Restaurant receives a mouth-watering tip from a customer who ordered $40 of food

A US restaurant has been left with a pleasant surprise after a customer who ordered $37.93 value of food and drinks left a mouth-watering tip in return.

The male patron, who was no longer identified, tacked the beneficiant $US16,000 ($A21,000) tip to his advise at the Stumble Inn Bar and Grill in Londonderry, New Hampshire, earlier in June.

The unassuming patron ordered a couple of scorching canines, some cocktails and fried pickles.

“Actually, he saw the dilemma chips going by and said, ‘Hello, I want some of these,’” bartender Michelle McCudden urged information station NBC Boston.

Nevertheless when it was time to pay, issues took a flip no one ever expected.

The tab was suitable much less than $38. The tip – $16,000.

Restaurant proprietor Mike Zarella said he initially idea he misread the receipt.

“I believed it was a mistake,” he said.

“A typo.”

Nevertheless according to staff individuals, the pleasant customer assured them it was no joke.

“I’ve been doing this a very very long time and I by no means idea anything love this would happen to me,” said McCudden.

“He’s kind of a mystery man.”

Zarella said he couldn’t think it.

“It was on the credit card statement, they achieve it down next to the register, and he said three times, ‘Don’t use it all in a single place’,” he recounted to WMUR 9.

“That’s what made (the waitress) flip it over and peek.

He added the server yelled, “Oh my god, are you critical?” sooner than the model-hearted benefactor answered: “I want you to have it, you guys work hard.”

Staff individuals at the restaurant carve up the night time’s tips evenly, nonetheless the eight servers working that night time wanted to elongate the gift of generosity to the cooks, too.

McCudden said all people was incredibly grateful for the customer’s kindness, particularly after the pandemic pressured extra than 110,000 US restaurants and bars to shut their doors within the past year.

“We went up and we thanked him,” McCudden said.

“It’s suitable been a really rough year for all of us. For any individual to accomplish one thing love that really restored my faith in humanity.”

‘For any individual to accomplish one thing love that really restored my faith in humanity.’

As for the mystery man’s identity?

“All people idea it may very well be a celeb that was here, nonetheless it wasn’t. It was suitable an ‘average Joe,’” Zarella explained to Fox News.

“He gave the money and doesn’t want any PR out of it … He doesn’t want anything.

“I even tried to comp his meal last Saturday night time and he said, ‘No.’”