Oh cool, this means people are no longer patronizing establishments that have tip prompts as a way to show that they don’t support companies that reply on them to pay staff, right?
Nothing bullshit about a table charge. Happens in italy as well (coperto).
it’s upfront, and it’s a small, reasonable charge. It’a not some bullshit, guilt-trip guessing game at the end of the night when they hand you the credit card machine
I have never had a restaurant ask for a table charge in Japan. I’ve stayed in Tokyo and Osaka a fair bit (months) and have visited Nagano, Nagoya, Kyoto and some smaller cities in between.
Not sure why I got downvoted, but I’ve been living here for 15 years and it definitely exists. Most of the time, you don’t even notice it because they just charge you with out telling. You might see it in the corner of the menu. Google テーブルチャージ or お通し代.
Oh cool, this means people are no longer patronizing establishments that have tip prompts as a way to show that they don’t support companies that reply on them to pay staff, right?
Right?
That was certainly my solution. If I end up in one I tip but I just avoid tipping places generally now.
In most of the world, you pay what you see on the shelf.
In Japan, we don’t have tip, but we do have “table charge” which is kind of bullshit. At least the service is generally 100x better than in Canada.
Nothing bullshit about a table charge. Happens in italy as well (coperto).
it’s upfront, and it’s a small, reasonable charge. It’a not some bullshit, guilt-trip guessing game at the end of the night when they hand you the credit card machine
It’s the fact that they AREN’T upfront about it a lot of times that bothers me. Not the table charge itself. I wasn’t clear about that, sorry.
I have never had a restaurant ask for a table charge in Japan. I’ve stayed in Tokyo and Osaka a fair bit (months) and have visited Nagano, Nagoya, Kyoto and some smaller cities in between.
Not sure why I got downvoted, but I’ve been living here for 15 years and it definitely exists. Most of the time, you don’t even notice it because they just charge you with out telling. You might see it in the corner of the menu. Google テーブルチャージ or お通し代.
No one downvoted you (or at least I didn’t). I’ll keep an eye out next time, but I usually pay cash and it’s exactly what the meal costs.