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The Royal Oak - JD Wetherspoon

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The Royal Oak - JD Wetherspoon
Address: 21-22 High W St, Dorchester DT1 1UW, UK
Phone: 01305 755910
State: Dorset
City: Dorchester
Zip Code: DT1 1UW

opening times

Monday: 8:00 AM – 12:00 AM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 12:00 AM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 12:00 AM
Thursday: 8:00 AM – 12:00 AM
Friday: 8:00 AM – 1:00 AM
Saturday: 8:00 AM – 1:00 AM
Sunday: 8:00 AM – 12:00 AM

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One of my favourite in the chain. This pub is regularly busy but maintains its level of service and they seem to employ polite, helpful staff. It can get VERY busy at peak times when obviously service levels and wait times may be affected. Definitely an ‘eating’ pub, but there is enough room if you’re just in for a drink. All good.
Another visit to this very pleasant Spoons. I really liked this branch.nnStaff were very helpful, food was ok.nnThere wasn't time to read the usual wall hangings to celebrate the local area and people. It's often the best way to get to know the history of an area. But there was plenty of it. I loved the finish of the place. Great to hang out, eat and drink.
I have avoided all Wetherspoons establishments up until now but, having difficulty finding a pub that served both food and real ale, I gave this one a try.nTook a while to get the barmaid's attention and, when I did, the service was not friendly. I had looked at the busy and confusing menu and I asked for a burger. She said nothing about the burger + drink offer so I had to prompt her to mention it. I ordered a 'classic' burger and a pint of Doom Bar.nThe burger arrived almost immediately and it soon became clear why. It was about as basic as you can get and the chips were a little undercooked. Clearly, the food is prepared in advance and it waits for you rather than the other way round. I didn't enjoy what I ate of it, which was probably less than half. The beer was OK but not the fab pint Doom Bar is at its best.nI paid something like £8.75 for my burger + pint. As they sell Doom Bar for £2.35 a pint, that means my 'classic' burger & chips cost around £6.40. Cheap, yes, but not enjoyable. And the beer did not taste like a premium Cornish ale should taste.*nI accept that the Wetherspoons chain of pubs are not aimed at the likes of me and many people, who put buying cheaply above buying taste and quality, rate it highly. It was an interesting experience to try a Wetherspoons but wild horses wouldn't drag me into one again. A business cannot sell food and drink as cheaply as this without cutting a few corners and I'd rather pay more for better quality and the atmosphere of a proper pub. It's sad that so many of our venerable old pubs have been 'spooned' and are now little more than drinking dens.n*I've since learned that the production of Doom Bar has been switched from Cornwall to Burton, which might explain the difference in taste.
Popped in for a quick pint while shopping. It never ceases to amaze me how low the price of a pint of bitter is. Ruddles was advertised as £2.79, when I came to pay it was only £2.29!nI think the girl behind the bar would have rather have been somewhere else and it was not the clearest or fullest pint I have ever had, but at these prices I’ll put up with it.nThe place itself is a typical Wetherspoons, that’s not a bad thing, plenty of room with a variety of seating including outside area.
Food was genuinely nice and reasonably priced, so no complaints there. Unfortunately, the pub appeared to be operating with roughly the staffing levels of a lighthouse.nnNobody seemed to be clearing the tables, which meant finding somewhere to sit became a small exercise in hospitality archaeology. We eventually had to move other people's abandoned plates and glasses around ourselves just to create enough table space to eat.nnIt wasn't disastrous, and the food itself was good, but the whole place felt noticeably understaffed. When customers start involuntarily joining the cleaning rota, it is probably a sign that another member of staff might be useful.
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