Urgent but daft question!

[MrsSpoon]

Can anyone tell me if your average restaurant carafe (sp?) of house wine is roughly equivalent to a bottle, ie six glasses?

TIA.

usually

sometimes they do 500ml or 1l carafes though - a bottle is 750ml

Think it's the 1l carafe they do in this restaurant then so not far off a bottle.

Thanks.

i thought it was that mrs b..

can it vary? just ask them..

I suppose I should explain (although it makes me sound very control freakish ). I have organised a night out tonight and as I know some who are going are on a tight budget just now I don't want anyone feeling that they have to take a share of someone else's expensive order (ie wine, steak etc). So I have printed out little sheets (yes I am going to be laughed at mercilessly) that I want my friends to fill in and have decided that those who only want one glass of wine should not have to take the hit for it, so I am explaining on my little sheets that they only have to pay the price of 1/6 of the carafe, so was just checking whether the quantity in the carafe was correct.

I would phone them but it is an Italian restaurant and the last time I spoke to them on the phone the man's English was barely there (and my Italian is non existant) and I don't think he will understand my query.

I have probably just nominated myself as MN loop of the week now.

its quite refreshing in a way mrsspoon

i dreaded these things when i worked one starter and glass of wine comes to £32 please all greedy scoffs in department have had triple toffee puds and leibramilch and on all

then we used to have another girl who tried to divide it to the ha'penny which made me feel like giving up will to live..

hard to please? me?

Phew, glad you don't think I'm being a nutcase then.

FWIW I will more than likely have three courses and a big share of vino.

Little slips went down quite well, I think. Had some positive feedback and somebody took one home in their handbag to use as a template for a night out they are planning. However I am wondering whether they actually took it away to have a laugh about it.