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The Spinning Mule (JD Wetherspoon), Bolton
Bolton
BL1 1JT
Reviews of The Spinning Mule (JD Wetherspoon) (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Brainy Pool left this review about The Spinning Mule (JD Wetherspoon)
Quite a cosy Spoons and not as big as some. A single room with a few different seating areas. tidy and traditional interior with nice wood panelling, a bookcase etc. And a good beer range. Pretty sedate on a Saturday lunchtime. On the downside, it’s yet another Spoons that seemingly chooses to cook bacon on a radiator.
On 7th January 2024
- rating: 6
[User has posted 1058 recommendations about 1023 pubs]
Steve C left this review about The Spinning Mule (JD Wetherspoon)
The Spinning Mule is a Wetherspoons with open plan standard seating around the entrance before a bar counter up the right-hand wall that faces high table to the left and rear. In the left rear is raised seating that feels more like a dining area. In amongst the standard and premium keg are two banks of six hand pumps that were drawing the usual three plus Peerless Brewing’s Langton Spin and Full Whack alongside Phoenix Brewery’s Black Bee (not bad), Coach House Brewing’s Hope & Glory, Goffs Brewery’s White Knight and Wily Fox Brewery’s Dark Flagon Rum Porter. The service was polite and there were less pissheads in here than were roaming the town outside during my early evening midweek visit. Worth a visit for easily the widest range of ale in the area.
On 29th August 2023
- rating: 6
[User has posted 5254 recommendations about 5222 pubs]
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Quinno _ left this review about The Spinning Mule (JD Wetherspoon)
Bolton’s a tough town to love and having experienced a Holts pub with just one cask and a brewery tap that was shut when it should have open, I was after something recognisably straightforward. This is a tidy Spoons with plenty of wood panelling and a greyish blue paint job, with a light and brightly lit interior. Eight guest ales on, safe in the knowledge there’s no nearby competition I suppose. Shambolic service sadly; I noticed that the ale list on the app hadn’t been updated and was out-of-whack with that was at the bar. Anyway I found one that tallied and my app order went through. I saw a Plum Porter being pulled a few seconds later and plopped onto the end of the bar. There it sat for 5 minutes until I decided to take matters into my own hands and enquired whether it was mine. I was informed that it was, with n’ary an apology from the indolent staff. Inevitably the food I ordered took an absolute age, 25 minutes in fact despite the place hardly being rammed and I was only a few minutes shy of having to dash off to get my train. The Plum Porter was, at least, good (NBSS 3.5) because otherwise the taste in mouth was sour.
On 11th March 2023
- rating: 4
[User has posted 5099 recommendations about 5082 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 11 March 2023 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 11 March 2023 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 11 March 2023 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 11 March 2023 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No - Just the usual 50p vouchers - last updated 11 March 2023 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 11 March 2023 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 11 March 2023 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 11 March 2023 by Quinno _
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- Function Room : Yes last updated 11 March 2023 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 11 March 2023 by Quinno _
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- Real Ale : Yes last updated 11 March 2023 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 11 March 2023 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 11 March 2023 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes last updated 11 March 2023 by Quinno _
