6.60 for a pint of carlsberg

Seaneh · 20-07-2009 09:26AM

Xavi6 wrote: »

It's not, he just has shíte taste tbh

FYP there Xavi.

kmick · 20-07-2009 09:33AM

Diceys doing 3 euro pints on a Thursday. If it was not the worst bar in Dublin in terms of service and price normally, I might be tempted.

allthedoyles · 20-07-2009 09:37AM

€4.70 for a pint of bud in a Cork City hotel last weekend

€ 2.80 for a mixer for Vodka costing € 4.40 , making total cost of Vodka and white = € 7.20

Spiritoftheseventies · 20-07-2009 09:38AM

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

Was that upstairs and what time time they serve you at. Amazing when you think about it. If im right a half litre can of Carlsberg is probably under £2. work out the mark up.

Seaneh · 20-07-2009 09:40AM

I can get a pint of Fischers in one of the best pubs in galway for €4 and a pint of piss costs that much in dublin?

Glad I live out west tbh!

Spiritoftheseventies · 20-07-2009 09:42AM

Seaneh wrote: »

I can get a pint of Fischers in one of the best pubs in galway for €4 and a pint of piss costs that much in dublin?

Glad I live out west tbh!

excuse my ignorance but what kind of a brew is Fischers.

cynos · 20-07-2009 09:47AM

timberland wrote: »

probably the most expensive pint in the world

iirc Fitzers in Temple bar is over €7 and they charge a cover charge in too:eek:

Aidric · 20-07-2009 09:53AM

First off Carlsberg is absolute muck. 6.60 is taking the absolute pish. I'd imagine that spot would have a few tourists in as well so the rip off republic image is still alive and kicking.

redorblack · 20-07-2009 09:59AM

6.60 for a pint is a disgrace, and they wonder why the tourists are choosing other destinations with better weather and cheaper everything.

AnonoBoy · 20-07-2009 10:24AM

Drinking in Temple Bar is absolutely disgusting to be honest.

Pop's Diner · 20-07-2009 10:27AM

I find it funny that we live in a country where drinking culture is highly encouraged (neigh the social norm!) and then we can't understand why (& get annoyed when) drink prices are so ridiculously high. If the price of drink in pub is too high then do what a lot of smart people here do and get a crate into your home for less than the price of 3 Carl$bergs. Or you can do what the OP did and return the pint for a refund. I never heard of anyone doing that before but fair play to him!

Either that or shop around. Personally I have a local in town where pints are €4 (lovely too and nice athmosphere). I'm not tellin you where tho

kenon wrote: »

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

660 for Heineken? Fúck that shít! Pabst Blue Ribbon!

anplaya · 20-07-2009 12:04PM

rossie1977 wrote: »

lol nowhere near, pints are €8.50 in most bars in nice, france, saw them selling bottles of magners for 9.50 in one or two places, heading to norway in a few weeks and been told that is considered cheap :eek:

ye i was in oslo a few years ago,got 3 pints in for me and 2 of the lads it came to the equivalent of nearly 42 euro :eek:fcukin expensive

cherryghost · 20-07-2009 12:14PM

come to longford, average pint is 3.60 - 4.00, though one place does a 3.20 flat rate the odd saturday night

Naos · 20-07-2009 12:18PM

I was in 'Down Under' Saturday two weeks ago (Also known as Major Toms, near the Gaiety).

Pint's and Vokda + mixer were 3.50e each. I genuinely have no idea why the place was so dead, be a good spot if it had a crowd.

buckieburd · 20-07-2009 12:22PM

Paid 6.80 for a pint after 12 one night in the Church Bar on Jervis St. Will never darken it's doors again...

Pop's Diner · 20-07-2009 12:26PM

buckieburd wrote: »

Paid 6.80 for a pint after 12 one night in the Church Bar on Jervis St. Will never darken it's doors again...

Prices bad in there and not just after 12. I paid €5 for a pint of Guinness in there right after work on a very quiet Monday. Nice architecture and all but it seems a bit much for a pint, especially considering time of day and the location of the place. Plus 3/4s of the customers there seem to be retired package tourists bused in there to 'try a pint of the black stuff'. :rolleyes:

homerjay2005 · 20-07-2009 12:45PM

all the pubs in temple bar are that price. got chaged 6.60 for a heineken in the temple bar a few months ago and when i asked was it the dearest pub in ireland, he said no, the 4 seasons was the most expensive and they were the 2nd. i refuse to go there since, its just a tourist rip off.

pints 4.90 in coppers ftw!

El Weirdo · 20-07-2009 01:04PM

cherryghost wrote: »

come to longford, average pint is 3.60 - 4.00, though one place does a 3.20 flat rate the odd saturday night

But it's Longford, FFS!

Pop's Diner wrote: »

Prices bad in there and not just after 12. I paid €5 for a pint of Guinness in there right after work on a very quiet Monday. Nice architecture and all but it seems a bit much for a pint, especially considering time of day and the location of the place. Plus 3/4s of the customers there seem to be retired package tourists bused in there to 'try a pint of the black stuff'. :rolleyes:

The time of day should have absolutely no bearing on the price of a fúcking pint. If a boozer increases it's prices depending on the time, people are mugs for even going into the place IMO...

homerjay2005 · 20-07-2009 01:09PM

most of the "bigger" pubs in dublin increase their prices as the nites goes on. sinnots on the green being one of the major culprits, shower of ***** they are!

stovelid · 20-07-2009 01:11PM

The highest prices tend to be a tax on bad-taste in pubs.

If you're drinking in kips like Sinnotts, Cafe-En-Seine or OSJG, you're going to get ripped off.

Quint · 20-07-2009 01:16PM

I walked past The Temple Bar and Gogartys on saturday night and they were jam packed. Why would they lower their price?

serfboard · 20-07-2009 01:18PM

homerjay2005 wrote: »

most of the "bigger" pubs in dublin increase their prices as the nites goes on.

Yep, I believe the tills are programmed to do that.

And, if you check the prices at the door you'll see two lists - one for before 11PM and the other for "after 11PM".

kenmc · 20-07-2009 01:29PM

buckieburd wrote: »

Paid 6.80 for a pint after 12 one night in the Church Bar on Jervis St. Will never darken it's doors again...

Was in there before xmas or new years, pints of guiness were I think 4.50, which wasn't too bad, until I went up at 11:05, and they were up by 50c (over 10%!).

Given that normal opening hours on a saturday are 12:30, they had no right to put the prices up at random, since they were not into bar extension territory.

Took back my 4.50 and left the pint - I was planning on heading after that one anyway, so just left early. Wouldn't p.ss on the place if it was on fire.

TheDoc · 20-07-2009 01:31PM

I then find it amusing how they usually come out blaming the government for taxes and the sorts, then pump out silly advertisements to get people into the pub.

These sort of prices are exactly why numbers are dropping off, and a reason why I hate going out drinking anymore.

When you can pick up a crate of "upper market" beer for below the €20 mark, you have to question what is it your getting in a pub/bar these days, that warrants them charging over the odds prices?

Most bars/pubs I go too, no longer have the "craic" that is so stereotypically beating into tourists.

Pubs and bars no longer offer things that make it worthwhile for me to make the effort. The expansion of Televison means I can get all the footie matches, american football matches and pretty much any match I want. I can invite mates over or go to one of their houses, and in the comfort of a house have great laughs, playing games,cards movies, and have the total cost of the night come to about €30.

A recent "casual" drinking night out I went to recently in Dublin cost me the guts of €80.

Club nights out easily excess €150.

It is just the way entertainment is going in this country, I nearly had a heart attack yesterday in the cinema at 3pm when charged €21 for two tickets to a film : /

I for one have long given up on going out to pubs to drink, when I can do it in the comfort of my own home, let alone the safety , and have a much better night for dirt cheap, drinking nice beer/spirits.

Plus when I get slaughtered out of my barnicle, its a 4minute hike up the stairs to bed, not a 30 minute trek in a taxi getting the spinnies being told how black taxi men are murderers.

scop · 20-07-2009 01:31PM

That is a little shocking, but you don't have to stray far from Temple Bar to buy a cheaper pint: O'Neills, or head up George's Street etc. Town does not equal Temple Bar which no Irish person with a brain would drink in. You know when you go on holiday and there is a tourist area for retards to be fleeced? Temple Bar is our version.

kenmc · 20-07-2009 01:34PM

TheDoc wrote: »

It is just the way entertainment is going in this country, I nearly had a heart attack yesterday in the cinema at 3pm when charged €21 for two tickets to a film : /

Jaysus! Was in Dundrum cinema yesterday afternoon, was only €14 for 2 adults there, and I thought it was one of the most expensive cinemas!

arybvtcw0eolkf · 20-07-2009 01:36PM

Naos wrote: »

I was in 'Down Under' Saturday two weeks ago (Also known as Major Toms, near the Gaiety).

Pint's and Vokda + mixer were 3.50e each. I genuinely have no idea why the place was so dead, be a good spot if it had a crowd.

+1.

Beats me too, IMO this is a smashing boozer - I love the place.

.

nayorleck114 · 20-07-2009 01:49PM

Well, I am doing what my polish friends so, Get the Beer from Lidl or Aldi and have a bbq. Far better time than going to a Pub. (for a lot less money!)

Went to a pub 2 weeks ago with my kids. €3 for a Club Orange!(250ml). €5.4 for a 330Ml bottle of Bud. So €12 euros just for 3 drinks. I don't mind paying if there is some entertainment in the pub, Jazz band, or a group playing, but some pubs just chance their arm.

Its crazy when a bottler of beer in a pub in castlebar costs more than on Champs Elysées in paris. (same beer, same bottle).

dsmythy · 20-07-2009 02:20PM

Naos wrote: »

I was in 'Down Under' Saturday two weeks ago (Also known as Major Toms, near the Gaiety).

Pint's and Vokda + mixer were 3.50e each. I genuinely have no idea why the place was so dead, be a good spot if it had a crowd.

Is that the place under Stephen's Green shopping centre? I might suss that one out!

dsmythy · 20-07-2009 02:22PM

nayorleck114 wrote: »

Well, I am doing what my polish friends so, Get the Beer from Lidl or Aldi and have a bbq. Far better time than going to a Pub. (for a lot less money!)

Went to a pub 2 weeks ago with my kids. €3 for a Club Orange!(250ml). €5.4 for a 330Ml bottle of Bud. So €12 euros just for 3 drinks. I don't mind paying if there is some entertainment in the pub, Jazz band, or a group playing, but some pubs just chance their arm.

Its crazy when a bottler of beer in a pub in castlebar costs more than on Champs Elysées in paris. (same beer, same bottle).

Well i guess some people would prefer a place where there are many others around them who they don't know. Public BBQ's as an alternative to the pub would be great. Marquee might be advisable of course....

6.60 for a pint of carlsberg

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