The best time to visit Wetherspoons and six other ways to save cash
PUB-GOERS love Wetherspoons for it’s competitive pricing and low-cost meals – but did you know there are more ways to save money?
From the best time to visit to free hot drinks, we explain how to save cash when visiting the popular pub chain.
Free hot drink refills
WAKE up and smell the coffee at Wetherspoons, where you can get free unlimited hot drinks refills, worth up to £1.56 each.
Fans of the boozer can take advantage of the offer on a range of drinks including coffee, teas, and hot chocolate, available from opening and throughout the day.
All you need to do is buy your first drink, and then you get free top ups.
Oat milk, Fairtrade sugar and sweetener are available at the self-service Lavazzo coffee stations in the pubs.
Wetherspoons say that the deal applies to popular beverages such as:
- flat white
- cappuccino
- latte
- mocha
- white coffee
- black coffee
- espresso
- Tetley tea
- hot chocolate
Decaffeinated tea and coffee are also available, and there are even
takeaway cups if you’re on the move.
Not content with saving money this way? Here’s six other tips you can use to cut costs on your next Spoon’s trip.
Go on a Monday
Wetherspoons has just launched its Monday club, where punters can get alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks at bargain prices.
It runs every Monday except bank holidays, and deals include:
Pints
- Ruddles or Worthingtons – £1.49
- Guest Ales – £1.99
- Abbot Ale – £2.25
- Shipyard or Strongbow – £2.25
- Coors or Carling – £2.49
- Budweiser – £2.69
- Guinness – £2.99
- Punk IPA or Stella Artois
Single spirit measures – £1.99 with mixer included
- Single spirit measures – £1.99 with mixer included
- Au vodka: strawberry burst, blue raspberry, pineapple crush, or pink lemonade
- Sidemen vodka: tropical ice or mixed berry
- Smirnoff raspberry
- Gordon’s pink gin
- Jack Daniel’s apple flavoured bourbon
- Captain Morgan’s tiki flavoured rum
- Disaronno
Single spirit measures – £2.85 with mixer included
- Bumbo rum
- Jack Daniel’s
- Kraken rum
Cocktail pitches – any two for £13.25
- Soft drinks – £1.65
- Pepsi Max
- Pepsi Max Cherry
- Diet Pepsi
- R Whites lemonade
- Monster energy ultra peachy keen
- Monster mango loco
- Monster pipeline punch
- Monster energy
- Monster energy ultra
- Monster energy ultra rosa
Brecon Carreg 500ml – £1.29
- Still
- Sparkling
These are the most common discount prices, but costs vary by location.
Take advantage of Club deals
Wetherspoons has two club deals which allow you to get food and drink at a discounted price.
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Location, location
Have budgets in mind when choosing where to celebrate.
For example, pricey London used to be the most popular destination for partying, but Liverpool has since overtaken the capital.
The Merseyside city offers a more purse-friendly night out, according to party company Fizzbox.
Drink to that
Save cash with a few pre-club bevvies.
Aldi is popular for its cheap and delicious prosecco.
Bars like Revolutions have 2-4-1 cocktails if you book a table during Happy Hour, and signing up to O’Neill’s newsletter will get you a free drink.
Try something new
Many local venues host free or low-cost comedy nights.
Check out comedy clubs, bars, or community centres in your area for events that won’t cost you a penny.
It’s a great way to discover new comedians while enjoying a night out without breaking the bank.
By timing your visit right, you can take advantage of the Curry Club on Tuesdays and the Steak Club on Thursdays.
The Steak Club offers a classic 8oz sirloin with either a side salad, a
Mediterranean salad, a jacket potato, mashed potato, or chips for from £9.67 with a soft drink or £11.20 with an alcoholic drink.
Alternatively, you can get a gourmet 8oz sirloin steak service with peas, tomato, mushroom, three onion rings and steak sauce, with the same choice of sides, for from £12.01 with a non-alcoholic drinks and from £13.54 with alcohol.
The deal also applies to a variety of non-steak meals including the BBQ chicken melt, the 5oz gammon and egg, the 10oz gammon and egg, the mixed grill, the large mixed grill, the peri-peri chargrilled half chicken and the grilled halloumi-style cheese.
The exact price of the deal varies depending on the meal you choose and which pub you are in.
You can choose from over 150 drinks with the offer.
Wetherspoons says the typical saving is £1.58, and of course you get the drink thrown in.
Similarly, the curry club has a variety of offers available.
You can get a katsu curry (either grilled chicken, breaded chicken or
quorn) from £7.91 with a soft drink or £9.44 with an alcoholic one.
Alternatively, you can choose from a range of classic curries with basmati rice, plan naan and poppadums, all from £8.49 with a non-alcoholic drink and £10.02 with an alcoholic option.
The curries included with the deal are:
- Chicken korma
- Chicken Tikka Masala
- Mangalorean roasted cauliflower and spinach curry
- Chicken Jalfrezi
- Sweet potato, chickpea and spinach curry
- Beef Madras
- Naga Chicken Vindaloo
Wetherspoons says the most popular discount when compared to
standard curry meals is £1.35.
Visit in the afternoons
If you visit a Spoons between 2pm-5pm on Monday to Friday, you’ll be able to take advantage of afternoon deals where you can get a small pub classic meal with a drink for a discounted price.
The offer starts from £6.09 with 16 meals available through the offer including:
- Wiltshire cured ham, egg and chips (small or large)
- All-day brunch (small or large)
- Small vegetarian all-day brunch (small or large)
- Freshly battered cod and chips (small or large)
- Small Whitby-breaded scampi (small or large)
- Steak and kidney pudding
- Bangers and mash
- Vegetarian bangers and mash
- Sausages, chips and beans
- Vegan sausages, chips and beans
- Chilli bean non-carne
Small meals start from £6.09 with a soft drink or £7.62 with an alcoholic drink.
Larger options cost from £7.27, rising to £8.80 if you have alcohol. Prices vary according to pub.
Stop by for breakfast
Wetherspoons also has a breakfast deal where you can pick up a muffin as well as a tea, coffee, or hot chocolate.
Even better, you get unlimited refills of the hot drinks included.
As ever, prices vary depending on which pub you’re in, but the meals
included and most common prices are:
- Egg and cheese muffin – £3.31
- Egg and bacon muffin – £3.77
- Egg and sausage muffin – £3.77
- Egg and vegetarian sausage muffin £3.77
- Breakfast muffin (egg, sausage, cheese) – £4.01
- Smashed avocado muffin – £4.01
Travel a bit further
It’s well known that prices in Wetherspoons vary depending on which
specific pub you’re in.
Even walking down the road can save you a few pounds per pint.
Fortunately, a handy map created by Pantry and Larder lets you know where the cheapest and most expensive drinks are near your location.
The difference might be bigger than you think, with a single Smirnoff
ranging from £2.84 to £7.50 across 802 locations.
The map says that if you go to the Sir John Oldcastle in Farringdon you’ll pay £5.28 for a Budweiser, but if you travel to the Masque Haunt in Old Street instead, you’ll pay just £4.84 a pint.
Download the app
Downloading the Wetherspoons app allows you to order from your table meaning you can avoid queues at the bar or losing your seat if you’re dining alone.
Even better, you can use it to scour all the deals at your closest pub by selecting the location, selecting “yes” when it asks if you’re in the pub, and then clicking “browse the menu”.
You don’t actually need to be on location (but don’t order unless you are) and it will show you all the offers that are currently available.
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