Buying beer at the madejski

[Huntley & Palmer]

Do you still get told off for parking in there by the hotel?

[papereyes]

World Turned Upside Down sells Carlsberg for £1.99.

Why drink on the concourse?

which place is that?

[LimpBiscuit]

World Turned Upside Down sells Carlsberg for £1.99.

Why drink on the concourse?

which place is that?

I'm not telling you. I was a damned fool for giving the game away in the first place.

[readingbedding]

Hip flask
Hip flask
Hip flask.

If you like a nip of whisky, it's ideal.

[The Rouge]

Two thoughts...

1. Why do the mobile beers sellers in the East stand only seem to appear right before KO and right at the end of half time?

2. Is it possible to employ more inept staff to serve beer behind the counter?

I need some clarification before I can answer this one. Do you mean:

a: employing a greater number of staff who are inept?

b: employing staff who are even more inept than the existing incumbents.

c: both?

So you are never gonna survive, unless, you get a little... fosters.

B B B!

[PurpleTurtle]

Hip flask
Hip flask
Hip flask.

If you like a nip of whisky, it's ideal.

Took my hip flask to West Ham for the first time...at 0-0 I said to the Mrs "I'm gonna have a lucky slug on this".....6-0!

Wigan game, one nil down, same words uttered, I was slugging on it as we equalised!

It gets topped up with Lagavulin before I leave the house now!

[shadesrwrf]

World Turned Upside Down sells Carlsberg for £1.99.

Why drink on the concourse?

which place is that?

I'm not telling you. I was a damned fool for giving the game away in the first place.

You have said too much!! It's getting increasingly difficult to get our favourite seats on the sofa as it is.

[Zammo]

Half time of Villa game; conversation with concourse barmen as follows:

Me "Three pints of Guinness and a coke please"
Barmen "Yes"
Two pints of the black stuff arrive. Till rings up £9.90

Me "Still waiting for another pint of Guinness"
Barmen "Oh yes"

After approx 60 second wait (half time is only 15 minutes) he finally arrives with another Guinness.

Barmen "£9.90 please"
Me "What about the coke ?"
Barmen "What coke ?"

Brings over a coke.
Barmen "£9.90 please......no......(still waiting).......................£11.70 please".

The whole transaction took 5 minutes. I apologised to the guy behind me; he had a bigger order !!

[G'La]

I think the club need to review the catering inside the ground urgently! Ive travelled to every away game this season and Id say that the service offered at the Madejski Stadium is probably the worst in the premiership!

The service is slow! The problems - not enough beer racked up and ready to hand over, one person manning the beer pump, theres always at least one "spare part" hanging around doing nothing, most of the staff cant speak English let alone count money properly!

Granted there are a few grounds which offer nothing to travelling supporters but outside that we're without a doubt bottom of the league.

[The Surgeon of Crowthorne]

Service in the North Stand on Saturday was abysmal. I don't think they could have been any slower if they'd used abacuses and brewed the beer for each order. I know it's never great, but for some reason, Saturday was terrible.

[weybridgewanderer]

Agree the North Stand was dreadful on Saturday

Took four of them to try and work out how to serve me a bovril and a yorkie
one cup of steaming hot bovril spills behind the counter
charged the wrong price

[Warfield North Stand]

The bloke who "served" me on Saturday in the North had what I can only describe as "limited" English. It was a joke. Every time anyone asked for anything he just turned to his ever increasing annoyed superviser with the" what did they say?" look on his face.

Has anyone else asked for a Bovril in the North Stand only to be greeted with pure puzzlement?!! Twice this season the person serving me has gone to someone else and asked what it was!!

[G'La]

I asked for a pint of diesel and they had no idea what I was on about!

[ScottishRoyal]

TBH they only sell a few things so they don't even need to be fluent, but just to be able to remember a few choice words: -
lager
guiness
coke
bovril
pie
pastie
hot dog
chocolate!

[Jackson Corner]

TBH they only sell a few things so they don't even need to be fluent, but just to be able to remember a few choice words: -
lager
guiness
coke
bovril
pie
pastie
hot dog
chocolate!

I bet you don't know those words in Zimbabwean?

[tink]

i refused to leave during the first half to get beer at HT but, despite the fact i knew it would be slow, i was amazd that after queueing for 15 minutes i was still about 7 or 8 people from the front of the queue. no half-time beer for me then. it really is shocking. i dont understand how it can be so difficult. all it takes is a little bit of preparation during the first half and half-time should be relatively straightforward

[Royal Mail]

The Staff serving in the concourse are appauling and have been for many season now. I regularly get away with extra pints without paying for them. Simply order 3 pints. then the member of staff brings 2 over and goes away again to get the third, at this point a friend takes away one of the pints on the bar. And when the bar staff return with the 1 remaining pint they often get confused and without asking go and get another "free" pint. Still not too cheap though at 9 pounds for 4 pints

[ScottishRoyal]

TBH they only sell a few things so they don't even need to be fluent, but just to be able to remember a few choice words: -
lager
guiness
coke
bovril
pie
pastie
hot dog
chocolate!

I bet you don't know those words in Zimbabwean?

No but then I don't live and work there.