George - Wealden

Sigh! As always with Wetherspoons, price compromises quality. The ale was fine and not as overly chilled as you often find in a Spoons. Service? Perfunctory would be the best way of describing the service. It was fine, but the staff appeared weary, unenthusiastic, almost dead on their feet; and it wasn't even 5pm. Food? My father was happy with his fish and chips (but he's 80+ and likes Spoons for the beer prices). My spicy chicken was not inspiring at all. The marinade was all in the surface, not actually IN the flesh of the chicken spicing was one dimensional; good spicing is layered, with spices, being added at different stages of the cooking. This wasn't. The side salad was similarly disappointing. The rocket lettuce was limp it should have been served yesterday or the day before. There were several families dining there, and the young kids were too often not quiet. We paid less than £25 for four pints and two meals. And it saved me cooking. But I can cook better. So, I was underwhelmed.

Where to start. This place is a typical spoons, except the manager is probably worse than the customers( who think it 's okay to start a brawl in the middle of service). He likes to impose himself and act lik God almighty but can 't handle criticism whatsoever. Furthermore he removes people from this place because they were getting picked on .. he offers no explanation. If you want to eat som where cheap get a Tesco meal deal and eat it at home, because this place is utterly woeful James is half okay on the front of things however when someone questions his actions he can 't handle it and removes you ... I 've seen this with staff as well as customers. Between the fighting from hailshams finest and the management and door staff this place if truly horrible.

We come to The George regularly, the food is always pretty good and the value is excellent. However, for the last few months one part of the pub is full of fruit flies, which are landing on food and in drinks. Having raised this with the staff, they advised that they are aware of the issue, but have been unable to find a solution. I do think, given the amount of time that this has been an issue, that a chain as big as Wetherspoons would have resolved this by now.

During what appeared to be a managers meeting taking place in the middle of the restaurant area, the managers were shouting across the room at the staff in the middle of service, then one of the bar staff came out and swore at one of them and then the manager decided to respond by showing her middle finger to the member of staff. This was in front of 4 children at 2 different tables. Unprofessional is not the word. If that’s the example of professional standards that the managers set, no wonder the place is a no go area for many people past 7pm.

Stood at the bar for more than 20 mins. While acknowledged by one member of staff, they served anyone before us. New members of staff appeared and it was lucky dip of who got served. Shan’t bother going there again.