£20 for a pub lunch?!

[Mark]

Alright for some I suppose, this report says that pubs are relying more and more on food revenues and are pushing up the prices. I'm not surprised mind, when you pay on average £8 for a hot meal and not much less for a sandwich.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7046664.stm

[Curryhead]

we have enjoyed good cheap pub food for a while now, I suppose the bubble has to burst soon :(

[Dave B]

Can't beat a Wetherspoons for value. £20 would easily buy lunch and drinks for two or three people.

[Iain]

My only reservation with Wetherspoons is that they hardly ever have exactly what you want. Nearly every time I've been in one, they've had to say "oh sorry, we've no lasagne/burgers/pies/cheese left". :mark:

[Donney]

we have enjoyed good cheap pub food for a while now, I suppose the bubble has to burst soon :(


Which is a real pity cause without it my week in England last summer would not have been the same. :(

[KILOHMUNNS]

I have 2 local pubs (neither are Wetherspoons) that do 2 meals for £10 on the majority of their menu. The food is pretty good as well and it's rare when they run out of something.

[BDunnell]

Again, this is market forces for you, combined with the fact that we traditionally seem to pay well over the odds for food at pubs, restaurants and outdoor events compared to much of the rest of Europe.

[GridGirl]

I had a Wetherspoons meal last Friday lunchtime. It was an entirely beige meal and didn't include half of the ingredients stated on the menu. It tasted of pretty much nothing, I'm sure I could have got a better meal from the McDonalds next door. :s I'd rather pay more money and get a decent meal any day of the week. :)

[Drew]

Can't beat a Wetherspoons for value. £20 would easily buy lunch and drinks for two or three people.

£5 for a beer and burger, brilliant!

[J4MIE]

Weatherspoons is brilliant, never been disappointed there :up:

[GridGirl]

Don't try the one in Birmigham City centre between Broad Street and Victoria Square. :p

[LotusElise]

Both the places we used to go for Friday lunch at work had meal deals on - £10 for two people at the Wetherspoon-ish pub, £8 each at the nicer pub with better food. The portions were decent in both cases.
Some pubs can have really good chefs working for them and then I don't mind paying extra. Not sure I'd pay much more for Wetherspoon stuff than I do now, and that's only if I'm really hungry.

[SOD]

for £20 or £40 you could buy the finest fillet steak, a bottle of chateau latour and cook it yourself ;)

[jim mcglinchey]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=476612&in_page_id=1770

steak, no thanks!