Topic ID 4896
After paying £3.52 for a pint of guiness in the salisbury, im interested to know what the most expensive pint of beer people have found in Hertford?
Reply ID 69851
At last. £3.50 in The Barge - I TOLD you we weren't the dearest pub in town.
Reply ID 69852
quote:Obviously I didn't tell you personally bailiff. [|)]
Originally posted by publandlord
At last. £3.50 in The Barge - I TOLD you we weren't the dearest pub in town.
Reply ID 69855
Over 8 pounds for a pint of cider and a pint of Guiness in The Masters House, totally over the top in my opinion.
Reply ID 69859
quote:£3.95 for Peroni in The Masters House maybe that's why it wasn't very busy last night. Must be making a tidy amount at that price
Originally posted by stroller
Over 8 pounds for a pint of cider and a pint of Guiness in The Masters House, totally over the top in my opinion.
Reply ID 69876
About 18 months ago I was charged £4.05 for a pint of cider in the Barge. I would image that, with zero inflation, it's now around £4.40 a pint
Reply ID 69878
quote:I cannot comment on the price of the Cider, but when I looked yesterday I am sure the price list on the wall at the end of the bar said £3.80 for a Guinness?
Originally posted by stroller
Over 8 pounds for a pint of cider and a pint of Guiness in The Masters House, totally over the top in my opinion.
Reply ID 69879
Sorry, but in addition to my previous post, can I point something out. the Masters House is Hotel and a Restaurant that has a large bar. It maybe more expensive that other watering holes in Hertford, but if you consider that even in Pizza express it is £5.25 for a large bottle of Peroni and £4.70 for their cheapest large glass of white wine that should put things in to perspective. Its not right, but that the way it is more or less across the land. The Salisbury excepted!
Reply ID 69883
quote:I consider Masters a Bar/Restaurant with rooms... not a Hotel with a restaurant. Thats why the biggest allocation of the ground and first floor space is given over for the bar. Its a bar the charges very high prices, Pizza express is a restaurant only.
Originally posted by Victor Meldrew
Sorry, but in addition to my previous post, can I point something out. the Masters House is Hotel and a Restaurant that has a large bar. It maybe more expensive that other watering holes in Hertford, but if you consider that even in Pizza express it is £5.25 for a large bottle of Peroni and £4.70 for their cheapest large glass of white wine that should put things in to perspective. Its not right, but that the way it is more or less across the land. The Salisbury excepted!
Reply ID 69885
My friend recently paid £5.60 for a large glass of wine and £3.50 for a pint of Guinness in a Hertford pub, not a bar or restaurant. £9.10 for a round for two people is exhorbitant. Our prices are £4.30 and £3.30 respectively.
Reply ID 70388
quote:But you are not a pub in the centre of Hertford are you.
Originally posted by Rooster
My friend recently paid £5.60 for a large glass of wine and £3.50 for a pint of Guinness in a Hertford pub, not a bar or restaurant. £9.10 for a round for two people is exhorbitant. Our prices are £4.30 and £3.30 respectively.
Reply ID 70391
These threads pop up from time to to time, but always miss the point. It's not the beer you are paying for, anymore than it's the cost of the food that determine the price you'll pay in a restaurant. You pay for where you are consuming, not what you are consuming.
Reply ID 70393
Snob Factor maybe[?]
Reply ID 70394
quote:Ah yes, paying more for a better drinking environment.
Originally posted by Forbes
Snob Factor maybe[?]
Reply ID 70395
Generally the price you pay will depend on how great and how recent the investment is in the place you buy it. Guinness is perhaps the exception. To find a discounted tub of Guinness at wholesale is rare, because the company carefully protects it's pricing throughout the supply chain.
Reply ID 70399
Dont drink Guinness locally , but was paying 5 Euros a pint in Dublin a couple of months ago , so Hertford's £3.50 seems a bargain in comparison . [:0]
Reply ID 70416
Was in Brussels recently, for a couple of weeks. The Barge was a cheap alternative when I got back. Bar in Grande Place £6.5 for a bottle of Duvel..
Reply ID 70420
quote:Presumeably the entire fitting out of Sugar Hut cost about 20 quid then [:D]
Originally posted by shunt
Generally the price you pay will depend on how great and how recent the investment is in the place you buy it.
Reply ID 70423
quote:Apologies to Admin for going off-Hertford but this logic does not always apply - Princess Louise in High Holborn - The brewery,Sam Smiths, spent a fortune on a remakable (& award winning) refurb & it is probably the cheapest pint in London (well under £2 at the last visit...)
Originally posted by shunt
Generally the price you pay will depend on how great and how recent the investment is in the place you buy it.
Reply ID 70447
Sam Smith's have easily the best quality London estate - Cittie of Yorke (the Cathedral of Beer), Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese and the Princess Louise to name but a few, all Crown Jewel sites. Top marks to their property team. Shame the beer is decidedly, nay extraordinarily, well, just very mediocre at best. Their Wheat offering is my usual choice, which sums up the standard of their ale. Possibly why market forces have decided the price. I know it's not the same as walking into an overpriced, plastic, super chilled, fizzed up, Slut and Loser type bar, but all the same... they should try harder to improve their product. Too many of the big family regional outfits are pushing decidedly bland, modest fare (Tankard and Red Barrel in a cask perhaps) compared to the small independents these days. Yes, I do appreciate I'm lighting the blue touch paper here, but the flagship brands are definitely not the big sellers in the WH.... Seafarers, the rotating guest and the Seasonals are the stand out performers. Back on topic, price and value for money are two different things. You can take the Aldi/Lidl/JDW route and have an 'acceptable' but keenly priced experience in the half dozen chavs, or for for a few alms more, one hopes a rather improved offering at most other pubs, bars and restaurants. Unacceptable is when the price exceeds the expectations, including when some ludicrous 'cachet' is meant to be part of a very expensive package. If price were the sole determinent, meths volumes at Botsfords would exceed the petrol sales at Tesco Hatfield no doubt, although I'm lead to believe that WifeBeater (Stella) and others fly off the supermarket shelves when priced below the inexcusable and utterly pointless bottled waters.
Reply ID 70456
Fully agree Mack. Think I am in a minority with SS beers - although have to say could not have a session with OB bitter. And have to say Taff, that the Seafarers in the WH is v popular with many of my mates, thanks to you & Matt for that. Price , VFM, forsooth....!