When did you last feel ripped off in a pub/restaurant?

lufties

I went to a pub last night and paid over 22 euros for 3 pints of **** guinness. The place had no atmosphere, no women, no live music..just a boring cardiff vs wigan game and a barman whose main aim was to suck me dry, asking me did i want a 3rd pint while i was half way through the second...This is a pub in hong kong i'm talking/ranting about. A lesson has been learnt for sure

ProfessorPlum

lufties wrote: »

I went to a pub last night and paid over 22 euros for 3 pints of **** guinness. The place had no atmosphere, no women, no live music..just a boring cardiff vs wigan game and a barman whose main aim was to suck me dry, asking me did i want a 3rd pint while i was half way through the second...This is a pub in hong kong i'm talking/ranting about. A lesson has been learnt for sure

Did you not realise the place was a kip after the first pint?
And that Guinness abroad is always ****e.

Sir Humphrey Appleby

lufties wrote: »

The place had a barman whose main aim was to suck me dry

Where were you, The George?:D:D:D

dave1982

lufties wrote: »

and a barman whose main aim was to suck me dry,

:eek:

hfallada

I find Irish bars aboard to be ****ing horrible. I was in Berlin last weekend with a group of about 60 of us. About 90% of people brought a **** load of food and drink. But the **** of a bar man was giving the other 10% serious attitude for no buying anything. Without us the bar would have been pretty much empty.

The food was **** and about twice the price of anything else we had in berlin

Saw a 5 course Sunday lunch advertised for 25.99 so we went in to eat. We had starter, main course, glass wine, dessert then coffee.

Went up to pay and bill came to more than advertised so we questioned it. Their response.......

The after dinner mint was course No.5!!!!

Never going there again.

lufties

ProfessorPlum wrote: »

Did you not realise the place was a kip after the first pint?
And that Guinness abroad is always ****e.

ok the first pint was actually nice, but then again i would have drank it out of an ashtray i was so thirsty.

lufties

hfallada wrote: »

I find Irish bars aboard to be ****ing horrible. I was in Berlin last weekend with a group of about 60 of us. About 90% of people brought a **** load of food and drink. But the **** of a bar man was giving the other 10% serious attitude for no buying anything. Without us the bar would have been pretty much empty.

The food was **** and about twice the price of anything else we had in berlin

The dubliner in singapore has good guinness and there's one or two in perth that serve a good pint.

anncoates

I live in Dublin so all the time.

lufties

anncoates wrote: »

I live in Dublin so all the time.

Trust me there's worse than dublin. In Hk you pay inflated western prices for a substandard service. ****ing rip off.

ProfessorPlum

lufties wrote: »

ok the first pint was actually nice, but then again i would have drank it out of an ashtray i was so thirsty.

Yep, that's not far off the taste of it at times

I'd like to recommended WTF (Warsaw Tortilla Factory) in .... warsaw. It's a subtly disguised Irish bar with Mexican roots. Great craic.

e_e

I was charged 8.50 yesterday for a medium popcorn and a bottle of water. Does that count?

Pumpkinseeds

My husband and I had 2 filter coffees, a tuna sandwich and a bowl of chips on Friday. 14 euro, and the bowl of chips was half the size of what it was last month, it even came in a much smaller bowl. Won't be going back there again. Ripping off your customers is a bad idea, especially the regulars, we know when you're overcharging and giving us smaller portions. No shortage of other cafes to go to in Limerick.

lufties

ProfessorPlum wrote: »

Yep, that's not far off the taste of it at times

I'd like to recommended WTF (Warsaw Tortilla Factory) in .... warsaw. It's a subtly disguised Irish bar with Mexican roots. Great craic.

is the beer good? I'm moving to the UK in a few weeks and have a bit of time off before starting my new job, so might do a visit to warsaw or Karakow even

lufties

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

My husband and I had 2 filter coffees, a tuna sandwich and a bowl of chips on Friday. 14 euro, and the bowl of chips was half the size of what it was last month, it even came in a much smaller bowl. Won't be going back there again. Ripping off your customers is a bad idea, especially the regulars, we know when you're overcharging and giving us smaller portions. No shortage of other cafes to go to in Limerick.

Each? :eek:

Hande hoche!

e_e wrote: »

I was charged 8.50 yesterday for a medium popcorn and a bottle of water. Does that count?

Was the film any good?

lufties

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Was the film any good?

thats hardly relevant in fairness.

pajor

I know there's reasons for this, but €5.40 for a pint of coke is not on me thinks.

ProfessorPlum

lufties wrote: »

is the beer good? I'm moving to the UK in a few weeks and have a bit of time off before starting my new job, so might do a visit to warsaw or Karakow even

It is. And if you stick to the local stuff (vgood) it's cheap as chips. In fact cheaper

Hande hoche!

lufties wrote: »

thats hardly relevant in fairness.

Sunday is my irrelevance day.

Pumpkinseeds

lufties wrote: »

Each? :eek:

No, thankfully, tbh, if they'd tried to charge us that each I'd have refused to pay

Lux23

€14 for two sandwiches and chips sounds ok to me.

PEACEBROTHER

Tuna Sandwhich , chips and a coffee for 7e is not that bad ???

Oranage2

Bought two cokes in a club in China and it cost me bout 7 euro.

Everything in China is so cheap except for clubbing for some reason where at best you'd pay Dublin club prices for drink.

The Backwards Man

I've never been ripped off in a bar or restaurant. Never buy anything you don't know the price of first.

Pumpkinseeds

PEACEBROTHER wrote: »

Tuna Sandwhich , chips and a coffee for 7e is not that bad ???

I'd have agreed with you last month, but the size and quality have gone right down. Watered down coffee, a child-sized portion of chips and a small sandwich with the very bare minimum of filling that they could get away with. My point is that when they reduced portions and quality as well as increasing the price, it annoys people and just makes them more inclined to go elsewhere.

I had been in the week before on my own for a coffee and I thought the place was a lot quieter than it usually was, now I know why.

lufties

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

No, thankfully, tbh, if they'd tried to charge us that each I'd have refused to pay

7 euro each doesn't sound all that bad in fairness.

TWO filter coffees and A tuna sambo and A bowl of chips.

I'm hungover ta feck and even I could figure that out!

Edit: Ok maybe I was wrong. Maybe. I'm not admitting anything just yet.

lufties

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I'd have agreed with you last month, but the size and quality have gone right down. Watered down coffee, a child-sized portion of chips and a small sandwich with the very bare minimum of filling that they could get away with. My point is that when they reduced portions and quality as well as increasing the price, it annoys people and just makes them more inclined to go elsewhere.

I had been in the week before on my own for a coffee and I thought the place was a lot quieter than it usually was, now I know why.

I don't understand why restaurants/cafes can't grasp this notion, surely if you offer decent portions then word will spread and more customers will come.

The absolute hotel there near corbally has good enough portions and the prices are ok, according to my gran it does very well.

Menas

I was in a restaurant in vienna and they offered us bread with our drinks when we sat down.
When the bill came they had charged us for the BUTTER that we used with our bread.

IvaBigWun

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Saw a 5 course Sunday lunch advertised for 25.99 so we went in to eat. We had starter, main course, glass wine, dessert then coffee.

Went up to pay and bill came to more than advertised so we questioned it. Their response.......

The after dinner mint was course No.5!!!!

Never going there again.

:eek:

Name and shame!

biko

lufties wrote: »

This is a pub in hong kong i'm talking/ranting about. A lesson has been learnt for sure

Was it in Kowloon? Anyway, yeah they know how to charge alright.
Me and some mates did a legger in Singapore once because the beer was so expensive.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Bought a ready-made brown chicken and stuffing sandwich last week in Supervalu for 3.50.
The filling was 80% stuffing with two slivers of chicken in the centre(the part on show in the packaging)

Bastards.

lufties

biko wrote: »

Was it in Kowloon? Anyway, yeah they know how to charge alright.
Me and some mates did a legger in Singapore once because the beer was so expensive.

no it was on Lantau island, i only went because I finished work late and couldn't be arsed going to town....I don't blame you, there's an Irish bar on Read st (clark quay) in Singapore that charges 17 Sing dollars or something for a guinness. bananas!

lufties

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Bought a ready-made brown chicken and stuffing sandwich last week in Supervalu for 3.50.
The filling was 80% stuffing with two slivers of chicken in the centre(the part on show in the packaging)

Bastards.

Feck all nutrition in it either i'd say..stay away from that processed ****e, does more harm than good.

e_e

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Was the film any good?

It was great actually, Grand Budapest Hotel as part of the film festival.

The only reason I bought the popcorn though was because the screening before ran late so I couldn't stop off for lunch. :mad:

TwoShedsJackson

You're in Hong Kong and you went to an Irish pub to drink Guinness and watch Cardiff play Wigan??? Jasus.

FizzleSticks

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lufties

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

You're in Hong Kong and you went to an Irish pub to drink Guinness and watch Cardiff play Wigan??? Jasus.

Yeah! i finished work late and fancied staying local, the football game just happened to be on.

mikom

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Saw a 5 course Sunday lunch advertised for 25.99 so we went in to eat. We had starter, main course, glass wine, dessert then coffee.

Went up to pay and bill came to more than advertised so we questioned it. Their response.......

The after dinner mint was course No.5!!!!

Never going there again.

IvaBigWun wrote: »

:eek:

Name and shame!

Mr Creosotes fun time diner.

osarusan

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Saw a 5 course Sunday lunch advertised for 25.99 so we went in to eat. We had starter, main course, glass wine, dessert then coffee.

Went up to pay and bill came to more than advertised so we questioned it. Their response.......

The after dinner mint was course No.5!!!!

Never going there again.

shouldn't your query have been that they only served 4 courses?

(as well as any overcharging)

bobwilliams

a CUP of soup in the Wild Boar, a so called 'gastro' pub in Stepaside cost me €7. I didn't bother checking menu before I ordered and I actually laughed at the guy when he told me the price.
Have not/won't be back.

NegativeCreep

Once went to Oliver St. John Gogarty's of a night. Had to remortgage me gaff to get slightly tipsy.

Fighting Irish

PEACEBROTHER wrote: »

Tuna Sandwhich , chips and a coffee for 7e is not that bad ???

In a restaurant? No

Fighting Irish

I was charged 22e for a coffee in mcdonalds

Stavros Murphy

I have mate who reckons he was pulled off in Supermacs last weekend. If that counts.
Wouldn't surprise me, his burd is pretty rough.

Fox_In_Socks

Fighting Irish wrote: »

I was charged 22e for a coffee in mcdonalds

Angola?

Stavros Murphy

Fighting Irish wrote: »

I was charged 22e for a coffee in mcdonalds

They missed the point. I can't criticise, I usually miss the point too.

lufties

lufties wrote: »

When did you last feel ripped off in a pub/restaurant?

Never. I make myself aware of the prices before entering. If that's not possible then I do it at least before ordering. If I don't like it then myself and my business go elsewhere.

It's really not that difficult you know, you should give it a go some time.

.jacksparrow.

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

My husband and I had 2 filter coffees, a tuna sandwich and a bowl of chips on Friday. 14 euro, and the bowl of chips was half the size of what it was last month, it even came in a much smaller bowl. Won't be going back there again. Ripping off your customers is a bad idea, especially the regulars, we know when you're overcharging and giving us smaller portions. No shortage of other cafes to go to in Limerick.

Tuna sandwich chips and coffee for 7 is good.

Do you know the costs of running a business, then trying to make a living after all that.

lufties

Deleted User wrote: »

Never. I make myself aware of the prices before entering. If that's not possible then I do it at least before ordering. If I don't like it then myself and my business go elsewhere.

It's really not that difficult you know, you should give it a go some time.

Thats baloney, how the hell are you aware what your gonna get with regards to food and the quality. In my case it was pints so I should have been more aware in fairness.