WetherSPOONS Large Full English Breakfast Has it GONE TO $h*T Since The Cost of Living Crisis?

The MacMaster is in Leeds at Wetherspoons or Spoons as it's affectionately known to review Their Big Full English Breakfast. This has been reviewed about a year ago by The MacMaster, however he's been informed by the viewers that since The Cost of Living Crisis has taken a grip on the UK economy that it has gone downhill and is not as good value for money as it once was. So let's find out what The Wetherspoons Big Breakfast is like.
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[@MrCrossWire]

Spoons quality MASSIVELY depends on the skill of each chef producing it. There is a fine line between decent and disgusting in Spoons.

[@niro9113]

Dips hash brown in bean juice. “The hash brown is a little bit soggy” 🤣

[@rickb3645]

Okay Lee... Lets go through this Wetherspoons so called "Big Breakfast" shall we... Two Standard Catering Sausages... Standard for the Price Paid Two Fried Eggs... Standard One Small Mushroom... Unacceptable for a Big Breakfast Two Small Bacon Rashers... Unacceptable for a Big Breakfast Two Slices of Toast Halved with Lurpak Butter... Standard Three Hash Browns... Standard Baked Beans... Standard Unlimited Coffee Refills... Above Average Missing Items that i think the Wetherspoons Big Breakfast should have on... Fried Bread... Standard Black Pudding... Standard Tomatoes... Standard Bubble & Squeak... Standard These items would probably cost customers extra to make this a genuine "Big Breakfast"... Personally i would class this as a Standard Breakfast only... And score it a fairly average 6.5/10... It's Unlimited Coffee Refills are it's only saving grace... Cheers Lee. 🍺

[@TheMacMaster]

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[@scousemanblue]

The Wetherspoons by us is 50p cheaper for their big breakfast. It serves its purpose. Had it last week and thought it was ok. As you said people have a preconception about the Wetherspoons but for less than £7 for breakfast and unlimited coffee it was fine with us.

[@markwilliamlacey]

Widow Frost in Mansfield is one of the pubs Weatherspoons have put up for sale!

[@SuperJammygit]

WHY IS IT ALWAYS SERVED STONE COLD

[@CarlBland-l8l]

@SuperJammygit because stone cold said so

[@rankinalan]

I see in todays papers that 32 Wetherspoons are being put for sale dues to heavy losses. We will miss em when they are all gone as other ventures will see that as the green light to put their prices right up

[@AliSkarsgard]

They could have done better but the eggs looked perfect 👌 At the end of the day I think it all comes down to who is doing the cooking … great video Lee & can I just say thank you for all your hard work 😊x

[@TheMacMaster]

Thanks Ali. x

[@manchester1972]

Lol....the microwave does the cooking...

[@janesharpley4927]

When you visit Anglesey, please visit Sea Shanty in Treaddur Bay. It's very popular amongst us locals.

[@wilfcat1713]

The guest beers are around 70p/pint more than the average 'spoons. Probably a premium price as it's at the station.

[@tony1kenobi202]

They ask small breweries to pay them the government subside to sell their ale Glad decent independent breweries are binning them Widow Frost up for sale in Mansfield

[@martinhunt6004]

Great video! I fully agree, fantastic value for money! You cannot whack a spoons for value. I prefer a good cafe but I will seek out a spoons instead if needed!

[@richt71]

Hi Lee, Large breakfasts vary greatly in price. Paid £5.35 in outer London but £6.10 in centre of Oxford. BTW this increases to £13.10 in an airport spoons. As a mystery diner for wetherspoons I can't say I've noticed a big change in quality. Quantity varies from spoons to spoons though.

[@sarakirk9542]

Hi Lee! I agree with on which Spoons you go to! They all differ. I’m sure breakfasts used so have a half tomato on it too. That was absent. Shows how long it’s been since I went for a breakfast. Still it all looked okay to me On a separate subject I went to your mums favourite supermarket cafe for breakfast today. Had sausage and cold runny egg on soggy doorstep toast this morning. Food standard very poor indeed. They have dropped dramatically there. Also I was behind a white Taycan this afternoon, Enjoy your trip and take care 😘👍🏻

[@agdewey]

There's a lot of snobbery around Wetherspoons but, mostly, you know what you're getting - good food and good beer, for a good price.

[@sharpy39]

I'm from Pudsey! Get that train through Bramley into Leeds regularly.

[@chrisbest3451]

P.S Lee! Just a suggestion. If you should happen to find yourself backdown down in Cornwall, please consider visiting and reviewing Harbour Fish & Chips in St Ives and Harbour Inn at Porthleven (Roughly Halfway Between Penzance & Falmouth) It is a St Austell Brewery run Pub however the food was absolutely fantastic and the views out towards the Harbour and The Front were simply... Fantastic!

[@donnastables5976]

Were am from in nelson but we have a café that’s dose a credit crunch breakfast it’s cheap and very good

[@iansmith371]

J.D. Wetherspoon was one of Tim Martin's schoolteachers who told him 'You'll never amount to anything, my lad'.

[@snatch709]

Selby Wetherspoons , Cheap Pints are 1.99 so a £1 more expensive, in fact everything more expensive, Selby seems to be one of the cheaper branches of the chain, great video as usual

[@stussyhuff]

Lurpak - founded in 1901. Cheers James may

[@davemulready]

Nice One Pal . I,m Moving Over There For The Beer Prices 🤣🤣.Great Vlog Again Lee 👍👍

[@eagle9665]

Great breakfast for the price which is comparable to US price. The menu prices are similar to US. No complaints.

[@iansmith3599]

Cleanliness is everything!

[@jontownsend8090]

Fair score. My only reservation is the dirty coffee mug. No matter what you pay, you expect clean utensils and crockery.

[@sco77yg]

Just been on the news that 33 are being sold off.

[@MarkloopRAF]

Wetherspoons vary widely venue to venue. Example: Get beans on toast in Dorchester and you are searching for beans to put on the toast, whereas a few miles down the road in Weymouth there's about twice as many. I'm not a bean counter, but I know where I like to go for my breakfast.

[@peterwoad8087]

Very close agreement on score. I'd give it 8.0. Catering sausage but nicely cooked it makes me rage when they're bot cooked through properly. Youree spot on with how variable Spoons can be..but I'd say there are a lot more good ones than poor ones. Great to see you on the trains. Perhaps more of that!

[@EvilSie]

Couldn't compare the breakfast to my local spoons menu but noticed the Curry club price was £9.99 compared to my local spoons £9.50. Price has gone up over the years I remember these meals were £6.99 a few years back

[@TheFerretsVarietyChannel]

Never again will i set foot in a shitty spoons... foods gone down the pan and banned dogs in the beer garden... ban screaming kids not dogs...

[@meowmeow7347]

I like their £10 mixed grill. Can be 50p less or £1 more nearby. Breakfast bearable, butter always runny. Curry Thursday ok though naan / pops vary. Chip quantities vary so do peas or med veg portion sizes.

[@richardshaw1968]

With a Weatherspoons it’s a review of how the place is run as much as the food.

[@christarbuck3122]

A lot of my friends won’t go to Spoons as has an adverse effect on local pubs. I prefer to support the pubs in my area. I see why people go as the drinks are about half the price.

[@uncleraul3462]

Two words, seeing as you're West Leeds. Dope Burger.

[@cp070476]

Large breakfasts are sound at our Spoons. The bacon has grill lines on it tastes brill. The sausages are herb and leek which are also spot on.👍£5.85 no brainer

[@toddblanks]

I ordered lunch in a local wetherspoons close to me recently, as it was slightly too late for the breakfast. Anyway, i had sausages chips & beans, what ive realised is that its the baked beans that they skimp on the most. Also, there could of easily been a few more chips on my plate. I think they carefully judge each portion they serve before it reaches service. Also another thought. It seems to me that the smaller the food portion on the category dish you order the smaller the amount they'll put onto your plate because your spending less. If you look at most main dish orders on their menu, they add a drink to it to bump up your spending. Also, if you ever try and call a wetherspoons by phone, they often don't bother to answer. On the whole, unless your short on cash & really that hungry, your better off elsewhere.

[@dtritton]

Looks spot on. Can’t go wrong for that price. Oxford slightly more expensive. Good forbid a fry up would look greasy 😅

[@ndenyer]

You can't go from showing us fried slices the other day, then back to hash browns. There is no comparison!

[@dav147]

il add, one bloke did take his back, the beans were cold, seems to be a common theme.

[@iaingking]

Thanks Lee, haven’t been to Spoons in years, after watching a few of your posts I thought I’d give it a go, I tried the one in Surrey Docks, then the one in Southend with a large breakfast @ £5.90 , not bad for the money, but spend a little more somewhere else and you get a much better meal.

[@heatherlawson3437]

They're filling up the plate with toast, so is it really about breakfast?

[@leshackett3687]

The big breakfast at wetherspoons at Clapham Junction London costs £5.80 and bottomless tea or coffee £1.25

[@amandabarrymore778]

When we had the malarkey of lockdown they were ultra strict about cleanliness....but since lifting of lock-up they've gone downhill with their hygiene and the food is bland!

[@Wichitaguy77]

Macca - they’re closing the Widow Frost! Horror😮

[@DanielPaulHairdressing]

I went in a Spoon's this morning, Oldham. Tried to order on the app ? No beer, No American breakfast and the app wouldn't take my payment. So I said "come on" to the Mrs, we went across the road to a place called Parliament Square, 2 breakfasts, a beer and a spring water with ice, It was about £21.70 no catering sausage and they had a bend 😄The dog peeing on the lamp post had the kids in stitches. Another good Vlog Macmaster 👍

[@billybatts294]

Just watched Darren John have a nice breccy for about a tenner a bit different but looked good.

[@Bungle2010]

I like Whetherspoons, and yes they can be variable, but they do own some nice building conversions. On a number of occasions I’ve opted for breakfast in a nearby one instead of in the hotel I’m staying in at the time. Haven’t had the large breakfast for years though.

[@dav147]

had a large this morning at Spoons in Durham and really enjoyed it Lee.

[@robertradford6351]

Gutted they took the tomato off!! Still good value for money though👍👍They are hit and miss as by us in maghull its no where near as clean as the one in Formby,we usually go the extra 5 miles to that one.

[@jeremybuck1731]

I wished we had some Spoons in the states, I would like to try it. Did you know that Lurpak is Captain Slows favorite butter “invented in 1901”

[@sibobd7386]

I do like a wetherspoons breakfast now and again. It’s not going to win any awards, but it does the job.

[@Bungle2010]

I paid £8.38 for a Large Breakfast yesterday. It was the one inside St. Pancras station though. It was fine, but the sole mushroom was a tiny one. It was almost comical. On and it was Anchor butter.

[@jimmysnailshoes]

Even though it's spoons, your right it differs from establishment to establishment

[@carlviner698]

Before you mentioned your score, I thought 7.8! and i hadn't tasted it!! right i'm off out for a Breakfast now, you' made me hungry! Keep up the good work, looking forward to more! A+

[@MultiRetroMan]

I wasn't too far off your score, I thought you'd give it a 7.5 because of the dirty table and the dirty cup. Plus the mushroom (yuk - controversial) and the hash browns. If they did fried bread then it'd be a 8.5 rating :) My wife and I watched it while having our tea. Great video as always :)

[@boombox2661]

🤓👍🏻 Seems a bit strange why every time I visit a spoons in the morning at 10am they seem to be holding an AA meeting. 🍺🍻🍹🥃🥃🍺🍺 SEVERN! 🍳

[@mattbown3371]

Cost of living crisis? You must really be struggling in your Porsche

[@TheMacMaster]

I've just flown into Spain and the Airports and bars are packed!!!!! Spending money on booze. Yes people are struggling, but do NOT BELIEVE everything you see on or in the news. (I worked for the press for years and it's all BS) IMO

[@mattbown3371]

You clearly don't understand the issue. Again you're talking about spending masses of money you have for whatever reason. The problem is stagnating wages and inflation on basic household goods. We're not talking about yourself, the general public. where £10 for a breakfast could be as much as 3% of somebody's weekly wage. You can't seem to put anything in to perspective, despite you doing well for yourself, it seems your rich family bred this into you@@TheMacMaster

[@sparkymarky9883]

Hi there what a good video very interesting I’ve never ever tried a Wetherspoons breakfast okay

[@andrewjones4773]

For the price it looked a great deal. Unlimited coffee hot chocolate or tea for only £1.25 is the real deal.

[@glyntaylor-williams3593]

You will only likely have 1 or 2 drinks. So not really that good. The cups are also smaller than average. Mcdonalds a coffee is 99p. Is it really value for money?

[@johnnunn8688]

‘Spoons large mixed grill, is exceptional value.

[@traceycottrell5643]

I’d have had to ask for a side plate for the toast. Overall a decent price. Cafe in Dubai generally two eggs your way with toast 40/60 aed £8 to £12 but in uk for a sit in the warm in a station with a hot drink on tap very good 👍🏻

[@richardlong6789]

Totally agree, it does depend on which Spoons you visit, my local, the Rawson Spring, is always spot on, nothing has changed over the years with the food, whereas, the one near my work, The Francis Newton, has really gone downhill food wise lately...

[@susandevlin4712]

the problem with wetherspoons breakfasts is, people assoiciate early drinking in pubs with alcoholics. remenber when you didnt see women drinking pints in the 80s, in the 90s it was considered laddish culture.

[@jamesmaxwell7666]

Big breakfast having a laugh hash browns greasy..mushroom looked awful...beans dried up obviously sitting there for hours..eggs did look nice...bacon couldn't see it...tables were filthy...you say because thousands of people are in and out so therefore they must be taking a nice few quid so employ more staff...8.9/10...ridiculous score...4/10.. controversial but shut them all down

[@countmurcielago9802]

Hi lee I don’t think that breakfast was cooked fresh I have read that some parts of the breakfast are frozen then microwaved it was in in a news paper a member of staff of spoons spoke out about there cooked breakfasts

[@gilgammesh1]

The sausages in spoons 4-5 years ago used to be bloody delicious. The Brekky is my go to meal here, but its deffo took a hit in quality.

[@bigmatt2896]

my local weatherspoons is like a job centre that sells beer...........

[@mariavandenbosch2723]

Your seatbelt is twisted, this has a negative influence on its functionality. And please edit out your license plates. Not everyone watching you on KZbin is your Friend and has the best intentions. I'm not saying this to nag you but because I like your videos and I don't want you to get in trouble. 🙋‍♀️

[@christr.]

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[@terencesaunders1357]

Looks like my breakfast this morning, I always peel my mushrooms, does anyone else do that. That’s the score I would have given it, no tomatoes.

[@frankiefinds9215]

Me and my partner went to Wetherspoons on Saturday for breakfast and the one we went to had ran out of bacon, toast and hot chocolate. So we just left and went elsewhere lol 😂

[@jasonpetch9403]

it's crazy how they do differ. train station and airport ones always seem poorer too me. thanks Lee. looking forward to the road trip!!

[@robfisher3578]

I always love the spoons eggs and bacon,could do with more beans and also tinned 🍅s plus mushrooms loads! It's different prices outside stations but not a lot and a also not many places where you get free refills! Also if you ask they give you extra toast if you don't want hash browns!

[@alanpatterson2759]

At least you tell the truth unlike BBC and Sky... no smiley face on this comment!

[@Raylufc]

Another great upload and a good value Breakfast I do go to Wetherspoons when im off work but never up for breakfast, I just wish they would clean the dam tables

[@ianmillar1139]

Hi Lee, I had a breakfast from a Spoons in Edinburgh. It wasn't that great. I went to a Spoons in Glasgow a week later and the breakfast was very good. As you say, it just depends on what Spoons you go to. Saying that the Edinburgh Spoons done a Special half price Fish and Chips and that was amazing. It's just your luck at times. Great video mate.

[@ianrusbridge6317]

This is the thing. For me it is not cost but value for money. I’d rather pay £15 and a great breakfast than £6 for a fake sausage. You still need to go to the Craft Shop at Calver. The best breakfast - in the world (said in a clarkson voice)

[@maccate6868]

New Pudsey station! The memories of getting on and off the train there when I first moved to Leeds. Stopped having Wetherspoons breakfast when the stopped doing full Scottish breakfasts a few years ago in Scotland and can’t eat anything from there now anyway.

[@plbingham]

opted to give one a bash on Monday - Harrogate, wow what a shocking experience!! Only just warm, sausages as you say - cheap willy meat - bacon, naff, hash brown - soggy!! ... yours looked far better than ours,... another to not to try again!!

[@jhamilton7373]

Agree 'Spoons is hit and miss. Been abroad for a few years and I came back to the UK recently and went to Wetherspoons a couple of times. I have definitely noticed a fall in portion size and quality in general. For a large breakfast that looked dissapointing. I am always a bit suspect of 'dark' lookibg hashbrowns. Your breakfast looked like it had been cooked in really dirty frying oil. Not nice.

[@Paulw358]

I’m sure u used to get tomato on their breakfasts too

[@iainferguson764]

You did, they have taken it off

[@MarkJones-sf4cn]

Hi Lee, been to the station and traveled from ST HELENS and had a full English Breakfast and like it. Stayed overnight in a hotel Premier Inn, by Direct Arena. This is going back about 2 months ago and give it 8.5/10.

[@leshackett3687]

Most spoons breakfast usually 7-8 / 10 depending how busy they are, main train stations will be busier than others

[@benitobueno3373]

No..no..no..you're doing it all wrong! Do what I did this morning, zipped the car over to Bristol for its service then snook around the corner to a Premier Inn for unlimited grub and drinks for under a tenner..eggcelent eggs, big juicy bangers, beautiful black pudding etc., preceded by cereal and a quality Greek plain yoghurt..and a friendly welcome from lovely helpful staff...blimey o' reilly 👌

[@leshackett3687]

You could have used some of the hot water that's used for making tea to clean your cup if you wanted lee

[@helenrideout]

Being an American I have no idea how I could score something I've never had. Now maybe you'll have to see how the devaluing of the pound affects prices. I'm just now beginning to see the increase of prices for food are having an affect on being on a fixed income and money doesn't go as far. And they say it's going to get worse. Doesn't make for a bright future.

[@petercarter9034]

I think I would have added black pudding and tomatos

[@colallison6152]

Wetherspoons are great. Always a decent mix of people. Usually have a laff in a spooners

[@lesliecarter8322]

Salt of the Earth people eat and drink at Spoons, no toffs allowed. Wish we had Spoons in Australia. Been to a few Spoons in UK, value plus and cheap rooms usually.

[@iainferguson764]

Did you get an old car and a rusty old van park about 6cm either side of your car whe n you got back to New Pudsey?!

[@manchester1972]

Right Lee...As you know I have been watching since the start...I have a jewel in the crown for breakfasts...its called cafe Ri-an in Accrington...I have been for hundreds of breakfasts in my hometown of Manchester but nothing comes anywhere near this place...the breakfast is outstanding and the service great...its just a bloke and his daughter who run it...please please try it out...I moved to accrington about a year ago for a bit of the quiet life...you will not regret it mate honestly...

[@paul67]

Grab a few of those lurpak and sauce sachets for your glove box, along with a handful of serviettes. Haha.

[@Eitner100]

I just came back from a week in France. 2 days in Paris and 5 days in the Bourgogne. I had 3 course meals for 15 to 18,50€, including free baguette bread and water. A glass of wine between 2 to 4€. But in the supermarkets......extremely expensive. Butter for 250 grams 4,99€ or f.e. a bottle of Jack Daniels for 32€. I buy the same butter in my homeland Germany for 3€ and the same bottle of whiskey for 15€. A breakfast French style for 7€, which means a lot of sweet stuff, like marmalade and chocolate croissants, but no cheese or cold cuts. I love France, but the extreme prices in supermarkets are almost a criminal thing, I believe.

[@davidwil58]

The Widow Frost wetherspoons in Mansfield is one of thirty odd which are up for sale. Can’t remember whether that’s your favourite spoons in Mansfield or not.

[@TheMacMaster]

NO That's the naff one.

[@dangreen4226]

Totally agree. Value for money does depend on what spoons you go in some are nicer/cleaner than others. Definitely think you should come to Cardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 brilliant videos

[@snatch709]

During and just after covid tables were cleared and cleaned, but i must admit i find this lack of clearing and cleaning is inherent across all spoons, which is my only complaint about them, we notice it in every branch we have been in so far.

[@matthew6994]

Looks great value for what you get with free coffee refills. I've just checked, and my local Weatherspoons in Kent is slightly cheaper with a large breakfast £5.80 and X1 coffee £1.20

[@kevinmould2994]

never to early for a pint

[@mickjoG]

still looks like a fairly good value for money breakfast… all things considered

[@cosmotopperIII]

One of the chance factors about 'Spoons is that they just plop their businesses in whatever properties they can buy, so you get all shapes and sizes. We visited one in Cambridge - it's huge. I think it must be an old theatre. And judging from the people we saw in there, a few just live in there. I suspect there are a few still in there who haven't ventured back outside since the pandemic started.

[@iansmith371]

That breakfast looks okay for the price. Can't see much in the way of steam. Was it a bit on the cool side? I went for a walk on Sunday morning and dropped in to a nearby country house hotel for a latte. £4.75. Consider yours a bargain.

[@robertjohnson3406]

Wye bridge house in Buxton. Best spoons ive been to, really nice place.