Sooner or later, you're going to end up in a Wetherspoons. It's a British rite of passage. The trouble is the menu: the Empire State Burger alone is nearly 2,000 calories, your entire day on one plate.
Curry Club (Thursday)
A standard Chicken Tikka Masala with all the trimmings tips over 1,200 calories. The fix is simple: pick a tomato-based curry like Jalfrezi or Madras over the creamy ones, swap rice for chips (or skip one), and turn down the naan. That one move saves 400–500 calories. A smart order lands around 600 kcal and 30g protein.
Burger Night (Tuesday)
The Grilled Chicken Breast Burger is about 420 kcal and 40g protein. Ask for the "skinny" version with salad instead of chips and you're around 650 kcal with 55g protein, a genuinely great macro meal in a pub.
The steak option
An 8oz sirloin with a jacket potato and peas is roughly 600–700 kcal and 50g protein. Consistent, easy to track, hard to get wrong.
The drinks
- Spirits + diet mixer: 50–60 kcal. The clear winner.
- Light beer: around 100 kcal.
- Cider: over 250 kcal a pint. Handle with care.
- Avoid: Empire State Burger, big breakfasts, creamy curries with naan.
- Pick: grilled chicken burgers, sirloin steak, tomato-based curries.
- Golden rule: skip the naan.
Spoons menu, decoded.
MyMacroGo carries the full Wetherspoons menu, so you can order before you sit down.