How much would you expect to pay for this?

[Greenbeanmcgee]

If you're in a cafe and order chicken mayonnaise sandwiches but ask to add a little chopped red onion to the sandwich.

How much would you expect to pay for the addition of red onion?

I would expect no more than 20p for a bit of extra veg or salad on-top of that advertised filling.

That is actual daylight robbery.

Seems like they are going down a ‘standard process’ route - same charge for anything extra. My work do this on a much bigger scale…..

Well £7.50 for one sandwich is already a joke, so what's another £3? Who is paying almost £10 for a sandwich???

I wouldn’t expect to pay anything

If it helps I paid £12 for a packet of ibuprofen last week. That's the last time I pop into a chemist in Mayfair!

Leave a rubbish review and don't go back. They are ripping people off, I'd be ok adding up to £1 (at a push), anything more is a piss take.

80p maybe. But surely if they encourage ppl to order the fillings they like then they should all be priced up?

2.95 seems daft but ultimately it's surely our own responsibility to check what's being charged before we order if we order off menu - knowing that really can charge what they like.

I never get the point of the guesswork threads, why not just say in the OP that you were charged nearly 3 quid for a bit of onion and what do people make of it etc

Yanbu to be miffed though, I can't say I'd go back even if they did begrudgingly remove it from the bill.

Where was that?

Venice?

Where was that?

Venice?

Central Scotland.

I was going to guess 50p but no more that £1.50.
They are having an absolute laugh. Of course you must leave a review to advise other customers, it’s your civic duty.

Not even London? 😲

Ah but it was "Artisan" darling...... disgusting how much things are costing nowadays!!!

No - Nuts would gave been an extra £4.95 😁

Thanks all for the opinions.

I won't be rushing back. I should have asked but the lack of transparency is bothering me even more than the price though like most, I do think £2.95 is ridiculous.

I’d have guessed 20p! But the only sandwich shop I go to charges about £4 for a takeaway sandwich made to order, and then asks you if you want any salad - which can include onion if you wish, and they don’t charge anything extra. And their sandwiches are delicious! I’m a bit surprised at so many people guessing £1 for a bit of garnish!

A local cafe - maybe 60p - £1.

An upmarket restaurant or somewhere in a busier location (central london) - anywhere between £1-3.

Blooming hell
that’s expensive for 1 sandwich!

I wouldn’t pay for it but each to their own.

Rip Off Britain isn't just a silly saying, apparently. That's shocking. They should be named and shamed in reviews.

That’s insane. I know you’re paying for the labour for the onion to be chopped and put on your sandwich or whatever but it takes a couple of minutes max and red onion is less than a pound a kilo! Tbh, £7.50 for a sandwich is already more than I’d pay. Our local sandwich shop (SE England) charges £4.90 for a chicken mayo and extra onion would be 10p.

Edinburgh?! 👀

@Greenbeanmcgee

That’s very expensive for a sandwich in Scotland. Central london maybe but Scotland!?!

what type of bread are they using there?
Even for homemade bread I wouldn’t pay it.

my local artisan cafe charges £6.95 for a sandwich plus £1.50 extra toppings though apart from wrapped ones they only seem to do fish finger sandwiches and butties.

I live in an affluent part of London (very central) and pay max £4.50-5.50 for a sandwich and that’s the top end of my budget.

£7.50 for a basic sandwich that most likely won’t even fill you up is extortionate.

I work in a sandwich bar where a sandwich with 1 meat and 4 salad fillings cost £3.99. An extra meat is £1 and an extra salad filling is 70p