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The Peter Cushing (JD Wetherspoon), Whitstable

Pub added by Roger Button
11-18 Oxford Street
Whitstable
CT5 1DD
Phone: 01227284100

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J D Wetherspoon

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E TA left this review about The Peter Cushing (JD Wetherspoon)

] A cinema conversion as described, though I felt the atmosphere was rather lacking. Walking in gives an impression of grandeur, though this wears off once you’re in and realise how crowded it is, both in terms of numbers and how close together and regimented the tables are. That said it’s open, airy and not too loud. The young staff were professional, knowledgeable and made us feel welcome. Two ales from Old Dairy on, Blue Top and Red Top, plus the Trio of Doom, so very apt for the pub’s eponymous dedicatee. Otherwise, a bog standard Spoons, worth a visit and a good place to start or end a crawl.

On 2nd October 2022 - rating: 6
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Peter Cushing (JD Wetherspoon)

Small(ish) but striking Art Deco cinema conversion, with the interior lighting (whether original or not) certainly adding to the atmosphere... Apart from that, the interior is slightly troublesome by having six steps down from the entrance, but otherwise much as you would expect. Six of seven handpumps in use, offering a fairly pedestrian selection from which the 'international brewer' Red Racer Session IPA (£2.09) was the only unusual real ale.

On 8th September 2018 - rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Peter Cushing (JD Wetherspoon)

A decent score here for the building and original Art Deco design ceilings. Beer wise not a lot choice on our visit, so went for the Old Dairy Copper Top. Once through the main doors, you descend a short flight of steps into one large open plan room, with the bar running across the back wall. The pub was busy on our Saturday evening visit with the majority of customers chomping away through the Spoons menu.

On 16th June 2017 - rating: 7
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Aqualung . left this review about The Peter Cushing (JD Wetherspoon)

Personally I preferred Christopher Lee but Cushing bought a house in the town and eventually retired to it.
As noted below you enter through the old foyer and then down some steps to a large high ceilinged room that is completely recognisable as being in an old cinema. There's the usual assortment of high and low tables and chairs, the low chairs being slightly better quality than normal.
For some reason the Club food offers (apart from the Breakfast) here are rather dearer than average but other food items are about the same or even slightly cheaper.
The bar now has seven hand pumps, rather few for a JDW this size and it certainly isn't a Lloyds.
These had Ruddles, Rockin' Robin Peacemaker and five festival ales. I went for the Shepherd Neame Hog Island APA which was enjoyable enough but not really my idea of an APA. Despite that I thought this was an above average JDW and well worth a look.

On 24th March 2016 - rating: 7
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Roger Button left this review about Peter Cushing (JD Wetherspoon)

The Peter Cushing was a somewhat controversial addition to the Whitstables pub scene when it opened last year with some of the townsfolk objecting to the presence of a Wetherspoons in town.

The pub is housed in what was originally the Oxford Cinema, rebuilt in 1936 on the site of an earlier cinema called the Oxford Picture Hall. The cinema closed in 1984 and became a Bingo Hall before closing and being snapped up by Wetherspoons. The pub honours the famous horror actor who had a seafront home in Whitstable from the late 50’s to his death.

The basic character of the cinema has been retained with the foyer housing some of the original cinema equipment as well as a couple of Cushing’s original watercolours, a pastime for which he was obviously less noted but to my untrained eyes, equally talented.

The main body of the pub is down a few steps with the bar at the far end crowned by a couple of large portraits of Cushing although the regular ‘Spoons local snippets focus more on the local oyster industry and festival (the Cushing snippets can mostly be found in the Foyer). There are some large plain mirrors and tasteful commissioned photographic artworks on display and the large hexagonal black and white patterned lanterns dangling overhead from the high semi-barrel roof are quite eye catching.

There were 6 ales available including a local Goody beer from nearby Herne and the staff were friendly and efficient (yes, you heard that right), especially given that my visit coincided with a busy breakfast run on Oyster Festival day.

Overall this is a pretty decent ‘Spoons with a decent amount of character and whereas some people in town may look down their noses, it seems to be playing its part although the impact on some of the more established pubs nearby may not yet have filtered through.

On 24th July 2012 - rating: 7
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