The Belgian Beer Cafe - it's had a makeover

Dont get the Belgium Beer Cafe mixed up with the (Far more superior) Bavarian Bier Cafe (yes Bier spelt Bier) found in Yorke Street Sydney SBD and Manly Pier.

Oh BTW, I looked at their menu and I must just have money to throw around, because theirprices look pretty reasonable to me.

Can’t say anything about their service, never eaten/drunk there.

If you give me a pint of any wheat beer and a bucket of mussels for 15 buck, I would call that good value.

The Brad said :

PigDog,

Pig Dog, not only is this a massive generalisation, it’s wrong. The drink of choice for Chavs in England is Carling. Stella is drunk by a far more discerning boozer – mainly because it’s dearer.

Sorry Nambucca, but you are wrong here. The choice drink of Chav’s the elite tossers generally found in Chelmsford and Chigwell(essex) is definately Stella. “two pints of Nelson, Guv” is the most common call. Chavs would not drink Carling as its definately not cool enough and doesn’t go with the adidas/burberry outfit.
Stella is a pretty ordinary beer when compared with the many other excellent beers that come from Belgium. More Discerning ‘Boozers’ in the UK will be drinking Paulaner, Erdinger or Birra Moretti. Stella is almost always the bottom rung beer in classy establishments.
Anyway as many have above i have digressed. I took a friend from Melbourne to the BBC for a drink on a saturday afternoon. They did not have all the draught beers, they did not have the correct glasses for the beers they had and the prices were a lot more than i expected. We were told we could not eat but to come back in a couple of hours. We didn’t.

Nambucco Deliria said :

But I don’t drive a BMW, wear sunglasses or beat my wife.

When did you stop beating your wife?

PigDog said :

The Brad said :

PigDog,

Probably less to do with perceived connection with aggression and binge-drinking, and more to do with the famous line “STELLAAAAA” from A Streetcar called Desire, which was yelled by a wife beater.

You’re probably partly right, but it is also because of the type of people that drink Stella in the UK – chavs. In Australia Stella is the drink of choice the sort of person that drives a second hand BMW and wears large sunglasses.
(yes, it is a massive generalisation…)

But back to the topic at hand, I really like the Belgium Beer Cafe – but as all the posts say, the price stops me going back.

Pig Dog, not only is this a massive generalisation, it’s wrong. The drink of choice for Chavs in England is Carling. Stella is drunk by a far more discerning boozer – mainly because it’s dearer.

I drink Stella in Australia because it’s better than anything brewed by Carlton and I can’t stand any of the boutique beers such as Little Creatures or Coopers. But I don’t drive a BMW, wear sunglasses or beat my wife. Maybe I’m the exception that proves your rule.

On my last visit most of the beer on tap wasn’t available, the staff clueless, the jazz band extremely amatuerish – left after one beer and won’t be back…

Woody Mann-Caruso said :

I’d rather buy a six of Hoegaarden, a jar of good mayonnaise, grab some takeaway fish and chips and sit in the park. If I’m feeling fancy, it’s not hard to throw a kilo of mussels on the barbie, pour over some Hoegaarden and a splash of cream, stick a wok lid over it and wait a couple of minutes. Add crusty bread, done.

Exactly. The problem is that lots of people need to spend lots of $$ and ‘be seen’ in order to believe they had a good time.

The Brad said :

PigDog,

Probably less to do with perceived connection with aggression and binge-drinking, and more to do with the famous line “STELLAAAAA” from A Streetcar called Desire, which was yelled by a wife beater.

You’re probably partly right, but it is also because of the type of people that drink Stella in the UK – chavs. In Australia Stella is the drink of choice the sort of person that drives a second hand BMW and wears large sunglasses.
(yes, it is a massive generalisation…)

But back to the topic at hand, I really like the Belgium Beer Cafe – but as all the posts say, the price stops me going back.

I’d rather buy a six of Hoegaarden, a jar of good mayonnaise, grab some takeaway fish and chips and sit in the park. If I’m feeling fancy, it’s not hard to throw a kilo of mussels on the barbie, pour over some Hoegaarden and a splash of cream, stick a wok lid over it and wait a couple of minutes. Add crusty bread, done.

The imported beers sold at the BBC are best bought by the 750mL bottle from your favourite “warehouse” bottle shop and shared with a mate over a game of rugby or cricket.

PigDog,

Probably less to do with perceived connection with aggression and binge-drinking, and more to do with the famous line “STELLAAAAA” from A Streetcar called Desire, which was yelled by a wife beater.