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Good happy hour suggestions
For this weekend? Nice place (not a dive), not too loud or crowded so we can have an actual conversation, good happy hour specials, both beer/wine/cocktails. Anywhere south of the Creek is workable. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated (too tired of too many packed and loud happy hours).
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Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH
(Post 12018684)
For this weekend? Nice place (not a dive), not too loud or crowded so we can have an actual conversation, good happy hour specials, both beer/wine/cocktails. Anywhere south of the Creek is workable. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated (too tired of too many packed and loud happy hours).
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Re: Good happy hour suggestions
EE is a contender.
Know anything about Cafe Belge at the Ritz Carlton in DIFC? |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
The Trap
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Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH
(Post 12018690)
EE is a contender.
Know anything about Cafe Belge at the Ritz Carlton in DIFC? |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
All bars are.
This time is a bit different because I'm meeting an acquaintance who has difficulty hearing when it's loud. So that's why I'm ruling out the usual suspects in favour of some place a bit less crowded or noisy. But I don't want a place that's deathly either. How crowded does EE get on, say, Friday 6ish?
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 12018693)
Full of posers.
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Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH
(Post 12018695)
How crowded does EE get on, say, Friday 6ish?
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Re: Good happy hour suggestions
BBC?
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Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 12018697)
No idea :lol: but even on quiz night (when it's at its busiest, it's alright on the hearing front).
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Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by IKnowNothing
(Post 12018735)
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Re: Good happy hour suggestions
A posh bar in Dubai. What did you expect?
Seems pretty reasonable to me. You pay similar prices in many places. FYI the Hobgoblin is 50 AED for a pint. At current exchange rates it's just above £10, not £12. Anyway, hoping the HH specials are a bit more reasonable.
Originally Posted by IKnowNothing
(Post 12018735)
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Re: Good happy hour suggestions
I would have suggested Sidartha in the Grosvenor, but only if you are positioned near one of their AC units - they also do sheesha if you are into that.
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Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 12018686)
eloquent elephant
Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH
(Post 12018695)
All bars are.
This time is a bit different because I'm meeting an acquaintance who has difficulty hearing when it's loud. So that's why I'm ruling out the usual suspects in favour of some place a bit less crowded or noisy. But I don't want a place that's deathly either. How crowded does EE get on, say, Friday 6ish? Millhouse, next time you're heading down there, let me know.
Originally Posted by IKnowNothing
(Post 12018735)
£12 for a pint of Hobgoblin???? There's taking the piss and there's this!
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Re: Good happy hour suggestions
If it's your local can you confirm how crowded/noisy it gets at 6ish tonight or tomorrow?
I really want to check out EE as haven't been there yet but as mentioned, friend has hearing issues and I don't want to drag him there to find out it's thumping.
Originally Posted by Scamp
(Post 12019436)
Great. Now my local is going to be filled with BE-ers
Millhouse, next time you're heading down there, let me know. Sorry mate, it's not for you. It's for normal humans. |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by Scamp
(Post 12019436)
Sorry mate, it's not for you. It's for normal humans.
I'll stick to my neanderthal existance at suck pleasant hostelries as The Trap (AED20 a pint) in Abu Dhabi thank you. Although since the make over we now call it the 3P - The Pink Puff's Palace. Don';t take yer missus.... |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by IKnowNothing
(Post 12019465)
But come on £10-12 for a pint????????
I'll stick to my neanderthal existance at suck pleasant hostelries as The Trap (AED20 a pint) in Abu Dhabi thank you. Although since the make over we now call it the 3P - The Pink Puff's Palace. Don';t take yer missus.... I've still yet to see EE take sterling though. |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
The Trap is 18AED for a beer. No one can beat that, and the pizza was nice as well. Zulu style!
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Re: Good happy hour suggestions
To be fair, the AED35 12" pizzas are spot on, very thin and you meet loads of new black female friends when you order one. Amazing what a bit of Italian does. If you don't want them in attendance ask for extra onions and peppers..... (How do i know this?).
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Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 12019468)
AP is only about 21 AED a pint too.
I've still yet to see EE take sterling though. £10-£12 sounds a shit load more than AED50... And I've not lived in the UK permanently since 2004! |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by IKnowNothing
(Post 12019481)
To be fair, the AED35 12" pizzas are spot on, very thin and you meet loads of new black female friends when you order one. Amazing what a bit of Italian does. If you don't want them in attendance ask for extra onions and peppers..... (How do i know this?).
I always used to give the fruit to the girls - I can only imagine that their diet is overweight in protein and zinc and that really they need some vitamin C. |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by IKnowNothing
(Post 12019465)
But come on £10-12 for a pint????????
I'll stick to my neanderthal existance at suck pleasant hostelries as The Trap (AED20 a pint) in Abu Dhabi thank you. Although since the make over we now call it the 3P - The Pink Puff's Palace. Don';t take yer missus.... It's a nice pub where you aren't surrounded or bothered by brass, so I'm instantly happy to pay more for those two reasons. |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 12019489)
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I always used to give the fruit to the girls - I can only imagine that their diet is overweight in protein and zinc and that really they need some vitamin C. |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by Scamp
(Post 12019503)
It's a nice pub where you aren't surrounded or bothered by brass, so I'm instantly happy to pay more for those two reasons.
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Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by IKnowNothing
(Post 12019686)
Some people pay extra for that....
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Certainly not the Rosewood Hotel Abu Dhabi
Last night, Single vodka 81.2 AED that's £16.91 in proper English money Bottle of Erdinger £13.29 Three of each just over £90 !!! f@*king rip off bar was nothing special either |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by Lightandbitter
(Post 12021009)
Certainly not the Rosewood Hotel Abu Dhabi
Last night, Single vodka 81.2 AED that's £16.91 in proper English money Bottle of Erdinger £13.29 Three of each just over £90 !!! f@*king rip off bar was nothing special either Can you imagine what you'd get for £90 in Swansea, 17 beers a pizza, a kebab and probably a bj too. Reminds me of a late evening on Newport Station.... Anyway. |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by IKnowNothing
(Post 12021023)
As I said earlier, what a total rip off!
Can you imagine what you'd get for £90 in Swansea, 17 beers a pizza, a kebab and probably a bj too. Reminds me of a late evening on Newport Station.... Anyway. HIV or a jail sentence, probably. |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 12021084)
Imagine what you can get in Cambodia for that sort of money.
HIV or a jail sentence, probably. |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by IKnowNothing
(Post 12021023)
As I said earlier, what a total rip off!
Can you imagine what you'd get for £90 in Swansea, 17 beers a pizza, a kebab and probably a bj too. Reminds me of a late evening on Newport Station.... Anyway. |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by IKnowNothing
(Post 12021023)
As I said earlier, what a total rip off!
Can you imagine what you'd get for £90 in Swansea, 17 beers a pizza, a kebab and probably a bj too. Reminds me of a late evening on Newport Station.... Anyway. Swansea? Who wants to go there anyway? You're talking about drinking in some dump of a pub which doesn't compare to drinking a five star hotel in Dubai. Just not a fair comparison. Of course, no one has to drink in a five star hotel in Dubai. There's always The York, Jockey's or Rock Bottoms. Fibber's for the slightly more discerning. ;) |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 12021499)
Swansea? Who wants to go there anyway? You're talking about drinking in some dump of a pub which doesn't compare to drinking a five star hotel in Dubai. Just not a fair comparison.
Of course, no one has to drink in a five star hotel in Dubai. There's always The York, Jockey's or Rock Bottoms. Fibber's for the slightly more discerning. ;) 40-45dh/pint is really standard regardless if you're in bur dubai or downtown. |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 12021505)
isn't the pricing roughly the same across all the bars?
40-45dh/pint is really standard regardless if you're in bur dubai or downtown. Of course, some people are just suited to the shabbier places... ;) |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 12021505)
isn't the pricing roughly the same across all the bars?
40-45dh/pint is really standard regardless if you're in bur dubai or downtown. |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Fella's earning decent tax free money whinging about the price of ale .I can never quite get me heed round that one.
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Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by co durham boy
(Post 12021535)
Fella's earning decent tax free money whinging about the price of ale .I can never quite get me heed round that one.
Fairly newish hotel trying hard to attract business, they could corner a large part of the Reem week night market if they did it right. They won't get the teachers and all that lot going there at that money. Bar was nothing special, no draught beers, you are always gonna notice the price when the place is not memorable |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by Lightandbitter
(Post 12021542)
Not particularly whingeing, jus more surprised at their strategy (probably Egyptian management)
Fairly newish hotel trying hard to attract business, they could corner a large part of the Reem week night market if they did it right. They won't get the teachers and all that lot going there at that money. Bar was nothing special, no draught beers, you are always gonna notice the price when the place is not memorable I see some weekend deals on especially Saturdays which are great value for money. It's all still a captive market unless someone opens a Wetherspoons ;) |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 12021514)
I think it varies a bit by venue. Some of the higher end ones are pricier and some places have offers, happy hours etc.
Of course, some people are just suited to the shabbier places... ;) |
Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by Pongo
(Post 12021552)
If you socialise with the right people, it doesn't really matter where you are.
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Re: Good happy hour suggestions
Originally Posted by Lightandbitter
(Post 12021542)
Not particularly whingeing, jus more surprised at their strategy (probably Egyptian management)
Fairly newish hotel trying hard to attract business, they could corner a large part of the Reem week night market if they did it right. They won't get the teachers and all that lot going there at that money. Bar was nothing special, no draught beers, you are always gonna notice the price when the place is not memorable |
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