Taste of Dublin offer

Mr Simpson

I just got an email from Taste of dublin today, just thought I'd let everyone know,You can purchase 2 taste of dublin tickets for €35, just enter the promo code 'TASTE35' when purchasing them, it should last for the next 10 days

johnfás

What is that a saving of?

Cathmandooo

They seem to be €25 each, so you're saving €15 with that code.

Not as good as last year's offer of 2 for 1

http://www.tastefestivals.ie/newsite/

Mr Simpson

Not as good as last year alright, but €15 is still a good saving, I'll be buying them anyway!

adamski8

so its 25euro just for entry to that place, then you gotta pay for any food you want????

Mr Simpson

Yep, you buy their currency called florins, when you go in and use it to buy any food that you want inside. By the way just noticed that does not include a service charge of €3.50 that they add to each ticket.

Lollymcd

Already a bargin alert here with some info if folks aren't familiar with the event.

Mr Simpson

The other bargain alert is now expired. So the cheapest is 2 for €35. A lot of good info in the other thread though.

Saruman

I don't get the way Taste of Dublin operates. I have been to Taste of Chicago and it is massive and most importantly free. You just pay for your food but there is no charge to enter the area.

Tusky

Saruman wrote: »

I don't get the way Taste of Dublin operates. I have been to Taste of Chicago and it is massive and most importantly free. You just pay for your food but there is no charge to enter the area.

Yeah - seems ridiculously expensive to me. You pay into a place where you buy samples of foods from restaurants ? Hmm.

Zab

I went last year and I won't be going back.

They charge the vendors a fortune and then they charge us entry on top of it. The vendors then overcharge for the food, which varied in quality, and you can only pay in non refundable "florins". The facilities provided for sitting and eating your overpriced snack are lacking/non-existent. It's all blatant profiteering as far as I could see, and that sort of thing usually doesn't bother me. They're just too greedy.

On the other hand, if the weather is good then there's worse places to spend your day then the Ivey Gardens, and the atmosphere is fairly festive. Also, if you plan on visiting a lot of the non-restaurant booths then that would add value too.

Ste.phen

Zab wrote: »

I went last year and I won't be going back.

They charge the vendors a fortune and then they charge us entry on top of it. The vendors then overcharge for the food, which varied in quality, and you can only pay in non refundable "florins". The facilities provided for sitting and eating your overpriced snack are lacking/non-existent. It's all blatant profiteering as far as I could see, and that sort of thing usually doesn't bother me. They're just too greedy.

On the other hand, if the weather is good then there's worse places to spend your day then the Ivey Gardens, and the atmosphere is fairly festive. Also, if you plan on visiting a lot of the non-restaurant booths then that would add value too.

I agree wholeheartedly with this opinion

Lollymcd

Zab wrote: »

I went last year and I won't be going back.

They charge the vendors a fortune and then they charge us entry on top of it. The vendors then overcharge for the food, which varied in quality, and you can only pay in non refundable "florins". The facilities provided for sitting and eating your overpriced snack are lacking/non-existent. It's all blatant profiteering as far as I could see, and that sort of thing usually doesn't bother me. They're just too greedy.

On the other hand, if the weather is good then there's worse places to spend your day then the Ivey Gardens, and the atmosphere is fairly festive. Also, if you plan on visiting a lot of the non-restaurant booths then that would add value too.

I was there last year too and can't disagree with any of your points but I had a great time. While you do have to pay for your food and drink there is entertainment provided and more importantly/interestingly are the chef demonstrations, there were at least three the day I was there and I learned a lot. The "match your food with beer" demo was good too.

Oh and The Iveagh Gardens are very beautiful!

Best not to pay for tickets at full price I guess!

Pot Noodle =

Err No Thanks rather go to MIckey Deeeeesss

Lollymcd

Pot wrote:

Err No Thanks rather go to MIckey Deeeeesss

Really?

marknoonan1974

I went there last year and felt very ripped off after the event. Ya get fleeced for cash even after paying in.

Pot Noodle =

More like raped for cash it a rip off

underpants

I was there last year and had a great time!

I can see how you could spend a lot once you get in but you wouldn't have to. you can wander around and sample LOTS of wines and whiskey and small finger food. We did some wine tasting too which was fun!

El Tarangu

There's a website offering free tickets - link.

There's free samples as well as restaurant stands that you have to pay for, isn't there? I'd go if I had a free ticket, anyway