most expensive restaurants in the world
Mar 10, 2007 | 8:26 am
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Once I paid $1243.43 (IIRC) at a fast food place in Vegas. It was
lunch for two.
20 minutes later, I got a full refund and an apology... and the lunch
ended up to be free.
The cashier entered the last two digits twice by mistake for the credit card
transaction.. and then freaked out
The manager spent 20 minutes on the phone to get the transaction reversed.
lunch for two.
20 minutes later, I got a full refund and an apology... and the lunch
ended up to be free.
The cashier entered the last two digits twice by mistake for the credit card
transaction.. and then freaked out
The manager spent 20 minutes on the phone to get the transaction reversed.
Mar 10, 2007 | 8:44 am
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Originally Posted by cpx
last two digits twice
quite an error.masa, aragawa, joel robuchon are $350-$500 PER PERSON for price fixe dinner
Mar 12, 2007 | 11:08 am
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as i said, standard price fixe tasting menus, without paired wine.
its easy to spend more ANYWHERE. you can buy a $1M(exaggeration, yes i know) bottle of X at any decent restaurant. thats not the point of my question. i tried to explain this in great detail in my OP.
i also updated my last post.
its easy to spend more ANYWHERE. you can buy a $1M(exaggeration, yes i know) bottle of X at any decent restaurant. thats not the point of my question. i tried to explain this in great detail in my OP.
i also updated my last post.
Sorry it seems like nobody understands your question.
Ducasse has standard tasting menus at the Plaza Athenee in Paris at 220 and 320 for winter 06. (This is $282-416.)
And yes, he charges for wine.
Mar 12, 2007 | 1:43 pm
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If you only eat out in places like London, Paris or Geneva, then I agree, it would be very difficult to find cheap restaurants with decent quality. But there is more to Europe than merely the big, expensive, post city centres.
What does price have to do with food quality anyway? I've had some of the best food for next to nothing (both in terms of quality and presentation), and some of the worst food at ridiculously expensive restaurants, and vica versa. I suppose it all comes down to personal taste and how seriously one takes restaurant critics and rating systems.
Mar 12, 2007 | 2:15 pm
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Fat Duck is 115 ($225), Gordon Ramsay is 110 ($215), El Bulli is E165 ($215); all prices within the past 12 months, so those are all below your threshhold. (All tasting menus and all without wine)
Mar 12, 2007 | 3:17 pm
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I should also say that if someone offered to buy me dinner at 50 restaurants of my choice in NY that Masa would not be on the list.
Mar 12, 2007 | 9:30 pm
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Another thing I neglected to mention in my above post is the wide variation in wine (and other beverage) pricing at these types of places. For example, at The Fat Duck we found it difficult to find many decent choices below GBP 100 (and far too easy to find wonderful choices above that level.) We were also charged GBP 84 for 4 glasses of (ordinary) port after the meal. SO, even though the menu price in Bray was reasonable in the land of 3 Michelin stars, the total bill was borderline obscene.
On the other hand, Michelin starred restaurants in Spain tend to have VERY gentle wine pricing. I have never had the pleasure of El Bulli, but at Zalacain and La Broche in Madrid there are good to great wines from Rioja and Ribera del Duero in the 30 range!
France tends to fall somewhere in the middle, as does the USA...
Mar 13, 2007 | 2:38 pm
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Once I paid $1243.43 (IIRC) at a fast food place in Vegas. It was
lunch for two.
20 minutes later, I got a full refund and an apology... and the lunch
ended up to be free.
The cashier entered the last two digits twice by mistake for the credit card
transaction.. and then freaked out
The manager spent 20 minutes on the phone to get the transaction reversed.
lunch for two.
20 minutes later, I got a full refund and an apology... and the lunch
ended up to be free.
The cashier entered the last two digits twice by mistake for the credit card
transaction.. and then freaked out
The manager spent 20 minutes on the phone to get the transaction reversed.
Mar 13, 2007 | 2:40 pm
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san dominico in imola may be that expensive. the Men degustazione was over the equivalent of $300 2007 bush bucks the only time I ever ate there(maybe over $500). The reasonably priced wine made up for the expensive menu.
I didn't get any cash back for that.
Mar 13, 2007 | 7:34 pm
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Four of us shared a $500 Mac/Cheese and Martini lunch at Harry's Bar, Venice.
Dined with the delightful Dr. and Mrs.obscure2k
Not only were the company, food and drinks exquisite but we got Elton John thrown in for free.
Would repeat in a heartbeat.
Dined with the delightful Dr. and Mrs.obscure2k
Not only were the company, food and drinks exquisite but we got Elton John thrown in for free.
Would repeat in a heartbeat.