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Haven't been out for country pub lunch for a while, and am a bit surprise that the standard price for a burger and chips in a nice pub seems to be £11-13...is that a bit much or have I just lost track of inflation? You can get a proper plate dish for £13-18 which is understandable, but burgers at £12...?

YANBU, I wouldn't pay that for a burger and chips either. I know country pubs can be pricey, but the chain pubs often do burger, chips and a drink for £6

The standard price in most pubs in surrey is around 9-10 quid in a decent establishment, so you must have been at a posh place

Squeaky, that's what I thought (£9-10) but I'm noticing more and more are up at £11+ and not particularly posh, but obviously not Weatherspoon.

Which part of the world do you live in?
Up here in Yorkshire, you're looking at about £5 for that. In a nice pub as well.

I love Yorkshire

Down here its about £10-£13 for a burger and chips in a nice pub. Doesn't mean the burger will be nice though!

YANBU to think it's pricey, but YABU to think it's wrong to charge a similar amount for burger and chips than for a "proper plate dish", whatever that s.

If a "proper plate dish" is £13 then why should burger and chips not be £11?

What's the difference?

Yorkshire here too, and £12 for burger and chips seems extortionate! Even dead posh burgers and chips in a 'naice' pub would only cost about £7!
I love Yorkshire

I went to Byron Burger recently in Ken High St....and it was a lot less than that. Burgers were nice. Mind you, chips were extra.

Best go and see my Dad in Yorkshire!

I need to move to Yorkshire then! Proper food and proper prices!!

It's a round the same price in country pubs around here.

I know it doesn't make sense, but i would rather have something other than a burger and chips for the same amount. Burger and chips seems pretty unsubstantial, and nowt special. If I wanted a burger I would go to Macdonalds.

I also mutter under my breath if dd orders something simple like a spaghetti with tomato sauce - I can cook that at home. But that's not the point is it. I do though prefer to order stuff in restaurants which I never cook at home,

I'm in the North East and have never seen a burger more than about £8. Usually around the £6 mark.

You can go t'pub near Ilkley Moor and get a giant Yorkshire with banger in middle covered in gravy for a fiver.

And you get brass band playing Jerusalem on top o'moor thrown in.

Real food up here

Trills, by proper plate dish I meant leg of lamb or duck or something like that. Something which requires a bit of cooking. Let's face it, a burger is really no more than a warm sandwich and making chips requires no real culinary talent either.

I hope you get a naice salad with that as well at that price.

Yes of course Kim. And organic too. What more could one want!

I'm Yorkshire

Not sure where the other posters are but Posh Burger and chips in a 'naice' pub can range anywhere from £9 upwards. Usually upwards to be honest

I never order burgers for that reason. If I want a burger I just go to MuckyD's.

OOh Kim.......I'm trying to guess now which Pub you mean

Is it the Cow and Calf - where burgers are over £9 or possibly the Hermit? which is bloody delish food but v expensive for a sandwich which consists of just 2 slices of bread

Blimey - you could get a plate of carrots for that price!

About 6 to 8 quid here.

(north west)

maxpepsi I might have made the price up

But you do get a gigantic Yorkshire pudding though with gravy. Not sure about the price though.

Think it's the Cow and Calf. Haven't been there for a long time.

Ah I see Kim

If you've not been for a while I think you'll be in for a shock.

Lovely food still but you're not going to get a filled a Yorkie full stop, never mind for a fiver!

But having said all that, you get fantastic views on Ilkley Moor so still worth the visit

It may not be a beef burger but venison

Cow and Calf burgers ... £9.25 - £10.95 getting hungry now !