The Richard Oastler - JD Wetherspoon

"Great pub usual spoons perks. Good offers wide choice of food quick service clean Christmas Decorations look good Quiet for breakfast this am. Nice social space to meet as big group"

"It takes forever to get served, they need more staff on the bar. I visit once a week or so and everytime you have wait 5-10min to get served, never seems to be enough staff on the bar. And when it is not so busy the staff seem to slow down to a snails pace.... Once you do get served it's a good wetherspoons, nice venue, fair price, etc. If they improved the service I'd give 4 star."

"A beautiful old church converted into a fine Wetherspoon. A pleasant outdoor area and all the good food and drink you would expect. Hats off to the young blonde guy (name unknown) who was keeping the pub ship shape and clean during a steady afternoon."

"Beautiful interior to this Wetherspoons with a stunning ceiling,organ and pews that keeps alive the Chapel it once was.It was very busy when we visited but the staff were extremely good at their jobs and we got our drinks and food really quickly.Would highly recommend!!!!"

"This is a nice place to go and there has been some recent refurbishment of the chapel ceiling. ... If you are a first time visitor, look upwards when you go inside. I went there for the first time and my mum said she wasn't happy with the new, simpler painted design but still, it's really pretty. There is plenty of information available about the building's history and framed articles are dotted around the walls (some of which could do with a good clean tbh). The decor is very dated and a bit dingy in places but that adds to its charm. Access is fairly good with a long structural ramp up to the entrance. Two 'disabled persons' toilets are to the left from the front entrance, whilst regular toilets are accessed across the room after you walk down a long corridor (these are also quite spacious, well, I only went to the ladies.). What I saw was very clean and in good order. Now, as we went there for a late lunch, I should rate the food... Firstly, the choice on the menu is good and the prices, as you might expect for Wetherspoons are affordable. Considering Wetherspoons food is not prepared onsite, but reheated - and therefore produced for that purpose, it has potential to be consistent as well as satisfactory. However, each dish we ordered was very much overheated and very dry. In the most 'British' way, we politely availed ourselves of the condiments available and made sure we ate all the salad. My favourite part was my hot drink, so just for fun I videoed it coming from the machine. (Tip: get the decaff version, then you won't get wired from caffeine, though it is pretty sugary). This is my impression as a first time visitor and I do not live locally. I got the impression that it was a decent, friendly place to go but it just do happened that whoever was dealing with our food in the kitchen that day could do with some further training and the food we had really wasn't good. That is why I only have three stars."