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I ate at a restaurant in Berkeley a few weeks ago that doesn't accept tips, but instead automatically adds a 20% gratuity to your bill. This is a good first ste
by fakename 12y ago
I ate at a restaurant in Berkeley a few weeks ago that doesn't accept tips, but instead automatically adds a 20% gratuity to your bill. This is a good first step, but I wish they would go one further and increase the price of menu items by 20%, rather than separating the prices.
- technotony 12y agoSous Beurre Kitchen in the Mission does just this: http://sf.eater.com/2015/2/6/7974123/sous-beurre-kitchen-san-francisco-photos http://sf.eater.com/2015/2/6/7974123/sous-beurre-kitchen-san...
- dyadic 12y agoI like seeing the service included in the bill, it makes it explicit that it's a separate thing from the dinner and something that I'm paying for.
- pavlov 12y agoSo how about separate charges for cleaning and accounting? The restaurant pays for a lot of other things too that are not directly part of the dinner. I don't understand why service should be considered special.
- waterlesscloud 12y agoBecause the service is a direct and prominent factor in your experience of the meal.
- jeremysmyth 12y agoSo are the ingredients, the recipe, and the individual elements of the cooking. I also personally rate restaurants on the comfort and style of the furnishing, the "ambience", the location, and events, if any (a Lebanese restaurant I like occasionally has a belly dancer). None of these are separately itemized on my bill, nor would I expect them to be.
- tass 12y agoHow is the server's wage different from the rest of the cost of the meal (profit, chef's wage, rent, electricity, carpet cleaning, etc.)?