Bad Experience at Applebee's

I am going to have to go and agree with some of the others and
disagree with your complaint.
1.) You noticed the sighn
2.) In certain places all though not very common
the alchohol is taxed with the bill instead of
the knwon price
3.) Sounds like it was your first time there, I would
have asked for the prices before ordering, in
certian restaurant chains they charge an arm and
a leg for regular drinks like those as opposed to
their own specials like random fruity drink number
52

Be happy you don't live in Ontario. Here alcohol is charged at 10%
sales tax and food is charged at 8%. If you order a meal and wine you
are paying that much more for it. It's not just certain restaurant
chains that do it, here it is all. It is the law.
Think about that next time you compalin.

As far as tax goes, anytime a sale takes place the establishment is
required to to collect tax (which they are then required to forward
come tax time to uncle sam) So that covers your food item comment.

As for your gratuity, as a server I was a little disshartened to learn
that you DONT have to pay gratuity. And ive never heard of an
establishment placing gratuity on a check just because you came in
after a certain time.... sounds kinda shady. Happy hour and its half
priced drinks or appetizers are to attract business.... to what
basically ammounts to charging a guest additionally for coming in
after a certain time just doesnt sound right and I would call
corporate and take that up with them.... Quite sure they would not be
happy to hear that this is going on.

Serves you right though for going to Applebee's. Doesnt your town
have anything better open at 10pm?

You never have to pay gratuity. They may add it but you are not
required to pay it.

As far as the tax goes... most places will add the tax right into the
price but not all do and retail alcohol is very much taxable in many
many places.

uhhhh you moron alcohol is taxed in N.Y and the red bull was probably
that the bar tender brought it from a gas station or his own
house....so use your head you retard...also they probably didn't
ignore you but at a bar you look at what you want then you call them
over...applebees isn't exactly a 5 star restaurant so quit whining


so many whiners on this website...wow people just get on with your
life who cares about your experience

I live in NY and can tell you that alcohol certainly is taxed.

This experience sounds odd. The gratuity I would have fought - they
shouldn't do that. The attitude I don't understand, brfore you even
got your drinks. The taxation part doesn't sound right. If an item
is taxable, then it should be taxed. If not, then it isn't taxed.
How the heck does adding a taxable item to a bill cause other
non-taxable items to be taxed? Someone else pointed out alchohol is
already taxed in the price.

I would take my business elsewhere. In my area there are three
A-Bee's. Each has its own character; they are not all equally
enjoyable to visit.

The manager was wrong. The tax is already figured into the price of
the alcohol (hence the nice round numbers when you're sitting at the
bar ordering beers/cocktails). So to tax you on it AGAIN was
illegal.

I agree that a small sign by the kitchen entrance is meaningless. You
know you don't have to pay those "automatic" gratuities, right?
There's nothing mandatory about them. I don't blame you for not
wanting to go to THAT Applebee's again, but I've been to Applebee's
later in the evening and never had the problems you encountered; it's
not that it's Applebee's--it's just one bad manager running a bad
place.

Applebees did nothing wrong. As long as there is a sign posted
somewhere in the store that is visible to customers (and it must have
been because you did see it) then they can do whatever it
said,legally.

I think maybe you should learn what can be taxed again, because
alcohol, and beverages can both be taxed. Applebees did nothing wrong