Sneaky Extra On Restaurant Bill

[bad company]

I posted a couple of years ago when some hotels started adding service charges to their accommodation rates:-

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Here’s another sneaky addition this time by a restaurant:-

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1496938...

Edited by bad company on Sunday 10th August 14:31

[nikaiyo2]

I went to a Jamie’s Italian once, with my mum & sister.
The food was average at best, but it’s a shopping centre restaurant so it’s not going to be great.
I mentioned that my mum was always a huge fan of Jamie’s and the waitress said oh he is here now would you like me to see if he can pop out and say hi…

£120 on the bill.

[Super Sonic]

The thing that surprised me most in that article was "£4 for bread for the table". Do tables get hungry?

[ettore]

nikaiyo2 said:

I went to a Jamie’s Italian once, with my mum & sister.
The food was average at best, but it’s a shopping centre restaurant so it’s not going to be great.
I mentioned that my mum was always a huge fan of Jamie’s and the waitress said oh he is here now would you like me to see if he can pop out and say hi…

£120 on the bill.

Really?

[bad company]

nikaiyo2 said:

I went to a Jamie’s Italian once, with my mum & sister.
The food was average at best, but it’s a shopping centre restaurant so it’s not going to be great.
I mentioned that my mum was always a huge fan of Jamie’s and the waitress said oh he is here now would you like me to see if he can pop out and say hi…

£120 on the bill.

Come on, you’re having us on there?

[JoshSm]

bad company said:

Come on, you’re having us on there?

I've heard similar stories before so it sounds plausible.

[cliffords]

I would pay not to meet him .

[bad company]

JoshSm said:

bad company said:

Come on, you’re having us on there?

I've heard similar stories before so it sounds plausible.

Maybe but there’s no requirement to pay it unless the price was approved in advance.

[nikaiyo2]

ettore said:

Really?

bad company said:

Come on, you’re having us on there?

100% true. Just spoke to my mum and she says it was £55 charged.

My mum said the food was lovely to his face then moaned about it not being nice when we left lol.

[FredericRobinson]

Did she pay?

[nikaiyo2]

FredericRobinson said:

Did she pay?

Yeah she did. I think she was a bit shocked by it and did not know how to respond.

I did not know about till after we left otherwise I would have to.d the, to stick it up their collective arses

[motco]

nikaiyo2 said:

FredericRobinson said:

Did she pay?

Yeah she did. I think she was a bit shocked by it and did not know how to respond.

I did not know about till after we left otherwise I would have to.d the, to stick it up their collective arses

Morally that's the same as prostitution; hiring yourself out for the gratification of another person.

[cliffords]

motco said:

nikaiyo2 said:

FredericRobinson said:

Did she pay?

Yeah she did. I think she was a bit shocked by it and did not know how to respond.

I did not know about till after we left otherwise I would have to.d the, to stick it up their collective arses

Morally that's the same as prostitution; hiring yourself out for the gratification of another person.

Singer, comedian, artist, hairdresser. The list goes on and on. We had a childrens entertainer last weekend, she was exactly like a prostitute. Identical

[Badda]

cliffords said:

motco said:

nikaiyo2 said:

FredericRobinson said:

Did she pay?

Yeah she did. I think she was a bit shocked by it and did not know how to respond.

I did not know about till after we left otherwise I would have to.d the, to stick it up their collective arses

Morally that's the same as prostitution; hiring yourself out for the gratification of another person.

Singer, comedian, artist, hairdresser. The list goes on and on. We had a childrens entertainer last weekend, she was exactly like a prostitute. Identical

indeed.

Christ there are some bizarre views on here.

[Cotty]

nikaiyo2 said:

100% true. Just spoke to my mum and she says it was £55 charged.

My mum said the food was lovely to his face then moaned about it not being nice when we left lol.

Im taking this with a pinch of salt. Would love to see the bill i.e. what was put next to the amount as a description of the charge.

[z4RRSchris]

i went to Salt Bae in Dubai and to have the geezer come out and sprinkle salt on your steak goes on the bill as an extra.

[bad company]

Cotty said:

Im taking this with a pinch of salt. Would love to see the bill i.e. what was put next to the amount as a description of the charge.

My thoughts also. It’s a bit like those claiming to have been nicked for 1mph over the limit. Nobody’s ever provided proof.

[NSNO]

z4RRSchris said:

i went to Salt Bae in Dubai and to have the geezer come out and sprinkle salt on your steak goes on the bill as an extra.

Why the f**k anyone would willingly pay to eat at one of his restaurants is beyond me. Mind you, I can imagine that it would popular, with the type of totally crass people, who like to visit Dubai in the first place.

[bad company]

NSNO said:

Why the f**k anyone would willingly pay to eat at one of his restaurants is beyond me. Mind you, I can imagine that it would popular, with the type of totally crass people, who like to visit Dubai in the first place.

We’ve stopped in Dubai a couple of times before joining a ship through the Suez Canal. It’s ok for a day or 2 but I wouldn’t choose it as my holiday destination.

[z4RRSchris]

NSNO said:

z4RRSchris said:

i went to Salt Bae in Dubai and to have the geezer come out and sprinkle salt on your steak goes on the bill as an extra.

Why the f**k anyone would willingly pay to eat at one of his restaurants is beyond me. Mind you, I can imagine that it would popular, with the type of totally crass people, who like to visit Dubai in the first place.

I was there on expenses, my mate is a pilot there and the trolley dolly he was dating chose it.