I ordered a warm muffin with my coffee at a Melbourne café - then the bill arrived and I couldn't believe my eyes Café slammed online after charging 'heating fee' for muffin READ MORE: The surprising truth about your favourite coffee By Belinda Cleary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:11, 27 May 2024 | Updated: 07:33, 27 May 2024 e-mail View comments A young man has been left hot under the collar after he was charged a 'heating fee' for accepting a waitress' kind offer to warm up his muffin. The man said he was ordering his second coffee at the Melbourne café when he decided that he'd have the treat on a whim. 'We [the man and the waitress] agreed that the guilty pleasure of the white chocolate muffin would be worth it,' he wrote on Facebook .
'I was asked if I would like it heated. [It was a] cold Melbourne morning, sure why not?' he added. But when he got his bill he was shocked.
Opting to have the $7 muffin served warm had set him back $1. A young man has been left hot under the collar after he was charged a 'heating fee' for accepting a waitresses kind offer to warm up his muffin The man complained the 'heat standard' charge was a complete surprise. 'They just add it to the bill without telling you,' he said.
While he understands margins are tight with the cost-of-living crisis and expenses 'going up', he says customers should get a heads-up about extra charges. His coffee, a long black, only set him back $4.50.
His decision to have the muffin added another $8 .