April 2025 by fed user
Traditional spoons with vlue food and drinks
March 2025 by C KM
First visit to The Silk Mercer was a very insightful one. The rugby was on at the front of the pub so we decided to sit near the back, which is very much a huge children's area! You have been warned! Children seemed to be everywhere, running amok with no parents in control. The staff patiently served around all this chaos, including what seemed like some sort of wipeout course for them avoiding children's books, colouring pads and pencils thrown carelessly on the floor and children on scooters, on the stairs and high chairs randomly left in the middle of walk ways!
So, this is where we sat... But thankfully, given Witherspoon's infamous quick service, our food and drinks arrived swiftly. The vegan burger was a little dry (but a lot of vegan food is to be fair), however the garlic based sauce made the burger. The burrito salad was really, really good avd and I would definitely recommend it!
Would I visit again? Probably, but I will definitely avoid the hell which is the back area!
March 2025 by paul uphill
Nice real ale and curry in the silk mercer . Food was good and hot ?. Good service ?.
March 2025 by Sarah Bazambanza
Atmosphere wasn?t great but it was risen by the absolute worldly I was with. Rather intimidated by the drink drivers, they were only getting encouraged by the bar man who was very clearly aware that they were leaving via motor vehicle. Helmets on tables. Almost put off by the local yobs, who I was wrong about, till I saw them from the waist down. Chips were EPIC. Fresh sauces. Big up chef Mike.
March 2025 by Christine Russo
Ordered gammon and eggs, they had no eggs. I asked if I could have garlic bread in lieu but was refused. I didn?t think this was a massive ask. Two of my dining companions had mixed grills without eggs too. This branch of Wetherspoons needs to get its act together regards stock ordering and placate reasonable customer requests.
March 2025 by Debra Swain
Have been having breakfast here regularly. Very reasonable price, however breakfast itself is hit n miss. Every time I order I ask for the baked beans to be served hot as nothing worse than cold beans. Yet again today I had to send the food back as
the beans were stone cold.....come on cooking staff how hard is it to serve hot food!!
It has not only been breakfast we have had issues with, on a curry night we had onion bhaji's that were frozen in the middle. Appreciate that you get what you pay for, but just not acceptable for food to be served cold or worse frozen.
No issues with the staff that serve they have always been polite.
February 2025 by Roland Gray
Cheap beer and service was good
Parking: Town square pay parking
Wheelchair accessibility: Easy access
January 2025 by Graham Brown
One of the better Spoons I've been to. At least this one isn't full of scruffy alcoholics and druggies. I had a large breakfast prior to going to Swindon beer festival and it was huge, well cooked and tasty and if I recall, £5.99. The cask beer here has come on in leaps and bounds to the extent that it's in the current Good Beer Guide, most beers are £2.00 - £2.50 per pint and you can use your CAMRA vouchers to get 50p a pint off those prices. Usually 6 or 7 beers on. Toilets are clean and tidy.
January 2025 by Ryan Syrett
Fairly standard spoons but in a nice bit of town
January 2025 by Gabriel Morse-Brown
Cheap drinks, the food's alright for a spoons.
November 2024 by Dennis
Standard Wetherspoons with a surprisingly limited real ale selection
November 2024 by Steve Enderby
Cheap and cheerful
November 2024 by Danielle McFarlane
The member of staff that brought our food over clearly didn't want to be there! When ordering I asked for sunflower spread not butter due to dietary requirements and the dish came out with butter still so I politely asked for it to be changed and she actually huffed at me and walked off with the butter while I was still talking to her. She then came back with the sunflower spread and chucked it onto the table before walking off again. My friend was so disgusted she made a complaint to the manager who did then have a word with the staff member but we received no apology.
The food was mediocre at best but you get what you pay for and for under a fiver I did get an edible meal. I do try to avoid eating at weather spoons if I can simply because the food isn't great and now I'm even less likely to eat in one if the staff can't even be polite.
November 2024 by kyle nicholson
Standard weather spoons, cheap food and drink which is all pretty good, they cater for families and the staff were really good
Kid-friendliness: Good for all ages
November 2024 by Dean Martin
Cheap beer ... busy ... polite staff
