Angel Sports Bar

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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So are they a sports bar again?

Exactly, they appear to be coming around to the idea.

[Since90+2]

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Kind of depends on the venue, what’s on offer etc. You’re not just paying for the liquid in the glass in many venues. Do they have Sky, live music, lots of staff working compared to minimum numbers you see in Spoons and the likes, are they paying more than NMW, the skill set of the staff, the fixtures & fittings, the rent & rates in a location, security staff, the cost price of the product from their suppliers…….lots of factors contribute to the price of a pint.

Agreed.

Yet Edinburgh seems to be an outlier to the rest of the country, bar possibly London where the costs to the venue are higher.

It's either the pubs in central Edinburgh are more operationally challenging to run than anywhere else in the across the whole of the UK ,or city centre pubs are cashing in on the fact Edinburgh is a tourist hotspot and inflating prices for that market.

[Frazerbob]

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Agreed.

Yet Edinburgh seems to be an outlier to the rest of the country, bar possibly London where the costs to the venue are higher.

It's either the pubs in central Edinburgh are more operationally challenging to run than anywhere else in the across the whole of the UK ,or city centre pubs are cashing in on the fact Edinburgh is a tourist hotspot and inflating prices for that market.

Id suggest it’s mix of that and landlords, suppliers and councils cashing in on things like trading inside a world heritage sites.

[Since90+2]

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Id suggest it’s mix of that and landlords, suppliers and councils cashing in on things like trading inside a world heritage sites.

I think we are on the same page here, just using different terminology.

"Cashing in" is essentially inflating prices at the expense of the local market and it's citizens to extract a maximum amount from tourists.

I've not seen any argument against the fact that Edinburgh city centre pubs are ripping people off.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Seemingly the bouncers had to be on their toes last night as they had to take a guy to the ground who had produced a multi firing crossbow from his bag! 😳

[Frazerbob]

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Seemingly the bouncers had to be on their toes last night as they had to take a guy to the ground who had produced a multi firing crossbow from his bag! 😳

Aye but was he wearing shorts after 7pm?

[speedy_gonzales]

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Seemingly the bouncers had to be on their toes last night as they had to take a guy to the ground who had produced a multi firing crossbow from his bag! 😳

Not been out in Leith on a Friday night for a while, is this not what every fashionable & trendy young man accessorises with these days 🤔

[blackpoolhibs]

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Aye but was he wearing shorts after 7pm?

[MountcastleHibs]

In for the first time tonight. 3 pints for £10. Everything else aside, you simply cannot knock that.

[Since90+2]

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In for the first time tonight. 3 pints for £10. Everything else aside, you simply cannot knock that.

Aye, for those knocking it you can get 3 pints for a tenner and they have sports channels which to a venue that size will be a sizeable cost.

[DH1875]

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Id suggest it’s mix of that and landlords, suppliers and councils cashing in on things like trading inside a world heritage sites.

Does minimum pricing come into play when comparing prices between pubs in Edinburgh and London?

[Hiber-nation]

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Does minimum pricing come into play when comparing prices between pubs in Edinburgh and London?

The minimum price permitted to be charged for a pint in Scotland is £1.63 so it won't come into it. The policy is intended for shops rather than pubs.

[overdrive]

Just arrived at our hotel in London. £5.50 a pint in the hotel bar! OK it’s not really London, it’s Kingston Upon Thames but I think that’s superb.

[stuart-farquhar]

Pint of Theakstons XB in the Angel £2.30. It was decent.

[Jack]

I know bars do deals but if they can do it for one group why not everyone?

I was up at George IV Bridge earlier today and Frankenstein's was offering students a fair number of discounts, including £3.20 for a pint of Tennent's Lager.

I can understand loyalty cards as a reward for custom but just giving random groups a huge town centre discount???

[Bridge hibs]

£6.95 for a pint of Punk IPA in Waverley station, I had a coffee

[Trinity Hibee]

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I know bars do deals but if they can do it for one group why not everyone?

I was up at George IV Bridge earlier today and Frankenstein's was offering students a fair number of discounts, including £3.20 for a pint of Tennent's Lager.

I can understand loyalty cards as a reward for custom but just giving random groups a huge town centre discount???

Students rarely drink in pubs nowadays so it’ll be an incentive to get them in. Anyone over 25 still has a pre covid memory of what pubs used to be

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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I know bars do deals but if they can do it for one group why not everyone?

I was up at George IV Bridge earlier today and Frankenstein's was offering students a fair number of discounts, including £3.20 for a pint of Tennent's Lager.

I can understand loyalty cards as a reward for custom but just giving random groups a huge town centre discount???

I thought those type of deals were a no, no in Scotland these days.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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£6.95 for a pint of Punk IPA in Waverley station, I had a coffee

Quite right too, when I hit 50 I decided that I wasn't paying mad prices for bevvy anymore.

[Frazerbob]

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I thought those type of deals were a no, no in Scotland these days.

As long as the price remains the same for a minimum of 3 full trading days and is not below the minimum pricing, it's fine.

[Frazerbob]

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£6.95 for a pint of Punk IPA in Waverley station, I had a coffee

How much was the coffee? I don't drink the stuff but the prices the likes of Starbucks charge are just as bad as pints in city centres

[overdrive]

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£6.95 for a pint of Punk IPA in Waverley station, I had a coffee

Sign of the times but I don’t think that’s that bad for Edinburgh city centre

[Bridge hibs]

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How much was the coffee? I don't drink the stuff but the prices the likes of Starbucks charge are just as bad as pints in city centres

I think it wasnt a kick in the arse off £4, my Wife paid for it. To be honest like has been mentioned you pay the price for the location although that said Im sure a pint of Punk IPA in the Scottish Pub Copenhagen was actually cheaper.

There was stag and hen parties present too, Im sure there would have been a lot of empty purses and wallets before they even got onto their train 😬

[Pretty Boy]

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£6.95 for a pint of Punk IPA in Waverley station, I had a coffee

Incidentally the same pint costs £5.60 about 150 yards away in the Booking Office.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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Incidentally the same pint costs £5.60 about 150 yards away in the Booking Office.

Was in there last night for The Cider Festival, decent enough night although not many options available.

[Frazerbob]

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Incidentally the same pint costs £5.60 about 150 yards away in the Booking Office.

I'd rather pay the premium to not drink in a Spoons.

[Frazerbob]

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I think it wasnt a kick in the arse off £4, my Wife paid for it. To be honest like has been mentioned you pay the price for the location although that said Im sure a pint of Punk IPA in the Scottish Pub Copenhagen was actually cheaper.

There was stag and hen parties present too, Im sure there would have been a lot of empty purses and wallets before they even got onto their train 😬

There's been a very noticeable reduction of stag & hen groups in Edinburgh the last couple of years. I have no doubt the hotel prices are turning them away. The rooms are being filled by rich, middle (and older) aged Americans by the looks of things. Most tourists I speak to have come form or are heading to the likes of London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Prague, Krakow so the Edinburgh Old Town prices are pretty normal for them. Even the likes of Prague & Krakow old town prices aren't a kick in the arse off ours these days.

[Bridge hibs]

£18.75 for a bottle of Black sheep ale and a Passionfruit martini in York Shambles, I cant knock that price 🤭 IMG_7065.jpg

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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£18.75 for a bottle of Black sheep ale and a Passionfruit martini in York Shambles, I cant knock that price 🤭 IMG_7065.jpg

York is brilliant but, for the most part isn't cheap.

[Pretty Boy]

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I'd rather pay the premium to not drink in a Spoons.

Spoons v Brewdog.

The former wins every time for me.