Pub grub

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A pie, along with a pint, as served in a pub

Pub grub is food that is typically found in a British, Australian or New Zealand pub.

A typical British pub menu tends to include items such as steak and kidney pie, shepherd's pie, fish and chips, bangers and mash, hot pot, Sunday roast, ploughman's lunch, pasties and sometimes even dishes containing curry, such as curry-fries.^[1]^[2]

A typical Australian pub will serve steak, chicken schnitzel, chips or potato wedges, fish and a typical pub-style hamburger. Such food tends to take the form of traditional fare consisting of hearty meals that can be conveniently made in large quantites. This has also led to many pubs offering a "$5 menu" with large meals being served at a relatively low cost.

Typically pub food is ordered at the bar and paid for in advance. In keeping with British pub custom, tipping is not expected. Customers traditionally seat themselves, and are often given a number, or a unique table marker, to assist the barstaff in delivering their food. More commonly found in Australia now are electronic pagers which alert the patron when their meal is ready, allowing them to pick it up from the bar or kitchen.

The term "pub grub" is often used to express mild disdain for such common food, especially in travel guides. Perhaps for this reason, recent years have seen some pubs electing to serve more modern, upscale dishes such as curries, lasagne or stir-fries.

A gastropub is an upmarket pub offering higher-quality meals at usually higher prices than a typical local pub.

In the United States and Canada, except at themed Irish/English/Scottish pub restaurants, typical bar food includes spicy chicken wings, french fries, onion rings, mozzarella sticks, potato skins, chicken tenders, nachos, burgers, and pizza.