Woman horrified after receiving £2,000 bill for one cocktail

'I showed my husband the receipt and he was furious at me'

Lynsey was visiting the capital for New Year's Eve with her husband, with the couple staying at a fancy five star hotel.

She decided to treat herself to a cocktail at the hotel bar one evening, but was shocked to her core when she was handed a £1,890 bill for the drink.

To make matters worse, she hadn't really enjoyed the tipple that much.

In a TikTok, Lynsey explained how the ordeal had happened.

In a later clip, she revealed what the aftermath was.

She said: "When I discovered the cocktail I had ordered was £2,000, I showed my husband the receipt and he was furious at me.

“So he left the bar. Left me on my own to deal with it. And I said to the young guy behind the bar, ‘look I’m so sorry, I had no idea it was £1,890.”

Lynsey explained that a confusing menu layout was to blame for the error. Instead of putting a comma in the number to make it clear it was in the thousands like most places would, a space was used instead.

So, on the menu, the number looked like this: 18 90. Understandably, Lynsey assumed this was £18.90, and not £1,890.

On second glance, she did notice that some prices had a full stop in them, but it's still easy to see how the mistake was made.

Lynsey went up to the bar to explain to the bartender - who was relatively new to the job - that there was no way she could pay the four figure bill, causing both of them to panic.

When the manager turned up, he reassured Lynsey that it would all be sorted, encouraging her go back to her room and enjoy the rest of her stay.

Despite this, she said the next four days were pretty awkward as she tried to avoid the bar.

She had nothing to worry about though, as when she did eventually return the manager welcomed her with open arms.

Lynsey asked what happened to the bartender, and after joking that he'd been sacked - which caused Lynsey even more upset - the manager revealed the member of staff had simply been sent for some retraining as he should have made it clearer to her what the price of the drink was.

A handy reminder then to always read the menu very carefully - especially if you're in a swanky five star establishment.

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