DS Forums

 
 

How often do you eat out?


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 19-12-2016, 12:34
Funk You
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Nelson Mandela House- Peckham
Posts: 3,478
Quite a bit at least once a week if you count going to the greasy spoon for a fry up or lunch lol its cheap and good place to have a chat with my mates and catch up.
Funk You is offline   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 19-12-2016, 13:07
Harvey_Specter
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: London
Posts: 602
I mean at restaurants etc
Less than once a year
Once a year
Once every 6 months
A few occasions over 6 months
Once every 3 months
A few occasions over 3 months
Once a month
A few occasions over 1 month
Once a week

I'm curious what is normal.
If you're talking purely about evening meals then probably twice a week. But if you include lunch then probably 4 times.
Harvey_Specter is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 15:01
Rab64
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Scotland
Posts: 817
4 or 5 times a year
Rab64 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 16:24
Laurel1ne
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: London Town
Posts: 160
Hmmm if all depends on definition, a restaurant with waiter service and a bill likely to be over £100 then maybe 3 times a year, Valentines and each other's Birthdays. Still not married or engaged so that'll come another time when we actually decide to tie the knot

Something like a Harvester or a Pub dinner or a Pizzeria then about three times every couple of months
Laurel1ne is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 16:48
wench
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 7,367
Used to be multiple times a week, now multiple per month - partner is a trained chef so the food is better at home
Same here, I used to eat out constantly as I hate cooking and any excuse to get someone else to cook.
Now my BF lives with me, he does all the cooking!

Although I probably still eat out at least twice a month.
wench is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 16:51
barbeler
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 11,692
Never. It just seems such a terrible waste of money.
barbeler is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 16:51
sorcha_healy27
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 68,941
Quite often actually. .

I'm not a great cook so I usually eat my main meal at lunchtime
sorcha_healy27 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 17:02
walterwhite
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 21,729
Never. It just seems such a terrible waste of money.
Well it would depend how well you can cook but for me I wouldn't call it a waste of money at all as I can eat much better out than at home.
walterwhite is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 17:22
Jambo_c
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 3,720
I can't say a regular amount as it completely depends upon what's going on. I didn't eat out once in November but I've eaten out 6 times so far in December ranging from an £8 pizza in Brewdog up to the best food I've ever had the pleasure of eating when we went to Sat Bains!

Generally I tend to go with the approach of eating out less often but at nice places.

I'll always go self catering on holiday too so we can eat out at different places every day.

Never. It just seems such a terrible waste of money.
Why is it a waste of money?

Obviously it's subjective but I get a huge amount of pleasure from food and drink and firmly believe that value for money is linked to enjoyment. If you enjoy something then it's value for money. For me, eating at a really good restaurant is a fantastic experience and something you can't replicate at home (unless you're a Michelin starred chef or live with one). For me spending £150 a head on a meal that is one of the best you've ever had is far more value for money than a £5 microwaved meal in Wetherspoons.
Jambo_c is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 17:25
Pumping Iron
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 22,981
I can't say a regular amount as it completely depends upon what's going on. I didn't eat out once in November but I've eaten out 6 times so far in December ranging from an £8 pizza in Brewdog up to the best food I've ever had the pleasure of eating when we went to Sat Bains!

Generally I tend to go with the approach of eating out less often but at nice places.

I'll always go self catering on holiday too so we can eat out at different places every day.



Why is it a waste of money?

Obviously it's subjective but I get a huge amount of pleasure from food and drink and firmly believe that value for money is linked to enjoyment. If you enjoy something then it's value for money. For me, eating at a really good restaurant is a fantastic experience and something you can't replicate at home (unless you're a Michelin starred chef or live with one). For me spending £150 a head on a meal that is one of the best you've ever had is far more value for money than a £5 microwaved meal in Wetherspoons.
That's because you're a foodie like myself. However not everyone gets the same pleasure from food, for some eating is a chore, so I get why for some eating out is a waste of money.
Pumping Iron is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 17:27
Lushness
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: London
Posts: 24,686
Two to three times a month but occasionally there have been (will be) months where it just doesn't happen
Lushness is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 17:46
whitecliffe
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Bored with Digital Spy Yawn
Posts: 3,676
I use to eat out probably 2 to 3 times a week. When my relationship ended it dropped to a couple of times a month.

In the last 6 months not at all. I miss it but have terrible anxiety that all I can cope with is a routine of work and home.
whitecliffe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 18:21
Ads
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Pimlico, central London, UK
Posts: 14,877
Probs about 2-3 times a week - we are blessed in London to have such an amazing restaurant scene
Ads is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 18:36
Flash525
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Gloucestershire, England
Posts: 4,798
How often do you eat out?
It varies. Some months it's never, other months it's two, sometimes three evenings. Usually when catching up with old friends, or before/after a cinema viewing with more common friends.

Whenever she opens her legs.
I guess someone had too...
Flash525 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 18:48
Paul237
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Midlands, UK
Posts: 4,964
It depends on the time of year. I always go to Cornwall in June and eat out at least once a day. Then in December I'll eat out more because of Christmas.

But during other times of the year I can go several months without eating out.
Paul237 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 18:52
jazzyjazzy
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,999
Except for hotel stays - never - and if this week-end's hotel meals were anything to go by it will be a long time before we do it again.
Stayed in a 4* in Granada and would have been ashamed to have served that crap to anybody, not because it was Spanish food but the quality and coldness of it was appalling.
jazzyjazzy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 18:52
Cake_Nibbler
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 6,463
Probably 3 times a week?

Typically one meal out on a Friday or Saturday night then a lunch out during the week and then maybe something like a breakfast out or a Sunday roast out.

In reality with a lunch out or a coffee and a panini out most weekends it can get to maybe 5 times a week

Off for Christmas now so likely to go up too.

Me and my family can all cook well but going out for food isn't that big a expense so enjoy doing it. Usually it's around £20 a head for a dinner or around £8 for a lunch/ drink so nothing extortionate although maybe every 3 months Will go somewhere a bit more premium
Cake_Nibbler is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 18:58
CLL Dodge
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: The Green Hills of Earth
Posts: 80,438
McDonalds calls itself a restaurant.
CLL Dodge is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:02
Grouty
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: The Nth East
Posts: 21,590
As often as she lets me

Boom! Boom!
Grouty is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:03
Sifter22
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 6,400
A few times a week. Mostly work lunch breaks.
Sifter22 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:08
Flash525
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Gloucestershire, England
Posts: 4,798
McDonalds calls itself a restaurant.
Is a certain type of restaurant. Cheap food, low class, minimal expectations. More a snack than a meal.
Flash525 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:28
gdjman68wasdigi
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Liverpool/sarf London.
Posts: 11,740
Quite often actually. .

I'm not a great cook so I usually eat my main meal at lunchtime
Safis curry

Legendary
gdjman68wasdigi is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:35
Ads
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Pimlico, central London, UK
Posts: 14,877
Except for hotel stays - never - and if this week-end's hotel meals were anything to go by it will be a long time before we do it again.
Stayed in a 4* in Granada and would have been ashamed to have served that crap to anybody, not because it was Spanish food but the quality and coldness of it was appalling.
Tapas is free in Granada, and great quality in many places! Why stay in a hotel and eat food when you have already had a bad experience with your first meal, and instead eat where the locals do?
Ads is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:38
blueisthecolour
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 10,848
It's reading threads like this that makes me realize how 'different' a lot of the posters are on here. I mean never eating out . . . . .do you not go for a meal for family birthdays? Or out with work? Or on holiday? Have you never just been away from home for a while and needed to eat? Or popped into a pub to see a friend and decided to get something?

To be fair it's probably been 3-4 weeks since I last ate at a pub and maybe 2.5 months since I was in an actual restaurant. But then I have a 'lull' between September and December where there are no family birthdays.
blueisthecolour is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:51
gdjman68wasdigi
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Liverpool/sarf London.
Posts: 11,740
It's reading threads like this that makes me realize how 'different' a lot of the posters are on here. I mean never eating out . . . . .do you not go for a meal for family birthdays? Or out with work? Or on holiday? Have you never just been away from home for a while and needed to eat? Or popped into a pub to see a friend and decided to get something?

To be fair it's probably been 3-4 weeks since I last ate at a pub and maybe 2.5 months since I was in an actual restaurant. But then I have a 'lull' between September and December where there are no family birthdays.
Saf and I ordered the Chateaubriand 16Oz at Miller and Carter the other week and it was worth the money, highly recommended.

I love eating out, out on the 30th.
gdjman68wasdigi is online now   Reply With Quote
 
Reply




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 03:34.