Price of Coffee-Gresham Hotel etc...

John32c

A bug bear of mine (since i drink a lot of coffee) is the price of a cup of coffee in coffee shops/pubs/restaurants/hotels. IMO there is no justification for charging more than €2.50 for a cup of coffee. Most coffee shops are in and around that price...Even the Merrion hotel only charges €3.00 (ok it is a 5 star hotel)
So I nearly fell off my chair to be charged €4.00 for a cup of coffee in the Gresham hotel (it wasnt even nice) Total rip off imo!!

ger vallely

As far as my memory serves me, I think it is also €4 in Glasnevin cemetry coffee shop. I think €1.50 is more than enough for tea,of any kind. Possibly €2 for plain regular coffee. Chain coffee oulets, with indifferent staff, in an industrial area selling €3.50 coffee is terrible. So there!

maxer68

I suppose it depends on what you get for it. Many people use the Grasham for meetings, sit in their chairs for a couple of hours and buy one coffee - so €4 is great value.

If you just want a 5 minute coffee fix, its not good value, but there are plenty of choices around.

The choice is yours.

P. Breathnach

I like taking coffee in the Gresham. You get a more space than in most places, comfortable seats, service with a bit of a flourish, the coffee coming in a cafetiere. And the price is about right: not enough to put me off, but just about sufficient to deter the hoi-polloi.

the groutch

OP, places charge as much as people will pay
you paid the €4, as will lots of other people

Ihaveanopinion

a cup of coffee in starbucks in the US is $1.50 or so

to put it in context

the groutch

Ihaveanopinion wrote: »

a cup of coffee in starbucks in the US is $1.50 or so

to put it in context

yeah, but a market of 300 million gives them better economies of scale, and people work for pittens over there

maxer68

Ihaveanopinion wrote: »

a cup of coffee in starbucks in the US is $1.50 or so

to put it in context

no its not - more like $3-$4 unless on special.

siobhan.murphy

I know this is about the gresham but mcdonalds do the best coffee,and answer to ur question here....

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100205101535AADPsW2

jett

with an old flask of boiled water and a cup in the car if one is that desperate.

amdublin

Ihaveanopinion wrote: »

a cup of coffee in starbucks in the US is $1.50 or so

to put it in context

Link

Maybe a cup of filter coffee...or drip as they call it in the states

Which you can buy in starbucks here if you so wish!!

Their speciality drinks are more than "$1.50 or so" in the states....and here...and everywhere....

amdublin

maxer68 wrote: »

I suppose it depends on what you get for it. Many people use the Grasham for meetings, sit in their chairs for a couple of hours and buy one coffee - so €4 is great value.

If you just want a 5 minute coffee fix, its not good value, but there are plenty of choices around.

The choice is yours.

Agreed. Sometimes you are also paying for the experience not just a coffee.

You could go and sit in a mcdonalds and have a euro coffee (nice coffee btw!) or you could go relax and enjoy whiling an hour away over a €4 coffee in the Gresham.

The choice is yours!

robjones1981

4euro for a pot of tea in the gresham also

amdublin

robjones1981 wrote: »

4euro for a pot of tea in the gresham also

Yes.

And again:

amdublin wrote: »

Sometimes you are also paying for the experience not just a coffeetea.

You could go and sit in a mcdonalds and have a euro coffee tea or you could go relax and enjoy whiling an hour away over a €4 Coffee tea in the Gresham.

The choice is yours!

patar

I think you really pay for the atmosphere and the surroundings... And for the fact that you're not with the common people ;D

reprazant

The Italian cafe on the Rathmines bridge has bloody lovely coffee for 1.50.

I am not sure if it costs more to have in the cafe (it might do), I got it to go and it was the nicest coffee I've had in a while.

No idea what the name of it is though.

KoolKid

ger vallely wrote: »

As far as my memory serves me, I think it is also €4 in Glasnevin cemetry coffee shop.

Was charged €5 for 2 small bottles of coke there on Sunday. Then the have the next to ask for donations when your leaving.:eek::eek:

patar

I was at Glasnevin Cemetery 3 weeks ago... I didn't know you had to pay for the exhibit and the receptionist let me in for free... They're not all bad ;D

P. Breathnach

KoolKid wrote: »

Was charged €5 for 2 small bottles of coke there on Sunday. Then the have the next to ask for donations when your leaving.:eek::eek:

Just be thankful that you were in a fit state to leave: many people never get out.

bigneacy

siobhan.murphy wrote: »

I know this is about the gresham but mcdonalds do the best coffee,and answer to ur question here....

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100205101535AADPsW2

I hate to admit it, but yes. They really do!! McDonalds Coffee is Delicious!!

John32c

maxer68 wrote: »

I suppose it depends on what you get for it. Many people use the Grasham for meetings, sit in their chairs for a couple of hours and buy one coffee - so €4 is great value.

If you just want a 5 minute coffee fix, its not good value, but there are plenty of choices around.

The choice is yours.

Merrion hotel charges €3 for a cup of coffee, can sit all night if I want, service 2nd to none and dont feel im being ripped off.

John32c

P. Breathnach wrote: »

I like taking coffee in the Gresham. You get a more space than in most places, comfortable seats, service with a bit of a flourish, the coffee coming in a cafetiere. And the price is about right: not enough to put me off, but just about sufficient to deter the hoi-polloi.

Im talking about a cup of coffee (not a cafetiere) for €4.00..that is taking the piss..PS if you want service go to the Merrion.

P. Breathnach

John32c wrote: »

Im talking about a cup of coffee (not a cafetiere) for €4.00..that is taking the piss..PS if you want service go to the Merrion.

So if I'm somewhere in the area of Upper O'Connell Street, and I want a coffee, I should head off to the Merrion Hotel? I'd probably need a hot drink to keep me going until I get there.