Michael O’Leary, CEO of Ryanair, went to dinner at a restaurant in Ireland and ended up receiving a karma master lesson. The restaurant owners had added a surcharge to their bill. things so common like sitting in a chair or having leg room under the table. Checkmate.
A quiet dinner…until the bill arrived. As and how I collected the british The Independentthe CEO of Ryanair went out to dinner on a random Friday at a restaurant in Navan, a city in County Meath, Ireland. Dinner at the Luvida restaurant went smoothly while the millionaire executive I tasted some breaded prawns, mushroom toast and sea bass, everything washed down with a good wine.
Once the tasting of the dishes was finished and he was satisfied with the course of the dinner, the manager asked for the bill without knowing what they had in store for him from the other side of the counter.
The bill: 104.45 euros with many “extras”. When he received the bill, O’Leary found some concepts that caught his attention. The dishes and drinks they had consumed amounted to a subtotal of 104.45 euros. However, to this amount were added some additional charges which added 37.85 euros more to the amount of the account.
The restaurant shared the bill for O’Leary’s drinks that night in your profile from Facebook. As can be read on the ticket, the breakdown of those 37.85 euros was made up of 7.95 euros for a supposed “extra leg room” at your table, or 9.95 euros for a “priority seat.” In addition, there was an additional charge of 19.95 euros for a “quiet area reservation.”
To make things even more interesting, in the corner of the note you can read the indication “Terminal 1”, reinforcing the parallelism with an airport experience like the one that Ryanair provides to its users. The total bill: 142.30 euros that the manager had to pay after dinner.
An Irish “trolling” with a British backlash. Obviously, these are not common concepts in a restaurant since it is assumed that sitting in a moderately comfortable chair while dining is part of the service. However, and displaying sharp British irony, the restaurant staff put O’Leary in the mirror for the way his company treats its customers.
In fact, the airline has already been sanctioned on several occasions for its policy of charging an additional fee for hand luggageto which is added the collection of other charges and penalties such as the selection of seats and even make the boarding at the last minute.
O’Leary took it with humor. According to what they say local mediathe manager took the joke from the restaurant service with great humor. Which has not transcended It is whether O’Leary finally paid the surcharges or they remained in the final bill as happens with the surcharges of the users of the airline he runs.
What the millionaire did do is pose with a friendly attitude with the restaurant staff, who appreciated the visit and the executive’s good nature. “Thank you to Michael O’Leary for choosing to dine with us tonight. It was a pleasure having you. I hope you don’t mind if we add some additional charges to your bill for extra legroom, priority cabin seating and quiet area reservation,” the restaurant published on its profile on social networks.
Image | Wikimedia Commons (Polish presidency of the Council of the EU 2025), Luvida
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