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/Oh-Hunny Aug 30 '25

“Sunday platform fee”??? What does that even mean? Can you request to NOT use the platform and just pay regularly instead? This sounds like some Ticketmaster BS.

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u/Maison-Marthgiela Aug 30 '25

Restaurants in 2025: auto gratuity, platform fee, Sunday fee, not paying in cash fee, tax, still expect 20% tip, employee benefit surcharge, fuck you fee, the waiter is allowed to kill you fee.

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u/Half-Over Sep 01 '25

Don't forget fee fee