If you order a bottle of wine with a meal in a pub or restaurant and don't finish it, is it ok to take it home?

Yes - it's yours.

Yes!

> If you order a bottle of wine with a meal in a pub or restaurant and don't finish it, is it ok to take it home?

Yes, as long as you're not trying to get on my bus with an open bottle :-)

Thanks, just don't want to get any funny looks or be made to feel as if we are trying to smuggle something out that we shouldn't!

No worries chaumsong, we are far too sophisticated for that lol ;-)

We often ask for the cork to bring home wine we have not drunk. You have paid for it it's yours. :-)
Often OH will have a couple of beers and with the best will in the world I cannot drink a whole bottle in one sitting (Sorry girls I am a lightweight I know !! ) so we re-cork and bring the rest home for another go next day !!
Aileen

Thanks, we will ask for the cork then, I bet it would only get poured away anyway if we left it there. I am a lightweight too lol but I do love my red wine ;-)

Enjoy having dinner out .... a rare treat here, about to become an even more distant memory as we have a puppy arriving this week (not sure the babysitter would also deal with a puppy lol), tho' if the weather stays a while maybe we can do a few pub lunches/socialise the pup at the same time .... sound like a plan?

Thanks, we rarely go out these days, but it is our 19th wedding anniversary and our dogs (including our 10 week old pup) will be in very capable hands thanks to our two eldest daughters :-)
Good idea re the pub lunches to help socialise the new pup, what a great excuse lol ;-)

I have absolutely no idea as I never have any left!!

Sadly more an more pubs are 'No dogs' ostensibly as they serve food, but the regs are that dogs are not allowed in food PREPARATION areas. 

Rowdy children seem perfectly acceptable though.  Makes me cross as my local large chain never used to allow children at all, and I had to go a long way to take them out for a Sunday meal out that wasn't McDonald's.

Mine had to sit at table and eat their meals, were taken to the loo, and we left if they became fractious/bored. 

Now when trying to enjoy a chat and drink at our local the undisciplined children screaming drives me nuts!  Staff are very reluctant to do anything.  Would rather well behaved dogs were allowed in the pub garden.

agreed ,barbara!

Totally agree, drives me mad that I am restricted about where I take my clean, quiet, leaded dogs for a day out and feral children can go anywhere they like and make everyone's lives unpleasant!

We don't seem to have problems as most of the pubs around us are dog friendly :-)

As for unruly children I tend to say in a very loud voice when talking to my very well behaved quiet 8 year old what a pleasure it is to take her out as she in not bothering anybody and is polite well manners. Normal does the trick as people feel embarrassed :-)

I usually make a comment along similar lines about my dogs being better behaved than some children!  Trouble is, when you get the very wealthy priviliged types who are sitting too far away to hear me and indeed their children!!!!

I find if you complain about children,youre always made to feel youre in the wrong!Same with noise,they(children )can run up and down screaming outside ones house all day with impunity,but you let your dogs bark for five minutes!i mean,i love kids,i had 4 and now have 6 grandkids,i just find it so unfair,especially as most of us dont let our dogs bark endlessly.

Unruly children in pubs/restaurants is one of my bug bears. I feel so sorry for the staff who are having to carry plates of hot food and dodge scampering children at the same time, don't their parent's realise the risk ?.
It's also down right anti-social to allow children to annoy other diners, It makes me chuckle when Brit parent's say people are being intolerant to not want children in restaurant's and that it's common place on the Continent, they seem to be oblivious that Continental parent's tend to take the time to teach their children how to behave when eating out, and not treat them as some sort of play park.

I have absolutely no idea as I never have any left!!

**Blush** me too! Mind you I can only do that with rose now, white and red just can't do anymore. :-)

Cavlover

As everyone has said yes take it with you, however if you think you are only likely to have a couple of glasses you could just order house wine by the glass that way there is no waste although it will probably cost the same. :-)

Have a wonderful evening and wishing you a very happy anniversary. :-)

> It makes me chuckle when Brit parent's say people are being intolerant to not want children in restaurant's and that it's common place on the Continent,

There's a good philosphical slogan going around.....
                                    " Parents, do society a favour, say NO to your children"

oops, I'm another one of the 'have no wine left to take home' brigade *blush*.....

Anyway, have a great evening and enjoy :-)

I find if you complain about children,youre always made to feel youre in the wrong!Same with noise,they(children )can run up and down screaming outside ones house all day with impunity,but you let your dogs bark for five minutes!i mean,i love kids,i had 4 and now have 6 grandkids,i just find it so unfair,especially as most of us dont let our dogs bark endlessly.

Happened to us and my O/H almost got punched by the father of one kid having a tantrum to beat all tantrums.

We had gone out for a meal (8pm) to what we thought was a quiet pub after an extremely emotionally upsetting day.

Went to a side room, ordered drinks and placed order for our meal.  Family came in with 2 toddlers and a screaming baby (who shoudl have been in bed by that time let alone just arrive for a meal).  As we waited for our meal to be cooked the baby's screaming got worse and one toddler joined in with a tantrum as mum wasn't paying any attention to it.

In despair, and nearly deaf, OH went to the bar to cancel our meal, give our apologies and we left.  Once outside OH realised he hadn't paid for the drinks (we had a tab) so went back in.  The father was at the bar ordering more drinks and asked Oh what our problem was.  Oh politely said no problem, but we were looking for a quieter place.  The man told my OH to go outside where he intened to thump him one!  Bar staff had to come and calm the father of the brats.  Terrible world we live in.  Kids spoiled rotten, taught nothing, given everything - ruined and parents who think the world has to put up with their obnoxious brats.

How awful-when all you wanted was a peaceful meal.Staff seem scared to ask people to make their children behave.Its not as if your o h did anything wrong either,seems he showed great restraint,the other chap was probably a nasty piece of work looking for trouble,unbelievable!

We were having lunch out some years ago, lovely meal but throughout a girl of about 5/6 was running around the tables shouting, knocking into people, as if it was the local playground. Parents said nothing. Coming back from the toilets, the child ran straight for me & decided I'd had enough & stood my ground. So as she ran into me, I'm sorry to say I stiffened my arm & shoulder & she ended up in a large pot plant. Girl unhurt, parents non to pleased, hypocritically said 'oh sorry!'  and sat back down. 

It's a shame the parents don't make their children behave better.

My son asks to leave the table both at home and when we're out. He would never dream of causing a nuisance and I would never dream of letting him.

We have a young boy 6 yrs old who lives near to us and last week he was still out playing at 10.45pm, it's not unusual for him to do that. When he was around 3yrs old he was walking in the road threatening cars with a huge piece of 2x2! It's all down to poor parenting.

Back on thread....I never have any wine left to take home! But would if there was, waste not want not's my motto :-)