Comments on: $47K Food Bill, $7K Tip: Just a Friday Night Out for Russian Billionaire Roman Abramovich

By: Video Game Dork

Video Game Dork — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:07:21 +0000

When you are paying $12 for a glass of water, then you are spending money just for the privalege of overpaying. Its a big “look how rich I am!”, on par with the whole ‘lighting a cigarette with $100 bill’ cliche.

He can spend his money on what he wants, but something about this mentality really annoys me.

By: Ally

Ally — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:45:45 +0000

Southampton is on Long Island silly! I know because I live here. Although if he really wants to stimulate the economy he should spend his money elsewhere as Southampton has enough money circulating in it! Oh, and those ARE accurate prices for Nello menu items.

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:07:46 +0000

Skippy’s right. Besides, it’s his money to spend however he wants to. If he can afford it, good on him.

By: tronix

tronix — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:19:26 +0000

SOUTHAMPTON is not New York City!!

By: Vic

Vic — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:14:17 +0000

Is it weird that this isn’t shocking to me? If you take out the extremely rare and expensive items, the prices aren’t bad for what you get. They pay to be and be seen. That’s why you eat off of Madison Ave. Truffles are always expensive because they are not native to this area and you can’t just grow them. They have to be found and shipped in a short amount of time. Is it a day?

By: ted

ted — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:49:30 +0000

Wow, is wine even worth it?

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:52:41 +0000

I called the number but it went to a full mailbox message.

By: Catz1987

Catz1987 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:16:26 +0000

@Matt: the dinner was actually for six people, as inscribed on the last row of the bill. still, that makes no excuse…

By: WordyGrrl

WordyGrrl — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:13:55 +0000

Also, it’s not dinner. Look at the timestamp. This is a bill for LUNCH.

By: LisaL

LisaL — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:52:19 +0000

Ditto that Skippy.
I don’t see what the big deal is. Hell, if someone with that much money wants to spend it on a big extravagant dinner, then more power to them and yay for the waiter/ess who gets that table.

By: Skippy

Skippy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:16:56 +0000

Well, if Russian billionaires want to help stimulate the American economy one $12 glass of water at a time, who cares?

By: Zecc

Zecc — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:24:14 +0000

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/6484780/Roman -Abramovich-denies-spending-29000-on-lunch.html

So apparently the billionaire denies it, but the restaurant’s staff affirms it.

By: Zecc

Zecc — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:14:34 +0000

If you follow the link trail, you’ll this:
« FTA: “In an email, a spokesman for Mr. Ambramovich denied the bill was Mr Abramovich’s. He said Mr. Abramovich did eat at the restaurant but that the “party spent no more than a tiny fraction of that amount – less than a couple of percent.” »

You’ll also see Jay-Z mentioned instead.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:45:54 +0000

The receipt adds up correctly. The number of items are already factored into the item price.

Bottom line – A spaghetti dinner for two cost more than enough to feed 1,000 couples with a nice meal.

By: MadMolecule

MadMolecule — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:43:41 +0000

There are few things in this world more irritating than people who rush to proclaim something they don’t understand “fake.”

Seriously, folks, if you were going to fake something like this, would you say it was from Roman Abramovich? No. You’d say it was Justin Timberlake or Rush Limbaugh or someone most of us have actually heard of.

By: Cluck

Cluck — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:42:39 +0000

The value on the left is the number ordered and the value on the right is the total for the number ordered not the each price. So the ‘la tache’ was $5,000 each for a total of $15,000.

By: twoeightnine

twoeightnine — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:40:25 +0000

La Tache is a wine that is some of the most expensive in the world. And the large water is going to be a bottle of water.

By: suzie.bee1

suzie.bee1 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:38:22 +0000

Lily, I think the amount ordered is already taken into account in the right column (ie one bottle of Chateau Petrus is $5000, 2 is $10000). The numbers look right.

By: Lily Dustbin

Lily Dustbin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:33:45 +0000

lol, the three bottles of la tache (or whatever that is, gold oysters, platinum croutons?) add up to $45,000 alone.

By: Lily Dustbin

Lily Dustbin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:30:01 +0000

Yeah… I stopped trying to figure out the right total somewhere after $67,000. Fake.

By: lol

lol — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:29:51 +0000

lol AO, try again, everything calculates correctly when you add in tax and gratuity

By: AO

AO — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:19:32 +0000

Fake. The total isn’t even added correctly.

By: pwscott

pwscott — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:53:04 +0000

1 Large Water? wTF

By: Geeksaresexy

Geeksaresexy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:50:32 +0000

The prices on the bill aren’t actually that bad… if you take out the wine and truffles.