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moses said:
Warradale Hotel in Adelaide
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That took me by surprise! I used to live near there and went there quite a bit. Been there once or twice since the redevelopment but only for a meal so never noticed the surcharges. It has to be said though, their buffet was quite generous compared to a lot of other places so I can see if a bunch of blokes order a single pizza then help themselves to the buffet, it would add up.
 
RolandF1 said:
That took me by surprise! I used to live near there and went there quite a bit. Been there once or twice since the redevelopment but only for a meal so never noticed the surcharges. It has to be said though, their buffet was quite generous compared to a lot of other places so I can if a bunch of blokes order a single pizza then help themselves to the buffet, it would add up.
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Agreed, but the menu should be explicit that at the $6.50 includes usage of the salad bar, which is doesn't.
 
ClokesShankedIt said:
The pub/restaurant is a business, not a benevolent society run by a group of like-minded volunteers who come together in order to provide people with a comfortable space where a group of four grab a table to share a couple of bowls of wedges and a good conversation between the hours of 7 and 8:30 on a Friday night.

I've never been involved in running a restaurant (thank christ) but I'd wager that the monthly budget revolves around earning $x per seat over the course of the month - so paying customers get first dibs.

I like how people are sounding off like their property rights have violated because they don't get the opportunity to waste the pub's time.

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I think you have missed the point.

Pubs/restaurants only exist to provide what customers want. If they aren't providing that then you have every right to complain and go elsewhere.
 

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ClokesShankedIt said:
Don't have a problem with this policy. If you are in a restaurant and taking up a seat/table, order a meal. If you want to share a pizza with mates do it in the bar/beer garden.
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What I meant was some people who are having a full sit down meal sometimes share entrees before their mains (I know we do). Do they charge you if you're doing that? Kids probably won't eat a whole pizza either and are likely to share. I wonder if they charge for that?
 
My local pizza place does wood-fired pizza at $15 for a large. Free delivery too.

Great for Saturday night's in :thumbsu:

**** surcharges.
 
Elixuh said:
What I meant was some people who are having a full sit down meal sometimes share entrees before their mains (I know we do). Do they charge you if you're doing that? Kids probably won't eat a whole pizza either and are likely to share. I wonder if they charge for that?
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I assume not, because you are ordering a main - if you weren't, it makes for an expensive entre!
 
How ****ing ridiculous. The thing is, if they start losing patronage, they will have to get rid of it. When customers just except these stupid surcharges, businesses will keep putting them on. If you disagree with it, you need to change pubs and tell them why.
 
RolandF1 said:
That took me by surprise! I used to live near there and went there quite a bit. Been there once or twice since the redevelopment but only for a meal so never noticed the surcharges. It has to be said though, their buffet was quite generous compared to a lot of other places so I can see if a bunch of blokes order a single pizza then help themselves to the buffet, it would add up.
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Since when can you help yourself to a buffet/salad bar without ordering a meal?

I don't agree with poxy surcharges. If you want to order a pizza and share it that should be fair enough, it's not like you get a discount if you order 3 meals between two...

For places with a salad bar I would have thought the rule of thumb is all mains come with salad bar included and if you want the salad bar only it costs around the same as the cheapest main.

For places with a designated dining room/restaurant I think it's fair enough making it for people eating a meal only. I've seen some that have a different menu in the bar to the restaurant (ie burgers and chips in the bar, pasta, steaks etc. in the restaurant) and others that share the same menu. Granted as a business owner you don't want every customer just ordering an entree or a salad and some water, but not every person wants to (or can) eat a 300g steak, just like when a group go to the bar some will drink 10 pints and others maybe just a glass of wine or two. Provided people aren't being ********s you take the good with the bad.
 
courtjester said:
I'd imagine it's to discourage people using the eating tables to sink piss. If you get four blokes in there all sharing one pizza, the kitchen obviously isn't going to make as much $$ as if there were four blokes in there all ordering meals.
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I don't necessarily agree. I think alcohol is where the money is.
 

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kfc1 said:
I think you have missed the point.

Pubs/restaurants only exist to provide what customers want. If they aren't providing that then you have every right to complain and go elsewhere.
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They exist to provide goods and services in order to make a reasonable profit. If having a group of people bogart a table (one of a limited number) while they spend the absolute minimum isn't going to turn a profit then it won't be on offer. I am sure that the pub will tell you to feel to free to take off and waste some other pub's resources.
 
DrVanNostrand said:
**** eating there, those prices are insane. Had the best pizza I've ever had the other day at a pub in Townsville, $14, 11 inch, wood fired, was awesome.
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Was this place like originally an actual building with tables outside/in looked nice.. but then a massive shed add-on outside? If so been there and their meals are huge for so little price.
 
Scotland said:
Since when can you help yourself to a buffet/salad bar without ordering a meal?
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Sounds like its happening when a group orders a single pizza or similar, then that whole group each getting a plate and their share at the salad bar. The salad bar at Warradale has quite a bit of variety, not just a bit of salad and potato, almost a meal in itself. It appears to me some have been taking quite a bit of advantage of this in the past for surcharges like this to exist.
 
RolandF1 said:
Sounds like its happening when a group orders a single pizza or similar, then that whole group each getting a plate and their share at the salad bar. The salad bar at Warradale has quite a bit of variety, not just a bit of salad and potato, almost a meal in itself. It appears to me some have been taking quite a bit of advantage of this in the past for surcharges like this to exist.
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Yep, the key information was overlooked, perhaps simply in order to have a vent.

$6.50 for salad bar is not unreasonable. If you order a meal it's free. If you order an entree, you pay for the salad bar. If you don't order, you pay for the salad bar.
 
Rendered Unsafe said:
Was this place like originally an actual building with tables outside/in looked nice.. but then a massive shed add-on outside? If so been there and their meals are huge for so little price.
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It was actually! :eek:

I can't believe how many in this thread are sharing pizzas. **** that.
 

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Simon_Nesbit said:
Yep, the key information was overlooked, perhaps simply in order to have a vent.

$6.50 for salad bar is not unreasonable. If you order a meal it's free. If you order an entree, you pay for the salad bar. If you don't order, you pay for the salad bar.
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This is the key bit of information that seems implied but needs confirmation.
 
Footypie32 said:
I don't necessarily agree. I think alcohol is where the money is.
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If you're running a kitchen with chefs and hands and wait staff, you don't want people sitting at your designated eating tables drinking alcohol. You want them drinking at the bar/in the beer garden.

Plenty of money to make out of food if you're doing it right. Markup can be huge on meals worth $30+.
 

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