Originally Posted by
cordata
This one I'm not sure I agree with - I would say if you are in a position where the host has a menu with prices and all others have menus without prices then the waiter should not mention the prices of the specials. Most of the time I find the specials to be overpriced and this is an opportunity to juice up the revenue.
I agree. One of my biggest pet peeves is NOT knowing the price of the specials. And, yes, they usually seem to be SIGNIFICANTLY greater than the average menu entree. It's not tacky for the server to also indicate the price of the specials. There are prices on your menu. It's no different.
Along these lines, another pet peeve is when the list of specials is so long that you've forgotten what the initial ones were. If there are more than a couple of specials, they should be printed out.