Because of the way this country is run and price gouging
Number 10 out of 20 European capitals doesn’t seem terrible.
I’m not doubting that Dublin is expensive for a minute but Copenhagen is coming in at number 1?
I’d be interested to hear why a casino promoter (Bonusetu) did this particular survey and the reasons why they used “average mid-market restaurants for its calculations”. It seems like a select criteria to get a result. I remember you could go to a cheaper restaurant in the Latin quarter in Paris and get a three course for €18. It was very mediocre but cheap.
It would be useful to know how many mid-market restaurants are in Paris or London compared to Dublin or Copenhagen in proportion to the size of the city.
I’ve had a meal on St Peters Square Rome that was about the same price than an equivalent meal in Kilaloe Co Clare. Three pizzas, two soft drinks and one beer (non alcoholic). 55 euros in Kilaloe, 60 in Rome.
With your rent, rates and the general tax they slam on everything, overheads creep up. Food stock is expensive, staff are nearly paid ok wages in some decent places…
Not saying “poor Dublin restaurateur” but the bills must be ferocious. Can understand the high prices in some instances.
Just got back from Rome in August, I can confirm this is true. Rome is expensive but it is not Ireland expensive.
I’ve been out for lunch/dinner in Paris recently, had top notch waitered service on the champs elysee (including appetisers, whiskeys and cheeses afterwards) that was cheaper than a one course meal in Dublin with a pint.
Recently got a burger and chips with a pint in Dublin for 2 people – 50 quid or near enough makes no odds, this was self service in a bar type pub.
Paris – olives / bread, charcuterie meat board followed by a cheese board, with 2-3 whiskeys and 1-2 cocktails – about 42 quid. Waiters with the little white gloves and the cloth over their arm.
Was in Rome recently. Myself and my husband got a pizza, some supplí (similar to arancini), a carafe of wine and a bottle of water for €24. And like it was all unreal. Really good quality food and wine and for a great price. You’d pay twice that here. And while you might get a decent pizza, the wine is most definitely going to be overpriced shite.
Combined?
Irish food is higher quality
Depends where you go though, doesn’t it
I don’t know about that I still remember 2 coffees and 2 croque madams (or however you spell it) costing like €50 in Paris last year
Average salaries in Europe:
* Denmark: €63,260
* **Ireland: €50,350**
* UK: €43,262 (£38,131) (not directly comparable due to the others being an adjusted figure from Eurostat)
* France: €40,130
* Italy: €29,950
I don’t eat out anymore. in places where the price is just too much and then a hefty tip on top. I just wonder who are all these people filling these restaurants and what do they earn
They’re forgetting the part that the average salary in Ireland is 10k higher than in France and 21k higher than Italy and 7k higher than the uk
It must be that 4.5% VAT cut’s fault.
London is surprisingly cheap for food, in Ireland it feels like we’re gouged for everything although I’ve heard the margins in restaurants is shite.
Ruined and London and definitely cheaper than Dublin. Paris though, not a hope. Most expensive city I’ve ever eaten in.
dublin food is a crime tbh. no seasoning, no flavour, frozen stale vegetables, questionable meat. yikes
Its true.
I live in London but get back home now and again to both Clare and Dublin. Everything ranging from you average chip shop right up to something on the higher end Ireland is more expensive.
I remember going to the Green Hen in Dublin about 7/8 years ago which I adored, it was a treat for me but havent been back since. I just looked up their menu and their steak is more expensive than the Ivy in London.
If you want to a get a great meal for a reasonable price in a city like London, your best bet is an Asian restaurant. Dublin’s Asian population is small and not that diverse (very few people from Vietnam, Korea, Indonesia, Japan etc), which is a large reason why it’s so hard to get a really good meal without paying through the nose.
What I really miss in Ireland is cheap meal options. Pretty much everywhere you go for a meal it has to be some sort of half fancy dish, starter/meal/dessert and it all amounts to a lot of money.
In many EU countries you can do that, but you have also a cheap/traditional version of this run by family restaurants who are serving just locals for much less. I haven’t seen this in Ireland
Got back from London. Its not cheap, but it’s cheaper than Dublin. At a westend show, in the theater, a glass of red wine is 5 pounds. I was expecting to be robbed, but was pleasently surprised. A nice Hotel in thr center was cheaper per night than any one in the Dublin outskirts, and I was a 5 min walk from Buckingham place. Its nice to not get so fleeced when traveling
Was talking to someone the other day who travelled here for work.
They flew in on a Friday, worked a day, then flew out that evening.
> “would you not make a weekend of it?”
> “Normally I would with work trips but I looked up the cost of Dublin – can’t afford it”
> “where are you based?”
> “London”
Sorry but having just come back from Paris where I spent 64 euros on 2 eggs benedicts, a coffee and a smoothie, its not as rosy as it would appear!
Dublins a rip off, but there actually is in real world terms way worse places for affordability!
We normally take the dad out for a meal once a week and the prices have gotten silly.
Just got back from London – this is complete nonsense, Dublin is far far far cheaper compared to London – £7.50 pints pretty much the norm, £25 for a main and £10 desserts in fairly basic spots, London is very very expensive, moreso than Dublin. I also live in Dublin
Thank god we have so much immigration to keep the costs down, eh?
My God. My local hotel – just 100m away -was a place we would eat out about once a month. At the weekend. Just two of us. Main meal used to be 12€. Now minimum 20€. No drinks included.
Dublin has such a massively inflated opinion of itself.
Dublin is shocking
I eat at home. A nice restaurant is once a quarter now, used to be once a month but with the price of electric, rent and other bills had to be reduced. Show tickets (plays, gigs, comedy) all once a quarter now too.
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Because of the way this country is run and price gouging
Number 10 out of 20 European capitals doesn’t seem terrible.
I’m not doubting that Dublin is expensive for a minute but Copenhagen is coming in at number 1?
I’d be interested to hear why a casino promoter (Bonusetu) did this particular survey and the reasons why they used “average mid-market restaurants for its calculations”. It seems like a select criteria to get a result. I remember you could go to a cheaper restaurant in the Latin quarter in Paris and get a three course for €18. It was very mediocre but cheap.
It would be useful to know how many mid-market restaurants are in Paris or London compared to Dublin or Copenhagen in proportion to the size of the city.
I’ve had a meal on St Peters Square Rome that was about the same price than an equivalent meal in Kilaloe Co Clare. Three pizzas, two soft drinks and one beer (non alcoholic). 55 euros in Kilaloe, 60 in Rome.
With your rent, rates and the general tax they slam on everything, overheads creep up. Food stock is expensive, staff are nearly paid ok wages in some decent places…
Not saying “poor Dublin restaurateur” but the bills must be ferocious. Can understand the high prices in some instances.
Just got back from Rome in August, I can confirm this is true. Rome is expensive but it is not Ireland expensive.
I’ve been out for lunch/dinner in Paris recently, had top notch waitered service on the champs elysee (including appetisers, whiskeys and cheeses afterwards) that was cheaper than a one course meal in Dublin with a pint.
Recently got a burger and chips with a pint in Dublin for 2 people – 50 quid or near enough makes no odds, this was self service in a bar type pub.
Paris – olives / bread, charcuterie meat board followed by a cheese board, with 2-3 whiskeys and 1-2 cocktails – about 42 quid. Waiters with the little white gloves and the cloth over their arm.
Was in Rome recently. Myself and my husband got a pizza, some supplí (similar to arancini), a carafe of wine and a bottle of water for €24. And like it was all unreal. Really good quality food and wine and for a great price. You’d pay twice that here. And while you might get a decent pizza, the wine is most definitely going to be overpriced shite.
Combined?
Irish food is higher quality
Depends where you go though, doesn’t it
I don’t know about that I still remember 2 coffees and 2 croque madams (or however you spell it) costing like €50 in Paris last year
Average salaries in Europe:
* Denmark: €63,260
* **Ireland: €50,350**
* UK: €43,262 (£38,131) (not directly comparable due to the others being an adjusted figure from Eurostat)
* France: €40,130
* Italy: €29,950
https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/eurostat-average-annual-salary-in-eu-stood-at-e33500-in-2021/
I don’t eat out anymore. in places where the price is just too much and then a hefty tip on top. I just wonder who are all these people filling these restaurants and what do they earn
They’re forgetting the part that the average salary in Ireland is 10k higher than in France and 21k higher than Italy and 7k higher than the uk
It must be that 4.5% VAT cut’s fault.
London is surprisingly cheap for food, in Ireland it feels like we’re gouged for everything although I’ve heard the margins in restaurants is shite.
Ruined and London and definitely cheaper than Dublin. Paris though, not a hope. Most expensive city I’ve ever eaten in.
dublin food is a crime tbh. no seasoning, no flavour, frozen stale vegetables, questionable meat. yikes
Its true.
I live in London but get back home now and again to both Clare and Dublin. Everything ranging from you average chip shop right up to something on the higher end Ireland is more expensive.
I remember going to the Green Hen in Dublin about 7/8 years ago which I adored, it was a treat for me but havent been back since. I just looked up their menu and their steak is more expensive than the Ivy in London.
If you want to a get a great meal for a reasonable price in a city like London, your best bet is an Asian restaurant. Dublin’s Asian population is small and not that diverse (very few people from Vietnam, Korea, Indonesia, Japan etc), which is a large reason why it’s so hard to get a really good meal without paying through the nose.
The Ice Bar in Berlin.
https://preview.redd.it/dn705dzzmrja1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=f93d29cc190fe085cbf4287c4382dcc9b670460e
What I really miss in Ireland is cheap meal options. Pretty much everywhere you go for a meal it has to be some sort of half fancy dish, starter/meal/dessert and it all amounts to a lot of money.
In many EU countries you can do that, but you have also a cheap/traditional version of this run by family restaurants who are serving just locals for much less. I haven’t seen this in Ireland
Got back from London. Its not cheap, but it’s cheaper than Dublin. At a westend show, in the theater, a glass of red wine is 5 pounds. I was expecting to be robbed, but was pleasently surprised. A nice Hotel in thr center was cheaper per night than any one in the Dublin outskirts, and I was a 5 min walk from Buckingham place. Its nice to not get so fleeced when traveling
Was talking to someone the other day who travelled here for work.
They flew in on a Friday, worked a day, then flew out that evening.
> “would you not make a weekend of it?”
> “Normally I would with work trips but I looked up the cost of Dublin – can’t afford it”
> “where are you based?”
> “London”
Sorry but having just come back from Paris where I spent 64 euros on 2 eggs benedicts, a coffee and a smoothie, its not as rosy as it would appear!
Dublins a rip off, but there actually is in real world terms way worse places for affordability!
We normally take the dad out for a meal once a week and the prices have gotten silly.
Just got back from London – this is complete nonsense, Dublin is far far far cheaper compared to London – £7.50 pints pretty much the norm, £25 for a main and £10 desserts in fairly basic spots, London is very very expensive, moreso than Dublin. I also live in Dublin
Thank god we have so much immigration to keep the costs down, eh?
My God. My local hotel – just 100m away -was a place we would eat out about once a month. At the weekend. Just two of us. Main meal used to be 12€. Now minimum 20€. No drinks included.
Dublin has such a massively inflated opinion of itself.
Dublin is shocking
I eat at home. A nice restaurant is once a quarter now, used to be once a month but with the price of electric, rent and other bills had to be reduced. Show tickets (plays, gigs, comedy) all once a quarter now too.