'I was so embarrassed last week,' a Pricewatch reader writes. 'A group of 10 tourists came for five days to Ireland. We took them out for lunch, meal etc. In a Co Clare establishment the cheapest wine is €33 now and the very same wine is €7 online.”
Serena Dorrian also had wine on her mind. “In a hotel restaurant this week and served a warm bottle of white wine for €39. Too mean to chill the wine now, saving a few bob by turning off a fridge. The service in some of these hotels for the prices they are charging is embarrassing.”
Whatever about wine, the coffee is another story. A reader called Darragh got in touch in connection with a four-star hotel in Dublin where he was charged €5.50 for a cappuccino. “I was dumbfounded,” he said simply. Joe Harvey pointed to a local pub “charging €4.25 for a small jug of diluted blackcurrant” and said it “really is appalling”.“Costs have gone up everywhere, for the producer, the supplier the bars restaurants, the cafes selling the goods,” suggested Rob Cullen. “Yes these prices are sky high but it is up to us as consumers to say yes or no. If we keep buying nothing will change, not even posts of high receipts on [Twitter].
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