Two tourists who visited a Wetherspoons for the first time this year were left shocked by one thing in particular about the popular pub chain.
Brandon and Anja, who have visited at least 50 countries, run the Where Are We?! YouTube channel. The channel boasts more than 9,000 subscribers and features locations as diverse as Serbia, Poland, Andorra, and Canada.
In a video titled, ‘Foreigners try Wetherspoons for the first time’, the pair paid a visit to a J.J. Moon’s Wetherspoons in London, where they stopped for breakfast before returning later for more food and drinks.
They ordered three breakfast dishes that came to around £16, an amount that surprised the pair, and which Brandon described as a “pretty good deal”. Meanwhile, Anja was also impressed by the free refills available for the coffee and tea.
Speaking about his full English, Brandon said: “As Anja said, for the price, this is really good. I’m kind of shocked, actually. This is only what? Three or four pounds, something like that.
“There’s a promotion on the one that we got, but yeah, it’s like four pounds for everything. That’s like less than half of the price of the one that we got in London so pretty good deal.”
Brandon and Anja treated themselves to a traditional full English breakfast, eggs benedict and a breakfast muffin, with Anja remarking that the black pudding was “really good” and the spices were “really yummy”.
The black pudding also went down a storm with Brandon, who reiterated Anja’s sentiment that it was “really good”, adding that it was “nice and crispy” and didn’t have a “strong irony taste”.
He was similarly impressed with the eggs benedict, which he said for the price was “not bad at all”, before saying the bacon “really shines”, although he added that the Hollandaise sauce didn’t stand out “that much”.
Anja also enjoyed the “delicious” bacon but agreed with Brandon about the Hollandaise, saying it was “not very flavourful” and “almost just tastes like the egg”.
Finally, the pair tucked into a sausage and bacon muffin, which they also both enjoyed, so much so that Anja described it as her favourite of the three dishes.
Brandon and Anja returned when the Wetherspoons was busier at around 4pm to enjoy drinks and more food, with Anja opting for a Brewdog Elvis Juice and Brandon choosing an espresso martini.
Brandon said: “The menu for Wetherspoons is so eclectic and strange. There are curries, chillies, obviously deep fried dishes, burgers. And apparently at some locations, pizzas, but this location didn’t have any pizzas.”
As for their food options, they ordered halloumi fries, chicken wings, jackfruit bao buns, scampi with chips and mushy peas and Japanese katsu chicken curry.
Summing up, Brandon said: “I went in with, obviously, pretty low expectations given what people said about it, but given the price, it’s really not that bad at all.
“Maybe it’s not the best food in the world, of course, but for the price, pretty good, pretty reasonable.”
Anja added: “And I think especially for drinks, it’s worth it. There’s some beers that are £1.99 or 89. So it’s definitely worth it if you’re on a budget like us.”
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