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Irish hoteliers and others are back blaming the bad weather for their fall in custom, and not their own prices or charges.
What are your own experiences of excessive prices being charged in Ireland relative to the rest of the EU?
What I see having moved from Ireland is the Irish restaurant industry is not geared towards regular coustum, regular customers are the back bone to a restaurant or the likes on the Continent.
Custom from holidaymakers is the icing on the top.
There really seems that the hostility sector in Ireland has no interest in local custom at all.
It usually means they haven't been arsed cleaning the spuds.
Hostility sector. 😆
Feels more like that at times.
Saves on peeling 😁 and you pay extra for that
The problem with the local standard pubs and restaurants - is how generic it all is. Same suppliers, same menus, same shite wine from the same supplier, same 3 or 4 beers, tiny measures of spirits.
And who decided chicken tikka masala belongs in a deli counter?
But the reality is most menus would be the same in any country ,as in they offer regional foods on there Menus and from there suppliers.
Deep fried potato skins are 5.50 in a local pub that has notions about itself, mind you the price does include "seasoning", aka salt and pepper.
Well described indeed! 🤣
Looking forward to this weekend’s goudging in Athlone, will photograph my €512 worth and post here.
Tikka masala in Spar isnt Irish!
Neither is a breakfast roll for what it's worth
I think the " rustic " was inspired by the tv chefs
Ramsay was always on about it , just fukk everything into the pot
What are you on about? Restaurants survive on repeat business and any of them just gunning for the tourists are going to fail it’s that simple.
Rustic (or skin on) keeps the potatoes moist while deep frying.
When was the last time you were rewarded for your repeat custom at a restaurant
Their used to be a coffee stamp idea that was used where you buy 7 get the 8 one free this the only time I have ever known of repeat business being rewarded, companies will have to change their model as they spend huge amounts of cash getting new customers but the ones who are there they forget about them and take it that they are a given yet with the cost of living crisis this is no longer the case more and more restaurants and pubs are closing due to lack of custom be interesting where we will be in 24 months time.
Ironically I don’t get much time to eat In restaurants these days, I’m usually there to prepare the food, but I don’t really understand what it is you’re trying to get at?
I don’t think I should get rewarded for visiting a restaurant more than once? The reward is a well prepared meal, I don’t think I’ve ever though to myself I want a stamp card so every 10th visit I get a free meal..
Last Christmas - we frequent a local restaurant, sometimes for breakfast, sometimes for dinner. We'd be there once a week on average (well, we were until the recent price increases). One morning last December we went for breakfast, owner was there and our meal was comped.
Plenty of restaurants only exist because of tourists. Take a drive around the Ring of Kerry in the winter and you'll get an eye opener.
What do people consider a reasonable price point for 2-3 courses? Plenty of places around Dublin for 35-40 quid for the above.
What do you mean about spending huge amounts of cash getting new customers
Depends on the quality of course. I think 30 euro max for 3 courses is about right in a pub. MAX.
2 course should be around 25.
Think of it like if you receive a tip from a Customer.
Many restaurants do loyalty cards vouchers etc especially during off season as a tip for the loyalty of the customer
We could see a scenario where restaurants/pubs in a lot of cases will be seasonal( built around the tourist season) like lots of tourist areas in Spain
Starters €6-€8
Mains €13.50-€18.50
Desserts €6-€8
Deduct maybe 10% for getting a 3 Course Deal and I’d be thinking for easy purposes anything above €30 is getting annoying m. Something like €25-€29 sounds about right.
Markups on Starters and in particular Desserts getting out of control.
Definitely but those restaurants (usually) close in the off seasons and therefore costs are non existent.
A restaurant open effectively all year round cannot survive on tourism only and will need to have local support to thrive.
plenty of them focus on summer trade only but they never last long because all it takes is one crap summer (like we had this year) to ruin your business.
Can You recommend anywhere around O'Connell Bridge direction for a good gouging lol? We're down on Wednesday for a show at the Liberty Hall Theatre.
Thats a neat trick.
I’m sorry I don’t understand.
Phxbistro.com on the quays is a lovely spot. 20 min walk to O'Connell St.
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