[Closed] I nearly fainted in the pub yesterday...how expensive??

Slow day Elfin? 😆
I dunno how people can still afford to go for a pint or 3 in the eve. I want every tune in the world on the jukebox, gold plated pool cues and beautiful women just itching to chat to me for todays prices!

I'll never forget the time i was charged £2.50 for a pint of coke. It was more expensive than the beer!

I quite like the Lyttleton RD

Slow day Elfin?

You know me, Kev. 😉

I was out in That London's famous West End last night. There are some stunning boozers round there, round Theatreland. Yeah, much of it's for the tourists and the theatregoers, but by 'eck there's a bewildering choice. Prices are a little steep in some, granted, but tbh, no more than in yer nicer pubs in rural places and that.

A good pub's not just about the booze. I don't mind paying a bit extra to sit in a nice well-kept happy environment where I can sup a nice pint and relax. if I want cheap booze, I've got a good selection of 'The Jockey out of Shameless' style dives near me. Surprisingly, the booze ain't all that cheaper really. Or I can stay at home with me bottle of White Lightning....

£5.50 a pint for Leffe in a chop house in manc. First and last visit...

If its the chophouse Im thinking of- 3 pints of ALE £11.

£1.85 each, for a bloody Fruit Shoot for the kids last week, at a birthday party at a Wacky Warehouse type place. Its pop FFS. Totally out of order.

Never ever venture to Ibiza is all i can advise then! 11€ Bottle of San mig, 18€ Red bull and vodka!

At that price I just hope there is no queue ... 😯

Elf: "I was out in That London's famous West End last night."

Oh. But you posted on here 16, 18, 19 and 21 hours ago (~7 until midnight).

Oh. But you posted on here 16, 18, 19 and 21 hours ago (~7 until midnight).

Can't afford more than one beer in a London pub.

I Once accidentally paid 18 Euro for a shot of single malt in Annecy 😯

Thank god for company expenses 😆

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buzz-lightyear - Member

Elf: "I was out in That London's famous West End last night."

Oh. But you posted on here 16, 18, 19 and 21 hours ago (~7 until midnight).

Making up story are we? LOL! Caught!

😆

Jeeze, you some kind of stalker, buzz? 😯

16 hours ago? Where you getting that from? Have another look.

Wanna see my Oyster card printout? It'll show you my journeys and times. Or my debit card history. I dare say there will be CCTV footage of me in that area, if you need further proof. And the waitresses in the restaurant I was in will remember me. 😉

Y'know, if you're that interested, like. 🙄

Making up story are we? LOL! Caught!

Er, nope.

I want every tune in the world on the jukebox, gold plated pool cues and beautiful women just itching to chat to me for todays prices!

My local offers nice ale, gold-plated bullshit and women that make you itchy... will that do?

If anyone wants to know the nuts and bolts of the price of beer feel free-as the name implies, I am actually a publican...

cheaper up north for a reason
more expensive in london for a reason
(should be) cheaper in free house
more expensive in a tenanted pub

Accidentally order a can of coke for 7 euros once.

I happily pay £3.50 for a pint, it generally means im drinking someone free from chavs and people with beards.

Hmm, seems that Buzz looked at 'Most Recent' instead of 'User Replied' in my post history, in his pathetic attempt to discredit me. How sad. More sad is the fact someone would go to such lengths in the first place. Get a life, eh? 🙄

A simple apology for calling me a liar will suffice, Buzz. In a new thread entitled 'An apology to Elfinsafety'. 🙂

And I promise not to crow on too much. 😉

3 emocions in one post! He means business buzz!! 😀

GrahamS - yeah, go on then, you've twisted my arm 😉

TBh I would rather pay a premium in a London boozer, with a lively fun atmosphere, good healthy mix of people, and lots of pretty things to look at, than sit in some sullen, miserable pub in some Godforsaken provincial town or village, with surly territorial narrow-minded locals, hardly any women and warm beer. There's a reason why beer is cheap in places like that you know...

Welcome to Norfolk. Did you not enjoy your visit?

Actually there's both types of bar here. San Miguel or Carlsberg Export £2.30, snooker 50p, pool 20p, darts, cards etc. It's okay once you've conditioned yourself to it.
The other bar is on a ship in the harbour. Bottle of Grolsch £2.50 a bottle. They have some good ales apparently (I tried some on saturday night. Ale is not for me). Surly locals don't go on there. There's a brawling pub a few hundreds yard across the quayside.

"Jeeze, you some kind of stalker, buzz?"

Ooops! You got me.

He means business buzz!!

Too bloody right. Bin called a liar, basically. Don't quite know why, either. I notice Buzz hasn't responded, but I do expect a full public apology. 🙂

Welcome to Norfolk. Did you not enjoy your visit?

I've never been to Norfolk!!

I don't know if I shall ever visit. So many places; so little time. 🙁

There's a brawling pub a few hundreds yard across the quayside.

😀 I may have to rethink my travel plans.

this is why i usually only post on the bike forum, Elfin usually turns every thread into a Me Me me, look at me thread, but i'm safe on the bike forum i think, because he can't actually ride can he?, he's always here writing about himself

Houns - Member
I quite like the Lyttleton RD

yea, i used to like parking my battered little Yaris between the ferraris, lambos and bentleys you get there

£3 a pint here for most ales, best value in Bath though I say so myself

Aw, feeling a little ignored, RD? 😉

because he can't actually ride can he?,

I'll ride you into the ground mate. Then, right, I'll lap you and do it all over again. Mountain Mayhem. Be there. And you can buy me a beer when I beat you. 😉

I used to occasion the Lyttleton in my battered Yaris as well, the wychbury was just on my road but as I used to be kept awake by scalleys fighting in the carpark almost every night I hardly ever drank in there. Although it was always a good spot to watch the rugby on a saturday. whats your local RD? the french hen?

TBC - thanks for the reminder that I need to venture back to the Cask and Barrel - great pub that with a rather good selection of beers.

Well, it costs us IRO 40p a pint to make beer.
That includes malt, hops, gas , electricity , water , chemicals and closures.
We sell beer to freehouse for between 80p and 90p a pint . ex vat.

Our mark up has to cover wages , rent ,rates ,delivery costs and profit to cover investment.

Unfortunatly alot of landlords have to buy from a fixed price suppliers list. This is provided by their pub owning company. These prices are grossly inflated to make the pubco a nice tidy profit ( until no-one goes to the pub coz its too expensive)

I doubted your sincerity. I apologise.

I'll ride you into the ground mate. Then, right, I'll lap you and do it all over again. Mountain Mayhem. Be there. And you can buy me a beer when I beat you

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. whats your local RD? the french hen?

i used to go out with a girl who rented a house opposite it, what was it called before the Hen?

I doubted your sincerity. I apologise

Ok then. Apology accepted.

RD; I'm serious. You can't just diss someone's ability and get away with it. Gauntlet's been thrown. You best start training. I'm enjoying that pint already.... 8)

Singletrackmind will tell you that I, like him, am a Top Ten Finisher in International Mountain Bike Racing.

And the beer he makes (he's a TV Celebrity Brewer you know) is fantastic, and I'd happily pay good money for a pint.

A pint of standard muck will cost you about £3 in yer average pub these days. In't a decent pint in a nice pub worth the extra?

Paid £10 for a shot of sambuca In London just before Christmas. Gutted as the round was for 11 people...

It's London. The World comes to you

There's no surfing or mountain biking in London, which are both far more fun than sitting in a boozer.

It really seems to me that the World, or at least most of England, comes here between May and August, which somewhat explains the bullsh]t prices the local pubs & restaurants charge around here. I'd rather stay at home and spend my money on wax and lube.

Elfin, MM is north of Watford, how are you going to cope away from London for 24hrs? I don't think you've thought this through

£3.75 for a pint of lager, and £4.40 for a bottle of cider in a recent pub visit in Edinburgh. Oof!

Most city pubs are a rip off if you don't know where to go.

In Manchester you can get a nice pint of ale in the city centre for £2.50 ish but it's now hovering around the £3.00 mark in a lot of pubs.

In the suburbs it's a bit cheaper, the Royal Oak in Didsbury sells ale for £2.20 a pint and Didsbury is proper posh too. 😉

However, we all know that the best pubs in Manchester are in Stockport - The Magnet and The Crown both have 14 handpumps on and are less than £2.50 a pint, plus the clientelle tend to be nicer.

£2 a pint of perfectly drinkable bitter at the Smith's pub on St Martin's Lane, WC2N.

Just two hundred yards from Nelson's Column too.

£2 a pint of perfectly drinkable bitter at the Smith's pub on St Martin's Lane, WC2N.

I work almost opposite that pub (Im here today) but go out of my way to drink somewhere else. Cant stand Smith's Bitter. Their lagers are OK though.

However, we all know that the best pubs in Manchester are in Stockport

Sweet Jesus GG. The reason the pubs in Manchester charge so much is due to the "it could be worse. A lot worse. You could be in Stockport" premium 😉

from Crap Towns:

Stockport is a small town in South Manchester. Much of Engels’ research for Marx’s Communist Manifesto was based on the apalling working conditions in the town’s hat mills. And to be honest it’s gone down hill ever since.

The overiding ‘look’ for Stockport’s locals is a shaven head with optional Fila cap / visor perched on top, a Reebok shell suit the legs of which are tucked into a pair of overpowering patterned socks and a pair of Rockport, Timberland or Kicker boots. Gold jewellry is popular, usually incorporating sovereigns and / or Marijuana leaf motifs. The male uniform is fairly similar.

Anyone deviating from this universally accepted look faces daily verbal and physical abuse.

Entertainment includes avoiding being glassed in one of the town’s many pubs, avoiding being stabbed on the infamous “192? bus and avoiding leaving your house as much
as possible.

Merseyway precinct is the town’s heart. If you do wish to buy anything from Woolworths, Argos or “Everything
For ?1?, avoid walking within stone’s throw of the 2nd floor balcony edge or you face a shower of gob, McDonald’s fries and of course stones from the gangs of youths above.

Such a beautiful picture you paint, Binners. 🙂

£2 a pint of perfectly drinkable bitter at the Smith's pub on St Martin's Lane, WC2N.

Just two hundred yards from Nelson's Column too.

The Chandos. Nice pub, walked past it t'other night to go to the Lyceum Tavern on the Strand. Sam Smiths do run some lovely pubs; the Princess Louise up on High Holborn is beautiful. Apparently they spent £2m on restoring it to it's original look (listed building). It gets too packed mind, speshly of a Thursday/Friday evening.

I know Stoner hates Sam Smiths pubs, but they are often very nice places to drink in, and very reasonably priced too, considering the fact you can actually get a decent pint there. As Stoner points out though, their lagers are good, better than the usual muck, and their Pure Brewed lager is excellent, how a lager should be. I like their wheat beer; healthy, tasty and nutritious.

I think the ambience of the pub is crucial. I mean, some Wetherspoons have some decent beers on tap sometimes, but they tend to be awful places devoid of any soul or decent atmosphere. They're just cheap.

As for the clientele; some of the worst places to drink are those which attract loads of suits. Sadly many City pubs suffer this; hordes of boring, vacuous drones all desperately trying to impress each other. All Bar One and The Slug and Lettuce on Canary Wharf are two particularly bad examples of this type of place. 'Bars' rather than 'pubs'. Nasty. And there's always a certain Cocaine-fuelled menace about these places too. Avoid.

The very, very worst, however, are Whine Bars. Where you can't even get a decent pint of anything, and where everything costs a fortune. The work of Satan. Should all be closed down immediately. They symbolise all that is wrong in the World.

Drink in the park. £10 for 15 strongbow. Sorted.

Not the best idea this time of year though...

binners - Like I said in my post, you need to know where you're going to find the best pubs - Stockport is the nice end of Manchester in my experience. 😉

It is missing the crack dealers in Piccadilly Gardens though. They make the Manchester more homely.

Don't worry GG; Binners is from Warrington. 🙁