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| - Went last night with my husband and daughter. We've been before for the teppanyaki, and have always had a good time. Our server was ok, we ordered our drinks and they were brought out. The chef came out to make our food and it was great! Our daughter had a good time watching him cook. We tipped our chef when he was finish and went on to enjoy our meal. At the end when the bill came, we discovered that our server had tacked on a 20% tip for himself. I under automatic gratuity for large parties, however, there were three of us. This automatic tip is not posted anywhere on the menu, door, or hostess stand. Also, when the receipt came back, there was only the one to sign, the itemized one was gone. Looking through the reviews, it would seem this is a recent practice and also not a consistent amount. It really is coming across shady. I almost always tip a standard 20%, even for minimal service (like here, our server took and brought out our drinks, checked on refills towards the very end of the meal, and brought out our soup and salad bowls). I'm not a fan of being charged gratuity automatically, especially when it isn't posted as policy and seems to be an arbitrary amount.
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