Archibald Simpson - Aberdeen City

My wife and I had a disappointing experience at this Wetherspoons restaurant with our granddaughters aged 15 and 3. We were informed rudely that we could only order 2 alcoholic drinks each because we had a minor with us. This policy was ridiculous as we are adults and expect to be treated as such. We will not be returning to this establishment.

I still consider this my favorite pub in Aberdeen. The ambiance is fantastic, and as soon as you walk in, you can smell the delicious ales and food. I could easily spend an entire day here.

Haddock and chips advertised in their 'pub classics '. It was certainly unforgettable, a tiny wee thing burned to a crisp on the outside, consequently watery mush on the inside. I ate two bites and sent it back and a grumpy supervisor told me she had asked the kitchen to cook another half fish. I could have lived without it, it was only marginally less burned. Luke warm oven chips. With thermostatically controlled frying how can any commercial establishment make such a mess of things. Dirty tables, dirty floor and surly waiting staff. Bar staff fine and a good pint from the Orkney Brewery.

Went for breakfast ordered two slices of toast and 4 rashers of bacon. My friend ordered beans on toast.

One of the worst pub meals I’ve ever had. Ordered two classic 6 oz burgers. When it arrived the chips were almost cold as were the burgers and the burgers were awful, dry tasteless lumps of cardboard. No sauce on them to moisten them and if I hadn’t had a soft drink to wash them down I wouldn’t have been able to eat them at all. My friend and I had travelled up to Aberdeen as a day out from Fife and we were really hungry by the time we got to Aberdeen as we’d gotten the slow bus to Aberdeen from Dundee by mistake. If I hadn’t been so hungry I’d have sent them back and ordered something else. Poor show Wetherspoons. I did make a complaint to a waiter and he said he’d pass it on and that was the end of the staff interest. Def will never go there again and it has also pretty much put me off Wetherspoons food altogether!