The absolute state of pubs these days

200sols said:
People have just realised that going out drinking every night for 5 years isnt a good idea :cry:
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I think its one of those things that once its gone it will be hard to come back from.

For some reason it's always been popular (not sure why myself would rather go round someone's house). But now costs are biting many will likely never go back.

Its a Friday tradition for many and I've always been shocked how much many pay for a night out. I mean each to thier own but 50 quid for a night "drinking" doesn't do it for me.


I wonder how many will think "I have much more cash now, health is better, and I don't lose the next day to feeling like ****"


I know many don't go out doing don't this, but many do. Feels like it was a social norm that's now been taking by force, but may never come back.
 
Bassmansam said:
I was paying between £2-3 for a pint Prague in December, mad prices over here.
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With the combination of exchange rates going down and prices increasing- I paid about £1.20 for beer when I was last there in 2007. Exchange rate was 42 czk to £1 now it’s 27 czk.
 
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cheesefest said:
We have customers buy cases of 15, 18 and 20 Carling or Fosters every day! How can they drink this dishwater is another question.
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I think Fosters is the epitome of "cheap and cheerful" beer. I can actually do it, in extreme situations. It's the lowest I will go.

Carling, on the other hand, is the most dire beer known to man. It's fine for stripping paint or killing weeds, but you don't drink the stuff. We hit rock bottom as a species when we invented that. Forget oil spills, plastic pollution, light pollution, big data harvesting or nuclear war: Carling is the worst thing we have done to this planet, and we should be eradicated as a species for creating it.
 
It's a sad state really but inevitable. The pubs will mostly all die out. The strong chains may stay. The pubs which are not really pubs but disguised restaurants will probably stay. Most of my local nice places are fundamentally restaurants now which is a shame as you can't even go to some of them for a drink as the bar is kind of out of bounds and only for staff to use to bring to your table. I only tend to find myself at these kind of places when eating out with family or friends or for an occasion. Actual pubs though....of the few left, I go to a couple locally which are about £5 a pint. In London, the couple of places we like near the office average about £6 a pint, but there are pints priced at £7 too.

My biggest beef is - as the op says - the extremely harsh closing times which seem to have crept in. This is happening everywhere, even in London relative hot spots. We've been kicked out of our local (ish) pub a few times at 9:30pm. We also used to go to the same pub on the way back from football arriving about 10:10 and drink till about 11:30-midnight back in the day. Now we get dodgey looks and informed instantly upon arrival that we can only order one round and they close at 10:30pm.
 
jaybee said:
My biggest beef is - as the op says - the extremely harsh closing times which seem to have crept in. This is happening everywhere, even in London relative hot spots. We've been kicked out of our local (ish) pub a few times at 9:30pm. We also used to go to the same pub on the way back from football arriving about 10:10 and drink till about 11:30-midnight back in the day. Now we get dodgey looks and informed instantly upon arrival that we can only order one round and they close at 10:30pm.
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I know, I couldn't believe it last night. I walked into a pub near Warren Street and was told they were serving last orders. It wasn't even 10pm. Just ridiculous. What is the point?

Actually one of the most annoying things recently in central London was when I went to a pub to do some work one evening. I went to a Sam Smiths thinking it would be cheap - £6.70 for a pint of badly-poured "organic" lager - that was bad enough. But then, when I got my laptop out, I was told to put it away. Aghast, I asked why, and they said "this is a digital detox pub, you can't use laptops or phones". No wonder the place was nearly empty. I drank the beer in ten minutes and left.
 
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Lysander said:
I think Fosters is the epitome of "cheap and cheerful" beer. I can actually do it, in extreme situations. It's the lowest I will go.

Carling, on the other hand, is the most dire beer known to man. It's fine for stripping paint or killing weeds, but you don't drink the stuff. We hit rock bottom as a species when we invented that. Forget oil spills, plastic pollution, light pollution, big data harvesting or nuclear war: Carling is the worst thing we have done to this planet, and we should be eradicated as a species for creating it.
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I'd take Carling over Stella any day of the week, but I don't like most beers anyway (Leffe, Blue Moon, & Peroni being exceptions).
 
413x said:
It’s a Friday tradition for many and I've always been shocked how much many pay for a night out. I mean each to thier own but 50 quid for a night "drinking" doesn't do it for me.
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£50 is cheap, closer to £100 for me. Granted that does usually include some food.
 
Stu999 said:
£50 is cheap, closer to £100 for me. Granted that does usually include some food.
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And that's how I know I'm old, spending a week's worth of groceries on a night down the pub? lol

Even clubbing in London was more cost effective than that.
 
cheesefest said:
We have customers buy cases of 15, 18 and 20 Carling or Fosters every day! How can they drink this dishwater is another question.
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As always it’s personal taste. I would rather drink my own urine than touch a drop of gin, others can’t get enough of the stuff.
 
krooton said:
And that's how I know I'm old, spending a week's worth of groceries on a night down the pub? lol

Even clubbing in London was more cost effective than that.
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Not sure about old. I feel same as you. Just can't justify it.
I'm happy to pay for "experiences" but personally, I couldn't pay 100 for pub food.
 
Doobedoo said:
Thing is I was buying crates of Bud last year and over the World Cup at it worked out 50p a bottle.

I’ll pay for a pint if I’m in a pub but the desire to actually want to go to one is just not their.
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Used to find a box of 24 bottles of bud in my local morrisons for £10 every so often. But not for about 3 years or so. Now the best I ever see it at is £12 for 20. Puts it into perspective when the restaurants around me charge £3.50 for one bottle. And it's not even the 330ml variety. It's 300ml!
 
413x said:
Not sure about old. I feel same as you. Just can't justify it.
I'm happy to pay for "experiences" but personally, I couldn't pay 100 for pub food.
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I think he means older inasmuch as when you're an undergrad, you only need money for drink and food. That's about it. You don't have to pay rent and bills.

When you have to pay rent and bills, spending £100 on getting drunk is just lunacy.
 
Lysander said:
I think he means older inasmuch as when you're an undergrad, you only need money for drink and food. That's about it. You don't have to pay rent and bills.

When you have to pay rent and bills, spending £100 on getting drunk is just lunacy.
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Most students pay rent and bills don't they?
 
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