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| - We went to Oh Dumplings in Chinatown (1050 Rue Clark) this Sunday with our three year old son. We order two orders of dumplings and one fried vegetable balls. Unfortunately my son refused to eat the dumplings nor the fried vegie balls, typical 3 year old kid for you. I went to the store next door and bought him a couple of steamed buns and brought them back to the restaurant. As I started feeding him the steamed bun, one waitress came to our table and said outside food is not allowed here. I was very apologetic, and explained we only did it because my son refused to eat. I asked if she could make an exception. By the way, I completely understand the policy, and they have all the right to disallow outside food. On the other note, I was hoping they could make an exception given the circumstances, even though I would have accepted it if the answer was no. As the conversation was taken place, our waiter (the one who took our order) passed by and asked what was going on. I explained him the situation, and he said "it's ok". I thanked him and we continued our meal. When we finished our lunch, my husband went to pay and we left a 20% tip, we were grateful they allowed my son to eat his bun. As we were leaving, my husband mentioned that it was pricy, the dumplings. So I asked him to show me the bill. My husband then said he didn't get a bill. I decided to ask for the bill at the counter. The waitress was caught off guards, as she did not even print the bill. So I waited for her to print bill. As I was waiting, our waiter (the same waiter who said it was OK to eat) came to me and handed me over the tips we left, and said "you don't have to leave a tip, it's included". I was surprised, and asked why the tip was included. He answered "we charged you for eating outside food". I was shocked. "But didn't you tell me it was OK to eat?" He answered "Even if I said it was not OK you would have continued anyways". I was speechless. I said "You have to inform me about the penalty or whatever you called it. You can't charge me without telling me. What percentage is it? 15%?" It turns out, they charged us 30% service charge. Had we not inquired about the bill, we would have never found out their unethical and dishonest practice. What a shame.
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