Most Expensive Dinner
Oct 16, 2003 | 5:08 pm
#16
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$700ish for Kobe steak dinner in Kobe, Japan for 2 ppl. I don't recall the name of the restaurant since it was about 4 years ago.
$2,205.90 (I still have the bill) for a dinner in San Jose at Maggianos for a small group of co-workers. I think it was the wine that added more than $1,000 to the bill ... and I don't even drink.
$2,205.90 (I still have the bill) for a dinner in San Jose at Maggianos for a small group of co-workers. I think it was the wine that added more than $1,000 to the bill ... and I don't even drink.
Oct 17, 2003 | 9:33 am
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6,000 quid for 20 people at the Oriental restaurant at the Dorchester Hotel. We were celebrating a $375 million USD deal, and we figured an additional 10K hit on the expense report wasn't going to be noticed. Mind you, this was a deal where "because you needed to be there ASAP" was considered a good reason to fly Concorde over and over.
Oct 18, 2003 | 1:14 pm
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$445 per person including taxes and gratuity for New Years Eve dinner.
Biggest single check I've personally picked up...USD$14,000+. At the same restaurant as the New Years dinner mentioned above, but not the same visit.
That was many, many years ago in better times, financially! And as much as I'd like to have that 14 grand in my checking account right now, I'd still have to say it was worth every penny!
Biggest single check I've personally picked up...USD$14,000+. At the same restaurant as the New Years dinner mentioned above, but not the same visit.
That was many, many years ago in better times, financially! And as much as I'd like to have that 14 grand in my checking account right now, I'd still have to say it was worth every penny!
Oct 18, 2003 | 2:25 pm
#21
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Biggest single meal check I've paid... ~ $100k. But that was for 400 people, for work, and I put it on a credit card for the points. 
Oct 20, 2003 | 10:43 am
#22
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Regularly pick up 4 figure dinner bills at team outings - the look on waiters faces when they are pointed to the young lad down the end for payment.
Here's a warning though:-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...24/ncity24.xml
Still think that holds the record for expensive dinner per person.
Thanks,
Richard
Here's a warning though:-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...24/ncity24.xml
Still think that holds the record for expensive dinner per person.
Thanks,
Richard
Oct 20, 2003 | 12:19 pm
#23
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Something over $800 for dinner for four at the Inn at Little Washington in Washington, Virginia. Worth every penny.
I had dinner at Les Ambassadeurs last year. It was splendid, but I didn't have to pay. I was also treated to dinner at Boyer Les Crayers in Reims, France. That came in at around $800, but again, I didn't have to pay.
I had dinner at Les Ambassadeurs last year. It was splendid, but I didn't have to pay. I was also treated to dinner at Boyer Les Crayers in Reims, France. That came in at around $800, but again, I didn't have to pay.
Oct 26, 2003 | 8:21 am
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A little over 1.000 pounds at Quaglino's in London for four people. The food wasn't that expensive so it must have been the wine. I was so jetlagged I actually fell asleep at the table with my head resting against a pillar behind my seat. Until my colleagues woke me up to pay the bill.
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-alan in sitges, home of Si-Do
Nov 1, 2003 | 2:07 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PremEx:
$445 per person including taxes and gratuity for New Years Eve dinner.
Biggest single check I've personally picked up...USD$14,000+. At the same restaurant as the New Years dinner mentioned above, but not the same visit.
That was many, many years ago in better times, financially! And as much as I'd like to have that 14 grand in my checking account right now, I'd still have to say it was worth every penny!</font>
$445 per person including taxes and gratuity for New Years Eve dinner.
Biggest single check I've personally picked up...USD$14,000+. At the same restaurant as the New Years dinner mentioned above, but not the same visit.
That was many, many years ago in better times, financially! And as much as I'd like to have that 14 grand in my checking account right now, I'd still have to say it was worth every penny!
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Nov 19, 2003 | 3:23 pm
#27
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Around $850 for 3 (Auberge, Napa Valley -- one of us wasn't drinking or it would have been worse).
I remember doing a quick mental calculation RE how I could have gotten an international round trip ticket and then some for that money, but still had no regrets .
I remember doing a quick mental calculation RE how I could have gotten an international round trip ticket and then some for that money, but still had no regrets
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Nov 27, 2003 | 6:47 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dctorres:
Les Ambassadeurs in Paris. Come on over, I'll let you treat me </font>
Les Ambassadeurs in Paris. Come on over, I'll let you treat me </font>
Nov 30, 2003 | 2:38 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by skofarrell:
6 people, $1,800 (not including tip) at Picasso in the Bellagio, Las Vegas.
I paid cash.</font>
6 people, $1,800 (not including tip) at Picasso in the Bellagio, Las Vegas.
I paid cash.
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Dec 23, 2003 | 2:08 pm
#30
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most expensive single meal that I paid for: €2500 + tip at Margaux in Berlin, for a birthday party of 8 or so.
most expensive single meal per person that I paid for: €900 + tip for 2 at Le Pergola in Rome, although €700 of that was for two bottles of wine.
most expensive single meal per person that I paid for: €900 + tip for 2 at Le Pergola in Rome, although €700 of that was for two bottles of wine.