Great Spoon Of Ilford

Dieser Pub befindet sich in Ilford, einem Stadtteil im äußeren Osten Londons. Er gehört zur Wetherspoon-​Kette und wird hauptsächlich von älteren Stammgästen besucht. Hinter dem Gebäude gibt es einen Biergarten.
Der Name kommt aber nicht (nur) daher, dass er zur Wetherspoon-​Kette gehört. Im 17. Jahrhundert soll ein berühmter Schauspieler, Will Kemp, den gesamten Weg von Norwich an der englischen Ostküste nach London getanzt haben. In Ilford hielt er an, um sich zu erfrischen. Die lokale Maßeinheit für Bier soll ein Spoon (Löffel) gewesen sein, der zwei heutigen Pints entspricht. Ein Great Spoon konnte damit manche schon k.o. machen…

i like this pub — no music — excellent. choice of ales is impressive (old thumper a winner), prices are low and quality of service is high. good pub.

I’m not keen on this pub! I suppose it’s good in the way that it’s cheap but it’s been labelled as an old man’s pub and lack of music and atmosphere make me steer clear.
Food isn’t bad and as thexyone said in their review the toilets are always kept clean.
This pub could do with a pool table or two — it’s certainly big enough!

This is the only pub I go to in Ilford. It’s been many years since I tried another, it was the best then, maybe it’s time I tried the others again, but this has real ale.
Unlike many other Whetherspoons the toilets here work and are clean.
What else can I say, it’s a Whetherspoon the hypermarkets of the pub world.

I remember vividly my friend Paul demanding I stand up. I thought The Queen had just arrived. But actually the reason we were standing up was so that the marquee-​thingy (we were in the beer garden) would protect us from the shower of glass bottles that were flying across the sky. No, this wasn’t the much-​feared alien glass invasion, but instead two rival gangs deciding to battle it out.
The worrying thing is that it was probably one of my more pleasing nights at The Spoon.
I don’t like this place. I don’t think my friends do either but I guess they like a bit of danger, because more often than is necessary I hear ‘let’s meet at The Spoon’. And we do, and then a pleasant evening is not had.
The Spoon is quite spacious; in a weird kind of way. There’s lots of tables scattered down the middle; if you took them out it’d just look like a big hall. There isn’t much character too it. If you’re lucky enough to get one of the booth tables your evening can be okay, and you get about 30% better protection from flying glass, but aside from that it’s not exactly wonderful.
I really can’t recommend this place, I’m afraid. And would suggest you go elsewhere.