Order Bottle of Wine in Restaurant to take home

odyssey06

I have a €100 voucher for a restaurant in Howth burning a hole in my wallet since Christmas.

Looking at the menu, I'm probably only going to spend approximately €60 on a lunch.
I'll be driving so won't be ordering wine with lunch.
I'd rather spend the full amount as not sure when I will be back out that way.

I'm considering ordering a bottle of nice wine to take home.

Just curious if there would be any legal complications with the above, or should I be ok if I ask nicely?

Cheers.

the beer revolu

odyssey06 wrote: »

I have a €100 voucher for a restaurant in Howth burning a hole in my wallet since Christmas.

Looking at the menu, I'm probably only going to spend approximately €60 on a lunch.
I'll be driving so won't be ordering wine with lunch.
I'd rather spend the full amount as not sure when I will be back out that way.

I'm considering ordering a bottle of nice wine to take home.

Just curious if there would be any legal complications with the above, or should I be ok if I ask nicely?

Cheers.

I don't see why that would be an issue.

BeerNut

It depends on the licence the premises has. A wine-retailer's on-licence, which I think is the most common one for restaurants, does not permit off-sales.

GBX

Ask them - worst they can say is no.

Marcusm

the beer revolu wrote: »

I don't see why that would be an issue.

Because they might not have an off-licence!

the beer revolu

Marcusm wrote: »

Because they might not have an off-licence!

I still can't imagine a restaurant making a fuss over this.

kenmc

I've occasionally asked for the cork to be left with the bottle, and taken the remainder home with me.several different restaurants. Not sure there's a legal difference between taking the remainder of an opened bottle Vs an unopened one though.

odyssey06

Turns out the question was a moot point as the restaurant in question actually advertises bottles of its particular house wine for off sale...
But I'll keep the suggestions here on the thread in mind as I have more vouchers to get through elsewhere

rubadub

If they advertise for off sales I expect it is a reasonable price?

As I would have thought from the menu the mark up would be a lot, in which case I would be asking them if I could use the voucher on 2 different occasions.

odyssey06

rubadub wrote: »

If they advertise for off sales I expect it is a reasonable price? As I would have thought from the menu the mark up would be a lot, in which case I would be asking them if I could use the voucher on 2 different occasions.

Aye it was 66% of the price.
The voucher had a little grid on it for recording how much was spent on it, never seen that before, so could be used over multiple trips.