The Archibald Simpson - JD Wetherspoon — Restaurant in Aberdeen City

The Archibald Simpson is an old favourite. It has been a key part of Aberdeen for a long time. Good food, quick and cheerful service, and a reasonable selection of real ale.

It has lost its shine a little recently however, the menu has lost some traditional pub dishes and I find it more difficult to select what I want. No steak pie for instance, no chilli and fairly limited desserts.

More annoyingly, in my recent visit, no coffee as they had run out of milk - before 6 in the evening.

Still worth a visit, but not quite as often as before...

I don't seem to be able to do a new review, so here's an update today a year or so later. Still a place I like to go, still a mix of pleasure and frustration. Mediocre service today, some longer than usual waits at the bar. New menu, but still unavailability, we both wanted salads and neither of them were available.

On the up side, a decent beer, a porter North Point, from Orkney brewery, which is one of my favourite breweries.

We've been picking some of the small plates occasionally, rather than a main course, with Nachos being a favourite. We've had it now about 8-10 times in different Wetherspoons and this is the best presented it has ever been, by some margin -...

Im a young single female who was dining alone. After ordering a meal with hot chocolate I discovered the hot drink machine was broken as I heard a young boy telling his Dad he couldn’t get it to work, I informed a male bartender that myself and young lad were unable to get our drinks - he rudely told me it was none of his business and to speak to the manager then walked away. I was quite upset by this but did as he said.

And the manager proceeded to tell me that even though the machine was broken and only filling half way up, that this was fine and I was being a pest.

So I sat down to finish my meal with tears in my eyes, then a 3rd member of staff came up to my table while I had a mouth full of food to verbally abuse me. I had to ask him to leave and to please let me finish my food which I had already paid for. The said members of staff continued to stare at me until I left which made me feel intimidated beyond words.

To be treated like this by 3 separate members of staff is abhorrent and they should be ashamed of themselves, I can’t help but think if I were a 6ft 200 pound man i might of been treated with an...

This is the worst wetherspoons I have ever been in poor service poor cleanliness whilst working in Aberdeen we gave it a try. On the first night had to change our food order because a lot of the things on the menu they didn't have second night same party of four we all had to change our order again because they didn't have what we required and it was a different order from the previous night had to clear our own table the used plates where left in front of us for a good 45 mins after we finished 3rd night ate at the boars head fantastic food reasonable prices we called on the way back to the hotel just for a drink no stella no peroni no ipa no bud light so we all changed our drink order I ordered a abbots ale to be told it was off but could be put back on to which they did then a 15min wait whilst ignored by staff when I mentioned I had be stood at the bar waiting for approx 15 mins my pint was poured then I was asked if I had paid for it. this place is a joke I will not darken its doors again and strongly advise everyone else what poor run establishment not a good...