The price of a drink in Dublin

markymark21 · 11-09-2012 12:55pm

€8+ for a G + T is shocking. In the golf club I worked in two years ago it was €5.20 for a G+T which is about right. How any establishment can justify charging that is beyond me.

Larianne · 11-09-2012 1:04pm

What's the Oval on Abbey street like? Are the cheaper prices for a reason?

nudger · 11-09-2012 1:13pm

Larianne wrote: »

What's the Oval on Abbey street like? Are the cheaper prices for a reason?

Nice pub, was always good for a few pints.

Long time established North side bar, knows not to fleece the customers so is usually busy with good drinkers.

Larianne · 11-09-2012 1:14pm

nudger wrote: »

Nice pub, was always good for a few pints.

Long time established North side bar, knows not to fleece the customers so is usually busy with good drinkers.

i.e. Drunks?

nudger · 11-09-2012 1:21pm

Larianne wrote: »

i.e. Drunks?

No, well sometimes:D.

It gets a a lot of the local workers for lunch and other bar, hotel, theatre staff go there when they finish shifts.

Larianne · 11-09-2012 1:23pm

nudger wrote: »

No, well sometimes:D.

It gets a a lot of the local workers for lunch and other bar, hotel, theatre staff go there when they finish shifts.

Grando. Might try it out so. I walk by there all the time but have never set foot in the place.

nudger · 11-09-2012 1:26pm

Larianne wrote: »

Grando. Might try it out so. I walk by there all the time but have never set foot in the place.

The Flowing Tide is another good one close by.

cson · 11-09-2012 1:32pm

A lot of the reason I would think that Spirits are so much more expensive than the Beer equivilant is that the mixers over here are exorbitant. In the UK and Continental Europe they use the Coke splash gun and typically don't charge for it. Whereas here a bottle of Coke/Red Bull can cost as much as the drink itself which is outrageous.

Re The Oval, I've been in there a couple of times and it struck me as a strange combination of a nursing home with a sprinkling of tourists. The clientele is old is what I'm getting at! :pac:

Beefy78 · 11-09-2012 1:43pm

In the UK even if they don't use the carbonated mixers and give you a bottle (for a G&T for example) they still don't charge much/any more for it in most places.

I know a few people in the pub industry in the UK and the sodastream-style soft drinks are where they get a big chunk of their profit margin from as well.

nudger · 11-09-2012 1:46pm

cson wrote: »

A lot of the reason I would think that Spirits are so much more expensive than the Beer equivilant is that the mixers over here are exorbitant. In the UK and Continental Europe they use the Coke splash gun and typically don't charge for it. Whereas here a bottle of Coke/Red Bull can cost as much as the drink itself which is outrageous.

Re The Oval, I've been in there a couple of times and it struck me as a strange combination of a nursing home with a sprinkling of tourists. The clientele is old is what I'm getting at! :pac:

The reason spirits are expensive is because the publican makes them so.

An average spirit and mixer costs the publican €1.20 to buy, an average pint €1.60.
To achieve the same profit Margin on a pint of Guinness selling at €4.50 the publican could sell a G+T for €3.40.

And as for the oval, I'm not for the nursing home yet.:)

tibor · 11-09-2012 1:56pm

Not seen it mentioned but you're getting a 35ml shot of your spirit compared to 25ml in the UK!

Larianne · 11-09-2012 1:59pm

cson wrote: »

Re The Oval, I've been in there a couple of times and it struck me as a strange combination of a nursing home with a sprinkling of tourists. The clientele is old is what I'm getting at! :pac:

Old, as in old man pub or old as in bingo hall?

Sure I'll give it a shot.

nudger · 11-09-2012 1:59pm

tibor wrote: »

Not seen it mentioned but you're getting a 35ml shot of your spirit compared to 25ml in the UK!

Don't forget the 0.5ml.:D

Beefy78 · 11-09-2012 2:03pm

tibor wrote: »

Not seen it mentioned but you're getting a 35ml shot of your spirit compared to 25ml in the UK!

That's a fair point but it's not uncommon to be able to get a double (50ml) and mixer over there for the price of a single without a mixer here.

faigs · 11-09-2012 2:12pm

AnonoBoy wrote: »

But it's not a pub's responsibility to tackle the obesity crisis.

If people are that worried about their weight then they can stay off the booze altogether or get some exercise.

I never said it was up to the publicans, just that it might be a small help on the way. The fact that it's cheapest to drink beer doesn't help. A lot of people aren't worried but are still obese!

Anyway my main point was the price of a G&T in Dakota of €8.80 which is very hard to justify.

I'm not here to get in an argument about how to tackle obesity in Ireland.

FloatingVoter · 11-09-2012 4:56pm

Larianne wrote: »

Old, as in old man pub or old as in bingo hall?

Sure I'll give it a shot.

The Oval is old as in it has stayed in business for long enough that keeping a regular trade involves not ripping them off. A nice shop on a rainy Monday morning (for a coffee of course) and equally nice on a Friday evening after work. You even get The Hegald free. Definitely worth a try.

Larianne · 12-09-2012 1:09am

FloatingVoter wrote: »

The Oval is old as in it has stayed in business for long enough that keeping a regular trade involves not ripping them off. A nice shop on a rainy Monday morning (for a coffee of course) and equally nice on a Friday evening after work. You even get The Hegald free. Definitely worth a try.

Literally. Some dude came in and stuffed a bunch of papers in a bag and legged it out the door! :pac: Nice pub alright. Toilets were spotless (which always says a lot about a place). Defo head back

Mammanabammana · 14-09-2012 2:16pm

I just rediscovered this thread - I was wondering why I couldn't find it in After Hours any more. As requested, the pub in question was Kate's Cottage, on the corner of Amiens street and Store street, just opposite Busaras. Now while I would be no means a frequent drinker of the said beverage (doubles not being cheap), I know that they're generally in or around the €10 mark and on the day in question I wanted quick hair of the dog followed by home to pizza and bed (it occurred to me that a naggin would be cheaper but that would have been just starting the drinking process all over again). I didn't see what gin he put into it but Cork, Dublin or Gordon's would be the standards. If they're gonna default to some really expensive gin they should have said that to me beforehand.

And yes, I take the point made earlier about the price list being on the door, but as a general rule you tend to know what your drink is going to cost. It'll vary from pub to pub but rarely will it be noticably more expensive. This was nearly €6 more than the same drink in the next pub up the road! Unless the barman spotted I was looking under the weather after the night before and tried to pull a fast one?

Miguel_Sanchez · 14-09-2012 2:59pm

Mammanabammana wrote: »

I just rediscovered this thread - I was wondering why I couldn't find it in After Hours any more. As requested, the pub in question was Kate's Cottage, on the corner of Amiens street and Store street, just opposite Busaras.

Kate's Cottage is gone. It's now called The Brew Dock.

Jev/N · 14-09-2012 3:30pm

Some pubs I've been in use the 'pub' size tonics which are much bigger than the babies and around 230ml-250ml in size.

Much handier (and cheaper) for buying a few

houseinthesun · 14-09-2012 3:51pm

Down in the sticks most pubs have had to reassess their prices or face going out of business!:D
Most offer 3 pints for €10 monday to friday, other pubs are €3 a pint on Saturday or Sunday, effectively meaning you get the cheap beer most days. My local still does the dash with the spirits and even large bottle of lemonade for the kids without charge.
It's the little things that make the difference, i.e waking up with the pocket of change again, tis a great feeling!

starviewadams · 14-09-2012 4:06pm

Actually find The Brew Dock really good for prices,great selection of non Heineken/Budweiser beers from Brew Dog in Scotland,plus 2 for 1 main courses on a Saturday too.

Mammanabammana · 14-09-2012 4:43pm

starviewadams wrote: »

Actually find The Brew Dock really good for prices,great selection of non Heineken/Budweiser beers from Brew Dog in Scotland,plus 2 for 1 main courses on a Saturday too.

Which made it even stranger that they'd try to charge me that price. It struck me as a pretty decent down to earth no frills kind of place. Next time I pass that way I must have a look at the price list to see what that drink is listed as.

Dyr · 14-09-2012 4:54pm

starviewadams wrote: »

Actually find The Brew Dock really good for prices,great selection of non Heineken/Budweiser beers from Brew Dog in Scotland,plus 2 for 1 main courses on a Saturday too.

brew dock is a fiver for pints I think, which most people won't consider to be value

starviewadams · 14-09-2012 6:32pm

They do a beer of the month for €4,it's decent beer too,not the usual slop that's passed off as beer in most pubs!

Miguel_Sanchez · 14-09-2012 6:38pm

Bambi wrote: »

brew dock is a fiver for pints I think, which most people won't consider to be value

They serve better beer than most pubs though.

Dyr · 14-09-2012 6:42pm

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

They serve better beer than most pubs though.

They do, but most casual punters aren't gonna take that into account when they're used to drinking the generic big brands for less. Maybe the niche market will keep brewdock and the others going, hopefully

Fuinseog · 14-09-2012 8:03pm

starviewadams wrote: »

They do a beer of the month for €4,it's decent beer too,not the usual slop that's passed off as beer in most pubs!

four euros for a beer is still hardly great value. anyone who things it is either has either been outside of Dublin or still living the tiger.

never been to the brew dock, but the place that was there before was handy for a pint while waiting for a bus.

Tusky · 14-09-2012 9:40pm

€5.90 for a pint of Heineken in Bruxelles last night.

Fuinseog · 14-09-2012 10:01pm

Tusky wrote: »

€5.90 for a pint of Heineken in Bruxelles last night.

and people in Dublin will galdly pay that if they believe it keeps away the riff raff.

Tipperary animal lover · 14-09-2012 11:04pm

Was in o'donoghues the other night paid €17:85 for dble vodka single Morgan's and 1 coke ..... €4 cheaper in Tipperary, ye all most have some salaries to be enjoying your weekends in the city!!!

enda1 · 14-09-2012 11:22pm

Fuinseog wrote: »

four euros for a beer is still hardly great value. anyone who things it is either has either been outside of Dublin or still living the tiger.

never been to the brew dock, but the place that was there before was handy for a pint while waiting for a bus.

Well I'd consider 4 for a pint well decent value. What price do you think a drink should be and what do you base it on?

cson · 15-09-2012 2:30pm

4 quid is decent value for the City. I'd say it should be the standard tbh. I'd happily spend €20 on 5 pints of Becks in The Globe served in the proper glass [which is a bugbear of mine - beer should always be served in its branded glass, I nearly felt like slapping the wanker in the Front Door in Galway the other night who served me Peroni in Guinness glasses] rather than the 5 quid pints of ****e they serve in Coppers etc

Look; end of the day if you want to drink on the cheap in Dublin its possible. Reillys, Diceys, The Village all do cheap beer off the top of my head. If you want to go to the likes of Bruxelles, Dandelion etc you'll pay for it.

Larianne · 15-09-2012 3:23pm

Most pints in the Globe are more than €4! Nearer to €6!

doughef · 15-09-2012 3:35pm

O'Connells South Richmond St (between George Bernard Shaw and the Portobello) do all pints / shorts for €4 all day every day.

They have large 2 litre bottles too for mixers and I dont think they charge for them.

I've said it here before too that for my money it's the best pint in Dublin!

cson · 15-09-2012 7:58pm

Larianne wrote: »

Most pints in the Globe are more than €4! Nearer to €6!

Only ever drank Becks in there and it was €4 to be fair. Sorted if you're a Becks fan, or willing to drink whatevers going!

doughef wrote: »

O'Connells South Richmond St (between George Bernard Shaw and the Portobello) do all pints / shorts for €4 all day every day.

They have large 2 litre bottles too for mixers and I dont think they charge for them.

I've said it here before too that for my money it's the best pint in Dublin!

Speaking of the GBS; do they still sell Buckfast in there?

AnonoBoy · 15-09-2012 8:57pm

cson wrote: »

Speaking of the GBS; do they still sell Buckfast in there?

Yes but they won't give it to you in a bottle because of cheap hipsters sneaking in their own.

And buckfast is not worth drinking from a jug. It's just wrong.

starviewadams · 17-09-2012 5:18pm

Tusky wrote: »

€5.90 for a pint of Heineken in Bruxelles last night.

The main bar upstairs?

The rock bar downstairs does all pints for €4 before midnite and then €5 thereafter.

cson · 17-09-2012 6:05pm

The Hotel bar in The Gresham, Toddys, does €4 pints 7 days a week if the notice by the bar when I was in there Saturday is correct. No time limit either.

A Disgrace · 17-09-2012 9:10pm

Bambi wrote: »

brew dock is a fiver for pints I think, which most people won't consider to be value

Was there last week at they were selling a 500ml 'beer of the month' for €4 - and it was 8% alcohol too! That's effectively two pints of standard lager for €4

nudger · 17-09-2012 9:39pm

A Disgrace wrote: »

Was there last week at they were selling a 500ml 'beer of the month' for €4 - and it was 8% alcohol too! That's effectively two pints of standard lager for €4

I'd take it easy on that stuff, threw a few pints of the Porter house Winter warmer down a while back, around the same strength and I was cabbage.

Are they using 500ml glasses there instead of pint glasses?

A Disgrace · 17-09-2012 10:38pm

nudger wrote: »

I'd take it easy on that stuff, threw a few pints of the Porter house Winter warmer down a while back, around the same strength and I was cabbage.

Are they using 500ml glasses there instead of pint glasses?

Honestly can't remember!!

nudger · 17-09-2012 10:40pm

A Disgrace wrote: »

Honestly can't remember!!

That good, will have to pop in so.:D

A Disgrace · 17-09-2012 10:56pm

nudger wrote: »

That good, will have to pop in so.:D

Ha Ha, think they we got euro-style 500ml glasses, actually could have been Fischers branded glasses.. anyway, if you do pop in, I'll be the one being stretchered out

Mr_Spaceman · 18-09-2012 8:03pm

Larianne wrote: »

Grando. Might try it out so. I walk by there all the time but have never set foot in the place.

The Oval is not a bad wee pub, Larianne. Not too pricey and handy if you're on O'Connell Street.

I was in Dublin last week and had a pleasant few pints in my usual haunts, MacTurcaills and The Ginger Man.

Costs? €3.50 and €3.60 respectively. You couldn't be bad to that.

Basically, if you check publin.ie you can't go wrong for a recession session.

Larianne · 19-09-2012 5:33pm

What wa 3.60 in The Ginger Man? I always found it a bit pricey in there.

cojomo2 · 19-09-2012 5:37pm

Larianne wrote: »

What wa 3.60 in The Ginger Man? I always found it a bit pricey in there.

writers block lager (lovely), writers red ale (nice all) and friars weiss(lovely lovely wheat beer). Beamish also I think.

Mr_Spaceman · 19-09-2012 10:00pm

Larianne wrote: »

What wa 3.60 in The Ginger Man? I always found it a bit pricey in there.

As cojomo2 says, stick with those beers (craft brews from the Franciscan Well Cork Brewery) for good times at a good price! Pitchers of the same beers available too! Hurrah! :pac:

mambo · 27-09-2012 9:37am

CucaFace wrote: »

Turks head do €3.50 a pint i think now on a Sunday between 2 and 8.

Not 100% sure about the times but not bad for a pub in Temple bar.

Er, it's illegal for pubs to sell alcohol for a reduced price for only part of the day. Has been since 2003.

BeerNut · 27-09-2012 11:37am

mambo wrote: »

Er, it's illegal for pubs to sell alcohol for a reduced price for only part of the day. Has been since 2003.

It's only illegal if the price goes down. If it's €3.50 from opening until 8 and then goes up it's perfectly legal. But if they open at 12:30, say, and drop the price at 2, that would be illegal. But I doubt they're doing that.

The price of a drink in Dublin

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