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Man your pumps, Wetherspoons are coming

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  • #1562
    Gits_bone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭Gits_bone


    listermint wrote: »
    Why would you drink a Pint of minerals. Seven shades of badness for ya never mind Alcohol.......

    Why would you drink a pint of alcohol?


  • #1563
    Lucena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Lucena


    Simon201 wrote: »
    I think we should have a Wetherspoons food pics thread maybe :D....

    This was the bacon cheese burger I had in Blackrock the other day (with extra burger for €2 - of course!!)

    (I had eaten a few chips before I thought of taking the photo...)

    Don't be doing that to us, it's not even lunchtime yet!


  • #1564
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Gits_bone wrote: »
    Why would you drink a pint of alcohol?

    Nobody should ever drink a pint of alcohol!


  • #1565
    Gits_bone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭Gits_bone


    WHat annoys me in pubs (and likely in this establishment) is that you can get a cold pint for 4 euro ish with no ice that can last half an hour or accompany a mean, and yet I ask for a soft drink and I'm given a tiny glass full with ice (soft drinks are often left out) that I have to refill because the glass isn't big enough, gets diluted with ice and is finished in 15 mins while only being about a euro cheaper than a pint.


  • #1566
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,514 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    Gits_bone wrote: »
    WHat annoys me in pubs (and likely in this establishment) is that you can get a cold pint for 4 euro ish with no ice that can last half an hour or accompany a mean, and yet I ask for a soft drink and I'm given a tiny glass full with ice (soft drinks are often left out) that I have to refill because the glass isn't big enough, gets diluted with ice and is finished in 15 mins while only being about a euro cheaper than a pint.
    You're getting annoyed about something that might happen in a pub? Tell them you don't want ice.


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  • #1567
    Gits_bone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭Gits_bone


    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    You're getting annoyed about something that might happen in a pub? Tell them you don't want ice.

    Then you have a drink at room temp.


  • #1568
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,514 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    Gits_bone wrote: »
    Then you have a drink at room temp.
    Ask them for some ice.


  • #1569
    Gits_bone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭Gits_bone


    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    Ask them for some ice.

    Ice dilutes it.


  • #1570
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,514 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    Gits_bone wrote: »
    Ice dilutes it.
    Go somewhere else.


  • #1571
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,525 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    Ask them for a wine bucket and sit it in that.


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  • #1572
    thesandeman
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    Don't forget to ask them to put ice in the wine bucket.


  • #1573
    Lucena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Lucena


    Gits_bone wrote: »
    Ice dilutes it.

    Ask them for a small plastic bag, get them to put the ice cubes inside the bag, seal the bag closed and put the bag in your drink. Voilà, cool drink without dilution!

    If you don't like drinking Coke with a plastic bag floating on the top of it, ask them to put some small stones in the bag to keep it at the bottom of your glass.

    Careful when you're finishing the drink off that you don't get a black eye, though!


  • #1574
    hawkwind23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭hawkwind23


    I think you have to agree that although not Michelin starred, the food is more than acceptable and similar to what you would pay twice the price for.
    In my regular local I pay £4.50 for a cider.
    I get a decent feed as per the photo and a cider for £7.65.
    You could argue the food cost £3.15 :-)


  • #1575
    hawkwind23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭hawkwind23


    No spooneys today :-(
    Maybe tomorrow for the curry club lol


  • #1576
    Gits_bone
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    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    Go somewhere else.

    No I'll drink alcohol.


  • #1577
    BMJD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,694 ✭✭✭BMJD


    hawkwind23 wrote: »
    No spooneys today :-(
    Maybe tomorrow for the curry club lol

    Tut tut drinking on a school night, these English "bars" will be the death of Ireland. You should put on the green jersey and only drink in traditional Irish establishments on weekends.

    this post is sponsored by the VFI, enjoy expensive alcohol sensibly


  • #1578
    Gits_bone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭Gits_bone


    Lucena wrote: »
    Ask them for a small plastic bag, get them to put the ice cubes inside the bag, seal the bag closed and put the bag in your drink. Voilà, cool drink without dilution!

    If you don't like drinking Coke with a plastic bag floating on the top of it, ask them to put some small stones in the bag to keep it at the bottom of your glass.

    Careful when you're finishing the drink off that you don't get a black eye, though!

    Still have the problem of refilling up the glass every 5 mins because of volume.


  • #1579
    Lucena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Lucena


    @Gits bone

    Drink out of a bucket, loads of room in there!


  • #1580
    Krusty_Clown
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    Gits_bone wrote: »
    Still have the problem of refilling up the glass every 5 mins because of volume.
    Maybe you could bring a really large drinking vessel with you, and decant the soft drink into that, as it would accommodate both the entire soft drink and the plastic bag full of ice cubes?

    Some frozen ice rocks would solve your problem, but then you'd have the challenge of keeping them cold. You could bring a mini-fridge with you, but if you're going to go to that effort, you might as well just keep your soft drink in the mini-fridge between sips.


  • #1581
    hawkwind23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭hawkwind23


    BMJD wrote: »
    Tut tut drinking on a school night, these English "bars" will be the death of Ireland. You should put on the green jersey and only drink in traditional Irish establishments on weekends.

    this post is sponsored by the VFI, enjoy expensive alcohol sensibly


    This is it exactly!

    Im in my 40's , i dont like drinking at home.
    I do enjoy 3 or 4 pints on the odd midweek night with the OH
    i can buy her a bottle of wine for £7.50 and have 5 pints for £12.50
    £20 for a nice wee midweeker , have an auld chat and chill.

    id love to do that in some other bars too but its too expensive and hard to justify.

    for example my other local "the errigle bar"
    Glass of wine and pint of cider comes in at £9!
    Nearer to £50 for a few hours. I cant justify that.

    Wetherspoons isnt a typical bar where you sit "at the bar" so its not a place i tend to go alone to but for a few drinks with friends or the mrs , it makes perfect sense


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  • #1582
    hawkwind23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭hawkwind23


    Another point is buying rounds , i stopped that many years ago , unless im in close company.
    But i dont mind so much in Spoons , i dont mind shouting a few drinks as i know its not gonna be ridiculous when folk starting ordering vodka and coke etc.

    you ever get caught like that in a regular bar?
    2 or 3 people looking different mixers and all? you get the bill and need a short one for the shock of it!
    fecking daylight robbery!


  • #1583
    kooga
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,914 ✭✭✭kooga


    hawkwind23 wrote: »
    This is it exactly!

    Im in my 40's , i dont like drinking at home.
    I do enjoy 3 or 4 pints on the odd midweek night with the OH
    i can buy her a bottle of wine for £7.50 and have 5 pints for £12.50
    £20 for a nice wee midweeker , have an auld chat and chill.

    id love to do that in some other bars too but its too expensive and hard to justify.

    for example my other local "the errigle bar"
    Glass of wine and pint of cider comes in at £9!
    Nearer to £50 for a few hours. I cant justify that.

    Wetherspoons isnt a typical bar where you sit "at the bar" so its not a place i tend to go alone to but for a few drinks with friends or the mrs , it makes perfect sense

    agree the errigle is expensive but i think the prices in the bridge house compared to other wetherspoons are dear, maybe the new one up by queens will see a price reduction.

    anyway looking forward to them opening in cork


  • #1584
    Reputable Rog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,091 ✭✭✭Reputable Rog


    The Bridge house prices are equivalent to an Airport Spoons.
    Still no sign of them coming to Limerick despite all the rumours.

    I think William Street would be a great location for them sitting proudly with bookies and kebab shops, Dealz and Eurocity, a golden triangle effectively.


  • #1585
    kooga
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,914 ✭✭✭kooga


    Reputable Rog wrote: »
    The Bridge house prices are equivalent to an Airport Spoons.
    Still no sign of them coming to Limerick despite all the rumours.

    I think William Street would be a great location for them sitting proudly with bookies and kebab shops, Dealz and Eurocity, a golden triangle effectively.

    they could do a joint venture with Iceland!


  • #1586
    Trond
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,972 ✭✭✭Trond


    kooga wrote: »
    they could do a joint venture with Iceland!

    Not sure "Mum's gone to Spoons" has the right ring to it :D


  • #1587
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    bucketybuck wrote: »
    I'm the average Heineken drinker, no interest whatsoever in experimenting with craft beers, I just drink Heineken because thats what I drink.

    Reminds me of going to a BBQ in the summer, mate looked after the food, I got the beer. Brought over a great selection of IPAs, ales, blondes etc. He was disgusted, went straight to his fridge and to his Heineken stock.

    Didn't even taste one the ungrateful heathen.


  • #1588
    drumswan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,592 ✭✭✭drumswan


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Reminds me of going to a BBQ in the summer, mate looked after the food, I got the beer. Brought over a great selection of IPAs, ales, blondes etc. He was disgusted, went straight to his fridge and to his Heineken stock.

    Didn't even taste one the ungrateful heathen.

    Did he only supply cheap Denny sausages for the BBQ? The mind boggles.


  • #1589
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Probably Dunne's value range.

    At least I felt no qualms about bringing what wasn't drunk home with me again.


  • #1590
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Reminds me of going to a BBQ in the summer, mate looked after the food, I got the beer. Brought over a great selection of IPAs, ales, blondes etc. He was disgusted, went straight to his fridge and to his Heineken stock.

    Didn't even taste one the ungrateful heathen.

    Ha.

    I knew I'd mentioned Brand Loyalty in a thread before. It was actually a thread I started.

    The general gist was that a guy walks into a bar that I was in (newly opened L.Mulligans) and asks for every brand, changing styles, until he gets a brand he knows.

    Irish people are ridiculously brand loyal. Sure look how long it took people to start going to the likes of Aldi or Lidl. :) It is changing though.


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  • #1591
    Idbatterim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,567 ✭✭✭✭Idbatterim


    I think the brand loyalty is only down to ignorance though, many of my mates who were away on erasmus who would have been the usual bulmers or Heineken drinkers, are now no longer set on those drinks that they are home. As they were forced to try other drinks abroad... And realised A) what a rip off drink is here in pubs and B) that you acquire tastes for other drinks pretty quickly...

    Put it this way, anyone of my mates who refused to go to a spoons, because they couldnt get Heineken, so we could be fleeced, would be laughed out if it, it wouldnt even be entertained, the abuse they would get for it wouldnt be worth their while...


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