Overview
- Amber Kacherian said locals highly recommended she visit a Wetherspoons during her UK trip, so she chose the Botwell Inn in Hayes, Greater London.
- She and her partner ordered an all-day brunch with added black pudding and a steak and kidney pie, noting surprise at baked beans on the plate.
- Nearby diners advised them to pour the accompanying gravy onto the pie, which they then did.
- Kacherian grimaced at the black pudding but otherwise offered mostly positive feedback on the meal.
- After eating, the pair summed up the experience with two words—“authentic” and “cultural”—as coverage revisited debate over how a large chain fits notions of pub authenticity.