Rip Off!

[Caran]

Dinner last night, as well as the meal which was iffy, we had one and a half pints of beer. They charged 18 euros for that. Extortionate or what?

[kvalidir]

18 Euro's for a pint and a half?

[Caran]

Yes that's what we thought when S
We studied the bill later. Absolute robdogs!

[kvalidir]

Was it a very nice restaurant?

[Georgiesmum]

How much is 18 euros in English money? Its a long while since I went to France?

[Caran]

We had the seafood assiette starters. There were 5 large prawns that were ok. Loads of shrimps that had no meat on them, whelks were very tough and a clam!
Main course was I had mussels and chips, that were ok. OH had rump steak.

[Caran]

Georgiesmum, about £16.

[Buenchico]

It seems a bit pricey but I reckon on paying about 8 euros for a 'pint' (half litre) of decent beer in Paris (and I only frequent the back street bar that the locals use, not the tourist places), so that would be 12 euros for a pint and a half. A 50% supplement for restaurant (rather than bar) prices probably isn't so unusual.

While such prices would be expensive for draught beers in the UK, many bars now charge around £4.50 for a 330ml ('half pint') can or bottle of decent beer, so that would equate to about €15.50 for a pint and a half.

[-SharonA-]

Seems to be about right. OH and I had a meal downtown Miami and the bill was $88 about £65 for two. And we had nowt special.

[Jackdaw33]

The thing to remember about drinking in Paris is that as soon as you sit down the price doubles. I'm going back about 20 years now, but if I stood at the bar I would pay 11FF for a half (roughly £1.10) but if I sat it would be 22FF.

[ummmm]

We spent 35 euros on two plates of prawns in Crete. 6 prawns each.

[Islay]

Shrimps don't have any meat on them as they are tiny little bleeders

[Islay]

About what we paid in Brugge last month.

[aelmpvw]

i dread to think what a bottle of champagne would have cost :-(