Bottle Keep

Bottle keep is the practice of buying a bottle, not finishing it, and having the venue store it with a tag bearing your name. On your next visit you drink from that bottle. At snack bars it is the standard way to drink: a keep customer pays a set fee each visit for ice, water and snacks and buys a new bottle when the old one runs out. At high-end hostess clubs regulars also keep bottles as a matter of course.

Most venues set a storage period and may dispose of a bottle after it. The period, and whether your bottle can be poured for people sitting with you, differ from venue to venue, so ask when you keep it. Travellers can use it too if they plan to come back within a short time.