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Standing Order (JD Wetherspoon), Derby
Derby
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J D WetherspoonReviews (Current Rating Average: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Danny O'Revey left this review about Standing Order (JD Wetherspoon)
Impressive conversion with central bar, seems vastly popular and its not actually the largest so feels very busy.
On 26th February 2024
- rating: 7
[User has posted 1456 recommendations about 1434 pubs]
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Standing Order (JD Wetherspoon)
Very impressive former banking hall conversion, featuring an island bar, side booths and a further seating area to the rear. Ruddles, Doom Bar and Abbot plus an excellent selection of local, regional and festive ales including Mr Grundy's 1914 (£2.55) from the four banks of six handpumps around the island bar. Always worth a visit if in the area.
On 3rd December 2023
- rating: 8
[User has posted 8117 recommendations about 8117 pubs]
Pub SignMan left this review about Standing Order (JD Wetherspoon)
City centre branch of the Wetherspoons chain, occupying a highly impressive former bank premises. T%ghe pub is centred around a massive island servery under a very high ceiling, with carpet across much of the main floor space, where a series of pillars run in rows down either side of the room, behind which are a number of recessed seating areas. The servery dominates the room and has a smart dark wood counter, minimalist gantries and an uncomplicated bar back that perhaps feels a little undercooked in such grand, opulent surroundings. Ample seating can be found to either side as well as in the recesses behind the pillars, where banquette booths seem to be the order of the day, compared to the basic tables and chairs and high tables and stools that fill the main bar area. The eye tends to be drawn upwards, where a row of portraits and sculptures run beneath the grand ceiling. An additional seating area can be found to the rear, offering a few more banquette booths under some nice dark wood and stained glass partitioning screens. There is also an open kitchen back here, from which music was playing and clearly audible to anyone sitting back here.
I counted a staggering eleven guest beers alongside the three usual ‘Spoons ales, which feels like the sort of offering you used to get in popular ‘Spoons pre-pandemic, but rarely see nowadays. A very chatty barman poured me a great pint of Magpie Raven which I enjoyed drinking whilst trying to soak up the pub’s fine interior.
This felt like one of Wetherspoons finest examples of a bank conversion, coupling the amazing building with an extensive, well conditioned ale range that helps put this place on a par with some of the city’s top ale houses. I really liked this one and thought it was light years ahead of the other city centre ‘Spoons I visited this week (Babbington Arms).
On 11th September 2023
- rating: 8
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Standing Order (JD Wetherspoon)
Central branch of Wetherspoon's housed in a grand building that was a former bank. With high ceilings, it certainly has an impressive interior and reminded me a little of the Crosse Keys in the City of London.
The real ale and cider selection is listed on screens around the circular bar. The usual ales were being sold - Greene King Abbot, Ruddles Best & Sharp's Doom Bar, whilst Marston's Pedigree is also a regular. Guest beers were Beermats Summat Blonde, Falstaff Smiling Assassin, Great Newsome Frothingham Best, Heritage St Modwen, Lymestone Cherry Stone & Stone The Crows, Milestone Black Pearl & Raspberry Wheat Beer, Pheasantry Ringneck, Oakham Citra & Green Devil IPA, Fuggle Bunny Chapter 7 - Russian Rare-Bit & Fire Island Buffalo.
Ciders were Weston's Old Rosie, Gwynt y Ddraig Black Dragon, Thistly Cross Whisky Cask & Snail's Bank Raspberry Ripple.
With such a beer and cider range and with very competitive pricing, the Standing Order is worth including on any crawl of Derby.
On 4th July 2023
- rating: 7
[User has posted 2452 recommendations about 2451 pubs]
Real Ale Ray left this review about Standing Order (JD Wetherspoon)
I thought this was a run of the mill Spoons, until I recently ventured in on an early doors visit, which was handy for a good look around. Very impressive interior I have to say, service was good, which could be expected when the pub was quiet. Fifteen cask ales to choose from, all of which were displayed clearly on a screen at the front corner of the bar on my approach. The prices per pint ranged from £1.71 a pint for a 3.7% with a 4% to 6.2% at £2.46 a pint. Plus the beer quality was all top notch and as Graham mentions below "I would happily return" I agree, what a place.
On 28th June 2023
- rating: 8
[User has posted 3382 recommendations about 3381 pubs]
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Graham Coombs left this review about Standing Order (JD Wetherspoon)
A large Spoons in a quite magnificent banking hall, benefitting from a recent redecoration. Very busy and deservedly so, with 12 guest ales on. Service also seemed much improved over previous reviews so it looks as though they have got their act together. I know it's 'only a Spoons' but frankly there was little to complain about on this visit and I would happily return, despite Derby's other drinking attractions.
On 11th February 2023
- rating: 8
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Aqualung . left this review about Standing Order (JD Wetherspoon)
This place is rather similar to the Crosse Keys in the City of London consisting of a huge high-ceilinged single room with a large central island bar. The appeal of the grand surroundings soon wears off after you take a look through the selection from the four banks of six pumps and then try and get served. Everything is doubled up and the Ruddles is double doubled so half of the pumps are just the boring mainstream GK x 6 & Spitfire, Pedigree and Doom Bore x 2.
I noted five guests, two from the rather dull Milestone brewery, Banks & Taylor SOS, a Lymestone beer and Funfair Waltzer. I went for the Waltzer (£2.65) which was in good enough nick but was a rather sweet malty brew.
As for the service (or lack of it) if they are going to have a huge island bar like this then they need more than a handful of staff to cover it. The service here was amongst the worst I've ever seen in a Spoons.
Part of the appeal of going to Spoons in the London suburbs is that you can reckon on the prices generally being a quid or more per pint cheaper than the opposition. This isn't the case in Derby where it seems to be between 10p and 60p.
It's the poor service that really lets this place down and is marked down accordingly.
On 21st July 2014
- rating: 4
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Old Boots left this review about Standing Order (JD Wetherspoon)
As Rob Camra says an ex-bank converted to a 'spoons, a sign tells us it is also the site of an Inn called the Talbot. A grand neoclassical building with a fairly magnificent island bar with four groups of pulls dotted around it and yes they are often repeats of other groups. The service hasn't improved any since 2010 either, four behind the bar but not exactly fast workers. The decor is partly large portraits of people associated with Derby, for example the sainted Erasmus Darwin, (who also makes an appearance next door in the Thomas Leaper) and that scumbag Bonnie Prince Charlie who nearly put me off my beer which admittedly was in good nick.
On 4th November 2013
- no rating submitted
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Gill Smith left this review about Standing Order (JD Wetherspoon)
Decided to pop into this Wetherspoon outlet as one of our party was doing the "Spoons Bingo" collecting the ales from the beer festival currently on. We had Bath Hefeweizen Hare and Marstons Mansfield Old Bailey. Different set up with a massive oval bar in the centre of the room, but service was good.
On 11th November 2012
- rating: 7
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ROB Camra left this review about Standing Order (JD Wetherspoon)
Impressive ex Bank building with an island bar. Fairly typical Wetherspoons conversion of a bank building, very similar to the Bankers Draft in Sheffield. Loads of handpumps, all with pump clips on them, almost all showing the same 3 - 4 beers. Does have a couple of guest beers on, but you have to walk all the way round the bar to find out what they are. Whilst you're finding out what beer is on, it would also be a good idea to find out where there is someone serving and stand there. I've been in this pub loads of times and have left more often than not due to problems getting served. I sometimes think it would be quicker to walk to the Babington a couple of hundred yards away, buy a pint and bring it back here!
On 23rd April 2010
- rating: 4
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