Do Londoner's eat their dinner at 6pm

Evening Standard

According to OpenTable, 6pm has become an increasingly popular time for dinner reservations, up 11 per cent in London and 6 per cent UK-wide, compared to the same period last year. In fact, Zonal, a hospitality tech service, says that the new average time to dine in the UK is as early as 6.12 pm.Young people are reportedly also opting for earlier dinners. “Eating out is becoming a way to socialise without compromising other goals,” Linda Haden, insights specialist at hospitality analysts Lumina Intelligence tells The Times. “We’re seeing more smoothies and fewer cocktails on dinner tables.”

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00:00drinking up to seven o'clock I walked your six depends on the circumstances

00:06doesn't it yes yes we lived in America for a while yes I do I for me personally

00:16I tend to eat about eight o'clock so that would be my you know if you go in

00:21the Mediterranean area like I'm come from Italy you know we'll get especially

00:25in summertime you never will get dinner before eight o'clock nine o'clock absolutely

00:31I think it's too early yes drinking up to seven o'clock and then and then a meal

00:36after that so yes it's too early for dinner depends on the circumstances

00:42doesn't it I think you eat when you want to eat well I'm not originally English

00:49so it's it's probably too early yeah I walk till six but I know the dinner here

00:56is sort of like a late afternoon since I came here 26 years ago I have to adapt

01:02myself so here is normal to come even five o'clock for dinner but every not in

01:06other countries they go different culture maybe because it's the weather as

01:10well so you can imagine in Italy are now with 40 degree to have a dinner at five

01:14o'clock or six o'clock

01:19you

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