Most expensive pint in Dublin at the moment?

Lucena

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Presume they give you as 400ml plastic glass. I can't remember whether I asked for a 'pint of Guinness' or just "a Guinness". They don't do "1/2 pints" (or 200ml) draught drinks either, which is a pain. I'm not complaining about the price - you'll always get fleeced in these places - merely pointing out that a €5.50 "pint" works out closer to €8.

I was talking to a Hungarian guy recently, and he said that in Hungary, in a lot of places the 0.5 litres are being gradually replaced by 0.4 litres, and roughly at the same price!

I said to him that while Irish people tend to take a lot of stuff lying down, if any tried to reduce the size of drinks in Ireland, there’d be blood in the streets.
Looks like I might be wrong. Hopefully this isn’t the thin end of the wedge.:(

Beefy78

Lucena wrote: »

I was talking to a Hungarian guy recently, and he said that in Hungary, in a lot of places the 0.5 litres are being gradually replaced by 0.4 litres, and roughly at the same price!

I said to him that while Irish people tend to take a lot of stuff lying down, if any tried to reduce the size of drinks in Ireland, there’d be blood in the streets.
Looks like I might be wrong. Hopefully this isn’t the thin end of the wedge.:(

It's increasingly common throughout the World. Irish people flock to Australia and America and neither of those places tend to do proper-sized pints. Stupid 16oz glasses!

Whatever else you might say about us Brits we make it illegal to sell a pint that isn't a pint.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pint_glass#United_Kingdom_law

Lucena

Beefy78 wrote: »

It's increasingly common throughout the World. Irish people flock to Australia and America and neither of those places tend to do proper-sized pints. Stupid 16oz glasses!

Whatever else you might say about us Brits we make it illegal to sell a pint that isn't a pint.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pint_glass#United_Kingdom_law

Nah, in spite of a lot of the boll0cks spouted in Ireland about 'The Brits', we love you guys.

Really.

rockbeast

Rockbeast recently moved onto Bolton Street for college (not bolton street). Found a great pub called the kings inn. a great mix of people from locals to college heads to kings inn heads. 5 drink in bottles of bavaria for a €10...great buzz if you have the banter

there are bargains around

Aard

rockbeast wrote: »

Rockbeast recently moved onto Bolton Street for college (not bolton street). Found a great pub called the kings inn. a great mix of people from locals to college heads to kings inn heads. 5 drink in bottles of bavaria for a €10...great buzz if you have the banter

Please stop telling people about the King's Inn... don't want to ruin it :pac:

Pinch Flat

Lucena wrote: »

I was talking to a Hungarian guy recently, and he said that in Hungary, in a lot of places the 0.5 litres are being gradually replaced by 0.4 litres, and roughly at the same price!

I said to him that while Irish people tend to take a lot of stuff lying down, if any tried to reduce the size of drinks in Ireland, there’d be blood in the streets.
Looks like I might be wrong. Hopefully this isn’t the thin end of the wedge.:(

Next time you're at the O2, Croker, Aviva or a big gig, buy a beer and have a look at your glass - I bet it will be a 400ml plastic glass. I blame the troika, Joe.:pac:

Mr Simpson

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Next time you're at the O2, Croker, Aviva or a big gig, buy a beer and have a look at your glass - I bet it will be a 400ml plastic glass. I blame the troika, Joe.:pac:

Not in Croker

chopper6

Mr.S wrote: »

Was in Bruxelles last night off Grafton Street, 3 pints, Stella, Bud & Guinness which came to around €18 :eek:

Ok so its just off Grafton Street but its not exactly a tourist trap + it was 6pm on a Wednesday. Madness.

Try the downstairs rock bar...it's only 4 euro a pint and they have deals on shorts&mixers.

Upstairs is a posers' kip.

Beefy78

I knew Bruxelles wasn't cheap but never paid that much. Crikey.

SimonQuinlank

Downstairs in the rock bar is where the good deals are,€4.20 pints before midnight plus usually a spirit + dash special for €4.50.Upstairs is for tourists,hence the tourist prices.Far quicker to get served downstairs too.

ronan45

chopper6 wrote: »

Try the downstairs rock bar...it's only 4 euro a pint and they have deals on shorts&mixers.

Upstairs is a posers' kip.

Brusells is for posers these days :eek:... jasus I am showing my age

sporina

is knacker drinking on the up in the city?

chopper6

ronan45 wrote: »

Brusells is for posers these days :eek:... jasus I am showing my age

Yeah...you see z-listers and assorted numpties in the upstairs part,paying through the snout for thier booze.

Beefy78

Upstairs has usually seemed to be locals when I've been there. I know quite a few Dubliners who class that as a favoured pub.

rockbeast

Beefy78 wrote: »

Upstairs has usually seemed to be locals when I've been there. I know quite a few Dubliners who class that as a favoured pub.

Definitely one of the most overrated bars in Dublin.

Save for the odd blazing hot summer's day when you get a seat outside, it's crap. also, the bartenders are slower than glaciers.

Beefy78

I've had a couple of decent nights in there and it's somewhere where you know that there will be a few people out most nights of the week but yeah it isn't top of my list of City Centre venues.

Doesn't take card either, which is ridiculous at this stage.

sporina

was in bruxelles on fri night - down stairs - smashing place - got change from a tenner for 2 pints…

Cienciano

rockbeast wrote: »

Definitely one of the most overrated bars in Dublin.

Save for the odd blazing hot summer's day when you get a seat outside, it's crap. also, the bartenders are slower than glaciers.

Couldn't disagree more. Downstairs is always worth a visit for a pint or 2.
LAst time I was in the heavy metal section there was a dj, was tempted to go up and ask him for some status quo

Gavin "shels"

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Next time you're at the O2, Croker, Aviva or a big gig, buy a beer and have a look at your glass - I bet it will be a 400ml plastic glass. I blame the troika, Joe.:pac:

€6 for a pint of sh1t in Lansdowne for the FAI Cup Final!

sporina

€6.50 for a pint of carlsberg in the o2 sat night..

Ravelleman

sporina wrote: »

€6.50 for a pint of carlsberg in the o2 sat night..

You only have yourself to blame.

John_Rambo

Ravelleman wrote: »

You only have yourself to blame.

? Can you leave the O2 buy a cheap pint and go back in? Is any one that reports high prices anywhere going to get ridiculed for posting?

Lucena

John_Rambo wrote: »

? Can you leave the O2 buy a cheap pint and go back in? Is any one that reports high prices anywhere going to get ridiculed for posting?

Ravelleman is technically correct in that as long as people pay, the prices remain the same.

However saying it doesn't really encourage people to share their info/experiences.

Beefy78

Lucena wrote: »

Ravelleman is technically correct in that as long as people pay, the prices remain the same.

He is not technically correct because the other poster didn't actually say that they paid that price - just that that was the price of a pint at that venue.

Birneybau

sporina wrote: »

€6.50 for a pint of carlsberg in the o2 sat night..

I was in the 02 on Saturday night and EVERY 400ml (not a pint) of Carlsberg I bought was e5:50.

Lucena

Beefy78 wrote: »

He is not technically correct because the other poster didn't actually say that they paid that price - just that that was the price of a pint at that venue.

I stand technically corrected! :P

Pinch Flat

Birneybau wrote: »

I was in the 02 on Saturday night and EVERY pint of Carlsberg I bought was e5:50.

Open to correction on this, but I'm almost sure the plastic glasses are 400ml, so €5.50 a drink (which is what I paid last week) is closer to €7.80 when worked up to a pint.

sporina

wow you guys are flat out splitting hairs here..

I did have a 400ml/pint of carlsberg but I didn't buy it; it was bought for me - and I was sure that my said it was €6.50 - but maybe it was €5.50… still silly money - just had the one - not like i was gonna be getting pissed there..

Ravelleman

Lucena wrote: »

Ravelleman is technically correct in that as long as people pay, the prices remain the same.

However saying it doesn't really encourage people to share their info/experiences.

I made an assumption that the poster had bought a pint at that price.

If I was too hasty in saying that then I too only have myself to blame.

dilallio

If it was a 400ml plastic glass, then it wasn't €5.50 a pint or even €6.50 a pint.

It was €7.81 a pint.

1 pint = 568ml
0.7 pint = 400ml

0.7 pints @ €5.50 = €7.81 per pint.

whiskeyman

dilallio wrote: »

If it was a 400ml plastic glass, then it wasn't €5.50 a pint or even €6.50 a pint.

It was €7.81 a pint.

1 pint = 568ml
0.7 pint = 400ml

0.7 pints @ €5.50 = €7.81 per pint.

That's unreal!
Does it say the quantity anywhere at the bar / signage etc... or is it just on the glass?
For example, I'd always just ask 'pint of x' at such an event... I'd be miffed if no one explicitly didnt say it wasnt a pint. the assumption is there surely that the punter is paying for a pint... and at inflated pint prices even at that!

Pinch Flat

Would be interested if someone has an insight into the legalities- surely the Intoxicating Liquor Act requires price lists to be published, as well as the sizes of the measures?

Lux23

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Would be interested if someone has an insight into the legalities- surely the Intoxicating Liquor Act requires price lists to be published, as well as the sizes of the measures?

It's probably behind the bar somewhere.

BeerNut

Pinch Flat wrote: »

surely the Intoxicating Liquor Act requires price lists to be published, as well as the sizes of the measures?

AFAIK it's the Retail Price (Beverages in Licensed Premises) Display Order, 1976, and enforcement of this sort thing is abysmal.

Pinch Flat

So, what do you think the impact on beer sales on these gigs would be if it clearly stated on a price list said that Guinness & Carlsberg (400ml) were both €5.50? And that's without including spirits and mixers, which are probably just as extortionate.

Personally, I'll never have more than one , perhaps two, at a gig and never a spirit and mixer - so no big deal and no real alternative - other than the trusty hip flask, which has been known to happen :pac:

Idbatterim

is it not likely that they would make far more just charging a straight fiver a pint? at those prices, I would have thought a lot of people will either a) not buy them or b) only have one or two... I personally have a limit on how much I'm prepared to be ripped off...

I read in the indo earlier that JD Wetherspoon have purchased tonic in Blackrock, it cost €3,000,000 and they hope to open in april...

http://www.independent.ie/business/budget-uk-pub-chain-wetherspoon-comes-to-blackrock-29781809.html

ANXIOUS

Just to let people know, the bleeding horse raised the price of a pint of Tom Creans by €1.50 over the past week to €5.50.

Beefy78

€6.10 for a pint of Heinieken but also for a bottle of Corrs in Buskers tonight. Early doors too.

I'll pay less than that for both in Essex this time next week.

jossnjuice

€6.10 for a pint of Becks in the Church on Saturday night............outrageous..........It trys so hard to be something its not.

Also, paying that much, id expect a decent pint, but sent two back cause they were absolute muck, and flat as soon as it hit the counter.........

Beefy78

jossnjuice wrote: »

€6.10 for a pint of Becks in the Church on Saturday night............outrageous..........It trys so hard to be something its not.

Also, paying that much, id expect a decent pint, but sent two back cause they were absolute muck, and flat as soon as it hit the counter.........

I went in there on Saturday afternoon for the first time and the Guinness was terrible.

Esoteric_

5.80 for a 400ml of Bud in the RDS on Saturday at the rugby. Don't really care too much though, you should expect to pay stupid prices at matches

Idbatterim

are the pints cheaper upstairs in the church?