Rip off Ireland is back !

Simon2015

I was in Dublin last night and went for a drink in a hotel bar on Westmoreland street.

They charged me €7:30 for a bottle of Bulmers.

I couldn't believe it this was not even in Temple bar.

With these sort of prices its no wonder pubs are closing down.

I don't understand how they can justify these prices when most people are still earning less than they were in 2008 yet we are paying even more in pubs than we were in 2008.

faceman

Simon2015 wrote: »

I was in Dublin last night and went for a drink in a hotel bar on Westmoreland street.

They charged me €7:30 for a bottle of Bulmers.

I couldn't believe it this was not even in Temple bar.

With these sort of prices its no wonder pubs are closing down.

I don't understand how they can justify these prices when most people are still earning less than they were in 2008.

Did you leave after your first drink?

Did Rip Off Ireland ever go away?

GLaDOS

Not really surprising for a hotel bar in the city centre tbh.

Westmoreland Street practically is Temple Bar anyway.

Atlantic Dawn

Simon2015 wrote: »

I don't understand how they can justify these prices when most people are still earning less than they were in 2008 yet we are paying even more in pubs than we were in 2008.

Once people pay these outlandish prices they don't have to justify them.

gandalf

I assume you walked away. I would have if they tried to charge me that.

RayCon

Simon2015 wrote: »

I don't understand how they can justify these prices ...

Cos people pay them.

whomitconcerns

which hotel? and you mean a pint bottle i guess?

mad muffin

I assume you said ya wha?! :eek: and walked out.

ben.schlomo

Simon2015 wrote: »

I was in Dublin last night and went for a drink in a hotel bar on Westmoreland street.

They charged me €7:30 for a bottle of Bulmers.

I couldn't believe it this was not even in Temple bar.

With these sort of prices its no wonder pubs are closing down.

I don't understand how they can justify these prices when most people are still earning less than they were in 2008 yet we are paying even more in pubs than we were in 2008.

You weren't in a pub, you were in a hotel bar.

whiskeyman

Being charged is one thing.
Paying for it is another...

HeidiHeidi

ben.schlomo wrote: »

You weren't in a pub, you were in a hotel bar.

And a 5* hotel bar at that, I'm guessing..... I wouldn't have paid it willingly myself, but it's not exactly your regular pub....

Stheno

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

And a 5* hotel bar at that, I'm guessing....

Me too

Sofa King Great

I'm guessing you were in the Westin, a 5-star hotel. You could have gone to any number of bars within a 1 minute walk for a lot less.

JupiterKid

Did rip off Ireland ever go away?

What are the publicans fleecing the tourists for a pint in Temple Bar these days? €6.50, €6.80?

KingBrian2

Deleted User wrote: »

Did Rip Off Ireland ever go away?

That's become an overused cliché

Did such and such ever go away? It has become like adding gate to every controversy

jelutong

€5:50 for a pint? of Guinness in a plastic container in The Halfpenny pub in Dublin on Easter Sunday. Didn't have a second one.

Senna

A thread complaining about prices in a 5* star hotel, sound more like back to celtic tiger land rather than rip off land.

HeidiHeidi

jelutong wrote: »

€5:50 for a pint? of Guinness in a plastic container in The Halfpenny pub in Dublin on Easter Sunday. Didn't have a second one.

Now THAT sounds like a proper rip-off.

Paz-CCFC

Thank god for Wetherspoon's. €2.75 for a pint of cask ale, thank you very much.

seamus

A hotel bar on Westmoreland St.

Has to be the Mint Bar, right? It's basically the only hotel on that street.

A pint bottle of Bulmers is typically over a fiver. In the city centre it's usually €5.50 or €6. It's the second most expensive way to drink Bulmers.

And you went into a 5-star hotel bar to get it.

Like, if you told me you were charged that in The Celt or Mulligans I might agree, but that's like going to Roly's and claiming that you were ripped off because you paid a tenner for bowl of chips.

gandalf

Hang on didn't realise it was The Westin the OP was in. If thats the case then the price would be accurate. The real question here is why when you are in a classy establishment you are ordering ditchwater like Bulmers! They probably charged ****e drink tax

awec

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Now THAT sounds like a proper rip-off.

5.50 for a pint is pretty standard.

HeidiHeidi

awec wrote: »

5.50 for a pint is pretty standard.

Not in a plastic glass it isn't.

Wouldn't pay any money for that.

Cienciano

In a city centre 5 star hotel for the biggest rip of drink on the planet I'd expect €7.30
If you want value, don't drink pint bottles of bulmers.
If you want real rip off, my mate was charged €3 each for 3 glasses of tap water in a shít restaurant in lucan.

NiallBoo

Cienciano wrote: »

If you want real rip off, my mate was charged €3 each for 3 glasses of tap water in a shít restaurant in lucan.

I thought it was illegal to charge for tap water?

maryishere

Go to a classy place in the city cente of Dublin and you will pay for it. Thats part of the reason I love getting out of Dublin at weekends to the country, especially the west coast, cheaper prices and real friendly service.

TallGlass

No. The idiots are back who will pay what ever without even thinking about what there handing over. Shops charge prices cause people will pay.

colm_mcm

I paid €3.50 for a glass of Coke (from a gun) in the red cow hotel. Was too thirsty to argue.

The_Valeyard

NiallBoo wrote: »

I thought it was illegal to charge for tap water?

Yeah ...... anyone know anything about that?

keeponhurling

KingBrian2 wrote: »

That's become an overused cliché

Did such and such ever go away? It has become like adding gate to every controversy

Bulmersgate ?

awec

NiallBoo wrote: »

I thought it was illegal to charge for tap water?

It isn't.

Stheno

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Yeah ...... anyone know anything about that?

Don't believe it is at all tbh

kurtainsider

NiallBoo wrote: »

I thought it was illegal to charge for tap water?

You've been listening to Paul Murphy and Co. haven't you?

Cienciano

I googled it, don't think it was someone I know, they just forwarded me a picture of the receipt. Anyway, here it is, 3 euro for a glass of water, €9 in total

http://i.imgur.com/SPf6OFj.jpg

B.A._Baracus

Cienciano wrote: »

I googled it, don't think it was someone I know, they just forwarded me a picture of the receipt. Anyway, here it is, 3 euro for a glass of water, €9 in total

http://i.imgur.com/SPf6OFj.jpg

3 euro for a glass of water?!?! get out of that.

Got to love the way restaurants are charging for water now. Even tho they always had to pay water rates. It's just them trying to pull the wool over peoples eyes :pac:
But the beauty part is that if someone says "why am I being charged for water?" they can easily say it's because of the water rates.

esforum

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

3 euro for a glass of water?!?! get out of that.

Got to love the way restaurants are charging for water now. Even tho they always had to pay water rates. It's just them trying to pull the wool over peoples eyes :pac:
But the beauty part is that if someone says "why am I being charged for water?" they can easily say it's because of the water rates.

i would say it had more to do with the fact that in order for you to have that glass of water the company has to have lights on, machinary operating, a glass, someone to serve you the glass filled with water, someone to clean up after you, wash the glass and get ready for the next customer who wants somwthing for free.

The company would be losing money by not charging for the water

esforum

Cienciano wrote: »

I googled it, don't think it was someone I know, they just forwarded me a picture of the receipt. Anyway, here it is, 3 euro for a glass of water, €9 in total

http://i.imgur.com/SPf6OFj.jpg

it says tape water, why would they add an E to the end of the word???? You sure it wasnt bottled?

questionmark?

esforum wrote: »

i would say it had more to do with the fact that in order for you to have that glass of water the company has to have lights on, machinary operating, a glass, someone to serve you the glass filled with water, someone to clean up after you, wash the glass and get ready for the next customer who wants somwthing for free.

The company would be losing money by not charging for the water

There is a cost alright but there is not a €3 cost to a glass of tap water, that is a Rip off.

trellheim

I think it is illegal to charge for tap water unless it is a priced item on the menu or wine list.

esforum

trellheim wrote: »

I think it is illegal to charge for tap water unless it is a priced item on the menu or wine list.

did you read the thread?

questionmark? wrote: »

There is a cost alright but there is not a €3 cost to a glass of tap water, that is a Rip off.

Agreed but it cant be free

FizzleSticks

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Rothmans

Cienciano wrote: »

I googled it, don't think it was someone I know, they just forwarded me a picture of the receipt. Anyway, here it is, 3 euro for a glass of water, €9 in total

http://i.imgur.com/SPf6OFj.jpg

That's actually disgraceful. If a company is going to charge you for tap water, they should inform you when you order. That's more expensive than a bottle of ballygowan

€3 for tape water?

This place is a ripe off.

You should have had a pope off them.

Crimson King

Love to know what 'dirty fries' are btw?

Crimson King

Crimson King wrote: »

Love to know what 'dirty fries' are btw?

I once found a public hair in fries. Think that fitted the description.

Paulownia

Rothmans wrote: »

That's actually disgraceful. If a company is going to charge you for tap water, they should inform you when you order. That's more expensive than a bottle of ballygowan

Makes Irish Water seem rather a bargain !!!

seamus

There was a bit of a Joe Duffy furore in the early 00's when papers reported that some Dublin pubs and restaurants were charging for water.

Opinion columns filled with long rants about the human right to water, politicians declared they'd look into making it illegal, commentators dragged up old myths about obligations to provide water to a weary traveller, the red tops went on name and shame campaigns.

Most places stopped charging for water for about 2 years which led some people to believe it had become illegal.

It hadn't. Nothing changed.

One of the most decisive anecdotes was about a man who went into a pub to read his paper, asked for a glass of water and was charged 50c for it.
People were broadly divided into two groups - pubs are an essential social service who shouldn't charge for water -v- pubs are a business who can't afford to have freeloaders using their facilities.

Allinall

seamus wrote: »

One of the most decisive anecdotes was about a man who went into a pub to read his paper, asked for a glass of water and was charged 50c for it.
People were broadly divided into two groups - pubs are an essential social service who shouldn't charge for water -v- pubs are a business who can't afford to have freeloaders using their facilities.

If I owned or ran a pub, and anyone came on to read their paper, or watch a match or whatever without buying as much as a cup of tea, I'd run them out of the place.

irishguitarlad

Paying for a glass of water, **** that, here in spain that never happens.

astonaidan

Allinall wrote: »

If I owned or ran a pub, and anyone came on to read their paper, or watch a match or whatever without buying as much as a cup of tea, I'd run them out of the place.

Run them out of the place is the least you should do, just rude to think its acceptable. Like a cup of tea isnt going to kill you