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Oh what fun it is to spend £75 quid on Christmas day!
Was passing a Toby carvery today and they are charging £73 for what's probably pretty much there standard fare
Got home and googled. Sure enough Harvester is the same!
Now I know to the average PHer that's a normal price for there daily smoked salmon sandwich at Claridges but still I was shocked.
What do others think?
Has anyone been out on Xmas day?
Was passing a Toby carvery today and they are charging £73 for what's probably pretty much there standard fare
Got home and googled. Sure enough Harvester is the same!
Now I know to the average PHer that's a normal price for there daily smoked salmon sandwich at Claridges but still I was shocked.
What do others think?
Has anyone been out on Xmas day?
Thankyou4calling said:
What do others think?
I think spending 70 quid on anything sat in a Toby carvery is depressing.Thankyou4calling said:
Has anyone been out on Xmas day?
No, but I've worked it as a chef.. twice.Never, ever again.
Anyone working Xmas day deserves triple pay as a minimum and all staff should expect tips of 20% as a starting point.
(I'm biased)
In my experience working in a pub/restaurant.
Christmas day is crap.
You get double time but the bus into work if its running is only on in the daytime and infrequently so you will be getting a taxi home at doule price
You have at least 2 full restaurant services to prep for using a bespoke menu with at least 3 courses for every person but you only have until 12pm to get it all prepped.
If you open late you ruin christmas.
Customers dont tip on their full bill.
Yes they are having a £75 a head meal but they prepaid that in November with no tip added.
The customers only pay on the day for their bar bill which is maybe a few bottles of wine and only tip 10% so a table of 4 should be tipping on a £400 food and drink bill becomes a £100 bar bill and they tip on that
I only worked 5 or 6 christmas days over the years. I used to refuse to work christmas day but would work New year instead.
New year was an easier night to work and that was even working in Central Edinburgh.
Over the years I have had 2 customers have heart attacks on christmas day in the restaurant which kind of kills the jolly mood of the day.
Both survived.
Christmas day is crap.
You get double time but the bus into work if its running is only on in the daytime and infrequently so you will be getting a taxi home at doule price
You have at least 2 full restaurant services to prep for using a bespoke menu with at least 3 courses for every person but you only have until 12pm to get it all prepped.
If you open late you ruin christmas.
Customers dont tip on their full bill.
Yes they are having a £75 a head meal but they prepaid that in November with no tip added.
The customers only pay on the day for their bar bill which is maybe a few bottles of wine and only tip 10% so a table of 4 should be tipping on a £400 food and drink bill becomes a £100 bar bill and they tip on that
I only worked 5 or 6 christmas days over the years. I used to refuse to work christmas day but would work New year instead.
New year was an easier night to work and that was even working in Central Edinburgh.
Over the years I have had 2 customers have heart attacks on christmas day in the restaurant which kind of kills the jolly mood of the day.
Both survived.
We go out for Christmas lunch in Boxing Day.
Buffet or maybe a big lasagne on the big day, topped off with all the chocolates everyone seems to get and other snacks we only get at Christmas (cheese footballs anyone?) then the kids get to spend more time playing with their new toys and games and we don t have to spend hours in the kitchen.
Lie in on Boxing Day wonder over to the pub at lunchtime, half the price of Christmas Day, few pints with it, extra sides of pigs in blankets, Christmas pud (kids can have ice cream so less moaning) and then home for a kip on the sofa. Fabulous.
Buffet or maybe a big lasagne on the big day, topped off with all the chocolates everyone seems to get and other snacks we only get at Christmas (cheese footballs anyone?) then the kids get to spend more time playing with their new toys and games and we don t have to spend hours in the kitchen.
Lie in on Boxing Day wonder over to the pub at lunchtime, half the price of Christmas Day, few pints with it, extra sides of pigs in blankets, Christmas pud (kids can have ice cream so less moaning) and then home for a kip on the sofa. Fabulous.
CSR Performance said:
We go out for Christmas lunch in Boxing Day.
Buffet or maybe a big lasagne on the big day, topped off with all the chocolates everyone seems to get and other snacks we only get at Christmas (cheese footballs anyone?) then the kids get to spend more time playing with their new toys and games and we don t have to spend hours in the kitchen.
Lie in on Boxing Day wonder over to the pub at lunchtime, half the price of Christmas Day, few pints with it, extra sides of pigs in blankets, Christmas pud (kids can have ice cream so less moaning) and then home for a kip on the sofa. Fabulous.
Sounds like your trying to make it less stressful and something that works for everyone. Well done ,it's not what most Christmas days are like in most families. Good parenting,they will have positive memories.Buffet or maybe a big lasagne on the big day, topped off with all the chocolates everyone seems to get and other snacks we only get at Christmas (cheese footballs anyone?) then the kids get to spend more time playing with their new toys and games and we don t have to spend hours in the kitchen.
Lie in on Boxing Day wonder over to the pub at lunchtime, half the price of Christmas Day, few pints with it, extra sides of pigs in blankets, Christmas pud (kids can have ice cream so less moaning) and then home for a kip on the sofa. Fabulous.
ChocolateFrog said:
We're going to a place that requires jacket and tie and it's 'only' £80 a head.
The price of chain pub Christmas dinners seems to have doubled in the last 5 years. It was definitely £35 5 or 6 years ago.
A quick Google via a red top shows it was £47.99 in 2019, then customers "slammed the massive price increases" in 2020 were it shot up to £55 during the covidy times. The price of chain pub Christmas dinners seems to have doubled in the last 5 years. It was definitely £35 5 or 6 years ago.
I guess since Russias war in Ukraine and subsequent energy prices, inflation, minimum wage going up etc etc this year's price isn't far off what's expected.
At my work Christmas day rate is double time and a day in luie, plus for those put of town taxis etc etc etc.
We had a family christmas in a local pub 2 years ago.
Our family is spread over the country and a few abroard and together we were 20 odd people. Across 4 generations.
Nobody can cater for , or has the room for that many all at once, so it was the best option.
Its a nice country pub and the food was good, everyone paid for the food in advance, i foot the bar bill on the day.
It was about £80 a head, less for the 3 children, and for what we got it was not bad value considering the day.
Everyone had a great time and remembers it fondly, it was a great way of getting everyone together.
We wont ever do it again, anyway some of the older generation are no longer with us.
The bar bill was huge but it was my christmas present to everyone.
The cost was soon forgotten, but the memories will last a lifetime.
Our family is spread over the country and a few abroard and together we were 20 odd people. Across 4 generations.
Nobody can cater for , or has the room for that many all at once, so it was the best option.
Its a nice country pub and the food was good, everyone paid for the food in advance, i foot the bar bill on the day.
It was about £80 a head, less for the 3 children, and for what we got it was not bad value considering the day.
Everyone had a great time and remembers it fondly, it was a great way of getting everyone together.
We wont ever do it again, anyway some of the older generation are no longer with us.
The bar bill was huge but it was my christmas present to everyone.
The cost was soon forgotten, but the memories will last a lifetime.
£75!
MrsRNP and her team of volunteers will be running their community kitchen again this Christmas day. Its FOC for anyone who wants or needs it.
3 restaurant quality courses, turkey's supplied from the local butchers, beautifully laid out tables, gifts for the regular families, quizzes, local community choir singers - it's a great day!!!!
They did 100 covers last year (I delivered a few to people who couldn't make it)
She started running the community kitchen in Covid and it's been every Monday since. Its in a local church who had a never utilised industrial specification kitchen (Rational oven, industrial pot washer etc) - she commandeered it! Its non religious open to anyone of any faith or otherwise, background, age etc.
We collect perishables from a local supermarket on a Sunday evening when they close and she does a meal every week on Monday and makes up food hampers for people who need it. Its run on donations and help from local businesses and just about ticks along financially. Any excess supermarket collection or left over food gets dropped off at other local community resources and the fire station.
We then have our family Christmas dinner on Boxing Day.
MrsRNP and her team of volunteers will be running their community kitchen again this Christmas day. Its FOC for anyone who wants or needs it.
3 restaurant quality courses, turkey's supplied from the local butchers, beautifully laid out tables, gifts for the regular families, quizzes, local community choir singers - it's a great day!!!!
They did 100 covers last year (I delivered a few to people who couldn't make it)
She started running the community kitchen in Covid and it's been every Monday since. Its in a local church who had a never utilised industrial specification kitchen (Rational oven, industrial pot washer etc) - she commandeered it! Its non religious open to anyone of any faith or otherwise, background, age etc.
We collect perishables from a local supermarket on a Sunday evening when they close and she does a meal every week on Monday and makes up food hampers for people who need it. Its run on donations and help from local businesses and just about ticks along financially. Any excess supermarket collection or left over food gets dropped off at other local community resources and the fire station.
We then have our family Christmas dinner on Boxing Day.
Edited by RustyNissanPrairie on Thursday 16th October 13:24
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