Wetherspoons Questions Answered

192 across 12 sections on the menu we track, of which 180 carry a price. The menu is taken from the brand's own published PDF rather than typed up by hand. See the full menu with prices.

No, and this catches people out. Prices vary by pub. Across 24 pubs we checked, the same dish differed by 31% on average, and London, airport and station pubs are typically dearer. That means a headline price is a guide, not a promise. Check your own pub if a few pounds matters.

Each pub sets its own prices against local rent and wages, and London, airport and station sites sit at the top of that range. Across 24 pubs we sampled the spread averaged 31%. The menu is identical; only the numbers move.

The lowest-priced item we track is Sliced pickled gherkins at £0.50, though that is a side rather than a meal. For a full meal with a drink, Pizza Club on Wednesday at £6.96 is the cheapest route. All the deals.

Yes, every day from opening until 12pm, which is unusually late for a pub chain. The main menu takes over at 11:30am. See the breakfast menu and prices.

Monday is Monday Club (small plates), Tuesday is Tuesday Club (gourmet burgers), Wednesday is Pizza Club (11 inch pizzas), Thursday is Curry Club (classic curries). Each is tied to the day rather than an hour, so the deal applies whenever the kitchen is open. Prices and what each includes.

No. It runs an afternoon deal instead, 2pm to 5pm, Monday to Friday, from £8.46 on pub classics with a drink. Wetherspoon's position is that prices are low all day rather than for one hour. More on this.

No. There is no promo code, loyalty card or student discount, and no field in the app to enter one. CAMRA real-ale tokens and the occasional newspaper voucher are the only real ones. What actually exists.

It depends on the pub. There is no national drinks price list, and that covers Guinness, lager and everything else on the bar. The figure the brand does publish is Ale Club: guest ales from £1.49 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday at 651 pubs. More on drinks.

The traditional breakfast is £5.19 and the small breakfast is £3.19, both with free refills on tea and coffee. Prices are set per pub, so expect a few pence either way. The full breakfast menu.

No. Steaks came off the national menu after supply problems in 2022 and never returned, and Tuesday Steak Club went with them. The only steak left on the menu we track is the steak and ale pudding. Tuesday's club night is now gourmet burgers.

No. There is no Sunday roast and there has not been one for years; the standard menu runs seven days a week. The closest Sunday orders are the pub classics, which are served all day.

There are workable options, but no separate gluten free menu and no certified kitchen. Jacket potatoes, salads and grilled dishes are the starting points; anything battered, breaded or on a pizza base is out, and the chips share a fryer with wheat batter. The gluten free guide covers it dish by dish.

Yes. UK law requires it for large chains, and we hold calorie figures for 186 of the 192 dishes here. Add up a whole order.

Across the menu the range runs from 11 kcal (Sliced pickled gherkins) to 1883 kcal (The Empire State). Many dishes let you swap chips for a side salad or rice, which moves the figure by several hundred. Compare dishes.

Yes. 29 of the dishes we track are marked vegan or vegetarian, including Quorn versions of several meat dishes and a plant burger. See the vegan and vegetarian menu.

Ask in the pub or use the brand's own allergen tool, which is the only source kept current per dish and per site. This is an independent site and does not publish allergen data, because getting it slightly out of date would be worse than not carrying it at all.

The figure shown is for the dish as the menu describes it. Where a dish offers a choice of side, the calories change with the choice and the alternatives are listed with the dish. A drink in a meal deal is on top.

J D Wetherspoon plc, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, owned by its shareholders. Founder Tim Martin is chairman and the largest single shareholder with roughly a quarter of the stock. The full ownership story.

In 1979, when Tim Martin opened the first pub in Muswell Hill, north London. That original site is no longer a Wetherspoon; the chain grew from it to around 800 pubs. How it grew.

After a teacher. Tim Martin named the chain for a Mr Wetherspoon who told him he would never amount to anything, and took the "J D" from a character in The Dukes of Hazzard. The name sounds like an old family brewer and is neither.

Because the whole business is built for it: freehold buildings, huge buying volume, no music licences, long trading hours and deliberately thin margins. The saving is structural rather than a promotion. The full breakdown.

No. The company states that no halal items are offered, suppliers are not asked for halal certified meat, and there are no plans to change. The vegetarian and vegan range is the practical option, with a shared kitchen caveat. The full answer.

No. Nearly every pub is owned and managed directly by J D Wetherspoon plc, which is part of why the chain is so uniform. A small number of franchised sites exist, at university unions and at Haven holiday parks, and those set their own prices.

Yes. Haven and Wetherspoon struck a franchise deal in 2025 that put pubs into four parks, including Primrose Valley in Yorkshire and Kiln Park in Tenby, with Devon Cliffs and Craig Tara alongside. These are park pubs for Haven guests, they set their own prices, and they do not appear in Wetherspoon's own pub directory.

Sales passed £2 billion in the 2023/24 financial year, from around 800 pubs. The company's market value moves daily with the share price on the London Stock Exchange, so check the live figure rather than any number printed on a page.