Wetherspoon Specials Menu 2026 | Seasonal Dishes
The Wetherspoon Specials Menu is the one part of the pub that never sits still. Ask five regulars what’s on the Wetherspoons special menu this week and you’ll likely get five different answers. It rotates through the year, built around whatever season, holiday, or occasion is coming up next. A turkey dinner at Christmas, haggis for Burns Night, a new dessert every few months. Because of that, we’re not going to pretend there’s one permanent list to print here. Instead, here’s exactly how the Wetherspoons specials menu works, what tends to show up on it, and how to check what’s actually running at your local pub right now.
Specials Menu: How It Works & What To Expect
This page explains how the Wetherspoons Specials Menu operates: the kind of dishes it typically features, roughly what they cost, and the honest reason no website (including this one) can give you a permanently accurate dish list for it.
What Is The Specials Menu
A rotating selection of dishes, separate from the core menu, priced to give good value while giving regulars something new to try.
Unlike Pub Classics or the Burgers Menu, the Specials Menu isn’t a fixed category with the same dishes month to month. It’s where Wetherspoons puts seasonal dishes, limited-time desserts, and the odd internationally-inspired plate that doesn’t have a permanent home elsewhere on the menu. The dishes are still built the same way as the rest of the pub, with full nutritional and allergen information available and calorie counts on the app or menu screen, but the lineup itself is genuinely temporary.
Typical Pricing
Specials are generally priced in line with, or slightly below, similar dishes on the core menu.
Because the dishes themselves change, so does the pricing, but as a rule, specials tend to sit in the same £8–£13 range as a standard main, similar to what you’d pay on the Wetherspoons Breakfast Menu or the Wetherspoon Burgers Menu, with lighter dishes and desserts priced lower. They’re not typically a discount category in the way Curry Club or Steak Club are; the value comes from getting a dish you can’t order the rest of the year, not from a lower price tag.
Seasonal & Limited-Time Dishes
Certain specials come back year after year, tied to a specific time on the calendar. Here are the ones worth knowing about, and when to expect them.
Recurring Seasonal Specials
December
Christmas Turkey Dinner
Sliced turkey breast, pigs in blankets, stuffing, mashed potato, seasonal vegetables and cranberry sauce, a Wetherspoons Christmas menu regular.
Late January
Burns Night Haggis
Traditional haggis served with mashed potato (tatties), turnip (neeps), and sometimes a whisky sauce, timed around Burns Night.
Rotating
Seasonal Desserts
Fruit-topped cheesecakes, sticky toffee pudding, and other desserts that move in and out of the Specials Menu through the year.
Rotating
International Twists
Dishes inspired by cuisines outside the everyday Wetherspoons lineup, appearing for a limited run before rotating out.
These are recurring themes, not a guarantee of what’s on right now: exact dishes, prices and availability change from year to year and pub to pub.
Best Value Picks
1
Best Time To Check
Late November through December, for the widest range of festive specials in one visit.
2
Most Distinctive
Burns Night Haggis, not available on the core menu at any other point in the year.
3
Lowest Commitment
Seasonal desserts: a way to try a limited-time dish without ordering a full main.
How To Check What’s Currently On
The most reliable way to see live specials is directly at the pub or through Wetherspoon’s own channels, not a third-party site like this one.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Wetherspoons Specials Menu?
A rotating selection of dishes, separate from the core menu, that changes with the seasons and calendar rather than staying fixed year-round.
Does Wetherspoons do a Christmas menu?
Yes, a Christmas Turkey Dinner with pigs in blankets, stuffing and cranberry sauce is a recurring seasonal special that typically appears in December.
Is haggis on the Wetherspoons menu?
Haggis appears as a seasonal special around Burns Night in late January, rather than as a permanent menu item.
How much do Specials Menu dishes cost?
Specials are generally priced similarly to a standard main course, roughly in the £8–£13 range, though this varies by dish and pub.
Where’s the best place to check current specials?
The Wetherspoon app gives the most accurate, real-time view of what’s currently available at your specific pub, including price and calorie information.
Summary
The Wetherspoons special menu works differently to everything else covered on this site. It’s built to change, not to stay the same, and that’s exactly why it’s worth keeping an eye on. Christmas turkey and Burns Night haggis are the two fixed points in the calendar most people already know about, but the desserts and international dishes that rotate through the rest of the year are easy to miss if you’re not checking in. The app remains the only genuinely reliable way to see what’s live at your specific pub right now. Everything on this page is the pattern behind it, not a live menu. For the full year-round lineup, see the complete Wetherspoon Menu.
Information on this page describes the general pattern and recurring themes of Wetherspoon’s Specials Menu, 2026. Not affiliated with J D Wetherspoon plc. Current specials, prices and availability vary by pub and time of year. Always check the Wetherspoon app or your local pub for what’s live today.