Most expensive drink in the UK
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Just wondering what the most you have paid in the UK for an (alcoholic) drink is?
I was at the Hammersmith Apollo on Friday and ordered a double gin and tonic and a double vodka and coke. Both mixers were out of the siphon so not even a proper bottle of coke or tonic. The price?
£29 and it was served in a plastic cup
For me that was the straw that broke the camels back in the taking the piss pricing.
Lets here your experience of absolute comical prices for drinks.
I was at the Hammersmith Apollo on Friday and ordered a double gin and tonic and a double vodka and coke. Both mixers were out of the siphon so not even a proper bottle of coke or tonic. The price?
£29 and it was served in a plastic cup
For me that was the straw that broke the camels back in the taking the piss pricing.
Lets here your experience of absolute comical prices for drinks.
Probably 50cc of some sugary crap the wife likes to drink. Aka the Cocktail, they’re usually £10 but often £15.
I bought a round in a Prague gentleman’s club once, 4 bottles of warm Heineken for £6, which seemed steep for a city renowned for near perfect cold beers for 50p a go (back in the day), but I’d missed a decimal point in my drunken mental maths and it was actually £60, when the penny dropped I spat out about two quids worth and blurted out “f
king sip that lads!” I’d been 20 years and it still hurts.
I bought a round in a Prague gentleman’s club once, 4 bottles of warm Heineken for £6, which seemed steep for a city renowned for near perfect cold beers for 50p a go (back in the day), but I’d missed a decimal point in my drunken mental maths and it was actually £60, when the penny dropped I spat out about two quids worth and blurted out “f
king sip that lads!” I’d been 20 years and it still hurts. 
The above exorbitant pricing reinforces the change in buying trends for a vast majority of the public.
Pubs have for the most part crossed a line. Mediocre food at restaurant pricing; pints seldom below £6, beyond the everyday man’s threshold.
It’s not surprising that the previous trend of pubs bursting with tradie vans from Wednesday lunchtime until closing time with general cheer and hooting are pretty much over.
Coupled with easy commercial to domestic conversions and often large car parks in valuable sites, pubs are mostly circling the drain
Pubs have for the most part crossed a line. Mediocre food at restaurant pricing; pints seldom below £6, beyond the everyday man’s threshold.
It’s not surprising that the previous trend of pubs bursting with tradie vans from Wednesday lunchtime until closing time with general cheer and hooting are pretty much over.
Coupled with easy commercial to domestic conversions and often large car parks in valuable sites, pubs are mostly circling the drain
GordonGekko said:
The above exorbitant pricing reinforces the change in buying trends for a vast majority of the public.
Pubs have for the most part crossed a line. Mediocre food at restaurant pricing; pints seldom below £6, beyond the everyday man’s threshold.
It’s not surprising that the previous trend of pubs bursting with tradie vans from Wednesday lunchtime until closing time with general cheer and hooting are pretty much over.
Coupled with easy commercial to domestic conversions and often large car parks in valuable sites, pubs are mostly circling the drain
A few years back I was in Monaco with my wife for a weekend away, and I decided that I wanted a drink at the Rascasse, no matter how ludicrous the cost was.Pubs have for the most part crossed a line. Mediocre food at restaurant pricing; pints seldom below £6, beyond the everyday man’s threshold.
It’s not surprising that the previous trend of pubs bursting with tradie vans from Wednesday lunchtime until closing time with general cheer and hooting are pretty much over.
Coupled with easy commercial to domestic conversions and often large car parks in valuable sites, pubs are mostly circling the drain
It was a Friday night, and it was absolutely buzzing. Live music, a massive crowd, and generally good fun all round.
I went to the bar, ordered a pint and a large white wine, and braced for the cost.
Over the noise I heard “€70” so sighed, and started counting out the notes.
The barman waved me off and said “No, €7, happy hour.”
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