Bar/Pub Dresscodes

[Skithepowder]

Do you know of any bars or pubs that have a dresscode like no trainers or no jeans etc.... not nightclubs.... and not the ones where they ban chav clothing.

[CheekyChops]

Depends where you are talking about. Lots of pubs round here where I am have dress codes - no football shirts, no trainers, no sportswear etc. You need to be more specific and say where you live!

[Skithepowder]

OK, how about just ever heard of any with a no jeans rule?

[CheekyChops]

About ten years ago, yes. Nowadays, very few and far between I think *furiously racking brains trying to think of one*. When I was out on the town, especially on a saturday night, there were lots of pubs that didn't allow jeans - nowadays the same pubs do allow them.

I think that as long as they aren't ripped to shreds and really tatty, most places are fine with jeans.

[Buenchico]

If you want to find bars with all sorts of dress-code rule ("no hats", "no trainers", "no jeans", whatever), just head to some of the 'livelier' seaside towns (e.g. Southend or Blackpool). There are usually lots of places, away from the seafront, who want to disassociate themselves from some of the rowdier elements of the drinking community. They try to do this by identifying the types of dress which seem to be common to most of the troublemakers.

Chris

PS: I used to run a bar which was in a hotel managed by a former punk musician. (James Harding, keyboard player with The Adicts). The boss was now strictly a 'collar and tie' man but most of his musician friends weren't. Trying to convince them that they weren't allowed in could often be rather difficult!

[Octavius]

In a local town near where I live there were 2 'trendy' bars for the city types who wanted a local boozer with a city bar feel. The bars were right next door to each other and both had bouncers.

It was odd really but you walked up to the first one and the bouncers would say, sorry no jeans or trainers, so you would just go into the one next door. I think the management realised it was daft as they were losing a lot of trade to their neighbours and changed their minds. It was nearly always empty.

I think now mostly, jeans and trainers come under the 'designer' clothes (not the sports trainers) label and most bars will let you in if you 'fit' the scene. Football shirts are definite no no.

[Artemis]

There was one pub in Wandsworth that wouldn't let anyone in who wore a wooly hat. It wasn't a joke but deadly serious.

[Octavius]

I should think so too, not a farm is it?!

[ShawTee7]

Whilst enquiring about tickets for St Patricks night at a venue in Manchester years ago, i was told they were available. I then asked if there was a dress code. The old boy dissapeared for a few sconds then came back and said "M16 ..." God bless `im!!!

[jamiebarton]

Theres a good site called dresscodes.co.uk that displays what you can and can't wear in bars and clubs all over the UK.