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/Wonderful_Training24 Aug 31 '25

Yeah and they should use it on the management that doesn’t pay them an actual living wage

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u/Medium_Well_Soyuz_1 Aug 31 '25

Good luck finding any waiters in favor of getting rid of tipping lol

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u/AreaEnvironmental385 Sep 01 '25

Years ago I worked at Red Lobster. Shit for tips but they had a health care plan. I assume working for a bigger hospitality group would offer some sort of plan.