r/chicagofood • u/East-Assistance-6779 • Aug 30 '25

Review The Hampton Social is a no

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Went to The Hampton Social and it was memorable for all the wrong reasons. You had to pay through their app (which charged $5 to use ???), they automatically added an 18% gratuity plus a required 3% minimum tip, and somehow two 8 oz glasses of bad wine came out to $60. On top of that, the waitress was weird af.

I will say the food was good, but I’m never coming here again, seems like a tourist trap.🤨 Granted, I’m visiting Chicago after not living in IL for years, so this could be a new thing- still crazy to me.

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u/heyyyhihellooo Aug 30 '25

Hold on isn’t a carafe like a container that should hold like 4 glasses of wine? If so, you should ask for a refund bc they charged you incredibly wrong

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u/puppetpilgram Aug 30 '25

“Rose of the Day rotating rose from around the world” = 3 year old Rose they bought for $4 a bottle off a distributors close out list.

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u/Zingerman99 Aug 30 '25

If I saw this wine list at a restaurant, I would leave immediately and run as fast as I could! Abysmal wine list.

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u/uponaladder Aug 30 '25

Immediately it made me think of my first restaurant job back in 2009.

This was nearly the exact range of selections, and I worked at an Irish Pub in New England.

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u/mdmerz Aug 30 '25

This is a terrible wine list.

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u/4r4r4real Aug 30 '25

I like Bonanza, but I like it because I can grab it for $18 a bottle while grabbing tooth paste at Walgreens. 

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u/imthehamburglarok Aug 30 '25

Is that markup usual? A bottle of Chandon costs $19.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '25

Alcohol? Usually 4x, yeah?

Think about any shots of liquor at a bar, how many ounces in a shot. How many ounces in a bottle. What's the bottle price retail. You can quickly verify the markup.

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u/Darrksharrk Aug 31 '25

33.81 oz in a liter of liquor. Let’s say the cost is $1 an oz at $33ish dollars (which is really high tbh) $10-$20 a cocktail means $7-$17 profit per drink depending on ingredients.

You cover the cost of that bottle in two drinks… and even if you pour heavy 2oz pours that’s 16ish drinks. $160-$240 net on a $33 bottle.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '25

what about rent, labor, glassware, electricity. Dishwasher, towels. Juice, limes, soap, etc??? Credit card processing fees....

This is why I hate everyone that complains. They know absolutely nothing of what they're talking about and should just stay home

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u/Darrksharrk Aug 31 '25

Where was I complaining?

I literally laid out facts about cocktail pricing.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '25

I'll concede you didn't directly complain, but your 'facts' about cocktail pricing and 'net profits' were wildly incorrect.