• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Mystery of the Wetherspoons red plate and what it means if you get one

Home> Lifestyle> Food & Drink

Published 12:39 29 Jun 2024 GMT+1

Mystery of the Wetherspoons red plate and what it means if you get one

Have you ever seen a red plate at Wetherspoons?

Britt Jones

Britt Jones

There’s only one place you can go for cheap food and bevvies that is a UK staple and that’s Wetherspoons.

The great thing about Spoons is that you know what you’ll get when you walk through the doors and over the decades-old carpet, dark varnished furniture and elderly punters.

It’s a good time.

But what happens when you sit down, your food comes and suddenly you’re faced with something unexpected?

It can be a strange experience.

Advert

Wetherspoons' tableware usually tends to be a distinctive blue pattern… but some people have been given the shock of a lifetime when greeted with an unsightly red plate in front of them.

The red plate has left punters confused. (Reddit/u/diddyd66)
The red plate has left punters confused. (Reddit/u/diddyd66)

The red plate is a strange occurrence, with a few people over the years claiming to have received one, but what does it mean?

Those who have been affronted by one have swiftly taken to social media to ask WTF is going on?

One person recently wrote on Reddit’s subreddit r/mildlyinteresting about their boyfriend’s experience.

Advert

She posted a picture of the red plate and captioned it: "My BF got a red plate in Wetherspoons."

Redditors were quick to hop on the theory train and immediately took to the comments to speculate.

Have you ever seen a red plate in Wetherspoons? (Reddit/u/sven3067)
Have you ever seen a red plate in Wetherspoons? (Reddit/u/sven3067)

One person said: "If you get the red plate in Spoons, take it to the bar and you get a free drink.”

Another added: "YOU GOT THE RED PLATE."

Advert

Others claimed to have never seen a red plate at the eatery before.

On another thread, someone else said that although uncommon, red plates have been in pubs before and it’s not such a shock.

While a former Spoons worker claimed to have never seen one while at work.

Someone else joked: "I think you've accidentally wandered into an alternative dimension."

Advert

While one user asked: "Are you their millionth customer?"

Well, they’re all wrong because a Wetherspoons spokesperson told the DailyStar what it really is all about.

They said: "Wetherspoon did trial a red plate in a small number of pubs for use for children’s meals, to ensure all children’s meals were served on a cold plate.

‌"The company has moved on since then and just launched a melamine plate for the whole children’s menu which is in line with the design of the children’s menu.

‌"But there will be stock of the old red plate in circulation, until they break.

Advert

‌"No plan to change from the standard blue patterned plate any time soon."

LADbible has contacted Wetherspoons for further comment.

Featured Image Credit: Reddit/u/sven3067/u/diddyd66

Topics: Wetherspoons, Food And Drink, Reddit

Britt Jones
Britt Jones

Advert

Advert

Advert

  • Doctor shares what it means if you always need to poo immediately after you eat
  • 'Drunk' Wetherspoons punter brands woman 'disgusting' as she attempts 20-plate mega breakfast
  • American man can't get over 'ridiculous' thing he noticed on first trip to Wetherspoons
  • Couple who have been to 500 Wetherspoons in quest to visit them all reveal best one in UK

Choose your content:

an hour ago
2 hours ago
19 hours ago
20 hours ago
  • an hour ago

    Expert reveals how cruise ship team deal with crime while on international waters with no police around

    Cruise ships have their own rules and regulations that allow them to deal with rowdy passengers on board

    Lifestyle
  • 2 hours ago

    Dangers of MDMA after parents issue stark warning to others following death of son, 18, on lads' holiday

    The teen fell ill on the first night of his first lads' trip

    Lifestyle
  • 19 hours ago

    Woman who sold all her possessions to travel the world reveals harsh reality of lifestyle two years in

    It's not all fun and games for Shelly and her husband Shayne

    Lifestyle
  • 20 hours ago

    Couple who travel the world full time reveal how they budget for crazy lifestyle

    The couple in their fifties have spent the last two years seeing the world

    Lifestyle