Liam Murphy (@Liam1971)
10/02/2012 15:45
Longstanding rumours of a JD Wetherspoon pub across the road from Neptune's Marine Point in New Brighton are confirmed by the company



http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/live...o-wirral-seaside-resort-100252-30317908/

WIth Wetherspoon's naming tradition, I wonder who/what they'll name it after?

....."The Brawling Sailor"

Unfortunatly, a place offering cheap booze down there isnt going to be a classy gaff

The Salty Seaman...

Oompa-Loompa Central?

It will be a total refit and Wetherspoon's don't usually scrimp on their premises, and with it selling meals it'll keep not only the food competitive but also the beer prices down ....yeyy!!!

Well the Clairville in Liscard is a dingy dump. Doesn't look likes it's been touched since it opened back in 2004[?].

surprisingly the new ferry one is really nice
went on sunday, the first time in months and its nice inside with a good menu

All JD Weatherspoons are reasonably nice inside; it's the ... and dolites they attract with their cheap prices that are the problem.

The brass balance always makes me laugh, you get all the hard-working middle-class folk from the Hamilton Square district of Birkenhead going in there at dinner and after work, and the place attracts all the local bagheads and doleys.

I guess the lure of cheap booze does not discriminate, and brings the nation together

Gosh, has it been open that long? I have only been in there once, I do however have great hopes for the one in NB.

I agree Matt, they can attract the 'wino's' at opening time, fingers crossed that this does not happen in NB.

Lol

Yes they can be Sue

i dont go out much to a pub especially at night, but after going to the weatherspoons in new ferry on sunday lunch time it was full of decent people and families, and not all local people or drunks or drugies.

not just saying that cos its local to me, but i find it to be a nice pub with a good food, wouldnt go in the other pubs in new ferry though lol

The Clairville in Liscard may have been nice when it opened, but it sure as hell isn't now. It may be that Weatherspoons just can't be bothered doing it up given the type of clientele that frequent it.

Yeah, they start at Macdonalds, and when they hit 15 move over to Weatherspoons.

Either way, all they wanna do, is wreck the feckin place!!

Sue, I agree with you, I never used to drink in the ferry at all, but the Wetherspoons is nice, and I have never seen any trouble in there.

Wsa in Weathersppons New ferry for Sunday teatime, nice and quiet decent food just wouldnt go into Alices Place next door

I've sidled into a few Wetherspoons in different places in the country and they're all well run and the staff keep an eye out for botherers. Even went into one on the other side of the country after going to a local "posh" restaurant and was jealous of the grub in Wetherspoons after the shoit I'd left in the restaurant. The one in Llandudno is fantastic and the one by the Tower of London is the cheapest boozer down in that area and still has a great decor and atmosphere. Just thought I'd let you know.

Last time (ever) I ate in a Wetherspoons I expended more calories chewing it than I gained from eating it.

Bandy, when it is open we will have to check it out! You may have to bring your young brother to get you home!

so they will be serving terrible food in New Brighton soon then.

What a thoroughly good idea, could even get the train there and back to save driving. We'll put this on the front burner.

I personally think the food in spoons is good considering what you pay. Yex it's not perfect but your getting steak and chips for 7-8 quid what more do you expect!

There'll be theme nights too, like curry nights, with a curry and a pint included. Personally it doesn't float my boat because the missus is a good chef but there are some people who would eat better in Wethers if they scoffed there now and again than they do at home having the takeaways. I have eaten their grub when I've been away on courses and it's not bad at all. The ale prices are good too, along with guest beers. What more do people want in a pub?
Oh, and I nearly forgot, there's no loud music in there so you can talk, and the sports commentaries are not on either, just the viewing if you want to watch it. Just like being at the real event.

I doubt the one in new Brighton will be an actual wetherspoons more likely a Lloyd's bar which is owned by the same company but will play music.

My tinnitus is bad enough as it is so if it is Lloyds I'll be giving it a body swerve.

Couldn't agree more! I went in for the first time in ages and it's really gone down the nick, dirty glasses, grotty seating, lightbulbs missing and stinky bogs! Perhaps the one in NB will shame them into a bit of a refurb for Liscard......?

I've liked every 'Spoons I've been in. I certainly wouldnt leave Th Clairville to drink in local alternatives like The Boot, The Royal Oak or the Duke / welly whatever its called these days. the new Spoons on New Brighton front will own. The Coburn family have read the runes on this one - they arent stupid. They've cashed in on selling out the old RJs site - Spoons will wipe out everything else down there - but that aint no bad thing!

Anyone know what's happening with this? No work seems to be getting done!

wetherspoons serve a purpose. have not yet figured it out though.

Wetherspoons serve cheap and nasty food to cheap and nasty people.

I won't be venturing there for a drink.

if i.m ever gasping for a bevvie at 9.30am....... but i doubt it

What a cheap and nasty comment. I and my cheap and nasty friends wonder on what you base such a sweeping generalisation. Is it ignorance, stupidity or just a feeble attempt at being clever?

I got this reply from Wetherspoons re the New Brighton pub/restaurant:

Thank you very much for your email. This site is currently part of our extensive development programme and, as yet, there are no onsite or opening dates agreed and has not yet been named.

Well said Nightwalker, I have had several meals at Wetherspoons and the food has been lovely.

wetherspoons provide a good service,the food is better than a lot of places.dont know where you get your opinion from.

That is very interesting, as the reply to my email said that they were hoping to be open within the next 12 months.

I hope they get a move on for when the good weather comes in. Qute looking forward to it.

wallaseyhead there is no way in this world that your a bank manager!!!!you come on here calling people for allsorts when you have probably never even worked in your life!!!and for your information i used to manage a wetherspoons and the food bought is of the best quality so try getting your facts right before you make judgement!!oh and by the way as a so called bank manager im damn sure your name isnt portraid as great in the current climax!!!

Dont think wallaseyhead is with us any more

Has he shucked off his moral coil then?

thats not a bad thing then!!!!hahaha

If only. If only.

Is it the low paid uninterested teenagers, who zap or deep fry it, that manage to make it so inedible then?

That's a rhetorical question obviously. You don't have to have been the manager of over a dozen kitchens, for a national pub chain, to know the answer. When you pay so little for your meal somethings got to give. You want it quick, you want it cheap and you want it at a good quality... but it's only possible to meet two of the criteria at any one time. It never surprised me to meet experienced pub managers who just couldn't grasp this simple concept, (or boil an egg).

Basically it depends where you are. If the stuff is no good you don't go there again. Like I've said before, the Wetherspoons I've been to up to now have all been ok. Went to one of their rival chain places over at Kings Lynn and the beef ribs were still frozen near to the bone, won't bother with a Harvester again but it was probably a one off, couldn't give a toss staff member, tough on the others but they won't miss my measly few quid once in a blue moon.

I've only been to a Wetherspoons once. It was in York. I found the beer reasonable and the food was quite good. The service was fine, but shades of the stick-on smile and "have a nice day" crappola. Good value for money at the end of the day I suppose.

Hardly a representative sample agreed, but just my 2d's worth.

Agreed there Pinz. If you're with the right company though any old watering hole can turn into a good run ashore, best never to eat on an empty stomach anyway.

Had a curry in the New Ferry pub today, lovely place, clean, lovely staff and for less than a fiver a curry and a pint. good value.
They make their money by selling by volume, I have had one bad experience in the brass balance a few years, but a polite complaint and it was quickly sorted.
I will go therer again

Nomad

Good service goes a long way.

I had a meal in the Brass Balance a couple of months ago; no complaints.

Unless a pub is freehold the best way for them to make money is via food and as a result I have found in my somewhat limited experience that you are going to get a good meal ( or as some would put it - what you pay for) more or less where ever you go on the wirral.

Should you ever have a problem then its usually sorted straight away. Stay away from the big chains and go to the "little pubs" some cracking food to be had

Nomad