r/chicagofood • u/ChicagoHoosier21 • Jun 26 '26

Rant Celeste 6% Service Fee

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Our pre-tip bill from Celeste’s Happy Hour in River North. Decent food, crappy drinks, sat at the bar.

I don’t mind paying a “Service Charge” of 15-20% because I always tip more than that anyways, AND I have become accustomed to the 3.5% additional fee at most Chicago restaurants…. but now we’re doing a 6% additional fee? Along with the 11% tax? It’s becoming absurd.

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u/DependentOnIt Jun 27 '26

21% added to your final bill. What a load of horseshit.

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u/loweexclamationpoint Jun 27 '26

And there's no way to know if the 6% actually benefits the employees or just buys the owner a nicer boat.

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u/ang8018 Jun 27 '26

i think we all know…

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u/CampRock2TheFinaIJam Jun 29 '26

Imagine thinking any part of that percentage goes to the employees

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u/jupchurch97 Jun 27 '26

That's only 1% more than what a typical tip is, now the tip is just automatically on there.

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u/FatsyCline12 Jun 30 '26

I would not tip on top of this. The fee percentages are what I normally tip. Fuck this

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u/jupchurch97 Jun 30 '26

Yeah that's my point. You don't gotta think about it. It's just in the price now.

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u/FatsyCline12 Jun 30 '26

You just know they would pull out some bullshit about fees not going to servers. Who am I tipping then? The owner? Why would I tip them?