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Citizens outraged by Cellar Bar price scandel.

  • 07-06-2010 9:19am
    #1
    reggiews
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭


    WTF is the craic with the CEllar bar now charging 1 euro for a dash of Mi wadi in a pint of tap water.....i like the cellar, nice food and staff with comfortable chairs but one euro for a dash of mi wadi, they cant be serious, is this the only pace in galway that do this? I mean fair enough if people were coming in knocking back the orange goodness on its own, then i could understand but when your already getting food it seems a little much when you consider what they pay for it and how many dashes are in a bottle......i think i got charged in the kings head before but i didnt mind this as i wasnt getting food.

    What do you think thebest value for money restraunts are in galway, finnegans and riordans are definitely up there
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  • #2
    m83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭m83


    I, citizen of Galway, am outraged by this latest scandel on the poor people of Galway! Won't somebody think of the children?!


  • #3
    Krieg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,378 ✭✭✭Krieg


    Its only a feckin euro
    Trust me there are greater rip-offs in this country


  • #4
    Poly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Poly


    Take to the streets! you could call it the "The Galway Orange march"


  • #5
    evoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 183 ✭✭evoke


    Kellys do that aswell for mi wadi. I was shocked aswell the first time. IT never happened to me again.

    Usually i just buy the drink pay for it then ask for the mi wadi. Do not have to pay for the mixer.

    Do you know what is even cheaper. Bring your drink.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055664794
    Thread I started about it ages ago... Got the usual pub people saying that it was fair to charge 1.20 even though I stated that I was the designated driver and the lads wouldn't be in the pub without me bringing them.

    And Kings Head do charge 1.20... Was getting a vodka and a dash of white in there for somebody and couldn't believe it.


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  • #7
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    Go to the same bar during race week. You'll know all about rip offs then.


  • #8
    TheCosmicFrog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭TheCosmicFrog


    "Citizens outraged by Cellar Bar price scandel." -

    Haha, what? How are the citizens "outraged"? And how exactly is it a "scandel[sic]"? They have to pay for that Mi Wadi, just like they have to pay for everything else. I think €1 or more is a bit steep. The College Bar charge 40c for it, which I think is reasonable.


  • #9
    Mr.Mister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 362 ✭✭Mr.Mister


    If you're in there using their facilities then a euro is nothing.


  • #10
    Columc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭Columc


    great trick... when they says its a euro. say no thanks and walk away. a euro is quite expensive for a diluted drink. When Im out i usualy am a DD and the pubs i regualry goto would kow this and the friends im with and more then often give me it for free.

    I would never pay more then €0.70 for a diluted drink. You can buy the bottles in stores for €3 so for them it would eb cheaper and you can get atleast 10 pints from it.


  • #11
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    If you don't like the price of something it's traditional to say "shove it up your hole" and walk away.


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  • #12
    bigeasyeah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,290 ✭✭✭bigeasyeah


    I bring my own concentrated juice drink into the bar and only ask for tap water.I leave the bottle up on the bar.Sometimes the barman mistakes my bottle for his and here I politely interject-'Sorry old horse ,but I think you ll find thats MY Miwadi'.


  • #13
    dinneenp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,163 ✭✭✭dinneenp


    How about restaurants charging extra for veg, spuds when you don't get ANY with your main course....just steak, nothing else.


  • #14
    milehip1
    Registered Users Posts: 458 ✭✭milehip1


    ScumLord wrote: »
    If you don't like the price of something it's traditional to say "shove it up your hole" and walk away.

    ....or you could just walk away?


  • #15
    hurleronditch
    Registered Users Posts: 656 ✭✭✭hurleronditch


    dinneenp wrote: »
    How about restaurants charging extra for veg, spuds when you don't get ANY with your main course....just steak, nothing else.

    Its an absolute disgrace, pubs charging people for drinks, restaurants charging people for food..........what will it be next, taxis charging people for giving them lifts?....its like an epidemic

    Ring joe duffy before this rampant charging people for goods and services provided gets out of control


  • #16
    thebullkf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,033 ✭✭✭thebullkf


    reggiews wrote: »
    WTF is the craic with the CEllar bar now charging 1 euro for a dash of Mi wadi in a pint of tap water.....i like the cellar, nice food and staff with comfortable chairs but one euro for a dash of mi wadi, they cant be serious, is this the only pace in galway that do this? I mean fair enough if people were coming in knocking back the orange goodness on its own, then i could understand but when your already getting food it seems a little much when you consider what they pay for it and how many dashes are in a bottle......i think i got charged in the kings head before but i didnt mind this as i wasnt getting food.

    What do you think thebest value for money restraunts are in galway, finnegans and riordans are definitely up there



    think thats bad?????




    was charged €7.80 in a pub for a large bottle bulmers and a

    GLASS :eek:


    of Mi-wadi:mad:



    €1.90 for a glass=€3.80 a pint FFS..


    needless to say i didn't buy anymore of either-and i won't be back there again......


    and i'm an alcoholic....so it really is THEIR loss


  • #17
    civis_liberalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭civis_liberalis


    reggiews wrote: »
    Citizens outraged by Cellar Bar price scandel.
    Using a misleading title like that, one that implies that you have some journalistic piece to show us or to back up your point makes it extremely likely that I'll take anything you say with quite a large pinch of salt.

    You should know better than to drink tap water in town anyway.


  • #18
    91011
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,383 ✭✭✭91011


    Obviously the OP is a student with zero knowledge of business costs.

    Basically the OP want the pub to supply a clean glass, the miwadi concentrate, clean water (all businesses are charged heavily for tap water by councils), a comfortable seat, heating (or air con)

    And he wants it FREE

    WTF.

    If you tried this in any bar anywhere else in the world you'd be told to eff off.


  • #19
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,165 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    civis_liberalis wrote: »
    Using a misleading title like that, one that implies that you have some journalistic piece to show us or to back up your point makes it extremely likely that I'll take anything you say with quite a large pinch of salt.

    You should know better than to drink tap water in town anyway.

    You sound like an outraged citizen if ever I saw one.


  • #20
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,383 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    reggiews wrote: »
    1 euro for a dash of Mi wadi in a pint of tap water....

    how many dashes are in a bottle.
    DILUTE 1 PART MIWADI WITH 4 PARTS WATER
    so say 568ml in the glass to the brim is 113.6ml of miwadi per pint. They come in 1L bottles so 8.8 dashes per bottle. 1L in tesco is €1.79 so say 20cent per dash. So charging you 5 times the price, or a 80cent surcharge/profit.

    This sounds like a very good deal to me, many bottles of beer can be got for under a euro these days yet they are €4.50-5.50 in most pubs I go to, so roughly 5 times the price too, but a hell of a lot more profit per drink. Coffee costs about 15-25cent per cup to make and is usually €2-3 in pubs. A pint of coke in my local costs €8.40.

    This should be moved to bargain alerts!


  • #21
    thebullkf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,033 ✭✭✭thebullkf


    91011 wrote: »
    Obviously the OP is a student with zero knowledge of business costs.

    Basically the OP want the pub to supply a clean glass, the miwadi concentrate, clean water (all businesses are charged heavily for tap water by councils), a comfortable seat, heating (or air con)

    And he wants it FREE

    WTF.

    If you tried this in any bar anywhere else in the world you'd be told to eff off.



    pfffttt:rolleyes:


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  • #22
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    rubadub wrote: »
    so say 568ml in the glass to the brim is 113.6ml of miwadi per pint. They come in 1L bottles so 8.8 dashes per bottle. 1L in tesco is €1.79 so say 20cent per dash. So charging you 5 times the price, or a 80cent surcharge/profit.

    This sounds like a very good deal to me, many bottles of beer can be got for under a euro these days yet they are €4.50-5.50 in most pubs I go to, so roughly 5 times the price too, but a hell of a lot more profit per drink. Coffee costs about 15-25cent per cup to make and is usually €2-3 in pubs. A pint of coke in my local costs €8.40.

    This should be moved to bargain alerts!

    You forgot the cost of cleaning the glass, the wages for the barman, the cost of the water. The cost to the bar is much higher than 20c so it's even more of a bargain.


  • #23
    thebullkf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,033 ✭✭✭thebullkf


    Stekelly wrote: »
    You forgot the cost of cleaning the glass, the wages for the barman, the cost of the water. The cost to the bar is much higher than 20c so it's even more of a bargain.



    Bargain??


    it should be FREE!!!---GRATIS----ZILCH!

    FFS




    you're forgetting the profit on food....



    Publicans making it hand over fist for too long .


  • #24
    3DataModem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭3DataModem


    I totally agree.... It must be a Galway thing.

    I got a taxi there last week and the guy charged me €3.20 to go 2 miles.

    FFA last time I checked petrol is at most 20c per mile... That's 8 x the price. Insane.






    (sarcasm)


  • #25
    dinneenp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,163 ✭✭✭dinneenp


    3DataModem wrote: »
    I totally agree.... It must be a Galway thing.

    I got a taxi there last week and the guy charged me €3.20 to go 2 miles.

    FFA last time I checked petrol is at most 20c per mile... That's 8 x the price. Insane.

    (sarcasm)

    I wrote into the papers before complaining about the price of a taxi from the G Hotel to town- something like a tenner.
    Basically they rip you off for a short journey I think. Pick up charge etc and it's something like a fiver before you start....


  • #26
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Citizens 's outraged?...so like the whole of Galway or Ireland?

    I'm sorry I don't like being dragged into such a pointless "outrage", I honestly couldn't give a ****e


  • #27
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    thebullkf wrote: »
    it should be FREE!!!---GRATIS----ZILCH!

    Why?


  • #28
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    a girl i know was charged €3.20 for a dash of lime in tap water because there was no soda water in q bar, dublin


  • #29
    Colonel Sanders
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,669 ✭✭✭Colonel Sanders


    *Boardsies outraged by sensationalist thread title*


  • #30
    g32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭g32


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    a girl i know was charged €3.20 for a dash of lime in tap water because there was no soda water in q bar, dublin

    So why did she pay it? Very foolish to fork out that amount of money (without even questioning the price).


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  • #31
    g32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭g32


    Krieg wrote: »
    Its only a feckin euro
    Trust me there are greater rip-offs in this country

    Try explaining that to the Bar worker when you don't have EUR 1.00 in your pocket and see where it will get you.

    If everyone had that attitude, prices would soar.


  • #32
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Was in Kilashee last night with oh for anniversary meal.

    2 x starters chicken wings @8.95 and bruschetta @ 7.95
    Mains 1 x margherita pizza @11.95
    mains 1 x dish of the day (lamb shank which was dropped on the floor and a little bit in my lap waitress apologised profusely and replaced meal) @ 13.95
    1 x chips 2.95
    1 x onion rings 2.95
    2 x Pints of heineken @ 4.80
    2 diet 7 ups @ 2.50
    1 pint of water and dash of lime charged a euro, after the meal
    The wife is 7months pregnant, it was obvious she wasn't drinking.

    Didn't complain, but I would have thought SOMETHING would have been gratis, never mind the euro charge for the 'dash' of lime!


  • #33
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    Gucky wrote: »
    mains 1 x dish of the day (lamb shank which was dropped on the floor and a little bit in my lap waitress apologised profusely and replaced meal) @ 13.95

    a bit off track, but I would always avoid any "dish of the day" or "specials", usually it's something not that fresh and about to go out of date, and they use that marketing gimmick to use it all up and keep waste down


  • #34
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    the groutch wrote: »
    a bit off track, but I would always avoid any "dish of the day" or "specials", usually it's something not that fresh and about to go out of date, and they use that marketing gimmick to use it all up and keep waste down

    In fairness to them, it was BEAUTIFUL only dampener was the wife eating on her own for ten mins while they fetched me another one.....


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