So how bad did you get gouged for a drink?

Zed, did you know the Margarita cost 95 pesos before you ordered it?

viajero wrote:Zed, did you know the Margarita cost 95 pesos before you ordered it?

Nope my fault for not asking or looking.

Z

gringal wrote:I'm with Zed. A good local Margarita costs half that or less. This was a typical tourist trap with over the top prices, from the sound of things. Those are easy to locate and I'd guess Cancun would have plenty.

Choice: Bend over willingly, leave your money behind or stay away.

I need to be fair. The only issue I had with the place was the food prices. The resort was beautiful and had wonderful art all over the place. The help was
well trained and truly hospitable. It must of had 50 acres of pools and water features. Different pools with different temperatures. I didn't care for the oh
sorry sir your bracelet isn't the right color to do this or go there but it was a very interesting experience for me overall.

Z

Zedinmexico wrote:

viajero wrote:Zed, did you know the Margarita cost 95 pesos before you ordered it?

Nope my fault for not asking or looking.
Z

The value of a great margarita or martini or any other fine cocktail meant to bend the mind and induce pleasure after a delightful time spent absorbing it, is measured by the quality of the ingredients, not the price. Anyone prone to remembering the price of a great margarita is unworthy of having ingested it. Pearls to swine I say.

THE PERFECT MARGARITA
One bottle of Herradura Blanco Tequila
Limes
One bottle of Grand Marnier
One large two liter pitcher

Mix to one´s taste.

Relax

One other thing:

If one actually goes to an all-inclusive resort and expects fine cocktails included in the day charge or buys a timeshare in anything, one should not expect to be taken seriously about any opinion expressed about anything from then on.

Zedinmexico wrote:

merry wrote:Hmm, Top Shelf ANYTHINGS are regularly more than 100 pesos, so I can't sympathize that you were that ripped off.

merry

Please what is top shelf about a Margarita made with El Jimador. I saw the bottle. It was a blended margarita not a shot of 30 year single malt scotch or
a glass of 1959 french red wine. So you would pay 95 pesos for a OK blended Margarita??

Z

No Zed I drink Top Shelf margaritas. Maybe if you had squeaked to the people who served you this travesty, they would have given you another one free.

merry

Dawg Said:
THE PERFECT MARGARITA
One bottle of Herradura Blanco Tequila
Limes
One bottle of Grand Marnier
One large two liter pitcher

Mix to one´s taste.



Maybe..... I like fresh squeezed lime juice in mine and sometimes I throw in fresh pureed strawberries and I like them frozen occasionally !

I find it amazing that someone would bitch about the price of most anything when they willingly picked a coastal resort primarily designed to separate Gringos from their money! The fact that the OP tried to justify his criticism by stating that there was only $10 to $15 Pesos of El Jimador swill in each drink shows me that he knows nothing about computing pour costs or necessary profit margins. As a twice over former bartender, I was very leary of any customer who found it necessary to ask prices before they ordered - either you can afford it or go drink at home.

If you think $95MXN for a margarita is bad, try getting nailed for $80MXN for a Corona at a sidewalk cafe in San Miguel de Allende four years ago!

CheenaGringo wrote:I find it amazing that someone would bitch about the price of most anything when they willingly picked a coastal resort primarily designed to separate Gringos from their money! ...!

Nod. Sour grapes - a way to brag "hey I went to a fancy coastal resort" by complaining about something silly.

merry

merry wrote:

CheenaGringo wrote:I find it amazing that someone would bitch about the price of most anything when they willingly picked a coastal resort primarily designed to separate Gringos from their money! ...!

Nod. Sour grapes - a way to brag "hey I went to a fancy coastal resort" by complaining about something silly.

merry

I didn't pick the resort. Never been to a resort like this and never will go back again. We didn't pay for the resort we traded on RCI. As Freud say sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. I just noticed a stupid blended margarita with second rate tequila cost a lot of pesos.

God you folks are bitchy.

Z