Named after the famous Irish Poet, the Oliver St. John Gogartys is your ‘typical Irish pub with live music, a welcoming and convivial atmosphere, and friendly staff’, according to a review on TripAdvisor.
However, Pints Of Beauty have taken to X (@PintsBeauty) to share an ‘outrageous’ receipt for four pints of Guinness purchased last September.
They said that Geoff’s (@GREA22) four pints of stout came in at a whopping €39.80 (£32.98), which means each pint cost €9.95 (£8.34).
“Can someone please justify this to us? A full breakdown of why it has to cost €9.95 a pint?” the caption on the post read.
Commenting on the tweet, one person wrote: “Popped in there for a few beers on a stag do about eight years ago. Still haven’t financially recovered.”
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“Move half a mile up the road and it’s half this amount! Tourist hotspot/rip off zone,” a second penned.
But someone else made a pretty valid point, adding: “If you pay it, they’ll charge it…”
“Temple Bar is a tourist trap in Dublin, they charge at least 2 euro more than pubs right next to it,” a fourth commented.
“Not sure what the draw is to that place, I went in there, downed a Guinness as fast as I could and left.”
LADbible Group has contacted Oliver St. John Gogartys for comment.
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The average cost of a pint in the UK
Over in the UK, the average cost of a pint of Guinness has risen by eight percent in our pubs, as of 2024.
The numbers came from UK Debt Expert, who researched three popular pub chains – Wetherspoons, O’Neills, Hungry Horse and Greene King.
The findings showed that the average price of a pint of Guinness was £4.48, showing an increase from the £4.15 from the year before.
Meanwhile, the most expensive place for a pint of Guinness is London, averaging £5.73 per pint.
UK Debt Expert personal finance expert Maxine McCreadie previously said: “As we approach St Patrick’s Day, lots of people across the UK will be enjoying a pint of Guinness, since it’s synonymous with celebrations on the day itself across the world,” but warned that it was clear that people “can quickly rack up a hefty bill after drinking multiple pints of the dark Irish beer”.
