The most you've paid for a meal?

Kold

For me, couldn't say that I've paid more than €50-60 for dinner for two and for me to spend that, I would expect great service in a nice place on top of the good food. The most expensive meal for what it was though was when me and the ex were in Venice, I'd convinced her to stay out watching the World Cup semis with me and after that we were famished but nowhere was open. We were wandering the alleyways looking for somewhere that'd give us a bit of munch and finally found one restaurant. We went in and ordered, for some reason we didn't notice that prices weren't on the menu. I got a carbonara and it was the sorriest pile of slop you ever saw, it literally looked like a bit of pasta was thrown into the dregs of their sauce, maybe 3 pieces of ham in it but I munched it down, her pizza was a tiny overcooked thing. Ended up costing me €45. One and only time I've been that shafted in a tourist trap.

The reason I started this thread was because my brother paid €100 for a meal in some 5 star hotel there a week ago. He said that he would've not gone only he'd promised a mate that he'd go before he knew where it would be held. I just cannot comprehend how a meal would ever be worth €100 unless it was made of Great Eagle... or maybe cocaine.

seandugg

Tight as a fish's arse. 50-60 quid isnt madness for a meal for 2

Ruu_Old

About $60, dinner for 2 and that was in the poshest place in town, on a golf course. Good big portions (I got rice pilaf and chicken breast and wifey got new york strip and steak chips. There was also some nice fresh baked rolls and whatever minerals we got to drink) and service was quick, well spaced out meal. I didn't think it expensive, reasonable enough. I don't go for full course meals, wouldn't be able to stomach it all. Not trying to shovel it into you and get you out like most places.

SV

Spent 280 euro for 2 one time.

Kold

ClioV6 wrote: »

Spent 280 euro for 2 one time.

and what did you get for that?

taidghbaby

ClioV6 wrote: »

Spent 280 euro for 2 one time.

jeez i hope she swallowed after that

about €100 or so i think is the most!!

Alicat

I think I spent about 100 euro on a meal for just me! :pac:

In Shanahans on the Green with two others and we each paid our own way

The steak was f*ckin gorgeous though

ve

Just over €600 for 2, but was the best meal I ever had.

Kold

ve wrote: »

Just over €600 for 2, but was the best meal I ever had.

Baby elephant steak?

homerjay2005

bout €120 for 2, several times. including drinks. never been in a place where the main course was above 35-40 euro yet. generally, cant eat starters with big feeds coming!

Magpie!

About €450 for 2 in Shanahans. 3 courses and loads of drinks. Fed for a week!

SV

Kold wrote: »

and what did you get for that?

1997 white wine.
Starters of soup and breadsticks and whatever.. no idea
550gram sirloin steak, absolutely massive..
Desert..not sure what it was.

No idea what she got.
But I got mine.





most expensive prostitute ever.

pyure

personally it's around 20 quid - I hardly ever dine out, and never anything remotely fancy.

galwayrush

A few of us went to a to class restaurant in Manchester before a Rush concert last october, £220 a head sterling including some top Amarone wine.worth every penny.

AARRRGH

#1: Meal for two, €600. (Thorntons.) <- Worth it
#2: Meal for two: €350. (La Mere Zou... or whatever the spelling is.) <- Not worth it

MIN2511

Ah... i dunno... i go on dates and the men pay:p

Cant remember been to a few expensive restaurants and paid between 70-100 quid for meals and i didn't think they were bad at all(3 course meal + glass or bottle of wine)

Gran Hermano

Al Mahara restaurant in Burj Al Arab, nearly €400 per head when you
include food, wine and water. (Yes they have a water menu with nearly
30 different choices and none are cheap!)

Praise jebus for the old dot com days and expense accounts.

thefinalstage

MIN2511 wrote: »

Ah... i dunno... i go on dates and the men pay:p

Cant remember been to a few expensive restaurants and paid between 70-100 quid for meals and i didn't think they were bad at all(3 course meal + glass or bottle of wine)

Once again you amaze me. I am revoking your right to vote. Back to the kitchen with you.

Mossy Monk

MIN2511 wrote: »

Ah... i dunno... i go on dates and the men pay:p

Prostitution.

jamieh

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Al Mahara restaurant in Burj Al Arab, nearly €400 per head when you
include food, wine and water. (Yes they have a water menu with nearly
30 different choices and none are cheap!)

Praise jebus for the old dot com days and expense accounts.

I was just about say the time thing!! Mad money....well worth it tho

AnonoBoy

About 180 - 200 euro I think.

There's no point having it unless you can take a woman out and impress her a bit by flashing the cash around. And then unimpress her by never, ever spending that sort of money on her again!

MIN2511

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Prostitution.

Do you have a problem with that??? Last time i checked there's nawt wrong with it:P



Okay dude i may be laughing but i think thats way OTT:mad:

Lillyella

Shanahan's fan here too. Together with my partner we paid €200 for a meal between us.

Magpie, how did you manage to have a starter too?? I can't cope with just the main course.

R0ot

400 on meal for 2 in italy, was well nice though

PrivateEye

And then unimpress her by never, ever spending that sort of money on her again!

I'll tell ya, Al Mahara to Supermacs and if she's still around....she's a keeper.

workaccount

galwayrush wrote: »

A few of us went to a to class restaurant in Manchester before a Rush concert last october, £220 a head sterling including some top Amarone wine.worth every penny.

You can't say worth every penny to something like that. It's a premium price...massive markup.

Even if you got an expensive bottle of champagne it's premium...alot of the money went towards the fact that it came from the champagne area!

Just like an iPod isn't worth every penny or Tommy Hilfiger clothes.

Acoshla

$240 in 360, the revolving restaurant at the top of the CN Tower in Toronto.

Worth every penny.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Are we including drinks in this?..

If so, last week - Cruzzos in Malahide between two of use we drank five bottles of Moet (€95- a bottle) with the meal.

Honestly, I haven't looked at the credit card receipt yet but its gonna cost me dear!.

Oh, the hangover was the stuff of legends.

workaccount

Mairt wrote: »

Are we including drinks in this?..

If so, last week - Cruzzos in Malahide between two of use we drank five bottles of Moet (€95- a bottle) with the meal.

Honestly, I haven't looked at the credit card receipt yet but its gonna cost me dear!.

Oh, the hangover was the stuff of legends.

Hey get into recession mode. The celtic tiger is over now.

BraziliaNZ

Restaurants are really overpriced in Ireland. I remember being out in Clifden a few years ago and ALL the restaurants were considerably more expensive than the ones I go to in Dublin, quite obviously trying to rip off tourists. It's crazy, I mean you can go to Cannes or Paris, which you'd think would be ridiculous prices, and get better value for money than in Ireland. Why do we put up with this?

boneless

The most I ever spent on a meal? 17 years... I married her and am still paying even though we're seperated...

workaccount

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

Why do we put up with this?

What choice do we have though?

I don't put lots of money into these sort of enterprises myself and tend to stretch my euros anyway I can.

Alot of my stuff is sourced on the internet alot cheaper than bricks and mortars in Ireland.

What do you do to keep your money away from rip off business'?

castie

320 euro for two in a posh Venetian Hotel on the Grand Canal.

Proper Italian thought so there was alot more courses then you would get here.

Seachmall

€15,000.

Killed a hooker on the way there, legal fees are a b!tch.

BraziliaNZ

workaccount wrote: »

What do you do to keep your money away from rip off business'?

Well I haven't been in Ireland for a while, but when I was there - I shopped in Aldi and Lidl, cycled to work instead of paying outrageous road tax/insurance, only drank in pubs with decent priced drinks, and yeah I bought a lot of clothes/shoes on ebay too from the US and Europe.

castie

AnonoBoy wrote: »

About 180 - 200 euro I think.

There's no point having it unless you can take a woman out and impress her a bit by flashing the cash around. And then unimpress her by never, ever spending that sort of money on her again!

indeed you are truely wise.

Let them know its there but that they cant have it

unreggd

was in a tony little Italian place in Picadilly Circus last september

Had 1/2 glasses of juice, and plasticy chicken with pasta, and the bleedin bill was £80!

about 60 yoyos each

Mimikyu

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WooPeeA

£85 sandwich? Not yet but I am tempted to.. :pac:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4894952.stm

Andrewf20

Eddie Rockets - 8 euro each.

She never got back to me.

hussey

$US240 for http://www.tkrg.org/upload/fl_menu.pdf
or 95GBP for http://www.fatduck.co.uk/menu_alacarte.htm

Dragan

I dropped about 240 on dinner for two, that would be the most expensive.

adsgirl

boneless wrote: »

The most I ever spent on a meal? 17 years... I married her and am still paying even though we're seperated...

No feckin wonder , with that attitude:eek:

barbiegirl

I think about €140.00 in a little restaurant around the corner from the Trevi fountain in Rome. Beautiful.
Girls are much more impressed with somewhere mid range where they can relax and be themselves rather than a fussy spot.

SheroN

Spent 300 euro on a meal for two in a place in Paris. Food was only alright.

It makes me laugh when people think spending say, 150 euro on a meal for two is crazy money. But yet the same people have no problem going out and spending a hundred euro drinking on a night.

The Master

I went on a blind date with a really hot blonde girl
to a very posh Dublin feed house.
I was uber drunk and **** myself while sitting at the table.
cost of meal € my dignity

Zascar

I paid €180 for tea for three once! Well, it was afternoon tea, which included sandiches and cakes etc, but still only a very small snack. It was in the Burj Al Arab - the 7 Star Hotel in Dubai.

Totally worth it

Mossy Monk

MIN2511 wrote: »

Do you have a problem with that??? Last time i checked there's nawt wrong with it:P



Okay dude i may be laughing but i think thats way OTT:mad:

You saw the joke then became offended. You confuse me.

BurnsCarpenter

$500 for 2 in Vancouver.
$60 of that was for the optional cheese course.
In for a penny and all that.

Glowing

This is somewhere I plan on spending a fortune in ... someday ...!

http://www.elbulli.com/

Danbo!

Andrewf20 wrote: »

Eddie Rockets - 8 euro each

€8? what did you share a drink or something?

Spent €160 for two in the revolving restaurant at the top of the Marriott, Times Sqaure. Was nice, even though the duck salad had no duck.