You're charging what for a pint!?!?

Bits_n_Bobs

In town over the weekend and waiting on a friend in the Hairy Lemon so order a pint of Guinness - €5!!

I have to say I am not great at the whole price tracking thing when it comes to pubs as usually there is a round going and I just hand over whatever the cost of the round is.

Anyway - just wondering where in town is serving nice Guinness at what price? Be interesting to get some sort of a benchmark on the average pint price.

Plus anywhere that is providing some value for the drinking man?

Royal Seahawk

Hairy Lemon is stupidly expensive, avoid like the plague.

Inbox

Feck sake,thanks I won't be going there now ever

Improbable

Fibbers on thursdays.

RandolphEsq

Doheny & Nesbitts as of last weekend's Leinster game were charging €4.70 for a Guinness. Originally I started on Heineken but it was €5.40 a pint. Couldn't buy a pint of stout and lager for a tenner; ridiculous!

Dj Stiggie

Yeah Fibber's is great, €3 drinks Mondays and Thursdays, with a small admission fee.

Sub Lounge beside Tara St Station are €3.20 for pints, but I don't know what the Guinness is like.

I can't think of anywhere else that's cheap off the top of my head, but I think its usually about €4.20 - 4.50 for a pint around town.

Stevecw

McTurcaills on Townsend St do all pints for 3.50 midweek anyway. Not sure what they charge at weekends. But its good value when out watching a match or whatever.

discus

Stevecw wrote: »

McTurcaills on Townsend St do all pints for 3.50 midweek anyway. Not sure what they charge at weekends. But its good value when out watching a match or whatever.

Great spot too. I'm not a regular, but I've always liked a) the barmen/service, b) the prices and c) the clientele. Usually c) is the first to go when pints are cheap, not so here!

Boom__Boom

Royal Seahawk wrote: »

Hairy Lemon is stupidly expensive, avoid like the plague.

Yup...on my list of banned pubs due to their high drinks prices.

fontanalis

I remember McDevitts on Wexford Street having fairly cheap pints. I'm almost certain they were below 4.

admiralofthefleet

pubs that charge that much for a pint should be avoided like a plague, recession or not. there is no justification for that price and i would say the pint wasnt the best was it op?

spider_pig

deluxe cafe bar on corner of capel street and parnell street also has pool table and dart board, all pints 3.30 before 6 sunday to tursday and 3.90 any other time

Bits_n_Bobs

Actually pint was grand, but too damn expensive and it's not like the hairy lemon is anything 'special' that would command a price premium. Will be avoiding like the plague from here on in alright.

Beggars Bush on Haddington Road used to do a lovely pint that was excellent value and it's a grand boozer. Going back a few years, so things may have changed.

Last 'value' pint I had was in that pub under Stephens Green which keeps changing names. Last time I went past it seems to have changed again and lost its value pint promotions.

Brian CivilEng

€4 a pint for all house beers in Mssrs. Maguire. Great value, city centre and very good beer. Try their Brown Ale, it recently won beer of the year in The Porterhouse Irish Beer and Whiskey festival.

donegalgirl28

Diceys have amazing offers TBH. Special offers on all pints and bottles all night including alcopops and those strawberry beers like Kopperberg and the like.

Tuesday = €2
Wednesday = €3
Thursday = €3.50
Friday = €4

Was in there last Friday night and they gave me a free platter of food aswell cos I reserved a table.



OM NOMS NOMS NOMS NOMS. Think they do it on Wed and Thurs aswell.

petethebrick

Boom__Boom wrote: »

Yup...on my list of banned pubs due to their high drinks prices.

+1 On my banned list too, Rip off merchants

petethebrick

donegalgirl28 wrote: »

Diceys have amazing offers TBH. Special offers on all pints and bottles all night including alcopops and those strawberry beers like Kopperberg and the like.

Tuesday = €2
Wednesday = €3
Thursday = €3.50
Friday = €4

Was in there last Friday night and they gave me a free platter of food aswell cos I reserved a table.


OM NOMS NOMS NOMS NOMS. Think they do it on Wed and Thurs aswell.

Yes Dicey's is cheap but I won't go there out of principle - the ignorant animals they employ as door staff are the worst I have encountered in dublin

Rofo

Neary's Lounge off Grafton St on Sunday - was charged €4.85 for a pint of Guinness. Definitely at the top end of price, but quality as well so...

Kensworld

With the price of pints in some pubs, it's no wonder that people are drinking at home more

Jesus Wept

Last time I was in Diceys, they raised the prices twice as the night went on.

donegalgirl28

Well I was handing them a fiver for a drink and getting change back from 6pm - 3.30am.

AnonoBoy

donegalgirl28 wrote: »

Well I was handing them a fiver for a drink and getting change back from 6pm - 3.30am.

If I was in there from 6pm until 3.30am I wouldn't be 100% what price I was paying for the booze at last orders.

donegalgirl28

Well truedat, but I must have drunk about 10 pints and had 3 shots and out of the 65 euros I brought out with me, I still had enough for a taxi home which was a tenner. \o/

1968

Hop House (The Shakespeare) on Parnell Street does Guinness for €4 and Baveria for €3.70. All day, every day.

AnonoBoy

donegalgirl28 wrote: »

Well truedat, but I must have drunk about 10 pints and had 3 shots and out of the 65 euros I brought out with me, I still had enough for a taxi home which was a tenner. \o/

I've had nights like that...... and then I find the credit card and ATM receipts!

admiralofthefleet

a few pubs are selling tuborg on tap now for €3 a pint

g5fd6ow0hseima

I dunno how anyone drinks in Dublin pubs. Pints are at least €1 more expensive than its nearest rival, Cork. Now I know many feel 'jaysus i what would i be doin dowan in dha bleeydin ****e hole fawr' but why do Dublin pubs feel they have the right to charge such high prices - even when the pub trade is collapsing on its knees?

How Soon Is Now

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

a few pubs are selling tuborg on tap now for €3 a pint

Seen this but mostly taste like piss water.

Same goes for the Bavaria for around 3.70 a pint. When im a on budget i tend to over look this as yes the price of drink around most spots of Dublin is crazy.

I find the working class areas are open to doing offers and cheaper drink. The so called upper class areas can not be arsed so **** them they can keep there expensive drink and plenty of other crap i wont mention :P.

I mostly drink around me locals in Rathcoole or down the road in Tallaght lot of nice pubs in either area and at least you know there trying to lower prices some what. Ive usually no problem paying 10 euro for 3 bottles or 3.50 or 3.00 for a pint in a pub if i chose to head out that night.

Diceys i have tried couple times and would not bother my arse with. Its over crowded most nights full of twats and the staff and door staff are pricks. I was turned away once one night and i had only had two drinks before even getting there. Only reason i could think of for this was i didnt fit in with the crowd they want in there place *Not done up to the nines or female enough :pac:*
Nice jeans and shirt must not of been good enough for a Wednesday night in Diceys :P

RandolphEsq

Willa Damaged Ginger wrote: »

I dunno how anyone drinks in Dublin pubs. Pints are at least €1 more expensive than its nearest rival, Cork. Now I know many feel 'jaysus i what would i be doin dowan in dha bleeydin ****e hole fawr' but why do Dublin pubs feel they have the right to charge such high prices - even when the pub trade is collapsing on its knees?

They live on a different planet. I am delighted that it is only going to get worse because people my age (early 20s) just don't drink in pubs. Can't wait for them to finally crumble and give us proper prices

How Soon Is Now

Willa Damaged Ginger wrote: »

I dunno how anyone drinks in Dublin pubs. Pints are at least €1 more expensive than its nearest rival, Cork. Now I know many feel 'jaysus i what would i be doin dowan in dha bleeydin ****e hole fawr' but why do Dublin pubs feel they have the right to charge such high prices - even when the pub trade is collapsing on its knees?

Ive drank in Cork a good few times on weekends down there. The city area similar to that of Dublin was pretty much the same price i didnt notice any big change. In fact i wasnt saving money at all. I could of drank cheaper in my local.

Maybe its different on the out skirts of Cork.

munchkin_utd

petethebrick wrote: »

+1 On my banned list too, Rip off merchants

theres a fine line between expensive and rip off....
But they are the latter.

2 or 3 years ago paid €6.50 or something on a Sunday evening for a wee bottle of corona. Madness. (and it was for a mate so wasnt going to be a scab and ask him to pick something more cost effective!!)
At least a pint for a fiver is 568ml of beery liquid.
€6.50 for longneck though is €11.18 a pint!!!!

I can understand Cafe en Seine or some fancy pants place pulling the piss by using their "exclusivity" to justify the prices.

But Hairly lemon is a stinkin hole.
They should have cheaper prices in order to excuse the smell of the place.
Kip.
€11.18 a pint is just wrong!!

admiralofthefleet

angerfist2009 wrote: »

Seen this but mostly taste like piss water.

Same goes for the Bavaria for around 3.70 a pint. When im a on budget i tend to over look this as yes the price of drink around most spots of Dublin is crazy.

I find the working class areas are open to doing offers and cheaper drink. The so called upper class areas can not be arsed so **** them they can keep there expensive drink and plenty of other crap i wont mention :P.

I mostly drink around me locals in Rathcoole or down the road in Tallaght lot of nice pubs in either area and at least you know there trying to lower prices some what. Ive usually no problem paying 10 euro for 3 bottles or 3.50 or 3.00 for a pint in a pub if i chose to head out that night.

Diceys i have tried couple times and would not bother my arse with. Its over crowded most nights full of twats and the staff and door staff are pricks. I was turned away once one night and i had only had two drinks before even getting there. Only reason i could think of for this was i didnt fit in with the crowd they want in there place *Not done up to the nines or female enough :pac:*
Nice jeans and shirt must not of been good enough for a Wednesday night in Diceys :P

why? because its cheap? its identical to carlsberg

g5fd6ow0hseima

angerfist2009 wrote: »

Ive drank in Cork a good few times on weekends down there. The city area similar to that of Dublin was pretty much the same price i didnt notice any big change. In fact i wasnt saving money at all. I could of drank cheaper in my local.

Maybe its different on the out skirts of Cork.

Well for example there's 2 pubs in the city centre (Slate Bar & An Brog) which do €3 pints until 9am & 11pm respectively - 7 days a week. And there's no door charge either. Off the top of my head another city centre pub (Preachers) does a 'beer of the day' for 3.50. An added luxury is that for any stout drinker there's always beamish in every pub - usually 60c cheaper than Guinness.

g5fd6ow0hseima

munchkin_utd wrote: »

t€11.18 a pint is just wrong!!

I remember paying €6.60 for a bottle of Erdinger last year in the South William Bar, however it's probably the most expensive bottle stocked in Irish pubs, up there with Kopparberg (which ive never bought)

starviewadams

Only times I ever buy Koppaberg are when it's €3 drinks night in Fibbers,ridiculously expensive otherwise!

munchkin_utd

Willa Damaged Ginger wrote: »

I remember paying €6.60 for a bottle of Erdinger last year in the South William Bar, however it's probably the most expensive bottle stocked in Irish pubs, up there with Kopparberg (which ive never bought)

But thats for 500ml so not quite as bad as paying a similar amount for 330 ml

The scary thing though is that the pub that charged 6.60 for an erdinger probably would likely charge the same for an alcohol free one.
Penalizing the designated driver rather than encouraging them to bring drinkers through their doors

Timebomb_501

Does anybody know why pubs like Doyles and Whelans in Dublin can get away with raising the price of their alcohol after a certain time?

For example a pint of carlsberg before 11pm(ish) will be 4.90 and after 11pm(ish) will be 5.40.

BeerNut

Timebomb_501 wrote: »

Does anybody know why pubs like Doyles and Whelans in Dublin can get away with raising the price of their alcohol after a certain time?

Ehm, because there's no law against it? They are obliged to display all the various prices and the times at which they change. But beyond that they're free to charge what they like and the customer is free not to pay it if it's too expensive.

[Jackass]

Tuborg is advertised as 4% but is more like 2.5% (more or lesswater, i'm a light weight and drank 8 cans and wasn't pissed) and that's why it's so cheap. If you don't believe me, buy a 6 pack from your offo for 5 bucks, drink it all and you could feckin drive home! (disclaimwe: never drive after drinking, regardless of amount)

also, diceys is a sh*t hole, I remember when this was first took over and they opened the beer garden, no one used to go there, it was empty, but a few work mates used to go there on Fridays and weekends and spend lottts of money, no doubt, without question, it was still trying to take off and we were their best customers by far, then after a whike we were refused entry because it was all booked ... FU*K the regulars. Never going back, never will, not that they care. I just regret being a good customer (a long time before price reductions)

tayto lover

Why are Dublin pubs so expensive ? I was charged 5e in two pubs for a pint of Guinness. I can get a great pint for 3.80e where i live. I think Dublin pubs are far too expensive and i believe customers are being ripped off and should vote with their feet. Its not as if they are paying higher wages in the city either from talking to several barmen.

po0k

Rent + rates

How Soon Is Now

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

why? because its cheap? its identical to carlsberg

Dunno where you been drinking Carlsberg but does not taste same as Tuborg. I used to drink Carlsberg all the time it has a crisper taste and more of a bite. Tuborg in pubs from a tap tastes like it has been watered down.

BeerNut

tayto lover wrote: »

Why are Dublin pubs so expensive ? I was charged 5e in two pubs for a pint of Guinness.

It's because there are people who, when charged €5 for a pint, will follow it by going to another pub and handing over another €5 for a pint.

tayto lover wrote: »

customers are being ripped off and should vote with their feet.

:rolleyes:

tayto lover

BeerNut wrote: »

It's because there are people who, when charged €5 for a pint, will follow it by going to another pub and handing over another €5 for a pint.

:rolleyes:

If it were up to me i would have found a cheaper pub but i was on a mission and had to stay to meet people.

SteoL

donegalgirl28 wrote: »

Diceys have amazing offers TBH. Special offers on all pints and bottles all night including alcopops and those strawberry beers like Kopperberg and the like.

Tuesday = €2
Wednesday = €3
Thursday = €3.50
Friday = €4

Was in there last Friday night and they gave me a free platter of food aswell cos I reserved a table.



OM NOMS NOMS NOMS NOMS. Think they do it on Wed and Thurs aswell.

An ASHTRAY on the table :eek:

aint seen that in a good few years.;

BraziliaNZ

Bavaria is pretty decent, it's nicer than Heineken I think. Considering most pubs only have the unholy trinity of Heino, Bud, and Carlsberg on tap, especially outside of Dublin, I'd choose Bavaria over those any day, and it's cheaper too.

Patser

I'm getting to like Peadar's Bar on Dame St - it's a small place near the Olympia, that once upon a time was ultra cool, covered in chrome and called K2 (I think) but has now decided that barrels, some trad music and all pints (except Paulener:() €4 til 7pm weekdays and 5pm weekends.

gifted

Just to move it out of dublin for a while, Was at a wedding in faithlegg house in waterford last year...€5.75 for a bottle of bud...gobsmacked I was :eek:

patchmck

Gingerman just there off Westland Row.

Nice place, guinness drinkers take note: pints are 4.10ish but pints of beamish go for 3.50. They also do a homebrew weissbeer and lager (I think) for 3.5 too.

Hairy lemon can feck right off for that price, haven't been there in a long time but it certainly wasn't a memorable evening. Nice to hear people refusing to even enter places with those rip off prices, its the only thing publicans will understand.

Yillan

Bavaria is a lovely drink. I'd choose it over any of the regulars. I got a milky pint of Heineken one night for 5.40 or whatever it was in the Hairy Lemon. Didn't bring it back because the place was mobbed. I didn't overdo it that night, but I had the worst hangover in a long time the next day. I blame that pint. Haven't been back.

I have however been to Gogarty's in Temple Bar on a Saturday night.

€6.20

I never thought it would happen, but then it did. I've spent over €6 for a pint of Heineken. The shame

g5fd6ow0hseima

patchmck wrote: »

pints of beamish go for 3.50.

Do many pubs in Dublin have it on tap? If so does it sell well in those places?