Wetherspoons bans customers playing music from phones in pubs

The pub chain says the decision followed complaints about "other people's videos and amplified phone conversations".

‘Can’t enjoy your pint’: Wetherspoons customers welcome ban on loud phones

Patrons at two of the chain’s London pubs were all for Tim Martin’s ban on playing music or taking calls on speaker The terrace of the Moon Under Water Wetherspoons pub in Leicester Square was full of people enjoying the warm weather and chatting between tables – without a TikTok video or speakerphone call in earshot. At Wetherspoons, the convivial atmosphere can no longer be punctuated by rude customers taking phone calls on blast, or playing videos without headphones after Tim Martin, the o...

By Helena Horton

Wetherspoons bans customers from playing music and taking calls on speaker

Chairman and founder Sir Tim Martin is ‘kindly asking phone users to pipe down’.

By Rosie Shead

Wetherspoons bans customers from playing music out loud and taking calls on speaker

Wetherspoons said the pub chain has been receiving complaints from customers ‘being driven nuts by other people’s videos and amplified phone conversations’.