Top Manchester restaurant accidentally serves up £4,500 bottle of wine
One of Manchester’s top restaurants has admitted it mistakenly served one of its customers a £4,500 bottle of red wine.
The manager at the Manchester branch of Hawksmoor on Deansgate, posted a tweet about the expensive error.
Hawksmoor specialises in steaks and seafood and is considered one of the top restaurants in the city.
A tweet on the Hawksmoor Manchester Twitter account announced: “To the customer who accidentally got given a bottle of Chateau le Pin Pomerol 2001, which is £4,500 on our menu, last night – hope you enjoyed your evening!”
The tweet also sought to reassure the employee responsible for the mistake.
It said: “To the member of staff who accidentally gave it away, chin up! One-off mistakes happen and we love you anyway.”
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 ????
— Hawksmoor Manchester (@HawksmoorMCR) May 16, 2019
A spokesperson for the chain said the mistake was made on a busy night.
The lucky customer had ordered a bottle of Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 2001 which costs £260.
The spokesperson said: “A member of staff picked up the wrong bottle, mistaking it for another Bordeaux of the same vintage.
“The wine went out and was served to the customer. The customer didn’t know and it was only afterwards that one of the managers picked up what had happened.”
The Manchester restaurant opened in 2015 and was the first outside London.
The chain was set up by childhood friends Will Beckett and Huw Gott who opened their first bar together in 2003.
