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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,037
    Is £9.40 really that expensive ? I'm sure there's a Wetherspoons or Sam Smiths open somewhere, if you don't want to pay £9.40 for a pint don't drink there ?
    Things like this reset the baseline though, so over time they manifest in price increases across the board (I’m not saying Spoons all of a sudden starts charging £9.40 a pint, but it won’t be charging £3 or whatever it is today). 
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,589
    CAFCTrev said:
    I think we can all agree that the best place to get a pint these days both morally and monetarily is.....




    *SHUDDERS*















































































    WEEEEEEEAAAAAAAATTHERSPOOOOOOOOOOOONNNSSSSSSSS!!!
    We (2 couples) went to Plumpton races the other week....£26+ for two pints & 2 medium wines. Got of the train and straight into the local Spoons....more or less the same round and it was under £10.
  • I hate all the snobbery about  Wetherspoons. Decent beer and cheap prices.

    OK if you are with  partner it's not a good idea, but with mates ideal.
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,589
    I hate all the snobbery about  Wetherspoons. Decent beer and cheap prices.

    OK if you are with  partner it's not a good idea, but with mates ideal.
    Mrs H don't mind it, food is OK and £14 for a bottle of house red (which is pretty decent) can't be scoffed at.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,037
    I hate all the snobbery about  Wetherspoons. Decent beer and cheap prices.

    OK if you are with  partner it's not a good idea, but with mates ideal.
    Nothing wrong with a Wetherspoons. Decent priced, properly looked after beer and fairly priced food. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    If you're happy to pay £9.40 for a pint because that's not expensive to you, then you're likely not going to go to Weatherspoons.
  • If you're happy to pay £9.40 for a pint because that's not expensive to you, then you're likely not going to go to Weatherspoons.
    I did occasionally go in to them at the airport but now I'm a brewdog man if flying from Gatwick or just use the bar they have at City.
  • Did you know that the biggest selling draft at spoons is pepsi. The biggest selling drinks are tea and coffee. 
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,589
    Did you know that the biggest selling draft at spoons is pepsi. The biggest selling drinks are tea and coffee. 
    Tea and coffee is really good value pay for the mug and fill it as many times as you like....very popular with the older crowd.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    Latte, Cappuccino etc £1.56 with free refills. 

    I have no idea why people ever want to knock this business, I can’t think of a single more customer value focused one 
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  • Latte, Cappuccino etc £1.56 with free refills. 

    I have no idea why people ever want to knock this business, I can’t think of a single more customer value focused one 
    There’s a very obvious reason why a certain cohort of people knock spoons! I think they’re great and take my son there for breakfast fairly often. 
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,223
    Latte, Cappuccino etc £1.56 with free refills. 

    I have no idea why people ever want to knock this business, I can’t think of a single more customer value focused one 
    Rather than the Alma, lets meet down the Woolwich Spoons on our next drink... see how long you last till we hot foot it over through the gates!  

    Just kidding Spoons lovers... anyway anywhere will have more life in it than the Alma on a wednesday night!
  • Curb_It said:
    Latte, Cappuccino etc £1.56 with free refills. 

    I have no idea why people ever want to knock this business, I can’t think of a single more customer value focused one 
    Rather than the Alma, lets meet down the Woolwich Spoons on our next drink... see how long you last till we hot foot it over through the gates!  

    Just kidding Spoons lovers... anyway anywhere will have more life in it than the Alma on a wednesday night!
    On our next drink, there you go folks, proof of the CL clique.
  • Latte, Cappuccino etc £1.56 with free refills. 

    I have no idea why people ever want to knock this business, I can’t think of a single more customer value focused one 
    Lot of them  people knocking spoons will be drinking there soon it will be only pub people can afford.

    Yeah...................... I wouldn't bet on that.
  • housemate said:
    se9addick said:Look on
    clive said:

    A central London pub is charging customers an extra £2 a pint after 22:00.

    Before that time, patrons of O'Neill's on Wardour Street in Soho pay £7.40 for certain draught beers, with the same drink costing £9.40 after the cut-off.

    Mitchells & Butlers, the pub group that owns the venue, said the policy reflected a request from the police and local council "that we increase prices after 10pm to a level generally in line with the late-night market".

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g2z6405zpo

    That’s insane. How long until they just charge £9.40 at all times of the day?
    Look on the bright side, if Rachel hadn't been so generous in the budget, it would be £9.41.
    Worth noting the price of beer isnt going up in pubs due to duty its to offset the cost of utilities with running a pub
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,968
    Long time since I've been in a wetherspoons but my mate next door suggested going up to The Catherine Wheel on Henley for a curry and a couple of scoops last night. A cavernous place that was pretty busy on a chilly Thursday night.
    The first round was three pints of JBH, a very pleasant light session bitter from Oakham. Cost of the round: a whopping £4:47.

    Whole evening including return bus fare was less than £25.

    Easy to knock Spoons, but the beer is usually interesting as well as cheap, the food is fine and I like most that they make the most of a lot of old buildings that otherwise would probably just be bulldozed. I still think Tim Martin is a knob head though.

    Interesting clientele as well. I went for a wee before leaving and had no choice but to take a urinal next to an occupied one. The bloke muttered 'You've broken the rules' before shuffling off, still mumbling to himself. But I know what he meant.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    IdleHans said:

    Interesting clientele as well. I went for a wee before leaving and had no choice but to take a urinal next to an occupied one. The bloke muttered 'You've broken the rules' before shuffling off, still mumbling to himself. But I know what he meant.
    Once in the rank pissers on Plat 4 in London Bridge station…….

    I was at one end urinal and another geezer at the far end urinal was pissing like a racehorse. 

    He was mid torrent when I started and was still jet washing when I had finished. 

    “Blimey, you needed that. You’ve being going for ages” I said to him. 

    I didn’t know that he was German, but he turned to me and replied in perfect Heir Flick tones…..

    ”I voz not avare zat I voz being timed”

    He looked at me with distain as he walked past me and left without washing his hands. 

    I still chuckle at that strange khazi interaction 😄
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    I have tried the wine in wetherspoons pubs and the last few times it was rank. The food coffee and beer have always been surprisingly good and very cheap. 

    Can get a bit rowdy on a friday night in newcastle for i stance but otherwise have no issue wirh wetherspoons 
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    A low for me in the city yesterday was paying £6.10 for a non-alcoholic can of Guinness Zero (and then having to open and pour it myself)
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,589
    £5 a pint at Zero Degrees, Blackheath (selected times) also £5 a pint (again at selected times) at Belushi's (outside Greenwich station).
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  • Roses in Woolwich Arsenal have beers below £5 (on match days can't speak for the rest of the week)
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,848
    Roses in Woolwich Arsenal have beers below £5 (on match days can't speak for the rest of the week)
    Is that place still open? I thought it shut a while back.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,632
    edited November 2024
    Off_it said:
    Roses in Woolwich Arsenal have beers below £5 (on match days can't speak for the rest of the week)
    Is that place still open? I thought it shut a while back.
    Still open, we used it now since the bull closed. Same bloke owns it, it hasn’t changed in over 35 years.
  • In Tenerife. A half decent pint of Dorada lager 1euro 50 cents overlooking the beach 🍺
  • The Anglesea Arms Woolwich is also under £5. However, like many others, its time has come and it will be closing its doors early January.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    In Tenerife. A half decent pint of Dorada lager 1euro 50 cents overlooking the beach 🍺
    €3 for a pint?
  • In Tenerife. A half decent pint of Dorada lager 1euro 50 cents overlooking the beach 🍺
    €3 for a pint?
    😅. 1euro & 50 cents a pint.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Just paid £6.65 for a pint of neck oil, so will probably have to remortgage before the night is out 
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    McBobbin said:
    Just paid £6.65 for a pint of neck oil, so will probably have to remortgage before the night is out 
    That’s about average I’d say. 
  • Alcohol is the Devils spunk. You are all sucking on the teat of public housery. For shame...