Restaurants have gotten so expensive……also recycling and phone apps (1 Viewer)

[beer 30]

But I also think it's fair to bring up a legit gripe with how restaurant menus are set up without being told someone would go Bobby Knight after it. I don't think it's a big ask for servers to simply suggest certain order modifications for larger groups that are sharing. That would solve most of the beef I posted above.

Yea after 3 pages of you drilling down into it I think we're all aware of your position when it comes to pricing apps by the each and not the total

 

[Scoresman]

But I also think it's fair to bring up a legit gripe with how restaurant menus are set up without being told someone would go Bobby Knight after it. I don't think it's a big ask for servers to simply suggest certain order modifications for larger groups that are sharing. That would solve most of the beef I posted above.

Yea after 3 pages of you drilling down into it I think we're all aware of your position when it comes to pricing apps by the each and not the total

It was a discussion on a discussion board… I’ll never understand takes like this.

 

[Mitchie]

Going here tonight, $300+ potential for the 2 of us

Oak & Reel - Detroit

Dining at Oak & Reel is a journey – We source the freshest seafood, kissed by flames fueled by our oak burning hearth, paired with house made pasta, and wrapped in a stunning yet casual-contemporary environment.

www.oakandreel.com

"We source the freshest seafood, kissed by flames fueled by our oak burning hearth".

Hard to come up with a more pretentious statement, not a place for me based on that.

 

[Scoresman]

Ate at a spot last night that did the 20% tip automatically included. Difference this time was that the menu clearly said it was added to the bill and no additional tip was needed. When the bill came, there was no line for additional tip. Had not seen this before.

 

[beer 30]

But I also think it's fair to bring up a legit gripe with how restaurant menus are set up without being told someone would go Bobby Knight after it. I don't think it's a big ask for servers to simply suggest certain order modifications for larger groups that are sharing. That would solve most of the beef I posted above.

Yea after 3 pages of you drilling down into it I think we're all aware of your position when it comes to pricing apps by the each and not the total

It was a discussion on a discussion board… I’ll never understand takes like this.

Nor will you understand a joke but I digress, just kidding around big guy. Happy Friday

 

[beer 30]

Ate at a spot last night that did the 20% tip automatically included. Difference this time was that the menu clearly said it was added to the bill and no additional tip was needed. When the bill came, there was no line for additional tip. Had not seen this before.

I almost replied to the other post about the automatic 20% adder. Not sure how I feel about it. Most places you get adequate service and I don't have a problem tipping 20% but there are those times when the service is just not good and my way of expressing that is lightening the tip a bit. If you're going to charge 20% regardless then just jack the price of everything to cover and remove the tip line all together. If they had a big sign as you entered explaining that I think I'd be ok with it.

 

[massraider]

Going here tonight, $300+ potential for the 2 of us

Oak & Reel - Detroit

Dining at Oak & Reel is a journey – We source the freshest seafood, kissed by flames fueled by our oak burning hearth, paired with house made pasta, and wrapped in a stunning yet casual-contemporary environment.

www.oakandreel.com

Those tasting menu prices seem fair. 4 courses. $92.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Ate at a spot last night that did the 20% tip automatically included. Difference this time was that the menu clearly said it was added to the bill and no additional tip was needed. When the bill came, there was no line for additional tip. Had not seen this before.

I agree being super clear on whether it's added or not and the amount is important.

 

[the moops]

Going here tonight, $300+ potential for the 2 of us

Oak & Reel - Detroit

Dining at Oak & Reel is a journey – We source the freshest seafood, kissed by flames fueled by our oak burning hearth, paired with house made pasta, and wrapped in a stunning yet casual-contemporary environment.

www.oakandreel.com

Looks awesome.

You gonna get the 6 course tasting menu?

 

[guru_007]

Ate at a spot last night that did the 20% tip automatically included. Difference this time was that the menu clearly said it was added to the bill and no additional tip was needed. When the bill came, there was no line for additional tip. Had not seen this before.

I almost replied to the other post about the automatic 20% adder. Not sure how I feel about it. Most places you get adequate service and I don't have a problem tipping 20% but there are those times when the service is just not good and my way of expressing that is lightening the tip a bit. If you're going to charge 20% regardless then just jack the price of everything to cover and remove the tip line all together. If they had a big sign as you entered explaining that I think I'd be ok with it.

Admittedly I haven't read through every post in this thread as it got off the rails a bit, imho....however has it been mentioned in regard to the taxation of automatic 20% "gratuity" vs. "tip" in regard to the server?
I read yesterday that there is a pretty significant impact in regard to reporting on each as the 20% auto add is a service charge and not a gratuity. Maybe this a thread all of it's own, I dunno. And I wanted to add that someone mentioned you should be tipping 30% to the server, and that is just ludicrous. If the average dinner bill at a restaurant is $150.00 and the server has say 3 tables, they'll be getting about $100/hour in tips.. That's a touch more than a living wage. But hey, it's your money, if you feel better doing so, go for it. I do recall going to dinner at a Capital Grille back maybe 10-12 years ago, and our server mentioned that she quit a job in finance because she was making more as a server (low 6 figures). I didn't pickup that tab, but the tip was about 150 bucks for a two hour meal with 6 people.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Ate at a spot last night that did the 20% tip automatically included. Difference this time was that the menu clearly said it was added to the bill and no additional tip was needed. When the bill came, there was no line for additional tip. Had not seen this before.

I like this concept even if it's not perfect.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Going here tonight, $300+ potential for the 2 of us

Oak & Reel - Detroit

Dining at Oak & Reel is a journey – We source the freshest seafood, kissed by flames fueled by our oak burning hearth, paired with house made pasta, and wrapped in a stunning yet casual-contemporary environment.

www.oakandreel.com

Looks awesome.

You gonna get the 6 course tasting menu?

I would like to, wife is a fairly picky eater though, so might be a tough sell for her. Not sure if we’re both required to or if she can just get a regular entree

 

[Courtjester]

Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.

 

[General Malaise]

Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.

Does your area tend to lose power during snow storms? Is it possible people were there because they couldn't cook at home?

That's a great night for your kid! I think everybody should spend some time as a server. If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

 

[Joe Bryant]

If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

Let me know if this happens GB and I'll be there as a patron.

 

[Scoresman]

If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

Let me know if this happens GB and I'll be there as a patron.

Me too, with all sorts of questions on how to share the menu items.

 

[the moops]

If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

Let me know if this happens GB and I'll be there as a patron.

Hopefully asking questions about how many shrimp come in the appetizer and whether the burger can be shared 7 ways

 

[the moops]

If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

Let me know if this happens GB and I'll be there as a patron.

Me too, with all sorts of questions on how to share the menu items.

damnit

 

[DA RAIDERS]

If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

Let me know if this happens GB and I'll be there as a patron.

Me too, with all sorts of questions on how to share the menu items.

Finally!

 

[Courtjester]

Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.

Does your area tend to lose power during snow storms? Is it possible people were there because they couldn't cook at home?

That's a great night for your kid! I think everybody should spend some time as a server. If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

I think the volume of people was surprising, but the tip percentage is all my kid. She is made for sales. Her last check was 3k for a two week period and that didn't include cash tips. They have state-wide server rankings for sales and she has been #1 for many months. She is paying her own way through college and has over 20k saved. We are very proud of her.

But there are nights that some tables are absolute nightmares. $300 tabs and a zero tip. The worst ones are the people that are just looking for a comp--they will eat 3/4th of the steak and want a refund or drink most of the alcohol beverage and say is was bad. Some guy left a negative review on her because she wouldn't give him her phone number. She has had to break up fights between groups of women--you know exactly the kind of things you would come to expect from an Applebees experience.

However, you are dead on that the experiences and people interactions are priceless and will serve her well once she graduates.

 

[STBootleg]

Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.

Does your area tend to lose power during snow storms? Is it possible people were there because they couldn't cook at home?

That's a great night for your kid! I think everybody should spend some time as a server. If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

I think the volume of people was surprising, but the tip percentage is all my kid. She is made for sales. Her last check was 3k for a two week period and that didn't include cash tips. They have state-wide server rankings for sales and she has been #1 for many months. She is paying her own way through college and has over 20k saved. We are very proud of her.

But there are nights that some tables are absolute nightmares. $300 tabs and a zero tip. The worst ones are the people that are just looking for a comp--they will eat 3/4th of the steak and want a refund or drink most of the alcohol beverage and say is was bad. Some guy left a negative review on her because she wouldn't give him her phone number. She has had to break up fights between groups of women--you know exactly the kind of things you would come to expect from an Applebees experience.

However, you are dead on that the experiences and people interactions are priceless and will serve her well once she graduates.

Every week, we should come back to this Applebees

 

[General Malaise]

Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.

Does your area tend to lose power during snow storms? Is it possible people were there because they couldn't cook at home?

That's a great night for your kid! I think everybody should spend some time as a server. If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

I think the volume of people was surprising, but the tip percentage is all my kid. She is made for sales. Her last check was 3k for a two week period and that didn't include cash tips. They have state-wide server rankings for sales and she has been #1 for many months. She is paying her own way through college and has over 20k saved. We are very proud of her.

But there are nights that some tables are absolute nightmares. $300 tabs and a zero tip. The worst ones are the people that are just looking for a comp--they will eat 3/4th of the steak and want a refund or drink most of the alcohol beverage and say is was bad. Some guy left a negative review on her because she wouldn't give him her phone number. She has had to break up fights between groups of women--you know exactly the kind of things you would come to expect from an Applebees experience.

However, you are dead on that the experiences and people interactions are priceless and will serve her well once she graduates.

That's great stuff! I can see pride vapors leaping off your words in here.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.

Does your area tend to lose power during snow storms? Is it possible people were there because they couldn't cook at home?

That's a great night for your kid! I think everybody should spend some time as a server. If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

I think the volume of people was surprising, but the tip percentage is all my kid. She is made for sales. Her last check was 3k for a two week period and that didn't include cash tips. They have state-wide server rankings for sales and she has been #1 for many months. She is paying her own way through college and has over 20k saved. We are very proud of her.

But there are nights that some tables are absolute nightmares. $300 tabs and a zero tip. The worst ones are the people that are just looking for a comp--they will eat 3/4th of the steak and want a refund or drink most of the alcohol beverage and say is was bad. Some guy left a negative review on her because she wouldn't give him her phone number. She has had to break up fights between groups of women--you know exactly the kind of things you would come to expect from an Applebees experience.

However, you are dead on that the experiences and people interactions are priceless and will serve her well once she graduates.

That's great stuff! I can see pride vapors leaping off your words in here.

Is this Applebees hiring? GM and I would like to know.

 

[General Malaise]

Semi-related?

Applebees and IHOP are merging. Soon enough, we will be able to order the Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity with a side of Ribletts.

 

[General Malaise]

Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.

Does your area tend to lose power during snow storms? Is it possible people were there because they couldn't cook at home?

That's a great night for your kid! I think everybody should spend some time as a server. If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

I think the volume of people was surprising, but the tip percentage is all my kid. She is made for sales. Her last check was 3k for a two week period and that didn't include cash tips. They have state-wide server rankings for sales and she has been #1 for many months. She is paying her own way through college and has over 20k saved. We are very proud of her.

But there are nights that some tables are absolute nightmares. $300 tabs and a zero tip. The worst ones are the people that are just looking for a comp--they will eat 3/4th of the steak and want a refund or drink most of the alcohol beverage and say is was bad. Some guy left a negative review on her because she wouldn't give him her phone number. She has had to break up fights between groups of women--you know exactly the kind of things you would come to expect from an Applebees experience.

However, you are dead on that the experiences and people interactions are priceless and will serve her well once she graduates.

That's great stuff! I can see pride vapors leaping off your words in here.

Is this Applebees hiring? GM and I would like to know.

Let's open our own version of Applebees and work the front room like pros. We call the place - "Dad Bods".

It'll slay!

 

[the moops]

Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.

Does your area tend to lose power during snow storms? Is it possible people were there because they couldn't cook at home?

That's a great night for your kid! I think everybody should spend some time as a server. If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

I think the volume of people was surprising, but the tip percentage is all my kid. She is made for sales. Her last check was 3k for a two week period and that didn't include cash tips. They have state-wide server rankings for sales and she has been #1 for many months. She is paying her own way through college and has over 20k saved. We are very proud of her.

But there are nights that some tables are absolute nightmares. $300 tabs and a zero tip. The worst ones are the people that are just looking for a comp--they will eat 3/4th of the steak and want a refund or drink most of the alcohol beverage and say is was bad. Some guy left a negative review on her because she wouldn't give him her phone number. She has had to break up fights between groups of women--you know exactly the kind of things you would come to expect from an Applebees experience.

However, you are dead on that the experiences and people interactions are priceless and will serve her well once she graduates.

That's great stuff! I can see pride vapors leaping off your words in here.

Is this Applebees hiring? GM and I would like to know.

Let's open our own version of Applebees and work the front room like pros. We call the place - "Dad Bods".

It'll slay!

I think you are confusing dad bods with obesity

 

[Chemical X]

I thought the Bobby Knight comment was kinda funny. When did we stop being able to take a little ribbing?

I think I misunderstood as him saying he would go Bobby Knight on me, which is different. It was also weird in the context of telling someone to be way cooler and then turning around and not following that directive. But again, probably my misunderstanding. Also, people get "timeouts" for "little ribbings" all the time these days, so again I thought it was inconsistent at best. But I'm way over it by now and this has been way too blown out of proportion, which I am mostly to blame for.

i’ve reported joe to joe.

 

[Terminalxylem]

Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.

Does your area tend to lose power during snow storms? Is it possible people were there because they couldn't cook at home?

That's a great night for your kid! I think everybody should spend some time as a server. If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

I think the volume of people was surprising, but the tip percentage is all my kid. She is made for sales. Her last check was 3k for a two week period and that didn't include cash tips. They have state-wide server rankings for sales and she has been #1 for many months. She is paying her own way through college and has over 20k saved. We are very proud of her.

But there are nights that some tables are absolute nightmares. $300 tabs and a zero tip. The worst ones are the people that are just looking for a comp--they will eat 3/4th of the steak and want a refund or drink most of the alcohol beverage and say is was bad. Some guy left a negative review on her because she wouldn't give him her phone number. She has had to break up fights between groups of women--you know exactly the kind of things you would come to expect from an Applebees experience.

However, you are dead on that the experiences and people interactions are priceless and will serve her well once she graduates.

That's great stuff! I can see pride vapors leaping off your words in here.

Is this Applebees hiring? GM and I would like to know.

Let's open our own version of Applebees and work the front room like pros. We call the place - "Dad Bods".

It'll slay!

I think you are confusing dad bods with obesity

The right midriff and orange shorts, if tight enough, can blur the line.

 

[General Malaise]

Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.

Does your area tend to lose power during snow storms? Is it possible people were there because they couldn't cook at home?

That's a great night for your kid! I think everybody should spend some time as a server. If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

I think the volume of people was surprising, but the tip percentage is all my kid. She is made for sales. Her last check was 3k for a two week period and that didn't include cash tips. They have state-wide server rankings for sales and she has been #1 for many months. She is paying her own way through college and has over 20k saved. We are very proud of her.

But there are nights that some tables are absolute nightmares. $300 tabs and a zero tip. The worst ones are the people that are just looking for a comp--they will eat 3/4th of the steak and want a refund or drink most of the alcohol beverage and say is was bad. Some guy left a negative review on her because she wouldn't give him her phone number. She has had to break up fights between groups of women--you know exactly the kind of things you would come to expect from an Applebees experience.

However, you are dead on that the experiences and people interactions are priceless and will serve her well once she graduates.

That's great stuff! I can see pride vapors leaping off your words in here.

Is this Applebees hiring? GM and I would like to know.

Let's open our own version of Applebees and work the front room like pros. We call the place - "Dad Bods".

It'll slay!

I think you are confusing dad bods with obesity

You know, for a bleeding heart liberal with a man bun, you can be pretty mean to your fellow FBGs. Gawd.

 

[the moops]

Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.

Does your area tend to lose power during snow storms? Is it possible people were there because they couldn't cook at home?

That's a great night for your kid! I think everybody should spend some time as a server. If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

I think the volume of people was surprising, but the tip percentage is all my kid. She is made for sales. Her last check was 3k for a two week period and that didn't include cash tips. They have state-wide server rankings for sales and she has been #1 for many months. She is paying her own way through college and has over 20k saved. We are very proud of her.

But there are nights that some tables are absolute nightmares. $300 tabs and a zero tip. The worst ones are the people that are just looking for a comp--they will eat 3/4th of the steak and want a refund or drink most of the alcohol beverage and say is was bad. Some guy left a negative review on her because she wouldn't give him her phone number. She has had to break up fights between groups of women--you know exactly the kind of things you would come to expect from an Applebees experience.

However, you are dead on that the experiences and people interactions are priceless and will serve her well once she graduates.

That's great stuff! I can see pride vapors leaping off your words in here.

Is this Applebees hiring? GM and I would like to know.

Let's open our own version of Applebees and work the front room like pros. We call the place - "Dad Bods".

It'll slay!

I think you are confusing dad bods with obesity

You know, for a bleeding heart liberal with a man bun, you can be pretty mean to your fellow FBGs. Gawd.

As I tell all my friends here in Minnesota. I am from Massachusetts, if I am not making fun of you, I don't like you. The ones I give the most **** are the ones I love the most

 

[the moops]

Also, I have no man bun

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Going here tonight, $300+ potential for the 2 of us

Oak & Reel - Detroit

Dining at Oak & Reel is a journey – We source the freshest seafood, kissed by flames fueled by our oak burning hearth, paired with house made pasta, and wrapped in a stunning yet casual-contemporary environment.

www.oakandreel.com

More like $400. It was good but that’s like a weeks worth of groceries

We each had a cocktail downstairs before dinner that was like $30+ tip. They had a $25 sazerac on the cocktail list that’s just getting ridiculous

We each opted for the 4 course (the 6 course had a raw seafood course and I think like an extra pasta course or something). With the 4 course we could each get what we wabted

She got
Buratta
Bucatini
Halibut
Some sort of Italian biscuit donut
1 cocktail
Glass of wine

I got
Octopus
Squid ink pasta with crab and shrimp
Orata (whole fish…eyeballs were :chefskiss
Panna cotta
2 cocktails

We also the parsnips appetizer

I liked all my food, she was a little underwhelmed (she’s just not a big fine dining fan in general). Left quite full

I would certainly go back , but at $300 and another 25% tip that’s quite an expensive night

 

[Instinctive]

Also, I have no man bun

Gotta have hair for that.

 

[shuke]

She got
Buratta
Bucatini
Halibut
Some sort of Italian biscuit donut
1 cocktail
Glass of wine

I got
Octopus
Squid ink pasta with crab and shrimp
Orata (whole fish…eyeballs were :chefskiss
Panna cotta
2 cocktails

For the life of me I don't know why, but I read this to the tune of The Beach Boys' Kokomo.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Also, I have no man bun

Pony tail?

 

[Terminalxylem]

Two eggplant hummus pita sandwiches. Big (almost 1.5 pounds - we weighed them) and delicious.

$21 each.

 

[the moops]

Also, I have no man bun

Gotta have hair for that.

I have a glorious head of hair

 

[FairWarning]

Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.

Does your area tend to lose power during snow storms? Is it possible people were there because they couldn't cook at home?

That's a great night for your kid! I think everybody should spend some time as a server. If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

I think the volume of people was surprising, but the tip percentage is all my kid. She is made for sales. Her last check was 3k for a two week period and that didn't include cash tips. They have state-wide server rankings for sales and she has been #1 for many months. She is paying her own way through college and has over 20k saved. We are very proud of her.

But there are nights that some tables are absolute nightmares. $300 tabs and a zero tip. The worst ones are the people that are just looking for a comp--they will eat 3/4th of the steak and want a refund or drink most of the alcohol beverage and say is was bad. Some guy left a negative review on her because she wouldn't give him her phone number. She has had to break up fights between groups of women--you know exactly the kind of things you would come to expect from an Applebees experience.

However, you are dead on that the experiences and people interactions are priceless and will serve her well once she graduates.

We have had a lot more people trying to freeload in the last month also, very frustrating.

 

[BoltNlava]

A Double Double, cheeseburger & 2 fries at In and Out For $15. Way less than 1 burger & fries at 5 guys. I'm cursed. They opened a new I&O just 1/4 mile down the street from me.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Two eggplant hummus pita sandwiches. Big (almost 1.5 pounds - we weighed them) and delicious.

$21 each.

That’s steep. 1.5# each? That’s huge. If I were to take that home and get 2 meals out of it, I wouldn’t think twice. I wouldn’t be able to eat it all in one sitting at 1.5# each.

 

[Ilov80s]

Going here tonight, $300+ potential for the 2 of us

Oak & Reel - Detroit

Dining at Oak & Reel is a journey – We source the freshest seafood, kissed by flames fueled by our oak burning hearth, paired with house made pasta, and wrapped in a stunning yet casual-contemporary environment.

www.oakandreel.com

More like $400. It was good but that’s like a weeks worth of groceries

We each had a cocktail downstairs before dinner that was like $30+ tip. They had a $25 sazerac on the cocktail list that’s just getting ridiculous

We each opted for the 4 course (the 6 course had a raw seafood course and I think like an extra pasta course or something). With the 4 course we could each get what we wabted

She got
Buratta
Bucatini
Halibut
Some sort of Italian biscuit donut
1 cocktail
Glass of wine

I got
Octopus
Squid ink pasta with crab and shrimp
Orata (whole fish…eyeballs were :chefskiss
Panna cotta
2 cocktails

We also the parsnips appetizer

I liked all my food, she was a little underwhelmed (she’s just not a big fine dining fan in general). Left quite full

I would certainly go back , but at $300 and another 25% tip that’s quite an expensive night

Wife and I did a cocktail and 2 apps (tuna ceviche and truffle fries) at the new place in Plymouth that is really trying to do a Detroit style place. It was $75 plus tip. The drinks were excellent and the food was both delicious and enough to fill us both. The fries were actually pretty cool- thickcut sidewinders. Not sure I had ever had those, certainly not with truffle. There was so much potato there that combined with the tuna made for a good meal for 2. If we had then ordered off the entre menu and another round of drinks, dessert it would have probably been just short of 300 plus tip but of course money is no object. I am a public school teacher.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

Going here tonight, $300+ potential for the 2 of us

Oak & Reel - Detroit

Dining at Oak & Reel is a journey – We source the freshest seafood, kissed by flames fueled by our oak burning hearth, paired with house made pasta, and wrapped in a stunning yet casual-contemporary environment.

www.oakandreel.com

More like $400. It was good but that’s like a weeks worth of groceries

We each had a cocktail downstairs before dinner that was like $30+ tip. They had a $25 sazerac on the cocktail list that’s just getting ridiculous

We each opted for the 4 course (the 6 course had a raw seafood course and I think like an extra pasta course or something). With the 4 course we could each get what we wabted

She got
Buratta
Bucatini
Halibut
Some sort of Italian biscuit donut
1 cocktail
Glass of wine

I got
Octopus
Squid ink pasta with crab and shrimp
Orata (whole fish…eyeballs were :chefskiss
Panna cotta
2 cocktails

We also the parsnips appetizer

I liked all my food, she was a little underwhelmed (she’s just not a big fine dining fan in general). Left quite full

I would certainly go back , but at $300 and another 25% tip that’s quite an expensive night

sounds awesome Dan - incurring those prices on a regular basis would "eat" at me though - but I get it, it's your damn money, you earned and should enjoy how you want

we take a few times a year to blow the locks off the wallet - and it takes me some building up to not think about what we're spending and just enjoy the experience

and when I can do that (which is most of the time), it's great

 

[Scoresman]

I'm going to Vegas in a couple weeks. Got reservations at Carbone, Vanderpump, and Bazaar Meat.

Vegas was already expensive before other restaurants weren't. Our second mortgage application is in the works to fund all of this in case my NCAA bets dont come through.

 

[culdeus]

Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.

Does your area tend to lose power during snow storms? Is it possible people were there because they couldn't cook at home?

That's a great night for your kid! I think everybody should spend some time as a server. If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

I think the volume of people was surprising, but the tip percentage is all my kid. She is made for sales. Her last check was 3k for a two week period and that didn't include cash tips. They have state-wide server rankings for sales and she has been #1 for many months. She is paying her own way through college and has over 20k saved. We are very proud of her.

But there are nights that some tables are absolute nightmares. $300 tabs and a zero tip. The worst ones are the people that are just looking for a comp--they will eat 3/4th of the steak and want a refund or drink most of the alcohol beverage and say is was bad. Some guy left a negative review on her because she wouldn't give him her phone number. She has had to break up fights between groups of women--you know exactly the kind of things you would come to expect from an Applebees experience.

However, you are dead on that the experiences and people interactions are priceless and will serve her well once she graduates.

We have had a lot more people trying to freeload in the last month also, very frustrating.

Walk me thru how that goes. Come in and sit down and beg?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Going here tonight, $300+ potential for the 2 of us

Oak & Reel - Detroit

Dining at Oak & Reel is a journey – We source the freshest seafood, kissed by flames fueled by our oak burning hearth, paired with house made pasta, and wrapped in a stunning yet casual-contemporary environment.

www.oakandreel.com

More like $400. It was good but that’s like a weeks worth of groceries

We each had a cocktail downstairs before dinner that was like $30+ tip. They had a $25 sazerac on the cocktail list that’s just getting ridiculous

We each opted for the 4 course (the 6 course had a raw seafood course and I think like an extra pasta course or something). With the 4 course we could each get what we wabted

She got
Buratta
Bucatini
Halibut
Some sort of Italian biscuit donut
1 cocktail
Glass of wine

I got
Octopus
Squid ink pasta with crab and shrimp
Orata (whole fish…eyeballs were :chefskiss
Panna cotta
2 cocktails

We also the parsnips appetizer

I liked all my food, she was a little underwhelmed (she’s just not a big fine dining fan in general). Left quite full

I would certainly go back , but at $300 and another 25% tip that’s quite an expensive night

sounds awesome Dan - incurring those prices on a regular basis would "eat" at me though - but I get it, it's your damn money, you earned and should enjoy how you want

we take a few times a year to blow the locks off the wallet - and it takes me some building up to not think about what we're spending and just enjoy the experience

and when I can do that (which is most of the time), it's great

Yeah I am trying to just do one nice restaurant a month

 

[FairWarning]

Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.

Does your area tend to lose power during snow storms? Is it possible people were there because they couldn't cook at home?

That's a great night for your kid! I think everybody should spend some time as a server. If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

I think the volume of people was surprising, but the tip percentage is all my kid. She is made for sales. Her last check was 3k for a two week period and that didn't include cash tips. They have state-wide server rankings for sales and she has been #1 for many months. She is paying her own way through college and has over 20k saved. We are very proud of her.

But there are nights that some tables are absolute nightmares. $300 tabs and a zero tip. The worst ones are the people that are just looking for a comp--they will eat 3/4th of the steak and want a refund or drink most of the alcohol beverage and say is was bad. Some guy left a negative review on her because she wouldn't give him her phone number. She has had to break up fights between groups of women--you know exactly the kind of things you would come to expect from an Applebees experience.

However, you are dead on that the experiences and people interactions are priceless and will serve her well once she graduates.

We have had a lot more people trying to freeload in the last month also, very frustrating.

Walk me thru how that goes. Come in and sit down and beg?

Eat 2/3 of their food or drink half of their drink, then say it’s not right.

 

[culdeus]

Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.

Does your area tend to lose power during snow storms? Is it possible people were there because they couldn't cook at home?

That's a great night for your kid! I think everybody should spend some time as a server. If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

I think the volume of people was surprising, but the tip percentage is all my kid. She is made for sales. Her last check was 3k for a two week period and that didn't include cash tips. They have state-wide server rankings for sales and she has been #1 for many months. She is paying her own way through college and has over 20k saved. We are very proud of her.

But there are nights that some tables are absolute nightmares. $300 tabs and a zero tip. The worst ones are the people that are just looking for a comp--they will eat 3/4th of the steak and want a refund or drink most of the alcohol beverage and say is was bad. Some guy left a negative review on her because she wouldn't give him her phone number. She has had to break up fights between groups of women--you know exactly the kind of things you would come to expect from an Applebees experience.

However, you are dead on that the experiences and people interactions are priceless and will serve her well once she graduates.

We have had a lot more people trying to freeload in the last month also, very frustrating.

Walk me thru how that goes. Come in and sit down and beg?

Eat 2/3 of their food or drink half of their drink, then say it’s not right.

Seems like you could build a face recognition into this.

 

[Terminalxylem]

Just anecdotal, as I mentioned previously, my 19 year old daughter is a server at Applebees. One of the worst snowstorms we have had in about a decade started Wednesday night and has just kept going. I have well over 18 inches in my front yard. The whole town is closed. Well, my daughter still had to go in last night and do a 4:00 pm to close shift. I told her, oh, it is going to be slow, slow as the roads were just impassable. Nope. The place was packed to the brim. She made over $400 in just CC tips and another $100 plus in cash and didn't get out until 2:00 am. I didn't know people needed Riblets so badly.

Does your area tend to lose power during snow storms? Is it possible people were there because they couldn't cook at home?

That's a great night for your kid! I think everybody should spend some time as a server. If I got fired today, I'd start waiting tables tomorrow and job search on the side.

I think the volume of people was surprising, but the tip percentage is all my kid. She is made for sales. Her last check was 3k for a two week period and that didn't include cash tips. They have state-wide server rankings for sales and she has been #1 for many months. She is paying her own way through college and has over 20k saved. We are very proud of her.

But there are nights that some tables are absolute nightmares. $300 tabs and a zero tip. The worst ones are the people that are just looking for a comp--they will eat 3/4th of the steak and want a refund or drink most of the alcohol beverage and say is was bad. Some guy left a negative review on her because she wouldn't give him her phone number. She has had to break up fights between groups of women--you know exactly the kind of things you would come to expect from an Applebees experience.

However, you are dead on that the experiences and people interactions are priceless and will serve her well once she graduates.

That's great stuff! I can see pride vapors leaping off your words in here.

Is this Applebees hiring? GM and I would like to know.

Let's open our own version of Applebees and work the front room like pros. We call the place - "Dad Bods".

It'll slay!

Applebods?

 

[Terminalxylem]

Two eggplant hummus pita sandwiches. Big (almost 1.5 pounds - we weighed them) and delicious.

$21 each.

That’s steep. 1.5# each? That’s huge. If I were to take that home and get 2 meals out of it, I wouldn’t think twice. I wouldn’t be able to eat it all in one sitting at 1.5# each.

Yeah, it’s roughly double what they cost a couple years ago. I ate it in one sitting, but excluding a smoothie, it was my first (only) meal of the day. Wife didn’t finish hers.

We also shared five desserts with three friends though. Those were $6 each, I think.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Two eggplant hummus pita sandwiches. Big (almost 1.5 pounds - we weighed them) and delicious.

$21 each.

That’s steep. 1.5# each? That’s huge. If I were to take that home and get 2 meals out of it, I wouldn’t think twice. I wouldn’t be able to eat it all in one sitting at 1.5# each.

Yeah, it’s roughly double what they cost a couple years ago. I ate it in one sitting, but excluding a smoothie, it was my first (only) meal of the day. Wife didn’t finish hers.

We also shared five desserts with three friends though. Those were $6 each, I think.

I can’t eat that much in one sitting. Makes me feel like garbage