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The Society Rooms (JD Wetherspoon), Maidstone
Maidstone
ME14 1RF
Reviews of The Society Rooms (JD Wetherspoon) (Average Rating: 5½ of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Society Rooms (JD Wetherspoon)
One of two branches of Wetherspoon's in Maidstone, this one is convenient for the start of or finish to a crawl from Maidstone East station.
Located in an ugly looking office block, the L-shaped interior feels quite modern, light and airy. There is an outdoor courtyard, used by both smokers and for those that like drinking/eating al fresco.
The usual trio of Greene King Abbot, Ruddles Best & Sharp's Doom Bar were on, alongside 3 guests - Fuller's London Pride, Thornbridge Jaipur & Twickenham Naked Ladies. Ciders were Gwynt y Ddraig Black Dragon & Weston's Old Rosie.
Customers in here seemed a bit rough and ready. Their language was choice. However, service was efficient.
Apart from its convenient location, there's not really much to recommend this one.
On 17th May 2023
- rating: 6
[User has posted 2284 recommendations about 2283 pubs]
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Society Rooms (JD Wetherspoon)
Modern 'L'-shaped bar with a reasonably-sized patio area in the 'courtyard' between the two ground floor sections of the office building above. Mostly on the same level, but there is one seating section up a couple steps on the outside corner. Nothing special, but the two banks of five handpumps usually offer a few local ales, although the six real ales available on this visit included Lees Plum Pudding (£2.29), another seasonal beer and Jaipur, along with a perry. Handy for Maidstone East railway station if you are waiting for a train.
On 22nd December 2022
- rating: 7
[User has posted 7893 recommendations about 7893 pubs]
Pub SignMan left this review about The Society Rooms (JD Wetherspoon)
This is a large, modern Lloyd’s No 1 bar, conveniently located next to Maidstone East station. It’s a bit of an ugly concrete and glass edifice built into the ground floor of the slightly dystopian-looking Brenchley House. A large L-shaped room interior has been filled with all the usual mixed seating options, some underneath huge floor to ceiling windows at the front, that offer good people-watching opportunities. It’s a fairly featureless space, even by the usual Lloyd’s bar standards, with the servery running along much of the right-hand wall, all strewn with fairy lights, but otherwise fairly plain in itself. Large mirrors and a few of the usual local history boards, plus a small bookcase next to the slot machines, account for the sum total of visual distraction, and the pub’s most interesting feature turns out to be a courtyard garden with lots of metal frame seating, some large umbrellas and other such bits of shelter, plus views back into the pub, through the large side windows. The pub was doing a roaring trade on my midweek lunchtime visit, with limited seating remaining to the rear and out in the courtyard.
On the bar, the usual three ‘Spoons cask ales were present alongside three guests, from which I chose the Black Sheep Astronomer, which was in decent nick. The staff seemed friendly enough and went to great lengths to replace one of the ales for another customer.
This felt like a pretty basic ‘Spoons with nothing other than the courtyard seating area and proximity to the station to set it apart from others in the chain. The beer range was okay and they seem to know how to keep the beer well, but with several more interesting pubs a short walk from here, I’d reserve this place for pre-train drinks only in the future.
On 21st December 2022
- rating: 6
[User has posted 3015 recommendations about 3015 pubs]
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Maidstone Barracks, 0.35 miles, 6 min walk (show)
Maidstone West, 0.66 miles, 12 min walk (show)
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- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 50p vouchers - last updated 17 May 2023 by Blue Scrumpy
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- Real Ale : Yes last updated 16 July 2013 by Dave McNally
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- WiFi : Yes last updated 16 July 2013 by Dave McNally
