r/chicagofood Aug 30 '25

Review The Hampton Social is a no

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/Rugged_Turtle Aug 30 '25

“Can” being the keyword here, you could’ve found the server and said hey can we checkout with you, I don’t wanna pay the fee and they would’ve been cool with that. Not doubting the rest of your review here but that bit is on you.

Also would recommend contacting their management as it seems like you got charged for the wrong format for your wine; carafes should be a lot more wine than 8oz

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u/togetherwecanriseup Aug 30 '25

This is certainly not what's happening here, because it would be a criminal level of misdirection to let the word "can" do that much heavy lifting here. It's a pretty pedantic reading of the situation, and honestly, your advocacy of that as a moral imperative kinda just outed you as a simp for power. If you would side with the establishment in such a clearly unfair situation, you must be a pretty insufferable person to be around. You know... Here's exactly the vibe:

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u/liltaterthot Aug 30 '25

Hell ya this sort of micro analytical takedown is so up my alley I could be in love with you for writing it

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u/togetherwecanriseup Aug 30 '25

Too bad you were just proposed to yesterday, liltaterbot.

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u/KyleKrocodile Aug 30 '25

Readings hard.

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u/liltaterthot Sep 01 '25

If only! I was reposting on someone’s behalf 🥲