Joe Lentini, a diner at Bobby Flay Steak in Atlantic City, said he was shocked to pick up his tab and find the moderately priced wine he thought he had ordered from the waitress — at a cited cost of “thirty-seven fifty” — had actually pushed his projected bill into the thousands.
Turns out, the recommended wine actually cost $3,750, not the expected $37.50, the Daily Mail reported.
Mr. Lentini said he had only been trying to impress his business dining companions at the Borgata Hotel site and order a respectable wine.
“I asked the waitress if she could recommend something decent because I don’t have experience with wine,” he told NJ.com.
“She pointed to a bottle on the menu,” a 2011 Screaming Eagle, Mr. Lentini said, the Daily Mail reported. “I didn’t have my glasses. I asked how much and she said, ’Thirty-seven fifty.’”
He thought she meant $37.50.
“We all had a heart attack,” said another diner, Don Chin, recalling the bill that was handed them that totaled over $4,000, the Daily Mail reported.
The dining party complained that the waitress had been misleading — and the restaurant finally dropped the price to $2,200.
The restaurant menu shows the Screaming Eagle as the second most expensive wine on the list for its size, the Daily Mail reported.
• Cheryl K. Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.
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