Wetherspoon general discussion.

Was in the one in St. Ives (cambs) yesterday, and I hate to say it but looks like they have made quite a few changes to the food menu and not for the better.

Looks like they removed everything in the grill section, so steak, gammon, mixed grill etc.

Also removed the half grilled chicken from the chicken section, that was my favourite thing they did.

Seems they are moving away from some of the more fresh things they had on there, cost cutting like everything else I guess. It's a little disappointing.

I don't know if it's just that one or all of them, I'm guessing all of them.
 
BUDFORCE said:
Was in the one in St. Ives (cambs) yesterday, and I hate to say it but looks like they have made quite a few changes to the food menu and not for the better.

Looks like they removed everything in the grill section, so steak, gammon, mixed grill etc.

Also removed the half grilled chicken from the chicken section, that was my favourite thing they did.

Seems they are moving away from some of the more fresh things they had on there, cost cutting like everything else I guess. It's a little disappointing.

I don't know if it's just that one or all of them, I'm guessing all of them.
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Its all of them, there margins are so low on things like steaks then if one gets sent back its costing them money.

The good news is they got rid of those stupid 3oz smash burgers and got back to a 6oz normal burger.
 
My dad was talking to the staff in his local and apparently the removal of all the grill menu means that they now don't actually have to cook anything, it's all prepacked and just needs warming up which I imagine is quite a cost/time saver.
 
tom_e said:
My dad was talking to the staff in his local and apparently the removal of all the grill menu means that they now don't actually have to cook anything, it's all prepacked and just needs warming up which I imagine is quite a cost/time saver.
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That’s rough
 
Yeah it's a shame, I wouldnt have even minded if they had put the prices of those things up a bit.

My go to was the half grilled chicken, you could get that with a medditeranian salad, and it was a pretty nice meal. I think last time the Mrs had a few small plates, and the Halloumi cheese also comes with a little salad, so I put that all on the plate, honestly for spoons I think that was a reasonably healthy meal with plenty of fresh stuff.

But the steak was never that bad (even for spoons) I never had one that was awful, and you could customise that with salad etc so avoiding just a complete "brown food" meal. The gammon wasn't bad either and the mixed grill you could sometimes get on the manager special for about £9.

Now with those gone, I dunno, my fallbacks are I guess the Chicken Jalfrezi, their Pizza's are not bad.... The new burgers are better, but again, with onoin rings and chips its a lot of brown food. I don't mind an all day breakfast actually.

The thing I had yesterday was new, Steak and ale pudding, I had it with mash and peas, the thing cost about £7 with a beer which I got a Brewdog Hazy Jane (large 660ml bottle) the beer on its own is £4.89 so that doesn't leave much out of that for the food.

It wasn't the best if I am honest, pie was a little small although otherwise ok, and the mash is that fake stuff, but I guess you cannot complain for the money.

I dunno though...... they took all the best stuff off in my opinion.
 
poosemon said:
Don't think I have seen The Imperial in Exeter mentioned yet.

Very impressive building, that was probably last time I frequented one and that would have been a good 10 years ago at least. Doesn't look like its closed after a quick google!
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I went there earlier this year. It's the best one I've probably ever been in.

I've noticed the prices have risen recently in our local ones, especially the food. It's still bargainous with a pint included compared to elsewhere, but it has gone up.

I always buy Leffe on tap. Most expensive pint they do I think, but it's still cheap compared to a pint of anything in London. It has the benefit of tasting lovely and being strong.
 
I see from this link (trigger warning for some - It is the sun) that the menu may be changing for the better.

www.thesun.co.uk

Wetherspoons to make huge menu change from today with three items axed

WETHERSPOONS is shaking up its menu today – and fans of steaks and grills won’t be happy. From Wednesday, May 14, the pub giant will be ditching three major dishes – steaks, mixed grills and gammon…
www.thesun.co.uk www.thesun.co.uk

Be interesting to see if they butcher the KFC.
 
Visited over 50 spoons according to the app at various points, mainly because of traveling watching football.

You get exactly what you pay for in my opinion. There's always something half decent to both eat and drink some are really nice, others are dives but the same could be said for loads of pubs that charge twice as much.

You can't moan at the prices of food and a drink and the deals they have on some really good real ale are fantastic. Recently had Robinsons Trooper, Thornbrigde Jaipur and Oakham Citra. All cracking beers.
 
Oh noes!

Just reading the above.... are there still chicken wings on the menu?

Really liked their wings haha

Wish they would open one up here near ponteland who do I petition haha
 
~Divine~Wind~ said:
Oh noes!

Just reading the above.... are there still chicken wings on the menu?

Really liked their wings haha

Wish they would open one up here near ponteland who do I petition haha
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Yup, on the small plates section, although I think its 10 wings, so it isn't that small lol.

They are doing 3 small plates for £10 on a Monday and I'm usually in on Monday night for 1 pint and dinner so took advantage of that yesterday.

Ended up with a massive plate of food for £10, which includes said wings, to be honest, I'll go for something smaller next time.
 
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