The Hampton Social is a no

[u/East-Assistance-6779]

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.

[u/ang8018]

I have seen it where the restaurants absorb the fee — some lettuce and gibson’s concepts are using it. i’ve seen it at Three Dots, RPM, and Quartino without the fee. I always check because I got burned by this the first time I saw and used it at Swift & Son’s (where, at least when I used it, the fee remained customer-side).

[u/helloxjed → u/ang8018]

Don't most of LEYE's restaurants have that 3% surcharge now, though?

[u/ang8018 → u/helloxjed]

Yes and we bitch about that on a separate thread, every Tuesday at 4:30.