I was out in a group that included children so we just drank where we were eating. The further you got away from the Gondola the cheaper it got. In the mehana's it was about 2.50/3.00 lev for a large local beer.
But the place we used most was the pizza place under the Kempinski 3.50/4.00 lev for a large local beer, the pizza's were top notch and the pasta was excellent too.
We only went into the Happy End once and they were charging 5.00 lev for a local beer.
Kempinski were charging about 3.50 lev for a 330ml local beer which isn't to bad for a hotel. I'm sure more bars have opened up, its just that we weren't looking.