The Tailor's Chalk - JD Wetherspoon — Restaurant in London

As a regular customer that comes in for breakfast and sometimes for lunch as well, I have noticed that table 36 at the pub always seems to be occupied... by an invisible man!! The gentleman in question is actually out in the high street, playing on the horses! Yet despite him not actually being in the pub, he "occupies" it from early in the morning, just after 8am until late in the afternoon - not sure how this is permitted?! Don't understand how can he, as one person, be allowed to take up a double table, with 4 chairs, and not actually be even present in the pub, but instead be sat at Betfred?!!

All he does is leave his glass of water and an open newspaper on the table and then disappears for the rest of the day.... which begs the question, is wetherspoons now offering free hot desks for non-paying customers, who are off gambling down the road?

This occurs every day without fail and affects the atmosphere to the point that the other day, the table was reserved by someone else in the morning, prior to his usual arrival - upon coming in and seeing the reserved notice, he got into a strop and started demanding that the reserved signs were moved elsewhere as this was his table, and his alone........ the table doesn't even have his name on it so how can he feel such a sense of...

Two stars is the best I can give for this dirty, scruffy hole. The man who manages Wetherspoons needs to give this place a good looking over. The staff are lacking knowledge, even the manager doesn't know the prices of menu items! To get charged for drinks when they are included in the meal price is bad but to then be charged the WRONG price for a meal.....Well that's just wrong wrong wrong.

Mixed grill! Laugh! "I went to the bottom of our stairs"!. A sausage that was left over from the breakfast serving. A sorry looking mushroom that was just about warmed up and a scattering of peas. Pork loin and gammon the menu says. I got to bits of bacon. Steak....Was ok but I was not asked how I wanted it cooked. And, lamb. Well it looked more like rump steak. Tasteless.

Then, ketchup. None brought to the table or offered. I went to the distribution point to find at least 8 empty bottles and no full ones. Again, I had to seek the staff to rectify the matter.

I will not be returning. There are much better places to eat in Sidcup.

Macdonald's!

It was only pennies ( about £1.50) but, how many other punters have had the...

Disgusting food and rude staff (the man who served me last time was polite but the females are just rude)🤢🤢🤢 dirty venue (there was tissue all over my booth) wet menu so I switched it for another and it was extremely sticky. Food was pathetic and overpriced but last time I went there they didn’t even have the food I wanted (no chicken bit stupid considering it’s half the menu) I will not even mention the pitcher drinks that are mainly ice and juice with maybe the smallest bit of Smirnoff that cannot even be tasted ?? The venue smells awful and the toilet wasn’t even that clean tbh would I go here again?? Definitely not for the price I payed 💀💀🤣🤣 better off going to the macdonalds across the...