Restaurants would review previous spending and insist that customers pay around $5,400 for a table, in addition to trying to force customers to pay double the usual tip.
Some restaurants in theof Saint-Tropez have allegedly worked to"screen" customers to only bring in the wealthiest, drawing condemnation from the town’s mayor and the media.
Those who fell into the"small fry" category would hear that the restaurant had no openings for months and would receive a recommendation for another restaurant. "Even luxury concierge services no longer hesitate to speak in terms of minimum spending when you call on their services. [pushing as] high as possible, to hope to get a table in one of the most popular restaurants and clubs in Saint-Tropez," the insider said, according to a Google translation.
She said the practice of forced tipping, with customers asked to pay as much as 20% of a bill – far above the average 5-10% in France – defied the"discretion" of customers. One incident, reported by the tipster, included a waiter chasing a customer into the parking lot and demanding additional tipping above the 500 euros left for service . Neither Siri nor any of the news outlets named any of the restaurants accused of the extortionate practices.
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