Will the Rovers ever Return? Your pub megathread, Part 2 - threadbans in OP

When table service is done well then i have no problem with it. A good few places in Dublin are really slow at it due to lack of staff/inexperienced staff

That's fair and I can definitely see that. I said before it happened that I thought it was unworkable in many pubs in Ireland. A lot of staff are entirely new to the industry and young with little knowledge outside of the type of drinks they'd see family drink or had in some field themselves! Our till systems are not set up to prompt them for things an experienced bartender might clarify with customers - water is it mineral/tap still sparkling? 7up mixer is it a bottle or a dash, whiskey/brandy is it neat, with ice or water. Little things that can really slow service down but the tills are laid out in a way that makes sense to a bar person not a server. Bar staff, even incredibly talented ones who have never worked with dockets before can find it really hard. I did a stint abroad where I got my docket legs as such but you can stress out so much on a busy night with a dozen tickets in front of you that you find you can't remember what you just read even if you used to take 3 orders together at a bar 2 deep back in the before times.

I know my work place wants to try and keep it on long term after this and are working hard to iron out issues but yeah it definitely can't happen overnight. Personally though I'd love to be able to go to a lively bar at the weekend and not have to stand at the counter leaning over some poor sod for 20 minutes waiting to get a drink again.

This is what is actually putting me off going to the pub. I don't mind the early finish. I just can't hack queuing for a table and waiting for service, especially if you're just going in for a pint on your own. Makes me feel self-conscious and takes all the spontaneity out of it. B e interesting to see if on the 22nd October, can I just walk in, go up to the bar, order a pint and sit at the bar'?

Lads, imagine what Coppers is going to be like on October 22nd?!! It will feel like St Stephen’s night on steroids! Everyone getting the ride again making up for lost time😅

i think just for safety sake they should go back to normal closing time from 1st October, let people get that out of their system and when oct 22nd comes it wont be as manic. will we see a new golden age for nightclubs?

For someone who keeps shouting personal responsibility, you don't seem to think people are capable of it.....

Yawn

This whole pandemic has really brought out the anger in people. Remember seeing our usernames clash In the likes of the pro wrestling fourm which was more banter than anything

Given the circumstances I would be surprised if prices had not gone up. Just about the only places in Dublin I did not see rises were those that were grossly overpriced pre-Covid.

Then again I was out in central London last weekend and surprised at the number of places selling pints for below the equivilent of €5, so there is some hope for deflationary pressure when things properly open.

Back in the pub now but it isn't the same. Dearer, drink isn't the same it seems either. Gives me a hangover.

Call it out for what it is...price gouging. Some pubs have spent very little and it's not as though it's not added to the pubs by having large outdoor areas in converted car parks etc. As for extra staff, fair point but I haven't seen that many extra in the pubs I've been in that warranted 10% price rises.

Yes, as well as PUP and TWSS/EWSS, there are support schemes for businesses:

(1) they don't have to pay property rates to the local authority.

(2) pubs can apply for grants for outdoor furniture

(3) a whole range of other supports:

https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Supports-for-SMEs/COVID-19-supports/

Did you give out to the band for not playing songs you like after spending 30 euro per person?

Was it the same pub you tried to get a barman sacked for not bending the laws after you spent 200 euro between 8 people?

Stay alert, sure Croke Park was danger zone yesterday. Covid was there and everyone who entered was to act as if it was there. Maybe that spilled over to other parts of the country

Some comedian is going to make a killing from the Irish governments response of Covid

So are we confirmed Coppers and the likes are going to be total free for alls from 22nd October?

have any of the big night clubs commented on their "comebacks".

Get your shift on

Copper Face Jacks to reopen on Friday 22nd October

Personally I have given up completely on the Irish state sorting stuff out. I moved to London six weeks ago and have lost track of how many proper benders I have been on since.

There's one in Waterford open 2019, decent enough but I'd be more traditionalist and want my pint served to me

You get a card and load money onto it and then go up to the many taps and pour it yourself

There's an electricity in the air in Dublin city tonight that I haven't felt in a while, people know the end is coming and they're embracing it, the pubs are a little busier, the music's a little louder, and the craic is a solid 84...........

But the end is coming!