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To the £19.95 each for a Sunday lunch is expensive?

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sinkorswimss · 05/07/2023 13:57

Going to Newcastle for the weekend
I'm from a small town and here you can get a Sunday lunch for around £10
So obviously my shock at the menu for £19.95 each
So with two drinks around £60
I just think it's daylight robbery

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Mumtothreegirlies · 05/07/2023 15:23

South here and the only roast you can get for £10 is a carvery but even then it’s probably more £12 now. Can make one at home for the whole family for £20 it is a rip off, especially when it’s usually rubbish anyway.

MrsTerryPratchett · 05/07/2023 15:23

O'Grady's will be wondering WTF happened to their Google analytics right about now.

bellac11 · 05/07/2023 15:25

Looks a bit of a mixed bag of a place, some things are clearly just chucked in a deep fat fryer but then there are other dishes which look freshly home cooked

Its not my kind of place but nothing wrong with it and people need somewhere to go where basic pub grub is served up with good value, good for them.

EvelynKatie · 05/07/2023 15:35

That's not a shock for nice bars/restaurants in Newcastle city centre.

Chocolateship · 05/07/2023 15:38

I agree it's wild, people must be happy to pay though I suppose for it to be viable.

Springbaby2023 · 05/07/2023 15:46

Very normal but also the reason I don’t go out for Sunday lunch

Back2front · 05/07/2023 15:50

I live in the NE and would expect to pay around £15 for a really good Sunday lunch. Newcastle is a city though so I'd expect pay city prices - £20 isn't that surprising but I'd expect it to be good.

SpringSummerDreamer · 05/07/2023 15:50

Midlands £14 to £18

Ferferksake · 05/07/2023 15:53

£12.50 in our local golf club.

RedToothBrush · 05/07/2023 15:54

sinkorswimss · 05/07/2023 14:00

I'm from Redcar

There is your issue.

Just about everywhere else in the country - even less afluent places - the standard price now would be £15 to £20.

You'd be hard pushed to find places cheaper.

It comes now to land value and rental prices. And Redcar is as cheap as it comes.

Thats why Newcastle is more expensive too.

Welcome to the Rest of The Uk.

Tangled123 · 05/07/2023 15:55

I don’t generally eat roast dinners but an average main course is between £15 -£25 near me in Northern Ireland, even up to £35 for steak.

FrenchandSaunders · 05/07/2023 15:56

In our local hungry horse it’s £8.79 or £10.79 for a larger roast …. but it’s rank.

Our nearest decent pub charges about £18 … south London/surrey.

NeedToChangeName · 05/07/2023 15:57

Flickersy · 05/07/2023 14:40

If you like it OP then fill your boots.

But realistically, if you want staff paid fairly, good quality ingredients, fresh ingredients (not frozen or prepped), meals cooked fresh to order (not microwaved or reheated), and you expect to pay £10, then you're going to have to accept that at least one or more of those criteria is not going to be met.

Pubs can't make money at that rate unless they're cutting a corner somewhere.

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@Flickersy I agree, something's got to give

It's like builders saying there are 3 criteria - everyone wants work done (1) well (2) quickly and (3) cheap, but you can only get 2 out of 3

FrenchandSaunders · 05/07/2023 15:58

Always disappointed by pub roasts …. one of the few meals I can do better.

FeltCarrot · 05/07/2023 15:58

I can’t get over 30p for Yorkshire pud!
(I went to 6th form in Middlesbrough and used to hang out with friends from Redcar/Marske/Saltburn…happy days!)

SparklingDrink · 05/07/2023 15:58

I think it’s expensive too, live in the North.

Zebedee55 · 05/07/2023 15:58

I'm on the London/NK borders, and that would be a cheap meal.😚

aquasausage · 05/07/2023 16:00

is it falcons nest?

SparklingDrink · 05/07/2023 16:00

RedToothBrush · 05/07/2023 15:54

There is your issue.

Just about everywhere else in the country - even less afluent places - the standard price now would be £15 to £20.

You'd be hard pushed to find places cheaper.

It comes now to land value and rental prices. And Redcar is as cheap as it comes.

Thats why Newcastle is more expensive too.

Welcome to the Rest of The Uk.

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Sadly we don’t get your Southern wages.
Just realised I get much less than the average wage, I’m only just above minimum, it’s galling.
I am educated, work full time, but that’s all that appears to be advertised.

bellac11 · 05/07/2023 16:01

The best roast Ive had in a pub was last year or the year before, somewhere in Surrey or on the Sussex borders, a little country pub, parking was a nightmare, packed out it was, it was really expensive and I was ready to find fault due to the prices, I think they were about 25 quid each

It was exquisite. I really want to go back

Cannot remember for the life of me where it was, we met friends there, I need to find out.

timetablesquare · 05/07/2023 16:03

MrsTerryPratchett · 05/07/2023 14:47

Posters keep talking about the cost of the meat. But t's all about the overhead. the same quality in a city centre is going to cost vastly more in staff wages, rent, advertising, everything, than a small place in a cheap town. The meal could be exactly the same.

Yes, exactly! Cheap property prices feed into cheaper rent for the pub, lower pay for staff who have lower rent themselves, even more cheaply available meat and veg if there are farms in the area due to lower cost of farm land.

There are plenty of disgusting roasts in London and other expensive places for £20 and above. Price due to regional COL differences is not the final indicator of quality.

lechatnoir · 05/07/2023 16:04

Our local pub (SE) it's £18-£21 depending on meat so we just don't bother anymore when I can knock out a really decent roast for less than half the price.

We tried a Toby Carvery a few weeks back (£14pp) and it was absolutely rank - vast amounts of very average food & people piling their plates so high it was ridiculous & it didn't feel very clean either - teenagers were happy though!

Pizza is probably about the cheapest to eat out nowadays and even that is getting expensive. We used to eat out twice a month on average and I think we have twice this year and I'm pretty sure I'm not along in this so no idea how so many places will survive the year./

Blossomtoes · 05/07/2023 16:06

BarelyLiterate · 05/07/2023 14:03

The cost of eating out has gone through the roof over the last few years, but £20 for a Sunday roast is still expensive for the North East. I would expect that sort pricing in the South, but not anywhere else.

£20 is pretty standard for a decent pub Sunday lunch in Yorkshire.

caringcarer · 05/07/2023 16:07

Where I live there is a fabulous Italian that does a pizza or pasta dish (usually costing £13.95) for £8 each on a Sunday afternoon. You have to book well in advance though.

Andanotherone01 · 05/07/2023 16:11

We had a massive Sunday lunch a couple of weeks ago which was £18.99 - bargain I thought! We're Home Counties