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The King Of Wessex (JD Wetherspoon), Bath

5-10 James Street West
Bath
BA1 2BX
Phone: 01225303380
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J D Wetherspoon

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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The King Of Wessex (JD Wetherspoon)

This modern branch of a Wetherspoon's is not immediately obvious until you get close. It sits at the entrance to an entertainment complex featuring other dining establishments and a cinema.

The interior is one large open-plan room, with a slightly raised area at the rear for families. It's all fairly bland and typical of most branches.

Standing at the bar waiting to be served, I soon became aware that an orderly queue had formed, mostly with people waiting to place food orders. I'm fairly convinced that I'd got there before the queue had formed, but bar staff proceeded to ignore me in favour of the newly-formed queue. I did at least manage to dispense of a CAMRA 50p voucher for two halves, when I was eventually served.

Customers are the usual 'spoon's characters. One guy decided to take his pitcher of some strange coloured liquid with him out of the front doors. God knows where he went with it, but I never saw him return. However, there was a good mixture of young and old.

Beers were the usual Greene King Abbot, Ruddles Best, Sharp's Doom Bar, along with Exmoor Gold & Little Valley Tod's Blonde as guests. Ciders are not in the fridges, as in most branches. So, they are not instantly noticeable. However, I did eventually spot a couple of boxes on the left side of the bar and some much further over. They had Weston's Old Rosie & Rosie's Pig, Gwynt y Ddraig Black Dragon & Harry's No. 8.

On 26th August 2023 - rating: 6
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Quinno _ left this review about The King Of Wessex (JD Wetherspoon)

How have I never done this Spoons before? Set in a modern cinema/leisure complex, it's long, narrow and relatively bland though not unpleasant, with a blush red, green and white colour scheme. Four guest cask and my Adnams Extra was in excellent shape (NBSS 4) and my food arrived efficiently. Absolutely heaving at 7.15 on a Tuesday night and I got the last free table (that wasn’t covered in detritus, anyway), Timbo needs a second outlet in central Bath. Other reviewers have quite a downer on this one but I thought it was fine, in context. 6.5

On 4th May 2023 - rating: 6
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E TA left this review about The King Of Wessex (JD Wetherspoon)

Not JDW’s best, as mentioned below.  The customers in seemed to be Bath’s less prosperous and healthy, indeed it felt a bit like the waiting room for a soup kitchen, and included a family group of overweight savages stuffing their slime burgers into their mouths with their hands, ketchup and all – on reflection it’s probably not a bad thing, as they didn’t look like could be trusted with cutlery.  That, with the firepit in the middle of the bar, made it feel very Mesolithic.   The staff were very offhand and didn’t engage at all other than in an impatient, churlish manner.  On the plus side there was a sign asking that all children be removed from the bar by 9pm, though whether those at whom it was aimed could read it is debatable.  Ales on were Doombar, Abbott and Ruddles, the latter at 99p per pint, plus Burton’s Stairway to Heaven.  Ciders on were Rosie’s Pig and Black Rat.  I shan’t be rushing back. 

On 31st January 2022 - rating: 5
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Latest updates View all updates for The King Of Wessex (JD Wetherspoon), Bath
26th Aug 2023, 12:32
Review submitted by Blue Scrumpy
 
4th May 2023, 16:10
Review submitted by Quinno _

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