CHEESED OFF
Irate diner’s £13 dish cost a quid from Asda
A DINER paid £13 for a cheese dish at a restaurant – only to find it cost £1.15 from Asda.
The baked Camembert cheese served to Emma Daniels was still in its supermarket packaging.
In a scathing review on TripAdvisor, she fumed: “When we go out to eat we realise you pay for more than just the ingredients, you pay for atmosphere, staff, cooking etc etc.
“What I didn’t expect was to order a sharing starter of Camembert and to be served Asda’s own brand Camembert in the original packaging!” Emma said ® the starter board for two looked “really nice” until she flipped the cheese over and saw the wrapper.
She added: “From there my expectations sunk and weren’t lifted.
“The mains were bland and we felt we could have cooked better at home.”
She and her partner were also charged for service without being asked.
“Service charge is added sneakily on your bill so you don’t really notice,” said Emma, from Bristol.
“I certainly didn’t and wish I had as the service after our mains were delivered was practically non-existent. I didn’t notice the service charge as I was reeling at being charged £13 for Asda’s £1.15 Camembert,”
Ashley Kirwan, manager of the city’s harbourside Severnshed restaurant said: “I really have to investigate it, it sounds ridiculous.
“Obviously it is something that I have not heard of before.
“We’ve got to work out what actually happened, until then I can’t really say much.”