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About The Spinning Mule
The Spinning Mule is a pub in Bolton on Nelson Square, where tea and Lavazza coffee come with free refills all day, every day. Breakfast is served until noon. Lunch and dinner move to lighter bites, deli deal options and vegetarian choices, with gourmet burgers and freshly made pizzas alongside. The bar pours real ales, craft beers, gins and soft drinks, and the beer range includes a Mancunian Blonde from Brightside. Customers can order to the table through the Wetherspoon app, so there is no need to queue at the bar. The menu also lists a beef madras that comes with a drink.
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Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention beef madras, breakfast, cask ale selection and mushroom chicken breast.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention beef madras, breakfast, cask ale selection and mushroom chicken breast.
Customer Review Summary
Reviewers most often praise the value for money, with the beef madras singled out as worth trying, served with a drink, and desserts also described as good value. Close behind are the quick service and friendly staff, and a mushroom and chicken breast dish and a breakfast that one visitor found well presented and tasty. Drinks draw mentions too, including a pint of Mancunian Blonde and a good selection of beers, while one breakfast diner was disappointed that coffee is now extra but won over by the oat milk. The pub gets busy and noisy, especially on a Wednesday lunchtime, a Saturday morning and during football on the TV. Cleanliness is mixed: most call the pub clean and the toilets spotless, though one reviewer found the hot drinks cupboard filthy and the uncarpeted flooring and stair edges sticky. Several mention the toilets being up two flights of stairs, with a lift available. One reviewer reports food that tasted cooked in old oil and left them a little unwell, on a single occasion among many visits.
Customer Review Summary
Reviewers most often praise the value for money, with the beef madras singled out as worth trying, served with a drink, and desserts also described as good value. Close behind are the quick service and friendly staff, and a mushroom and chicken breast dish and a breakfast that one visitor found well presented and tasty. Drinks draw mentions too, including a pint of Mancunian Blonde and a good selection of beers, while one breakfast diner was disappointed that coffee is now extra but won over by the oat milk. The pub gets busy and noisy, especially on a Wednesday lunchtime, a Saturday morning and during football on the TV. Cleanliness is mixed: most call the pub clean and the toilets spotless, though one reviewer found the hot drinks cupboard filthy and the uncarpeted flooring and stair edges sticky. Several mention the toilets being up two flights of stairs, with a lift available. One reviewer reports food that tasted cooked in old oil and left them a little unwell, on a single occasion among many visits.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“As good as it gets for Wetherspoon. Food is fine, only once did we have food that tasted like it was cooked in old oil and left us a little unwell. Been many times. Plenty of seating and service is quick.”
- Google user
“Had a lovely pub lunch with friends. My usual gripe about Wetherspoons toilets being upstairs but they were spotless. I didn't ask if there was a disabled loo on the ground floor. Next time I will. Value for money as always.”
- Google user
“Good value for money, as all Weatherspoons are. Nice clean pub. Service was pretty quick even though it was very busy. Got quite noisy as it got busier and they turned up the sound on the TV that I was sitting by but that's to be expected when they're showing football.”
- Google user
“Standard Spoons. Busy on a Saturday morning. My second visit but again I had REALLY good pint from Brightside, Mancunian Blonde. Las time I was in was in 2022. Cheers.”
- Google user
“Great Wetherspoons providing good food at great prices. Friendly staff and always feel welcome. Great selection of beers and excellent value for money. Visit regularly for breakfast and catch ups with friends”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Good to know
“The pub is open for breakfast until 12 noon and offers free refills (all day every day) on tea and Lavazza coffee. For lunch and dinner, there are lighter bites, with deli deal options and vegetarian choices, gourmet burgers and freshly made pizzas. Wetherspoon has championed a wide range of drinks, including real ales, craft beers, gins and soft drinks. Table service is available via the Wetherspoon app, using our unlimited free Wi-Fi. This pub has step-free access.”
- AccessibilityWheelchair: entrance, restroom
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
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- Accessibility· 1
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
Location
Bars near The Spinning Mule
- Northern Way Bolton4.44170 mi£10–20Wheelchair accessible
tvs for watching live sport, cheap pints, rotating cask ales
- Northern Monkey Bar4.63570 mi£10–20ReservationsWheelchair accessibleOutdoor seating
craft ales on tap, pizza, loaded fries with pulled pork
- The Dragonfly3.87480 mi£1–40Wheelchair accessibleOutdoor seatingWi-Fi
karaoke night, football on tvs, pub quiz
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Spinning MuleWheelchair accessible | 4.02,277 | — | — | beef madras, breakfast, cask ale selection |
| Northern Way BoltonWheelchair accessible | 4.4417 | 0 mi | £10–20 | tvs for watching live sport, cheap pints, rotating cask ales |
| Northern Monkey BarReservations · Wheelchair accessible · Outdoor seating | 4.6357 | 0 mi | £10–20 | craft ales on tap, pizza, loaded fries with pulled pork |
| The DragonflyWheelchair accessible · Outdoor seating · Wi-Fi | 3.8748 | 0 mi | £1–40 | karaoke night, football on tvs, pub quiz |
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