Restaurant rip offs customer on wine choice

Monello

Monello

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Ouch. Be careful of what you order.

The host of the dinner -- the guy who would be paying the bill -- told Lentini to pick a bottle, Lentini said.

"I asked the waitress if she could recommend something decent because I don't have experience with wine," Lentini said. "She pointed to a bottle on the menu. I didn't have my glasses. I asked how much and she said, 'Thirty-seven fifty.'"

The drinkers at the table agreed to the price and they ordered, Lentini said.
Soon, the sommelier -- the wine steward -- presented the corked bottle at the table. Lentini said he was having conversation with his companions and didn't really pay attention, but he approved of the bottle.

A taste of the wine was served for him to sample. He approved, he said, and the bottle was placed on the table.
"It was okay. It was good," Lentini said of the wine. "It wasn't great. It wasn't terrible. It was fine."

The total bill was $4,700.61, including tax. The bottle of wine, Screaming Eagle, Oakville 2011 -- cost $3,750.

"I thought the wine was $37.50," Lentini said.
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http://www.nj.com/business/index.ss..._a_3750_bottle_of_wine_really_costs_3750.html
 
vraiblonde

vraiblonde

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What freaking wine is worth $3750???

None, that's what.

And I think that waitress should have to pay for the bottle because she was misleading.
 
vraiblonde

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We looked at the wine menu with Foy. The highest priced bottle on the menu is $30,000, followed by two bottles for $16,000, one at $12,000 -- but those are six liters, and not a fair comparison, he said. There's a $5,200 dessert wine, and then a wine bottle for $4,501.
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GTHOH!!! That's insane.
 
NextJen

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$18.99 is about my top range...so I wouldn't have approved a thirty-seven fifty bottle to begin with.

I agree, Vrai, insane!
Could a $5,000 bottle of wine taste $4,980 better than a $20 bottle of wine? Not to my taste buds.
 
SoMDGirl42

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I wouldn't know a three dollar bottle of wine compared to a 30k bottle of wine. They all taste pretty nasty to me.
 
SG_Player1974

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Anyone else wonder why the rest of the bill was $950+

I am guessing that the $3750 bottle of wine was not 'out of the ordinary' for this place...
 
vraiblonde

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SG_Player1974 said:
Anyone else wonder why the rest of the bill was $950+

I am guessing that the $3750 bottle of wine was not 'out of the ordinary' for this place...
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For 10 people, that's about right for a really good restaurant - which I don't consider a somewhat run of the mill steak house to be. I didn't see a single thing on that menu that I considered to be out of the ordinary. And it's one of those places that charge you $40 for a piece of meat, then $10 for each side. No thank you. Hate them.

Regardless, a bottle of wine in the thousand$$ is ridiculous no matter where the hell you are. Bobby Flay must have voted for Obama.
 
PeoplesElbow

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SG_Player1974 said:
Anyone else wonder why the rest of the bill was $950+

I am guessing that the $3750 bottle of wine was not 'out of the ordinary' for this place...
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There were 10 people. I looked at the wine list (about 30 pages) and the $3750 was the most expensive of that type of wine. They have a section called 50 under $50 so expecting it to cost $37.50 for someone who didn't know what wine to select himself was not that uncommon.

http://www.theborgata.com/assets/PDF/BFS_Wine.pdf
 
Hijinx

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I don't like to pay $2.00 for a glass of colored water they call Tea.

How much can a glass of Tea cost? .10 cents?
 
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