£5 glass of wine

jamescredmond

fruitycar wrote:

we were at an evening wedding reception last week at a 'country' hotel. Cost of one round consisting of glass of red wine, pint of lager and a lemonade? £11.60 !!! :eek:
So for the whole evening this was all we had (I had 1 further glass wine @£5).
Is this standard pricing for these places?

pretty much the norm for this type of venue but you are right to feel ripped off. Whenever I stay in a sofitel ( upmarket accor hotel ) I tend to avoid the bar. business people can usually be seen drinking heavily but of course they're all in posession of an expenses account, so cost isn't an issue. upmarket hotels are obviously aware of this and price accordingly. I always keep a bottle of rose wine in the room fridge, careful to leave the mini bar alone. sorry to hear you've been fleeced. I'm sure you won't be again. hope this clarifies things.

regards

Astaroth

£5 for a glass of wine isnt bad at all (in my opinion) - in Leeds the other day it was £5 for a small or £7.50 for a large... in more expensive places I have paid much more (but the wine was very nice).

Assume the wine from the first round was the same price then £6.60 for a pint and a lemonade is on the steep side to me though.

Poppy9

Mark7799 wrote:

Another new trick I've seen (first time in a hotel near Heathrow) was lager at £2.40 per pint but £1.60 for a half pint. (Only time I've made DW drink pints all night!)

I've asked for my pint in two half glasses when a pint is cheaper. I think the barman was amused and obliged.

DrFluffy

Oh! At the weekend I watched two guests get escorted out of a wedding at a hotel for sneeking in their own booze (vodka in handbag). The bride was devistated, and acused them (the couple NOT the hotel) of ruining the evening...

Kilty_2

Speaking about hotels & weddings....

Was staying in a hotel in Aberdeenshire at the weekend, for my uncle's wedding.

A pint of lager in the bar was £2.25, £2.65 in the function suite :eek:

Most people were buying them and bringing them over from the bar

C_Ronaldo

Its just not country hotels its bars/pubs in the centre of town, the prices for drinks these days are extortionate, i am becoming more tempted to have a load of mates round and ask them to bring a few cans of drink for a saturday night,

Godders

The most shocking one I had was when I stayed at a really posh hotel in London for work. Not having stayed anywhere like it before (£10 travelodge anyone ) I went and had a bit of a rummage through the mini bar.

While I was doing this I saw the sign saying "You move it, you've bought it!!!" I think about £10 for a (small) bar of chocolate, some crisps (the smallest tube of pringles ever!!) and a (soft) drink got charged to the room automatically

Work haven't sent me back there yet :rotfl:

DrFluffy

If you honestly haven't consumed anything, accuse them very loudly of entering your room and notching up a bill by taking items off the pressure system and putting them back on - ask them to go and do a stock check of your mini-bar, say you've never been so humiliated, and won't be back... Can get you a whole fist of gift vouchers/money off your bill...*

* not advocating anyone commits fraud though...

hula-hoops

I went away with work for a week last year. The hotel we were staying in had a cafe. A glass of orange juice (like a small wine glass size) was £9.00.

And they expected a tip...

Godders

DrFluffy wrote:

If you honestly haven't consumed anything, accuse them very loudly of entering your room and notching up a bill by taking items off the pressure system and putting them back on - ask them to go and do a stock check of your mini-bar, say you've never been so humiliated, and won't be back... Can get you a whole fist of gift vouchers/money off your bill...*

* not advocating anyone commits fraud though...

LOL - I just apologised to the person paying the bill and ate them I'm afraid I was to busy being impressed at the room to do much else