Man your pumps, Wetherspoons are coming

anncoates · 27-02-2015 2:42pm

Mynamehere wrote: »

Not talking about a waiter service im talking about the quick same again John while hes picking up the glasses from your table. Hes not there with a pen and paper he just takes the order as hes taking the glasses. English staff are unable to do this.

I'm sure they're able to, they just don't.

Which I don't see a problem with.

JohnK · 27-02-2015 3:15pm

Mynamehere wrote: »

Not talking about a waiter service im talking about the quick same again John while hes picking up the glasses from your table. Hes not there with a pen and paper he just takes the order as hes taking the glasses. English staff are unable to do this.

I could probably count on one hand the number of times I've seen this happen in bars in Ireland, and even then its more in bars that see themselves as restaurants with a good drink selection, so its hardly an just an English thing where they want you to go to the bar yourself. As a practical matter the guy collecting glasses tends to be getting them from a load of tables on a round so taking a drink order from each one just isn't feasible unless they're specifically offering table service.

the_syco · 27-02-2015 3:31pm

Lucena wrote: »

I didn't watch DeValera die face down in the mud in Béal na mBláth to have Johnny Bulldog come over here to our Emerald Isle, desecrating our sacred soil with his brightly-lit, cheap real ale infested "pubs".

Diageo headquarters are in England. Just saying... :pac:

So we have an english absentee landlord dictating the price of drink in Irish pubs. I'm sure DeValera would be turning in his grave if the worms haven't gotten to him yet...

irish_goat · 27-02-2015 3:39pm

Lucena wrote: »

I didn't watch DeValera die face down in the mud in Béal na mBláth to have Johnny Bulldog come over here to our Emerald Isle, desecrating our sacred soil with his brightly-lit, cheap real ale infested "pubs".

You're thinking of Michael Collins there.

Dont be at yourself · 27-02-2015 3:47pm

irish_goat wrote: »

You're thinking of Michael Collins there.

irish_goat · 27-02-2015 5:10pm

Dont be at yourself wrote: »

Whooooosh.

Ravelleman · 27-02-2015 5:37pm

irish_goat wrote: »

You're thinking of Michael Collins there.

Sure, Dev is on the Wrasslers logo too.

Mynamehere · 28-02-2015 1:19am

anncoates wrote: »

I'm sure they're able to, they just don't.

Why not if the pub isnt busy?

When i worked in a pub a few years back i was told by the head barman to always ask the customer if they want the same again when they are over 3 quarters of way through their pint. 95% of the time they will say yes ending all ideas they may have had of going to the pub down the street. Keeping them and their mates in the pub longer. It was never a waiter service just a quick nod or gesture and if it was quiet a drop down. Just good service which i have yet to see in London outside a bar run by an Irishman.

Mynamehere · 28-02-2015 1:30am

anncoates wrote: »

While I agree broadly that bar staff should be competent at what they do, this thing about the quality Irish barman is usually part of the general propaganda here about the uniqueness (and subsequent cost) of Irish pubs compares to 'soulless' (and cheaper) foreign invaders.

The difference in quality of bar staff is huge between Ireland and Britain. I live in London and fly home every 5 weeks. My Irish mates when they come over always complain about how slow the service and my london mates when they have come to ireland cant believe how quick they get served in a packed bar and how everyones served quickly.

I never noticed how good irish staff were until i moved to england. I took it for granted when i was based at home.

the_syco · 28-02-2015 1:41am

Mynamehere wrote: »

head barman

Well, the bar staff that I saw in Blackrock were young enough (well, no old timers/bar furniture). Not sure if many had worked in many pubs before, but I'm guessing they were employed for not having the habits ingrained into them?

Mynamehere · 28-02-2015 2:00am

the_syco wrote: »

Well, the bar staff that I saw in Blackrock were young enough (well, no old timers/bar furniture). Not sure if many had worked in many pubs before, but I'm guessing they were employed for not having the habits ingrained into them?

More about minimum wage than anything else. Its a minimum wage job in the uk so their doing the same in their irish pubs. But all the chains in the uk pay minimum so everywhere iv been to has poor service as a result. Its not just pubs its the coffee chains in the uk too. Just as hard to find an independent run cafe in london now as a pub.

cruasder777 · 02-03-2015 12:11am

Dinner in Spoons Charing cross Rd, 2 sirloin steaks and drinks 20 quid. Watched Ireland beat England, on a vast cinema screen.

The spoons there used to be the the Marquee Club, strange eating in a place where Hendrix, the Stones, Clapton, Floyd have all once played.

Huge pub.Vast choice of ales.

Idbatterim · 02-03-2015 3:29am

Spoons were selling one beer at e1.25 a pint today as a rugby promotion...

MonkstownHoop · 02-03-2015 7:52am

Idbatterim wrote: »

Spoons were selling one beer at e1.25 a pint today as a rugby promotion...

Tell us now ya greedy boll*x

Marcusm · 02-03-2015 10:01am

cruasder777 wrote: »

Dinner in Spoons Charing cross Rd, 2 sirloin steaks and drinks 20 quid. Watched Ireland beat England, on a vast cinema screen.

The spoons there used to be the the Marquee Club, strange eating in a place where Hendrix, the Stones, Clapton, Floyd have all once played.

Huge pub.Vast choice of ales.

I guess you're at the Monty Pyke? It's on Charing X Road rather that TCR and none of those guys ever played there - they played at the Oxford St and (mostly) Wardour St versions of the Marquee. Where you are was a cinema and became a home for the Marquee in the early 90s.

cruasder777 · 02-03-2015 10:35am

Marcusm wrote: »

I guess you're at the Monty Pyke? It's on Charing X Road rather that TCR and none of those guys ever played there - they played at the Oxford St and (mostly) Wardour St versions of the Marquee. Where you are was a cinema and became a home for the Marquee in the early 90s.

Rolling stones played there in 2002. 40th anniversary. Roger Waters played there late 80s. It moved there in 88.

http://www.iorr.org/rs40/

alastair · 02-03-2015 10:59am

cruasder777 wrote: »

Rolling stones played there in 2002. 40th anniversary. Roger Waters played there late 80s. It moved there in 88.

http://www.iorr.org/rs40/

So, not Floyd, Hendrix or Clapton?

Marcusm · 02-03-2015 12:10pm

cruasder777 wrote: »

Rolling stones played there in 2002. 40th anniversary. Roger Waters played there late 80s. It moved there in 88.

http://www.iorr.org/rs40/

It also closed down in 1996 and couldn't have hosted any 40th anniversary - I remember because I was already living in London at the time and the pub opened shortly therefter. By 2002, it was already a Wetherspoons (unless you're saying that the Rolling Stones played int he Wetherspoons which would be a serious claim to fame).

It also wouldn't have been much of a 40th anniversary as they originally played in the Oxford St Marquee Club (not the Charing X Road one).

If you were looking for the true experience, it would be the Wardour St version which was around for the longest before being converted in the 80s into Soho Lofts and Mezzo which for a lot of the late 80s and 90s was one of the hottest restaurants/late bars in London. It's now called Floridita, a Cuban based bar.

Idbatterim · 02-03-2015 12:13pm

unfortunately I wasnt there to take advantage of the E1.25 pints, just saw this on their fb page...

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Mynamehere · 02-03-2015 11:36pm

Surely thats below cost selling.

rubadub · 03-03-2015 1:33pm

Mynamehere wrote: »

Surely thats below cost selling.

I would guess it is, and so what? Probably one of the really rare cases of legitimate below cost selling of alcohol in this country.

I think this was to celebrate the rugby win.

Paz-CCFC · 03-03-2015 1:51pm

Mynamehere wrote: »

Surely thats below cost selling.

How much do Wetherpsoons pay for kegs of those two beers?

Bigcheeze · 03-03-2015 1:54pm

possibly wasn't selling and being cask they need to sell it or dump it.

AlmightyCushion · 03-03-2015 2:13pm

I was at a wetherspoons in Liverpool a few weeks ago that had a pint available for £1.25. If they're able to sell that on a normal day at a profit then it's possible that this is being sold at a small profit or cost.

dvdman1 · 06-03-2015 3:02pm

i got pints of cask 1.25 euro in Dun Laoghaire, managers specials, gotta watch out for them

Geuze · 06-03-2015 3:39pm

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

How much do Wetherpsoons pay for kegs of those two beers?

We will never know.

Slim1996 · 12-03-2015 11:55pm

Theres a wetherspoons opening beside me in Blanch soon the redevelopment of it has been going on the last 2-3 weeks expect it to be open soon enough, is it true they don't have TVs in their pubs?

AlmightyCushion · 12-03-2015 11:57pm

Slim1996 wrote: »

Theres a wetherspoons opening beside me in Blanch soon the redevelopment of it has been going on the last 2-3 weeks expect it to be open soon enough, is it true they don't have TVs in their pubs?

I was at one in the UK recently that had TVs. They just had free to air stations though so no Sky.

Chelon · 13-03-2015 12:37am

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I was at one in the UK recently that had TVs. They just had free to air stations though so no Sky.

Some are part of the JDW offshoot known as "Lloyds No 1" which have TVs

jimmii · 13-03-2015 12:50am

Slim1996 wrote: »

Theres a wetherspoons opening beside me in Blanch soon the redevelopment of it has been going on the last 2-3 weeks expect it to be open soon enough, is it true they don't have TVs in their pubs?

Used to go to the one in Edinburgh for the football (on sky) they had a huge drop down screen whereas the one in Kingston had no TVs I don't think. May depend on the location. If they can fill the place without they probably wont have it.

irish_goat · 13-03-2015 1:01am

Most Wetherspoons have TVs they just tend not to show much on them. In Derry they tend to have the news on but they are showing the 6 Nations this year and the odd time would put on any FA cup matches that are on BBC.

SteM · 13-03-2015 8:23am

The one in Blackrock has a TV but they don't seem to have any sky sports.

irish_goat · 13-03-2015 10:10am

SteM wrote: »

The one in Blackrock has a TV but they don't seem to have any sky sports.

Nah, it'll only ever be Sky/BBC News or terrestrial sports.

irish_goat · 13-03-2015 11:02am

Just seeing that my local spoons has set up a temporary cask bar for the festival.

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BeerNut · 13-03-2015 11:39am

Barney!

Bigcheeze · 13-03-2015 1:07pm

Are the Dublin spoons doing anything interesting for the festival ?

oblivious · 13-03-2015 1:15pm

Bigcheeze wrote: »

Are the Dublin spoons doing anything interesting for the festival ?

Three tuns will be hosting it, but what beers I do not know yet. There is a dungarvan collaboration which would be nice to see over here

BeerNut · 13-03-2015 2:00pm

I'm sure the Forty Foot will have festival specials too. In October the TTT had four or five on at a time.

The Devils Backbone/Banks's wheat black IPA with pepper looks really interesting. Full programme here.

Ravelleman · 13-03-2015 5:32pm

BeerNut wrote: »

The Devils Backbone/Banks's wheat black IPA with pepper looks really interesting. Full programme here.

The Titanic Wit Stout also sounds intriguing. Hopefully a decent amount will filter over to Ireland again.

thesandeman · 13-03-2015 6:06pm

Ravelleman wrote: »

The Titanic Wit Stout also sounds intriguing. Hopefully a decent amount will filter over to Ireland again.

Hope it doesn't sink on the way.

Lucena · 13-03-2015 6:40pm

thesandeman wrote: »

Hope it doesn't sink on the way.

Too soon man, too soon.

Chelon · 14-03-2015 4:36pm

irish_goat wrote: »

Just seeing that my local spoons has set up a temporary cask bar for the festival.

Gotta love Wetherspoons.

donaghs · 16-03-2015 4:46pm

BeerNut wrote: »

I'm sure the Forty Foot will have festival specials too. In October the TTT had four or five on at a time.

The Devils Backbone/Banks's wheat black IPA with pepper looks really interesting. Full programme here.

Pity they've no Dublin city centre locations yet

afatbollix · 17-03-2015 1:17am

My local one which is Twickenham has got loads of TVs and has Sky sports.

Think its one of there posh ones as its very nice inside. Beer is half the price compared to the bar next door.

sarkozy · 20-03-2015 2:04pm

donaghs wrote: »

Pity they've no Dublin city centre locations yet

I just noticed that WS is opening up on Camden St.

Geuze · 20-03-2015 3:47pm

Six pubs named on website:

www.jdwetherspoon.ie

Two open (Blackrock and DL, South Dublin), four to open yet.

I've just seen on Twitter that the Swords JDWS is to open on 21st July 2015.

https://twitter.com/forty_foot

poitinstill · 20-03-2015 4:53pm

anyone have any idea when they are coming to Cork ffs. im gasping:)

delahuntv · 20-03-2015 5:48pm

Interesting to see the statement from Wetherspoons in their results last week saying that prices in their Irish bars are currently uneconomic and price rises of about 10% will be introduced.

Whilst they will still offer value, it does show that the prices they charge, even with their massive buying power are not enough to cover their costs and their predatory pricing will close some decent bars as has happened elsewhere and before you know it, their prices will be going up further.

In the UK, where they have got rid of local competition, they would not be regarded as "cheap".

irish_goat · 20-03-2015 5:58pm

delahuntv wrote: »

In the UK, where they have got rid of local competition, they would not be regarded as "cheap".

Not in Derry. They've dropped the prices of Punk IPA to £1.99 now. A whole 20p more expensive than the warm bottles sitting on the shelf next door in Tesco.

hawkwind23 · 20-03-2015 6:58pm

delahuntv wrote: »

Interesting to see the statement from Wetherspoons in their results last week saying that prices in their Irish bars are currently uneconomic and price rises of about 10% will be introduced.

Whilst they will still offer value, it does show that the prices they charge, even with their massive buying power are not enough to cover their costs and their predatory pricing will close some decent bars as has happened elsewhere and before you know it, their prices will be going up further.

In the UK, where they have got rid of local competition, they would not be regarded as "cheap".

what a lot of codswallop!

They co-exist in most UK towns with popular bars and gastro pubs.
They have a standard pricing scale , mere pennies between them.
They arent in the business of closing places down , rather of taking old buildings and referring to their history when refurbishing them and creating employment!

Man your pumps, Wetherspoons are coming

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