skanky pub prices!

[Arriba]

what a fucking rip off.went for a round of pitch and put at coate today with my son.after the round i fancied a pint so we went to the sun inn.i had a pint of stowfords press and my lad had a packet of crisps and a coke.fucking five pounds thirty!
i think i'll stick to my home and social club drinking.

[Simon Pieman]

I'd say a pint for £3, a coke for £1.80 and crisps for 50p isn't out of the ordinary.

[Peter Venkman]

I'd say a pint for £3, a coke for £1.80 and crisps for 50p isn't out of the ordinary.

Unfortunately I have to agree with you there Si thats pretty much the going rate down here too.

[Arriba]

no wonder pubs are going out of business then.the gulf between shop prices and pub prices is growing to ridiculous proportions.

[lebowski]

How did the round go Arriba? Did your lad let you win?

[Arriba]

was ok.my boy loses his rag but can hit the ball well.his putting lets him down badly.i won but not by alot.

[my-velocity]

You had Stowfords that's probably the reason, normally expensive anyways..

[DMR]

We should have a TEF pitch and putt tournament.

Stowfords 2.90 in my local in Devizes, the Southgate. If you were shocked by those prices one can only assume you havne't been to a pub for years, or been exclusively to 'spoons.

[STFC_Gazzza]

Pubs are going out of business because of the smoking ban, Have to re-coup the losses. Hence why most pubs do food now.

[pumbaa]

Pubs are going out of business because of the smoking ban, Have to re-coup the losses. Hence why most pubs do food now.

I'm sure the smoking ban has impacted the traditional 'drinkers pub', but lets face it, most pubs have been doing food for years now.

On the subject of which, I've noticed that there are fewer genuine pubs doing genuine home cooked food, from scratch, as opposed to chucking pre-prepared food in the microwave and still charging you 10 quid + for a main course. I want ingenious, quality, well prepared fresh food when I eat out, however it seems to me its a case of maximise profit over quality.

And by the way, I'd much rather sit and eat in a nice no-smoking pub than have 3 fat geezers smoking cigars next to me while I'm trying to eat (which happened to me earlier this week in Greece).

[DMR]

Pubs are going out of business because of the smoking ban, Have to re-coup the losses. Hence why most pubs do food now.

I'm sure the smoking ban has impacted the traditional 'drinkers pub', but lets face it, most pubs have been doing food for years now.

On the subject of which, I've noticed that there are fewer genuine pubs doing genuine home cooked food, from scratch, as opposed to chucking pre-prepared food in the microwave and still charging you 10 quid + for a main course. I want ingenious, quality, well prepared fresh food when I eat out, however it seems to me its a case of maximise profit over quality.
And by the way, I'd much rather sit and eat in a nice no-smoking pub than have 3 fat geezers smoking cigars next to me while I'm trying to eat (which happened to me earlier this week in Greece).

Go to a restaurant then, not the bloody pub.

[pumbaa]

Most pubs are restaurants though, or are trying to be......

[Ralphy]

If I want a meal i'll go to a decent restaurant, thats what they were invented for!!!

A pub is a place to get drunk, have a laugh with the lads and flirt with girls.

[Arriba]

We should have a TEF pitch and putt tournament.

Stowfords 2.90 in my local in Devizes, the Southgate. If you were shocked by those prices one can only assume you havne't been to a pub for years, or been exclusively to 'spoons.

i go out a fair bit,but granted mainly to a social club. other pubs i've been in dont seem to charge so much for a coke.
£1.80 is a joke.arkells pubs are a bit pricey overall i've found.always have been

[Simon Pieman]

It's like that in most places arriba, tis a rip off, but I suppose so are non-pub places that sell coke.