Ryanair’s head honcho Michael O’Leary strolled into Luvida in Navan for dinner and got served… a fake surcharge bill. The restaurant treated him to a mock receipt charging €7.95 for “extra leg space,” €9.95 for “priority booth seating,” and €19.95 for a “quiet-zone reservation.”
His order — wine, prawns, mushroom toast, sea bass – came to €104.45. The prank fees bumped the total up to €142.30, complete with “Terminal 1” stamped at the top for full Ryanair-style effect.
Staff shared a smiling photo of O’Leary with the manager and posted on Facebook: “Thanks for dining with us tonight! Hope you don’t mind us adding a few extra charges.” They say he didn’t actually pay the silly fees, but did leave a generous tip anyway.
The joke struck a chord. Fans online called the stunt “brilliant.” It was a playful jab at the man who turned extra-charge culture into an art form.
In the end, O’Leary got a warm meal, a cheeky bill, and a humble reminder that sometimes it’s hilarious and fair to serve someone their own medicine.
They should have charged him 40 Euros more for having had to print the receipt.. for real :)
The dinner and the cheeky bill happened on March, 2025