Diners slam ‘tacky’ checking-out fee charged by swanky London restaurant [Video]

Step out of your home in London and boom! There goes £20. Such is life in the capital. But this new charge is too much for even the most seasoned of Londoners.

We’ve witnessed many crimes in the city – by which we mean £900 steak, Lurpak for £7.20, and fish and chips for £37. But this new restaurant fee takes the cake.

A Shoreditch eatery was slammed online after customers shared that it had charged them a ‘checking-out fee’.

Italian restaurant Gloria has been charging customers an extra amount for paying their bill through an app named Sunday.

The customers shared that they had paid a service fee of 13.5%, but on top of that was a £2.99 ‘checking-out’ fee.

Their total for the meal was £193.50, going up to £222.64 with the extra charges, meaning they paid a surplus of £29.14.

Customers have the option of taking this charge off, but they may miss …