Having just come back from New Zealand where wine in restaurants is commonly priced at 50% above the retail price (up to 100% in smarter establishments), I realise that we are being ripped off in Britain.
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| 14-5-2008 | Your inference that NZ is a better value dining experience is way off the mark [maybe if you earn in pounds & spend in dollars]. | andrew |
| 29-4-2008 | 'Bring your own bottle' is not happening here in the UK for the obvious reasons. Firstly, the establishment would not sell any wine. Secondly, there's no profit to be made.
The restaurant is there to make money even if it does mean skinning you for the wine. The meal may be fairly ...more | Pete |
| 28-4-2008 | I had a glass of wine in a restaurant, 150 ml. They wanted £5 for it. Add tip of 10%, that makes a bottle something like £33.. | New Age |
| 25-4-2008 | Quit your jibba jabba fool. Just because the wine in the restaurant is more expensive then the rubbish you get from Morrison's. Honestly, people theses days. | Yorkie |
| 24-4-2008 | Oh poppycork Mark!
How can a bottle of wine cost a fiver for the restaurant and then the overheads of serving it be another five to ten pounds? They still have to have the chairs if people are going to eat there (unless chairs are for wine drinkers only), and they still need glasses (some peo...more | Fed up being ripped off |
| 24-4-2008 | I'm fed up with everyone wanting something for nothing.
True, The same bottle of wine in Tescos costs £5, but, they are a much bigger establishemnt, and can cut margins thinner to pay their staff, their heating and electricity bills, their rates and taxes, their property maintenance and ...more | Mark |
| 22-4-2008 | It does seem strange that we baulk at the idea of paying £15.00 for a bottle of wine in a supermarket, but don’t seem t have a problem with paying that in a restaurant. Can their overheads really be that much?
When I was holidaying in Sydney, Australia a few years back, there were very...more | HowieT |
| 21-4-2008 | I agree with Colin. It's all a total rip off, like prices for mineral water. The other evening I was in an Indian restaurant. One cannot eat Indian food without needing water. Was tap water offerred? No it wasn't. Mineral water of dubious quality was offered @ £2.50 a bottle [75 cl]. o...more | Bacchus |
| 21-4-2008 | Many other countries have a bring your own wine scheme in place - you bring a bottle of something to the resturant and pay a 'corking fee' of a small amount and drink what you like. It has to be sealed/corked to bring it in, but you can take what you don't drink with you. I first heard a...more | Mrs. A. |
| 21-4-2008 | It's not just wine we are being ripped off on, it's everything. Greed and more greed is what's on the menu today and everyday.
I refuse to pay these prices and to be truthful, I feel quite refreshed not having done so more than I would if I had paid for a glass. | Colin |
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