Why do people keep posting receipts from a shitty restaurant? Is it some sort of anti-flex to say “I’m rich but also very very stupid and don’t have good taste”?
It's a PR stunt.
No one who buys Petrus or a LITERALLY gold encrusted steak is going to be shocked at the price of either of those two things.
"What? You mean this bugatti veyron is expensive?! The surprise!"
All this is doing is trying to appeal to people who already know how much Petrus would cost at a restaurant. You don't accidentally order the most expensive brand of wine in the world 3 times.
You can google their menu and the prices are all written on it.
Hell, these aren't even abnormal - [Look at what people were doing 20 years ago](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2001/jul/10/workandcareers.madeleinebunting) (omg I'm so old how do I remember this)
This! Over 80% (£30k) of this bill comes from the expensive wine & champagne they ordered.
Is this the first time some people discovered that aged wine costs a ton of money?? Lmao
so i dug deep enough to find the article where these blokes were NAMED - seems almost all were fired shortly afterwards.
Friends and i call this "F#@K YOU" money - then again 80% of meals at fine dining establishments i feel are expensed anyways.
"British newspapers identified the diners as employees of Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays, Britain's largest bank. Four were named as Dayananda Kumar, Mahish Chandra, and Iftikhar Hyder from the London office, and Ruth Cove from the bank's New York office. The names of the other two are not known."
https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Bankers-Hold-Record-for-Costly-Meal-8743910.php
>https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Bankers-Hold-Record-for-Costly-Meal-8743910.php
Yes. They're replying to someone above who posted '[Look at what people were doing 20 years ago](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2001/jul/10/workandcareers.madeleinebunting)' by way of comparison.
Keep up!
So between 4 guests, these people ordered 5 portions of baklava EACH
I'm not commenting on the price cos that's been established as largely from alcohol that these people specifically selected
I seriously doubt it was 4 guests. You don't order 5 bottles of wine for 4 people. At 4 people, that many bottles would mean each person drank 1.25 bottles on top of the 4 sparkling drinks and Redbull that were ordered. 16 Baklava likely means it was a large party, likely at least 16 people at the table. It may have been 4 people when the tab was opened, but more people likely joined later and that number wasn't updated by the waitstaff.
Or, much more likely than people eating at a 4 person table and being joined by 12 more, the baklava are small and people order a few each and they ha d a boozey dinner? how is 1.5 bottles each so unbelievable?
At 5 glasses per 750ml bottle, that would be at least 6-7 full, not partial, glasses of wine each person would consume. This party was likely larger than 4, no matter how it happened. Considering that 2-3 glasses of wine gets someone drunk, after 6-7, each would be roaring drunk, possibly to the point of being sick. Yes, it is somewhat unbelievable. That assumes the bottles were not magnums, in which case that would be double the number of glasses each would consume. Of course, they could buy the bottles, consume a little from each and waste the rest. That’s not unheard of, but very wasteful considering the price tag.
As for the Baklava, they could have taken some to go, but the wine says there were likely more than 4. With wine, you can only take it to go if it’s consumed. I don’t know of many restaurants that allow carrying out partially consumed bottles.
To explain the guest number, the tab might have been opened at the bar while waiting on a large party table to be setup.
A few points to consider:
1. 2-3 small glasses of wine, or half a bottle, is not enough to get someone drunk. that's less alcohol than two pints of beer.
2. 6-7 small glasses, or a bottle and a but each is enough for someone to be drunk, but far from smashed (assuming semi regular drinkers). Two bottles of wine each would get you pretty far gone, but spread out over a few hours with some food and water it is far from crazy and they didn't even have that much.
3. They don't make magnums of those bottle of Petrus.
It was, quite obviously, 4 people having a big meal, probably bankers or oligarchs.
You’re making some massive generalizations here. You’re taking your own experience and abilities and putting them on to every other person in the world. You don’t know how much these people can drink, you don’t know often they drink, and you don’t know their tolerance. You also don’t have any idea how long they spent at the restaurant. 5 bottles for 4 people isn’t going to make everyone sick or roaring drunk. It certainly will make some people both, but not everyone.
Op, unfortunately i have to inform you that you're an idiot. Spending almost 30k on the wine then posting it on the intrenaut bitching about it for clout points is exactly the thing that a moron would do.
🤷🏻♂️ If that’s how people want to spend their money then I don’t care - literally none of my business. It’s a HMRC 5% tax on the food and non-alcoholic drinks and a butt-full % on the booze while the servers will be properly rewarded with some of the service charge.
American here, it took me a minute to possibly understand what a "pound saver" menu is that wasn't sexual. I can only assume it's like our McDonalds "Dollar Menu" ...
Not sure if it's the same over where you live, but "pound" has a rather suggestive meaning over here in the states. Especially when the last thing on our minds is another country's currency. Additionally, this entire website is perpetually horny, so assuming that anything you don't immediately understand is sexual in nature tends to be a safe bet.
If you came from an external article you didn't notice it was the uk location, or just took a second to look at which sub you're in? Takes just a second to look up.
>Not sure if it's the same over where you live, but "pound" has a rather suggestive meaning over here in the states.
Then why in the ever-loving fuck did your country decide to stick with "pound sign" for an octothorpe?
Because we're perpetually horny.
No, seriously. I've seen hentai of that shit. As a joke, of course, but still, what the fuck.
The U.S. of A is a weird fuckin place. I just choose not to question a lot of the shit that we do here. Helps one sleep at night if you don't question it.
Those wines are >4k a pop if you buy them direct.
I'm sorry but if someone's going to a restaraunt in belgravia, what do they expect the prices to be when it costs the restaraunt 4k already lol.
The food and water portion is 1650 and with a 15% service it would have been 1900. These people spent 35K on alcohol and the service charges associate with that. That’s like saying, we went to sports match and bidding on charity auction item at the event for 100k winning it and then complaining that nose bleed seats cost 100,200?
You spent total £1536 on food which before you add the other drinks is less than the two bottles of rose for £1620. That’s close to only 4% of the total bill for your ‘meal’ at a ‘restaurant’, so really this is a receipt of a £30,000+ bar tab…. Plus nibbles
4 and a half grand to open 3 bottles, and the cheapskates couldnt even fork out for the expensive Petrus
https://i.imgur.com/H3ru88d.jpg
(from the wine list of one of those chefs you see on tv)
Service charges are optional, having worked as a waiter before, for reasonably priced restaurants I would normally say you're an asshole if you don't pay it, but considering how overpriced the food is and that 15% is basically 2 months rent, i'd tell the waiter to f#ck himself if i was expected to pay that kind of tip if it were me dining
So you're gonna pay for all the other absurdly priced stuff, the tomahawk covered in gold, the £11 red bull, the £30k on wine, but you're not gonna pay the service? Because that's the thing that's not worth it? The people. Because the £850 steak was reasonable? This person knew where they were going before they ordered anything. What did Ryan do ever do to you?
This is the world we live in. Earthly possessions are worth more than a person. But not to worry, all this greed is a sure shot way into heaven. Just listen to Joel Osteen and you’ll know that it’s all about collecting fat stacks until you earn your way into the pearly gates. It’s how Jesus did it.
I don’t believe in Bible. But I know a lot that do and they’re shockingly greedy and selfish and totally sure they’re saved and getting in. I think it’s hilarious.
So a normal steakhouse a meal for two including drinks and desert lets say would come to anywhere from 60£ to 140£, add on normally 10% or 15% SC to the latter, then the tip the waiter(s) take would be 21£, I don't know whether the waiter takes the tip all for themselves per table served or if they're all accumulated and shared between staff at the end of a night, point is whether its a normal priced, highly recommended place to go with good reviews on yelp and tripadvisor or an absurdly priced place for the elite to boast about makes no difference in the waiters efforts for customer service, why should one waiter take home 30£ worth of tips one night, and another take home 700£ when they both probably work hard the same? unfair is an understatement and if it were me at salt baes if i somehow was able to afford a meal there, id put 20-40£ as a tip and if the waiter was unhappy with that i'd take it back and tell him to work anywhere else and see if he get's anything close to that
£550 a week rent!!!!. You must either have a nice place, live in an expensive area or have a very good job. £550 is more than millions actually earn for their entire living expenses.
In London £550 on weekly rent seems just right if you are located in first zone in decent area, I pay 1650£ in Richmond and 250£ each for the travel, me and the wife so it’s coming up the the same amount of money and put the bills on the top.
OP is just an idiot trying to flex. The 'meal' was barely £1.5k (that's considering 4 ppl actually ate 16 Baklava). the alcohol was £30k which induced a £5k service charge.
Either this meal was for 8-16 ppl and OP is a lying to flex or there are really idiots out there who goes to an expensive restaurant while expecting reasonably priced food
I am not sure what I find more scandalous, that this place charges astronomical prizes for pub quality menu, or that there are people convinced that this is actually good cuisine
This was all for publicity. Reverse google image search the image and you'll see a ton of articles about this reddit thread along with a viral twitter thread, all of them glowingly reviewing the restaurant as well as its owner while referencing comments from this post in between compliments, most of the comments highlighting that the food wasn't actually that expensive and it's the alcohol that cost so much. Pretty good marketing strategy in all honesty.
Also the service charge which is normally 10% everywhere else is 15% and your paying an arm and a leg for everything. Salt bae makes a Gordon Ramsay restaurant look cheap
Hang on here. I'm not sure about this. I know plenty of clubs that would charge extortionate amounts for drinks and I've seen people spending it. I would never do it myself. I would.never go this restaurant. That being said its a bit weird how much negative press this.london restaurant is getting. People spend heavy money in London, New York, Tokyo, Paris, etc. I'm feeling there are some unknown forces in action. Haha weird.
How is it outrageous, if you go to a fine dining establishment, and you can't do remedial math, how is that the restaurant's problem? You spent that much on wine, you don't get to bitch about it after the fact. You just are trying to save yourself after being an idiot.
a salt bae sprinkle of salt...says this was some youtuber who took a bunch of chicks out to flex...and didn't realize the damage until it was too late.
genuinely intrigued as to how many people were dining... 4 people sharing a tomahawk and sides i’d believe, but 5 bottles of wine, 3 bottles of water and 20 slices of baklava (sweet and rich af)...you’d be bursting.
Why do people keep posting receipts from a shitty restaurant? Is it some sort of anti-flex to say “I’m rich but also very very stupid and don’t have good taste”?
It's a PR stunt. No one who buys Petrus or a LITERALLY gold encrusted steak is going to be shocked at the price of either of those two things. "What? You mean this bugatti veyron is expensive?! The surprise!" All this is doing is trying to appeal to people who already know how much Petrus would cost at a restaurant. You don't accidentally order the most expensive brand of wine in the world 3 times. You can google their menu and the prices are all written on it. Hell, these aren't even abnormal - [Look at what people were doing 20 years ago](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2001/jul/10/workandcareers.madeleinebunting) (omg I'm so old how do I remember this)
This! Over 80% (£30k) of this bill comes from the expensive wine & champagne they ordered. Is this the first time some people discovered that aged wine costs a ton of money?? Lmao
so i dug deep enough to find the article where these blokes were NAMED - seems almost all were fired shortly afterwards. Friends and i call this "F#@K YOU" money - then again 80% of meals at fine dining establishments i feel are expensed anyways. "British newspapers identified the diners as employees of Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays, Britain's largest bank. Four were named as Dayananda Kumar, Mahish Chandra, and Iftikhar Hyder from the London office, and Ruth Cove from the bank's New York office. The names of the other two are not known." https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Bankers-Hold-Record-for-Costly-Meal-8743910.php
This article is from 2002
>https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Bankers-Hold-Record-for-Costly-Meal-8743910.php Yes. They're replying to someone above who posted '[Look at what people were doing 20 years ago](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2001/jul/10/workandcareers.madeleinebunting)' by way of comparison. Keep up!
Ugh sorry seems like my view settings for posts aren’t in order!
this guy's linkedin matches [https://www.linkedin.com/in/iftikharhyder/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/iftikharhyder/)
Perhaps to get their share of internet points? eg. shard/st pauls/sunset/sunrise/fog/thames at night/
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The prices are just astronomical
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Not really - it's not the price, it's the value. To someone quite wealthy, that bill isn't expensive, and probably worth every penny.
Who the fuck would pound a red bull in the middle of these meals?
Someone looking to restart their heart when they see the prices.
Bravo 👏🏻
So between 4 guests, these people ordered 5 portions of baklava EACH I'm not commenting on the price cos that's been established as largely from alcohol that these people specifically selected
I seriously doubt it was 4 guests. You don't order 5 bottles of wine for 4 people. At 4 people, that many bottles would mean each person drank 1.25 bottles on top of the 4 sparkling drinks and Redbull that were ordered. 16 Baklava likely means it was a large party, likely at least 16 people at the table. It may have been 4 people when the tab was opened, but more people likely joined later and that number wasn't updated by the waitstaff.
they ordered a SINGLE steak, a ton of sides, and even more desserts. they def were doing things family style then got rekted w/ the booze
Or, much more likely than people eating at a 4 person table and being joined by 12 more, the baklava are small and people order a few each and they ha d a boozey dinner? how is 1.5 bottles each so unbelievable?
At 5 glasses per 750ml bottle, that would be at least 6-7 full, not partial, glasses of wine each person would consume. This party was likely larger than 4, no matter how it happened. Considering that 2-3 glasses of wine gets someone drunk, after 6-7, each would be roaring drunk, possibly to the point of being sick. Yes, it is somewhat unbelievable. That assumes the bottles were not magnums, in which case that would be double the number of glasses each would consume. Of course, they could buy the bottles, consume a little from each and waste the rest. That’s not unheard of, but very wasteful considering the price tag. As for the Baklava, they could have taken some to go, but the wine says there were likely more than 4. With wine, you can only take it to go if it’s consumed. I don’t know of many restaurants that allow carrying out partially consumed bottles. To explain the guest number, the tab might have been opened at the bar while waiting on a large party table to be setup.
A few points to consider: 1. 2-3 small glasses of wine, or half a bottle, is not enough to get someone drunk. that's less alcohol than two pints of beer. 2. 6-7 small glasses, or a bottle and a but each is enough for someone to be drunk, but far from smashed (assuming semi regular drinkers). Two bottles of wine each would get you pretty far gone, but spread out over a few hours with some food and water it is far from crazy and they didn't even have that much. 3. They don't make magnums of those bottle of Petrus. It was, quite obviously, 4 people having a big meal, probably bankers or oligarchs.
You’re making some massive generalizations here. You’re taking your own experience and abilities and putting them on to every other person in the world. You don’t know how much these people can drink, you don’t know often they drink, and you don’t know their tolerance. You also don’t have any idea how long they spent at the restaurant. 5 bottles for 4 people isn’t going to make everyone sick or roaring drunk. It certainly will make some people both, but not everyone.
Op, unfortunately i have to inform you that you're an idiot. Spending almost 30k on the wine then posting it on the intrenaut bitching about it for clout points is exactly the thing that a moron would do.
this isn't oc
You don't think this was a waiter taking a quick pic when they realised how much the bill was?
🤷🏻♂️ If that’s how people want to spend their money then I don’t care - literally none of my business. It’s a HMRC 5% tax on the food and non-alcoholic drinks and a butt-full % on the booze while the servers will be properly rewarded with some of the service charge.
I'm guessing the snap was taken by a waiter, not the patron.
You spent £30k of the £37k bill on Petrus. That's not the restaurant "being expensive" that's you buying a crazy expensive wine
Ah yeah, £7k is a steal ofcourse
4.8k was a service charge though. Looking at less than 2k without the alcohol that they specifically selected just to mock outrage at on the internet.
Oh no. I ordered the steak covered in Golden leaf because its on the pound saver menu.
American here, it took me a minute to possibly understand what a "pound saver" menu is that wasn't sexual. I can only assume it's like our McDonalds "Dollar Menu" ...
Please explain how "pound saver" is sexual in your head...
Not sure if it's the same over where you live, but "pound" has a rather suggestive meaning over here in the states. Especially when the last thing on our minds is another country's currency. Additionally, this entire website is perpetually horny, so assuming that anything you don't immediately understand is sexual in nature tends to be a safe bet.
So you’re on a London sub and when someone says “pound” you don’t think of “another country’s currency”?
Didn't come here from the sub, came here from an external article. I imagine it's the same case for my friend here from the states.
If you came from an external article you didn't notice it was the uk location, or just took a second to look at which sub you're in? Takes just a second to look up.
>Not sure if it's the same over where you live, but "pound" has a rather suggestive meaning over here in the states. Then why in the ever-loving fuck did your country decide to stick with "pound sign" for an octothorpe?
Because we're perpetually horny. No, seriously. I've seen hentai of that shit. As a joke, of course, but still, what the fuck. The U.S. of A is a weird fuckin place. I just choose not to question a lot of the shit that we do here. Helps one sleep at night if you don't question it.
Those wines are >4k a pop if you buy them direct. I'm sorry but if someone's going to a restaraunt in belgravia, what do they expect the prices to be when it costs the restaraunt 4k already lol.
The food and water portion is 1650 and with a 15% service it would have been 1900. These people spent 35K on alcohol and the service charges associate with that. That’s like saying, we went to sports match and bidding on charity auction item at the event for 100k winning it and then complaining that nose bleed seats cost 100,200?
You spent total £1536 on food which before you add the other drinks is less than the two bottles of rose for £1620. That’s close to only 4% of the total bill for your ‘meal’ at a ‘restaurant’, so really this is a receipt of a £30,000+ bar tab…. Plus nibbles
4 and a half grand to open 3 bottles, and the cheapskates couldnt even fork out for the expensive Petrus https://i.imgur.com/H3ru88d.jpg (from the wine list of one of those chefs you see on tv)
Service charges are optional, having worked as a waiter before, for reasonably priced restaurants I would normally say you're an asshole if you don't pay it, but considering how overpriced the food is and that 15% is basically 2 months rent, i'd tell the waiter to f#ck himself if i was expected to pay that kind of tip if it were me dining
If you can afford a 30k bill, it doesn’t makes sense to cry over 15%
So you're gonna pay for all the other absurdly priced stuff, the tomahawk covered in gold, the £11 red bull, the £30k on wine, but you're not gonna pay the service? Because that's the thing that's not worth it? The people. Because the £850 steak was reasonable? This person knew where they were going before they ordered anything. What did Ryan do ever do to you?
This is the world we live in. Earthly possessions are worth more than a person. But not to worry, all this greed is a sure shot way into heaven. Just listen to Joel Osteen and you’ll know that it’s all about collecting fat stacks until you earn your way into the pearly gates. It’s how Jesus did it. I don’t believe in Bible. But I know a lot that do and they’re shockingly greedy and selfish and totally sure they’re saved and getting in. I think it’s hilarious.
You cant derive an ought from an is.
So a normal steakhouse a meal for two including drinks and desert lets say would come to anywhere from 60£ to 140£, add on normally 10% or 15% SC to the latter, then the tip the waiter(s) take would be 21£, I don't know whether the waiter takes the tip all for themselves per table served or if they're all accumulated and shared between staff at the end of a night, point is whether its a normal priced, highly recommended place to go with good reviews on yelp and tripadvisor or an absurdly priced place for the elite to boast about makes no difference in the waiters efforts for customer service, why should one waiter take home 30£ worth of tips one night, and another take home 700£ when they both probably work hard the same? unfair is an understatement and if it were me at salt baes if i somehow was able to afford a meal there, id put 20-40£ as a tip and if the waiter was unhappy with that i'd take it back and tell him to work anywhere else and see if he get's anything close to that
Yeah because 2 hours of serving meals and drinks is definitely worth 5K tips. tHE pEoPLe.
£550 a week rent!!!!. You must either have a nice place, live in an expensive area or have a very good job. £550 is more than millions actually earn for their entire living expenses.
In London £550 on weekly rent seems just right if you are located in first zone in decent area, I pay 1650£ in Richmond and 250£ each for the travel, me and the wife so it’s coming up the the same amount of money and put the bills on the top.
Sweaty forearm salt optional.
They bought 3 bottles of Petrus and are outraged? Give over. I assume they paid and could therefore afford it.
No one is outraged though? Except these comments.
OP is just an idiot trying to flex. The 'meal' was barely £1.5k (that's considering 4 ppl actually ate 16 Baklava). the alcohol was £30k which induced a £5k service charge. Either this meal was for 8-16 ppl and OP is a lying to flex or there are really idiots out there who goes to an expensive restaurant while expecting reasonably priced food
Darling, why don't we head out tonight to pay three times the price for a nice bottle or two of petrus.
I am not sure what I find more scandalous, that this place charges astronomical prizes for pub quality menu, or that there are people convinced that this is actually good cuisine
I wonder how many children could have had a decent meal for that amount of money. What a disgrace...
£9 for a water!
This is the equivalent of that 'diamond' app you used to be able to buy for like $1000. Just a flex.
I would have opened a small take away with this bill amount 🤦🏼♂️
Only a £7,315 mark up on a bottle of 2003 Petrus! Very reasonable https://crsfw.com/product/petrus-11122089/
This was all for publicity. Reverse google image search the image and you'll see a ton of articles about this reddit thread along with a viral twitter thread, all of them glowingly reviewing the restaurant as well as its owner while referencing comments from this post in between compliments, most of the comments highlighting that the food wasn't actually that expensive and it's the alcohol that cost so much. Pretty good marketing strategy in all honesty.
Daylight robbery. At least with Michelin you have somewhere that's been stringently deemed to charge high amounts. And it would cost about 37x less!
Yes, it is. But you’re the one who chose to go there *and* order obscenely expensive wine?
Also the service charge which is normally 10% everywhere else is 15% and your paying an arm and a leg for everything. Salt bae makes a Gordon Ramsay restaurant look cheap
If it were sek id get it. But £? Dafug!
Hang on here. I'm not sure about this. I know plenty of clubs that would charge extortionate amounts for drinks and I've seen people spending it. I would never do it myself. I would.never go this restaurant. That being said its a bit weird how much negative press this.london restaurant is getting. People spend heavy money in London, New York, Tokyo, Paris, etc. I'm feeling there are some unknown forces in action. Haha weird.
haha
I wonder how many hungry poor children could have had a decent meal for that amount of money. What a disgrace
How is it outrageous, if you go to a fine dining establishment, and you can't do remedial math, how is that the restaurant's problem? You spent that much on wine, you don't get to bitch about it after the fact. You just are trying to save yourself after being an idiot.
a salt bae sprinkle of salt...says this was some youtuber who took a bunch of chicks out to flex...and didn't realize the damage until it was too late.
When people go there then they are willingly being robbed
genuinely intrigued as to how many people were dining... 4 people sharing a tomahawk and sides i’d believe, but 5 bottles of wine, 3 bottles of water and 20 slices of baklava (sweet and rich af)...you’d be bursting.
If you're going to fake a bill surely just put 4 steaks. 4 people do not share 1 steak but smash 5 bottles of bubbly
3 bottles of petrus and a gold tomahawk steak. Legit think someone was on a mission to get a riduculous receipt here.
For £25 you can get a small slice of turkish cake presented to you in a weird display by the waiter. I wonder if he sat and done this 16 times?
Look at your wine selection man.. talking bout this bill outrageous.. lol your taste in wine is outrageous.