Restauraunt Accidentally Serves $5K Bottle Of Wine!
By @TobyChilliShow
A restaurant in Manchester, Britain, accidentally served a group of three businessmen a $5,000 bottle of wine after they had ordered a bottle worth $290.
The men had ordered the cheaper bottle of Bordeaux to go along with their meal at the Hawksmoor steakhouse when a manager visiting from another store for training, picked out the wrong wine.
"To the customer who accidentally got given a bottle of Chateau le Pin Pomerol 2001, which is £4500 on our menu, last night - hope you enjoyed your evening! To the member of staff who accidentally gave it away, chin up! One-off mistakes happen and we love you anyway," the restaurant tweeted on Thursday.
The restaurant also uploaded a side-by-side photo of the $290 and the $5,000 bottles of wine alongside the caption, "THEY LOOK PRETTY SIMILAR OK?!"
The restaurant was described as very busy when the incident took place on Tuesday. Will Beckett, the co-founder of Hawksmoor, said to The Telegraph that the manager would not be punished for the mistake.
"There is no point in being angry about a mistake. I have spoken to her this morning and she is mortified and I have a feeling that this is not a mistake she will make twice. These things happen," he said.