Cinema ticket + dinner + Pint for €19.95

LEH

There's a special offer on at the moment with the Ormonde cinema in Stillorgan and the Orchard pub where you get a main course, either a pint, 1/4 bottle of wine, or a soft drink and your cinema ticket for €19.95. Tried it out last night and the food was yum! Kind of upmarket pub grub. All you do is ring up the Orchard pub and say you want to book the meal deal, tell them what time you want to eat, what film you want to see and at what time, and they do the rest! Our tickets were waiting for us at the box office in the Ormonde. Well worth a go!

Rowley Birkin QC

Sounds decent enough.

€20 p/person I presume?

LEH

Yep €20 each, we spent most of the dinner asking ourselves how they make any money on it! You can get any type of beer/wine as well, you're not limited to the cheaper beers or anything, although the food menu isn't their normal full dinner menu, but still got about 15 meal choices nonetheless.

Rowley Birkin QC

Not too familiar with the area, is the cinema within walking distance of the pub?

Sangre

very. the carparks of the pub and cinema are actually connected by a short stairs (cinema is at higher level).

bigslick

bigkev49 wrote: »

Not too familiar with the area, is the cinema within walking distance of the pub?

Pretty sure they are right next to each other

jesus_thats_gre

What is the Ormonde cinema like now? Has it been renovated in the last few years?

Rowley Birkin QC

Just talking to a lovely woman working in The Orchard, definitely sounds like a great offer.

Cheers again OP. Will report back after triyng it out.

peanuthead

The Arc in Liffey Valley also does this offer from time to time with VUE. Its not running at the moment though.

Milly82

Wow. Will defo check this out. Thanks LEH. I'm so broke so this sounds cheap and cheerful. Is it just Monday to Friday or weekends too?

Rowley Birkin QC

Om nom nom nom nom.

Just back from a most enjoyable evening in Stillorgan. Food was fantastic, Guinness was great and service was top notch.

We were running late and time was tight when we got there so they told us we wouldn't have to wait long for our food and we didn't despite the place being moderately busy. I had fresh cod goujons served with chips and tartar sauce and a lovely creamy pint of Guinness. Herself had scampi and a glass of white wine. Then strolled up to the cinema to find our tickets waiting at the box office.

All for €19.95. Spectacular offer and highly recommended. Cheers again OP.

Wishbone Ash

LEH wrote: »

Yep €20 each, we spent most of the dinner asking ourselves how they make any money on it!

I presume most of the cost is for the food/drink. The cinema business is not typical as it probably costs the same to show a film to one patron as it does to 200 as they still have to pay for staff, heat, lighting etc. The more people there, the more they spend on popcorn ,sweets etc.

Sounds like a great offer alright.

(I worked in Stillorgan in 1988 and occasionally drank in a pub called The Orchard but I don't recall it being near a cinema! )

Rowley Birkin QC

The Orchard is at the bottom of the hill just off the N11. The cinema is a small enough operation so it's not very obvious. Still I think there was about 6 screens.

Great offer whatever way you look at it. I mean I would prefer to have a decent bite to eat and a pint before the cinema instead of spending €8-9 in there on a bucket of cardboard like popcorn and a drink thats mostly ice.

Will probably avail of this the next time I fancy watching a movie.

joseph brand

Good thing it's in Stillorgan where all the working class live, and may be in need of a respite from the recession. (hear hear) :rolleyes:

Mick Shrimpton

joseph brand wrote: »

Good thing it's in Stillorgan where all the working class live, and may be in need of a respite from the recession. (hear hear) :rolleyes:

abakan

cool looks like ive got Wednesday night sorted so!!!

djfattony2000

joseph brand wrote: »

Good thing it's in Stillorgan where all the working class live, and may be in need of a respite from the recession. (hear hear) :rolleyes:

Good man :rolleyes:

Stabshauptmann

Hmm. I went to cineworld last night on Parnell St and one of the many chinese restaurants in the area: €19.34

Yes you get a pint as well in Stillorgan, but a bus each way is €3.40 + 40min~ (more at rush hour). Its not really a bargain