Foreigners try WETHERSPOONS for the FIRST TIME! 🇬🇧 - Worth it? (Breakfast + Lunch/Dinner)
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- In this week's video we are trying Wetherspoons for the first time! Is it worth it? Let's find out as we review their Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner!
Wetherspoons is one of the biggest and most popular pub chains in the UK, so we had to try it out. We start the day at JJ Moon's in London with tea and coffee and a variety of breakfast dishes. We try a traditional Fry Up, Eggs Benedict, and a tasty Breakfast Muffin.
A few hours later we return for drinks and more food. This time we try beers and cocktails, some British pub classics (Breaded Scampi and chips) and some strange items like a Jackfruit Bao Bun and a Japanese Katsu Chicken Curry. Once our bellies are full we end with more drinks since Wetherspoons serves an abundance of them, so we get some refreshing ciders.
Let us know if we should do more food and restaurant reviews like this.
And most importantly, what do you think of Wetherspoons?
Filmed on March 20th 2024
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:01 - Coffee and Tea at Wetherspoons
01:49 - We try a British Fry Up at Wetherspoons
03:56 - Eggs Benedict
05:36 - Breakfast Muffin
07:10 - Beer and Espresso Martini at Wetherspoons
08:29 - We eat Halloumi fries at Wetherspoons
09:23 - Chicken Wings
10:40 - Jackfruit Bao Buns at Wetherspoons?
12:26 - Breaded Scampi with Chips and Mushy Peas
14:19 - Japanese Katsu Chicken Curry
15:47 - Ciders
17:26 - End
We always love trying out popular restaurant chains, and this week at Wetherpoons it was no different. Let us know in the comments what you usually eat there! Are there any other UK pub chains we should try out? We actually heard about the Wetherspoons game and we might play it in a future video, since it looks like it would be a lot of fun. Thanks so much for watching! In our next video we will be eating UK fast food for 24h so don't miss that! 😊 - Brandon & Anja
@wherearewe Thatchers haze in my opinion is one of the best britsh ciders
Spoons food is fairly mid but its good for the price, its nice to eat out cheap some days. It often has decent draft ale and they look after it well.
It’s not that the people hate on the Wetherspoons brand, it’s how the owners acted and treated their workers during covid, scum company
You're really scrapping the bottom of barrel with spoons 😂😂😂
Nothing wrong at all with Wetherspoons, cheap and cheerful, and the beer selection is great at a great price!
We agree!
Best thing about Spoons is the buildings they have saved. The ones in Exeter and Liverpool Lime Street are amazing.
Yes, there are definitely some cool ones. We went to the one at Liverpool Station in London and it was pretty cool inside, too.
The one in Harrogate is amazing.
i remember going to one which took over an old theatre!
Aye,when everything is being bulldozed to make way for another brutalistic apartment block spoons as I understand often took pretty big initial losses to keep the building the same
yes they have done same in kent...great prices too
I think Wetherspoons is great for the price, we all know it's not high end, but it's reasonable. Some people on a low income can't afford to eat at fancy Restaurants, but it's nice to go out to eat, makes you feel Human.
Definitely! It's great value for the money. The breakfast in particular was just as good as some other places we've been, but half the price.
Great drinks deals as well. We will be back for sure!
They're great if you're travelling, and want to find somewhere for decent meal at modest cost in an open, airy environment that feels like a real pub.
Here is the States, The Cheesecake Factory gets the same hate for the same reason. I love that place.
@CarryTheZero1 I've never been to a Cheesecake Factory! We're actually in the USA right now though. Trying to go before we leave here..but so busy with filming..😢
The way Spoons fit within the pub grub market it's similar to how Greggs fit into the pastry shop market. Cheap, fast, consistent, wide enough food/drink selection to keep most people in a group happy and decent enough quality that it isn't an issue. Plus there are enough that no-matter where you are going there will be one local to you.
We all know it's not the best place to eat, but the same could be said for a lot of chain resturants and fast food places. It fills it's niche pretty well.
I’m a big Spoons fan fuck the haters!
We're fans now as well! Can't really beat the price. We're all for cheap drinks. 🍻
I have a Wetherspoons literally 90 seconds away from my flat! I do often pop over for breakfast, the Large Breakfast can set you up for the whole day. They aren't fancy places but they do the basics very well indeed.
We'd go back for sure. For breakfast especially! It was actually an amazing deal. We've had worse breakfast at far more expensive places.
There is a certain type of person that hates on Wetherspoons (and other more affordable places) because they feel it’s beneath them somehow
Probably the same type of person who hates on Gregg's (even though it's the most popular fast food chain in the UK). When we made our Gregg's video, there were PLENTY of people who felt the need to tell is how terrible it is.
It's not the best food in the world, but it certainly isn't as "shit" as so many people made it out to be.
I don't think that it is brneath me. Only yesterday i had a decent pint ( not always the case due to it's purchase long after the best before date policy) of Ruddles Best for under £3. Kudos for that, but I wouldn't consider a full night out to spend in Wetherspoon's.
It's because they're shitholes with no atmosphere. I'm Irish and I went to Wetherspoons, the Guinness was rank. I wouldn't feed it to a chap I hate.
It's snobbery.
@@wherearewe-yt , black pudding is a super food
Mango chutney usually goes with a curry x
It may not be the best breakfast ever, but I dont know anyone that doesn't like a Wethers breakfast every now and again. And you can't beat the price for the amount you get...
... hey guys ... great vid ... very fair assessments on the food ... great to have you over here ... please come again!
Thanks! We still have a few more videos coming from the UK, so stay tuned to check em' out. 😃
one of the most honest reviews where you just say if food is good or bad. Most of youtubers over exaggerate everything so it was pleasant to watch as i could see in you a positive attitude. Now, 2 things:
1) the bao you had you said it wasn't good, I think it just stayed too long in the microwave, i had some in the past and they were good.
2) about ciders, they sometimes have fresh ones, you see them in the cardboard boxes on the top of the fridge and usually they are nicer
Thanks! We always try to be as honest as possible when reviewing food, without trying to be TOO negative. No one wants to have someone talking smack about their favorite foods. Everyone has their own tastes.
You're right about the bao bun. It was most definitely over microwaved. Someone else told us they get the buns sometimes as well, and that they've always been nice and soft.
We'll have to try one of the fresh ciders next time!
Another great vid guys. Nice one.
Thanks so much for watching! Glad you enjoyed.
Looked delicious! Even I would try it all! Keep the videos coming!
It was! And super cheap.
Great video, well done guys!
Thanks! We had a great time. We will be back to try more things for sure, someday.
I spend a lot of time in various Wetherspoon pubs. I would not choose them for a special occasion or a memorable meal out, but the foods cheap, dependable and perfectly OK from time to time. I think the spicy meat feast 11 inch pizza is one of their best dishes. But the other advantages are, decently priced drinks, good toilets, strong free WiFi, and plenty of space to chill and kill time wherever you happen to be. Well done Sir Tim Martin!
We actually went back a second time after we filmed this video, to a different location in London. Cheap food and drinks, and a great place to kill sometime before grabbing the Stansted Express to the airport!
When we go back, we're going to have to make sure it's at a location that has the pizzas. Really wanted to try one out!
Very honest review. Congrats.
We always try to be honest with our food reviews. Thanks so much for watching!
Thatchers Vintage Cider 8.3% Is gorgeous.
great honest opinion, i totaly agree with all you have said, great job guys, looking forward to next video
Thanks for watching, Sean! We've got a lot more coming. Next time we try UK fast food.
If you haven't already seen it, we also have a recent UK snack video that we posted as well.
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@@seanmc1351 The more comments the better! The best kind of viewer. Hahaha.
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I live around the corner from Ruislip Manor I've been there a couple of times for drinks but I'll have to try the food next time
We were doing a pet sit in the area, and quite enjoyed it!
The food was quite decent. Certainly worth the price.
I love spoons. Insanely cheap, especially in less well off areas. Spacious, ordering via the app, quality is just OK but always consistent. Great vid - thanks!
We loved the app and totally forgot to talk about it in the video. It's so easy and convenient. Thanks for watching! ☺️
The reason Wetherspoons succeed where others fail is that they know what their customers want
Cheap booze?? Hahaha. Because that's one of the best things about it, for sure!
Good one guys.........love it.
Thanks for watching! 🍻
There's nothing wrong with Spoons grub at all. It's not going to be the best ingredients you can get, but like you said, it's good for the price.
Agreed. I (Anja) have lots of friends who've slagged off Wetherspoons saying it's garbage, but I think it's pretty decent.
When I used to drink I used to go in there all the time for food as their veggie options were really good.
People who rag on spoons are usually just entirely uninformed. They often just enjoy paying more for lower quality, badly prepared food from other chains.
There are a scant few exceptions, but the vast majority of chain pub kitchens run in the same way. Frozen foods, hot holds, industrial microwaves/ovens, grills and fryers.
I spent many years in the trade, spoons by far had the tightest standards, best pay, best opportunities and best training across the board. It's not even close. 🤷🏽♂️
@@kalofkrypton That's really good to know. Excellent comment.
@@kalofkryptonI'd say a lot of people that don't like spoons food haven't eaten there in a long while or ordered something that was frozen. It has drastically improved over the last few years.
Wetherspoons is excellent value, it's chain pub food, but much cheaper and equal quality to other pub chains.
The choice of drinks is bigger than most pubs, particularly real ale...the drinks are much cheaper as well...
That was certainly our experience. We quite enjoyed ourselves, and will definitely be back! We've been to pubs in London that cost 8/9 £ for a craft beer or cider. With promotions, Wetherspoons can be a third (maybe even half) the price. Kind of insane.
I found the breakfast muffin and wraps are brilliant. Really can't go wrong with a Wetherspoons breakfast at all, doesn't break the bank and the refills for the drinks is incredible value.
We wanted to try a breakfast wrap, but ended up choosing the muffin instead. I imagine their both good! Such a good deal.
Spoons is spoons. Never understood the hate for it. Cheap booze, quick food; in London this is a no brainer
Definitely agree! We've paid for £8 pints in London before. Ridiculous. We'll take two for £6 any day!
My only complaint is that muffins need to be toasted and they always serve them raw.
So happy to enjoyed your breakfast, A 'spoons' breakfast is unbeatable for the price as you both found out. And that mouthful @ 2:45, bangin!
You don't set your sights very high
We were very pleasantly surprised! It was delicious.
This is an excellent, fascinating video on the Wetherspoons. I am visiting Northolt (outer north-west London) very soon, and will visit this Wetherspoons in Ruislip. Only about 2 miles from where I'm staying (in a Wetherspoons Hotel, no less - the Greenwood).
We're glad you enjoyed it! I (Brandon) had a great first experience there. Since then, we've only visit one other Spoon's location, and they both felt quite different (the other one was at Liverpool Station). We enjoyed our time in Ruislip in general. We've never stayed in a residential area like that before, so it was a good experience.
Hi guy's great review and spoon's is always good value for money, I've got one around a five minute walk or a twenty minute walk home lol, if you don't want to break the bank and have a good night out with something cheap to eat you can't go wrong and if i fancy a full English breakfast i would often just walk down there, take care guy's 👋👋👋🙏🙏
The breakfast was amazing value, as far as we're concerned! Only £16 for three meals, with drinks and unlimited refills is fantastic. 😁
And we still can't believe how cheap the drinks were. If we lived in the UK and had one in our neighborhood, we'd go all the time!
Thanks again for watching. We appreciate it! 😃
Hey guys. I'm a wetherspoons mystery diner and rated that pub in Ruislip many times.
Most food is frozen apart from the pizzas which are made onsite. Not all wetherspoons have room for a pizza oven so don't offer pizzas,
Wetherspoons are cheap and cheerful.
FYI wetherspoons prices change depending on location. The central London ones can be a bit dearer for food.
How interesting! Since you must have visited many different branches, do you have a favourite Wetherspoons then? We really wanted to try a Pizza but we'll have to go somewhere else for those. We actually went to the Wetherspoons at Liverpool Station in London at a later date and I think it was a bit more expensive there but not by much. We had an Indian curry there which was also pretty tasty.
@@wherearewe-yt Yes you are right the prices are £1-£2 more in prime locations.
Difficult to recommend a wetherspoons as it can vary on the day and the cook on at the time. Sorry not much help!
Btw the curries can be ok but poppadoms and nan can be a little soggy or very hard.
The curry are frozen, mostly things are cooked fresh
Westbrom had a massive spoons that has since been brought by some Indians.
I went in recently they have kept everything cheap and is always busy but c'mon half price spoons?? Bring it back 😭🤣
As a mystery diner it is interesting that you don't know the truth of what you are eating. Around 70% of the Wetherspoons menu is freshly prepared. There is very little that is frozen, other than the obvious, (Curries and any other ready meal type dishes like lasagne)
Ahhh jj moons in Ruislip😂 love it
The mango chutney is there because they sell a few curries but I guess you could put it on whatever you want 😂 I feel like they put a few different items like ramen and bao buns on the menu because a lot of younger people and students also go to spoons and maybe it’s more for them?
Could be! The Katsu was honestly not bad, so I can imagine some of the other Asian menu items could be decent. Have you ever tried any of them?
Wetherspoons ramen..oh boy. Hahaha. Maybe we have to try it in the future!
I agree with the buildings saved. I have seen incredible conversions as i use to do all the security Alarms and cameras in the Kent Area. Since retired and now a customer in Wales , i move here many years ago now.. Good value, we find. Many dislikes them, but why. I still use other more expensive restaurants as my wife is retired chef and loves good restaurants. She finds spoons very good for standard pub grub..it has its problems some times, not perfect, but we still use them. It's a defect restaurant run efficiently. Thanks for your review.
I used to work in the restaurant industry as well, and the price reflects what you get, for sure. A lot of it may be frozen, deep fried, and microwaved..but so is a lot of other pub food. At least with Wetherspoons, you're not broke after a night out. It is what it is, and we quite enjoyed it!
Thanks for watching. 😃
Im not a huge fan of the food personally but it's certainly value for money, as far as the drink selection goes however it's unmatched. Their selection of real ales, bottled foreign beers, ciders, cocktail, wine etc is amazing! It's been great in encouraging other local pubs to be more reasonable too.
The best cider I had was in Peterborough in a pub that was on a boat, they had this home made mango cider, it was incredible 😊
That sounds amazing!
Japanese Curry tastes like the curry sauce you had as it was introduced to Japan originally by the British during in the 1800's. It's very similar to Chip Shop curry.
We've had had Japanese curry in Japan before and you're certainly right. We were just confused that they specifically called the curry sauce two different things and then it seemed to be the same. You can't have "curry sauce" and "Japanese curry sauce" on the menu but serve the exact same sauce 😆
If you’ve been in one Wetherspoons you’ve been in them all!!! Same decor, food and drink but most importantly it’s the SAME people in every one!!!!!!! It’s almost like they’re actually clones of each other then just rolled out with the furniture🤣🤣 love it!!!
Hahaha. The locations can be quite different though! A few viewers shared some locations of Wetherspoons near them, and they are in some pretty interesting buildings some times.
Glad you enjoyed Wetherspoons! It's a great place for cheap eats, and drinks. I think that the dinners seem to be a little more expensive but portions always smaller. The drinks are always good value, a bottle of Pinot Grigio at a restaurant in London is around £30, it's £12 at Wetherspoons. Great for people on a budget, and don't want loud music and to sit and have a chat with friends (TV shows sports but no volume, music does not play at all). I was at a Wetherspoons on Thursday, Pasta Alfredo with Chicken was quite nice :0)
Not having music is also great for us UA-camrs. No copyright strikes to worry about! 😂
For breakfast and drinks we found it especially good. The food for dinner is also worth it if you're on a budget..especially given the drink/ meal combo prices.
Used to go for a burger at Wetherpoons pretty regularly. But one time, it was pretty much cold. The patty had some heat to it, but not much. Everything else was fridge cold. Including the bacon! I'm not too surprised they use pre-cooked bacon, or maybe since it was late in the day they were just using stuff they cooked earlier, but at least heat it up!
I can imagine Wetherspoons differs from location to location! According to the comments section, it certainly seems that way. We got mostly lucky - other than the bao. The bao was just sad.
You should try Thatchers Gold which is a very good cider. xx
I tried this, off camera, the same week we filmed this video. It was good!
Try Henry Westons, they make very good cider, aswell as vintage cider which knocks your socks off.
We tried that in our first London video. I loved it..but that's the one Anja thought had the "piss taste" I was referring to in this video. 😂
@@wherearewe-yt Ah 🤣
Mushy peas go great with Mint Sauce !! but you are right, they need a bit of a help with some kind of condiment !
We have still never tried them with mint sauce. Going to make it a point the next time we're in the UK to try them this way!
I love these two
Thanks! 😃
Weatherspoon's is great they have an amazing range of beers on tap and bottles and cans, my local does pizza from scratch every order which is always good.
We want to visit a location in the future that makes pizzas. Missed out this time!
And agreed. There's a pretty impressive selection. We'd happily go back.
The best British cider is Cheddar Valley or Old Rosie. I could only get Angry Orchard in the US but it wasn't that bad. I'd try it again
We'll try those out if we find them! We want to go to Cheddar, soon.
Every time I’ve been back to the UK I’ve loved going to Wetherspoons. Next time you go back you should try their meat pies - they’re fabulous.
Didn't even know they had meat pies! Haha. We will likely go back again sometime to try some other things. We still want to try out the pizzas as well!
@@wherearewe-yt Better try the pizzas in Italy and the pies in England.🤣🥰
There’s a pretty good burger meal in Wetherspoons. The buttermilk fried chicken bbq one. It’s about £11-12, and you get a pint. Better than going to McDonald’s and paying about £8 for a worse burger, no onion rings and a soft drink
p.s. that mango chutney goes really well with gammon, so I’m not surprised it goes well with bacon and sausage
p.p.s if you see Thatcher’s Haze or Rattler, they’re both good ciders imo
We'd like to go back and some point and try more things, so we will likely try one of the chicken burgers next time! That, and pizza for sure. We had one of the curries a week after we filmed this, and it was surprisingly decent as well.
I think this is the third recommendation for Rattler, so we're going to have to try it the next time we're in the UK!
Good shout on Thatchers!!! That and Old Mout are my fave cider brands. Thatchers apple blackcurrant is really great.
@@DanniDunnit Old Mout are nice. Perfect summer drink
They do nice steaks and nice bacon sandwiches. Cheap beer as well. Plus, some Wetherspoons are actually really nice inside.
We have so many things left to try, so we will definitely make a round two someday if this video keeps going. We have had a few people say the steaks are decent, and we really want to try the pizzas as well. 🍕
I’m not sure about the pizzas. But, the bacon sandwiches are really nice for breakfast with a little bit of brown sauce.
Japanese curry sauce is derived from British curry sauce, using British army rations with curry powder in them. Like how Currywurst sauce was made with British army ration curry powder.
True. We just expected two slightly different sauces since they were called two different things on the menu. It was a tasty curry sauce, though, regardless. 😊
The breakfast dish I love is a Miners Benedict it has black pudding on it
We love black pudding, so I'm sure we'd enjoy that one. 😁
Hash browns are really nice. I never really see them on Fry Ups but they're becoming more common. I don't mind them. They're nice with beans.
Agreed! I think they make a great addition. Any sort of fried potato makes breakfast even better.
You can’t go wrong with Wetherspoons breakfast. It’s so nice. Spoons is great for drinks. Try a Baby Guinness shot!!
The breakfast really did not seem different than any other fry up. Just a lot cheaper, which is a win. A Baby Guinness shot sounds good. Does it only have Guinness or something else?
I remember being asked to leave when we finished our A levels and had way to many drinks!
Hahaha. I mean..I can see getting carried away at Wetherspoons. The drinks are so dang cheap. There are so many drink deals that it's hard to say no. Two drinks for the price we'd have paid for one in a regular London pub.
Poppadoms and Mango Chutney are incredible! Not sure about having it on a breakfast sandwich though. Glad you enjoyed. I liked the occasional Wetherspoons, although they banned all dogs a few years ago so we don't go any more as we have a Border Collie that comes everywhere with us.
We love Border Collies!
The chutney was good on the breakfast sandwich. We had a curry at Wetherspoons a week after this video. It was pretty decent, actually!
Scrumpy Jack is a classic cider , they sell it in tesco
We will have to try it out! We've had a few people suggest it.
I wish the food looked like that at all the spoons pubs. Depending on where you live, you'll generally know where the best ones are. Woodthorpe top weatherspoons in mapperley, Nottingham is the best I think near me 👌🏼
We've heard they can differ quite significantly. We enjoyed JJ Moons..though we weren't there late at night. We've heard Wetherspoon's can get quite rowdy, depending on the location!
I read an article this week that exposed some of the more popular eateries for their shockingly high levels of salt in some kids meals. However, Spoons came out really well, since at least one of their offerings for kids had zero added salt.
Spoons has mastered the hangover food ...😂...in ten years it rule the world,
They really have! 😂
Hi guys, again lol, watching your videos's again, binge watched the rest of your uk stuff, The hash brown thing, yeah its a breakfast item, alot depends on what your paying, making it filling for low price,
Im going back to the 90's, when i used to travel from north england to London to work, We used to travel home on the A1 motorway dual carriage way from london, it took us all the way home, There was a porto cabin on the A1, truckers places really, but good for anyone, They used to have breakfast, from small to regular, then getting bigger, with chips, These were all name by roads, the A1 being the small the M1 being the next biggest, then the M4 and so on till you got to the M25, im not sure if the order is right, the bigger, the more additions you go, i have full english at home with my wife twice a week, we have hash browns, better than few chips on the side
Thanks for returning!
We love hashbrowns on the side. Fried potato is great, in any form!
Mango chutney is generally an accompaniment for a curry.
Mango chutney normally would never be used in that way it’s used with curry’s and Indian food like pomodoms weather spoons has a curry night that’s popular
For Cider, try Thatchers Blood Orange Cider poured over ice.
I (Brandon) tried that pretty recently in the UK. It was good!
not sure if anyone has mentioned, but mango chutney is usually eaten with indian food / curry in the uk :)
Yeah, a few people did! We actually had a Wetherspoons curry a week after we shot this video, but since we didn't know about the chutney until posting this video, we never managed to use it on the curry we got. 🫣
Hash brown definitely belong on a British breakfast! 🙌🙌
Mango chutney goes well with a curry.
We will have to try it with a curry sometime! Really liked that chutney.
Would never put mango chutney on a breakfast sandwich haha, it’s for the curry’s they do, chicken korma, but would go better with one of their tikka masala’s, great video guys.
Spoons is definitely worth the money, not great as many people have said but decent enough grub for its price point!
It was good on breakfast! Try it out sometime.
A week after this video, we went back to the Wetherspoons near Liverpool Station (we were waiting to head to the airport). We had one of the curries, and it was pretty good! Didn't try the chutney with it, though.
The best British cider is Merrydown, or at least that's what my 14year old self would say 😂 great channel guys
Hahaha. Thanks for watching!
What you Canadians call bacon is probably more akin to our "streaky" bacon, made from pork belly, so has a lot of streaks of fat (hence "streaky bacon") and also crisps up very nicely. What you were eating here is what we call "back" bacon, made from pork loin, and is much leaner with just a bit of fat around the edges. The hash brown is a fairly recent addition to British breakfasts, so isn't really a traditional component.
I'm from Scotland, and a traditional Scottish breakfast is very similar to the English version, with a few exceptions. Rather than hash browns, we usually have potato scones, or tattie scones as we refer to them, tattie being a Scots term for potato, We also have Lorne sausage, or square sausage as it's more commonly referred to in Scotland, we still include link sausages, the Lorne sausage is an added bonus. In addition, a Scots breakfast can often include sliced haggis, sometimes instead of black pudding, but sometimes as well as.
If you are ever in Scotland, you should try a Scottish breakfast just to see how you compare it to the English breakfast. You definitely need to try Lorne sausage, as it's probably one of the top 5 foods that ex-pat Scots miss when they move abroad. You can also try our famous, or maybe infamous, deep fried Mars Bar, basically a Mars Bar dipped in batter then deep fried.
Anja lived in Scotland for about 5 years, but we've only visit together before we made the channel. We will likely visit within the next few months, and we will definitely have a Scottish breakfast! We will likely make a Scottish food tour video in general. What else would you recommend we try? Anything a bit more..unusual? We like to try things that most other tourists don't feature in their videos!
JJ Moon's is a very good pub. I've been there a few times when I'm in London.
We quite enjoyed it! It was really close to where we were staying at the time as well, so pretty convenient.
We went to another location a week after this video was filmed, and it was quite different.
When i was younger, my sister and i would have swimming lessons, afterwards we would go to co-op or tesco, my dad would have a full English and they would be hash browns.
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Aspall Cider is excellent but its better on draught than the bottle. If you’re in Scotland, Thistly Cross is good but can be very sweet.
Thistly Cross is actually my favourite UK cider. I forgot about it in the video, but I used to drink it during my university days before it was sold at Tesco and bigger shops like that. Back then they still had the regular one that had 7.2% alcohol. Me and my friend in Scotland always say that we are the OG fans that made Thistly Cross big, haha
Another thing i like about Spoons (and some other chain pubs, but not many) is the inclusion of a drinks menu. Most pubs just expect you to know exactly what you want and be happy with whatever price they surprise you with at the till. Yeah, you can just ask, but it's awkward if you're feeling indecisive (as i often am) and the bar's busy, server doesn't wanna spend 10 mins going through every drink available with you 😅
Totally agree! So many bars often don't have a drink menu that is easily visible and since we are on a budget that can be a bit annoying sometimes. We don't like bad surprises, either, where we realize we just ordered a £10 drink. The drink menu at Wetherspoons is super transparent and you can even check the prices on the app before you go there.
The only place you'd see mango chutney on a regular basis in the UK is in Indian restaurants. Interesting choice for a breakfast condiment.
It was quite good on breakfast!
I worked in that exact Spoons back in the late 90s.
Really? Haha. That's awesome. Did you enjoy working there?
I didn’t work there specifically very often. I was mostly based in the Spoons in Kingsbury but I got sent all over North West London as relief staff. It was usually a pretty quiet job. I liked the midweek afternoon shifts. The bonuses were good. I’d usually be taking home a couple of crates of booze each month and the manager would let us buy spirits at wholesale prices.
@jedisparktheboy9423 That's amazing! I worked at a brewery in Berlin and used to get 48 beers for free, per month. Couldn't drink it all if I tried. 😂
Wetherspoons is unbeatable if on a budget or if you are really not too fussy. Always had a good full english in there.
We were very pleasantly surprised by the breakfast items. Still can't believe how cheap it was!
For around the same price as a breakfast in spoons you can get a Toby all you can eat one. Their breakfast is ok, not knocking it, but the Toby one is better value - however the drinks at Toby are more expensive.
For the other food, spoons is ok. Always was a favorite start/springboard for many a good night around the town.
Toby Carvery? Didn't even know they did breakfast! We've never been to one, but we'll likely make a video there in the future.
The three chillies for the wings aren't talking about the spice when you eat them but the spice when they come out haha
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The word is derived from the Proto-Germanic *bakkon, meaning "back meat". Meat from other animals, such as beef, lamb, chicken, goat, or turkey, may also be cut, cured, or otherwise prepared to resemble bacon, and may even be referred to as, for example, "turkey bacon".
so yes canadian bacon and english bacon is the real bacon. we use back meat as opposed to belly which Americans use.
We always have Friday night 'spoons in our family! Everyone can choose different things - burgers, pizzas, gosh and chips. Two of us are vegan and there's always plenty to choose. It delivers Everytime! Nothing fancy. Decent food at good prices, cheap beer! Ps the mango chutney is usually served with their curries
That's very true! There really is something for everyone.
We're actually looking forward to going back because there are so many more things to choose from. We still want to try the pizzas!
We had a curry at Wetherspoons a week after we filmed this, and quite liked it!
Sadly, there is still an acute snobbery over which restaurants are or are not the so called best. In my home city centre we have three Spoons within 1/2 mile of each other and on Saturdays, particularly when my home football team is playing it is always best to order from the app to your table. I meet friends before we go to the game and the cost of having a few (or more lol) drinks with good mates is so available because of Spoons. Snobs can stay out of Spoons and leave us ordinary people to enjoy the basic, but enjoyable food, great priced drinks and good company of friends.
We've certainly got some of those types on the comments. 😅
We really enjoyed ourselves. The app system was great, the breakfast was super tasty, there's a great selection of drinking foods, and the drinks themselves are super cheap! What's not to like.
Again, not the best food ever, but worth the price for sure. We will be back.
I’ve eaten in high end restaurants including the ivy but I also like spoons cheap and cheerful and unlimited hot drinks, fancy restaurants charge a lot for sometimes mediocre food. If your meal is not so good in spoons it’s not so painful when u have to pay.
Totally agree! We've eaten worse food, for nearly double the price in London. As you said, at least with Spoons, your wallet isn't going to suffer too badly. Also, we love cheap drinks. 😜
The chillies for the wings is for the sauce they come with i think, the base wings are all the same
I think the wings themselves have a hint of spice, but it's pretty subtle!
The mango chutney is to go with curry 😊
We had one of the curries a week after this video, but didn't know until the comments section of this video what the chutney was for. Woops! Haha.
It was still delicious with the breakfast though! 😋
Great video and all, but i suggest uploading short videos of your guys travels. Like a short video either seperate from the long form video or like a small section from it, at this stage this channel really needs it because of the shorts feed which hopefully will reach more people to learn about your travels! 😊
*edit: I suggest visiting my town of Banja Luka if you haven't already.Theres a lot to see here!
We've thought about doing them - but the trouble with shorts is that they often recruit a different audience than long form content. Often, the people who sub for short content don't end up watching the long content - which then means UA-cam may no longer push your long content. It's a dangerous game! Haha.
@@wherearewe-yt aw unfortunate
It is! We'd love to mix it up. We are going to try and focus a bit more on our Instagram and other platforms in the future, once we're traveling a bit more full time. We'd like to experiment with a bit of short form.
Love Weathersppons. You get what you pay for. Once I turned 18 that was my go to where I'm from because it was right next to the bus station so I could get drunk and get a bus home haha. The food is good if you don't have that much money and it will fill you up. Like I said, you get what you pay for. It's worth going to if you're on a budget :)
We agree for sure! We love cheap drinks and eats. If we lived in the UK, I could see us stopping by frequently for those cheap drinks promos. 🍸
The best British cider is one called Cornish Rattler Cyder
We've had quite a few people suggest this! We will give it a go if we come across it the next time we're in the UK.
Look for "Henry Weston's" Cider or "Thatchers" Cider or if you wanna try some funky flavoured ciders try "Brothers"
We had the vintage Henry Westons in our first ever London video. I really liked it, but Anja didn't.
We both like Thatchers! Don't think we've ever had brothers..will have to try it!
Whetherspoons in Hitchin Hertfordshire sells Pizza. They are really good
We've heard the pizzas are one of the best items. We'd love to try!
Yes it is good value and especially if you go in at 4pm and take advantage of the cheaper meals! Totally agree about the Eggs Benedict Hollondaise sauce its not the best flavour.I could not eat 3 breakfasts! I see you tried quite a range of snacks, some better than others.Non Japanese Curry look nice.Value for money and Elvis juice a special choice of Grapefruit Beer😊 + i love the Pear Cider a special treat
We always try as many things as we can at a restaurant, to make sure we give a fair shot! We also try to get suggestions from locals, if we can. We did decide to try out some more unusual things this time as well though, to keep things interesting. Wish we could have tried one of the pizzas, though!
I think it all depends on the Weatherspoons and who's doing the cooking, I've been to some Weatherspoons that were so bad that I would never go back again, and I've been to some Weatherspoons that are amazing.
It's coz not everyone likes Salt so you can always add ya own as there is salt at the tables
We've heard the quality can differ significantly based on location. Ours was pretty decent, besides the bao!
@@wherearewe-yt That's Good That Ya Got A Good One, If Ya Ever Go To Ramsgate On The Kent Coast That's Where The Biggest Weatherspoons is And they are Amazing. I Always Eat There when I'm down there.
While the bao buns themselves should have been steamed, what did you think of the jackfruit filling? There was only a scant mention of the sauce, with the main focus being on the crunchy buns.
The buns kind of ruined it all! The filling was not bad, but for the price, there wasn't enough. For over £5, it's hard to justify. Especially when you consider that's more than we made for most of our breakfast items, which were much better.
We lived in Asia for a few years, so we've had plenty of steamed buns in the past. I suppose that makes us harsher critics. Haha.
Still glad we tried something different!
@@wherearewe-yt living in Asia would definitely give you a different perspective on quality. I'm more into the filling than the buns, as jackfruit is such a versatile fruit. I wouldn't pay over £5 for them, when there are many Asian eateries serving better!
Thatchers cider! Obviously I'm a bit biased😂
Hahaha. Thatchers is delicious! I (Brandon) actually bought some soon after we filmed this video.
People hating on spoons, what do you expect for the price? The food is probably on point in terms of cost to quality ratio. If you are a craft ale/beer drinker like me, they usually have the best selection of craft beer/ales in your area at a reasonable price.
Sure they don't usually have music or sports but if you are out with the right group of friends then you don't need any of that.
It's nice to still have somewhere you can socialize and spend under £30
My only gripe about a breakfast at weatherspoons is that the bacon is too thin, I would still have one though.
It's so cheap, that ordering some extra would still have it more affordable than most other places. That's why we added mushrooms and black pudding. 😁
As a Brit, food at a spoons is just ok, you go in knowing its not great but also knowing you can get a burger and a pint for £10. Its cheap and available in almost every town. The also often occupy cool old buildings, the favourites I've been in are the one in Bury St Edmunds and the one in Malvern for its view. Also is a shame about the Pizza as I had their spicy meat pizza and it was genuinely quite good. Also Aspalls cider is rather nice.
We went to the one near Liverpool Street station in London after this video, and it was quite cool! A few viewers have told us about some pretty interesting looking locations. Hopefully we can visit again, and finally try one of the pizzas.
New old goth subscriber here, you look like black clad metalhead/goth people I either am or will be friends with. Great content too, I like your honesty. And I drink Angry Orchard in 'Spoons unless they have the legendary Henry Westons Vintage at 8.2% ABV
You'd be right! Though punk, Rockabilly and Psychobilly are more my cup of tea - we still both enjoy metal, and we love a goth crowd. We want to try and make it to the Whitby Goth Festival if we're still in Europe at the time. Sounds fun!
I give wetherspoons food 10 out of 10, i go there regularly especially Sunday mornings for a large breakfast excellent hangover meal
We really enjoyed the breakfast. Worth coming back for, for that price!
They have some good beer!
They had a surprising amount of great options!
If they have Irish Orchard Theives cider get that!
We'll try it next time we're in the UK! Do they typically have it at Wetherspoons?