A hotel has been criticised for charging customers £2 - to remove an item from its burger. The George Hotel's menu sparked debate after a photo was posted online on Sunday.
The menu stated customers who want the George Burger - which costs £21.50 as standard - would have to pay an extra £2 to add or remove items. Commenters on Twitter said they were shocked at the thought of having to pay an added cost for removal.
Patrick Kidd claimed: "£21.50 for a burger in a pub is immoral to start with, before you get to adding £2 for removing the lettuce." Charlie Rose added: "Simple - just chuck the bits you don't want in the bin or over the restaurant owner!"
Graham Soult commented: "For £21.50 they can definitely burger off - even before any removal surcharges!" And another poster, Graham, added: "What an absolute joke. I’m a chef, have been all my life and I’ve never seen a policy like that."
A spokesperson for The George Hotel, which is located in Yarmouth, said: "This was an unfortunate instance of an employee misinterpreting a discussion regarding extra toppings for our burger. They took it upon themselves to add a sentence to the menu which made no sense at all.
"As soon as the mistake was spotted, the menus were all reprinted and the employee will not ‘fiddle’ with the menu going forward. We are a high end beach club restaurant in a smart hotel with a private beach.
"We use locally sourced high-quality ingredients and employ skilled, well paid staff. The cost of £21.50 for a burger is what we need to charge."
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