Originally Posted by
emma69
Very very few add an automatic gratuity IME - perhaps it is more common in the more touristy places in London? I think several of my friends would laugh at them if they tried it (I am thinking pub food type places, rather than fine dining tho!)
I don't know where any of you eat but every place I go to, from Roka, Zuma etc... to high end italian restaurants to Jaime's Italian add the automatic service charge. As do the pubs I go to such as the Thomas Cubitt, The Orange etc...
Please let me know where I can avoid it although I'm finding it quite useful myself. Was a bit shocked to leave London and realise it is not added...