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Wetherspoons In Cork

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    #32
    spitfireIRL
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    If they bring down the price of a pint in Cork, I'm all for them


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    #33
    beer enigma
    Registered Users Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭beer enigma


    Faith wrote: »
    Any I've been in have TVs but no sound. Maybe they put the sound on for big events, I'm not sure.


    Yes, they're quite big on sporting events. They have the volume up for main events but will also turn it up if its requested. There doesn't seem to be any 'chain' format for the TV set up, some have smaller wall mounted tvs, some have larger projection screens.


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    #34
    kooga
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    going to start big in the city looking at a few of the old bank premises on the Mall or the old bank of scotland by the footbridge on the grand parade as the bank in there (certus) moving to georges Quay


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    #35
    Balmed Out
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    Andip wrote: »
    The quality of food is pretty good

    Been in plenty and can say I would never agree with this. The food is very cheap but its obvious youre getting what youre paying for.

    They are the Ryanair of pubs but whereas Ryanair is a means to get to a destination the pus is generally somewhere you chooses to go and I cant understand why anyone would choose a wetherspoons when we have so many good pubs.


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    #36
    KCAccidental
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    Balmed Out wrote: »
    Been in plenty and can say I would never agree with this. The food is very cheap but its obvious youre getting what youre paying for.

    They are the Ryanair of pubs but whereas Ryanair is a means to get to a destination the pus is generally somewhere you chooses to go and I cant understand why anyone would choose a wetherspoons when we have so many good pubs.

    yeah loads of good pubs in town which charge you over a fiver for a pint of Lager. I may not be a fan of wetherspoons either, but at least they might give the medicore city centre pubs (95% of them) a kick up the arse.


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    #37
    Balmed Out
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    KCAccidental wrote: »
    yeah loads of good pubs in town which charge you over a fiver for a pint of Lager. I may not be a fan of wetherspoons either, but at least they might give the medicore city centre pubs (95% of them) a kick up the arse.

    What pubs do you drink in? There are plenty of (to my tastes) very good city centre pubs and I've never paid more then a fiver for a regular pint of larger


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    #38
    who_me
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    Honestly, I think Cork is very well served with pubs; my only qualm is the way certain pubs are now charging well over 5 euros per pint at a time when almost everyone is reducing prices. I like to see Cork businesses / business people doing well, but when it reaches the point where it's "we'll charge what we like because we can", then who cares what happens to them.


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    #39
    Ludo
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    But people are obviously paying the money or they wouldn't be charging over a fiver. There are plenty of places that don't charge a fiver so it's not like there isn't a choice.

    Anyway I bet Wetherspoons will charge the current market rate. They won't be much cheaper anyway.


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    #40
    rob316
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    I'd welcome them, the price of a pint is getting absolutely ridiculous around here. Club, late nights bars are taking the piss because there is no where else to go.
    I always like these chain pubs when im over in Liverpool, cheap beer and cheap grub. If they can tackle the breweries over here and bring down prices across the board i'll be delighted.

    Its exactly they type of business that would work in this economy I reckon as evidenced by Poundland (dealz) recently entering the market.


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    #41
    who_me
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    Ludo wrote: »
    But people are obviously paying the money or they wouldn't be charging over a fiver. There are plenty of places that don't charge a fiver so it's not like there isn't a choice.

    Anyway I bet Wetherspoons will charge the current market rate. They won't be much cheaper anyway.

    True. The problem is if you have the choice between an empty pub, or a pub with a decent sized crowd which charges a bit more; you're not likely to go to the empty pub every time you're out just to spite the overchargers. Much as I'd love to lead a one person revolt against the prices, I can't get the crowd to walk out with me! :p

    I am half tempted to set up a corkpubprices.ie site, to highlight the discrepancies in price between pubs. Not sure if it would have the slightest bit of difference, but you'd never know.. they might not be too keen on seeing their pubs at the top of the Expensive chart with a big old red mark on their location on the map.


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    #42
    Faith
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    who_me wrote: »
    I am half tempted to set up a corkpubprices.ie site, to highlight the discrepancies in price between pubs. Not sure if it would have the slightest bit of difference, but you'd never know.. they might not be too keen on seeing their pubs at the top of the Expensive chart with a big old red mark on their location on the map.

    I think that's a brilliant idea. Easy to do as well, just crowd source your information.


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    #43
    pwurple
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    It is a good idea but pubs seem to change the prices all night long. Or is that just me?


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    #44
    Ludo
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    Excellent idea.. Get onto pumps.ie and suggest an offshoot to them. It would be a lot more complex than just 2 prices but doable alright.


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    #45
    who_me
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    pwurple wrote: »
    It is a good idea but pubs seem to change the prices all night long. Or is that just me?

    True, but you'd highlight that too. Some kind of "Sneaky" icon next to their pub, maybe an icon of a dodgy guy in a trench coat. ;) Ideally, you'd want people to post photos of the receipts as well - though obviously some pubs don't hand out receipts, and they're often the ones you most want to highlight.


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    #46
    Ludo
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    Looks like they is already one of these pub price websites for Dublin. Www.publin.ie.


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    #47
    sandin
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    My experience of wetherspoons is a pub that has good prices on some items, but crap quality, deplorable service and zero atmosphere.

    I'm in the UK quite regularly and even if they offered free food, I would not go in.

    It will be interesting to see if they use the same model here (can't see it working), or change to suit the local market.

    Don't expect cheap prices - like supermarkets, they will have a headline price on a couple of beers and a wine, but want something nice and you'll pay the standard price of any pub. - btw pint of guinness in wetherspoons coventry is £3.30, however Carling is £2.80, but other lagers £3.30.


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    #48
    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo
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    They'll sell cheap pints yeah? :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipWoX9xL2No


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    #49
    beer enigma
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    sandin wrote: »
    My experience of wetherspoons is a pub that has good prices on some items, but crap quality, deplorable service and zero atmosphere.

    I'm in the UK quite regularly and even if they offered free food, I would not go in.

    It will be interesting to see if they use the same model here (can't see it working), or change to suit the local market.

    Don't expect cheap prices - like supermarkets, they will have a headline price on a couple of beers and a wine, but want something nice and you'll pay the standard price of any pub. - btw pint of guinness in wetherspoons coventry is £3.30, however Carling is £2.80, but other lagers £3.30.


    I sound like an advocate for wetherspoons but today all beers were £3.15 , I'd say give them a chance...if you don't like then don't go there


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    #50
    TheChizler
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    Ludo wrote: »
    Excellent idea.. Get onto pumps.ie and suggest an offshoot to them. It would be a lot more complex than just 2 prices but doable alright.
    http://pintofplain.com/

    They also have an app!


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    #51
    mikeym
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    It should be interesting to see were they open up.


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    #52
    Paz-CCFC
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    If a Wetherspoons opens in Cork and serves some good ale/wheat beer on tap and a couple of casks, then it'll be one of the better ones in the city, in my opinion. The majority of pubs here serve the same old rubbish. There are a few good pubs offering a bit of variety, like the Bierhaus, Franciscan Well, Abbot's Ale House etc., but these pubs are a very small minority. Even if pubs had a couple of taps offering something different, alongside the bigger brands, it wouldn't be too bad, but there aren't many that do this.

    If Wetherspoons can bring a bit of variety, great. If they can do it for under €4 a pint, as some people suggest they might, then all the better.


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    #53
    SpaceTime
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    I'd say Weathspoons will just analyse the market and come up with a pitch that fits a market need.

    Cork's foodie / beer-specialist enough to warrant a bit of effort. If they get it wrong, they'll burn money but they've excellent marketing teams and resources so, I doubt they'll get it too far off the mark.

    They don't have a single format of pub that fits every location, they adapt to the market needs.


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    #54
    corkonion
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    Some are suggesting that under €4 a pint would be good value!!! I'd be hopeful they would do better than that. At the moment in cork there are pubs doing pints for €3.50 and the new Birde Bar in Reardens does pints of Heineken every night at an amazing €2.69 until 11pm.


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    #55
    GavRedKing
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    corkonion wrote: »
    Some are suggesting that under €4 a pint would be good value!!! I'd be hopeful they would do better than that. At the moment in cork there are pubs doing pints for €3.50 and the new Birde Bar in Reardens does pints of Heineken every night at an amazing €2.69 until 11pm.

    One of the buddies was in there last weekend and said some spirits and bottles were also on offer from 5-10pm.

    If true its good value, even if I dont like Reardens.


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    #56
    Paz-CCFC
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    corkonion wrote: »
    Some are suggesting that under €4 a pint would be good value!!! I'd be hopeful they would do better than that. At the moment in cork there are pubs doing pints for €3.50 and the new Birde Bar in Reardens does pints of Heineken every night at an amazing €2.69 until 11pm.

    Good value depends entirely on what you're looking for. For Heineken, that can be produced in huge quantities and very cheaply, then, no, it wouldn't be very good value. (Although, many people are happy to go to the likes of the Bróg and pay upwards of a fiver for a pint of it.) But for beer produced locally by micro breweries or for craft beer imported from America, then about €3.50 is very good value, seeing as they make smaller quantities, use a larger variety of ingredients and, generally, make better quality beer, which would make it more expensive to produce.

    On the thread in After Hours, someone said that a pint of Bengali Tiger costs £1.90 (about €2.30) in the Wetherspoons in Derry. This is an American IPA with an abv of 6.4% brewed in a microbrewery in New York. It's of higher quality than the usual stuff in Irish pubs, its higher percentage attracts a higher excise duty, it's brewed in smaller batches and has other costs associated with importation, but it's still being sold at an amazingly low price. I'd consider it fantastic value if that were sold for €3.50 here. If it were €2.30, I'd be delighted altogether.


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    #57
    toomevara
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    Milly33 wrote: »
    Who are wetherspoons then i spotted this on the echo alrite..

    Terrible places, just giant, cheap drinking barns, full of chavs getting wrecked looking for rucks. They're a plague over here, they drive proper pubs out of business and wreck city centres.Cork, please, say no now before it's too late!


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    #58
    the beer revolu
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    toomevara wrote: »
    Terrible places, just giant, cheap drinking barns, full of chavs getting wrecked looking for rucks. They're a plague over here, they drive proper pubs out of business and wreck city centres.Cork, please, say no now before it's too late!

    people can say no with their feet by not giving their custom to a new Witherspoons. How else do you suggest they could be prevented from opening here? Personally, I'd say good riddance to about half the existing pubs in Cork!


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    #59
    kooga
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    people can say no with their feet by not giving their custom to a new Witherspoons. How else do you suggest they could be prevented from opening here? Personally, I'd say good riddance to about half the existing pubs in Cork!

    well said! can't wait till they open in town!


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    #60
    evilivor
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    toomevara wrote: »
    Terrible places, just giant, cheap drinking barns, full of chavs getting wrecked looking for rucks. They're a plague over here, they drive proper pubs out of business and wreck city centres.Cork, please, say no now before it's too late!

    Cool, cheap is what we need.


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    #61
    toomevara
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    evilivor wrote: »
    Cool, cheap is what we need.

    Fair dues, appreciate the point, but personally when it comes to me beers I'll take quality over quantity every time..now if only I could figure out how to get both.....


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