| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out 16:14 - Aug 21 with 4844 views | gtsb1966 |
I must admit I've taken advantage of this a few times this month and the places have been packed. I wonder if any of the places involved will actually lower their prices a bit after this knowing that the people will come but only if the price is right.... especially the drinks and I don't just mean alcohol. I actually think the drinks prices put a lot of people off. |  | | |  |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 19:24 - Aug 21 with 2080 views | jeera |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 19:21 - Aug 21 by m14_blue |
Huh?
So were they taking full payment and then still claiming the money from the government?
Or did you just give a £30 tip? It’s not the restaurant offering a discount, it’s all fully subsidised. |
You'd hope 30 quid was removed from the till and put into the tip box/jar.
I think that's what he means, but you're right, it could be a bit clearer.
Edit: but then that's a bit awkward because if it doesn't show on the banking...
It would be easier to just leave a hefty tip, yes. [Post edited 21 Aug 2020 19:29]
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| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 19:30 - Aug 21 with 2073 views | werringtonblue |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 19:21 - Aug 21 by m14_blue |
Huh?
So were they taking full payment and then still claiming the money from the government?
Or did you just give a £30 tip? It’s not the restaurant offering a discount, it’s all fully subsidised. |
Yep. They will recover the£30 from the Government. Our choice to see the money that would otherwise arrive in our pockets be given to the people who served us. This was in addition to the tip (service charge we also paid). |  | | |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 19:31 - Aug 21 with 2068 views | m14_blue |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 19:30 - Aug 21 by werringtonblue |
Yep. They will recover the£30 from the Government. Our choice to see the money that would otherwise arrive in our pockets be given to the people who served us. This was in addition to the tip (service charge we also paid). |
Nice one, very generous of you and I’m sure very much appreciated. |  | | |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 19:40 - Aug 21 with 2069 views | Mullet |
Only twice and by accident really, had to stop as the little man needed feeding and didn't realise until the bill came. Wondered why it was heaving.
Second time we had the place to ourselves and the discount seemed insanely cheap so just tipped heavily. Eating out for lunch with 50% was so cheap it seems like it'll do some good for a lot of small towns etc. hopefully.
One thing I don't like is people seem to be more impatient/ruder when the place is clearly staffed for a Tuesday lunch and getting Friday night levels of trade and having to do COVID stuff/reduce menus etc. |  |
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| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 19:40 - Aug 21 with 2061 views | werringtonblue |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 19:31 - Aug 21 by m14_blue |
Nice one, very generous of you and I’m sure very much appreciated. |
The bill was quite large given the wine we drank (so £10 a head is better left with the staff. | | | |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 19:44 - Aug 21 with 2052 views | werringtonblue |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 19:24 - Aug 21 by jeera |
You'd hope 30 quid was removed from the till and put into the tip box/jar.
I think that's what he means, but you're right, it could be a bit clearer.
Edit: but then that's a bit awkward because if it doesn't show on the banking...
It would be easier to just leave a hefty tip, yes. [Post edited 21 Aug 2020 19:29]
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Our worry was taking the discount and leaving the equivalent tip - it may all be left with the waiter rather than shared - which is the fair way IMO | | | |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 19:50 - Aug 21 with 2052 views | jeera |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 19:44 - Aug 21 by werringtonblue |
Our worry was taking the discount and leaving the equivalent tip - it may all be left with the waiter rather than shared - which is the fair way IMO |
I went for lunch with some family a few weeks ago and tried to give the 2 kids who'd been serving us a fiver each but neither would take it, saying it had to go in the jar.
I was impressed with their honesty and camaraderie for their fellow staff members I have to say, but agree with you that I prefer the personal approach myself. But that's up to them and good for them for playing fair.
*It was only pizza and bits in the garden so a tenner was generous enough for that!
** Not part of the money off deal. [Post edited 21 Aug 2020 19:50]
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| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 19:51 - Aug 21 with 2048 views | jeera |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 16:40 - Aug 21 by hype313 |
I'd want a private dance! |
I'm not doing that mate. | |
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| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 20:02 - Aug 21 with 2031 views | werringtonblue |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 19:50 - Aug 21 by jeera |
I went for lunch with some family a few weeks ago and tried to give the 2 kids who'd been serving us a fiver each but neither would take it, saying it had to go in the jar.
I was impressed with their honesty and camaraderie for their fellow staff members I have to say, but agree with you that I prefer the personal approach myself. But that's up to them and good for them for playing fair.
*It was only pizza and bits in the garden so a tenner was generous enough for that!
** Not part of the money off deal. [Post edited 21 Aug 2020 19:50]
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Good on you - if we can spare a few quid, right now the hospitality sector needs it | | | |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 22:28 - Aug 21 with 1960 views | mr_bean |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 16:52 - Aug 21 by clive_baker |
Wasn't you I spotted at the The Lost Gardens of Heligan in an ITFC face mask was it? |
Nah, it was Marcus Evans in a cunning disguise.
He'd just popped in from nearby Trewarthenick. | | | |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 23:11 - Aug 21 with 1935 views | rkc123 |
I have used it once, as others have mentioned it did seem to be very busy where I went, and the same seems to be the case wherever I pass at the moment.
I am surprised more hasn't been made about the fact that the government will only subsidise it for eat in meals, not take away or deliveries. The place I went seemed to have good distancing measures etc, but in an enclosed space there is still obviously a risk, so you would think that purely from a health stand point it would be better for people to take the food away from the premises, and as long as people are spending the money it would seem to have a similar effect of supporting these businesses and boosting the economy. I suppose people spend more on drinks if they are eating at the restaurant? But otherwise it seems to me to be just because it all looks better if we are going out again and getting 'back to normal'. | | | |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 23:17 - Aug 21 with 1928 views | jeera |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 23:11 - Aug 21 by rkc123 |
I have used it once, as others have mentioned it did seem to be very busy where I went, and the same seems to be the case wherever I pass at the moment.
I am surprised more hasn't been made about the fact that the government will only subsidise it for eat in meals, not take away or deliveries. The place I went seemed to have good distancing measures etc, but in an enclosed space there is still obviously a risk, so you would think that purely from a health stand point it would be better for people to take the food away from the premises, and as long as people are spending the money it would seem to have a similar effect of supporting these businesses and boosting the economy. I suppose people spend more on drinks if they are eating at the restaurant? But otherwise it seems to me to be just because it all looks better if we are going out again and getting 'back to normal'. |
Plenty of takeaways have been able to operate throughout the crisis.
The incentive is to help those who haven't had the chance to save themselves by offering a bit of support before they disappear.
Keeping them afloat means employment and tax and rent being paid as well as all the hidden extras that go back into the economy. Fewer empty buildings where thriving businesses should be...
It's not a health point, it is an economic one, and of the few things this lot have actually got remotely correct so far. [Post edited 21 Aug 2020 23:18]
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| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 08:19 - Aug 22 with 1856 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 23:17 - Aug 21 by jeera |
Plenty of takeaways have been able to operate throughout the crisis.
The incentive is to help those who haven't had the chance to save themselves by offering a bit of support before they disappear.
Keeping them afloat means employment and tax and rent being paid as well as all the hidden extras that go back into the economy. Fewer empty buildings where thriving businesses should be...
It's not a health point, it is an economic one, and of the few things this lot have actually got remotely correct so far. [Post edited 21 Aug 2020 23:18]
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Agree with everything you say there. I’ll add the VAT cut, no rates for a year, £10-25K free grant, bounce back loan guaranteed by the government, furlough scheme to the list of things they have got right.
All of which have come from the Chancellor rather than the bumbling Prime Minister. |  |
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| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 08:27 - Aug 22 with 1849 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 08:19 - Aug 22 by GlasgowBlue |
Agree with everything you say there. I’ll add the VAT cut, no rates for a year, £10-25K free grant, bounce back loan guaranteed by the government, furlough scheme to the list of things they have got right.
All of which have come from the Chancellor rather than the bumbling Prime Minister. |
You'll be backing free high speed Internet access for all before we know it! |  |
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| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 08:29 - Aug 22 with 1843 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 17:45 - Aug 21 by werringtonblue |
Did dinner on Monday - got 3 x £10 offered as the discount. Asked if we didn't take it, did the staff get it - the waiter said it all got shared with all the staff..... so we didn't take the discount and paid the service charge too - happy for the low-paid kitchen and waiting staff to benefit a bit.
By the way, restaurant felt very Covid-safe and was perfectly organised |
We do not really get the chance to use the scheme but if we did....this, this and this!!! | |
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| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 09:28 - Aug 22 with 1812 views | Plums |
Used it a couple of times without really realising it. The places were packed but both said all it had done was shift a load of trade from the end of the week to the beginning.
As a scheme it had a number of flaws, not least of all the distribution of wealth. We didn’t need the discount, neither by the look of it did the majority of people I saw eating out. |  |
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| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 09:32 - Aug 22 with 1805 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 09:28 - Aug 22 by Plums |
Used it a couple of times without really realising it. The places were packed but both said all it had done was shift a load of trade from the end of the week to the beginning.
As a scheme it had a number of flaws, not least of all the distribution of wealth. We didn’t need the discount, neither by the look of it did the majority of people I saw eating out. |
Free loading off the state seems to increase the higher up the social ladder one gets...ask the landed gentry. | |
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| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 09:41 - Aug 22 with 1791 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 09:28 - Aug 22 by Plums |
Used it a couple of times without really realising it. The places were packed but both said all it had done was shift a load of trade from the end of the week to the beginning.
As a scheme it had a number of flaws, not least of all the distribution of wealth. We didn’t need the discount, neither by the look of it did the majority of people I saw eating out. |
From my own experience in the trade it did the job it was supposed to do.
Play on people’s love of a cheap deal to get them out the house. Once they used it and discovered how safe things were in a professionally run socially distanced establishment, they then came back on days when the discount wasn’t applied. So not only has Monday to Wednesday become ramped but the other days have seen a sharp increase in footfall and income.
The scheme was never designed to give a discount to people who needed it. It’s was designed to get the hospitality sector out of its coma. | |
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| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 09:47 - Aug 22 with 1786 views | Plums |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 09:32 - Aug 22 by BanksterDebtSlave |
Free loading off the state seems to increase the higher up the social ladder one gets...ask the landed gentry. |
The best example I came across of this was while having a coffee and cake at the White Horse at Brancaster Staithe. The table next to us was a well to do retired couple and their adult son, two of whom had the £20+ lobster for lunch. They spent the next half hour trying to work out how they could use their free bus passes to get to Lords the following day for the 5th day of the test. It was an enthralling listen. | |
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| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 09:48 - Aug 22 with 1785 views | Plums |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 09:41 - Aug 22 by GlasgowBlue |
From my own experience in the trade it did the job it was supposed to do.
Play on people’s love of a cheap deal to get them out the house. Once they used it and discovered how safe things were in a professionally run socially distanced establishment, they then came back on days when the discount wasn’t applied. So not only has Monday to Wednesday become ramped but the other days have seen a sharp increase in footfall and income.
The scheme was never designed to give a discount to people who needed it. It’s was designed to get the hospitality sector out of its coma. |
Fair enough but it was a missed opportunity to treat the poorer in society if it had had a little more thought. | |
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| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 10:02 - Aug 22 with 1776 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 09:48 - Aug 22 by Plums |
Fair enough but it was a missed opportunity to treat the poorer in society if it had had a little more thought. |
But the poorest in society get the discount. And can use it as many times a day as they want, so they could come in for breakfast, lunch, coffee and cakes all day long at half price.
I’ll reiterate, the scheme was designed to help the restaurants, not the punters.
Before the scheme I was taking a third of what I was ore lockdown, which was Unsustainable over a long period. I’m now pretty much back to where I was in March since the scheme was introduced.
I’ll also introduce my own discount days if business drops off when the scheme ends so it’s also a lesson to us to be more creative. | |
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| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 10:07 - Aug 22 with 1772 views | clive_baker |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 09:41 - Aug 22 by GlasgowBlue |
From my own experience in the trade it did the job it was supposed to do.
Play on people’s love of a cheap deal to get them out the house. Once they used it and discovered how safe things were in a professionally run socially distanced establishment, they then came back on days when the discount wasn’t applied. So not only has Monday to Wednesday become ramped but the other days have seen a sharp increase in footfall and income.
The scheme was never designed to give a discount to people who needed it. It’s was designed to get the hospitality sector out of its coma. |
Agree with all you’ve said.
I actually know the guy who ‘came up’ with the eat out to help out initiative. Very bright guy, and his boss has pretty much had a direct line to Rishi from day one. She’s one of the most respected and experienced people within UK hospitality. Fair play to Rishi Sunak for engaging the industry leaders in such a way and taking their thoughts on board, and implementing them. |  |
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| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 10:12 - Aug 22 with 1768 views | hampstead_blue |
Not yet.
We were on hols in Dorset and where we were had amazing food not on the scheme so we just ate out there.
There is an idea to give it a go at one of our local eateries next week.
Happy to support local business. TBH we don't eat out much so even if they did pump the prices a touch I am sure we would not begrudge them. |  |
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| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 10:17 - Aug 22 with 1760 views | mikeybloo88 |
| Who has taken advantage of this 50% off eating out on 09:41 - Aug 22 by GlasgowBlue |
From my own experience in the trade it did the job it was supposed to do.
Play on people’s love of a cheap deal to get them out the house. Once they used it and discovered how safe things were in a professionally run socially distanced establishment, they then came back on days when the discount wasn’t applied. So not only has Monday to Wednesday become ramped but the other days have seen a sharp increase in footfall and income.
The scheme was never designed to give a discount to people who needed it. It’s was designed to get the hospitality sector out of its coma. |
It's different near me...the pubs have been rammed with diners Monday to Wednesday but quiet for diners at the weekend. I went to my local food pub last night for drinks only as I do every Friday, and it had only two tables eating out of a possible 25, but it's been fully booked for the discount days. I think people have just switched their weekend meals out to earlier in the week so I'm not sure how much financial gain the pubs have had. But hopefully it's worked to get people out and see it can be perfectly safe to eat and drink out and that will now continue. |  | | |
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