{"id":11232,"date":"2008-08-30T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tap-water-sir-we-dont-do-it\/"},"modified":"2016-04-23T09:46:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T02:46:24","slug":"tap-water-sir-we-dont-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tap-water-sir-we-dont-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Tap water, sir? We don't do it"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCan a restaurant refuse to serve tap water and only offer expensive bottled imports instead? Patrick Collinson finds a surprising legal vacuum – and a growing environmental rebellionTwo weeks ago Dr Anne Guilding and her friends were relaxing in a restaurant, celebrating her son’s wedding the day before. The food, wine and conversation were flowing. But then it suddenly turned ugly. No, there wasn’t a bust-up between the in-laws. It was because one of the diners dared ask for some tap water so she could take a tablet.”We had already spent hundreds of pounds, buying wine and expensive sparkling water. So I was gobsmacked when the waiter refused to bring us a jug of tap water, or even a glass. He told us it wasn’t the restaurant’s policy to serve tap water,” says Guilding, whose party at the Brasserie El Prado in Bridgend included a member of the Welsh Assembly and a visiting American astonished that British restaurants don’t automatically serve free water. Continue reading…
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