Wetherspoon Customer Criticises £7.72 Full English Breakfast After Spotting Issue
A JD Wetherspoon customer has expressed disappointment after paying £7.72 for a large full English breakfast and noticing a significant problem upon its arrival. The beloved fry-up, a quintessential British classic, typically includes sausages, bacon, eggs, hash browns, mushrooms, grilled tomatoes, and baked beans, often with black pudding and toast.
Breakfast Order Details
The customer visited their local Wetherspoon and ordered a large full English breakfast, paying extra for additional mushrooms. The total cost was £7.72, which would have been £6.69 without the mushroom supplement. When the meal arrived, it featured three large mushrooms, rashers of bacon, two sausages, two slices of toast, two fried eggs, a small pot of baked beans, and three hash browns.
Taking to Reddit, the customer shared a photo of the breakfast, confirming that the third hash brown was hidden beneath another. This post invited others to share their opinions on the meal's appearance and value.
Reddit Reactions
Most Reddit users were unimpressed with the food's presentation, particularly the mushrooms. One commenter joked, "cook yer own mushrooms day was it." Another shared, "I stopped going [to Wetherspoons] because the breakfasts were always cold, last time I went the fried eggs were chilled as if they’d been cooked then refrigerated."
A third user remarked, "Mushrooms look like they’ve been given a tepid bath, the rest looks alright." A fourth added, "It looks cold. Needs something more...Did they give you raw mushrooms?" Someone else commented, "To those mushrooms, heat is an alien concept. Apart from that, it looks very average."
Regarding the price, one Reddit user noted, "£7.72 seems surprisingly expensive for Spoons tbh, especially when you factor in that everything on that plate will taste like cardboard!" However, another defended the chain, saying, "Classic Spoons. Nothing to write home about but done at a hard-to-argue price point."
Wetherspoon's Background and Offerings
Wetherspoon, founded in 1979, is a popular pub chain across the UK, known for its budget-friendly prices on food and drinks. It boasts an extensive all-day menu, including various breakfast options and pub classics. The chain also runs weekly meal clubs that offer discounts on specific dishes.
For example:
- Tuesdays: Gourmet Burger Club, offering a beer and burger from £9.99.
- Wednesdays: Discounted pizza meals, with prices starting from £6.96 with a soft drink and from £8.49 with an alcoholic drink.
- Thursdays: Curry Club, featuring classic curries served with two poppadoms, naan bread, and a drink, starting from £8.46 with a soft drink and from £9.99 with an alcoholic drink at over 580 pubs.
Wetherspoon has been approached for comment on the customer's complaint. The incident highlights ongoing discussions about food quality and value in budget dining establishments.
