Originally Posted by
rufflesinc
So I guess, what would be acceptable to do in such a situation where a dining establishment clearly advertises credit card logos but only tells you after dining that its not true? For a retail store, you could just put the merchandise back, but not so with a restaurant ...
Tell them you'll go to an ATM and will be back later to pay. And since they wrongly advertised accepting credit cards I wouldn't even leave a collateral (e.g. ID, etc.). In any case, the tip would be 0€.