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* Wine/Cocktail bars: Generally catering for a more wealthy/upmarket/pretentious crowd, they typically offer a better and more expensive selection of wine and cocktails in more comfortable surroundings. However, the chances of getting a decent pint at them is minimal - often they'll only have bottled beer. Note that because class is merely correlated with income in Britain, these places may have cheaper options within the category of wine and cocktails for people who [[ImpoverishedPatrician lack the funds to buy the expensive stuff but feel it below their station to go to drink beer, let alone go to a traditional beer-serving pub]].

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* Wine/Cocktail bars: Generally catering for a more wealthy/upmarket/pretentious crowd, they typically offer a better and more expensive selection of wine and cocktails in more comfortable surroundings. However, the chances of getting a decent pint at them is minimal - often they'll only have bottled beer. Note that because class is merely correlated with income in Britain, these places may have cheaper options within the category of wine and cocktails for people who [[ImpoverishedPatrician lack the funds to buy the expensive stuff but feel it below their station to go to drink beer, let alone go to a traditional beer-serving pub]].pub]] (e.g. [[Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey a specialist criminal defence barrister who scrapes by on Legal Aid]]).

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