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6.60 for a pint of carlsberg

  • 19-07-2009 11:56PM
    #1
    timberland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 87 ✭✭


    I was in Gogartys over the weekend and ordered a pint of carlsberg, gave the bar man a 10er and got 3.40 back. thought it was a mistake so asked him how much it was and he said 6.60 and started to laugh and shrugged his shoulders.i started to laugh and said he could keep it so got my money back and left. Its a disgrace how pubs could charge that. probably the most expensive pint in the world


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  • #2
    SoWatchaWant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭SoWatchaWant


    Got your money back? Fair play bud;)


  • #3
    Rented Mule
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Rented Mule


    You have to ask yourself one question before you go out .....

    Are you out drinking or shopping ?


  • #4
    Fajitas!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,624 ✭✭✭✭Fajitas!


    6.60!?!?

    Fcuk that.


  • #5
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,816 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Aww well. none of us will be going there for a pint anytime soon.:eek:


  • #6
    YT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭YT


    You were right to leave. 6.60? Shocking.
    I was in temple bar not so long ago, waiting on a friend, we went into one of the "oirish" pubs to get a coke. 3euro for a can of coke. :eek:


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  • #7
    kenon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭kenon


    Fitzsimons in dublin city charges €6.60 for heineken...


  • #8
    Captain-America
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭Captain-America


    Fair play for getting your money back. Most would just take the pint.


  • #9
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    Disgraceful. You should get two pints for that


  • #10
    soundsham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,848 ✭✭✭soundsham


    was in gogartys too some guy hands back a pint and i got it for free

    prices are at the door


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    YT wrote: »
    You were right to leave. 6.60? Shocking.
    I was in temple bar not so long ago, waiting on a friend, we went into one of the "oirish" pubs to get a coke. 3euro for a can of coke. :eek:
    You did well to get a can .. usually they're little pub bottles about 200ml or something !


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  • #12
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Gogartys? Disgraceful.

    And as for the drink price....


  • #13
    dar83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭dar83


    soundsham wrote: »
    was in gogartys too some guy hands back a pint and i got it for free

    prices are at the door

    Being the barman doesn't count. :pac:


  • #14
    Schism
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Schism


    That is disgraceful, fair play for getting the money back.


  • #15
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,100 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    For people not in the Pale can ye give a bit more info about this Gogartys place.


  • #16
    Pyr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,967 ✭✭✭Pyr0


    6.60 ?! Jesus christ !


  • #17
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    jackncoke wrote: »
    For people not in the Pale can ye give a bit more info about this Gogartys place.

    It allows the imbibing of alcoholic drinks in a convivial, metropolitan setting.


  • #18
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    Carlsberg...probably the most overpriced beer in the world


  • #19
    MikeC101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭MikeC101


    jackncoke wrote: »
    For people not in the Pale can ye give a bit more info about this Gogartys place.

    Assuming it's the Oliver St. John Gogartys (it is, right?) it's one of the bigger / more jammed pubs in Temple Bar - the standard mix of tourists, stag/hen parties, and Irish people there.

    Nothing really all that fantastic about it - certainly nothing that justifies a €6.60 pint!

    Edit: Forgot to add, if you're into the eh...slightly more mature and...sophisticated lady, over in Dublin for a weekend with her friends, this could be a good venue to meet them.

    I'm probably just angry because I blew my chances with one once in said venue. While her friend, who bore a shocking resemblance to Pauline Fowler, danced with a fine young Irish gentleman (he looked all of 16), she said to me "I bet you think she's old enough to be his mother, don't you?". "Not at all" quipped I. "I reckon she's old enough to be his grandmother." Didn't impress her. She stormed off over to her friend, and the young guy looked quite worried he wasn't going to get any hot action. She led him out later so at least my boorish behaviour didn't impinge on his night of passion.

    In retrospect it's certainly one of the funnier things I've said in public.


  • #20
    timberland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 87 ✭✭timberland


    yeah its Oliver St. John Gogartys.


  • #21
    bronte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,331 ✭✭✭✭bronte


    That place is a feckin rip off!


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  • #22
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Aylin Salty Pedicure wrote: »
    Carlsberg...probably the most overpriced beer in the world
    Christ. First the OP gets charged a ridiculous amount of money for a pint of piss then you steal his (obvious, it has to be said) joke and get the thanks for it... Poor guy can't get a break...


  • #23
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    timberland wrote: »
    yeah its Oliver St. John Gogartys.

    I don't drink around there much, but I assume that pubs like OSJG are guaranteed to be very expensive.


  • #24
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    el_weirdo wrote: »
    Christ. First the OP gets charged a ridiculous amount of money for a pint of piss then you steal his (obvious, it has to be said) joke and get the thanks for it... Poor guy can't get a break...

    It had to be done it would have bugged me until someone else did it :P can't believe it got past the first few replies without someone caving and saying it tbh


  • #25
    timberland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 87 ✭✭timberland


    el_weirdo wrote: »
    Christ. First the OP gets charged a ridiculous amount of money for a pint of piss then you steal his (obvious, it has to be said) joke and get the thanks for it... Poor guy can't get a break...

    well said :D


  • #26
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    But it was said (albeit phrased a little differently) in the OP's post...!
    timberland wrote: »
    I was in Gogartys over the weekend and ordered a pint of carlsberg, gave the bar man a 10er and got 3.40 back. thought it was a mistake so asked him how much it was and he said 6.60 and started to laugh and shrugged his shoulders.i started to laugh and said he could keep it so got my money back and left. Its a disgrace how pubs could charge that. probably the most expensive pint in the world


  • #27
    InkSlinger67
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,756 ✭✭✭InkSlinger67


    jackncoke wrote: »
    For people not in the Pale can ye give a bit more info about this Gogartys place.

    Its an infamous establishment in Dublin's City Centre run by a notoriously miserly man known as One Eyed Gogarty. He has been known to serve kid stew with eye of newt during luchtime specials, steal from charities and sometimes invite customers around to his gingerbread house...most have never been seen since accepting his invitation!


  • #28
    timberland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 87 ✭✭timberland


    Aylin Salty Pedicure wrote: »
    It had to be done it would have bugged me until someone else did it :P can't believe it got past the first few replies without someone caving and saying it tbh
    i did say it in the original post.....


  • #29
    MikeC101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭MikeC101


    el_weirdo wrote: »
    But it was said (albeit phrased a little differently) in the OP's post...!

    Well pointed out, he gets himself a thanks for that.


  • #30
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    timberland wrote: »
    i did say it in the original post.....

    If I wasn't so drunk on reasonably priced beer I might have spotted that


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  • #31
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Many are paying well over €6.60 per pint as it is. 330ml at €3.84 works out at the same price. Most places charge more than that for a longneck, and plenty of punters are completely oblivious as to how much they are spending per litre.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055411189

    There is an ongoing thread on pub prices here
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055396230


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