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Pubs & Bars Serving More Ice Then Drink

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  • reehsetin
    reehsetin Posts: 4,916 Forumite
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    always remember 'no ice' so usually fine
    except in clubs they can't actually hear the no ice bit
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  • Murtle
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    I'm known for asking for two cubes of ice or no ice at all.....I would also refuse a drink where the glass had been filled with ice.

    I don't like a lot of ice and drinks which have been kept in the fridge are already cold, they don't add ice to bottled beers, why would they to bottled orange juice or similar.....
  • CarolynH
    CarolynH Posts: 570 Forumite
    I ordered a coke in a pub in West Kensington the other week and forgot the magic word "No Ice" and the barmaid proceeded to fill the entire pint glass full of ice first - all the way to the very top and then add coke

    This is standard practice in the States. But over there, refills of soft drinks are almost always free.
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  • jeannieblue
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    Most pub chains will 'train' staff to pretty much fill the glass with ice - therefore you get less for your money and they get more. Standard practice I thought and not a new idea either.

    I've known some people to ask for the coke in one glass and the ice in another - now, thats smart! :D
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  • ic
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    Pub local to me swapped from the standard 17oz Coke branded glasses to 14oz tall glasses, just to cut down on the amount they served, then filled them to the brim with ice. Utter joke, pub went down hill and the management were fired.
  • Rex_Mundi
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    I've known some people to ask for the coke in one glass and the ice in another - now, thats smart! :D

    One of my friends drinks cider like this. A pint of cider, and a pint glass full of ice (to the top) that he fills up with cider from his pint and drinks out of.
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  • zoelouise88
    zoelouise88 Posts: 1,061 Forumite
    i always ask for no ice (maily as my teeth are really sensitive) i went into kfc once before and asked for no ice but the assistant still put ice in there so i took it back up and asked for a new one, she did get funny with me at first but finally got me one with no ice.

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  • I don't mind having a bit of ice but not too much.

    The thing that annoys me is when they add "extras" to your drink without asking. More than once I've had to return a drink as the bar staff had put lime in it and I couldn't drink it.
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  • Saucepot
    Saucepot Posts: 12,322 Forumite
    The reason you often get ice as defacto is that spirits are often watered down. If you order a whisky and drink it neat you will notice, if they give it you with ice you will not. Spirits and pubs is a bad idea, you are better off steering clear of pubs. A club whether con, lab, reform, wmc or rugger tend to be better. I only drink beer in pubs and proper pubs with proper beer.

    As for getting a full pint. The shocking truth is here
    http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=fullpints

    Join up to campaign for a full pint ! (even if you are a smooth bitter drinking nancy or lager top drinking woofter that doesn't like proper cask beer)
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  • I would say anyone who cries about something as minor as this should consider suicide as they clearly have no life:rolleyes:
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