For a truly cheap pint, the survey of more than 1,300 English public houses points to Manchester - where local brewer Holts asks for all of £1.16 a pint.
But the nation is united by the continuing presence, despite the supposed gastronomic revolution sweeping Britain, of pubs serving truly foul food.
If you like stale bread and limp salad or appreciate pies with burnt pastry that are cold in the middle, then almost one in three pubs will be a home from home.
The next biggest complaint was over the one in four pubs where staff are unpleasant or just downright rude.
Almost one in five served badly kept beer, or had a poor choice of beer, 14 per cent were scruffy, and 12 per cent were too noisy from music, televisions or games machines.
However, the guide does conclude that there remain lots of decent boozers that serve a pleasant pint. The variety of less well known beers from smaller brewers often offers better value and superior quality, it advises.
And there is the consolation that no matter how expensive a pint and a pie is, an increasing number of establishments are serving food light years away from the unpalatable grub of old.
