Ten friends found the abusive and sexually-explicit message on their bill at Joe Delucci's Italian restaurant in Bird Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire.
Diner Clare Watkin said she thought it was written after they complained about poor service.
The party from Walsall had gone to the restaurant on Friday. Owner Nigel Langsdon has begun an investigation.
Ms Watkin said: "I couldn't believe it. The bill read 'fish cakes', which one of us had for a starter, and it was written right above it - absolutely disgusting language.
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"We actually booked the table for 8 o' clock in the evening, by the time they had taken our order it was quarter to nine and we didn't actually receive our food until quarter past 10."
She added: "I'd like a written apology from the restaurant and I'd also like some compensation.
"I think that the way that we've been spoken to is absolutely outrageous."
TV chef Gordon Ramsay's foul-mouthed diatribes on his Channel 4 show The F Word have given viewers an insight into the type of language often used in the restaurant kitchen.
Joe Delucci's owner Mr Langsdon said the message had been meant to be seen only by kitchen staff and he did not know how it ended up as an item on the receipt.
He said: "That shouldn't come out on the bill, so we've got to find out what's gone wrong there.
"But we have apologised unreservedly to the girls concerned and said that they're very welcome to come back and have a free meal and we'd like them to."
He has also offered to donate the bill for their meal to charity.
The cost of the meal came to £284.68, including a 10% service charge.
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You all realize that this was a $552.42 dinner (in American Dollars).
Holy shit!
12 comments:
It might be over $550 but it is for ten people. We often go out and spend at least $55 per person in food and drinks.
As offensive as the bill is, it's pretty funny too that someone would take the time to write it, haha.
I think it's funny that instead of saying "I have no idea how that got there. This person will be severely reprimanded/fired" the article says:
"Mr Langsdon said the message had been meant to be seen only by kitchen staff and he did not know how it ended up as an item on the receipt."
Oh, well that makes it all ok then! Lol! I think I tried that logic once in nursery school!
I'd LOVE to go out with my girlfriends for a $552 dinner!
come back for a free dinner? i think it's funny that they still paid the full bill
That's crazy! I also love that it was only meant to be seen by kitchen staff - what is it doing on there in the first place?!
i used to be a waiter and this happens a lot, especially since they use of computers to enter items. I have seen worse written on bills that have gone unnoticed.
I don't even know what I would have done if that happened to me. That is horrible, yet kind of funny ans ridiculous too!
if that was meant only to be seen by the kitchen staff, to me, the translation is: spit, pee and whatever else in these people's food.
I probably shouldnt admit this, but this happens often in the restaurant business. Customers are being a PITA, bartender starts their tab under "rude b!*%$", then when customer asks for tab, bartender is busy and forgets to rename the tab "lovely lady". Oops.
I used to have good times at one place with a menu item key labeled "hotel room" that rang in as $49.95. When the skanky couple in the corner finally came up for air and asked for their bill, voila! 2 bud lights, a glass of white zinfandel and one hotel room $49.95. Good times.
Is it wrong that I find that hysterical? (And nearly had a heart attack at the price too.)
ha ha ha ha!
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