The Eight Bells - JD Wetherspoon — Restaurant in Dover

Asked for Eggs Benedict, hold the rocket but add some mushrooms & sat near the door. Walking hurts so it was just the easiest place to sit out of necessity. The wafts of cigarette smoke coming in from the propped open door were not conducive to eating at all tbh. I got Eggs Benedict with the rocket I hadn't asked for, that looked like it had been rescued from the bin. Limp, shrivelled up, crispy edges. Awful! And the additional mushrooms that I had paid for were two, 50p sized disks of the thickness of a 50p coin too! When I asked a waitress if she'd serve rocket that looked like that at home she said "I don't buy rocket." but when pushed she agreed it looked inedible fit only for the bin. Then she stopped what she was doing & went to the kitchen & disappeared. As did all the staff when I went to the bar, with my plate of cadaverous rocket, to complain. (Not easy on prosthetic legs!). I waited as one single barmaid served at the opposite end of a very, very long bar. I stood there for as long as I could before I had to leave for. an appointment. Nothing, zip, nada. No waitresses anywhere & the barmaid busy at the other end of the bar & I'm unable to catch her eye. So, no more Dover...

I visit many Wetherspoons around the county of Kent. I have been to Dover three times now and the service and food has always been consistent. Today was no different. On my visit today one particular chap who looked to be a manager who I understand to be called Kenny was cleaning and clearing tables to perfection, rearranging chairs and taking pride in his job. I could tell he was ensuring the service and standard was high. He was also delivering food to diners and doing many other tasks. I was very impressed by the team and his standards today and I haven't seen this in a long time. These are the sort of people Wetherspoons should be employing. The food was delicious and piping hot. The gentleman asked if everything was okay with the food. The team work exceptionally hard and and are on the ball. The pint I had was the right temperature, good head and of nice smooth consistency. I hope this review is passed on to the right people and taking constructively as it is not often I have the pleasure in leaving such good reviews. Canterbury and Folkestone Wetherspoons could learn a lot from the way this establishment is...

Same old same old really from the 8 Bells. Same drunken middle aged to elderly men sat in the same places dribbling into a newspaper and nursing their 10th pint of cheap beer.

The lack of music in these places always makes for a strange atmosphere, which is just a wall of sound and conversations, and due to the calibre of clientel many of them are explicit.

That being said the Pizza I ordered was nice and delivered quickly. On the downside I ordered a pint of beer that I fancied along with the pizza only to then discover they had none left. So I tried to order another beer but was told that it was slightly more expensive than the one I originally ordered and the bar maid refused to serve it. She said I had to have a cheaper one or one of equal price, none of which I liked the look of and was left a bit disappointed. After all it wasn't my fault the original beer had run out and the bar staff had not realised before selling it to me.

I ended up with a beer that I didn't find very pleasant but hey ho what was I expecting? Its a...