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The Playhouse (JD Wetherspoon), Colchester
Colchester
CO2 7AA
Reviews of The Playhouse (JD Wetherspoon) (Average Rating: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Quinno _ left this review about The Playhouse (JD Wetherspoon)
1994 conversion from a theatre (latterly cinema) and very well done it is. Go through the original foyer entrance with an old TV camera and into the main room. Here, the balcony remains intact and is filled with cardboard cut-outs of the famous (or famous back in 2005) and the royal box does of course also have them including the dear departed Brenda, whilst the stage has a painted backdrop. An island bar with doubled pumps all round, so you’ll need to do a lap to be satisfied you’ve seen all the options, or these days you can simply open the Spoons app I suppose. Four guest cask counted though the Rosey Nosey was off and not labelled as such, so a black mark, though the barman was apologetic. My Rudgate Evil Elf was in great shape (NBSS 4). I really enjoyed my 30 minutes in here and would happily call again. 7.5
On 1st February 2024
- rating: 8
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Delboy 20 left this review about The Playhouse (JD Wetherspoon)
Large theatre conversion which is well described below. Decent choice of beers on including Bedlam Benchmark, Grainstore Red Kite, Salopian Darwin's Origin, Phoenix Double Gold, Acorn Old Moor porter and Roosters Tenderfoot. I liked this Spoons and would happily call again.
On 24th May 2022
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Steve C left this review about The Playhouse (JD Wetherspoon)
The Playhouse is a large Wetherspoons in and old, erm, playhouse theatre. The big island bar in the centre of the pub is stocked with standard and premium keg products and I counted four banks of six hand pumps. Many of the ales were doubled or even trebled up, but there was still a good selection. There is sunken seating down the sides of the pub and the main open plan seating area is found at the rear in the old stalls. My work colleagues visiting from overseas were fascinated by the cardboard cut-outs of famous people up in the circle. We ate here and, as usual for a Spoons, the food was excellent value. My only gripe was the service which was slow and twice I had to wait for staff members to stop gossiping before I was served. If they had so much time on their hands you would have thought they would at least attempt to clear some of the tables.
On 6th March 2020
- rating: 6
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Colchester, 1.07 miles, 20 min walk (show)
Hythe (Essex), 1.62 miles, 31 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : Yes - April & Oct - last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : No last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No - Just the usual 50p vouchers - last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : No last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 01 February 2024 by Quinno _
