Woman gobsmacked by sneaky charge at trendy restaurant
A woman has been left shocked after a trendy restaurant sneakily charged her for the privilege of having parmesan cheese grated on her pasta.
UK food writer Rosie French was sitting town at London’s Ombra restaurant, and while her meal was enjoyable she was in for a rude surprise when she picked up the bill.
She was shocked to find that she was charged an additional $2.80 (1.50 pounds) for the “Parmisan Supplement [sic]”.
Any thoughts on this “parmisan supplement” @jayrayner1? Wasn’t mentioned to us during the awkward, painfully slow, grating at the table. Would have let her carry on had we known! pic.twitter.com/jjfie11oAR
— Rosie French (@rosiefrenchfood) April 24, 2018
Ms French posted the photo on Twitter, writing, “Any thoughts on this “parmisan supplement? Wasn’t mentioned to us during the awkward, painfully slow, grating at the table. Would have let her carry on had we known!”
Twitter users were incredulous with the charge.
“Good grief, I’ve never seen or heard of that,” one person said.
Another user pointed out the 12.5 per cent service charge, with a line to add an additional date.
“A service charge and a line to add a gratuity? Cake and eat it,” one person said.
Another said: “Take a pen, draw a line through the item, and the 12.5 per cent service charge, add the gratuity you want to give, and put down the new total. Pay no more than that.”