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Old 31-05-2015, 15:11
Mountain_Runner
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I'm interested in pub food the quality and different things they serve like hot pot, pies etc.
Please can you share experiences of food from any kind of pub?

Also has anyone experienced the pub food in a 'flat roof pub' what was it like and how were the other cliental?

Are country pubs better than flat roof pubs? The reason I ask is the latter are often easier to get to by public transport and Flat roof pubs are in the more leafy residential part or towns away from the crowed city centre, the people using them are down to earth and and open.

Btw. Flat roof pubs are ones built in the 1960s and 70s.
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Old 31-05-2015, 15:52
Toby LaRhone
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Can't you just start a Flat Roof Pub appreciation thread?

Edit: change that to "obsession" thread.
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Old 31-05-2015, 16:45
Isambard Brunel
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If the pub is the kind of place that is likely to develop a reputation, such as a central London pub where there will be tons of Internet reviews that tourists will seek out on their iPads, or a small community pub where they serve the same small number of people who all talk to each other and everyone else in the village, they make an effort to deliver reasonable food for a reasonable price.

Anywhere that's in a place that has a steady stream of random people passing through who just fancy pub food on the spur of the moment, such as an airport pub or a pub near a tourist/visitor attraction, will pay the least they can for the worst food and get away with it.

Chain pubs are somewhere in the middle, in the sense that simply the fact their brand is well known is enough to make some people go back (or trust them for a first visit), even if every experience they've had in the past has been bad. But companies like this have economies of scale and leverage with their suppliers that mean they still turn in a good profit for the shareholders.
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Old 31-05-2015, 21:41
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Check for 3663 delivery vans for an idea what the meals will be like, ie same as any other pub that gets their menu from them
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Old 01-06-2015, 09:25
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Some of the worst food I have eaten has been in a pub.
Some of the best food I have eaten has been in a pub.
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Old 03-06-2015, 12:17
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Varies a lot. Last one I ate in they actually cooked the food themselves and it was very good. Waited ages for it for though.

Chain pubs they usually just microwave existing meals I think. I've even had pies, veg etc that was still cold inside.
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