jods

Just spent an evening at the Auberge du Lac (Brocket Hall - Hertfordshire)

The food was fantastic - 3 courses for £60 p/p

Of course, alcohol was extra.

What do you think the final bill was for 4 people, including standard 10% tip?

JerryTerzo

As my old dad used to say, "They must have seen you coming."

tony de wonderful

If it is £600 then you must have spend £360 on booze.

Trout

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Research indicates an average bill of £900 for four

bigsinky

if its anywhere near 900 then you need your fooking head examined

jeffmoses

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+1

jods

The bill came in at £1100.

A little bit more than I was expecting!

Thankfully the alcohol was chosen by and paid for by my Aunt-in-Laws new B/F.
I could understand the £210 for Dom Perignon 1990 (or whatever year it was) but £233 for a bottle of Bourdeax! and £17 a pop for Port!! I nearly feel bad for having 2 now!

If we'd just stuck to the fixed price menu of £60 per person and had house wine it would have been FAR more reasonable.

He's an "Independant Financial Advisor" who Aunt has suggested we use to sort out our finances / pension / mortgage etc.

The thing is, I just have alarm bells ringing like mad in my head. He says he only has around 100 clients and "Doesn't make a huge amount of money" but come on!!! Don Perignon and bottles of Red wine at £233 etc???

He had a black credit card (Amex I think) so he must be on a fair whack but I just get a feeling that last night was a softener to facilitate the draining of our liquid and fixed assets.

Going to do some checking up on his name to see if he DID study at Oxford University etc.

Always a cynic me - but rather that than a mug!

CrisPDuk

Alarm bells would be ringing like mad for me too Jods

If my IFA started throwing money around like that I'd pull my assets pronto, if it's all he does, there can be only one way he's getting it

Lee247

How much

Trout

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Got it right in one!!


A good high end IFA will make good money. If my IFA only had 100 clients, and they were long term clients, and he was wealthy then all good.

If he is managing 100 clients with £1m net worth each (and lots of good IFAs do) then he will be making £1 - 1.5m a year. And if he is a good IFA he will have a lot invested and be fairly wealthy.

markjmd

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I take it this is nothing to do with the place Alcazar's been doing up then? A real credit to his plaster-boarding skills if it is , otherwise, probably par for the course at most 2*-Michelin places in the UK (not that I eat at very many).

Trout

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For a 2* restaurant I would say £60 for the food is very cheap.

markjmd

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Even for a set-price menu?

I'd be very interested to know what everyone had though.

Trout

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Manoir is around £110 for the prix fixe. Expect to pay £130-150 for a la carte.

Simon C

My company christmas do is there....

Luan Pra bang

The IFA I use is the tightest man in the world. He often sits there and drinks house wine while we drink something a little nice and he loves to point out what else we could have spent the wine cash on. I know another IFA, he has a GOOD bit of cash around him and still lives in an average semi, has a boring 3 series and his wife has an old rav 4. He did have an M5 for a bit but it used too much fuel . He delighted in explaining to me that the purchase cost of the M5 added to the cost of insurance was equal to the selling price.
This is a long way of saying that IFA's are tight tight *******s. IFA's are the kind of people who refuse to tip on point of principal, many of them secretly want to split the bill into exact amount based on what people actually ate. An IFA who is splashing out cash ***** nilly is NOT to be trusted. Its a common trick of con men to act like they are making millions in order to get un suspecting victims to buy into what ever crazy scam they are using to fool people.

Dingdongler

Really? How many IFAs have a 100 clients all of which are liquid to the tune of £1 million? I'm sure there are some but it can't be many can it?

Trout

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I did say a good high end IFA.

Some IFAs have a gazillion mortgage cover clients and make very little.

A friend of mine has a practice in the city and he does very well. There are a lot of clients with a £1m net worth - think about it - most loyal company directors will have a pension pot or a SIPP worth at least a million.





PS He takes his clients salmon fishing!

jods

Starters:

Seared Loin of Yellow Fin Tuna, Pickled Cockles, Pomelo, Black Pepper & Siam Vinaigrette.

Ginger Spiced Boudin of Foie Gras, Poached breast of Mallard, Blackberries & Banyuls.

2 x Roast Breast of Red Leg Partridge, Sticky Leg Steamed Bun, Turnip & Game Bouillon

Main Courses:

2 x Poached & Roast Best End of Little Braxted Hall Lamb, Belly Sandwich, Tandoori Shoulder & Onions.

Roast Yorkshire Grouse, Ragu of Leg, Salt baked Beetroot, Elderberries & Chocolate.

I had the beef - Simply amazing!!!

jods

At Auberge?

Lucky you if so - the food is good to the power of 1000

JTaylor

It wasn't a '90 DP at £200, more likely a '93 or '95.

fitzscoob

Its only a couple of minutes away from me, played golf at BH a few times although never been lucky enough to eat at Auberge. Made some menu covers for them once though.

I tend to drive past on my way to the Crooked Chimney, fits more in my price bracket

Simon C

Still deciding if I'm going. I hate work functions, I work with them, which doesn't mean I want to see them on my time!

I've been to 1 christmas do in 4 years, which leads to joke of me being like the Olympics, only come every 4 years!

mamoon2

Even if I had £10m in the bank, i'd still feel more at home in Nando's

Spoon

JT, did you mean to it could be a '90 DP at £200 and you weren't thinking straight when you posted it?

I'd hate to think you were paying more than you should and having to sell a shítload of mattresses just to enjoy a guzzle.

http://www.cadmanfinewines.co.uk/pro...roducts_id=927

JTaylor

You're clearly not familiar with the notion of a restaurant premium, Spoon.

JTaylor

They're gold with ornate etchings as opposed to the standard, run-of-the-mill stainless efforts. Top shelf!

Spoon

Keep to facts, Jt, there's a good lad.

JTaylor

That's been done, Spoon. You pay significantly more for booze in any restaurant (particularly a posh one) than you would on the internet. I think you know this, though.

Spoon

Oh but of course, JT, but trade buying power is also a factor to consider. Then there's mark-up (or greed level).

I have a couple of bottles here I paid £41 for. They're yours for £550 if you like. (Posh house mark-up).