I have a certain set of rules I like any new pub I’m trying to follow, most of which relate to the loos.

If they have hand dryers invented after 2015, I’m about to get fleeced. If I can’t pick my feet up due to the sticky floor, I risk a fight.

Abstract gender signs for loos can spell a little soullessness; having to ask for the key to the ladies because the pub’s toilets are only really ever used by men (as happened to me recently) is not a good sign.

Other people have different standards. In a recent post shared to r/AskUK, site user u/Affectionate-Ad-4650 asked: “What’s a ‘red flag’ when visiting a British pub?”.

Though some users submitted the signs that reassure them, let’s start with the ones people don’t like to see:

1) “The whole pub turns to watch you walk in the door.”

Credit: u/wybird

Site user u/BobBobBobBobBobDave added: “I swear I went into an old man pub in........

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