Are pubs always dead this time of year?

[Sam87uuk]

Noticed my local wetherspoons pub is pretty much dead since NYE..

I've never really noticed before but is this a normal "thing" for British boozers in January?

Maybe it's just my town

nope its usual they are dead in Jan until payday

Last weekend of the month it will be like January never happened.

Yes completely usual

Yes - last payday and next payday are the longest weeks ever!!

Longest month of the year and Dry January (although our local reminded everyone they do dry white wine)

I worked in the hospitality industry for many years, and in my experience January was always the quietest time of year. The first working Monday after New Year was usually the quietest day of the entire year. Traditionally, many landlords & landladies would clear off to Tenerife for a holiday in January. The rise of ‘dry January’ is likely to have made it even quieter.

I was in one yesterday, it definitely wasn't empty , and lots of people on their own too.

Could be the eye watering cost of a pint of beer.

It was ale Tuesday today in my wetherspoons. £1.88 a pint

One of our village pubs isnt even opening on a Monday or Tues in January its so quiet

MN likes to knock ‘Spoons but they know how to get punters through the door.

Completely normal

Dry January
Fitness kicks
Skint from Christmas
Skint from
Getting paid two weeks early before Christmas
Cold, dark, no one can be arsed to go out.

It's always been like that.

It's normally on the quiet side in January. Some small independent pubs and bars use a week or so in January to close up for cleaning, decorating, stocktaking, going through the books or just having a well-earned break. I guess those pubs that also serve food reopen to take advantage of Burns' Night, whether or not they are Scottish! Then there's St. Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day and so on.

Dry January, everyone's on a fitness kick and no ones got any money.
Give it a few weeks, it'll be heaving again.

My sleep deprived eyes read this as 'are pubes always dead this time of year'

My locks Wetherspoons was heaving at the seams when I went recently, but probably because it's so cheap

My local Spoons is always heaving, so maybe just depends on the town!

My local boozer was heaving on Sunday, including people sitting in the garden. I'm going to another local on Friday night, expect it to be busy too

It’s always quiet, but this weather is exceptionally cold which means fewer people venture out.

People are skint or given up going outm

The pub was heaving last night at 5pm but started to thin out at 9pm. It used to be the other way round, getting busier and busier the later it got.

Pubs are usually dead this time of year - people have bills and credit card statements coming in.