Wetherspoons For Waterford

MentalMario

There's two types of beer.

Good beer and bad beer.

I've tasted 'craft beer' that has been poor and I've tasted mass produced stuff that's been decent. Stella in Belgium is outstanding. Possibly because it's so close to the brewery but it's really nice.

My beer of choice is made by the Dungarvan Brewing company when drinking at home or my first choice when out is Metalman.

Although I'd drink a lot less of mass produced stuff I'd still drink it. It just wouldn't be my first choice.

dzilla

MentalMario wrote: »

There's two types of beer.

Good beer and bad beer.

I've tasted 'craft beer' that has been poor and I've tasted mass produced stuff that's been decent. Stella in Belgium is outstanding. Possibly because it's so close to the brewery but it's really nice.

My beer of choice is made by the Dungarvan Brewing company when drinking at home or my first choice when out is Metalman.

Although I'd drink a lot less of mass produced stuff I'd still drink it. It just wouldn't be my first choice.

I am the same, metal man out and Dungarvan at home. However if I was at a match or a wedding Id go on the Heineken or Carlsberg!

run_Forrest_run

Highflyer13 wrote: »

The irony of your comment is off the richter scale.:pac: Heineken and co are masters of marketing considering the mass produced overrated sh!te they sell at extortionate prices.

But I was never defending the mass producers.

The Bowling Alley

Any chance of a fresh thread about beer in Waterford. Everytime I see this thread light up I think it's some news about Wetherspoons.

wellboytoo

jennygirl wrote: »

Craft Beer are usually produced in small volumes with high value ingredients, (usually 10-20 % of the selling price of the beer), world beers are International beers introduced into the Irish Markets ie, Erdinger, Spaten, Staropromen
Craft Beers include -
Metalman - http://www.metalmanbrewing.com/
Dungarvan Beers - http://dungarvanbrewingcompany.com/
Eight Degrees - http://www.eightdegrees.ie/tag/irish-craft-beer/
Bru - http://www.brubrewery.ie/
Rascals brewing http://rascalsbrewing.com/
Blacks of Kinsale http://blacksbrewery.com/
Mountain Man Beers http://www.mountainmanbrewing.com/site/
Real Deal - Mayo http://reeldeelbrewery.ie/
White Hag - Sligo http://thewhitehag.com/
and im sure there are loads more -

You missed the biggest one, Carlow Brewing http://www.carlowbrewing.com/our-beers/

taytobreath

when is this place opening

wellboytoo

With planning construction all going well the best would be December 15 I would imagine.

Trick of the Tail

They have said 'mid 2015' but with the above mentioned delays it could of course be later.

Max Powers

anyone hear any update about this? gonna take a few months to get the place done up at least.

AviationUK

I too would like to know, €3 a pint, can't wait!

dzilla

The newport in cork took longer than anticipated but once they start building they reckon they can have it turned into a wethys in 16weeks.

being ultra optimistic I think waterfords wethys will b open at xmas

fiachr_a

AviationUK wrote: »

I too would like to know, €3 a pint, can't wait!

Wait until you're sitting in this new Wetherspoons and it's full of Travellers.

Potential-Monke

fiachr_a wrote: »

Wait until you're sitting in this new Wetherspoons and it's full of Travellers.

This is the problem i forsee. Not specifically travellers, or whatever the PC version is these days. But scum in general. Cheap drink = dodgy clientele. Unless they have savage security, this will be a problem in Waterford. Remember Masons? Yeah, like that, but with cheaper drink.

fiachr_a

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Not specifically travellers, or whatever the PC version is these days.

They lost a case in Britain this week for refusing travellers so word is out that they can get served there now.

Adyx

But surely that would also be the case in the Wetherspoons in Dublin and I haven't heard any reports like that. Although what I have heard wouldn't fill me with confidence either.

kayaksurfbum

Adyx wrote: »

But surely that would also be the case in the Wetherspoons in Dublin and I haven't heard any reports like that.

I have.

"Full of tracksuits" was the expression.


Not that there is anything wrong with tracksuits i should add....

Potential-Monke

Difference between here and Dublin is that Dublin is so large, the local scrotes have their own hovels to go to. In Waterford, because it's small and condensed into one area, the local scrotes are more likely to turn up in the "main" drinking area. The allure of €3 pints will bring them into town when they may have stayed in the local otherwise.

PTH2009

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Difference between here and Dublin is that Dublin is so large, the local scrotes have their own hovels to go to. In Waterford, because it's small and condensed into one area, the local scrotes are more likely to turn up in the "main" drinking area. The allure of €3 pints will bring them into town when they may have stayed in the local otherwise.

True the city Centre is going to be ruined they will be fights and drunk people everywhere.

Don't mind paying a bit more for my pint knowing that I'll be safe

wellboytoo

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Difference between here and Dublin is that Dublin is so large, the local scrotes have their own hovels to go to. In Waterford, because it's small and condensed into one area, the local scrotes are more likely to turn up in the "main" drinking area. The allure of €3 pints will bring them into town when they may have stayed in the local otherwise.

earthily put, but surely there are a plethora of pubs offering €3 drinks already?

ec18

wellboytoo wrote: »

earthily put, but surely there are a plethora of pubs offering €3 drinks already?

Not in Dublin the typical price is probably €6 for a pint around the city centre and anywhere offering €3 is a student night/metal bar/weatherspoons/hovel :P:confused:

Speak Now

Trick of the Tail wrote: »

They have said 'mid 2015' but with the above mentioned delays it could of course be later.

Not even a mention of opening soon on their website


http://www.jdwetherspoon.ie/

wellboytoo wrote: »

earthily put, but surely there are a plethora of pubs offering €3 drinks already?

Wouldn't mind a bit of this

Wanderer78

PTH2009 wrote: »

will be fights

nearly make me start drinking again. likes a good fight.

is there any trouble in the other cheap pubs?

hardybuck

ec18 wrote: »

Not in Dublin the typical price is probably €6 for a pint around the city centre and anywhere offering €3 is a student night/metal bar/weatherspoons/hovel :P:confused:

Closer to €5.40, can be below €5 in the odd venue.

CatFromHue

That would just be in the city centre, and inner surroundings.

Out in the suburbs it's lower.

CatFromHue

Potential-Monke wrote: »

This is the problem i forsee. Not specifically travellers, or whatever the PC version is these days. But scum in general. Cheap drink = dodgy clientele. Unless they have savage security, this will be a problem in Waterford. Remember Masons? Yeah, like that, but with cheaper drink.

I've been in both the DL and Blackrock one and both had security on the doors all day. They were asking alot of people for ID too.

I think the lack of a TV, well a TV that has anything other than the free channels, stops some people coming in as during the day both are more restaurants than pubs.

dzilla

PTH2009 wrote: »

True the city Centre is going to be ruined they will be fights and drunk people everywhere.

Don't mind paying a bit more for my pint knowing that I'll be safe

Jaysus lads its a city center bar with decent food we are talking bout here not a landmine field or backpacking trip to beirut

With regard the city center being ruined. There is no life there at the moment it is a joke.

Wanderer78

dzilla wrote: »

backpacking trip to beirut

where do i sign up?

Scaldy Ned

I've been living in South Yorkshire for a year now. The area is littered with With weatherspoon pubs . I've been in loads of em . Great that " someone" is opening a business where the bank was BUT take it from me ... They can bring nothing to the pub scene . Over here they all have tatty orange and brown 1970's carpets . Slot machines , crap frozen food that's presented looking completely different in the menu to what you actually get on the plate. I think they will have to up their game seriously to compete with good Irish pubs which I think are the best I the world . I personally think it's a bad sign as they are more prevelant in rundown areas over here but I hope I'm proved wrong

Wanderer78

Scaldy Ned wrote: »

I've been living in South Yorkshire for a year now. The area is littered with With weatherspoon pubs . I've been in loads of em . Great that " someone" is opening a business where the bank was BUT take it from me ... They can bring nothing to the pub scene . Over here they all have tatty orange and brown 1970's carpets . Slot machines , crap frozen food that's presented looking completely different in the menu to what you actually get on the plate. I think they will have to up their game seriously to compete with good Irish pubs which I think are the best I the world . I personally think it's a bad sign as they are more prevelant in rundown areas over here but I hope I'm proved wrong

jasus hope you're wrong. we certainly dont need what you ve described.

Musicman2000

Wanderer78 wrote: »

jasus hope you're wrong. we certainly dont need what you ve described.

A lot of Wetherspoons older premises are described as above. Very run down and look like something stuck in a time warp . The other side of the coin, most of their new venues are fantastic looking you wouldn't know they were owned by Wetherspoons . So I don't think people in Waterford need to worry about what the premises will look like .

Sully

There working away on the Waterford site anyway, which is good news!

deisemum

I wouldn't rate the food in them and it's exactly as described earlier.

Trick of the Tail

I've never had a bad meal in a Wethers. I've also only ever been in one which was a bit seedy, the one in Crawley; all others have been modern and well looked after. I also like how they decorate the pubs with some local connection.
The one in Witney, Oxfordshire for example has reels of coloured wool and looms etc all over the place in homage to the blanket weaving industry that was historically prevailant in the area.
They run good houses. Good food, well priced, and well priced beers.
And no music loud enough to prohibit one from talking with your companions, like every other pub.

O Riain

Wetherspoons create no illusions as to what they offer. Yes it is bland and the food is not great, but it is a good place for a chat and the prices cannot be argued with for a second.

Where I am over in the UK has a fairly rough element but I've yet to see one dodgey head in wetherspoons here (and we have 3 in this city).

During the day its filled with old people looking for a chat and cheap food, during the night its filled with a good mix of young and middle aged people. Hopefully it works out the same on Waterford cause here the atmosphere is great.

Speak Now

Scaldy Ned wrote: »

I've been living in South Yorkshire for a year now. The area is littered with With weatherspoon pubs . I've been in loads of em . Great that " someone" is opening a business where the bank was BUT take it from me ... They can bring nothing to the pub scene . Over here they all have tatty orange and brown 1970's carpets . Slot machines , crap frozen food that's presented looking completely different in the menu to what you actually get on the plate. I think they will have to up their game seriously to compete with good Irish pubs which I think are the best I the world . I personally think it's a bad sign as they are more prevelant in rundown areas over here but I hope I'm proved wrong

Surely a great selection of beers brings something??

Trick of the Tail

A great selection of beers will bring a lot to the pub scene, as will great prices, good food for the price and a well run house.

And the presence in that part of the city centre will hopefully rejuvenate that area for evening socialising.

Irishlad2014

has work started yet?

wellboytoo

Irishlad2014 wrote: »

has work started yet?

Planning has not even been sought afaik!

cococoady

I seen builders working away on the back side of the building a few months ago.

Sully

cococoady wrote: »

I seen builders working away on the back side of the building a few months ago.

Likewise. But nothing since

linny

over heard two guys talking in a chipper in Kilkenny maybe 2 months ago now, One was asking the other where they were at it now and one guy was saying he was working doing a pub for wetherspoons in Waterford city but they pulled out and now they were over in Galway doing a pub for them over there,

Wanderer78

doesnt sound too good does it

Martin_D

cococoady wrote: »

I seen builders working away on the back side of the building a few months ago.

What school did you go to? "I saw builders working ........"

There is money in their business model - they will definitely set up in Waterford as planned.

wellboytoo

They made a submission in August to the Urban renewal scheme re their proposed pub, and were "generally supportive" of the scheme.
So what a fella says in a chipper is now and always was bollix.

dzilla

wellboytoo wrote: »

They made a submission in August to the Urban renewal scheme re their proposed pub, and were "generally supportive" of the scheme.
So what a fella says in a chipper is now and always was bollix.

Haha brilliant

dzilla

they intend to open 5 more in the next 18 months. Probably we will be one

http://www.hospitalityireland.com/wetherspoon-to-open-five-or-six-more-pubs/19440

BBM77

linny wrote: »

over heard two guys talking in a chipper in Kilkenny maybe 2 months ago now, One was asking the other where they were at it now and one guy was saying he was working doing a pub for wetherspoons in Waterford city but they pulled out and now they were over in Galway doing a pub for them over there,

No more reliable source than two guys talking in a chipper is there

tonc76

BBM77 wrote: »

No more reliable source than two guys talking in a chipper this there

Chipper talk .... the best kind

D-FENS

Any update on the Waterford one opening?

JohnC.

Not seen any sign of activity there for a very long time.