Champage
For our honeymoon seven years ago, Mrs ScousersPet and I went to the Syechelles for a couple of weeks, then had a couple of days in Dubai on the way back.

As a wedding present, a friend of ours upgraded our room in Dubai to "Club Executive" for us. The room had floor to ceiling windows, through which we enjoyed watching the sun set over the Persian Gulf.

One of the (many) benefits of having a Club Executive room was access to the Club Executive lounge, which served free drinks between 4 and 7 every day.

First day we were there, we wandered into the lounge and immediately stood out, being a couple of slightly rough around the edges Scousers in a lounge full of flash executive types. The nice waiter asked us if we would like a drink. Now, I am used to free drinks promotions that are basically limited to "the watered down Fosters or the Vodka we make in the bath upstairs" but really, really didn't want to say "what's free?". The waiter saw this awkward hesitiation and said "Most people are drinking champagne, sir"

So two champagnes were ordered. And it was the finest champagne I've ever had. Not only was it very easy to drink, the serving staff never let your glass get less than 3/4 full. As soon as you had a sip, they'd top it up for you.

Do you have any idea how much free, yet very expensive chammpagne you can drink in three hours? Lots, that's how much. great big bucketfuls of the stuff. I could hardly walk out of the place by the end of it.

The bit that was a bit too far was when they came around to toip[ up our nearly full glasses and said "We've run out of Bollinger and have sent down to the cellars to get more, will Moet suffice?" (I'm not sure of the actual brands, but you get the gist). When we said it would, they took away our nearly full glasses and replaced them wwith new, full ones - throwing out the stuff we had been drinking.

The next day, I had a quick look at the drinks menu and the cheapest glass of champagne they did was £30. I reckon the waiter chucked out about £100 worth of champagne so as not to mix two different wines.
(ScousersPet, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:32, 2 replies)

Executive room
The Executive room at John Lennon has free Lambrini! I kid you not..
( Owza, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 14:35, closed)

Local product, y'see
Lambrini is erm... brewed? concocted? in Liverpool (well, Huyton). So it's local fayre...
(ScousersPet, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 15:17, closed)