Restaurants charge up to €2 for those who share dishes and ask to pay a ‘gas and energy contribution’ – Executive Digest

With the advent of summer, and the increase in the number of tourists in Italy, cases multiplied in which customers denounced the imposition of “extra charges”, at least, unusual, such as referring to the sharing of meals or “contributions” for electricity. or gas.

The different cases have been reported by the Italian Dissapore, which has collected numerous complaints, posted on social networks, regarding episodes in restaurants in different regions of Italy, which seem to have become fashionable.

In a restaurant in Cuneo, customers asked for two spoons instead of one to share a creme brulee. An additional €1.50 was paid

At the Pace bar, in Como, the avocado toast with chips, which was shared by two customers, was an addition of two euros to the final bill. Restaurateurs justify this by the fact that having a meal on two different plates means washing dishes and cutlery, as well as sitting at the table, which, as they say, is “a matter of justice.”

In another establishment, in Liguria, a mother was furious after ordering a plate of pasta with pesto sauce and an extra dish, because her daughter was the least willing to taste the meal. Turns out they had an “extra” 2 euros on the bill.

An episode is also reported in the famous pizzeria Gorizia 1916, in Naples, which, in order to draw attention to the increase in costs caused by inflation, began to charge customers, one for a “gas contribution”, of 50 cents, the other for ” energy” at a value of 1.20 euros. The charges will be duly detailed on the invoice.

On social networks, customers complain that charging this fee is “unnecessary” and “unlawful”, yet it is duly explained and specified in the price lists of various catering establishments.