The Muckle Cross in Moray

I asked for my table to be cleaned when I placed my food order. When my food came the waiter said he'd get someone over to clean the table. I ate my meal, finished my drink, went upstairs to the toilet and it still hadn't been cleaned when I left! It was sticky from glass marks and there was also a couple of dollops of mayo from the previous customers. The food was quite tasty and passable but there were no condiments on the table and no-one came to ask if everything was OK or if I needed anything. Not impressed.

Cheapest bar in Elgin, good food at right price, friendly staff, very central

Visited this place to have a breakfast, when it came it was lukewarm, everything! One of the fried eggs was overcooked and dropped on top of the sausage. Best part was the tea!

Service wasn't great, young lad was very overwhelmed with a group of 6 people. Food was just ok, there was one woman beside our table shouting from the top of her voice. Very crude and annoying. Cheep pints and steak is always a plus tho

Hit or miss with the food but when it's good it's good would love the hummus recipe as it's amazing I did ask but was told can't tell me who it's bought from or what's all in it and was pretty sad to hear that and bad as it is a safety risk for you not to know what is in food (update has gone down alot with the food been on the toilet most of the day after eating there the other day not good )

Cheap & cheerful also staff are friendly & nothing is ever to much bother . When not busy they are always cleaning so place is ready for the next lot of customers.

Cocktails amazing friendly staff

Not afraid of rip-offs. After a short tour of the city, we came here to have a bite to eat and a drink. After we had each ordered our beer and a meal, I noticed at the table that a soft drink was included with every meal. So I went to the bar to get my Coke. At the bar, I was told that I, or we, were no longer entitled to a soft drink. Surprised, I asked and the answer was that since we had sat down and hadn't said anything when ordering, we were no longer entitled to a soft drink. When I asked whether he could see that we were not English but foreigners and that we had not been aware of this rule, the answer was that he could not make an exception. Personally, I see this as fraud and a cheap rip-off of me and my friends. Even if we won't come here again, this place has left a negative mark on our vacation. Thank you very much for nothing!

As wetherspoons goes this is actually quite a good one.The staff were friendly and helpful.I love the fact that they serve food till 11pm regardless if they are busy or not.A lot of pubs these days might say kitchen open till 9pm but close when they feel like it,not on Mr Wetherspoons watch.Its always good to know you can enjoy a few good,cheap pints and have a bite to eat.My only grumble,as with ALL Wetherspoons.....WHY DO THE TOILETS NEED TO BE SO FAR AWAY?Answers on a postcard!!!!!

Good and cheap, nice authentic atmosphere

Great place to have time out in Elgin. Freshly cooked fish and chips and a pint of lager for under a tenner. Free refills of coffee too. I can recommend this Wetherspoons.

After getting our order wrong I had to speak to 3 people to get it corrected. All I wanted was a side of bacon. When they finally brought it, it was a plate of cold, congealed bacon. Disgusting service.

The cleanist Spoons I've ever been in. No sticky tables 🙏

Delicious Scottish breakfast and can't be at the price.

Really great place to meet up with friends and have a good time and a good meal staff friendly and helpful

Visited for the first time in many years with visiting family at lunchtime. Although low prices, it was also low quality. My husband's burger was tiny and not very hot, my cheese and tomato panini looked like a tiny bit of cheese spread in the centre, which although warm was definitely not toasted. Never had one like that before. All the tables looked dirty, so he asked, and had ours wiped before ordering. Cheap, but not cheerful visit.

You honestly can't go wrong with a spoons.

It's a spoons. One of the nicer ones I've been in, food was as you'd expect etc.

Walked in today tables were not cleaned food lying there absolutely disgusting

Food was fine , never had what we ordered before so lovely, sat in the booth with friends and we also ordered 4 cocktail jugs but sadly the booth area turned very cold and draughty so we left leaving our half drunk jugs, yes we could have moved but would have meant moving everything. Just decided we'd be warmer at home.

Fast and friendly service, food tasty and good portions. Value for money. Good location. Recommended 👍

Good service, good space, good food and decent drink prices for whatever you want to get Good variety of food and easy access to Hot coffee and tea, and Free Water. Disabled toilet access on the ground floor. Easy to order on the app. Choice of different seating options from standard tables to booths.

Great Wetherspoons. Cheap drinks, cheap delicious food. Very friendly staff. Excellent all round.

Staff excellent. Food lovely. Beer phenomenal. Disabled toilet constantly open directly into pub is wrong. Appreciate disabled access needed but constantly open door of a toilet into main pub area is disgusting. Door needs screening from customers and self closing after use. System is abused by able bodied public off street..left disgustingly open on to folk eating/drinking.

Everything you expect from wetherspoons....which is why I go back there whenever in Elgin. There was some hassle with a table of customers but the staff dealt with this admirably.

just in for drinks, the food looks good now not so in the past a couple of bad ones so don't eat there anymore

The Tikka Masala is good here, although the Chicken Katsu Curry was served differently than other Wetherspoons I've visited in the Scottish borders. It's a shame that they don't clean the tables here, though. It didn't seem like there's shortage of people working, it just takes hours for them to clean the tables.

Great pub really nice friendly staff.

You can be assured of cheap and cheerful fare at the Muckle Cross in Elgin. Pub grub enhanced by a huge variety of lagers, craft beers and a host of other alcoholic beverages. You may encounter a table that’s not been cleaned but ask staff for assistance. When the ventilation system is in operation, you may feel a cold draught. It may be noisy - adults or children may be responsible. But don’t be put off. This is not “fine” dining but there’s a choice of food (calorific values quoted), offers make orders even cheaper, portion-size is decent, the food is edible and usually arrives hot. If it doesn’t, complain politely. At busy times, staff are under tremendous pressure. Take note of what you will be charged and what the staff may be paid. If you’re solo, please don’t occupy a booth; I’ve always regarded that practice as a trifle selfish. In the Muckle Cross, you will be fed well and have access to cheap alcoholic drinks. Able-bodied patrons have to climb stairs to relieve themselves but exercise is good for you. There’s an accessible disabled toilet. You may find dust here and there but not on the food. Founder Tim Martin has managed to keep this chain going through COVID and a hike in energy costs. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth! Let’s be grateful for small mercies!

A couple of points for the pleasant service. Zero for the kitchen. Both our breakfasts had 2 totally solid eggs. We complained. Our plates got taken away, we waited longer for the eggs to be replaced than the initial wait for our breakfast. By which time the rest of the food was stone cold, one of my eggs was then undercooked and the other one had been broken and congealed across the cold plate. A dreadful experience.

Brilliant atmosphere, superb staff

Having always been an advocate for wetherspoons as cheap and cheerful did not have great expectations but was very disappointed today. 😔 had standard vegetarian breakfast. Nice crispy hash browns and good avocado and tomatoes cooked well. Reasonable vegan sausages and lone mushroom was OK. But, asked for poached egg in place of fried and to our horror what arrived was something had clearly been packaged and refrigerated. Not sure it was even a real egg and hadn't been heated properly. Disgusting. A real shame. Will not be returning. If chef can't make a poached egg shouldn't really be on the menu. A real let down

We visit the local area every year and always make a point to stop into this spoons for breakfast. Lovely staff and warm atmosphere. Food is always delicious 🫶🏻 The miners benidict is to die for

The premises were freezing cold and the continual loud foul language of some customers was disgraceful

Lovely staff. Nice and clean. Not too far from the car park. Easy accessible for wheel chair users.

Perfect for a short rest with good food and cheap prices. There is a huge variety of drinks and foods. We spent every evening there at our time in Elgin.

Visited on 23/06/24 for breakfast. One worker had an attitude when asked to clear a table and our server looked high as a kite and really couldn't be bothered, didn't even know what he was serving. One breakfast was missing mushrooms, they brought out 2 Scottish breakfasts despite one being ordered, the toast arrived cold (server even said it was sitting in the kitchen) and without butter. Food was okay but some improvements needed

You can't beat a Witherspoon pub for atmosphere and good prices.

Prices good, service and staff pleasant. Advise you visit and see how good it is yourself.

The food was awful, the services were not attentive, and the drinks were watered down, or seemed like it. I would not recommend eating here.

Went there for a pint with some friends. The prices are unbeatable, the beer selection vast. Not such a great atmosphere because of the size. Will go there again, also because everything else is closed early.

Its a Wetherspoons, food is average to say the least but saying that good size portions and once ordered even when they are busy the food comes out quick. Staff as always are nice and friendly. Only downside some of the more inebriated clientele.

Harley Mills is a great staff member and makes the pub way way way more enjoyable. Recommended tipping him alot.

Very nice and large pub with affordable drinks. For us, French, this is exactly the image we have of it.

Spoons in Elgin nice people great beer history all around great day out

Good pub very reasonable priced for drinks, food was good and plenty of it again reasonable priced. A bit dark interior but that stop the nice atmosphere. Went in the afternoon but i can imagine it will be busy of a night time over a weekend 3 star's from me.

Clean and cheap and service good toilets clean

Not a huge visitor to JDW places, but no complaints really. Beer, stupidly cheap, food, again cheap and no real complaints. Place very busy. Excellent bar staff.

Nice food! Lovely service from all the staff.

Food was reasonable but the server of food was excellent

Could do with purchasing a music licence since we know we put enough money into the pub 😂 gotta give a big up to the main guys Lucy and Drew for always checking back on us and making sure we have 5* treatment Keep it up girls!

In summary - a nice place to visit , relatively good food in a nice environment. Typical Wetherspoons Food - does what it says on the tin!!!! Cheap cost and plentiful, no complaints. Would not come here for a posh meal, but for a great all day breakfast and a pint, definitely. Service - excellent, staff respectful and on the ball. Atmosphere - great place to visit, clean, tidy and always busy. A good sign if a restaurant/pub is always busy

Atmosphere today was Thick ;-) All Bar Staff (especialy Drew & Eden) on form and doing Great :-) Xx

Fantastic service from drew always a smile 😃

Great customer service very welcoming warm atmosphere great customer service alan was host

Absolutely terrible service .. and took my plate away when I asked where some of my food was brought it back 10 minutes later freezing cold.. and the stuff I was missing on a separate plate anyway.. have no idea why they even took my plate away .. The member of staff was rude and literally just dropped the plates on the table no apology .. And when I went to complain the guy at the till didn't even care I had to ask for my money back as he was still waiting me to eat a freezing cold breakfast.. won't be back for food again ..

Meals on site by ordering over the phone with very fast service and late evening service!

Day out that didn't hurt the pocket too much.

This was our first visit to the Muckle Cross for a number of years. It has a central location and has roughly the same layout as other Wetherspoons we have visited. There is a wide-ranging, reasonably priced menu with several special offers. Today's offer was on curries, and my wife and I opted for two curries, which came with nan bread, poppadoms, and a choice of hot,soft or alcoholic drinks at a slightly higher cost. The total bill came to just under £18 which was very reasonable. We placed our order at the bar, and our meal came fairly quickly. Service was friendly, and we both enjoyed our lunch.

Wow!!! Absolutely vile. I ordered an American burger and chips. Shocked at the size of portion. Tiny!! Bun dry, burger burnt and cold, chips a handful of which were cold. Vile to say the least.

Lovely enough, but the worlds LOUDEST bar staff. No idea why you need to shout all the time.

Fantastic rela ing and quality is always served up at Weatherspoons.

Nice place simple pub grub great value

The young man at the bar today is a gentleman and is an asset to your company.

Had breakfast on 21/01/2024 Sunday morning. Who ever was on breakfast duty made a really good breakfast!! Wasn't over cooked or over fried, just perfect!! Can't beat Wetherspoons for value!

Very nice staff and food was good

Good value. Were there on a Curry night. Portion size was fine, though food could have been hotter-just lukewarm. Place could also have been warmer. Service was fine. Couldn't expect more from a Wetherspoons.

4 stars is only as it's in Elgin. I love the staff. There's a lovely lad with coloured hair. Hes my favourite and a lovely lassie. All the staff are all really accommodating and on top of everything. Seen alot worse spoons. Food is as good as every other. Still great prices just keep up the 1.50 coffee. 🥰

Great food & drink at great prices. Staff always friendly and welcoming.

Leigh and whole team were lovely and friendly

Great breakfast. Only negative was they forgot my eggs, and the black pudding was very dry.

The manager....with long black hair....what can I say ... don't do much...on here mobile phone....or out having a fag....as my partner smokes and saw here....if we are standing at the bar...she will just blank me..If any off here male friend's are at the bar...she will serve them...very lazy...

Came along with the young family. Found a table away from a large Thursday afternoon stag event. Seems their air conditioning in the building has an issue - we were freezing. Mentioned to our server who shrugged his shoulders and said they were warm elsewhere. Food was good. Child number 2 was on hot chocolate which tasted like heated dish water. Seems their machine needs a smack every so often....of only we knew...

female staff are very rude, shouty and aggressive. The orders are always wrong, always double check and be careful with allergens

Went for lunch. Sat in a booth to start with and ordered our food. Then my husband realised the seat was wet so we had to move to another table. Food was good. The place was absolutely baltic.

Good pub grub. Reasonable prices and Always friendly and efficient service.

Where's the pumpkins?ask the manager

Good to catch up with friends and enjoy the banter.

The food was good and not badly priced £6.99 for a full breakfast, tea and toast.

Our first meal in here in a very long time. We were delighted. Food was excellent, service good with happy looking staff. Obviously Weatherspoons prices, so a good deal but genuinely a really lovely meal.

The table was dirty with food particles, wet, a dirty cloth and spray bottle plus about 10 menus scattered on the table. We cleaned the table as best as we could. I ordered at the bar as I was having issues with the newly loaded app. The Tika masala curry came quickly. The knife and fork were not clean and I got them exchanged at the bar. Another customer told me this is what you have to expect at Wetherspoons. The curry was OK. After 15 minutes the same person who served the food asked if everything was OK I said no as I had to exchange the knife and Fork. Reply was “oh so you had a grubby Knife and Fork?” I said also we had to clean the table before we could sit down. “Well you picked a dirty table!” Then she turned her back to me raised her arms towards the ceiling and went outside to send some texts on her phone. We used to be regulars at the Elgin Wetherspoons, but then the service started to slip and orders had to be sent back. We didn’t go there for years and now we find it is even worse. We have been to other Wetherspoons at Inverurie, and two in Aberdeen, one in Warrington and another in Peterhead without any issue, albeit that was a few years ago. The management need to privately take a close look at the Elgin Branch, like the Secret boss series. I am sure there will be more revelations. Cleanliness and Service should be paramount

Was meeting a couple of colleagues before meeting up elsewhere for a graduation party...

Was a basic weatherspoons and not very clean won't go back

Service is good using the app. Beer excellent, food decent, atmosphere a bit noisy and a few folk who'd clearly had a bit much.

Cheap and cheerful. You just can't really complain about it.

It was a very busy place & the service was good

I'm fully aware that this is a spoons. But as far as they go, cannot grumble one single bit. The service is lightning fast, the food is seriously tasty, and the atmosphere is always booming. The staff are alway working tirelessly and it shows. Again, the food really is great here; value for money cannot be beaten anywhere else!

I only have one word disgusting never again 2x bbq chicken & cheese paninis I think the chicken had run off

Took a group of 20 German students and teachers here for lunch during their Exchange Visit. They thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Food was good and staff were very friendly and helpful.

スコットランドの古都、エルギンで一番のパブはここ。 暗すぎず明るすぎず、沢山のエールに食事もばっちりで、どれもお値打ちです。 何度でも訪れたい、素晴らしい酒場です。

Very good place,and the price is right.

Nice staff, lovely building, good beer and reasonable food. Standard Wetherspoons but much to recommend it.

Best place in town to spend a few hours and a few quid. Would highly recomend

Good menu- plenty choice and at very reasonable prices . Drinks included . My 2 grandchildren and myself had lunch for £17. They both took burgers with chips( adult portions ) and cleared their plates ! I had panini . All very tasty and great value . Very family friendly and pleasant and helpful staff.

Must have been the chefs bad day, four of us had the small fish plate, wish I had taken a photo,. they sure were tiny and mine was all dried and curled up I ate it because I was hungry think we will give jd Mucklecross a miss next time we're in Elgin

Ordered a Scottish breakfast and scrambled eggs on toast, this was just after 9am on a Tuesday morning and the restaurant was quiet. Food took about 20 minutes to arrive. The Scottish breakfast had no fried egg, I let a staff member know and a couple of minutes later they brought me one, I took a piece of bacon and it was really cold, not even slightly warm. I went to the bar to let them know, it was taken away and at least another 20 minutes passed before another breakfast was brought. Was the same breakfast as the sauce on the beans was dried up. Was warm but no idea why it took 20 minutes to microwave it which they clearly done. No apology offered at any time. I have used this establishment many times but won't be again.

Great evening celebrating a birthday, great food

Snad jen úklid stolů bych vytknul, jinak vše super.

The breakfast we waited for the coffee cups didn't arrive our breakfast turned up then I went to get the cups myself Luke warm breakfast with people walking up to get condiments just above my shoulder untidy place with no idea we shall not return

Sehr gutes Essen, das - für mich völlig neuartig - entweder an der Theke direkt oder per Wetherspoon-App am Tisch bestellt werden kann. Sehr große Lokalität, bei der man eher selten auf einen freien Tisch warten muss (freie Tischwahl). Die Getränke kamen innerhalb von 5 Minuten, das Essen nach 15 Minuten. Also wirklich top. Einziger Kritikpunkt: Eine der Bedienungen musste extra gebeten werden, den Tisch abzuwischen, auf dem noch Ale der letzten paar Gäste (5? 10?) klebte. Dem entsprechend war ihre Mine nicht sehr positiv und die anschließend gebrachte Essensbestellung wurde kommentarlos am Tisch "abgeladen". Eine andere Kellnerin hingegen servierte den frei gewordenen Nachbartisch ab und putzte diesen sofort. Vielleicht hatte unsere Kellnerin auch einfach einen miesen Tag. :-) Jedenfalls kann ich das Lokal dennoch empfehlen, wenn man ein gutes, reichhaltiges und günstiges Essen sucht.