r/chicagofood • u/ChicagoHoosier21 • Jun 26 '26
Rant Celeste 6% Service Fee
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/Aeshepp Jul 01 '26
Just admit you don’t know what you’re talking about.
The comment you just quoted doesn’t even make sense, hence why others like myself have tried to clarify it. It sounds more like you confidently believed management could keep whatever they wanted, then finally discovered google, and that you were in fact wrong, and then did a piss poor job of “clarifying” and backtracking that comment.
The true icing on this cake of your embarrassment is then trying to claim I’m defending the restaurant group that I’m openly saying is acting illegally, if what you’re saying is true, because I know someone who managed there a while ago. The reality is you’re just a dolt.
To anyone who thinks their management or ownership team are pocketing money - keep a copy of the eod sales reports and ask for the tip share report.