Gordon Ramsay one of the first celebrity chefs to bring US-style 20% service charge
www.independent.co.uk
A discretionary service charge of 20 per cent was added to diners’ bills at Gordon Ramsay’s Lucky Cat restaurant on New Year’s Eve
  • manxu@piefed.socialEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    Especially not as a flat percentage! I could understand a cover charge, a corking fee, or a fee for substitutions, but if everything gets a 20% charge, then it’s really just pretending the prices are lower and nothing else.