by elizabeth mcgraw
16 Silver Street
Wellingborough
NN8 1BD

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J D Wetherspoon

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Steve C left this review about The Red Well (JD Wetherspoon)

The Red Well is a small Wetherspoons with a bar along the rear wall that faces a mix a high and standard tables that run across the pubs length. In the centre is a gaming machine area. The bar supports standard and premium keg as well as two banks of six hand pumps. Ruddles, GK Abbot Ale, Sharp’s Doom Bar, Inveralmond Ossian, Oakham’s Citra, Harviestoun’s Bitter & Twisted, Gwynt y Ddraig’s Black Dragon, Cairngorm’s Wildcat and Moonshine Cider were all available on cask. The service was polite, but this wasn’t the best example of a Spoons, although it was quite busy during my recent Tuesday evening visit.

On 11th February 2023 - rating: 5
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Mild Drinker left this review about The Red Well (JD Wetherspoon)

Probably the smallest Spoons I have been in, looks are deceiving from the outside as the frontage is quite long. Once inside however the pub doesn't extend back very far. The usual decor was present of a Wetherspoons. Was also disappointed that it was the usual drab options of Doom Bar, Abbot etc. Only new one for me was Black Drop (£1.99). A very small courtyard at the back for smokers. Not much to recommend here.

On 19th January 2022 - rating: 3
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Red Well (JD Wetherspoon)

As Wetherspoon's go, this was one of the worst, if not the worst I've ever been in.

I was greeted by a female employee, who was immediately confrontational and was only interested in telling everybody that orders need to be made using the Wetherspoons app. On enquiring if the app now accepted CAMRA vouchers, I was told no it didn't. I asked how I could use the CAMRA voucher and she repeated that ordering was table service only and through the app. So, I asked if the vouchers were no longer being accepted. She said that they were, but not via the app. On stating that I'd placed orders and the vouchers had been accepted in other branches, she said that the government laws had changed. On telling her that I had used vouchers since the law change, she said they could not be accepted today, as they were too busy (most tables were unoccupied). In all likelihood, they would be accepted tomorrow! That wasn't much good for me, as my train ticket was only valid for that particular day.

After being convinced that the girl was intent on being obstructive and that there was no reasoning with her, I decided to venture in and have a half instead.

As above, finding a table was easy, as the pub was quiet. The interior was typical Wetherspoon's and there were plenty of (all female) staff on hand to pour and serve drinks.

After downloading the app and seemingly ordering a drink, I waited and waited and waited.

After 20 minutes, I grabbed one member of staff to double-check if my half of Arundel Black Stallion was in their system. It wasn't. This member of staff was much more helpful and watched as I tried to order the drink again. It seemingly failed again. So, she proposed that I paid directly with a card, something which the other member of staff said I couldn't do.

So, I ended up upgrading my half to a pint and using my CAMRA voucher!! In hindsight, I wish that I hadn't. The Black Stallion was almost undrinkable. It had clearly been around for far too long. But after 30 minutes of waiting for a drink and with a table booked (the perils of Covid drinking) in another pub, I drank as much as I could before swiftly heading to the exit.

An utterly terrible experience. I was wondering why this establishment has never made the Good Beer Guide. Now, I know why.

Other ales on were Greene King Abbot, Ruddles Best, Sharp's Doom Bar, Ringwood Forty Niner, Hook Norton Old Hooky & Shepherd Neame Spitfire. The real cider was Gwynt y Ddraig Black Dragon.

On 1st October 2020 - rating: 2
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Red Well (JD Wetherspoon)

I thought the interior of this Spoons was very drab and tired looking. The walls were all painted in a cream colour, which had darkened over time and the main feature around the pub was dark framing around the walls and pillars. The entrance to the pub was small and narrow considering the length of the pub, this area also had a semi circle of two steps leading into the main room. The bar had a good choice of ciders, just a pity their ale selection was dire.

On 7th February 2019 - rating: 5
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Red Well (JD Wetherspoon)

Large-looking 'spoons conversion, externally a rather strange amalgamation of two different buildings but all the same inside. Standard-issue furniture, but there are quite a few historical display panels about the place. Rather disappointing selection of real ales from six of ten handpumps, and my pint of Tring Side Pocket (£2.40) was a bit hazy too.

On 12th February 2017 - rating: 6
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Aqualung . left this review about The Red Well (JD Wetherspoon)

As noted below this looks like it should be a huge Spoons as the front of it seems enormous but once inside it is actually smaller than average as it is wide but doesn't extend back very far.
It's a low ceilinged single room all carpeted apart from the immediate bar area. There are the obligatory fruit machines here, five in this case which are intrusive as they are spread through the central part of the room.
It was fairly quiet on my Friday morning visit with a solitary member of the daytime brigade propping up the bar and drinking bottles of scrumpy, but he wasn't hardcore as I spotted him on the bus back to Northampton a few hours later.
Although there are 12 hand pumps on the bar the beer choice was poor. the two GK beers were doubled up then there were two boring options from the Marston's stable (Hobgoblin and Piledriver) available soon, two ciders, Adnam's Broadside and Hambleton's Nightmare which was off despite the clip showing otherwise. This left just two beer options Celtic Experience Dark Age and Grainstore Rutland Osprey. The Rutland Osprey was in good nick but the Dark age was in excellent condition. Both were priced at £2.10. I thought this was a better than average Spoons which makes it a shame that the beer selection let it down.

On 25th May 2015 - rating: 6
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Red Well (JD Wetherspoon)

The Red Well is a Spoons with quite a long frontage.
Once inside there was very long oblong shaped room which ran the width of the pub,the bar faced,either end of the room extended slightly to the rear.
The seating was the usuall Spoons type,the diners prefered the left side of the room,there were about 10 pumps on the bar,3 had those daft yankee type beers on,which i wont drink,this left me with only two beers to choose from apart from the usuall Spoons regulars,i had a drink of Lees Game On which was a decent drink,the other beers i noted were RCH East Street Cream,Ruddles Best,Doom Bar and GK Abbot.
The pub was quite busy on my Saturday morning visit with decent civilised types of drinkers.

Pub visited 21/6/2014

On 21st June 2014 - rating: 7
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