If you are travelling outside of London, try a village pub. They are usually the social hub of the village and lots of locals will be there especially at weekends. Many pubs serve a roast dinner on Sundays. It can be beef, lamb, chicken etc with vegetables and probably a yorkshire pudding. There will be other items on the menu including vegetarian options. They are reasonably priced usually and you will find families with children all eating together. There are plenty of soft drinks available and it's quite common for one person in a group to be the designated driver who doesn't drink alcohol and to drive tge others home. If you go in a pub in the mornings it's quite common to be able to get a coffee instead of alcohol. The name pub is short for public house and the ambience is casual and friendly, usually! On Saturdays when there is a big football match in the area, it might be best to avoid certain pubs! 🤣
Of all the US takes on English life, this lass is one of the better ones. I like her channel immensely, even though her content is Londoncentric, and I’m up in Lancashire. Just ask at the bar or one of the drinkers what to order. They’ll be more than happy to expound their knowledge at length. We’re nice people.
Whilst I agree UK pints are bigger, US fluid oz are actually bigger, best to do the comparison in Litres US pint 0.474 litres, US fl oz 0.029 Litres, UK pint 0.568 Litres, UK fl oz 0.028 Litres. Also UK draught beer averages about 4.0 abv with US about 5.0 abv, and yes we can both get stronger beers, but our (UK) beer is on average weaker. Also true when comparing UK to most of the EU.
@@stephenlee5929 A UK pint is still 20% bigger than the US equivalent. I think the average ABV in Britain is about 4.5% but the typical brewery or pub in the UK has a range of beers - from the 'session beers' (where you might drink lots of pints in a 'session' that may be about 4% ABV) to other 'strong ale' beers that might be 6%, 7% or more (Old Tom, from Stockport is 8.5%, as is Orkney Skull Splitter)
@@ChrisMartin-b7l Just pointing out comparing fluid ounces is not a good idea, as these also differ. Regarding strength of average pint in UK, according to UK government (based on tax revenue) in 2018 1,195 million litres of beer were sold, of which 365 million were at strength 4.0 abv, the next largest volume was 205 million at 4.8 abv, then 150 million at 5%, So I suggest the most likely strength of beer bought in 2018 was about 4%. It is also true that recently abv of UK beers have reduced, mainly to reduce costs tax change in August 2023, Example Fosters reduced abv from 4% to 3.7%, Speckled hen reduced from 5.0 to 4.8%, and Bishops Finger from 5.4 to 5.2%..
Although queuing is a big thing, you can go to the bar but just "hold the queue in your head" and if the server tries to serve you before the other people, you just tell the server "I'm after them". If you're not sure the order of the queue, you just make eye contact with the other person queuing and they will either say "you first" or just nod at you to go ahead. Also, I've never heard of anyone tipping, but you can say "and one for yourself" where you offer to buy them a drink and they just charge for an extra one.
I'm not familiar with London pubs, but if you go into pubs elsewhere in England with friends then an important concept is 'The Round'.... there's a whole etiquette about this. If you are going to the pub (say with three friends) you offer to buy them a drink and go to the bar and buy the drinks. That becomes a 'round' and then there's a further etiquette that as soon a someone in the group is getting close to finishing their drink someone else offers to buy another 'round' of drinks.... To avoid social embarrassment amongst friends you need to avoid being the last person to buy a round or to be that person who never buys a round! Of course the 'my shout' or 'my round' culture explains often why you end up drinking more beer than you intend! If you move between pubs from your first beer to your second you still need to 'buy your round'...
In Portsmouth one of the best pubs is the still and west its at the mouth of the harbour so in the summer you can sit outside watching the ships and boats go by
Sunday roast, is referring to a traditional sunday roast dinner. Some form of meat (beef, pork, lamb or chicken) throw some veg in the roasting pan with the meat (carrots, potatoes) then serverved with some more veg and proper meat stock gravy. Most people have a sunday roast usually at home, but a lot of people like to go to a pub for the sunday roast so they dont have to cook. Best way to describe it to an american would be, it's is like a slightly smaller version of a christmas or thanks giving dinner, but still quite a large plate of food. Pub closing times can vary a bit, most pubs are closed by midnight though, so usually around 10:30-11pm is last orders. Clubs are different, clubs can stay open pretty much as late as they want. Where i used to live, you could actually go from friday night, to monday morning none stop clubbing, if you changed venues. One was open from 8pm until abut 4am, the next opened at 2am and was open until abut 8am.. And so on.
As a Brit a queue in a Pub is very strange! Proper way is to figure out a mental queue when you arrive at the bar - make a note of who is there before you and who arrives after you - take your turn when the folks before you have been served. If they try to serve you out of order defer to the person you think is before you - “he/she was before me…” you will get kudos for this.
One of the best things about living in the UK is we don't have the insane tipping culture, whereby it's practically obligatory, irrespective of the quality of service. Tipping in restaurants is semi customary, and 10-15% is fine. If you don't tip, nobody is going to chase you down the street. Tipping in a pub is really not usual, and buying staff a drink is something that tends to happen in village pubs where you know the bar staff. But really there aren't any rules about pub culture - just visit, go with the flow, and a good bar person will help you navigate through the vast range of drinks. Lagers, ales and ciders are the mainstay, but wine and spirits are also big. We don't tend to do cocktails the way Americans do, at least not in pubs. There are a million bars where you will find cocktails, but don't expect anything more exotic than regular mixed drinks in a pub.
What she said about the restaurant part of the pub isn’t necessarily true, in a lot of pubs you still need to go the bar to order food (mostly if it’s a large pub and/or pub chain) Also lots of pubs don’t have a “restaurant section”, and every table is for eating and drinking.
Pubs have different opening (thus closing), times, but a reasonable expectation (in England) is 10:30pm on a Sunday and 11:00pm other nights. There maybe some later nights for some pubs, night clubs are different. Last Orders is normally rung 10 minutes before closing time, and you are technically allowed 20 minutes to 'drink up' after the second bell, but you wont be popular with bar staff if you hang around. Times for food are generally much more restricted. You can normally get food at lunch time and early evening, rarely afternoon or after about 09:00pm. There are exception specially with some chain pubs.
London pubs are city pubs so mainly workers who then leave London to go home.Nothing like a country pub where full of locals.They also have gardens to sit in.
I will make one very serious suggestion to you. If you visit the UK and intend to drive, the Drink/Drive law in the UK is very strict. If you commit a driving offence (maybe quite easy if you are new to driving in the UK) and that would include using a mobile (Cell) Phone and you are observed by a Police Officer, they will probably stop you (though in general they will be quite friendly and not threatening, and remember they are not armed) and if they believe you have been drinking will breathalyse you. If Positive you will be taken to a Police Station and put in a cell until your alcohol level restores to within legal limits. For a UK residence that would mean a 12 month driving ban, a large fine and vastly increased insurance costs for your car. Usually more than 1 pint would put you over the limit.
Pub shows it's cashless. Totally opposite with my nearest local as it's cash only and doesn't take card. All around where I live do both. I'm glad I always carry some cash as have already seen it when a system goes down Pubs and a Club having to resort to cash.
Cider is strongly alcoholic in the UK so Americans would call it 'hard cider' not that apple flavoured fruit juice known in the US. Connoisseurs should find an apple growing area and look for a farm that sells 'scrumpy' which is home brewed cider and will allow you to see the fairies!!
One thing you specifically need to know is, that you don’t ask for a beer, the barman will just look at you and say, yea which one do you want, you need to be specific as to what beer you want.
This old man recalls much different pubs back then; usually two rooms, a 'snug' 'saloon' or 'bar', where there's room to sit, or room only to stand or play bargames like shove-ha'penny, skittles or cribbage, and a quieter place where the ladies can feel more at home. Only food was packets of crisps or sometimes pickles like onions or eggs. A few pubs were also hostelrys that had rooms to rent, and these might serve simple food like meat or cheese sandwiches (it happens in a Sherlock Holmes story). More recently, pubs became places to watch a TV screen of a sporting event; more recently still, the surviving ones are 'gastro-pubs' where food is served all day. There are many soft or fruit drinks available, but mixed or complex drinks tend not to be asked for when the place is crowded, and tend only to be served at 'stockbroker's pubs' in the City.
Thank you! That's what I was thinking but when it came up in the video I stated to question if tipping was a little more common than I thought outside of the US.
@@californianreacts well put it this way. tipping is way less common then compared to america. well i tip if i get a good server at a restaurant. but keep in mind. servers in the uk get paid enough money to live on. so tips are a bonus. also there are take away food delivery services that ask for tips for drivers. but like i said tipping is always optional for everything. so never feel pressured to do so.
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First thing to do before visiting a London pub is, first, remortgage your house. Second, sell your first and second born. Then, and only then, can you afford a pint. The bint has done what most novices has done is to assume London is typical of the UK. Most people do not live in London.
or visit london. I always find it strange that Americans come to the UK and London is the place they want to visit; yet they'd probably find it strange if a Brit went to American and went to Washington DC just because it's the capital.
When you order a pint at the bar you’d ask for “a pint of Carling/Amstel/Heineken/Carlsberg/Guinness/Bitter/Cider/Old Tom’s Wibbly Wobbly / Jolly Hipster’s Norwegian IPA / *insert name of beer here* please mine host.” Asahi and other Asian beers are not going to be common outside of major City Centre bars and clubs. Most pubs will have a selection of lagers, and maybe a couple of bitters. Not “ Last Call”, it’s “Last Orders” here, followed by “Time!” as in “Ding Ding, Time ladies and gentlemen please, ‘aven’t you got homes to go to?”.
As for tipping, you usually say "and one for yourself ". But you only really tip if you have been there for a while ie all evening or your part of a large crowd. Remember to take your glasses back to the bar.
The cheers thing is in no way as formal as she says. Raise your glass can be enough. If you’re with mates, you just drink. As you are often buying rounds it is often directed towards the round buyer, to say thank you. Sunday roast is a traditional roast dinner ( think thanks giving). Pubs are an easy option
Sunday Roast consists of; Meat, which could be Lamb/Beef/Chicken. Veggies : Carrots/Peas/Broccoli/Cauliflower/Mash Potato/Roast Potatoes/Yorkshire Pudding(which is a batter mix which is crispy and a little doughy, and of course Gravy. The condiments could be Mint Sauce for Lamb, Horse Radish for Beef, gravy goes with all meals. An alternative to saying Cheers, is Bottoms Up! Kids are generally tolerated at meals, usually early evening as kids need early bed time. You can see them at Sunday Roast Dinners.
I don't think I've ever seen a Japanese beer in a U.K. pub let alone tried one. Most pubs will have your standard larger, Cider and Spirits with 3 or more ales that often rotate from week to week by different breweries and there is usually a list of what they can and can't sell depending who owns the pub
Gin must be a neutral spirit distilled from something natural like wheat, barley, potatoes or grapes. The flavors of a gin come from its botanicals (that’s the herbs, seeds, flowers, plants or spices added during production), and, crucially, all gins must contain juniper.
Tipping - as a rule of thumb if your food/drink is brought to you, you can leave a tip. If you queue to collect/order your drink/food, no tip required. At my local pub and local cafe, where I am a regular I do not tip - even if the food /drink is brought to me EXCEPT for Sunday Roast. Sunday Roast is like a Thanksgiving Dinner, and eaten most Sunday (if you can afford it). It is a joint of meat (lamb, beef, pork) cooked in the oven - or a chicken - with roast potatoes, carrots, cabbage, parsnips, cauliflower cheese (this is a recent corruption in ROAST dinner), GRAVY, and Yorkshire pudding. Puddings (or dessert in US English) will be stodgy, full of carbs and sugar like Sticky toffee pudding, Bread and Butter pudding, Crumble and custard (Crumble is a topping of flour, suger, butter mixed together and put over fruit and baked in oven). This is the meal of the week! Brits do not eat like this every day.
Before we went cashless (mostly), you used to place your order and when you come to pay you would say "and one for yourself" or "take your own" Or some variation. It was very rare a bar person would actually have a drink, they would just take a tip.
Do not tip. Nobody tips in a pub. Yes, you can buy the bartender a drink, but this is only something you would do if you're a long-term regular who's become a personal friend of the staff. If you absolutely feel that you must throw extra money at someone, ask the bartender if they have a charity box. Most pubs have a collection for some good cause. (If they have a separate restaurant section where you've been served at the table, you can leave a tip on the table if you like, but it won't be expected. The normal rate in Britain is about 10%, or a bit more if you've had exceptional service or have made a real nuisance of yourself such as making a huge mess.) Yes, raise your glass and say cheers round the table before taking your first sip. Don't clink glasses, it's vulgar. If you're on a tight budget and can't afford to buy rounds, it's OK to make this clear right up front, and then just buy for yourself at your own pace. But don't accept rounds from anybody else if you don't intend to buy one in your turn. If something happens and you honestly have to leave before it's your round, then you'd better volunteer to get the first one in next time.
Appreciate it! I did think it was odd about the mention of a tip. Assuming since this was an American, we are so geared towards tipping here in the US where we try to find places we might be able to tip abroad. Noted about the charity box, I like that! Also a great tip about not clinking glasses together, it's a common gesture to do here with anything when people have glasses in hand.
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@@paulm2467 Ha exactly, I always clink. Not sure what's vulgar about it. It's a medieval custom to show the drinks aren't poisoned, because clinking would generally slosh bits of drinks between vessels.
'Sunday Roast' - regular trad. Meal consisting of roast meat - often Beef or lamb, but could be turkey or chicken with often a fish or vegetarian option - the meat will be accompanied by potatoes in one form or another and a variety of vegetables with a gravy made from the liquor from the meat roast. Starters and desserts are also available. Pubs usually close at around 11 0r 12 in the evening but will be open often from 8am for a breakfast meal, but usually open from midday and could be open later at weekends. Tipping is not usual in the UK, workers will be paid at least the statutory minimum wage of £12:00 per hour and restaurants will add a small service charge to the bill. I prefer country village or small town pubs rather than large city pubs (AKA Public Houses). It may interest you that Public Houses arose in early or mid medieval times, a wife would often brew beer or ale for the household while husband worked his 12-hour shift. If it was good they could sell surplus to locals, friends, family etc. Then it became possible to get a licence (government saw a tax source) to sell the beer on the property, so the house became a place where the public could drink, Hence 'Public House'or just 'Pub'.
If you're in a wetherspoons pub, (lots in the UK) you can order and pay by using their app while sitting at a table, much better, because you can go the the bar to order food for your table that's numbered, then go back to your table and find someone is sitting there.
If the bar is very crowded with other ordering pints, just wait for guy in front of you to get theirs then let them out and take their place at the bar. But it maybe a long wait for the barman to make strong eye contact with you so after others have been served who were there before you just move yourself more into view
Sunday roast is a British tradition roast beef with Yorkshire pudding/ roast lamb with mint sauce / roast pork with stuffing / or chicken with roast potatoes and vegetables with gravy most pubs are also dog friendly
Pubs aren't just for drinking. Many serve good food like traditional British foods. Sundays there most likely is a roast or two on. Generally it will be roasted meat, beef/ pork/ chicken, etc. with roasted potatoes 2 veg ,stuffing , Yorkshire puds and gravy. If that's what you want go early!
A decent tip at the bar would be a couple of quid. So, Keep a dozen or so, pound coins in your pocket, just for tips. And depending on the amount of drinks you have bought just push 2 or 3 of them across at the barperson just after you have paid, smile and say ''cheers!''. I guarantee you will get a 'thank you' and great service off the barperson if you do! Remember, Dont be tipping tenners and such. You will look like a mug tourist! Work it out..a good barperson at a busy pub can serve 60-80 orders in one night!
What queue? don't stand in a queue just stand at the bar, if the bar is busy just stand behind someone and wait till you reach the bar, when at the bar if you get server really quick and there were others there before you then it's polite to say to server them first ...
If you are not sure of pubs in an area or are travelling around the UK then get a copy of "The Good Beer Guide" produced by CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) as this information about pubs which serve real ale plus comments about the breweries concerned as well as location.
I have never tipped at a pub, but if I have a conversation with someone by the bar and the bartender, I have asked if I can buy them a beer along with my order, or ask if they want to have a shot together, and they do.
Beer is on tap (which means it is in a large barrel and pumped up to the nozzle in the bar), so you need to order a 'Pint of Guiness' or whatever type of beer you want. There are Stout beers - like Guiness, Brown Ales, (India) Pale Ales (IPAs), and Lagers. As a rule of thumb the paler the ale the less taste it has. If you order beer in a bottle it will likely be overseas beer/lager. Although you can get bottled UK beer.
I suggest visiting The Mayor of Scaredy Cat Town in London. When you get there say "I'd like to speak with the Mayor" you will then meet someone who will take you through a secret door down to a "speakeasy" bar.
You passed on going to the Pub, a Pub, any Pub, every Pub? Only five days, that's a lifetime of memories!Jeezzz.. We went out on a Friday afternoon to a petrol station to put air in a tyre and I woke up on Sunday morning, on the back seat of the car, in the dordogne, France!!! In a pub, I kissed a girl I didn't know, moved in with her that night, spent 8 fantasic months with her and I still don't know her name! What did she say, even if you dont like drinking? What's wrong with you, are you broken! The best time to go to the pub is between opening time and 2 hours after closing! Stand anywhere along the bar....
The Churchill Arms used to have a very good Thai Restaurant in the back. I had some exceptional pad Thai there once back in the mid 1990s. I don't know if it is still the case. Cider is a nice apple drink, can be sweet and can be sharp. There are now many fruit based coders like strawberry and lemon, or mango and passionfriut, there are so many flavours now. We have some great country pubs which are accessible by train less than 1 hour from the city which you will get to meet some great people and thry will be friendly. Mine for 12 years was the Queen's Head in Nutfield, Surrey. They had a great Sunday lunch. Depends on where you are as to when the pubs close. Generally last orders are at 10.30 with 30 mins drink up time. Some like my old local had a licence until 12 midnight, so it had last orders arojnd 11.30pm. My new locals all go with the 10.30 last orders and 11pm close. But if there is a big sporting event they get and extension to when the event ends. My new pub is the Ye olde six bells in Horley which is very close to Gatwick Airport. Very good service, old pub building dating back to the late 16th century and set by a river.great food and outdoor seating in summer as well.
If you go try ale, London Pride, Old Speckled Hen and many more. Its not strong 4% 'ish just get a half pint as you'll probably not like it. Its served cellar temp hence the US calling it warm beer. But at least you can say you tasted beer that is traditional UK and not Lager a foreign concoction that I drink a lot preferably Belgian/German/Cech.
@@kimarnill7648 Wales is lovely though. I'm central Staffordshire. Sunny at the moment, but dull existence generally. Family on mums side is all Welsh, lovely people. I've lived all over the world, (I'm old), but I'd settle in Wales quite happily. Kind regards and best wishes! (Japan next week though just to see a band, I'm excited)!
@@Davey-Boyd Good thing you’re not in wales at the moment, people are not happy with the 20 miles an hour speed limit. Doesn’t bother me I don’t drive. Have a fab time in Japan.
@@kimarnill7648 Thank you!. Yeah I've heard about the 20 mph thing, it sounds ridiculous! I don't drive either, never have and I'm 57. I love long distance hiking, but (lucky) never lived where I need a car. Many do need one though, so bless them too. (mind, I've never owned a TV either lol)!.
when at the bar, it is organised caos (spell check), stand your turn and moved forward, everyone knows the order people turn up at the bar, you will here the bar person say who is next, and you will often here, they are next they were here before me, that also gets your attention for the bar person, that your there and will probably be served next,
I would say, as a Brit, that tipping in the pub would be considered a bit weird. People would wonder why you are doing it! Buying the bar tender a drink is a thing BUT extremely rare. We do say ‘cheers’ before drinking and some people would think it rude not to. But, it’s not necessarily cheers you’d say every time… you’ll hear things like, ‘chin chin’, ‘bottoms up’ etc too (if you’re being a bit silly). Queuing in a pub is often a task in being a pro as eye contact for sure!
Also, taking turns buying a round of drinks is hugely common. Is considered rude to just go in a buy your own drink. If you’re with a group of friends, you all normally agree to take turns buying the round.
Tipping isn't common, though some pubs are beginning to add an automatic tip option if you pay by card reader at the bar. Also - too much about eye contact. We don't do that here.
So there was a clue in her video about these pubs are for tourists. If you live outside London you have your own "local" where if you go enough all you have to do is nod at the barman and you'll get served, even if someone has been there before you (especially if they aren't a local). She was drinking light (coloured) beer which is called larger, darker ones are called beer, and you generally just ask fort a pint of xyz. Outside of London a lot of pubs will have a garden to sit outside unless you have typical British weather of rain LOL. The "Roast" is a dinner on Sunday which is typically beef/turkey/gammon with roast potatoes and veg, but if you're in Wales don't expect to get one after 5pm, the rest of the UK you'll be ok. Tip - get the first round in as it (the round) can bigger quickly and if you've got in early its cheaper lol. Being an American you'd probably like the larger better so ask for a pint of "wife beater" ;)
To catch the attention of the Barkeep like she says eye contact, nod of the head, raise a finger, do not shout "Oiy", ( or however that is spelt. ). Clinking and cheers is not a common thing, probably only done it myself two/three time and I am 65 now.
saying "cheers" - false. We all do it sometimes but she made it sound that we do it with every drink. Last orders is never at 10:30. 10:45 at the very earliest but it varies as for the last 30 years pubs licenses mean they can apply to open more hours.
Honestly, just go to the pub, go to the bar, wait your turn, maybe ask the barman/lady, what they recommend and order it. Then find a seat and relax. That's it!!!
She certainly seems to have found the emptiest pubs in London - in at least three of them she walked straight up to an empty bar with only one member of staff behind the bar, and then at the one she went in that did have other people in, she joined a queue as in a line of people waiting to get to the bar. Which you don't really do in a pub unless the bar is very tiny, or there are a massive amount of people waiting and only one person behind the bar. Generally as long as there's room along the length of the bar to stand, move to a space, and trust the bar staff to have noted your position in the queue in relation to everybody else waiting to be served. If you end up pushing in, ie the barman offers to serve you before somebody else who was definitely there before you, point to them first. That will ensure (1) that you don't get any complaints from this other customer that you have pushed in and (2) will almost certainly ensure that you are next to be served by that same member of staff, rather than somebody else who might be trying to push in. Even if the pub was stopping serving at 11, they'd normally only ring last orders (not LAST CALL) at 10:30 if the pub was ridiculously full and there weren't many bar staff on. It doesn't generally take half an hour to serve every single patron in a pub one more drink - and that's if every single customer in the pub wanted another drink and was going to go to the bar to order it themselves. Our local generally rings the first bell maybe ten to fifteen minutes before time, not half an hour.
A pint in the UK is 20 fluis oz beer is pint or half pint some extra strong drink by the third of a pint (gill) in my area there is a local brewery called Robinsons they do a bottle or a small barrel on the bar called Old Tom various types but a fair bit stronger than normal beer and ale. Also a thing called Barley Wine also fairly strong. Spirits are by measure 25ml or 50ml, wine by the glass size can vary from pup to pup.
Historically pubs stayed open all day from early in the morning unit midnight or later, but in WW I the rules changed to open at 10.30/11.00 in the morning, close at 2.30/3.00 in the afternoon, open at 5.00 in the afternoon and close at 10.30/11.00 in the evening in order to avoid drunkenness in the factories. This was still the case in the 80s. The law changed to make it more flexible, so all day opening if the licensee wishes. Hotels could/can serve aloholic drinks outside normal hours to their residents. As for queuing I've found that the people at the bar will often sort it out amongst themselves. Just remember who is already there and that's the queue, when you think it's your turn just look around and someone will probably "it's you". If you're lucky! I agree with the recommendations to use pubs outside the London area, usually cheaper and friendlier. If you just see a bewildering array of pumps with different beers/lagers just ask if there's a local beer and buy that. It will identify you as a stranger and therefore worth bamboozling with discussion of the various beers; possibly even some sample tastes....It also gives you an opening topic with the barstaff! I have two local pubs, 3 miles apart that I go to, one used to serve excellent meals but no longer and the beer is about £5 whereas the other is "ordinary", serves decent food and is £3.50 during the afternoon. Centre of London is now a Theme Park, and expensive. When I lived in London it did not depend on tourists.
I'd like a large Carlsberg. Unfortunately, we don't use imperial measures anymore (pints). We 🇬🇧 use millilitres. So ask for a large. Saying cheers and clicking glasses is frequently done but not always done. If you feel a little awkward, then wait for the other members of the group and follow their lead. The next thing is said with love, so please don't take this the wrong way, and some Brits don't mind. Sometimes lovely people from the USA will gather in a group of 4 or more and be loud and using lots of money in an obvious way (this is probably normal when in the US) and you're probably having the best time. We are all about having the best time in the UK! However the perception of some of the locals will be that "you're acting like you own the place" When I say place it might mean the building you are in or the whole country depending on how big your group is. Depending on where you and who you are with, you may not get an honest answer to your question, "Are we being too loud?" If you are the loudest group in the pub/building/park, then there is a good chance that you are too loud. This may be similar for other countries i don't know. As stated above, I have said this with love and honesty because I think the USA expects it. 🙂❤
@@stevehaddon151 is that because of how busy they are. or the prices? we like a drink up North but pubs seem to be dying off with the price increases, and the smoking ban didn't help. I grew up in the nineties and pubs were the social centre for everybody
we don't order 'beer' in the UK. It's like ordering steak and asking for a side order of potatoes but not specifying what kind of potatoes. You might get the beers in but you wouldn't buy beer; it's just a generic term for the drink, unless you're buying bitter but you'd ask for the particular one you want rather than 'beer' Number 6 tells me she's only been in the UK for ten minutes, or only ever been in pretentious pubs in London. I've never clinked glasses, said cheers and looked my mates in the eye before having a drink. I've never looked the barman in the eye either. One tradition that you have to do in the UK... in winter. You walk to the pub in the freezing cold, go to the bar and complain how cold it is outside, then order the coldest drink they sell. A cold lager or cider, extra cold Guiness or a short with plenty of ice. Everybody does it but we don't actually realise we do it.
Tipping is very uncommon in pubs. Perhaps tip after a great meal in a pub but often food is ordered at the bar and payed upfront anyway, so you aren't going to tip.
You can do that. I must admit I have never in my life tipped and never bought the bar person a drink - they simply don't regard that as normal. I would guess if you're paying by cash 95%+ of people would even wait and take their change back! Perhaps that's a North of England perspective.
@@ChrisMartin-b7l I have always done it and I am in my 60s now. TBH, I wouldn't know whether is is a North of England thing as I have lived all over. Used to pay by cash when I was younger obviously but use card now. It's not a problem.
Even more interestingly, some Aussie pubs of this time period were men only and had gutters around the bars so the customers could urinate without wasting valuable drinking time. Must have smelt lovely!
You don't tip of drinks and bar snacks, that's just mental. You can tip if you get a full meal, up to you, you won't get nasty reaction if you dont. People get paid proper money to server you.
Best pubs are outside the big cities and especially London. The ones shown here were a wee bit "cookie cutter". Whatever "techniques" you use in US bars, DO NOT try them in the UK. A good barman knows who should be next and isn't interested in pushy people trying to jump the queue. Wave money at him or lean over the bar and expect to get ignored. Cider is currently popular, and fashionable in towny bars (which is why she had what is a fairly commercial brand but thought it was "authentic" cider. It really wasn't. It just wasn't totally factory-produced sugar water.) She's not too bad on the whole, but most of these are a bit less Rules, than Guidelines.
Be you a man or a mouse, my dear fellow ? I'm long lived on this here "plot", and boozers are best bits about it ! Each one is different, in it's own right. Sure there's well known "chains", but it all rest on the punters, and what time ya go in ! I could'nt name "one " Japanese beer, ( as most people here) so i do'nt know where she got that from. Fair review, though.
If you bought the Bar tender a drink every time - they would be rat arsed 😂 (sorry I mean very drunk) - never tipped one ever. Sunday Roast is usually Roast Beef or Roast Chicken with Seasonal Vegetables - Roast potatoes and if you're lucky Yorkshire Pudding 😋. Don't make eye contact with Londoners or smile as they'll probably call the Coppers as you're probably a weirdo 😂😂😂😂.
She doesn't go into the layout of many pubs. A taproom is just beers on tap and on the other side the bar where you can get spirits, cider, soft drinks ect. So when you start drinking as a youth you most definitely don't drink in the taproom this is for locals only so outsiders will be less than welcome......
honestly 90% of people dont tip at a pub, maybe 99% lol. Ive never seen someone do it, unless they use cash and its a £1 change and they say keep change. Our places get payed a wage not relying on tips :)
Tipping is more common than people are making out in the comments, in a busy pub a good tipper will get served quicker. You often say "take your own" when paying. This is an invitation to take a drink, however a decent bar person will merely take a pound or two rather than the price of a full drink. Those that take the full price will tend to be tipped less often than the ones that take a couple of quid.
If you are travelling outside of London, try a village pub. They are usually the social hub of the village and lots of locals will be there especially at weekends. Many pubs serve a roast dinner on Sundays. It can be beef, lamb, chicken etc with vegetables and probably a yorkshire pudding. There will be other items on the menu including vegetarian options. They are reasonably priced usually and you will find families with children all eating together. There are plenty of soft drinks available and it's quite common for one person in a group to be the designated driver who doesn't drink alcohol and to drive tge others home.
If you go in a pub in the mornings it's quite common to be able to get a coffee instead of alcohol.
The name pub is short for public house and the ambience is casual and friendly, usually!
On Saturdays when there is a big football match in the area, it might be best to avoid certain pubs! 🤣
Of all the US takes on English life, this lass is one of the better ones. I like her channel immensely, even though her content is Londoncentric, and I’m up in Lancashire. Just ask at the bar or one of the drinkers what to order. They’ll be more than happy to expound their knowledge at length. We’re nice people.
You can’t really just order “a pint”, you need to be more specific. It’d be like going to a restaurant and ordering “some food”
"a pint" never ends up being a pint, always 2 or 3 or more.
and never a pint of 'beer'...
People do ask for a “pint of (the) best”. Which is usually the average strength, most frequently sold traditional British beer that the pub sells.
Unless your in manchester where you can get a pint of 'Pint' from marble brewery :)
Have you seen the Graham Norton clip of Dodgy Menus ?
The UK pint is 20 fluid ounces, not 16, and the ABV is generally higher than US beer.
Watch out for this on your first night out!
Thanks for the heads up! This is something I did not know about, and could make a big difference throughout the night haha
Whilst I agree UK pints are bigger, US fluid oz are actually bigger, best to do the comparison in Litres US pint 0.474 litres, US fl oz 0.029 Litres, UK pint 0.568 Litres, UK fl oz 0.028 Litres.
Also UK draught beer averages about 4.0 abv with US about 5.0 abv, and yes we can both get stronger beers, but our (UK) beer is on average weaker.
Also true when comparing UK to most of the EU.
@@californianreacts You can also ask for a half pint, if you don't want to commit to a full pint.
@@stephenlee5929 A UK pint is still 20% bigger than the US equivalent. I think the average ABV in Britain is about 4.5% but the typical brewery or pub in the UK has a range of beers - from the 'session beers' (where you might drink lots of pints in a 'session' that may be about 4% ABV) to other 'strong ale' beers that might be 6%, 7% or more (Old Tom, from Stockport is 8.5%, as is Orkney Skull Splitter)
@@ChrisMartin-b7l Just pointing out comparing fluid ounces is not a good idea, as these also differ.
Regarding strength of average pint in UK, according to UK government (based on tax revenue) in 2018 1,195 million litres of beer were sold, of which 365 million were at strength 4.0 abv, the next largest volume was 205 million at 4.8 abv, then 150 million at 5%,
So I suggest the most likely strength of beer bought in 2018 was about 4%.
It is also true that recently abv of UK beers have reduced, mainly to reduce costs tax change in August 2023, Example Fosters reduced abv from 4% to 3.7%, Speckled hen reduced from 5.0 to 4.8%, and Bishops Finger from 5.4 to 5.2%..
Although queuing is a big thing, you can go to the bar but just "hold the queue in your head" and if the server tries to serve you before the other people, you just tell the server "I'm after them". If you're not sure the order of the queue, you just make eye contact with the other person queuing and they will either say "you first" or just nod at you to go ahead.
Also, I've never heard of anyone tipping, but you can say "and one for yourself" where you offer to buy them a drink and they just charge for an extra one.
I'm not familiar with London pubs, but if you go into pubs elsewhere in England with friends then an important concept is 'The Round'.... there's a whole etiquette about this. If you are going to the pub (say with three friends) you offer to buy them a drink and go to the bar and buy the drinks. That becomes a 'round' and then there's a further etiquette that as soon a someone in the group is getting close to finishing their drink someone else offers to buy another 'round' of drinks.... To avoid social embarrassment amongst friends you need to avoid being the last person to buy a round or to be that person who never buys a round! Of course the 'my shout' or 'my round' culture explains often why you end up drinking more beer than you intend! If you move between pubs from your first beer to your second you still need to 'buy your round'...
It's the same in London, you get rounds in.
In Portsmouth one of the best pubs is the still and west its at the mouth of the harbour so in the summer you can sit outside watching the ships and boats go by
My favourite pub in England although I also love the Royal Oak at Langstone Harbour.
Pubs have all different closing times. Some pubs will have late licences, sometimes even 3 or 4. But the average is between 11-12
Sunday roast, is referring to a traditional sunday roast dinner. Some form of meat (beef, pork, lamb or chicken) throw some veg in the roasting pan with the meat (carrots, potatoes) then serverved with some more veg and proper meat stock gravy. Most people have a sunday roast usually at home, but a lot of people like to go to a pub for the sunday roast so they dont have to cook. Best way to describe it to an american would be, it's is like a slightly smaller version of a christmas or thanks giving dinner, but still quite a large plate of food.
Pub closing times can vary a bit, most pubs are closed by midnight though, so usually around 10:30-11pm is last orders. Clubs are different, clubs can stay open pretty much as late as they want. Where i used to live, you could actually go from friday night, to monday morning none stop clubbing, if you changed venues. One was open from 8pm until abut 4am, the next opened at 2am and was open until abut 8am.. And so on.
As a Brit a queue in a Pub is very strange! Proper way is to figure out a mental queue when you arrive at the bar - make a note of who is there before you and who arrives after you - take your turn when the folks before you have been served. If they try to serve you out of order defer to the person you think is before you - “he/she was before me…” you will get kudos for this.
One of the best things about living in the UK is we don't have the insane tipping culture, whereby it's practically obligatory, irrespective of the quality of service. Tipping in restaurants is semi customary, and 10-15% is fine. If you don't tip, nobody is going to chase you down the street. Tipping in a pub is really not usual, and buying staff a drink is something that tends to happen in village pubs where you know the bar staff. But really there aren't any rules about pub culture - just visit, go with the flow, and a good bar person will help you navigate through the vast range of drinks. Lagers, ales and ciders are the mainstay, but wine and spirits are also big. We don't tend to do cocktails the way Americans do, at least not in pubs. There are a million bars where you will find cocktails, but don't expect anything more exotic than regular mixed drinks in a pub.
How do get the "bar tenders" attention. We're British, we know how to queue and our place in it. Woe betide the queue jumper.
What she said about the restaurant part of the pub isn’t necessarily true, in a lot of pubs you still need to go the bar to order food (mostly if it’s a large pub and/or pub chain)
Also lots of pubs don’t have a “restaurant section”, and every table is for eating and drinking.
Yes, and some stop food after 8pm on a Friday or Saturday to make way for the serious drinking!
Pubs have different opening (thus closing), times, but a reasonable expectation (in England) is 10:30pm on a Sunday and 11:00pm other nights.
There maybe some later nights for some pubs, night clubs are different.
Last Orders is normally rung 10 minutes before closing time, and you are technically allowed 20 minutes to 'drink up' after the second bell, but you wont be popular with bar staff if you hang around.
Times for food are generally much more restricted. You can normally get food at lunch time and early evening, rarely afternoon or after about 09:00pm. There are exception specially with some chain pubs.
London pubs are city pubs so mainly workers who then leave London to go home.Nothing like a country pub where full of locals.They also have gardens to sit in.
I will make one very serious suggestion to you. If you visit the UK and intend to drive, the Drink/Drive law in the UK is very strict. If you commit a driving offence (maybe quite easy if you are new to driving in the UK) and that would include using a mobile (Cell) Phone and you are observed by a Police Officer, they will probably stop you (though in general they will be quite friendly and not threatening, and remember they are not armed) and if they believe you have been drinking will breathalyse you. If Positive you will be taken to a Police Station and put in a cell until your alcohol level restores to within legal limits. For a UK residence that would mean a 12 month driving ban, a large fine and vastly increased insurance costs for your car. Usually more than 1 pint would put you over the limit.
Pub shows it's cashless. Totally opposite with my nearest local as it's cash only and doesn't take card. All around where I live do both. I'm glad I always carry some cash as have already seen it when a system goes down Pubs and a Club having to resort to cash.
Cider is strongly alcoholic in the UK so Americans would call it 'hard cider' not that apple flavoured fruit juice known in the US. Connoisseurs should find an apple growing area and look for a farm that sells 'scrumpy' which is home brewed cider and will allow you to see the fairies!!
One thing you specifically need to know is, that you don’t ask for a beer, the barman will just look at you and say, yea which one do you want, you need to be specific as to what beer you want.
This old man recalls much different pubs back then; usually two rooms, a 'snug' 'saloon' or 'bar', where there's room to sit, or room only to stand or play bargames like shove-ha'penny, skittles or cribbage, and a quieter place where the ladies can feel more at home. Only food was packets of crisps or sometimes pickles like onions or eggs.
A few pubs were also hostelrys that had rooms to rent, and these might serve simple food like meat or cheese sandwiches (it happens in a Sherlock Holmes story).
More recently, pubs became places to watch a TV screen of a sporting event; more recently still, the surviving ones are 'gastro-pubs' where food is served all day.
There are many soft or fruit drinks available, but mixed or complex drinks tend not to be asked for when the place is crowded, and tend only to be served at 'stockbroker's pubs' in the City.
tipping in the uk is always optional. if you feel like you getting great service then its up to you. unlike america. where you feel like you have too.
Thank you! That's what I was thinking but when it came up in the video I stated to question if tipping was a little more common than I thought outside of the US.
@@californianreacts well put it this way. tipping is way less common then compared to america. well i tip if i get a good server at a restaurant. but keep in mind. servers in the uk get paid enough money to live on. so tips are a bonus. also there are take away food delivery services that ask for tips for drivers. but like i said tipping is always optional for everything. so never feel pressured to do so.
If I am planning to stay a while I'm a pub I will tip on the first round and the service often speeds up from then on. Helpful if it's a busy pub.
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First thing to do before visiting a London pub is, first, remortgage your house. Second, sell your first and second born. Then, and only then, can you afford a pint. The bint has done what most novices has done is to assume London is typical of the UK. Most people do not live in London.
or visit london.
I always find it strange that Americans come to the UK and London is the place they want to visit; yet they'd probably find it strange if a Brit went to American and went to Washington DC just because it's the capital.
Bint. 😂
When you order a pint at the bar you’d ask for “a pint of Carling/Amstel/Heineken/Carlsberg/Guinness/Bitter/Cider/Old Tom’s Wibbly Wobbly / Jolly Hipster’s Norwegian IPA / *insert name of beer here* please mine host.” Asahi and other Asian beers are not going to be common outside of major City Centre bars and clubs. Most pubs will have a selection of lagers, and maybe a couple of bitters.
Not “ Last Call”, it’s “Last Orders” here, followed by “Time!” as in “Ding Ding, Time ladies and gentlemen please, ‘aven’t you got homes to go to?”.
I've never heard of anyone ask for a tester!😮
Hahaha. 😂 that made me giggle.
Its common in a 'real ale' pub where they tend to have a revolving line up of beers.
My wife does it all the time
Taster yes (good pubs will do this) tester no😂
As for tipping, you usually say "and one for yourself ". But you only really tip if you have been there for a while ie all evening or your part of a large crowd. Remember to take your glasses back to the bar.
Just remember that London is not like the rest of England.
The cheers thing is in no way as formal as she says. Raise your glass can be enough. If you’re with mates, you just drink. As you are often buying rounds it is often directed towards the round buyer, to say thank you.
Sunday roast is a traditional roast dinner ( think thanks giving). Pubs are an easy option
Sunday Roast consists of; Meat, which could be Lamb/Beef/Chicken. Veggies : Carrots/Peas/Broccoli/Cauliflower/Mash Potato/Roast Potatoes/Yorkshire Pudding(which is a batter mix which is crispy and a little doughy, and of course Gravy. The condiments could be Mint Sauce for Lamb, Horse Radish for Beef, gravy goes with all meals.
An alternative to saying Cheers, is Bottoms Up!
Kids are generally tolerated at meals, usually early evening as kids need early bed time. You can see them at Sunday Roast Dinners.
I don't think I've ever seen a Japanese beer in a U.K. pub let alone tried one. Most pubs will have your standard larger, Cider and Spirits with 3 or more ales that often rotate from week to week by different breweries and there is usually a list of what they can and can't sell depending who owns the pub
Gin must be a neutral spirit distilled from something natural like wheat, barley, potatoes or grapes.
The flavors of a gin come from its botanicals (that’s the herbs, seeds, flowers, plants or spices added during production), and, crucially, all gins must contain juniper.
Tipping - as a rule of thumb if your food/drink is brought to you, you can leave a tip.
If you queue to collect/order your drink/food, no tip required.
At my local pub and local cafe, where I am a regular I do not tip - even if the food /drink is brought to me EXCEPT for Sunday Roast.
Sunday Roast is like a Thanksgiving Dinner, and eaten most Sunday (if you can afford it). It is a joint of meat (lamb, beef, pork) cooked in the oven - or a chicken - with roast potatoes, carrots, cabbage, parsnips, cauliflower cheese (this is a recent corruption in ROAST dinner), GRAVY, and Yorkshire pudding.
Puddings (or dessert in US English) will be stodgy, full of carbs and sugar like Sticky toffee pudding, Bread and Butter pudding, Crumble and custard (Crumble is a topping of flour, suger, butter mixed together and put over fruit and baked in oven).
This is the meal of the week! Brits do not eat like this every day.
Before we went cashless (mostly), you used to place your order and when you come to pay you would say "and one for yourself" or "take your own"
Or some variation.
It was very rare a bar person would actually have a drink, they would just take a tip.
Do not tip. Nobody tips in a pub. Yes, you can buy the bartender a drink, but this is only something you would do if you're a long-term regular who's become a personal friend of the staff. If you absolutely feel that you must throw extra money at someone, ask the bartender if they have a charity box. Most pubs have a collection for some good cause. (If they have a separate restaurant section where you've been served at the table, you can leave a tip on the table if you like, but it won't be expected. The normal rate in Britain is about 10%, or a bit more if you've had exceptional service or have made a real nuisance of yourself such as making a huge mess.)
Yes, raise your glass and say cheers round the table before taking your first sip. Don't clink glasses, it's vulgar.
If you're on a tight budget and can't afford to buy rounds, it's OK to make this clear right up front, and then just buy for yourself at your own pace. But don't accept rounds from anybody else if you don't intend to buy one in your turn. If something happens and you honestly have to leave before it's your round, then you'd better volunteer to get the first one in next time.
Appreciate it! I did think it was odd about the mention of a tip. Assuming since this was an American, we are so geared towards tipping here in the US where we try to find places we might be able to tip abroad. Noted about the charity box, I like that!
Also a great tip about not clinking glasses together, it's a common gesture to do here with anything when people have glasses in hand.
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Clink glasses if you want to, nobody cares, if someone thinks it’s vulgar that’s their problem.
@@paulm2467 Ha exactly, I always clink. Not sure what's vulgar about it. It's a medieval custom to show the drinks aren't poisoned, because clinking would generally slosh bits of drinks between vessels.
'Sunday Roast' - regular trad. Meal consisting of roast meat - often Beef or lamb, but could be turkey or chicken with often a fish or vegetarian option - the meat will be accompanied by potatoes in one form or another and a variety of vegetables with a gravy made from the liquor from the meat roast. Starters and desserts are also available. Pubs usually close at around 11 0r 12 in the evening but will be open often from 8am for a breakfast meal, but usually open from midday and could be open later at weekends. Tipping is not usual in the UK, workers will be paid at least the statutory minimum wage of £12:00 per hour and restaurants will add a small service charge to the bill. I prefer country village or small town pubs rather than large city pubs (AKA Public Houses).
It may interest you that Public Houses arose in early or mid medieval times, a wife would often brew beer or ale for the household while husband worked his 12-hour shift. If it was good they could sell surplus to locals, friends, family etc. Then it became possible to get a licence (government saw a tax source) to sell the beer on the property, so the house became a place where the public could drink, Hence 'Public House'or just 'Pub'.
Yes. Go in order a pint. Or half. Or get a short . If you want you can give the person who served you a tip.bit obviously you dont have to.
You don't have to order a pint, you could ask for a half a pint to see if you like it or not😊
If you're in a wetherspoons pub, (lots in the UK) you can order and pay by using their app while sitting at a table, much better, because you can go the the bar to order food for your table that's numbered, then go back to your table and find someone is sitting there.
Beer is a lot more popular than cider, but in the summer cider sales go up
If the bar is very crowded with other ordering pints, just wait for guy in front of you to get theirs then let them out and take their place at the bar. But it maybe a long wait for the barman to make strong eye contact with you so after others have been served who were there before you just move yourself more into view
Sunday roast is a British tradition roast beef with Yorkshire pudding/ roast lamb with mint sauce / roast pork with stuffing / or chicken with roast potatoes and vegetables with gravy most pubs are also dog friendly
Pubs aren't just for drinking. Many serve good food like traditional British foods. Sundays there most likely is a roast or two on. Generally it will be roasted meat, beef/ pork/ chicken, etc. with roasted potatoes 2 veg ,stuffing , Yorkshire puds and gravy. If that's what you want go early!
A decent tip at the bar would be a couple of quid. So, Keep a dozen or so, pound coins in your pocket, just for tips. And depending on the amount of drinks you have bought just push 2 or 3 of them across at the barperson just after you have paid, smile and say ''cheers!''. I guarantee you will get a 'thank you' and great service off the barperson if you do!
Remember, Dont be tipping tenners and such. You will look like a mug tourist!
Work it out..a good barperson at a busy pub can serve 60-80 orders in one night!
What queue? don't stand in a queue just stand at the bar, if the bar is busy just stand behind someone and wait till you reach the bar, when at the bar if you get server really quick and there were others there before you then it's polite to say to server them first ...
If you are not sure of pubs in an area or are travelling around the UK then get a copy of "The Good Beer Guide" produced by CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) as this information about pubs which serve real ale plus comments about the breweries concerned as well as location.
I have never tipped at a pub, but if I have a conversation with someone by the bar and the bartender, I have asked if I can buy them a beer along with my order, or ask if they want to have a shot together, and they do.
Beer is on tap (which means it is in a large barrel and pumped up to the nozzle in the bar), so you need to order a 'Pint of Guiness' or whatever type of beer you want.
There are Stout beers - like Guiness, Brown Ales, (India) Pale Ales (IPAs), and Lagers. As a rule of thumb the paler the ale the less taste it has.
If you order beer in a bottle it will likely be overseas beer/lager.
Although you can get bottled UK beer.
If i went into a pub and they had a cashless sign I'd be out of there and besides they can't pull a pint down south its like cold tea.
If I walked into that pub , my choice would be doom bar. Its a very nice beer
I suggest visiting The Mayor of Scaredy Cat Town in London. When you get there say "I'd like to speak with the Mayor" you will then meet someone who will take you through a secret door down to a "speakeasy" bar.
You passed on going to the Pub, a Pub, any Pub, every Pub? Only five days, that's a lifetime of memories!Jeezzz..
We went out on a Friday afternoon to a petrol station to put air in a tyre and I woke up on Sunday morning, on the back seat of the car, in the dordogne, France!!!
In a pub, I kissed a girl I didn't know, moved in with her that night, spent 8 fantasic months with her and I still don't know her name!
What did she say, even if you dont like drinking? What's wrong with you, are you broken!
The best time to go to the pub is between opening time and 2 hours after closing!
Stand anywhere along the bar....
The Churchill Arms used to have a very good Thai Restaurant in the back. I had some exceptional pad Thai there once back in the mid 1990s. I don't know if it is still the case. Cider is a nice apple drink, can be sweet and can be sharp. There are now many fruit based coders like strawberry and lemon, or mango and passionfriut, there are so many flavours now. We have some great country pubs which are accessible by train less than 1 hour from the city which you will get to meet some great people and thry will be friendly. Mine for 12 years was the Queen's Head in Nutfield, Surrey. They had a great Sunday lunch. Depends on where you are as to when the pubs close. Generally last orders are at 10.30 with 30 mins drink up time. Some like my old local had a licence until 12 midnight, so it had last orders arojnd 11.30pm. My new locals all go with the 10.30 last orders and 11pm close. But if there is a big sporting event they get and extension to when the event ends.
My new pub is the Ye olde six bells in Horley which is very close to Gatwick Airport. Very good service, old pub building dating back to the late 16th century and set by a river.great food and outdoor seating in summer as well.
Doombar…. It’s lovely
If you go try ale, London Pride, Old Speckled Hen and many more. Its not strong 4% 'ish just get a half pint as you'll probably not like it. Its served cellar temp hence the US calling it warm beer. But at least you can say you tasted beer that is traditional UK and not Lager a foreign concoction that I drink a lot preferably Belgian/German/Cech.
Were have you been ? 🏴
Japan. you?
@@Davey-Boyd cold and windy wales.🏴🇬🇧
@@kimarnill7648 Wales is lovely though. I'm central Staffordshire. Sunny at the moment, but dull existence generally. Family on mums side is all Welsh, lovely people. I've lived all over the world, (I'm old), but I'd settle in Wales quite happily. Kind regards and best wishes! (Japan next week though just to see a band, I'm excited)!
@@Davey-Boyd Good thing you’re not in wales at the moment, people are not happy with the 20 miles an hour speed limit. Doesn’t bother me I don’t drive. Have a fab time in Japan.
@@kimarnill7648 Thank you!. Yeah I've heard about the 20 mph thing, it sounds ridiculous! I don't drive either, never have and I'm 57. I love long distance hiking, but (lucky) never lived where I need a car. Many do need one though, so bless them too. (mind, I've never owned a TV either lol)!.
when at the bar, it is organised caos (spell check), stand your turn and moved forward, everyone knows the order people turn up at the bar, you will here the bar person say who is next, and you will often here, they are next they were here before me, that also gets your attention for the bar person, that your there and will probably be served next,
I would say, as a Brit, that tipping in the pub would be considered a bit weird. People would wonder why you are doing it! Buying the bar tender a drink is a thing BUT extremely rare. We do say ‘cheers’ before drinking and some people would think it rude not to. But, it’s not necessarily cheers you’d say every time… you’ll hear things like, ‘chin chin’, ‘bottoms up’ etc too (if you’re being a bit silly). Queuing in a pub is often a task in being a pro as eye contact for sure!
Also, taking turns buying a round of drinks is hugely common. Is considered rude to just go in a buy your own drink. If you’re with a group of friends, you all normally agree to take turns buying the round.
I was a barman over two and a half years in two Manchester pubs. I earned lots of tips! I could easily double my wages!
Tipping isn't common, though some pubs are beginning to add an automatic tip option if you pay by card reader at the bar.
Also - too much about eye contact. We don't do that here.
So there was a clue in her video about these pubs are for tourists. If you live outside London you have your own "local" where if you go enough all you have to do is nod at the barman and you'll get served, even if someone has been there before you (especially if they aren't a local). She was drinking light (coloured) beer which is called larger, darker ones are called beer, and you generally just ask fort a pint of xyz. Outside of London a lot of pubs will have a garden to sit outside unless you have typical British weather of rain LOL. The "Roast" is a dinner on Sunday which is typically beef/turkey/gammon with roast potatoes and veg, but if you're in Wales don't expect to get one after 5pm, the rest of the UK you'll be ok.
Tip - get the first round in as it (the round) can bigger quickly and if you've got in early its cheaper lol. Being an American you'd probably like the larger better so ask for a pint of "wife beater" ;)
To catch the attention of the Barkeep like she says eye contact, nod of the head, raise a finger, do not shout "Oiy", ( or however that is spelt. ). Clinking and cheers is not a common thing, probably only done it myself two/three time and I am 65 now.
saying "cheers" - false. We all do it sometimes but she made it sound that we do it with every drink. Last orders is never at 10:30. 10:45 at the very earliest but it varies as for the last 30 years pubs licenses mean they can apply to open more hours.
As an englishman, If I pay with cash then I may tip the change. I do tip at great pubs with great service, it is not expected but it is appreciated.
I grew up in a pub it's a hard live 24/7 but it can be the best times too.
Honestly, just go to the pub, go to the bar, wait your turn, maybe ask the barman/lady, what they recommend and order it. Then find a seat and relax. That's it!!!
She certainly seems to have found the emptiest pubs in London - in at least three of them she walked straight up to an empty bar with only one member of staff behind the bar, and then at the one she went in that did have other people in, she joined a queue as in a line of people waiting to get to the bar. Which you don't really do in a pub unless the bar is very tiny, or there are a massive amount of people waiting and only one person behind the bar. Generally as long as there's room along the length of the bar to stand, move to a space, and trust the bar staff to have noted your position in the queue in relation to everybody else waiting to be served. If you end up pushing in, ie the barman offers to serve you before somebody else who was definitely there before you, point to them first. That will ensure (1) that you don't get any complaints from this other customer that you have pushed in and (2) will almost certainly ensure that you are next to be served by that same member of staff, rather than somebody else who might be trying to push in. Even if the pub was stopping serving at 11, they'd normally only ring last orders (not LAST CALL) at 10:30 if the pub was ridiculously full and there weren't many bar staff on. It doesn't generally take half an hour to serve every single patron in a pub one more drink - and that's if every single customer in the pub wanted another drink and was going to go to the bar to order it themselves. Our local generally rings the first bell maybe ten to fifteen minutes before time, not half an hour.
A pint in the UK is 20 fluis oz beer is pint or half pint some extra strong drink by the third of a pint (gill) in my area there is a local brewery called Robinsons they do a bottle or a small barrel on the bar called Old Tom various types but a fair bit stronger than normal beer and ale. Also a thing called Barley Wine also fairly strong. Spirits are by measure 25ml or 50ml, wine by the glass size can vary from pup to pup.
Historically pubs stayed open all day from early in the morning unit midnight or later, but in WW I the rules changed to open at 10.30/11.00 in the morning, close at 2.30/3.00 in the afternoon, open at 5.00 in the afternoon and close at 10.30/11.00 in the evening in order to avoid drunkenness in the factories. This was still the case in the 80s. The law changed to make it more flexible, so all day opening if the licensee wishes.
Hotels could/can serve aloholic drinks outside normal hours to their residents.
As for queuing I've found that the people at the bar will often sort it out amongst themselves. Just remember who is already there and that's the queue, when you think it's your turn just look around and someone will probably "it's you". If you're lucky! I agree with the recommendations to use pubs outside the London area, usually cheaper and friendlier. If you just see a bewildering array of pumps with different beers/lagers just ask if there's a local beer and buy that. It will identify you as a stranger and therefore worth bamboozling with discussion of the various beers; possibly even some sample tastes....It also gives you an opening topic with the barstaff!
I have two local pubs, 3 miles apart that I go to, one used to serve excellent meals but no longer and the beer is about £5 whereas the other is "ordinary", serves decent food and is £3.50 during the afternoon. Centre of London is now a Theme Park, and expensive. When I lived in London it did not depend on tourists.
Yes , it took the government over 60 years to notice that we'd won the war against the Kaiser!
I'd like a large Carlsberg.
Unfortunately, we don't use imperial measures anymore (pints). We 🇬🇧 use millilitres. So ask for a large.
Saying cheers and clicking glasses is frequently done but not always done. If you feel a little awkward, then wait for the other members of the group and follow their lead.
The next thing is said with love, so please don't take this the wrong way, and some Brits don't mind. Sometimes lovely people from the USA will gather in a group of 4 or more and be loud and using lots of money in an obvious way (this is probably normal when in the US) and you're probably having the best time. We are all about having the best time in the UK! However the perception of some of the locals will be that "you're acting like you own the place" When I say place it might mean the building you are in or the whole country depending on how big your group is. Depending on where you and who you are with, you may not get an honest answer to your question, "Are we being too loud?" If you are the loudest group in the pub/building/park, then there is a good chance that you are too loud. This may be similar for other countries i don't know. As stated above, I have said this with love and honesty because I think the USA expects it. 🙂❤
In Some bars and restaurants the service is included in the price,you should ask.
You will notice the "CASHLESS" pub was empty , I never support any shop who says they are cashless either ... just pop down the road to a real pub
So agree and thought it was just me. Good to know there are others too 👍
A pub with 10grand in cash is an easy target for robberies.
@@stevehaddon151 a pub with 10 grand in cash in 2023 is wonder why they've got 10 grand and why nobody has been to the bank that month
@@TrevM0nkey a west end pub is doing that daily mate.
@@stevehaddon151 is that because of how busy they are. or the prices? we like a drink up North but pubs seem to be dying off with the price increases, and the smoking ban didn't help. I grew up in the nineties and pubs were the social centre for everybody
Cider made with Pears is called Perry.
we don't order 'beer' in the UK. It's like ordering steak and asking for a side order of potatoes but not specifying what kind of potatoes.
You might get the beers in but you wouldn't buy beer; it's just a generic term for the drink, unless you're buying bitter but you'd ask for the particular one you want rather than 'beer'
Number 6 tells me she's only been in the UK for ten minutes, or only ever been in pretentious pubs in London. I've never clinked glasses, said cheers and looked my mates in the eye before having a drink. I've never looked the barman in the eye either.
One tradition that you have to do in the UK... in winter. You walk to the pub in the freezing cold, go to the bar and complain how cold it is outside, then order the coldest drink they sell. A cold lager or cider, extra cold Guiness or a short with plenty of ice. Everybody does it but we don't actually realise we do it.
Tipping is very uncommon in pubs. Perhaps tip after a great meal in a pub but often food is ordered at the bar and payed upfront anyway, so you aren't going to tip.
I usually say 'and one for yourself' when buying drinks and they can just take the price of a drink or the drink. It's easiest.
You can do that. I must admit I have never in my life tipped and never bought the bar person a drink - they simply don't regard that as normal. I would guess if you're paying by cash 95%+ of people would even wait and take their change back! Perhaps that's a North of England perspective.
@@ChrisMartin-b7l I have always done it and I am in my 60s now. TBH, I wouldn't know whether is is a North of England thing as I have lived all over. Used to pay by cash when I was younger obviously but use card now. It's not a problem.
Dont normally tip unless you are a regular then you probably do but not for every drink and probably leave enough for 1 beer.
Americans are obsessed with the whole cheers thing...I only ever say cheers as a thank you
Sunday roast is Beef or pork or chicken roasted with veggies and Yorkshire pudding plus gravy and drink of choice.
Pubs closes at different times, but generally at 11:00pm
Fun fact: Australian pubs used to close at 6pm resulting in what became known as the "6pm swill".
Even more interestingly, some Aussie pubs of this time period were men only and had gutters around the bars so the customers could urinate without wasting valuable drinking time. Must have smelt lovely!
She's American from New York
You don't tip of drinks and bar snacks, that's just mental. You can tip if you get a full meal, up to you, you won't get nasty reaction if you dont. People get paid proper money to server you.
I wouldn’t say most pubs serve food, but I’m not sure of the statistics. Most pubs I drink at don’t do food apart from snacks
Best pubs are outside the big cities and especially London. The ones shown here were a wee bit "cookie cutter". Whatever "techniques" you use in US bars, DO NOT try them in the UK. A good barman knows who should be next and isn't interested in pushy people trying to jump the queue. Wave money at him or lean over the bar and expect to get ignored. Cider is currently popular, and fashionable in towny bars (which is why she had what is a fairly commercial brand but thought it was "authentic" cider. It really wasn't. It just wasn't totally factory-produced sugar water.)
She's not too bad on the whole, but most of these are a bit less Rules, than Guidelines.
Jess is a New Yorker. And she knows her stuff
Someday rose this what English people used to have. Every Sunday, mom would cook a joint, a beef. And we would all have a big dinner.
Be you a man or a mouse, my dear fellow ? I'm long lived on this here "plot", and boozers are best bits about it ! Each one is different, in it's own right. Sure there's well known "chains", but it all rest on the punters, and what time ya go in ! I could'nt name "one " Japanese beer, ( as most people here) so i do'nt know where she got that from. Fair review, though.
British pint is larger than the US version
Oldest pub in the UK, Ye olde trip to Jerusalem in Nottingham, Great pub
If you bought the Bar tender a drink every time - they would be rat arsed 😂 (sorry I mean very drunk) - never tipped one ever. Sunday Roast is usually Roast Beef or Roast Chicken with Seasonal Vegetables - Roast potatoes and if you're lucky Yorkshire Pudding 😋. Don't make eye contact with Londoners or smile as they'll probably call the Coppers as you're probably a weirdo 😂😂😂😂.
She doesn't go into the layout of many pubs. A taproom is just beers on tap and on the other side the bar where you can get spirits, cider, soft drinks ect. So when you start drinking as a youth you most definitely don't drink in the taproom this is for locals only so outsiders will be less than welcome......
That pretty much goes for irish pubs except there is more music in irish pubs and certain etiquette around that
I live in London, and most pubs here are shite! Best pubs are outside of London and the very best ones are in northern England
Remember a British pint is larger than an American pint 21st
Next time your are over, let me know and I'll show you how it's done. 😊
honestly 90% of people dont tip at a pub, maybe 99% lol. Ive never seen someone do it, unless they use cash and its a £1 change and they say keep change. Our places get payed a wage not relying on tips :)
Pear cider is called Perry
Tipping anywhere in the UK, no never.
You never have to say cheers before you start drinking.
Tipping is more common than people are making out in the comments, in a busy pub a good tipper will get served quicker. You often say "take your own" when paying. This is an invitation to take a drink, however a decent bar person will merely take a pound or two rather than the price of a full drink. Those that take the full price will tend to be tipped less often than the ones that take a couple of quid.
The beer and banter is better in the north