Hook Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Originally posted by RobT Well i certainly would not like to pay that much for a drink on 'any' night out. If its special fair enough but a typical night?? Whats all that about charging so much for G&T???? I love 1664 but at £2.55 a pint i think its expensive!!!lol Though i guess that's just me as i'm happy with a bottle of lager at corp at £1.50!!! They dont serve 1664! And no...i am not tightfisted i just cannot justify spending so much on a nightout unless its special, like a first date! Bottle = just over half a pint. A pint is 568ml, and a bottle is usually 300ml. Therefor £1.50 x 2 = £3 and 1.056 of a pint. Therefore the pint of 1664 at £2.55 is better value! Hide Bar in the North-East (my last place before I move down here) we sold 1664 at £2.95 a pint and now it's £3.05! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Turbo* Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Originally posted by Hook Bottle = just over half a pint. A pint is 568ml, and a bottle is usually 300ml. Therefor £1.50 x 2 = £3 and 1.056 of a pint. Therefore the pint of 1664 at £2.55 is better value! Hide Bar in the North-East (my last place before I move down here) we sold 1664 at £2.95 a pint and now it's £3.05! Just to clarify i wasn't moaning about the price of 1664. Like you said its better value for money. I suppose i can remember the days when you could buy a pint for less that £2 and 1664 is usually a more expensive lager and i have spent more than £2.55!!lol Though i see where your coming from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenfleece Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 These £2/3 entries make bars look a little tacky Agree. bars are NOT night clubs....why charge at all? Deterrent to riff-raff? Hardly.....Selective door policy? Hardly.... Making more money? Er...yes we have hit the nail on the head Mr Bar Manager Sir......GREED!!!! Again, PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT and fleecing as many people as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango1 Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 I have to agree actually. I'm full of praise for Halcyon, but I don't like the idea of paying to get in. Not that it's too much - it is just a bit tacky... It doesn't sound right that I could walk to the bar and order a £230 bottle of rose champagne, but have to fumble around for a couple of quid in change to get in...?? Do they charge every night or is it live music nights only? I was there very early evening on Sat, so didn't pay. Tacky. Shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Originally posted by goldenfleece Agree. bars are NOT night clubs....why charge at all? Deterrent to riff-raff? Hardly.....Selective door policy? Hardly.... Making more money? Er...yes we have hit the nail on the head Mr Bar Manager Sir......GREED!!!! Again, PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT and fleecing as many people as possible. I don't think it's nessecerily profit. At somewhere I used to work we charged on the door when we had a live band on, because it cost us money to pay the band - therefore it cost us more to open on that night. In order to ensure that our costs on drinks, food etc remained the same no matter what night, or what was going on we elected to charge on the door. We thought, and when we reevalulated a few months on, it was the right thing to do, that people would rather pay £2 on the door, than have to pay and extra 25p on every vodka and coke they bought, or every pint... etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 It isn't the bars that have come up with the ideas of charging. It was once the bright idea of the licencing magistrates to require bars to charge people to get in if they were to grant a late licence. From memory you are also required to have a ticket booth, a dance floor and food. The new law isn't so prescriptive, but I'm a bit behind in how it is being implemented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genesiscouch Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Why is the different strokes for different folks...tiered pricing/exclusivity concept so hard to grasp? If you don't like a £3.70 G&T simply don't go to Halcyon. Some people think that £4 a drink is too much and therefore they stick to their local or where ever is offering 2 shooters for £1 or some such. Some people think that £4 a drink is good value because it's got quality ingredients, fair enough. Some people think that £10 a drink is good value because it keeps out the riff raff. The point is at the end of the day you don't see track suits in a bar where the cosmo is £15 and you don't see suits in a bar where they sell distilled through old socks vodka. Trying to justify value in a drink (from either end of the spectrum) is mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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