Originally Posted by
Lkeade
I went to a very nice restaurant on Saturday night and the bill came to $165 for three with no alcohol. I noticed there was a $1 charge as I asked them to leave the cheese off the onion soup and that made it a special order. Shouldn't the price of the cheese cancel out the service charge?
If not disclosed on the menu nor by the server when making the request, then I would subtract $1 from my tip calculation. I see it as the server's job to warn me of any otherwise hidden charges my order would incur.