The Price of a Pint

[Colr]

Latest grift from pubs following on from boil-in-the-bag food at restaurant prices and aggressive tipping - surge pricing.

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

[Frazerbob]

O’Neils in Soho have been doing this for years. Not sure why it’s suddenly big news. Shame cos it was a great pub with live music a lot of tourists. Had a few good nights there over the years.

[overdrive]

I know its not really the same thing but it reminds me of a bar I went to in New York about 12 years ago called Exchange (I believe it is now closed). It was a stock exchange themed bar where the prices of everything fluctuated according to demand and there was a stock exchange style ticker above the bar tracking the prices of the different drinks.

[danhibees1875]

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I know its not really the same thing but it reminds me of a bar I went to in New York about 12 years ago called Exchange (I believe it is now closed). It was a stock exchange themed bar where the prices of everything fluctuated according to demand and there was a stock exchange style ticker above the bar tracking the prices of the different drinks.

I think there's one in Barcelona - quite a nifty idea.

I think both examples would be illegal in Scotland- as I understand it prices need to be held for 78 hours (no happy hours etc) so we'll be safe from the price gauging.

[Pretty Boy]

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I think there's one in Barcelona - quite a nifty idea.

I think both examples would be illegal in Scotland- as I understand it prices need to be held for 78 hours (no happy hours etc) so we'll be safe from the price gauging.

Correct.

Initially the law was changed to prevent pound a drink nights, happy hours, incentivising doubles etc but in this instance it will protect the consumer if such a practice becomes commonplace.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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O’Neils in Soho have been doing this for years. Not sure why it’s suddenly big news. Shame cos it was a great pub with live music a lot of tourists. Had a few good nights there over the years.

Is it the one on Wardour Street? Had some "interesting" nights in there too. 🍺

[pollution]

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Is it the one on Wardour Street? Had some "interesting" nights in there too. 🍺

Looking at their website, they are open until 3am every day, which in Soho is a winner. I can't imagine other clubs etc wanting them to charge ' day ' prices

after midnight so I wonder if pressure was put on them even though they are part of a big chain ?

Just a thought...

[Donegal Hibby]

I’ve heard in Stockbridge on a Sunday afternoon theres a happy hour

[danhibees1875]

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Correct.

Initially the law was changed to prevent pound a drink nights, happy hours, incentivising doubles etc but in this instance it will protect the consumer if such a practice becomes commonplace.

The rules around doubles seem to vary place to place, or maybe there aren't, as some places double the price and some just seem to add a seemingly arbitrary amount.

As for £1 nights - I remember (vaguely ) the £1 drinks just having to last for 3 nights in a row (an offer still on the go at the Hive I believe, can't imagine the state of the spirit they serve up for that price...).

[Itsnoteasy]

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The rules around doubles seem to vary place to place, or maybe there aren't, as some places double the price and some just seem to add a seemingly arbitrary amount.

As for £1 nights - I remember (vaguely ) the £1 drinks just having to last for 3 nights in a row (an offer still on the go at the Hive I believe, can't imagine the state of the spirit they serve up for that price...).

Was in Spoons George St after derby. Double AU Vodka was more expensive than 2 singles 🙄

[Itsnoteasy]

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The rules around doubles seem to vary place to place, or maybe there aren't, as some places double the price and some just seem to add a seemingly arbitrary amount.

As for £1 nights - I remember (vaguely ) the £1 drinks just having to last for 3 nights in a row (an offer still on the go at the Hive I believe, can't imagine the state of the spirit they serve up for that price...).

Friday up the toon late 90's. 4pm till 10pm knew all the places at £1 a drink 🥳

[Scouse Hibee]

HJ Beans was decent after work on a Friday for a “happy” few hours.

[DH1875]

Bonkers in Glasgow used to do the office party on a Friday night. 5pm till 9pm or something like that. 50p a bottle of Bud. Place was mental.

[Mon Dieu4]

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Bonkers in Glasgow used to do the office party on a Friday night. 5pm till 9pm or something like that. 50p a bottle of Bud. Place was mental.

I worked in Glasgow for 3 months in about the year 2000, Bonkers wasn't named that for nothing, without doubt one of the craziest places I've ever set foot in

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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HJ Beans was decent after work on a Friday for a “happy” few hours.

Q Bar opposite at the time too, it was like The Meadowbank House Social Club! 🍺☺️🍺

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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Bonkers in Glasgow used to do the office party on a Friday night. 5pm till 9pm or something like that. 50p a bottle of Bud. Place was mental.

I remember coming back from the evening racing at Ayr in about 1995 (was staying through there and working at Cowglen) and we wandered in to there just as Right Said Fred were about to start a live set! 😳

[Onceinawhile]

Establishment on a Thursday night was 50p a vodka, £1 a double etc...

Stereo was the same, until establishment folded and they doubled the prices! Both long gone now.

[Itsnoteasy]

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Establishment on a Thursday night was 50p a vodka, £1 a double etc...

Stereo was the same, until establishment folded and they doubled the prices! Both long gone now.

Friday 4 till 10. It was £1 a bottle. As soon as 10 struck it went up to £4.

[Scouse Hibee]

£5.10 in my local, happy to pay it for a great pint of 80’

[danhibees1875]

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Friday 4 till 10. It was £1 a bottle. As soon as 10 struck it went up to £4.

Did they have purchase limits on the offer, or work on a go slow from 9:45?

I was in a bar in Birmingham earlier in the year that had a cocktail deal that ended at 9pm. Went to the bar at 8:45, 1 server who was taking an age to do anything (it was a quiet hotel bar) and he didn't serve me until after 9. :boohoo:

[Frazerbob]

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Establishment on a Thursday night was 50p a vodka, £1 a double etc...

Stereo was the same, until establishment folded and they doubled the prices! Both long gone now.

Bertie’s (now Dropkick Murpy’s), when Espionage opened, did a Sunday night called Sabotage. Fiver in then all drinks 50p. Barrie times!

[Itsnoteasy]

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Did they have purchase limits on the offer, or work on a go slow from 9:45?

I was in a bar in Birmingham earlier in the year that had a cocktail deal that ended at 9pm. Went to the bar at 8:45, 1 server who was taking an age to do anything (it was a quiet hotel bar) and he didn't serve me until after 9. :boohoo:

No purchase limits. Once at about 9.50 pm. I bought a round. It was a minimum of 10 bottles. Put the bottles on the table, then for some reason I leaned on the table. Spilt the lot🙄

[Just Alf]

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No purchase limits. Once at about 9.50 pm. I bought a round. It was a minimum of 10 bottles. Put the bottles on the table, then for some reason I leaned on the table. Spilt the lot

"For some reason"?

Is there the slightest possibility you may have had a bottle or two to drink prior to this horrible incident!?

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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"For some reason"?

Is there the slightest possibility you may have had a bottle or two to drink prior to this horrible incident!?

Nae excuse that, is it? 🤔🤭

[Lendo]

For a very short period of time (got to be around 2003/2004) Gaia on King Stables Road done £20 (I think) on the door and all drinks inside were free. The con was they only had two or three people on the bars for the whole club. Think that got shut down pretty quickly.

[Itsnoteasy]

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"For some reason"?

Is there the slightest possibility you may have had a bottle or two to drink prior to this horrible incident!?

Was always there at 4.30 on the dot🥴

[hibbydog]

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Friday up the toon late 90's. 4pm till 10pm knew all the places at £1 a drink 🥳

Club Mecardo on market street
The Ark on Semple Street

Glory days

[Itsnoteasy]

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Club Mecardo on market street
The Ark on Semple Street

Glory days

Firstly The Ark, which then turned into Establishment. £30 went a looooong way.

[KWJ]

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Firstly The Ark, which then turned into Establishment. £30 went a looooong way.

Always some horrific spirits that were probably concocted in a shed, not that it mattered.

As I got a little older I think I used to buy beers or VKs for a still ridiculously cheap amount.

[Pretty Boy]

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Firstly The Ark, which then turned into Establishment. £30 went a looooong way.

I remember Establishment would serve a quadruple vodka on 50p a drink night. £2 and it came in a pint glass. Red Square vodka iirc.