Residents of Great Britain often eat their evening meal far earlier than in many other countries. This means that many restaurants could close earlier than would normally be expected. Sunday is usually a busy day for the catering trade and advanced booking for sunday meals and popular venues may be advisable. It is not unusual for restaurants to be very quiet (or closed) on a monday. Whilst most pubs concentrate on alcohol sales, (children are prohibited from entering normal bars,) others provide a whole family restaurant service. It is normal for a "dining" pub to have appropriate advertising signage outside their premises.
 
The British often prefer meat and eggs to be "well cooked." When ording meat cooked to a specific level (e.g rare, medium or well done,) it is possible that an "English" interpretation could result in the meat being cooked for longer than expected. The majority of restaurants will have meat-free menu options (usually called "vegetarian") however vegan (meat, dairy and egg free) alternatives may be harder to source.
 
We also prefer our hot food to be "hot" and usually complain when it is only warm. For this reason, some of your meals may be much hotter than expected.
 
The local governments visit and inspect every premises where food is routinely prepared. It does not matter whether you are a top restaurant, burger van or sausage maker - you must accept these "food safety" inspections. When the inspectors visit they examine every aspect of your food preparation to ensure your food is safe. (The inspection concentrates on food safety, hygiene and documention rather than subjective "tastiness" etc.)
 
English restaurants and take-aways are encouraged to clearly display their food safety rating using a special Food Hygiene Rating sticker. The food safety rating Scores range from 0 (urgent improvement necessary) to 5 (very good.) The food inspectors are quite strict, they will issue poor (or even zero) ratings and can close-down unsafe premises. Normally, a shop with a high rating will want to display the sticker and encourage customers - the absence of a sticker could create an impression that the premises has a poor safety rating. (In Wales, food outlets are legally required to display the stickers. Scotland has a slightly different sticker/safety grading system.)

 

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