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Old 01-05-2018, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by CFrance View Post
It's not an uncommon practice for restaurants to add a gratuity on the bills for a large group. And I really don't blame them. It's a lot of work to serve a large group all at once, not only for the servers, but the chefs.



In fact, a lot of menus will state that there will be an 18%-20% gratuity added for groups of (usually 6, but varies)...or more.


Totally understandable to me, but I don't recall it happening after getting lunch with my golf groups that are sometimes up to 20...so go figure.