Man your pumps, Wetherspoons are coming

Idbatterim · 02-12-2018 05:50PM

I can’t wait for the two spoons to open in town. I’m sick of being robbed blind for drink. I find the food in town good value, but drink is just laughable !

the beer revolu · 03-12-2018 12:58PM

RasTa wrote: »

It's all the same food cooked to the same spec. Maybe the microwaves are better in the other ones but they all use the same equipment and produce

There's much can be done to mess up a meal in the heating and presentation.

Bit like croissants.
Same, part baked stuff in all outlets that sell Complete Cuisine and, I'd imagine, the same instructions yet some shops consistently produce great croissants and others consistently produce rubbish.

Geuze · 07-01-2019 05:44PM

Was in Spoons Blanch over Xmas.

Read on pub magazine that three new pubs to open during 2019:

Lwr Abbey street, Dublin and Carlow = summer 2019
Camden street = autumn 2019

Geuze · 07-01-2019 05:46PM

Some whiskey prices in JD WS Blanch

Single / double, all prices include mixer

Jameson 3.25 / 5.25

Jameson 18yo 8.50 / 10.50 - this is very good value

Redbreast 12yo 8.50 / 10.50 - this is only good value for the double

L1011 · 07-01-2019 05:51PM

They have not visibly started anything on Abbey Street; it isn't the heavy construction job required for Camden Street but I'd doubt summer '19 at this stage.

imme · 07-01-2019 11:06PM

L1011 wrote: »

They have not visibly started anything on Abbey Street; it isn't the heavy construction job required for Camden Street but I'd doubt summer '19 at this stage.

Re abbey street.
They had workers in before Christmas I thought.
I think summer is eminently do'able .
Wetherspoons lash into stuff.

vicwatson · 07-01-2019 11:08PM

imme wrote: »

Re abbey street.
They had workers in before Christmas I thought.
I think summer is eminently do'able .
Wetherspoons lash into stuff.

They do. Def wrk going on there.

MrGee · 08-01-2019 01:41AM

vicwatson wrote: »

They do. Def wrk going on there.

Abbey street is due to open in May according to a sign on the bar in Dun laoghaire. A few months later camden st will follow.

Blut2 · 08-01-2019 01:28PM

Is Camden St expanding the row of houses into the big empty lot behind them? Its going to be a massive property if so. Have they listed the number of planned hotel rooms yet?

Subcomandante Marcos · 08-01-2019 01:50PM

98 rooms in Camden Street.

BeerNut · 08-01-2019 04:28PM

Blut2 wrote: »

Is Camden St expanding the row of houses into the big empty lot behind them? Its going to be a massive property if so.

6,164 square metres. The original planning permission for a hotel on that site had 165 bedrooms.

You can see some of the architect's designs for the interior here.

Muahahaha · 08-01-2019 05:20PM

Any guesses of what price range a double room might be in the Camden hotel? And is it going to be 3 or 4 star?

L1011 · 08-01-2019 05:39PM

They'll price similar to the other hotels on Camden Street, they'd be insane not to

If they are actually doing work internally on Abbey Street they may make the opening date; from passing on the Luas it looks like nothing but I haven't gone past on foot in a fair while.

BeerNut · 08-01-2019 06:25PM

L1011 wrote: »

They'll price similar to the other hotels on Camden Street, they'd be insane not to

People said the same about their drinks pricing

Idbatterim · 08-01-2019 06:32PM

will be interesting to see what effect this has on nearby pubs, during the day when there is no atmosphere anyway, they may well lose out, I think even early to mid evening they might lose out. But late evening, people might venture out to them from spoons. People that might have not ventured out in the first place, if it werent for spoons...

Zaytoons and the local takeaways will certainly benefit!

Blut2 · 08-01-2019 07:36PM

BeerNut wrote: »

6,164 square metres. The original planning permission for a hotel on that site had 165 bedrooms.

You can see some of the architect's designs for the interior here.

Thanks. If it ends up looking anything like that PDF it'll be nicer than most of the bars in the area, nevermind the better drink selection and (presumably) much cheaper drink.

Hopefully it opens ahead of schedule, the sooner the better.

L1011 · 08-01-2019 08:08PM

BeerNut wrote: »

People said the same about their drinks pricing

Rooms are a bit more finite than pints.

Muahahaha · 08-01-2019 09:40PM

Just had a look on Booking.com for a double room on a Saturday night in Febuary in Spoons hotel in Swords and it is €99 a night. Close by the Premier Inn 3* is €92 and Travelodge €90 (also 3*). They will probably have a price range of about €110-€160 for the Camden St hotel

Subcomandante Marcos · 08-01-2019 09:42PM

Spoon's hotels don't tend to be cheaper than comparable standard hotels around them from my experience in London anyway.

imme · 14-01-2019 12:15AM

Scaffolding up around the abbey st pub to be.

n97 mini · 14-01-2019 03:15PM

Muahahaha wrote: »

Just had a look on Booking.com for a double room on a Saturday night in Febuary in Spoons hotel in Swords and it is €99 a night. Close by the Premier Inn 3* is €92 and Travelodge €90 (also 3*

No comparison in location. Spoons is in Swords proper, the other two are at either ends of an out-of-town a retail park.

formernyer · 14-01-2019 05:11PM

imme wrote: »

Scaffolding up around the abbey st pub to be.

And signs saying opening on Tuesday 14th May.

BeerNut · 27-03-2019 12:19PM

formernyer wrote: »

And signs saying opening on Tuesday 14th May.

That looks to have wobbled a bit on the latest website update: "end of May/early–mid June". Carlow confirmed for 1st May.

Geuze · 27-03-2019 03:22PM

So by mid-late 2019 the situation will be:

5 open already: 4x Dublin suburbs, 1 x Cork
2 to open in mid 2019: Abbey street, Dublin and Carlow
1 under construction: Camden street
1 going ahead but no construction yet: Waterford

That makes 9.

Idbatterim · 27-03-2019 03:34PM

Cannot wait for the city centre ones! If even just for a few before going to the other spots. A full night of six euro plus pints in most places or cheap pints in kips ended for me a long time ago!

Idbatterim · 27-03-2019 03:35PM

Geuze wrote: »

So by mid-late 2019 the situation will be:

5 open already: 4x Dublin suburbs, 1 x Cork
2 to open in mid 2019: Abbey street, Dublin and Carlow
1 under construction: Camden street
1 going ahead but no construction yet: Waterford

That makes 9.

Galway would be a prime spot. Tiny “ city “ centre ... also no plans for one in Limerick?

BaZmO* · 27-03-2019 03:46PM

What's gonna happen to them if/when Brexit happens? Surely that'll make a mess of their business plan? Tim ain't a big fan of remaining either.

BeerNut · 27-03-2019 04:12PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

Tim ain't a big fan of remaining either.

Tim likes to talk big but I get the impression that the people running the business just get on with it. I doubt much will change.

Muahahaha · 27-03-2019 04:12PM

Geuze wrote: »

So by mid-late 2019 the situation will be:

5 open already: 4x Dublin suburbs, 1 x Cork
2 to open in mid 2019: Abbey street, Dublin and Carlow
1 under construction: Camden street
1 going ahead but no construction yet: Waterford

That makes 9.

9 not bad but far off the 15-20 they had initially planned. They didn't move fast enough when property was cheap, like most people they didn't foresee property prices recovering so quickly. I also think the Blackrock one was a mistake, I've never seen it anywhere near full, more like 40% at best from anytime I've been in. Dun Laoighire is hopping in comparison.

Anyway Im looking forward to Abbey St and Camden St opening up. It'll be nice to know that there is somewhere you can get a pint on both sides of the river without getting screwed all the time.

Dellboy54 · 27-03-2019 05:18PM

Have drank in the Wetherspoon's in Blackrock a good few times and reckon its been well over 40% capacity. Forget about getting any seats in the place at weekends....It does thin out later in the night as people go to later venues.
Funny that Tim is a big supporter of brexit yet there's a push on to open wetherspoons in Ireland...He's even begun removing European wine and beer from UK spoons.

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2019/01/wetherspoon-boss-removes-european-wines-and-beers-from-pubs/

Man your pumps, Wetherspoons are coming

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