The Temple Bar Pub, which was established in and is located in the buzzy Temple Bar area of the Irish capital has welcomed celebrities including David Beckham and son Cruz, and is brimming every day with tourists gasping for a pint of The Black Stuff. While The Temple Bar Pub is considered one of the most popular tourist hangouts in Dublin, people have branded it the 'biggest rip off in the country' after seeing the photo of the receipt.
Beneath the post, which has been viewed more than , times and attracted comments, one user wrote: 'Went [to] Dublin didn't go there as it's a rip off. More reasonable places serving the black stuff'. Another was equally unforgiving, likening the pub's prices to those found in notoriously expensive central London. Guinness fans were outraged by the receipt, which was posted by the popular PintsO'Guinness account on X formerly Twitter.
A third gave a damning review, writing: 'And no shortage of stupid Brits and Yanks willing to pay for the privilege of drinking substandard Guinness. TheTempleBarPub is the biggest ripoff in the country. A fourth person even suggested calling the police over the cost of the pints and said: 'Said it before and I'll say it again. The guards have to be rung. By Jaysus go take photos then step away for a pint that you don't need to remortgage the gaff for'. A fifth X user disagreed that the pub was bad value but still suggested an alternative: 'The Temple Bar isn't a pub.
It's a tourist attraction. Someone else recalled: 'I used to walk through Temple Bar to get to the Czech Inn, was literally right around the corner and half the price'. While an eighth suggested a more radical approach: 'Just don't go there. And if everyone follows suit, price drops will soon follow'. One person commented: 'Honestly don't mind as long as it's a great pint of the black stuff.
Others still were more surprised by the price of other items listed on the receipt. I mean it's Harp lager'. The current outrage over the price of a pint of Guinness at The Temple Bar Pub in Dublin comes after UK supermarkets and off-licences were affected by shortages of the stout in the run up to Christmas and New Year's Eve.
