Manchester restaurant praised for response after customer makes calorie request

A Manchester restaurant has been praised for their response after a customer requested a menu that didn’t list calories.

Earlier this month, calorie counts on menus and food labels were made mandatory at large businesses with more than 250 employees. The Government-backed move was implemented in a bid to improve the nation’s health.

Sophie Bartlett, a teacher from Gloucestershire, was dining at Indian restaurant Dishoom on Bridge Street in Spinningfields on Saturday morning (April 16) with a friend when she asked her server if they could receive a menu that didn’t list the calorie counts of each meal.

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Following her request, Sophie said her server, named Georgia, returned to their table with a menu where all the calories had been scribbled out. “I don’t have an eating disorder myself but I have many close family and friends that do,” Sophie told the M.E.N. “I know how they would feel about it so wanted to ask on their behalf as I know some would never ask themselves.”

Sophie took to Twitter to share the encounter, captioning the post: “Massive kudos to @Dishoom Manchester - I asked for a menu without calories but they didn’t have one so one of the staff (Georgia) took a menu and scribbled out all the calories for me.”

In response, the restaurant added: “Hi Sophie, I’m glad to hear our Manchester team was able to help. We will be having an option of a calorie free menu, if requested, very soon in all our cafés.”

Sophie’s tweet has since received over 16,000 likes and been retweeted more than 600 times. Replying to the post, one person wrote: “This is so wholesome". Another said: "yes to this service commitment".

Another added: “Love this!