Price of a pint in Cork City.

S Barrett

I went into Soho at 19.30 p.m Friday evening and was charged €5 for a pint of Carlsberg. With those kind of prices its no wonder the place was empty.

Ludo

http://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056937545

From earlier this month.

S Barrett

Ludo wrote: »

http://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056937545

From earlier this month.

Thanks for that:D.

minidazzler

S Barrett wrote: »

I went into Soho at 19.30 p.m Friday evening and was charged €5 for a pint of Carlsberg. With those kind of prices its no wonder the place was empty.

Every pub in Cork is empty at 1930 on a Friday. Large bars only appear busy after 9. There are plenty of places to get inexpensive pints.

omahaid

I was in Soho a few weeks ago on a Friday night and there were so many €50 notes flying over the counter, fecking price went up to €5.25 at midnight :eek:, I was under the impression that people were looking for value but I'm not anymore.

rob316

Vodoo night club....€5.10 for a 330ml bottle of heinken!

gimmick

Jesus Christ, do we have to go through this every few weeks? The price of a night out isn't cheap. We all know this. If you do not like it, do something about it and do not pay those prices. Stay in. But stop whinging about it on an internet forum.

Re prices going up after 12 - well you can pay €10-€15 to go to a club after midnight and still pay the same as you do in the pub.

Cork24

rob316 wrote: »

Vodoo night club....€5.10 for a 330ml bottle of heinken!

now that is a rip off..
When more then likely their buying them in Musgrave 20 for 25 euro or Tesco 20 for 20 when they do the offers,,

either way their making a profit of around 70 to 80 euro on Heineken Bottles

I just stick to my local 3.10 for a pint 3.50 for a bulmers

Douglas Eegit

Cork24 wrote: »

now that is a rip off..
When more then likely their buying them in Musgrave 20 for 25 euro or Tesco 20 for 20 when they do the offers,,

either way their making a profit of around 70 to 80 euro on Heineken Bottles

I just stick to my local 3.10 for a pint 3.50 for a bulmers

Your bulmers will be going up 10cent in June.
Which local bar is this, no point not naming. All very open here+

Cork24

my local is in Blarney Street down below the Chinese take away,

its call Horgan a real old mans bar, if your looking for young women / Men then its the wrong place to do some pulling

omahaid

Cork24 wrote: »

my local is in Blarney Street down below the Chinese take away,

its call Horgan a real old mans bar, if your looking for young women / Men then its the wrong place to do some pulling

Mines up the road from you, Kennedys, also under a Chinese takeaway

Cork24

omahaid wrote: »

Mines up the road from you, Kennedys, also under a Chinese takeaway

what kind are the pints

gimmick

Ha. Kennedys is my local also.

omahaid

Pints are fair, I normally drink Carling which is cheap but not the best. Kennedys was a a lovely pub when I first moved to the area (in 2000) but then I left the area for a few years for work and when I moved back they had the place completely changed.

It's grand for a few quiet pints though which is all I'm interested in these days anyway

gimmick, we must be neighbours?

gimmick

Ya, can't live to far away anyway. Though I suspect if you bought in the area in the last few years we may live in the same estate!!

omahaid

Ha, I can guess where you are from that . I'm a lot closer to the grotto then that (if I'm right that is).

gimmick

Ya, you are

clerk

l was in Soho last Sunday night during Christmas and it was fierce quiet.

Pints are now €5.20 !! A pint of Bulmers was €5.45 and a long kneck of Bulmers was €5.75 !!! gone mad altogether. Too steep for me now, will be moving on.

corkonion

there is great value to be had in cork now, the birdie bar in Reardens do pints and longneck bottles for under 3 quid, the brog is cheap and lots of places now do dealz.. preachers does a pint of the day for around 3 sqid and sober lane has different deals daily... if you want good value its there, if you want to pay celtic tiger prices...thats available too

Palo Alto

My favourite was finding some pub in Shandon that looked like some auld boy's living room and they do 3 pints of Beamish for a tenner. Was a good spot to watch the rugby too, can't remember it's name though.

horgan_p

The woodford do half price on everything (!!) on mondays and tuesdays.
You buy a beer at full proce and your next pint is free.
Nearly fell off me stool when the bar staff told me

Sephiroth_dude

horgan_p wrote: »

The woodford do half price on everything (!!) on mondays and tuesdays.
You buy a beer at full proce and your next pint is free.
Nearly fell off me stool when the bar staff told me

That is great,they do a good pint too,even when its jammers.

rob316

clerk wrote: »

l was in Soho last Sunday night during Christmas and it was fierce quiet.

Pints are now €5.20 !! A pint of Bulmers was €5.45 and a long kneck of Bulmers was €5.75 !!! gone mad altogether. Too steep for me now, will be moving on.

I was charged €5.50 Stephen's day for a pint of Heineken in there, Last time ill darken there door, supposed to be a posh place nothing but riff raff in there.:mad:

SeaFields

I was in the Oiliver Plunkett a few weeks ago on a Thursday. The price of the pint went from €4.80 to €5 at 9pm. What was that about?! I couldn't see the justification for the increase, whereas I can see it in a late bar after midnight or something. Crazy carry on to be honest.

rob316

SeaFields wrote: »

I was in the Oiliver Plunkett a few weeks ago on a Thursday. The price of the pint went from €4.80 to €5 at 9pm. What was that about?! I couldn't see the justification for the increase, whereas I can see it in a late bar after midnight or something. Crazy carry on to be honest.

Monty needs the money, think of Monty:(

gimmick

Was in The Woolshed over Christmas for a few matches. €5.05 a pint. Must be the most annoying price I have ever seen.

I slummed it after that and went for Fosters which is €4, and a pitcher is €10.85.

ofcork

clerk wrote: »

l was in Soho last Sunday night during Christmas and it was fierce quiet.

Pints are now €5.20 !! A pint of Bulmers was €5.45 and a long kneck of Bulmers was €5.75 !!! gone mad altogether. Too steep for me now, will be moving on.

I was there last sat night,5 euro for a bottle of coors light and the crowd is gone to the dogs,they have really lowered the age there which is a pity as it was a good bar once.Alot of people have moved on to electric now.

clerk

rob316 wrote: »

I was charged €5.50 Stephen's day for a pint of Heineken in there, Last time ill darken there door, supposed to be a posh place nothing but riff raff in there.:mad:

Jesus !!! €5.50 !!! when did all this over €5 pricing come in ? l generally go to town roughly once a Month and drink Carlsberg, can never remember paying over €5 until Soho recently.

Are a lot of the pubs over €5 now ?

Also, in general the night l was out town was dead, apparently the night of the storm town was deserted and the night after was supposed to be dead as well a taxi driver was telling me. I was talking to a buddy and his 2 brothers were out 2 nights before Xmas and it was very quiet too l'm told. That's 5 quiet nights over the Xmas. We seem to be talking about the quietest Xmas in town in the last 30 Years !!! l can't remember it ever being as quiet as this Xmas ???

Are people voting with their feet or what ?

clerk

corkonion wrote: »

there is great value to be had in cork now, the birdie bar in Reardens do pints and longneck bottles for under 3 quid, the brog is cheap and lots of places now do dealz.. preachers does a pint of the day for around 3 sqid and sober lane has different deals daily... if you want good value its there, if you want to pay celtic tiger prices...thats available too

Hi --- thanks but l'm not really looking for Daily deals in the City or pints during my working week. I live in Blackrock and there are plenty of decent locals where l can get a pint at a reasonable amount.

I generally head to town on a Saturday once a month to meet mates from various parts of the City but at €11 for a round they can forget about it.

rob316

clerk wrote: »

Jesus !!! €5.50 !!! when did all this over €5 pricing come in ? l generally go to town roughly once a Month and drink Carlsberg, can never remember paying over €5 until Soho recently.

Are a lot of the pubs over €5 now ?

Also, in general the night l was out town was dead, apparently the night of the storm town was deserted and the night after was supposed to be dead as well a taxi driver was telling me. I was talking to a buddy and his 2 brothers were out 2 nights before Xmas and it was very quiet too l'm told. That's 5 quiet nights over the Xmas. We seem to be talking about the quietest Xmas in town in the last 30 Years !!! l can't remember it ever being as quiet as this Xmas ???

Are people voting with their feet or what ?

You know I never really take much notice of the price when Im out an about, but I handed the girl behind the bar a fiver and she just kept her hand out and said €5.50 it is. That really struck me much the same as when I got charged €5.10 for 330ml bottle of Heineken in Voodoo. I wasn't there stephens day out of choice, family I don't see often were there watching the Liverpool and man city game.

And no I didn't give the girl an earful and whinge, its **** all to do with her.

Like I said I'll certainly vote with my feet with regards Soho.

Loire

I was in Dublin over Xmas. I bought a Guinness in the Shelbourne Hotel and it was SIX EURO!

gimmick

Meant to add above, was at a wedding in the highly over rated Castlemartyr resort at the weekend and a pint was €5.70. The wife was on vodka & coke and that was €7.95. Criminal.

Myself and the buddies have said that this year there will be a lot more visiting done as town is so expensive between taxis and booze.

evilivor

gimmick wrote: »

Meant to add above, was at a wedding in the highly over rated Castlemartyr resort at the weekend and a pint was €5.70. The wife was on vodka & coke and that was €7.95. Criminal.

Myself and the buddies have said that this year there will be a lot more visiting done as town is so expensive between taxis and booze.

Hopefully Wetherspoons opening will bring sense and value to the market.

ofcork

It seems like as a lot of places get quieter they have increased the price,i remember going to the bodega a few months ago and the bottle of coors light was up to 5 euro and 5 cent which as the poster above said is the most awkward price re change etc.

Ludo

Loire wrote: »

I was in Dublin over Xmas. I bought a Guinness in the Shelbourne Hotel and it was SIX EURO!

And you are surprised by that? It is the Shelbourne after all.

the beer revolu

ofcork wrote: »

It seems like as a lot of places get quieter they have increased the price,i remember going to the bodega a few months ago and the bottle of coors light was up to 5 euro and 5 cent which as the poster above said is the most awkward price re change etc.

For some reason the pub industry tends to react to falling sales by raising prices - contrary to pretty much any other sales industry.

Mushy

the beer revolu wrote: »

For some reason the pub industry tends to react to falling sales by raising prices - contrary to pretty much any other sales industry.

Bar Irish Rail!

Crane Lane the other night it was €5.05 for Corona, I'll rarely be going to pubs much nowadays with prices creeping up.

the beer revolu

To be fair, anyone buying long necks in a pub is asking to be ripped off as over the years, it has become common place to charge way more per mil for the same beer in a longneck than on draught.
Why do they get away with this?
Because people keep buying them !

clerk

the beer revolu wrote: »

For some reason the pub industry tends to react to falling sales by raising prices

Seems to be the policy but is going to backfire bigtime this time around, people simply don't have the money anymore.

Mushy

the beer revolu wrote: »

To be fair, anyone buying long necks in a pub is asking to be ripped off as over the years, it has become common place to charge way more per mil for the same beer in a longneck than on draught.
Why do they get away with this?
Because people keep buying them !

Ah yeah, I wasn't really complaining about the price, I just wanted something easy to drink. That and Corona ain't got on tap so not much choice.

Herb Powell

I avoid anywhere where the pints are a fiver or more, works out grand.

Beamish is usually less than €4, craft stuff less than a fiver in most places I'd go to. Pint of Mi Daza in the Oval the other night, €4-I'm alright with that!

askU

Is the cost of running a pub going up?

clerk

askU wrote: »

Is the cost of running a pub going up?

Absolutely no way they are. Way down for a City centre pub if it is being run properly.

Rates are flat.

Rents are way down.

Property prices are way down.

Wages are down.

Taxes are up.

If they're locked into a lease any pub owner worth his salt could negotiate a rent decrease in this economy.

General running costs are down and l mean deflation over the last 4 Years.

Any pub owner worth his salt could easily reduce costs in this economy rather than just loading the issue onto the consumer. It's just pure greed, closely followed by sheer stupidity. A bit like the property bubble.

eternal

Ludo wrote: »

And you are surprised by that? It is the Shelbourne after all.

Over 6.50 for a pint bottle of Bulmers in any pub in Temple Bar. Absolute rip off.

Loire

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yenom

This is why Wetherspoons will be great. It'll will sort alot of these fellas out.

Faith

I don't get why everyone thinks the arrival of Wetherspoons will herald cheaper drinks everywhere. Tesco/Dunnes/Supervalue/Superquinn etc didn't become discount retailers when Aldi and Lidl arrived. Sure, pubs might have certain promotions where they match the prices of Wetherspoons, but I doubt there will be a significant reduction in prices because of a couple of cheaper pubs.

The_Kew_Tour

I like the Woolshed but 5.05 for pint is just stupid. Girl behind bar apologised. Not her fault and I sadly its these people who get the flak.

I mostly drink Stout, so aint too bad but still can be pricey in Nightclubs.

Unclebumble

clerk wrote: »

Absolutely no way they are. Way down for a City centre pub if it is being run properly.

Rates are flat.

Rents are way down.

Property prices are way down.

Wages are down.

Taxes are up.

If they're locked into a lease any pub owner worth his salt could negotiate a rent decrease in this economy.

General running costs are down and l mean deflation over the last 4 Years.

Any pub owner worth his salt could easily reduce costs in this economy rather than just loading the issue onto the consumer. It's just pure greed, closely followed by sheer stupidity. A bit like the property bubble.

Not correct!

Rates haven't reduced any and are still too high

Reducing your rent is easier said than done. Many landlords still won't or can't reduce their rents and there's nothing you can do about it.

Wage rates haven't been reduced.

Costs such as stock, tv subscriptions, exemptions etc have not been reduced.

Costs for publicans haven't been reduced.

Some people have always complained about the price of a pint and they always will.

clerk

Unclebumble wrote: »

Not correct!
Many landlords still won't or can't reduce their rents and there's nothing you can do about it.

wow - you've blown my argument right out there with that brilliant observation, double ballered all the way kid.

Unclebumble

clerk wrote: »

wow - you've blown my argument right out there with that brilliant observation, double ballered all the way kid.

So if a landlord won't reduce their rent what is the tenant meant to do then?

Also what does "ballered" mean?