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Dr Winston O Boogie jr 05-30-2016 08:07 AM
A rocks glass is approximately 4 oz. A standard shot of whisky is 1-1/2 oz. The fact that there was only one ice cube may have been the problem. A properly served drink in a rocks glass should have the glass filled with ice. When it is served this way, the whisky will fill the glass approximately 7/8 full.

Also some people expect more than 1-1/2 ounces for the price.

In the other hand $13.00 per drink is extremely excessive.

biker1 05-30-2016 08:14 AM
Some establishments will provide more liquor when ordered "on the rocks". When in doubt ask as it varies from place to place. I don't think it should vary but it sometimes does.


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Originally Posted by 784caroline (Post 1233618)
WE recently went to Bonifay's after golf and I always ask if its Happy Hour. Yes it is $3.95 for house liquor. OK I will have a house burbon on the Rocks. I get the bill afterwards and I see its $5.95. I call the watress over and she said you had it on the rocks and we had to charge more because it requires more liquor????????? I said you never told me that and she finally reduced the price to 3.95 but the rationale was crazy!!!

The only decent places around (that we have tried) for a good happy hour liquor drink meaning decent prices for house or premium liquor are Bonefish, Havana, Arnold Palmer, Cane Graden, and Glen View. We have also had luck at Honest John's but only During Happy Hour and on Wednesdays they include premium drinks in their happy hours

784caroline 05-30-2016 08:35 AM
A premium Martini at non-happy hour or in a first class resturant can easily cost $10 per drink plus tax and tip. So your over $12 per drink. Expensive yes but thats the going non-happy hour rate!

When you go on a cruise, Celebrity has a Martini Bar which is always packed with people....a Premium 4oz Martini is $12.95 plus 18% tip...$15.28 per drink. And a cruise line booze costs them hardly anything!

Chatbrat 05-30-2016 08:50 AM
There are only 5 places in the villages that include premium whisky's in their happy hour, Cody's, Arnold Palmer, Cane Garden, Nancy Lopez and Hemingways.

However; I always get a good pour @ the Cane, Arnold Palmer an ok pour @ Cody's & exceptional pours @ Hemingways (happy hour or not) and Bonefish.

we stopped going to one club when they started measuring shots, returned when they resumed free pouring ( bar person counts)

Sandtrap328 05-30-2016 04:22 PM
Just should have gone to Cody's and had the premium drinks at a two for one.

True, Honest John does have a very nicer atmosphere but what a price to pay for atmosphere!

Sandtrap328 05-30-2016 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 784caroline (Post 1233646)
A premium Martini at non-happy hour or in a first class resturant can easily cost $10 per drink plus tax and tip. So your over $12 per drink. Expensive yes but thats the going non-happy hour rate!

When you go on a cruise, Celebrity has a Martini Bar which is always packed with people....a Premium 4oz Martini is $12.95 plus 18% tip...$15.28 per drink. And a cruise line booze costs them hardly anything!
That is absolutely true with Celebrity-my favorite cruise line! My travel agent always makes sure I get the Premium Drink package included or gives me enough shipboard credits to pay for it.

LaylaG81 07-01-2016 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Chatbrat (Post 1233188)
We went to an unnamed watering hole in the vicinity of Lake Sumter Landing, for a get together with friends.
We both drink premium whisky's, hers came in martini glass, mine came in rocks glass with one large ice cube in it, the level of liquor in my glass was less than 3/4", to be sociable we both had two drinks each.

Bill+ tip came to $52. & change - & we didn't eat

All I can say is I get triple the amount of what I was drinking @ The Bonefish for less $-

Some bartenders @ this establishment know how to pour, others don't--we don't enter if a bartender we don't know isn't working.

Its a shame a restaurant doesn't have consistency.
Chatbrat what type of liquor did you order?

Chatbrat 07-01-2016 05:10 AM
Johnny Walker Black on the rocks

Jima64 07-01-2016 06:16 AM
Nice one
 
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Originally Posted by 784caroline (Post 1233618)
WE recently went to Bonifay's after golf and I always ask if its Happy Hour. Yes it is $3.95 for house liquor. OK I will have a house burbon on the Rocks. I get the bill afterwards and I see its $5.95. I call the watress over and she said you had it on the rocks and we had to charge more because it requires more liquor????????? I said you never told me that and she finally reduced the price to 3.95 but the rationale was crazy!!!

The only decent places around (that we have tried) for a good happy hour liquor drink meaning decent prices for house or premium liquor are Bonefish, Havana, Arnold Palmer, Cane Graden, and Glen View. We have also had luck at Honest John's but only During Happy Hour and on Wednesdays they include premium drinks in their happy hours
Never heard thst excuse before about overchsrging.

maryanna630 07-04-2016 09:31 PM
It is no wonder that Bonefish is the number 1 favorite here. I also think Hemingways offers very good value and love their happy hour drinks.

Spinning3 07-05-2016 07:20 AM
I would address this with the manager. I drink premium bourbon and was just there recently. My drinks were 7.00; others in the group had 2 scotch and water and 5 beers. Total was $35.

dbussone 07-05-2016 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Chatbrat (Post 1247945)
Johnny Walker Black on the rocks


Excellent taste!

Dr Winston O Boogie jr 07-05-2016 09:35 AM
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we stopped going to one club when they started measuring shots, returned when they resumed free pouring ( bar person counts)
Do you expect to get more than what you pay for. You are paying for 1-1/2 ounces of liquor. Why would you not go to a bar that pours exactly what you order and pay for?

2BNTV 07-05-2016 09:48 AM
A friend of mine who was a bartender before he retired, had the same problem, when they first opened up. He brought it to the attention of the manager, who did not make it right. It was the principle of the thing, that bothered him.

Needless to say, we haven't been back!

Chatbrat 07-05-2016 11:49 AM
when they first opened , we had the same problem--if we were seated @ the bar it would have been corrected

since we were with neighbors , I bit the bullet-

they will not get our business anymore & since there menu is so limited, I have personal trainer & my trainer will not go there again , since they trimmed their menu,too


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