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Would it be an abuse of mumsnet local to say how crap a place is?

31 replies

fryalot · 18/02/2008 12:32

Just wondering...

Not that JD Weatherspoons in Bridlington is totally awful, not that they refused to let ds have a drink when he was crying because we hadn't ordered his food yet, not that they let all the adults have drinks, as long as they were alcoholic and wouldn't let us have any soft drinks in case we gave one to a child as their policy says that children's meals have to be ordered before they will permit them to have a drink, oh, no, none of that, I was just idly wondering really...

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Disenchanted · 18/02/2008 12:49

Am very for you!

How awful!

Bastards.

Im going to go in there one day just to see if they say it to me...oooh I will be ready!! lol

fryalot · 18/02/2008 12:47

Am trying to find a web address so I can complain to head office, but am struggling at the mo.

Twas awful.

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filthymindedvixen · 18/02/2008 12:46

oh they are TWUNTS aren't they!
The one in Harrogate made us sit in a tiny, smelly, dingey 'Famly Dining room' even though the whole rest of the pub was totally deserted.

fryalot · 18/02/2008 12:43

I am totally serious.

ds was crying and saying that he wanted a drink. Twas dinner time and dp spotted the cheap beer-ness of Weatherspoons and in we popped. Got to the bar and ordered a pint for him, a red wine for my mum, then I asked for an orange squash and she said no.

I was And she said "if you have children with you, you have to order their food before their drinks"

I said that we didn't know what we wanted yet, we wanted to sit down with a drink and look at the menu and she said that she would not serve us any soft drinks until we had ordered food. I said "well I'll have a glass of coke for me then" and she refused to serve it to me. She said that I may give the coke to a child and this was against the licensing law (which I know it isn't as I actually do have a drinks license)

Unfortunately, we had already ordered and received two drinks and the whole family was sitting down and ready, so we did go ahead an order food (just the first things off the menu) Ds calmed down when he was finally allowed his drink and I spent the entire trip sniffling and trying not to cry audibly.

Dp was happy though because the beer was cheap (twunt )

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UnquietDad · 18/02/2008 12:35

You're not serious? They wouldn't "let" you buy a soft drink? Write a letter! Complain!!

How were they to know the soft drink wasn't for a non-driver?

cupsoftea · 18/02/2008 12:34

gosh how awful