An American TikToker has shared her thoughts on Britain's favourite budget pub chain, declaring: 'It was almost too cheap.' Kristen, a trans-Atlantic visitor, posted a review of her first Wetherspoons experience on the video-sharing app, captioning it 'overhyped'.
The video begins hopefully: 'Hey y’all, so ever since I’ve been to the UK, everyone’s told me to try Wetherspoons, and I finally did.' But her expectations are dashed. 'Honestly… not a fan,' she says, adding that the huge hype led her to expect something really good, but 'it just wasn’t there for me'.
Kristen highlights the layout of the pubs, complaining about the stairs: 'Don’t get me started on the stairs… I literally had to walk a mountain of stairs to get to the bathroom, and when you’re drunk, you don’t really want to go up and down a bunch of stairs.' She concludes that 'it just didn’t live up to the hype', though she adds 'no hate to the other Spoons'.
Wetherspoons, the creation of Tim Martin, is famous for converting unusual premises like old theatres and banks into pubs. A traditional breakfast costs less than a fiver, and a pint can be as cheap as 99p in some locations. The chain has more than 1,000 pubs across the UK, each with a unique carpet inspired by the pub's name, location and building.
