Oktoberfest London - Cancelled after 1 night

ianh · 9 Oct 2015 at 18:18

***Dons - Didn't want to put it in Food as it's a news item and people might want to know before they go***

Hi all, well after myself and a mate have spent nearly £500 for this (entrance, trains, hotels, day off work) it's been cancelled after one appalling night with 2hr queues to get in, no food, no beer and no staff.

Whats the betting that the company running this suddenly goes bankrupt and won't be able to refund anyone or the other companies they've hired!

Here's a DailyFail article but the best read is on twitter which is, quite rightly, tearing the organisers a new one!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...000-table-turn-leaving-staff-unable-cope.html

So, now we've got a free night in London for drinking, where's good in the East End (near Old Street Station) for ales, CAMRA, real beer with twigs in etc?

Greebo · 9 Oct 2015 at 18:23

OOOPS!

theNude · 9 Oct 2015 at 18:24

Just came back from 6 days at the real one in munich and only spent about the same as you have paid for this sham in london.

I have never been satisfied with an attraction or event here in the UK compared to similar things attended over seas they always seen to be half arsed.

I would recommend the real festival though the scale of the festival is imense and the beer is fantastic also

Dude

Nix · 9 Oct 2015 at 18:25

ianh said:
So, now we've got a free night in London for drinking, where's good in the East End (near Old Street Station) for ales, CAMRA, real beer with twigs in etc?

You could pop down the Brew Dog in Shoreditch?

theNude · 9 Oct 2015 at 18:30

Greenwich has a brewery and u can also walk to another one in Blackheath which is a micro brewary

scorza · 9 Oct 2015 at 18:31

LOL that looks awful - OP just be glad you've had a lucky escape. Why can we never have nice things in this country? :mad:

Uther · 9 Oct 2015 at 18:40

Should have gone to Germany TBH...

Deleted member 66701 · 9 Oct 2015 at 18:51

Why on earth would you even bother going to an Oktoberfest in London?

That's like going to an Aussie BBQ in Mancherster.

Makes no sense.

robfosters · 9 Oct 2015 at 18:54

theNude said:
Greenwich has a brewery and u can also walk to another one in Blackheath which is a micro brewary

My dad lives over the road from the Greenwich one.

You'd never know it was there, it's just sitting in an industrial estate, but good lord, what a magnificent selection of beers.

Rofflay · 9 Oct 2015 at 18:58

Who organized it? The sight of the sausages made me nearly sick... The first thing i thought was, I bet this was done by some immigrants coming to Britain with a quick idea to make money, And obviously failing hard.

How hard can it be to source quality gourmet sausages and beer in Europe and then sell them at a profit? It looks like a shameless rip off to be honest.

doofer · 9 Oct 2015 at 18:58

Looks like they couldn't organise a... Oh! Wait.

scorza · 9 Oct 2015 at 18:59

Rofflay said:
Who organized it? The sight of the sausages made me nearly sick... The first thing i thought was, I bet this was done by some immigrants coming to Britain with a quick idea to make money, And obviously failing hard.

How hard can it be to source quality gourmet sausages and beer in Europe and then sell them at a profit? It looks like a shameless rip off to be honest.

More likely some Shoreditch hipster yahs imo. Borrow a bit of money from Daddy, as long as he gets paid back it won't matter.

Orionaut · 9 Oct 2015 at 19:19

doofer said:
Looks like they couldn't organise a... Oh! Wait.

Damn! You beat me too it! :mad:

Illusion · 9 Oct 2015 at 19:59

Those UK Oktoberfest events suck anyway. It's usually a massive tent with some wooden tables in and ridiculously over priced food and beer with generic cover bands playing.

Go to the real thing next year in Germany you'll have a much better time

Rofflay · 9 Oct 2015 at 20:06

Illusion said:
Those UK Oktoberfest events suck anyway. It's usually a massive tent with some wooden tables in and ridiculously over priced food and beer with generic cover bands playing.

Go to the real thing next year in Germany you'll have a much better time

On my to do list, Amsterdam > Oktoberfest > Amsterdam round trip and fly right home to Belfast Intl. So many things to do and see.

chef-borjan · 9 Oct 2015 at 20:08

Crap sorry to hear that.

You are near shoreditch if you are by Old Street Station. Hopefully you find something to your liking over there, head to the street food places maybe...

Keyboards'Fear · 9 Oct 2015 at 20:10

Rofflay said:
On my to do list, Amsterdam > Oktoberfest > Amsterdam round trip and fly right home to Belfast Intl. So many things to do and see.

Edit: Weird how the english words changed to god knows what, but you get the drift.. "STONER ALERT"

dowie · 9 Oct 2015 at 20:17

lots of East London is full of 'craft beers' theses days (hipsters love it as much as street food and pop up restaurants)... plenty of more traditional real ale too

personally I'd head down brick lane for a night out

Rofflay · 9 Oct 2015 at 20:19

Keyboards'Fear said:
Edit: Weird how the english words changed to god knows what, but you get the drift.. "STONER ALERT"

So everyone who goes to Amsterdam is a beer drinking pot smoking prostitute user right?

Thankfully i do not drink smoke or engage with ladies of the night. But never say never!

Janesy B · 9 Oct 2015 at 20:27

Oversold and poorly staffed, but that's typical of most things in London. I like my beer but never been tempted by these things. Feel sorry for the people conned out of their money.

Oktoberfest London - Cancelled after 1 night

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