O'Neills central London pub adds £2 surcharge to pints ordered after 10pm

[editor]

That's a tourist pub. Been operating as such for decades.
It gets extremely busy.
You need to get there early or potentially get turned away.
They often have bands on the upper level.

I wish them continued success.

Those who prefer a £2.10 pint of craft ale yada yada are often heard complaining about the death of the British pub. Pubs closing left, right and centre.
Is it any wonder with you tight gits? You cheapskates are the problem.

So if you complain about a £9 pint in a super packed venue, you're somehow responsible for other pubs closing?

Awesome logic there.

 

[not henry]

I walked up to the whetherspoons at the other end of town and looked at the pricelist. There were five drinks sub two pounds, whiskey mixer, two bitter , one lager, one cider. Sub three pounds we have carling or coors premium. The cheapest pint overall was a £1.79 bitter. This is Redcar at 11.00am on a Wednesday morning and the pub was heaving. On the same stretch we have much the same offering from another four or five establishments but the prices are in the region of arond a pound more expensive. These places are open until 2.00 am weekends and the prices are different but am not sure by which mechanism they change

 

[pbsmooth]

£7 pints for me in Paddington… “not too bad” said some of the people I was with

 

[PR1Berske]

With some connection to the "reducing your intake" thread, I only really nip around the pubs on Friday after work so I might do some price checking for this thread. Maybe we could create a heat map between us, like a collaborative project.

 

[Serge Forward]

Regent Club Leicester, £3.30 for a pint of Morland bitter

 

[Dogsauce]

Dynamic pricing is very late-capitalism and needs to be killed with fire.

As does the idea that you rent or subscribe to things rather than own them. Fuck it all.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Dynamic pricing is very late-capitalism and needs to be killed with fire.

As does the idea that you rent or subscribe to things rather than own them. Fuck it all.

Subscription needs nuking. It's the spawn of satan.

 

[editor]

Dynamic pricing is very late-capitalism and needs to be killed with fire.

As does the idea that you rent or subscribe to things rather than own them. Fuck it all.

It's now firmly entrenched in festival/club pricing with nice cuddly names like 'early bird tickets' and 'second tier ticket releases.'

Money grubbing fucks.

 

[PR1Berske]

£3.30, central Preston, and yes I know what time it is

 

[brogdale]

£3.30, central Preston, and yes I know what time it is
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Mate, that cruel; I'm forcibly on the wagon atm for medical reasons, and that has made me lick my lips!

 

[BassJunkie]

I nip in here once a week after work. It's a fiver for a pint of the moreish Titanic plumb porter in this little place by Leicester castle

I used to work in that building about 33 years ago! Back when the castle formed the Magistrates' Court.

 

[not henry]

I used to work in that building about 33 years ago! Back when the castle formed the Magistrates' Court.

It used to be an antique shop for a while as well (or maybe an adjacent building). I have been in Mary de Castro doings concerts many a time . Used to live up and down the Narborough Rd.

 

[Callie]

It's now firmly entrenched in festival/club pricing with nice cuddly names like 'early bird tickets' and 'second tier ticket releases.'

Money grubbing fucks.

"Fast track"

"Fuck off money gouging bastards"

 

[BassJunkie]

It used to be an antique shop for a while as well (or maybe an adjacent building). I have been in Mary de Castro doings concerts many a time . Used to live up and down the Narborough Rd.

Actually you're quite right, I think I was in the building to its left, because I remember the antique shop. The building in which I did work was a pub in the 1960s apparently, and there's some graffiti in the cellar from those days.

Where I live now is a 10 minute walk from Narborough Road.

 

[Serge Forward]

Leicester memories eh BassJunkie and not henry. Funnily enough, the father of a friend of mine was landlord of that pub a long time ago.

Before my time. I only arrived here around 2001.

 

[Serge Forward]

Actually you're quite right, I think I was in the building to its left, because I remember the antique shop. The building in which I did work was a pub in the 1960s apparently, and there's some graffiti in the cellar from those days.

Where I live now is a 10 minute walk from Narborough Road.

Ha, I'm a 2 minute walk from the Narb

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

It's now firmly entrenched in festival/club pricing with nice cuddly names like 'early bird tickets' and 'second tier ticket releases.'

Money grubbing fucks.

To be fair running a festival is in more cases a great way to lose lots of money than it is to grub for it, and they're going to be extremely vulnerable to cash flow issues. Getting some actual income in early is going to be pretty essential to keeping all the plates spinning so I can't really blame them for trying to incentivise that.

 

[not henry]

I used to work in that building about 33 years ago! Back when the castle formed the Magistrates' Court.

yes I go back to 80s and early 90s I remember the shop was full of bakealite radios which were on trend at that time. Then again I rememenber when it used to be a massive vic berries scrapyard from the soar to the narborough road. Whole trains etc. v impressive, but a fire put paid to that. A lot of the miils were working still but i cannot remember the price of a pint. I do remember that i had a pint of old original in the pub at Groby and thought it was outrageous

 

[cupid_stunt]

£3.30, central Preston, and yes I know what time it is
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That's my bookcase!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The - admittedly fairly awful - Montagu Pyke was mega rammed and it felt quite odd to be sat on the site of a stage that I'd played many times before.

We adjourned to the Blue Posts on Berwick which is a fabulous, old school boozer that even had an unexpected live band upstairs.

I really loved the blue posts when it was quiet.
It really is a nice old school pub right in the centre.

 

[BassJunkie]

yes I go back to 80s and early 90s I remember the shop was full of bakealite radios which were on trend at that time. Then again I rememenber when it used to be a massive vic berries scrapyard from the soar to the narborough road. Whole trains etc. v impressive, but a fire put paid to that. A lot of the miils were working still but i cannot remember the price of a pint. I do remember that i had a pint of old original in the pub at Groby and thought it was outrageous

I remember Vic Berry's scrapyard (sorry to everyone for whom this is going off topic).

I find it strange to think that my children attended the nursery which is now on that site.

 

[hitmouse]

That's my bookcase!

Is PR1 drinking in your living room?

 

[Serge Forward]

I remember Vic Berry's scrapyard (sorry to everyone for whom this is going off topic).

I find it strange to think that my children attended the nursery which is now on that site.

Bede Park? It's getting a rep for being a bit stabby of an evening these days. The Western on the edge of it was a decent pub. Not been in since Steaming Billy left and it changed to new owners.

Would it be worth starting a thread on the Midlands and the North forum?

 

[PR1Berske]

Is PR1 drinking in your living room?

 

[NoXion]

That's a tourist pub. Been operating as such for decades.
It gets extremely busy.
You need to get there early or potentially get turned away.
They often have bands on the upper level.

I wish them continued success.

Those who prefer a £2.10 pint of craft ale yada yada are often heard complaining about the death of the British pub. Pubs closing left, right and centre.
Is it any wonder with you tight gits? You cheapskates are the problem.

It's not being a cheapskate to object to inflation-busting price rises and surge pricing policies. It's dubious that such practices actually lead to increased revenue over the longer term in any case, especially if more grasping fuckers are doing it. If people are having to pay for for their regular weekly shop, what kind of spending do think is the first to get dropped? Yep, it's those pricy pints which get reduced or eliminated.