Rip off Ireland is back !

Simon2015 · 08-04-2016 05:08PM #1

I was in Dublin last night and went for a drink in a hotel bar on Westmoreland street.

They charged me €7:30 for a bottle of Bulmers.

I couldn't believe it this was not even in Temple bar.

With these sort of prices its no wonder pubs are closing down.

I don't understand how they can justify these prices when most people are still earning less than they were in 2008 yet we are paying even more in pubs than we were in 2008.

faceman · 08-04-2016 05:08PM

Simon2015 wrote: »

I was in Dublin last night and went for a drink in a hotel bar on Westmoreland street.

They charged me €7:30 for a bottle of Bulmers.

I couldn't believe it this was not even in Temple bar.

With these sort of prices its no wonder pubs are closing down.

I don't understand how they can justify these prices when most people are still earning less than they were in 2008.

Did you leave after your first drink?

08-04-2016 05:09PM

Did Rip Off Ireland ever go away?

GLaDOS · 08-04-2016 05:09PM

Not really surprising for a hotel bar in the city centre tbh.

Westmoreland Street practically is Temple Bar anyway.

Atlantic Dawn · 08-04-2016 05:12PM

Simon2015 wrote: »

I don't understand how they can justify these prices when most people are still earning less than they were in 2008 yet we are paying even more in pubs than we were in 2008.

Once people pay these outlandish prices they don't have to justify them.

gandalf · 08-04-2016 05:30PM

I assume you walked away. I would have if they tried to charge me that.

RayCon · 08-04-2016 05:34PM

Simon2015 wrote: »

I don't understand how they can justify these prices ...

Cos people pay them.

whomitconcerns · 08-04-2016 05:34PM

which hotel? and you mean a pint bottle i guess?

mad muffin · 08-04-2016 05:40PM

I assume you said ya wha?! :eek:

and walked out.

ben.schlomo · 08-04-2016 05:43PM

Simon2015 wrote: »

I was in Dublin last night and went for a drink in a hotel bar on Westmoreland street.

They charged me €7:30 for a bottle of Bulmers.

I couldn't believe it this was not even in Temple bar.

With these sort of prices its no wonder pubs are closing down.

I don't understand how they can justify these prices when most people are still earning less than they were in 2008 yet we are paying even more in pubs than we were in 2008.

You weren't in a pub, you were in a hotel bar.

whiskeyman · 08-04-2016 06:28PM

Being charged is one thing.
Paying for it is another...

HeidiHeidi · 08-04-2016 06:29PM

ben.schlomo wrote: »

You weren't in a pub, you were in a hotel bar.

And a 5* hotel bar at that, I'm guessing..... I wouldn't have paid it willingly myself, but it's not exactly your regular pub....

Stheno · 08-04-2016 06:32PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

And a 5* hotel bar at that, I'm guessing....

Me too

Sofa King Great · 08-04-2016 06:33PM

I'm guessing you were in the Westin, a 5-star hotel. You could have gone to any number of bars within a 1 minute walk for a lot less.

JupiterKid · 08-04-2016 06:39PM

Did rip off Ireland ever go away?

What are the publicans fleecing the tourists for a pint in Temple Bar these days? €6.50, €6.80?

KingBrian2 · 08-04-2016 06:42PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Did Rip Off Ireland ever go away?

That's become an overused cliché

Did such and such ever go away? It has become like adding gate to every controversy

jelutong · 08-04-2016 06:42PM

€5:50 for a pint? of Guinness in a plastic container in The Halfpenny pub in Dublin on Easter Sunday. Didn't have a second one.

Senna · 08-04-2016 06:42PM

A thread complaining about prices in a 5* star hotel, sound more like back to celtic tiger land rather than rip off land.

HeidiHeidi · 08-04-2016 06:43PM

jelutong wrote: »

€5:50 for a pint? of Guinness in a plastic container in The Halfpenny pub in Dublin on Easter Sunday. Didn't have a second one.

Now THAT sounds like a proper rip-off.

Paz-CCFC · 08-04-2016 06:48PM

Thank god for Wetherspoon's. €2.75 for a pint of cask ale, thank you very much.

seamus · 08-04-2016 06:51PM

A hotel bar on Westmoreland St.

Has to be the Mint Bar, right? It's basically the only hotel on that street.

A pint bottle of Bulmers is typically over a fiver. In the city centre it's usually €5.50 or €6. It's the second most expensive way to drink Bulmers.

And you went into a 5-star hotel bar to get it.

Like, if you told me you were charged that in The Celt or Mulligans I might agree, but that's like going to Roly's and claiming that you were ripped off because you paid a tenner for bowl of chips.

gandalf · 08-04-2016 07:00PM

Hang on didn't realise it was The Westin the OP was in. If thats the case then the price would be accurate. The real question here is why when you are in a classy establishment you are ordering ditchwater like Bulmers! They probably charged ****e drink tax

awec · 08-04-2016 07:06PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Now THAT sounds like a proper rip-off.

5.50 for a pint is pretty standard.

HeidiHeidi · 08-04-2016 07:09PM

awec wrote: »

5.50 for a pint is pretty standard.

Not in a plastic glass it isn't.

Wouldn't pay any money for that.

Cienciano · 08-04-2016 07:38PM

In a city centre 5 star hotel for the biggest rip of drink on the planet I'd expect €7.30
If you want value, don't drink pint bottles of bulmers.
If you want real rip off, my mate was charged €3 each for 3 glasses of tap water in a shít restaurant in lucan.

NiallBoo · 08-04-2016 07:55PM

Cienciano wrote: »

If you want real rip off, my mate was charged €3 each for 3 glasses of tap water in a shít restaurant in lucan.

I thought it was illegal to charge for tap water?

maryishere · 08-04-2016 08:08PM

Go to a classy place in the city cente of Dublin and you will pay for it. Thats part of the reason I love getting out of Dublin at weekends to the country, especially the west coast, cheaper prices and real friendly service.