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to be annoyed that we were going to be charged for extra butter?

201 replies

NotEnoughTime · 03/12/2019 11:54

I went out for lunch on Sunday with my DH (a very rare occurence). We went to a restaurant that we have been going to for years. We go there on special occasions ie birthdays, anniversaries etc. It usually costs around £60-70 for lunch for two with no alcoholic drinks.

Anyway, we ordered soup for our started and we were given bread with this. We used the (small amount of) butter and then asked for some more butter. We were then told we could have some more butter but we would be charged a £1 for it! I thought this was very strange. Has anyone else ever been charged extra for butter? The waitress insisted this was common practise but I have never come across it before. I know it was only a £1 but I thought it was very mean.

OP posts:
BlackCatSleeping · 04/12/2019 00:11

Butter on a croissant is like asking for custard to go on your trifle.

Fr0g · 04/12/2019 04:39

tripadvisor, google reviews, local paper, bookatable, twitter......

KatherineJaneway · 04/12/2019 07:01

@Dustarr73

chicken skin butter what fresh hell is that.

It's amazing, Adam Handling does the best version of it.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 04/12/2019 08:53

Butter on a croissant is like asking for custard to go on your trifle.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 04/12/2019 08:53

I would be frightened of chicken skin butter.

NiceLegsShameAboutTheFace · 04/12/2019 09:05

Why should you get it for free? You wouldn't walk into a shop and demand something for free, so why would you do it in a restaurant?

Seriously? I take it that you're not a regular eater outer?

GojuRyuLover · 04/12/2019 09:51

@SchadenfreudePersonified
I, too, am frightened of chicken skin butter. I was today years old when I first heard of it.

...Custard on trifle.. I need to try this.

KatherineJaneway · 04/12/2019 10:21

Lovely stuff chicken butter

to be annoyed that we were going to be charged for extra butter?
Logjam · 04/12/2019 10:27

Butter on a croissant is like asking for custard to go on your trifle. There are very few things that can't be improved with more butter - maybe custard is the same!

Timinfuckingruislip · 04/12/2019 11:55

@SchadenfreudePersonified if you’re the type of person who like me puts butter on croissant’s, And wouldn’t say no to extra custard on your trifle you’ll 100% like chicken skin butter

Vulpine · 04/12/2019 11:56

I love butter on my croissant

BlaueLagune · 04/12/2019 12:04

a decent restaurant should have provided the correct amount of butter in the first place

This. And £60 IS a lot. I can eat out easily for half that.

Same applies to cafes who give you a huge pot of tea and a tiny jug of milk. They should give you enough milk proportionate to the pot.

As for the "taking it out on the waitress" posts, she probably didn't see the tips anyway.

Schwesterherz · 04/12/2019 12:41

Worth noting that good waiting staff pass their tips on to the kitchen to ensure they are also incentivised. It's probably a lot more regulated by management now but when I waitressed we managed our own float, so it was up to us how we shared tips. Those that shared with the kitchen also always got their customers' meals faster and any issues sorted out, which I would usually tip the kitchen extra for if appropriate (eg. Regular customers making otherwise unreasonable customisation demands). So I agree that not leaving a tip is a wider reflection of the service by everyone involved in providing it.

KarmaStar · 04/12/2019 14:50

Yanbu to be annoyed at the extra charge but you were bu to take it out on the waitress.

Logjam · 04/12/2019 14:58

I could do a slice of salty butter on cake made with butter too particularly- ginger, fruit, apple or banana - maybe not lemon drizzle though. Grin

BaronessBomburst · 04/12/2019 15:11

I butter croissants, but I also like them cold. They're too greasy when they're warm.
Yes I appreciate the irony.

My local restaurant/ wine bar type place won't charge you for extra butter. In fact they won't even charge you for extra chips. Or extra nachos because you asked for some without cheese for a lactose intolerant friend. The food is amazing, the staff are lovely, and the place is always busy.

PhilomenaChristmasPie · 04/12/2019 15:12

£1 for butter? Did you ask for a whole packet?

SchadenfreudePersonified · 04/12/2019 15:20

@KatherineJaneway

Nope!

Even scarier than I imagined.

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 04/12/2019 17:07

This. And £60 IS a lot. I can eat out easily for half that.

Wasn't OP out with her partner though? So she can do a single meal for half as well I expect! Grin

(And funny enough I took myself out last week and it came to £28 too!)

LynetteScavo · 04/12/2019 17:15

I'd be annoyed too.

In fact I'm annoyed that I'm charged 50p for butter on my jacket potato at the local jacket potato takeaway, but I realise I'm unreasonable about that

Jaxhog · 04/12/2019 17:50

I've NEVER been charged extra for butter! This is something I might expect in a cheap transport cafe (but even then...) Occasionally (rarely) I've paid for a second bread roll, but most decent places will happily give you a second one. And butter!

Sadly, I would do the same regarding a tip. Unfair, maybe, but this sort of tightness sours your experience.

Pumpkinpie1 · 04/12/2019 17:57

£60 for lunch for 2 not expensive.......That’s a weeks worth of shopping!

beanii · 04/12/2019 18:21

With regards to tipping a waiter/waitress - why - do you tip a checkout operator? They are only on minimum wage too?

Justaboy · 04/12/2019 18:31

I suppose i'd do what i can do well and thats stand up and make a fuss when the bill arrives so the rest of the resturant can hear my displeasure.

When i've done that I will tell them that I'm never going to darken their doorstep again and I'll recomemed all my friends and otrhers that they'd be well advised to do the same.

This is incredibly short sighted of the mamagment there, really is!..

steff13 · 04/12/2019 18:41

do you tip a checkout operator

A cashier at, say, a grocery store, does not provide the same level of service that a server does, though.

Also, in a restaurant butter is a condiment. You don't charge people for condiments.