Wine bottle misunderstanding

[ufo_investigations]

THIS is one expensive misunderstanding.

A man dining at a steak house in New Jersey got more than he bargained for when the $37.50 bottle of wine he thought he ordered turned out to be worth an eye-watering $3750.

Joe Lentini went out for dinner with friends at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City last week, the Star Ledger reports.

“I asked the waitress if she could recommend something decent because I don’t have experience with wine,” Mr Lentini told NJ.com. “She pointed to a bottle on the menu. I didn’t have my glasses. I asked how much and she said, ‘Thirty-seven fifty.’”

Turns out that bottle of wine, a 2011 bottle of Screaming Eagle, Oakville, costs $3750.

When the bill came, “we all had a heart attack,” one of Mr Lentini’s dining companions, Don Chin said.

They tried to negotiate the bill with the waitress and restaurant management but were told the best price the restaurant could offer was $2200. Mr Lentini and his two dining companions split the bill.

Mr Lentini said the wine wasn’t even that good. “It wasn’t great. It wasn’t terrible. It was fine.”

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/diner-forks-out-thousands-for-bottle-of-wine-after-asking-wait...

I reckon the waitress is at fault because she told him "Thirty-seven fifty" she didn't say "Three-thousand seven hundred and fifty".

[kopenhagen5]

I reckon the waitress is at fault because she told him "Thirty-seven fifty" she didn't say "Three-thousand seven hundred and fifty".

Totally agree and if it went to court no doubt the judge would say the same.

[*mrgrizz*]

even $37.50 is too much for a bottle of wine

[joz*garage]

i would've paid for the meal and plus just $ 37.50, and walked out

[boris1gary]

running would be a better option but only if you had paid in cash.

[joz*garage]

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@boris1gary wrote:

running would be a better option but only if you had paid in cash.

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nah, then that would be an admission of guilt if you ran out

what can they do? (make you wash the dishes??

[horizon1907]

We had a similar thing happen a few years ago in Bali. Went to a Restaurant, ordered Dinner and Wine. Thought the rather Top End Wine was very reasonably priced. Come to the end of Dinner, asked for the Bill and nearly fell off our seats. Didn't realise that the Top End Wine price, was Per Glass. bahahahahaha We polished off a couple Bottles.   Learnt our lesson.  Most enjoyable night was had though. 🙂  Holidays, change your attitude & you tend to throw $$ around. 🙂

[goldenjet16]

Sounds like Mr. Lentini did a lot of whining..... 😉 🙂

[cherry*135]

Steak Houses have $3750 bottles of wine on the wine menu?

Oh, they were eating here ..  Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City last week.

Is that a posh place?

Joe Lentini, after a business dinner .. oh well, tax deduction

Moral of the story - take your glasses to restaraunts/bars if you need them to read prices on menu's.

[freddie*rooster]

OMG I would have tossed myself on the floor and kicked my legs with a pretendy heart attack.