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Price of the Pint - What would make you go back to the pub ?

  • 09-12-2010 10:41AM
    #1
    Rabidlamb
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭Rabidlamb


    Since my kids & austerity came along I'm now lucky to see the pub once a month.
    It's a bottle of wine & a DVD for me these days.
    What price should the pint be to entice people back to the pub on week day ?.
    I used to love the few sociables after work on a Friday.

    I reckon €3 a pint would get people back in.
    Unfortunately Diageo or the Government wont drop their take so probably wont happen.
    They should also go back to giving splashes instead of making you buy a split with your short, that's a relic of the crazy days.

    Anyone got a price threshold in mind that would make them return ?.


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  • #2
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Thirst.


  • #3
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 35,676 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    10p a pint and penny apples, penny apples for the punters i tell ya


  • #4
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    A good meal in it. Certainly not for the drink.


  • #5
    Swampy
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    3.50 would work for me.


  • #6
    rednik
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    Big jugs.


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  • #7
    r3nu4l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,392 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    €3 a pint would be a start but to get me back to the pub they would have to do the following:

    Provide enough seating
    NOT raise the volume of music as soon as it gets a bit busier and certainly not so loud that I have to shout to talk with my friends.

    I go to the pub to socialise, NOT to have a shouting competition.


  • #8
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Who says I ever left the pub in the first place???


  • #9
    Kimono-Girl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Kimono-Girl


    a baby sitter!

    its not the price in the pubs its the lack of being able to take your kids with you!



    :)
    I kid!


  • #10
    AnneFrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭AnneFrank


    bit of a pointless thread,the price cannot be reduced to such low levels,personally with all the alcoholism in this country i thoughtthe price should be raised along with cigs,and why would they give a splash when they can make double the margin on splits,


  • #11
    ronano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,182 ✭✭✭ronano


    r3nu4l wrote: »
    €3 a pint would be a start but to get me back to the pub they would have to do the following:

    Provide enough seating
    NOT raise the volume of music as soon as it gets a bit busier and certainly not so loud that I have to shout to talk with my friends.

    I go to the pub to socialise, NOT to have a shouting competition.

    god wtf is with this raising of the music so loud you cant talk,it's a pub not a nightclub. I've also noticed eddie rockets put their music up as soon as the recession hit,decreasing profits = increasing music ugh just turns me off going anywhere


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  • #12
    Setun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,804 ✭✭✭Setun


    r3nu4l wrote: »
    €3 a pint would be a start but to get me back to the pub they would have to do the following:

    Provide enough seating
    NOT raise the volume of music as soon as it gets a bit busier and certainly not so loud that I have to shout to talk with my friends.

    I go to the pub to socialise, NOT to have a shouting competition.
    Totally agree with the above. No use going to a pub to catch up with a few mates then getting blared out of it with crap music on a crap sound system.

    €3.50 a pint would do nicely too ;)


  • #13
    enda1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,165 ✭✭✭enda1


    Turn off the telly. Turn down the BritPop.
    More gastro pubs. Be great to have some nice pubs with nice food.

    Make a better beer selection.
    Menus! Why do pubs feel there's no need for a menu??

    If you have all the ingredients for a cocktail behind the bar, why do you refuse to make one!!? Give the customer what they want damn it.


  • #14
    Cavehill Red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,109 ✭✭✭Cavehill Red


    Seating, no music, no kids, friendly staff, craft beers.


  • #15
    Mimikyu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,050 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


    This post has been deleted.


  • #16
    Run_to_da_hills
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    Jansport backpack full of cans. :)


  • #17
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 35,676 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    enda1 wrote: »
    If you have all the ingredients for a cocktail behind the bar, why do you refuse to make one!!? Give the customer what they want damn it.

    Appleteenys ???


  • #18
    Minstrel27
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    €3 would be about right.


  • #19
    enda1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,165 ✭✭✭enda1


    listermint wrote: »
    Appleteenys ???

    If I said cosmos would it sound less gay??

    :o


  • #20
    Landa2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭Landa2


    Pints €3.20 in Sub Lounge.. also decent atmosphere. Woolshed Great atmosphere slightly dearer drink (bought by the pitcher)..

    My choice would have to be with the atmosphere..


  • #21
    sellerbarry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 776 ✭✭✭sellerbarry


    Do as they do in New York. Buy 3 and get your 4th free. Great idea imo.;)


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  • #22
    Drummerboy2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 920 ✭✭✭Drummerboy2


    My favourite pub now serving pints for €4. Its in Suburbia but there is also a club, selling pints €3.50 but its decent with music on Saturday nights.

    However there is also a gastro pub which still serves pints for over €4.70 and another off putting thought is that it is frequented by an ex Taoiseach.


  • #23
    grizzly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭grizzly


    When I can get a can of beer for 75p or cheaper in the shops & listen to my own music – home drinking with friends is far more appealing.


  • #24
    Cavehill Red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,109 ✭✭✭Cavehill Red


    Drummerboy2 wrote: »
    My favourite pub now serving pints for €4. Its in Suburbia but there is also a club, selling pints €3.50 but its decent with music on Saturday nights.

    However there is also a gastro pub which still serves pints for over €4.70 and another off putting thought is that it is frequented by an ex Taoiseach.

    Now I understand your user name! Yeah, keeps me outta the place too. Skyhigh prices and dodgy crooks boozing in the place.


  • #25
    jimthemental
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    AnneFrank wrote: »
    bit of a pointless thread,the price cannot be reduced to such low levels,personally with all the alcoholism in this country i thoughtthe price should be raised along with cigs,and why would they give a splash when they can make double the margin on splits,

    Blasphemy. Get back in the attic.


  • #26
    Biggins
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    grizzly wrote: »
    When I can get a can of beer for 75p or cheaper in the shops & listen to my own music – home drinking with friends is far more appealing.
    Yep, which is why I said earlier that a good meal in it would bring me back.
    In the meantime I miss pubs like a hole in the head.


  • #27
    jimthemental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭jimthemental


    I have always been fond of pub drinking, I live out the country so it is one of the only social interactions I can have around. As long as the pint is below €4 and there's a dartboard I'm happy.


  • #28
    Twin-go
    Closed Accounts Posts: 993 ✭✭✭Twin-go


    In Shannon

    Fridays: Old Lodge = €3.00 a pint
    Saturdays: Oakwood Arms = €3.00 a pint
    Sundays: Wolfe Tones = €3.00 a pint

    You can drink €3 pints all weekend if you wish:D


  • #29
    Giblet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,038 ✭✭✭✭Giblet


    Beef and Guinness Pie + a Pint for 6:50.


  • #30
    Ryker Little Bathroom
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Ryker Little Bathroom


    Rabidlamb wrote: »
    Anyone got a price threshold in mind that would make them return ?.

    Not being charged 2euro for blackcurrant and not being charged whatever the hell they're charging for a soft drink!


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  • #31
    bryaner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭bryaner


    Twin-go wrote: »
    In Shannon

    Fridays: Old Lodge = €3.00 a pint
    Saturdays: Oakwood Arms = €3.00 a pint
    Sundays: Wolfe Tones = €3.00 a pint

    You can drink €3 pints all weekend if you wish:D

    Jaysus that's not bad at all, €20 and a bit of shrapnel = 7 pints..


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