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A Latte and Roll at O'Briens for €8.00

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  • 21-07-2009 10:46pm
    #1
    Biffo The Bare
    Registered Users Posts: 291 ✭✭


    Oh bugger, they are closing down. I can't think why?:p


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    bcirl03
    Registered Users Posts: 484 ✭✭bcirl03


    Biggest rip off joint in town - could never understand people who went there even in flush times. Service was always muck.

    One place I wont miss WHEN it closes down.


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    bungler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 831 ✭✭✭bungler


    they deserve to get whats coming. worst place to eat their food is always muck and a rip off

    cant see how they were allowed to charge that for a big of gruel and brown water


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    bogview
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭bogview


    Biffo The Bare wrote: »
    Oh bugger, they are closing down. I can't think why?:p
    typical irish begrudgry seeing a place go wollop:eek:..........where would you be goin with €8 yoyos nowadays:mad:


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    mcaul
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,493 ✭✭✭mcaul


    Biffo The Bare wrote: »
    Oh bugger, they are closing down. I can't think why?:p

    O'Briens are NOT closing down. The head office is in administration, but all the cafe's are trading normally and are all different individual businesses run in most case by local people.

    e.g. O'Briens in Blanchardstown is owned & operated by Mr X, whilst O'Briens in Naas is owned & operated by Mr. Y. The only thing in common is they both pay royalties & rent to Brody Sweeney & O'Briens HQ.


    BTW - Coffee & Muffin in Harrogate in bog standard cafe yesterday was £6.90. (about €8.50) I decided not to take them up on their offer!


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    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    bogview wrote: »
    typical irish begrudgry seeing a place go wollop:eek:..........where would you be goin with €8 yoyos nowadays:mad:

    8 Yoyos bought me a huge filled roll with fresh fillings, a drink, a bun and a newspaper in Superquinn.


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    Biffo The Bare
    Registered Users Posts: 291 ✭✭Biffo The Bare


    bogview wrote: »
    typical irish begrudgry seeing a place go wollop
    Ripping off their countrymen and women for years, serves em right.
    bogview wrote: »
    ..........where would you be goin with €8 yoyos nowadays:mad:
    Not to O'Briens for sure.:pac::pac::pac:


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    astrofool
    Registered Users Posts: 16,712 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    Red Alert wrote: »
    8 Yoyos bought me a huge filled roll with fresh fillings, a drink, a bun and a newspaper in Superquinn.

    it would probably have cost you €6 in Tesco or Lidl.


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    Luckycharm
    Registered Users Posts: 1,540 ✭✭✭Luckycharm


    Funnily enough when I was in Petronas Towers in KL, Malayasia they had an O'Briens on the ground floor


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    Blue_Wolf
    Registered Users Posts: 861 ✭✭✭Blue_Wolf


    Still expensive imo, Rolls shouldn't cost more than 4euro, anything over that is a rip off. 8euro in superquinn is better than what you would get in O'Briens but still expensive in these times. During the so called good times you would pay 99c for a 500ml soft drink in Dunnes. Now in the bad times we are paying 1.11c.

    I haven't seen the prices of newspapers,soft drinks,confectionary budge at all. No way will I pay 1euro for a choco bar or 60-80c for crisps...that's ridiculous!

    IMO who cares about O'Briens, that was optional to go there, whereas we all need our soft drinks, papers etc
    Red Alert wrote: »
    8 Yoyos bought me a huge filled roll with fresh fillings, a drink, a bun and a newspaper in Superquinn.


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    NickNolte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭NickNolte


    Bendini and Shaw sambo and any large coffee in Insomnia now for €5. Why anyone would go to O'Briens amazes me.


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    Hard Shaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭Hard Shaw


    I have never been more delighted to see a business close down.
    Their success was inexplicable.


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    Colonel Sanders
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,669 ✭✭✭Colonel Sanders


    Hard Shaw wrote: »
    Their success was inexplicable.


    I agree with this, never saw the attraction. Mediocre food for insane prices

    Subway addict me :D


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