Price of a pint in Dicey Reillys, Harcourt St

JohnJericho

Anybody know the price of a pint in this place?, cheers

ballroom blitz

I was there at the weekend and it was €5.50 for a pint of Guinness so I'd imagine lager would be nearly €6. Pretty steep and not worth it if you ask me.

DecentBee

Was at a christmas party there before Christmas and came home pretty broke yet strangely sober. I think lager is somewhere in the 6 euro range, and the selection is pretty dire too. Watch out for the bouncers wearing TEKKEN SECURITY high-visibity jackets though, made me chuckle.

arse..biscuits

I hate that place. I'd rather find an growth an my testicle than go there.

judas101

arse..biscuits wrote: »

I hate that place. I'd rather find an growth an my testicle than go there.

+100000000000000000000000000

Degsy

Same goes for most of the poxy pubs in town..

sunnyjim

I found them to be ****es. They gave my girlfriend some crap about her ID before, telling her that she could enter the building, but not go to the club. Deadly serious. The security there are some shower of ****ing morons. We walked in, burst out laughing and walked into the club anyway.

I'm probably as disenchanted with dublins pubs and clubs as Degsy. Prices are ****, bouncers are a pack of up-their-hole fools, and in some places they charge ye-old cover charge. Thankfully there are a few places that haven't gone to ****. There's actually a few that have improved.

*Tripper*

God a fuppin hate that place, lucky I know the best pub in Dublin, mwhahaha!

jdivision

I hate going there because the pints are always rotten. Flat as fook. Terrible and bad hangovers afterwards as a result.

arse..biscuits

jdivision wrote: »

I hate going there because the pints are always rotten. Flat as fook. Terrible and bad hangovers afterwards as a result.

Thats after queing for 25 mins and paying thru the nose............and when I was there, a bouncer told me I couldn't stand where I was standing, I'd have to move

BraziliaNZ

is it seriously 5.50 or 6 euro for pints in Dublin nowadays???? Jesus you all should go on drinking strike ffs

whiskeyman

I'll never understands people facination with Diceys.
Went (was dragged) once, and never again.

Some say it's for he beer garden, and I know people who work outside of town and travel in.
FFS, there's way better beer gardens in the pubs outside of town, with a better crowd and cheaper booze!

Degsy

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

is it seriously 5.50 or 6 euro for pints in Dublin nowadays???? Jesus you all should go on drinking strike ffs

I bloody well have done,i dont go into town more than once every couple of months and even then i hate it.Ten quid into kips,6 quid a pint,bull**** from doormen young that should still be in nappies and nigerians hanging out in the jacks scrounging money.To say nothing of the complete lack of taxis after 12 pm and the sheer number of scumbags hanging round.

MIN2511

Are we talking about the same Diceys?

They charge €5 to get in
And the night club upstairs is Kyrstle; which is for over 23's and €15 to get in.
There is a basement club as well; Bojangles(i think thats the name, and thats for matured/older folks)

Back to the drinks, i think a pint is 4.50..... I might be wrong, i don't drink pints!

arse.biscuits you were probably standing on the stairs and for fire and safety reason it's not allowed!

lightening

Degsy wrote: »

.Ten quid into kips,6 quid a pint,bull**** from doormen young that should still be in nappies and nigerians hanging out in the jacks scrounging money.To say nothing of the complete lack of taxis after 12 pm and the sheer number of scumbags hanging round.

Why you insist on paying in to these dumps is beyond me. Plenty of great places around Dublin.

I'm guessing either your mates have no taste and you have no choice but to go along with it, or your in the single scene and feel visiting these places is the only way your are going to score.

lightening

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

is it seriously 5.50 or 6 euro for pints in Dublin nowadays????

No.

arse..biscuits

MIN2511 wrote: »

arse.biscuits you were probably standing on the stairs and for fire and safety reason it's not allowed!

No, standing next to a table where my friends were sitting, 3 of us were standing talking and the Nigerian bouncer said we'd have to move, we were in no-ones way and not blocking any exit.

I went there because it was one of the girls B-Day and thats where she wanted to go. Never again. Everytime a group are going out, everyone assumes that everyone else wants to go to one of these ****holes but no one does. I had it sussed when I was 15, a flagon and a field.

Degsy

lightening wrote: »

Why you insist on paying in to these dumps is beyond me. Plenty of great places around Dublin.

I'm guessing either your mates have no taste and you have no choice but to go along with it, or your in the single scene and feel visiting these places is the only way your are going to score.

And thats a lot of assumption based on nothing.Rarely going somewhere isnt the same as "insist"ing on going somewhere.Whether i go or not,these places are still a rip-off and people still go in enough numbers for it to be the norm rather than the exception.
See here for a league table of pints prices
www.dublinpubscene.com

MIN2511

Hmm... never noticed a Nigerian bouncer

Ah well fair enough, sometimes them bloody bouncers like to enforce authority...

I am a regular there, never had any problems... the bouncers and the door staff know me

lightening

Degsy wrote: »

And thats a lot of assumption based on nothing

Fair enough, I just read your last post on how you hate town, your view of it seems to be based on going to holes that charge in, have toilet attendants, scumbags and rude bouncers. I can only presume you go to these places if you say you do. I would hate town as well if I went to the places you go.

I go in to town a lot more than you do, I probably know it better and know the nicer places to go. Try changing the places you go to, I know its hard if your with a gang, but if you could try to change their minds...

arse..biscuits

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

is it seriously 5.50 or 6 euro for pints in Dublin nowadays???? Jesus you all should go on drinking strike ffs

You can get a pint of Guinness for €3 in Dublin city.

the_syco

Yo goto an "upmarket" place, you'll get charged "upmarket" prices.

Compare Fibbers and Bruxells. Fibbers is a dive, but the drink is cheap enough. Bruxells is "upmarket" (compared to Fibbers), and so they charge more.

Degsy

lightening wrote: »

Fair enough, I just read your last post on how you hate town, your view of it seems to be based on going to holes that charge in, have toilet attendants, scumbags and rude bouncers. I can only presume you go to these places if you say you do. I would hate town as well if I went to the places you go.

I go in to town a lot more than you do, I probably know it better and know the nicer places to go. Try changing the places you go to, I know its hard if your with a gang, but if you could try to change their minds...

I'm delighted for you,knowing town so much better than me.Can i just ask you what you'd do if you were invited to a surprise 30th in lets say,Break for the Border,Spi,No 4 Dame Lane,Dakota or what have you and you didnt organise it.lets say you were fond of the person who's birthday it was and you were friends with quite a number of the people so you wanted to go.What do you do in that situation Mr Oracle?Talk whoever booked the party out of holding it there or just not go and head off to some smelly place by yourself as a protest?A lot od social events are beyond people's control,the fact that rip-off joints exist at all is where my problem lies.

Degsy

the_syco wrote: »

Yo goto an "upmarket" place, you'll get charged "upmarket" prices.

Compare Fibbers and Bruxells. Fibbers is a dive, but the drink is cheap enough. Bruxells is "upmarket" (compared to Fibbers), and so they charge more.

Balls.Bruxelles is full of sour-faced **** in thier 30's hogging the juke box and trying to look cool,its small and overcrowded and the drink price is a joke.Fibbers is a far better venue,it just happens to be on the northside.

lightening

Degsy wrote: »

I'm delighted for you,knowing town so much better than me.

So am I, its a great city, at least I like to make use of it. If I were you I would get to know it too.

Degsy wrote: »

Can i just ask you what you'd do if you were invited to a surprise 30th in lets say,Break for the Border,Spi,No 4 Dame Lane,Dakota or what have you and you didnt organise it.lets say you were fond of the person who's birthday it was and you were friends with quite a number of the people so you wanted to go.

I'd go with an open mind, do my best to enjoy it. Have done before, and had a good night.

Degsy wrote: »

What do you do in that situation Mr Oracle?

Don't get personal, you are the one that has the problem here.

Look Degsy, if the only time you go in to town is when you are invited to these places the problem is with you, not the city. There are hundreds of great places to go to. No wonder you think town is crap, I would too if I limited myself to a handful parties I was invited to.

Open your mind, get in to town and enjoy it.

Degsy

lightening wrote: »

So am I, its a great city, at least I like to make use of it. If I were you I would get to know it too.



I'd go with an open mind, do my best to enjoy it. Have done before, and had a good night.



Don't get personal, you are the one that has the problem here.

Look Degsy, if the only time you go in to town is when you are invited to these places the problem is with you, not the city. There are hundreds of great places to go to. No wonder you think town is crap, I would too if I limited myself to a handful parties I was invited to.

Open your mind, get in to town and enjoy it.

I've been drinking in town for twenty years.I used to enjoy it and it used to ba affordable.It has changed beyond all recognition in recentyears with the advent of the "superpub".That means they cram as many people into a place as possible and charge the earth for drink,often ramping the prices up throughout the night.This never happened in the Dublin i used to frequent,its a new phenomenon and the reason they're getting away with it is because people are too stupid to make a stand.There may well be "nice" places left in Dublin but they tend to be packed to the rafters at weekends and the booze still isnt cheap.The problem of getting taxis etc is still relevent no matter which wonderfull pub you frequent.Dont lecture me about my city,i'll see you and raise you 37 years.

lightening

Degsy wrote: »

i'll see you and raise you 37 years.

Are you sour faced?

Degsy wrote: »

sour-faced **** in thier 30's

I don't really go to superpub, I tend to stick to proper pubs. Regarding the taxis, I use the Dart or if its to late, nightlink.

Degsy

lightening wrote: »

Are you sour faced?



I don't really go to superpub, I tend to stick to proper pubs. Regarding the taxis, I use the Dart or if its to late, nightlink.

Are you a student/unemployed perchance?

lightening

Degsy wrote: »

Are you a student/unemployed perchance?

Nope. Couple of years younger than you, married, work hard at a good job, own gaff, car, dogs, the usual... Nothing unusual for people or our age to get nightlinks or the dart for that matter. I tend to eat in town a lot. Some brilliant restaurants with great food and decent wine lists.

humberklog

lightening wrote: »

Some brilliant restaurants with great food and decent wine lists.

I was agreeing with you up til this point!
You are right though lightening there are good pubs and clubs in Dublin city. I'm same age as Degsy but i still get a buzz outta city, feck, I live in it and choose to do that and take in a gig at least once a week and drink in city about 3nights a week and find it easy to shake it up a bit and go somewhere different. Plenty of places to go to suit all shapes and sizes. As for Dicey's it has an inflationary pricing scale. The further the clock ticks on the dearer it gets. A year ago I paid 4.50 at 80'clock,5 after 10 and 5.50 after midnight. I don't know if this has changed or if it was a mistake on their part. I'd a good night in there that night. There was a guy doing Sinatra, I could smoke my brains out, got a half decent burger and pulled a 20something year old. I haven't been since (nor seen her!)but that ain't a bad night and a handy enough part of town. Cos if you don't like it it's only a skip to Camden st. where there's something to suit everyone.

Degsy

lightening wrote: »

Nope. Couple of years younger than you, married, work hard at a good job, own gaff, car, dogs, the usual... Nothing unusual for people or our age to get nightlinks or the dart for that matter. I tend to eat in town a lot. Some brilliant restaurants with great food and decent wine lists.

Fair dinkum,i take the nightlink myself if i'm in t own.
I disagree about the restuarants.Generally overpriced,bad food and apalling service.A lot of places seem to think high prices equates with value.Ditto pubs.I'd rather cook myself or take a holiday somewhere they have a better understanding of quality.

lightening

Degsy wrote: »

Generally overpriced,bad food and apalling service.A lot of places seem to think high prices equates with value

Yeah, the night link is handy, I will get a taxi when I'm lazy though.

You must be going to the wrong restaurants as well as the wrong pubs!

Have you tried Che Max, French Bistro at French prices? SABA? Try the theatre menu in Chapter one, amazing food at great value. Have you been to The Pizza Stop at the side of great outdoors? You seriously can't complain about the Italian food and Italian prices there? Monty's of Katmandu, one of the most reasonable and tasty ethnics in the City or the tacky Asians all along Moore st. and Parliament st? Dirt cheap. Tante Zoe's Authentic Creole... the list goes on...

humberklog

Degsy wrote: »

Fair dinkum,i take the nightlink myself if i'm in t own.
I disagree about the restuarants.Generally overpriced,bad food and apalling service.A lot of places seem to think high prices equates with value.Ditto pubs.I'd rather cook myself or take a holiday somewhere they have a better understanding of quality.

Gotta agree there. With a few exceptions (winding stair for e.g). But generally the only way I know I'm not going to be disappointed when going out for a meal is if I'm about to get on a plane for a weekend away.

lightening

humberklog wrote: »

(winding stair for e.g)..

I love that place, didn't mention it, cause I wouldn't consider it cheap, for me its good value though, the food is excellent.

baztard

Diceys is an awful pub. The staff are useless, couldn't pour a good pint if their life depended on it. The quality of drink they serve is terrible, and the price of it sky high. The place is a super pub where most of the crowd are after work parties of some sort. It has no soul, avoid it at all costs!

humberklog

lightening wrote: »

Yeah, the night link is handy, I will get a taxi when I'm lazy though.

You must be going to the wrong restaurants as well as the wrong pubs!

Have you tried Che Max, French Bistro at French prices? SABA? Try the theatre menu in Chapter one, amazing food at great value. Have you been to The Pizza Stop at the side of great outdoors? You seriously can't complain about the Italian food and Italian prices there? Monty's of Katmandu, one of the most reasonable and tasty ethnics in the City or the tacky Asians all along Moore st. and Parliament st? Dirt cheap. Tante Zoe's Authentic Creole... the list goes on...

Che Max is good, a great addition to the city. Yes it is french bistro cuisine at french bistro prices but it is served with 1974 east german costomer indifference. I don't let this upset me though as it makes me laugh a lot how inept they can be. Also not keen on the jacks being so close to the open windowed kitchen. Chapter one is outstanding but come on...you'd want to be thinking in advance a bit. I do have a soft spot for gruel on dame st.An honest little place where they always make people feel welcome. I can't help but have the hots for the older italian woman that does front of house in the evenings.

humberklog

lightening wrote: »

I love that place, didn't mention it, cause I wouldn't consider it cheap, for me its good value though, the food is excellent.

For what you get it is cheap though. Informed helpful staff, reasonably priced excellent wine, linen table cloth and napkins, sparkling cutlery and seasonable, fresh food. Indeed it is medium price range(not cheap)but it does a great job a punching above its weight. This is the template for how we should be dining at such prices.
Il pomo d'oro is very good. Think that twat owner is gone now and the house is run by excellent attentive italians.

Heisenberg.

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lightening

The Scientist wrote: »

Still awaiting the dreaded €5 pint in Cork!

Hopefully won't be for a long time. 3.85 for a pint in Dubarrys in Clon.

Degsy

The Scientist wrote: »

Wierd. It was my first and last time in there last Thursday night....
Handed the puerto rican €20 for 4 pints and he says "fo mo youro" back to me.
Complete arse biscuits.

Still awaiting the dreaded €5 pint in Cork!

I was in some place in Westmoreland st and noticed Bavaria on tap.."aha" i thought,"a loss leader".I ordered a pint and handed the bloke a fiver expecting to get two quid back."Another seventy please" he said.I told him to stick it up his arse.

humberklog

The Scientist wrote: »

Still awaiting the dreaded €5 pint in Cork!

A while yet. Got a pint of Murphy's in Cronins,crosshaven for 3.75. and that'd be the dearest pub there. Cracing food too.

humberklog

Degsy wrote: »

I was in some place in Westmoreland st and noticed Bavaria on tap.."aha" i thought,"a loss leader".I ordered a pint and handed the bloke a fiver expecting to get two quid back."Another seventy please" he said.I told him to stick it up his arse.

Ooooh...I bet you thought you were on a winner there too. Ye'd think! Was it O'sullivan's or the westmoreland? What the feck did it taste like/of?
You were Furstenburgled!

Degsy

humberklog wrote: »

Ooooh...I bet you thought you were on a winner there too. Ye'd think! Was it O'sullivan's or the westmoreland? What the feck did it taste like/of?
You were Furstenburgled!

O'Sullivans.Thieving,robbing,greedy bastards..its

Degsy

humberklog wrote: »

Ooooh...I bet you thought you were on a winner there too. Ye'd think! Was it O'sullivan's or the westmoreland? What the feck did it taste like/of?
You were Furstenburgled!

O'Sullivans.Thieving,robbing,greedy bastards..its no wonder people are drinking at home and theyhave the cheek to blame the smoking ban!

lightening

So... Degsy, you going to try any of those restaurants?

humberklog

Degsy wrote: »

O'Sullivans.Thieving,robbing,greedy bastards..its

I'm glad you said as I've been in there listening to music the last couple of Mondays and noticed it for sale. I was a bit stuck for cash about 2week ago and was gonna opt for that drink as I thought it might be a cheaper alternative to guinness. Glad I didn't as it would have ate into my bus fare. Really it was that tight and that close a call. That beer should come with a warning..."its dearer than you think!". Coulda tripped me up no end.

Degsy

humberklog wrote: »

I'm glad you said as I've been in there listening to music the last couple of Mondays and noticed it for sale. I was a bit stuck for cash about 2week ago and was gonna opt for that drink as I thought it might be a cheaper alternative to guinness. Glad I didn't as it would have ate into my bus fare. Really it was that tight and that close a call. That beer should come with a warning..."its dearer than you think!". Coulda tripped me up no end.

Well anywhere else i've seen it for sale its around the 3.00-3.50 mark so it wasnt unreasonable to assume that place would've followed suit.To charge nearly double what everywhere else is charging is just plain greed.Anyhoos,i'm blanking that pub after that.

Degsy

lightening wrote: »

So... Degsy, you going to try any of those restaurants?

I m ay do.First off my needs are specific,i require mounds of good-quality meat every three hours,i dont like pasta but i like a decent pizza and i wont pay more than 20 quid for a bottle of plonk.I usually eat in Jamuna Indian in Drumcondra or Independent Pizza also in Drumcondra.

lightening

Lol.... I love it, lots of meat, a man after my heart.

Che Max have brilliant Rib Eyes (as do The Winding Stair) and a great huge lamb shank. Chapter one have duck sausages and slow roasted lamb or beef. The trick is to book the next space available, the next week and the next week, cancel as you go. Saba do a great Vietnamese steak, almost raw with herbs.

Asking for a bottle of wine for less than 20 Euro in Dublin is unreasonable, we are an island with taxes, big rent and high wages. Montys do a raw minced lamb starter with whiskey. Fantastic.

Degsy

lightening wrote: »

Lol.... I love it, lots of meat, a man after my heart.

Che Max have brilliant Rib Eyes (as do The Winding Stair) and a great huge lamb shank. Chapter one have duck sausages and slow roasted lamb or beef. The trick is to book the next space available, the next week and the next week, cancel as you go. Saba do a great Vietnamese steak, almost raw with herbs.

Asking for a bottle of wine for less than 20 Euro in Dublin is unreasonable, we are an island with taxes, big rent and high wages. Montys do a raw minced lamb starter with whiskey. Fantastic.

You utter swine.I'm drooling like a spastic and it'll be an hour or more before i get to eat.Will deffo try a few of these come pay day!

the_syco

Degsy wrote: »

Balls.Bruxelles is full of sour-faced **** in thier 30's hogging the juke box and trying to look cool,its small and overcrowded and the drink price is a joke.Fibbers is a far better venue,it just happens to be on the northside.

Juke box? I know there was one in the old days, but anytime I've been there, there was a DJ down the back, to the right of the bar. Also, most people there are the people who hung out in Fibbers 5/10/15 years ago.