John Bull Chop House — Restaurant in Wigan

First ever time at the bull and honestly, I’m gutted it’s taken me this long usually stick to the usual craft beer and real ale spots around town, which, don’t get me wrong, are decent – but this place absolutely knocks spots off the lot of them.

We always swerved it ‘cos we thought it’d just be full of heavy rockers moshing , but apparently, that vibe was more back in the 80s and 90s. Turns out it’s nothing like that now.

Came in with a few mates on a Friday night (January, too, so usually dead elsewhere), and it was packed ! Proper good beer selection, the people were sound, the staff were a laugh, and the jukebox is absolutely banging –full of rock tunes but indie and punk on there too Definitely still a rock pub, but there’s all sorts of people here, not just the older lot not dissing the olds, but it’s nice to mix it

I’m honestly crying over all the years we missed out on this place. None of my mates ever bother writing reviews, but we had to after chatting to the guy behind the bar – proper legend.

John Bull – 100% recommend. Get yourself...

Cramped together, tables and chairs oddly arranged. It gets a lot of old men in there, most of which borderline harass you. Not much choice of beer, averagely priced. No food offered or shelter outside or outdoor area at all. One of the staff members, a young female with a piercing above her teeth was very rude regarding me eating a little bit of food inside (I had attempted to eat outside and it got soaked as they provide literally no shelter) and considering pubs encourage responsible drinking and considering the weather I thought she would’ve at least let me finish my food but no, she spoke down to me and my family after we had already had a distressing day so we left and took our money elsewhere, we don’t put money in the till to be spoken to like that. To top it off the jukebox is a rip off, you pay for 5 songs and it only plays 2-3 and the apparent regulars hog it anyway. Used to come here a lot back in the day, shame to see it in such a state, toilets were an absolute mess too, toilet paper everywhere and bars on the window! Very odd....

So Disappointed. Had heard so much about the pub I actually got the train over to check it out. Excellent range of cask beers but I didn’t get to try any because the barman kept overlooking me. Getting to the bar was difficult because of drinkers drinking at the bar - no problem with that but at least help someone out. Tried to attract the barman’s attention (it was too busy for one barman) but the final straws where when a bloke sat at the bar was served and he hadn’t finished his beer and another bloke shouting ‘2 pints of Fosters’. I’d been waiting ages by now and decided to find a pub which was friendlier and had more professional bar staff. Sorry , was really looking forward to trying the excellent...