When did you last feel ripped off in a pub/restaurant?

lufties · 16-02-2014 01:28PM #1

I went to a pub last night and paid over 22 euros for 3 pints of **** guinness. The place had no atmosphere, no women, no live music..just a boring cardiff vs wigan game and a barman whose main aim was to suck me dry, asking me did i want a 3rd pint while i was half way through the second...This is a pub in hong kong i'm talking/ranting about. A lesson has been learnt for sure

ProfessorPlum · 16-02-2014 01:31PM

lufties wrote: »

I went to a pub last night and paid over 22 euros for 3 pints of **** guinness. The place had no atmosphere, no women, no live music..just a boring cardiff vs wigan game and a barman whose main aim was to suck me dry, asking me did i want a 3rd pint while i was half way through the second...This is a pub in hong kong i'm talking/ranting about. A lesson has been learnt for sure

Did you not realise the place was a kip after the first pint?
And that Guinness abroad is always ****e.

Sir Humphrey Appleby · 16-02-2014 01:32PM

lufties wrote: »

The place had a barman whose main aim was to suck me dry

Where were you, The George?:D:D:D

dave1982 · 16-02-2014 01:32PM

lufties wrote: »

and a barman whose main aim was to suck me dry,

:eek:

hfallada · 16-02-2014 01:35PM

I find Irish bars aboard to be ****ing horrible. I was in Berlin last weekend with a group of about 60 of us. About 90% of people brought a **** load of food and drink. But the **** of a bar man was giving the other 10% serious attitude for no buying anything. Without us the bar would have been pretty much empty.

The food was **** and about twice the price of anything else we had in berlin

16-02-2014 01:38PM

Saw a 5 course Sunday lunch advertised for 25.99 so we went in to eat. We had starter, main course, glass wine, dessert then coffee.

Went up to pay and bill came to more than advertised so we questioned it. Their response.......

The after dinner mint was course No.5!!!!

Never going there again.

lufties · 16-02-2014 01:41PM

ProfessorPlum wrote: »

Did you not realise the place was a kip after the first pint?
And that Guinness abroad is always ****e.

ok the first pint was actually nice, but then again i would have drank it out of an ashtray i was so thirsty.

lufties · 16-02-2014 01:43PM

hfallada wrote: »

I find Irish bars aboard to be ****ing horrible. I was in Berlin last weekend with a group of about 60 of us. About 90% of people brought a **** load of food and drink. But the **** of a bar man was giving the other 10% serious attitude for no buying anything. Without us the bar would have been pretty much empty.

The food was **** and about twice the price of anything else we had in berlin

The dubliner in singapore has good guinness and there's one or two in perth that serve a good pint.

anncoates · 16-02-2014 01:44PM

I live in Dublin so all the time.

lufties · 16-02-2014 01:47PM

anncoates wrote: »

I live in Dublin so all the time.

Trust me there's worse than dublin. In Hk you pay inflated western prices for a substandard service. ****ing rip off.

ProfessorPlum · 16-02-2014 01:50PM

lufties wrote: »

ok the first pint was actually nice, but then again i would have drank it out of an ashtray i was so thirsty.

Yep, that's not far off the taste of it at times

I'd like to recommended WTF (Warsaw Tortilla Factory) in .... warsaw. It's a subtly disguised Irish bar with Mexican roots. Great craic.

e_e · 16-02-2014 01:51PM

I was charged 8.50 yesterday for a medium popcorn and a bottle of water. Does that count?

Pumpkinseeds · 16-02-2014 01:58PM

My husband and I had 2 filter coffees, a tuna sandwich and a bowl of chips on Friday. 14 euro, and the bowl of chips was half the size of what it was last month, it even came in a much smaller bowl. Won't be going back there again. Ripping off your customers is a bad idea, especially the regulars, we know when you're overcharging and giving us smaller portions. No shortage of other cafes to go to in Limerick.

lufties · 16-02-2014 01:59PM

ProfessorPlum wrote: »

Yep, that's not far off the taste of it at times

I'd like to recommended WTF (Warsaw Tortilla Factory) in .... warsaw. It's a subtly disguised Irish bar with Mexican roots. Great craic.

is the beer good? I'm moving to the UK in a few weeks and have a bit of time off before starting my new job, so might do a visit to warsaw or Karakow even

lufties · 16-02-2014 02:00PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

My husband and I had 2 filter coffees, a tuna sandwich and a bowl of chips on Friday. 14 euro, and the bowl of chips was half the size of what it was last month, it even came in a much smaller bowl. Won't be going back there again. Ripping off your customers is a bad idea, especially the regulars, we know when you're overcharging and giving us smaller portions. No shortage of other cafes to go to in Limerick.

Each? :eek:

Hande hoche! · 16-02-2014 02:01PM

e_e wrote: »

I was charged 8.50 yesterday for a medium popcorn and a bottle of water. Does that count?

Was the film any good?

lufties · 16-02-2014 02:03PM

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Was the film any good?

thats hardly relevant in fairness.

pajor · 16-02-2014 02:03PM

I know there's reasons for this, but €5.40 for a pint of coke is not on me thinks.

ProfessorPlum · 16-02-2014 02:04PM

lufties wrote: »

is the beer good? I'm moving to the UK in a few weeks and have a bit of time off before starting my new job, so might do a visit to warsaw or Karakow even

It is. And if you stick to the local stuff (vgood) it's cheap as chips. In fact cheaper

Hande hoche! · 16-02-2014 02:07PM

lufties wrote: »

thats hardly relevant in fairness.

Sunday is my irrelevance day.

Pumpkinseeds · 16-02-2014 02:08PM

lufties wrote: »

Each? :eek:

No, thankfully, tbh, if they'd tried to charge us that each I'd have refused to pay

Lux23 · 16-02-2014 02:10PM

€14 for two sandwiches and chips sounds ok to me.

PEACEBROTHER · 16-02-2014 02:10PM

Tuna Sandwhich , chips and a coffee for 7e is not that bad ???

Oranage2 · 16-02-2014 02:12PM

Bought two cokes in a club in China and it cost me bout 7 euro.

Everything in China is so cheap except for clubbing for some reason where at best you'd pay Dublin club prices for drink.

The Backwards Man · 16-02-2014 02:13PM

I've never been ripped off in a bar or restaurant. Never buy anything you don't know the price of first.

Pumpkinseeds · 16-02-2014 02:14PM

PEACEBROTHER wrote: »

Tuna Sandwhich , chips and a coffee for 7e is not that bad ???

I'd have agreed with you last month, but the size and quality have gone right down. Watered down coffee, a child-sized portion of chips and a small sandwich with the very bare minimum of filling that they could get away with. My point is that when they reduced portions and quality as well as increasing the price, it annoys people and just makes them more inclined to go elsewhere.

I had been in the week before on my own for a coffee and I thought the place was a lot quieter than it usually was, now I know why.

lufties · 16-02-2014 02:15PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

No, thankfully, tbh, if they'd tried to charge us that each I'd have refused to pay

7 euro each doesn't sound all that bad in fairness.

16-02-2014 02:17PM

TWO filter coffees and A tuna sambo and A bowl of chips.

I'm hungover ta feck and even I could figure that out!

Edit: Ok maybe I was wrong. Maybe. I'm not admitting anything just yet.

lufties · 16-02-2014 02:17PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I'd have agreed with you last month, but the size and quality have gone right down. Watered down coffee, a child-sized portion of chips and a small sandwich with the very bare minimum of filling that they could get away with. My point is that when they reduced portions and quality as well as increasing the price, it annoys people and just makes them more inclined to go elsewhere.

I had been in the week before on my own for a coffee and I thought the place was a lot quieter than it usually was, now I know why.

I don't understand why restaurants/cafes can't grasp this notion, surely if you offer decent portions then word will spread and more customers will come.

The absolute hotel there near corbally has good enough portions and the prices are ok, according to my gran it does very well.

Menas · 16-02-2014 02:18PM

I was in a restaurant in vienna and they offered us bread with our drinks when we sat down.
When the bill came they had charged us for the BUTTER that we used with our bread.

IvaBigWun · 16-02-2014 02:24PM

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Saw a 5 course Sunday lunch advertised for 25.99 so we went in to eat. We had starter, main course, glass wine, dessert then coffee.

Went up to pay and bill came to more than advertised so we questioned it. Their response.......

The after dinner mint was course No.5!!!!

Never going there again.

:eek:

Name and shame!

When did you last feel ripped off in a pub/restaurant?

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