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Beer moan - The Valley

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  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    You pay peanuts you get inadequate staff, just something else being done on the cheap by the club 
  • LarrysMobileBar
    LarrysMobileBar Posts: 74
    Perfect excuse to beat the queues at the main bar and try a cocktail from us!

    A good 75% of our customers are men so don’t think it’s just for the ladies 😉
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,485
    eaststandmike said:
    You pay peanuts you get inadequate staff, just something else being done on the cheap by the club 
    I reckon the problem is bigger than just our club, to be honest mate. Bar staff working for these agencies and large hospitality companies generally don’t seem to be very good, and I’ve got a feeling it’s the same across the sporting hospitality industry. I know it’s like this at other clubs, and it’s definitely the case at Wembley.

  • R0TW
    R0TW Posts: 1,678
    Ok at Welling mate.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,485
    R0TW said:
    Ok at Welling mate.
    Yer was gonna say probably better down the leagues where the staff are more than likely employed directly and don't even get a start if they can't do the basics
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,228
    eaststandmike said:
    You pay peanuts you get inadequate staff, just something else being done on the cheap by the club 
    Except the club don't employ the bar staff
  • Greenhithe
    Greenhithe Posts: 781
    I asked one for a lemonade a few weeks ago and he GENUINELY asked me in quite a thick African voice “What is lemonade?”  

    I shit you not. His mate has to tell him to offer me 7 Up. 
  • SteveACS
    SteveACS Posts: 376
    Orient's bar used to be in the CAMRA real ale guide...
  • BeerandFootball
    BeerandFootball Posts: 22
    was the social club not a bar in 5he ground.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,027
    Gribbo said:
    eaststandmike said:
    You pay peanuts you get inadequate staff, just something else being done on the cheap by the club 
    I reckon the problem is bigger than just our club, to be honest mate. Bar staff working for these agencies and large hospitality companies generally don’t seem to be very good, and I’ve got a feeling it’s the same across the sporting hospitality industry. I know it’s like this at other clubs, and it’s definitely the case at Wembley.

    Face it, who would really want to do that job for an agency? You'd either get one job a week or you'd be shuffled around going to different venues each day. Can't be very nice. I'd suspect most of the more capable ones would quickly find work for more stable employers.
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  • Blucher
    Blucher Posts: 4,135
    Will the Fuller’s Black Cab Stout be “proudly pouring” from a barrel or bottles/tinnies ? 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,855
    Blucher said:
    Will the Fuller’s Black Cab Stout be “proudly pouring” from a barrel or bottles/tinnies ? 
    I assume the Black Cab will be on metered dispense...
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,485
    Stig said:
    Gribbo said:
    eaststandmike said:
    You pay peanuts you get inadequate staff, just something else being done on the cheap by the club 
    I reckon the problem is bigger than just our club, to be honest mate. Bar staff working for these agencies and large hospitality companies generally don’t seem to be very good, and I’ve got a feeling it’s the same across the sporting hospitality industry. I know it’s like this at other clubs, and it’s definitely the case at Wembley.

    Face it, who would really want to do that job for an agency? You'd either get one job a week or you'd be shuffled around going to different venues each day. Can't be very nice. I'd suspect most of the more capable ones would quickly find work for more stable employers.
    Remember Tne Oak keeping on Fabrice when he turned up as an agency barman, when Clive and Nat had it. Think he ended up doing just about every shift in the end. The others he came in with were atrocious though. People on here must remember the Guinness's and Smooths they attempted to serve up?
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,978
    se9addick said:
    Nice idea, I fear greatly for the execution. 
    They said that when the club was formed in 1905. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,855
    Half Time Black Cab in the Curbs stand. A bit cold, but served well. Quite a few people trying it too.


  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    killerandflash said:
    Half Time Black Cab in the Curbs stand. A bit cold, but served well. Quite a few people trying it too.


    Fiver a pint ? 
  • Bostonaddick
    Bostonaddick Posts: 815
    I am sorry Killer but that’s just wrong.  This is the Valley - it is supposed to be tasteless flat lagers that you complain about with your mates once you get back to your seat.  It is been that way for 25 plus years.  You are breaking tradition.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,855
    I can't remember, but much more than that.

    It was from a separate portable kiosk, so much quicker.
  • cblock
    cblock Posts: 1,959
    Sure a bloke who joined our table  said he got charged £7.20, this was in crossbars/fans bar whatever its called.
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,298
    The grolsch in bartrams before was rancid 
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  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,971
    palarsehater said:
    The grolsch in bartrams before was rancid 
    It's grolsch, what did you expect?
  • msomerton
    msomerton Posts: 2,975
    I thought the London Stout was quite good for a keg beer, that was in Bartrams after the match.
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,298
    The black cab on the other hand was lovely 
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,523
    Some may question just over £7 a pint for the stout. Strikes me that’s good value compared to £2 for a small packet of crisps!!
  • Blucher
    Blucher Posts: 4,135
    Had a swift half of the Black Cab Stout at half time and thought it was good. 
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    Had a pint of Black Cab pre-match in The Covered End - have to say, decent beer - I liked it - wish we could get Guinness at the ground though  
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,680
    Lordflashheart said:
    Had a pint of Black Cab pre-match in The Covered End - have to say, decent beer - I liked it - wish we could get Guinness at the ground though  
    Imagine the length of the queues if someone said 5 pints of Guinness please. 
    Some of them can't even poor lager properly. 
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,971
    Blucher said:
    Had a swift half of the Black Cab Stout at half time and thought it was good. 
    I buy it quite a lot in bottles. Often on a deal, either 4 for £7 or 3 for £5.75. Very nice beer indeed.
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    blackpool72 said:
    Lordflashheart said:
    Had a pint of Black Cab pre-match in The Covered End - have to say, decent beer - I liked it - wish we could get Guinness at the ground though  
    Imagine the length of the queues if someone said 5 pints of Guinness please. 
    Some of them can't even poor lager properly. 
    Yep - agree with you - I’ll stick to going Oak pre match (plus Oak has some rather nice barmaids, I’m very content gazing at them for a few hours 😃)
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,069
    Lordflashheart said:
    blackpool72 said:
    Lordflashheart said:
    Had a pint of Black Cab pre-match in The Covered End - have to say, decent beer - I liked it - wish we could get Guinness at the ground though  
    Imagine the length of the queues if someone said 5 pints of Guinness please. 
    Some of them can't even poor lager properly. 
    Yep - agree with you - I’ll stick to going Oak pre match (plus Oak has some rather nice barmaids, I’m very content gazing at them for a few hours 😃)

    There's a name for people like you B)

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