Amazing Restaurant Charges
#1
Amazing Restaurant Charges
or should that be scams ?
Extra charge for use of knife and fork
Extra charge for well done, etc,etc.
Revealed: Eight dirty tricks Spanish restaurants use to overcharge you - The Local
Interesting law regarding "menu del dia", which I must admit I wasn't previously aware of.
Extra charge for use of knife and fork
Extra charge for well done, etc,etc.
Revealed: Eight dirty tricks Spanish restaurants use to overcharge you - The Local
Interesting law regarding "menu del dia", which I must admit I wasn't previously aware of.
#2
Re: Amazing Restaurant Charges
What a rubbish article. After 15 years in Spain and literally eating hundreds of meals in varied restaurants, I have never come across any of these charges.
#3
Re: Amazing Restaurant Charges
Neither have I after well over twenty, which is why I found it amazing.
#4
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Re: Amazing Restaurant Charges
This article appeared in El Pais a few months ago
They spoke to the waiter who added the fee for "muy hecho". Apparently it was just a mistake with the electronic billing system, she meant to add it as a note sent to the kitchen
The only one of those which is true is the bread supplement
They spoke to the waiter who added the fee for "muy hecho". Apparently it was just a mistake with the electronic billing system, she meant to add it as a note sent to the kitchen
The only one of those which is true is the bread supplement
#5
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Re: Amazing Restaurant Charges
I've never experienced anything like that either. But the local does like to exaggerate / sensationalise. Good job no other publications are like that.
#6
Re: Amazing Restaurant Charges
Maybe,
However one of the bills clearly made a charge for cubiertos (cutlery) ?
However one of the bills clearly made a charge for cubiertos (cutlery) ?
#7
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Re: Amazing Restaurant Charges
Is not 'cubiertos' also covers? As in cover charge?
#8
Re: Amazing Restaurant Charges
Yes, when listed on the bill in this way it means cover charge not cutlery.
Rosemary
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#9
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Re: Amazing Restaurant Charges
I have never come across these charges either except for the bread charge occasionally. However, I have found it pays to check restaurant receipts and change.
#10
Re: Amazing Restaurant Charges
I've seen it in pubs and clubs to cover the extra cost of live entertainment, but as for restaurants I haven't a clue unless it's for putting a cover on and setting the table which would seem about as silly as charging for use of the cutlery ?
#11
Re: Amazing Restaurant Charges
So precisely what does cover charge refer to in a restaurant ?
I've seen it in pubs and clubs to cover the extra cost of live entertainment, but as for restaurants I haven't a clue unless it's for putting a cover on and setting the table which would seem about as silly as charging for use of the cutlery ?
I've seen it in pubs and clubs to cover the extra cost of live entertainment, but as for restaurants I haven't a clue unless it's for putting a cover on and setting the table which would seem about as silly as charging for use of the cutlery ?
Rosemary
#12
Re: Amazing Restaurant Charges
Cover charges in restaurants are usually for bread, olives, things like that. In spanish it is actually precio del cubierto and can be shortened to just cubierto on the bill.