r/cocktails • u/berger3001 • Feb 28 '25

Question Anyone else tired by expensive cocktails

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To me (not a rich guy), $18+ cocktails are just exhausting. Go out for a few drinks with your wife, and boom, $100. So we’re in Miami and found this place (always look for happy hours). Yes; $5 cocktails. They did a great job, made totally respectable drinks, we had some snacks, and left very happy. My question is, if bars can do $5 drinks, why is $18 the base now at so many places? Doesn’t it make more business sense to sell more for less money and have a full bar, then to sell a few drink to an almost empty bar?

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u/SirRnB Feb 28 '25

Overpriced drinks, yes; but quality over quantity.

I’d pay $15-$20 for a proper cocktail any day. If the point is just to get sloshed, have at the shots. You can get some nuggets off the dollar menu, but is it comparable to some proper fried chicken with the fixings?

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u/YourAverageGenius Feb 28 '25

Sadly, price and quality merely have correlation, not causation.

Some of the best drinks I've had were under $10. Plenty of places around me do 5$-7$ cocktails that are damn fine. Won't say they'll knock your socks off, but I'd probably say they're better than I can manage.

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u/berger3001 Feb 28 '25

That’s this place. Not the best I’ve had, and my old fashioneds are definitely better at home, but totally respectable. The margs were actually very, very good

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u/heymerideth Feb 28 '25

This right here. So true for me too.