Jesus. They try to be altruistic and say that tip culture isn't fair (and it's not), but you know the altruistic thing would be to... Not have tipping then! I'm in Seattle and there are tons of restaurants like this that have a fee, but then tipping is genuinely not allowed, they don't accept them. Everyone gets a fair wage.

That 18% is definitely not going to the staff.

And for the owners, here's an idea, why not just make the menu items 18% more expensive and remove the fee altogether?? And if that means your food is too expensive... Literally yes. Why does your food cost that much?

Tyvm for finding this article!!

" The announcement and change in billing language comes after a Los Angeles Times article published on June 21 about the class-action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court against Joint Venture Restaurant Group Inc., which owns Jon & Vinny’s. The workers claim that the company denied them tips and therefore shortchanged them on their take-home pay because of confusion resulting from the 18% service fee.

California’s gratuity law requires that tips be remitted in full to non-managerial service staff. "

SMH ... What a bunch of assholes; screwed their customers and then their staff...

Hope they get fucked / hope justice is served

It's LA, so I assume there are plenty of douchy "haute cuisine" wannabe places that charge $50 for a handful of steamed rice served in a styrofoam coffee cup under the name "Riz Derelicte" or some stupid shit like that.

If only I could simply use a coupon to get a decent price from a fast food place. Nah, instead they all demand that you install a datamining app to maybe get you prices that would've been the regular price just a few years ago.