The Hippodrome (wetherspoon) - March

Great use of a converted Cinema. I had lunch there, and you can order using a app, or the more traditional menu method. Good choice of beer, nice atmosphere.

A great place to stay. Very friendly staff , and very helpful. The rooms are big, with a big walk in double shower. Very clean, and very tidy. The last place we stayed at was atrocious. -1 out of 10 . I’d give this place 9 out of 10. One of the best we’ve stayed in. Ask for a room in the front building, as they are a bit bigger than the back building. Bit of noise from traffic , but so quite as the windows are double glazed .It didn’t disturb our sleep. The beds are big. For £79 a night, it was excellent value for money. No breakfast included in the price, but for between £3.50 and £5.80 you can get an excellent breakfast in the old cinema immediately next door. Give it a try if you need somewhere to stay in the town .

Good food and large variety of drinks available. The staff are very friendly and helpful. The building is a converted cinema with an excellent outdoor area. All in all a great venue at the right price the many varied customers can't be wrong and it is one of their hotels as well!

We went on the Curry Night with friends. The positives are the food and drink are good, the staff are friendly and professional. On this particular night the experience we had here was not the usual as previously food and drinks have been bought out fairly quickly even when very busy. I used the App to order 4 curries and drinks, then used the App again to order a portion of chips. The drinks arrived after about 10 minutes and the chips shortly afterwards. We knew they were very busy so waited 40 minutes for the curries and then asked how much longer they would be. We were told we are two tickets away from being served, we wondered whether they had not picked up the order from the App? We received our food an hour after ordering. After we had finished our food we ordered more drinks via the App. By now the restaurant is fairly empty and we could see a few people going to the bar and being served immediately by the 3 staff. After waiting 20 minutes we asked about our drinks and were told that there are 2 bar staff doing general drinks and 2 doing App drinks. We had been watching and knew this was not the case as we saw the 3 staff members serving people coming to the bar, so again wondered perhaps they are not looking for the orders via the App? By this point the restaurant is nearly empty, but the tables are still full of dirty plates and glasses, clearly this does not affect us, but we wondered whether there is enough staff to cover everything that needs doing as the staff worked non stop?

Lived here one night. Absolutely recommend for the price and service. The pub is a circle Theatre or Playground. Very old style and classic. And, for the hotel, actually nothing to say. U cannot ask for this price which included a great cleaning and good bathtub any more. BTW, the window view is good!