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Mansurs on the Boulevard cake slicing fee.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 5:51 pm
Posted on 5/4/12 at 5:51 pm
Last week my wife, my friend, his girlfriend, his dad and I went to Mansurs for my friend’s birthday. So we go in with a small round cake and ask the hostess if should could put it in the back for us. She said she could but there would be a $2.50 per person cake slicing fee. So we left the cake in the car. Now we still ate there because that’s where he wanted to go there for his Birthday. If it would have been up to me I would have pulled a Lebron James. Still the fee left a bad taste in my mouth and I vowed not to go back unless they change it. The food was ok BTW. Has anyone else ever run in to this at other places? I know places like Chili’s, Applebee’s, Olive Garden wouldn’t do this. I know some reception places charge this and I am fine with that. I understand why Mansurs charges this but why are you going to lose a minimum of $40-$50 per person over a $2.50 fee. It makes no sense. It’s not like we went to the restaurant just to order drinks and eat cake. Thoughts?
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Posted on 5/4/12 at 5:56 pm to gbftl
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Thoughts
White people problems
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:04 pm to gbftl
I love Mansurs, but that is fricked up.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:08 pm to gbftl
Do you not understand that a cake cutting fee, similar to a corkage fee, is set up to recoup some of the money they lose by you not order dessert or buying their wine.
Stop being a cheap arse.
Do you also bitch about corkage fees? How old are you?
Stop being a cheap arse.
Do you also bitch about corkage fees? How old are you?
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:09 pm to Hat Tricks
Cake cutting fees are standard for place like this. I do feel $2.50 is a little high, $2 should be max. Chili's and Applebees are huge companies. Privately owned restaurants have very slim margins, and you bring a cake completely cuts any chance of a dessert sale. However, you will still need services like, having the cake cut, plate-ware, having the dishes washed ect.....therefore they add a small fee.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:13 pm to tigerman191
You're comparing Mansurs to some shitty chain restaurants. Does Chilis charge a wine corking fee also?
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:14 pm to gbftl
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She said she could but there would be a $2.50 per person cake slicing fee.
Seems normal to me. For $7.50 a slice they'd bake one for you.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:18 pm to DEANintheYAY
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Do you not understand that a cake cutting fee, similar to a corkage fee, is set up to recoup some of the money they lose by you not order dessert or buying their wine.
I don't think you get it. I get it. I think ordering drinks and since everything come a la carte that more than make up the money it would cost them to clean a few more plates.
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Stop being a cheap arse.
I am not so get over yourself.
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Do you also bitch about corkage fees? How old are you?
No I don't bitch about corkage fees. How old I am doesn't matter Mike Gundy.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:21 pm to fastedLSU
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You're comparing Mansurs to some shitty chain restaurants. Does Chilis charge a wine corking fee also?
I don't know if Chillis charges or not. I never bring my own wine.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:26 pm to tigerman191
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Cake cutting fees are standard for place like this. I do feel $2.50 is a little high, $2 should be max. Chili's and Applebees are huge companies. Privately owned restaurants have very slim margins, and you bring a cake completely cuts any chance of a dessert sale. However, you will still need services like, having the cake cut, plate-ware, having the dishes washed ect.....therefore they add a small fee.
How could the margins be that slim when everything is a la carte and they charge $5 for mac and cheese?
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:29 pm to gbftl
you actually went INTO a restaurant with your OWN cake? and then complain that they want to charge a fee to slice it? How cheap are you?
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:31 pm to gbftl
I don't have a problem with it. I'd have paid it and enjoyed the meal and the cake. I don't see the big deal.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:35 pm to gbftl
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How could the margins be that slim when everything is a la carte and they charge $5 for mac and cheese?
You obviously have no idea of the cost that go into a restaurant. The best ran restaurants in the country probably only make a %6 profit. That $5 mac and cheese has to cover more than just the cost of the raw ingredients. Think of all the thing the price of food has to cover. Linens, plate, silverware, flowers, office supplies, bathroom supplies, menu covers, kitchen equipment, bar equipment. I could go on forever with this list on what the food cost indirectly cover, and don't forget the big cost.....LABOR. Like a poster said earlier stop being a cheap arse. If you don't like supporting the few nice local restaurants this city has, then go to Apple bees.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:39 pm to joeleblanc
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you actually went INTO a restaurant with your OWN cake?
Ya. So...... I bet if you polled the board a lot of people would say they have done it. This is the first time a long time I have done it.
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and then complain that they want to charge a fee to slice it? How cheap are you?
I am not cheap. The point you fail to see is everything in these fine dining restaurants is a la carte and you pay for ambiance etc. I am spending $50 per person before tip I think the least you can do is slice my cake for me.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:40 pm to gbftl
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not like we went to the restaurant just to order drinks and eat cake. Thoughts?
How do they know that's what you're not going to do?
If you have the money to spend at mansur's, then you have an extra 2.50 per person for the fee. It's not that absurd.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:40 pm to tigerman191
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You obviously have no idea of the cost that go into a restaurant. The best ran restaurants in the country probably only make a %6 profit. That $5 mac and cheese has to cover more than just the cost of the raw ingredients. Think of all the thing the price of food has to cover. Linens, plate, silverware, flowers, office supplies, bathroom supplies, menu covers, kitchen equipment, bar equipment. I could go on forever with this list on what the food cost indirectly cover, and don't forget the big cost.....LABOR. Like a poster said earlier stop being a cheap arse. If you don't like supporting the few nice local restaurants this city has, then go to Apple bees.
And if would would read my post I am not a cheap arse.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:43 pm to gbftl
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And if would would read my post I am not a cheap arse.
Umm... You are the one who made a post on a message board to complain about $2.50, but okay you are not a cheap arse. Got It!
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:44 pm to HideChaKidz
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How do they know that's what you're not going to do?
We made reservations.
If you have the money to spend at mansur's, then you have an extra 2.50 per person for the fee. It's not that absurd.
The point is when your spending that much money the least they can do is cut my cake. They don't even have to do that. We can cut it ourselves.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:45 pm to tigerman191
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Umm... You are the one who made a post on a message board to complain about $2.50, but okay you are not a cheap arse. Got It!
Apparently you didn't read my other post.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:46 pm to gbftl
Btw, did you know that if you had told them it was someone's birthday, they would've brought that person a brownie a la mode with a candle in it free of charge?
Yet you are on here blasting them over 2.50.
Yet you are on here blasting them over 2.50.
This post was edited on 5/4/12 at 6:47 pm
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