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Waterford's Nightlife megathread

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    #3662
    obezyana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭obezyana


    JaneDoe111 wrote: »
    Out on Saturday night...colleagues tried to get into the Reg at 11 ish....€5 to get in. Why oh why? Does days are gone. I want to support new pubs but this is takin the pi**.


    It's only a fiver????? 10 is too much but a fiver isn't that bad.


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    #3663
    3hn2givr7mx1sc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,838 ✭✭✭✭3hn2givr7mx1sc


    JaneDoe111 wrote: »
    Out on Saturday night...colleagues tried to get into the Reg at 11 ish....€5 to get in. Why oh why? Does days are gone. I want to support new pubs but this is takin the pi**.

    From what I hear about the size etc. of the place a fiver on a Saturday night in a city seems pretty reasonable to me.

    Try paying €8 into a small nightclub in Laois on a Saturday. That's taking the piss.


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    #3664
    Dicky Pride
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Dicky Pride


    Still €10 to get into clubs in Wexford, Dungarvan, Carlow etc.

    Some of the acts in the reg cost over €1000...it's not unreasonable for them to charge to get in to see them. You'd pay €10 to get into most clubs in Ireland and all you get is a DJ.


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    #3665
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Dicky Pride wrote: »
    Still €10 to get into clubs in Wexford, Dungarvan, Carlow etc.

    Some of the acts in the reg cost over €1000...it's not unreasonable for them to charge to get in to see them. You'd pay €10 to get into most clubs in Ireland and all you get is a DJ.

    Ah now come off it. It should be free entry with a free drink once you are in.

    This place will never last, I tell ya. Even if the place is packed with people playing the entrance fee, its all just a con. Disgraceful. Shocking. :pac:


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    #3666
    looder
    Registered Users Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭looder


    mooseknunkle wrote: »
    Harveys is back open tonight

    http://www.wlrfm.com/news-and-sport/waterford-news/196929-harveys-bar-in-waterford-city-to-re-open-tonight-and-for-the-christmas-period-wlrfmnews.html


    Heard this was a disaster of an opening night. Empty in there.

    I suppose that's what you get when you just announce it the day of the reopening.

    Hopefully it'll pick up this weekend.


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    #3667
    Nypd
    Registered Users Posts: 781 ✭✭✭Nypd


    JaneDoe111 wrote: »
    Out on Saturday night...colleagues tried to get into the Reg at 11 ish....€5 to get in. Why oh why? Does days are gone. I want to support new pubs but this is takin the pi**.

    That comment right there is why late venues struggle in the city,
    It's a fiver for Christ sake...the price of one drink!


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    #3668
    Adyx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭Adyx


    It was €5 into the club part too, not the whole place.


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    #3669
    Chiparus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,269 ✭✭✭Chiparus


    JaneDoe111 wrote: »
    Out on Saturday night...colleagues tried to get into the Reg at 11 ish....€5 to get in. Why oh why? Does days are gone. I want to support new pubs but this is takin the pi**.

    You should take a stand, and not go.


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    #3670
    iseegirls
    Registered Users Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭iseegirls


    JaneDoe111 wrote: »
    Out on Saturday night...colleagues tried to get into the Reg at 11 ish....€5 to get in. Why oh why? Does days are gone. I want to support new pubs but this is takin the pi**.

    I think it costs a fiver to just put away a coat in the cloakroom in Coppers. Count yourself lucky. :rolleyes:


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    #3671
    mooseknunkle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,427 ✭✭✭mooseknunkle


    iseegirls wrote: »
    I think it costs a fiver to just put away a coat in the cloakroom in Coppers. Count yourself lucky. :rolleyes:

    And that cloakroom made over 200,000euro in 2010 :D

    http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/retail-and-services/copper-face-jacks-records-6-81m-in-pretax-profits-1.1627576


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    #3672
    blue-army
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭blue-army


    iseegirls wrote: »
    I think it costs a fiver to just put away a coat in the cloakroom in Coppers. Count yourself lucky. :rolleyes:

    it's 2e... and even Coppers is free in before 12 most nights of the week! :rolleyes:

    Doubt they'll get away with charging much longer with Harveys now back on the scene.


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    #3673
    Chiparus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,269 ✭✭✭Chiparus


    [QUOTE=blue-army;88049287]it's 2e... and even Coppers is free in before 12 most nights of the week! :rolleyes:

    Doubt they'll get away with charging much longer with Harveys now back on the scene.[/QUOTE]

    and they made 217000???? thats a lot of coats after midnight then?


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    #3674
    Dicky Pride
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Dicky Pride


    Dignity gone.


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    #3675
    wellboytoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭wellboytoo


    I went into the Reg at 1.00 am this morning no cover charge, F**kers left me in, why didn't they tell me to go home.


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    #3676
    jayboi
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭jayboi


    Dicky Pride wrote: »
    Dignity gone.

    Although I never frequented the establishment Its sad to see any jobs go particularly at Christmas.

    I don't think any gay bar that closed down in this town has ever reopened as anything else?


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    #3677
    old gregg
    Registered Users Posts: 3,245 ✭✭✭old gregg


    Dicky Pride wrote: »
    Dignity gone.

    I was in there for the first time a week ago for a punk gig (which was great) but it was pretty obvious it was on the way out. Shame really. A venue with some potential for music.


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    #3678
    Hoffmans
    Registered Users Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭Hoffmans


    http://publin.ie/2013/the-british-are-coming-wetherspoons-and-their-expansion-into-ireland/

    Won't be long now !


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    #3679
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Are there any empty premises big enough for them?

    Ive been into dozens all over the U.K. and they range from large to massive to aircraft hangars.

    They nearly always make sure they have the biggest square footage in the towns.

    Shocking food though, cheap microwaved meals.


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    #3680
    Dicky Pride
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Dicky Pride


    We really don't want that rubbish in waterford.


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    #3681
    Trick of the Tail
    Registered Users Posts: 1,319 ✭✭✭Trick of the Tail


    I do. They run a very good ship. Beer cheap, good food at decent prices. Premises well decorated and well maintained.

    Last time I was in one, in Oxford, I had a lovely Sunday lunch, with all the extras, certainly was not microwaved. It was 7 quid incl a pint.

    No music in the pubs, gives for a very nice convivial atmosphere.

    What's not to like?


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    #3682
    Dicky Pride
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Dicky Pride


    It's the Walmart of pubs. If you hate the irish pub as it is, and would like to see more closed down then you should welcome this with open arms.


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    #3683
    Chiparus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,269 ✭✭✭Chiparus


    Dicky Pride wrote: »
    We really don't want that rubbish in waterford.

    Let the customer decide.


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    #3684
    wellboytoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭wellboytoo


    I don't know a lot about Jd Weatherspoon but can't say I'd object to them buying say the Stand and spending a half million euro on it and bringing life back into the centre of the town.


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    #3685
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    I see Harvey's have painted the place blue & white! Not sure if those colours were picked with a specific plan in mind! Good to see another venue open, best of luck to them! Waterford is a tough place to run a club, fair dues!


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    #3686
    Dicky Pride
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Dicky Pride


    Sully wrote: »
    I see Harvey's have painted the place blue & white! Not sure if those colours were picked with a specific plan in mind! Good to see another venue open, best of luck to them! Waterford is a tough place to run a club, fair dues!

    And all the paint has run down the side of the building and it looks horrendous.


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    #3687
    Sully
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    Dicky Pride wrote: »
    And all the paint has run down the side of the building and it looks horrendous.

    Just the one side, kinda not the weather nor season to be painting outdoors!


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    #3688
    Dum_Dum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 587 ✭✭✭Dum_Dum


    stefan idiot jones wrote: »
    Are there any empty premises big enough for them?

    ...

    The old cinema on Patrick St?


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    #3689
    Wanderer2010
    Registered Users Posts: 6,742 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    Dum_Dum wrote: »
    The old cinema on Patrick St?

    The rats own that premises now, not even the Tweedy's could save that...


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    #3690
    stefan idiot jones
    Registered Users Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭stefan idiot jones


    Just out of plain noseyness, say I or Wetherspoons wanted to open a pub in the City Centre and utilise an existing building such as the old cinema, how easy is it to be granted a drinks licence?

    Is there a certain amount of licences allowed for a city centre?

    What about over saturation of pubs, is it controlled or is it a free for all?


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    #3691
    obezyana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭obezyana


    stefan idiot jones wrote: »
    Just out of plain noseyness, say I or Wetherspoons wanted to open a pub in the City Centre and utilise an existing building such as the old cinema, how easy is it to be granted a drinks licence?

    Is there a certain amount of licences allowed for a city centre?

    What about over saturation of pubs, is it controlled or is it a free for all?

    Your at the mercy of the cops/fire officer/judge and to some degree any local residents as its those folks that pretty much decide on whether to grant you a licence or not. Its obviously not as cut and dry as that but its the gist of obtaining a licence.


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