Woman stunned after seeing 'wild' charge put onto bill while celebrating friend's birthday at restaurant

A woman is questioning the audacity of a restaurant in London after they put a 'wild' charge onto the bill.

Content creator Sophie Milner (@itssophiemilner) was out for her mate's Birthday brunch and was having a great time - right up until the bill came.

Now, we all know how expensive going out in the capital can be, with the average cost of a meal being £30 per person, according to a travel blog.

For dinner, that's great value, but not for lunch.

Anyhow, Sophie has taken to TikTok to explain how shocked she was when the eatery charged them £25 to just cut a birthday cake.

She complained: "I did not know this was a thing until today. I was out for my friend's birthday.

"At a really nice place, we just went for brunch and we bought, well, she bought herself a birthday cake and we lit it and sang happy birthday - and the guy came over and was like 'by the way, I just wanna let you know it's fine that you've lit the candles and sang happy birthday, but it's actually, if you cut the cake and serve the cake, it's £25 charge.'"

She continued: "And like, you guys can call me stupid, but I had no idea this was a thing.

"And I kind of like laughed because I thought he was joking with us.

"I thought it was like, you know, when someone just comes over and they're like, 'oh yeah, like it's 10 pounds for that, like'.

"And I was waiting for him to joke and then like laugh and he didn't laugh and I was shook."

On what they all ate, Sophie said: "We all had really heavy brunches with additional sides. We added all the extra bacon, the sausages.

"We had nice expensive drinks and then we bring out the cake and they're like 'yeah you it's fine that you've listened so happy birthday but you if you cut it and eat it here we're gonna charge you 25 pounds'.

"So we were like oh 'no you're okay like it's fine we'll just go take our cake and eat it outside.'"

Sophie confirmed that they actually went to a sports bar to have the cake, rather than 'outside' on the street.

Commenting on the video, one viewer said: "Remember when they used to take the cake at the door, decorate it and light it for you. Those were the days."

Another joked: "I went to a restaurant and took my own food and I was shocked when they asked me to leave."

While someone else said: "London is actually loosing its spirit. £25 to cut a birthday cake? ANY opportunity to make money it’s crazy."

They aren't wrong.