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re: Mansurs on the Boulevard cake slicing fee.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:50 pm to HideChaKidz
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:50 pm to HideChaKidz
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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?
If the hostess couldn't see the cake said happy birthday or figure out it because we brought a cake or ask I don't know what to say for that.
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Yet you are on here blasting them over 2.50.
I am giving my opinion on it. If I had a restaurant I won't charge it
This post was edited on 5/4/12 at 6:52 pm
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Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:51 pm to gbftl
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The point is when your spending that much money the least they can do is cut my cake
This is where you are wrong. You don't understand restaurants and overhead etc...
Were you going to eat it with your hands or did you bring the paper plates and plasticware with you?
If you're going to use their restaurant, their plates, their silverware, to eat YOUR dessert, you should pay.
The more you post, the more certain I am that you don't get it. They owe you good service and good food. They do not owe you free service relative to your own brought in food, regardless of whether you cut it yourself. You should have dessert at your own home if you're not going to pay the minimal fee.
Somehow, I don't think Mansur's will miss having you as a customer.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 6:59 pm to Gris Gris
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This is where you are wrong. You don't understand restaurants and overhead etc...
Not as much as the people who work there but I have worked with and around enough people who have and have a decent understanding of it.
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Were you going to eat it with your hands or did you bring the paper plates and plasticware with you?
No that's being a cheap arse!
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If you're going to use their restaurant, their plates, their silverware, to eat YOUR dessert, you should pay.
The more you post, the more certain I am that you don't get it. They owe you good service and good food. They do not owe you free service relative to your own brought in food, regardless of whether you cut it yourself. You should have dessert at your own home if you're not going to pay the minimal fee.
You are right they have the right to charge but as a courtesy most places don't.
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Somehow, I don't think Mansur's will miss having you as a customer.
Probably not but every little bit helps contribute to the bottom line though.
This post was edited on 5/4/12 at 7:01 pm
Posted on 5/4/12 at 7:02 pm to gbftl
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You are right they have the right to charge but as a courtesy most places don't.
You do this often?
Posted on 5/4/12 at 7:03 pm to Gris Gris
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You are right they have the right to charge but as a courtesy most places don't.
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You do this often?
The guy brings a cake with him every where he goes.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 7:05 pm to Gris Gris
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You do this often?
No this is the first time I did it since I was a teenager or still in college if I remember and that was a long time ago. I have known people have brought cakes to other places and not had a problem.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 7:06 pm to HideChaKidz
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The guy brings a cake with him every where he goes.
Aren't you funny!
Posted on 5/4/12 at 7:15 pm to gbftl
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You do this often?
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No this is the first time I did it since I was a teenager or still in college if I remember and that was a long time ago. I have known people have brought cakes to other places and not had a problem.
Then, you have no idea what MOST other places do and the statement below is bull.
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You are right they have the right to charge but as a courtesy most places don't.
You're just ticked off and without good reason.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 7:19 pm to gbftl
I don't think you're a cheap arse, by I do think you probably don't dine in "nice" restaurants often.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 7:19 pm to Gris Gris
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Then, you have no idea what MOST other places do and the statement below is bull.
I do have an idea I have friends that have been to other places. You just need to read before you type.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 7:20 pm to gbftl
Cheap arse 
Posted on 5/4/12 at 7:23 pm to gbftl
I've worked in many restaurants and there was always a surcharge for cake cutting. This includes fine dinning and casual dinning.
This post was edited on 5/4/12 at 7:25 pm
Posted on 5/4/12 at 7:27 pm to gbftl
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I do have an idea I have friends that have been to other places. You just need to read before you type.
If you already took a poll of your many friends, then why bother asking for opinions here?
How many friends did you ask and about how many different restaurants? I'm darn curious.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 7:37 pm to gbftl
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I do have an idea I have friends that have been to other places.
Name some places.
Edit: ok i see gris already called him out on it. I'm curious what places his friend's been to that doesn't charge a fee for bringing in outside food.
This post was edited on 5/4/12 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 5/4/12 at 7:39 pm to Gris Gris
Only time i've brought a cake to a restaurant was for my girlfriend's birthday last August. It was her friend's idea, not mine, and I expected some kind of resistance from the restaurant.
We went to Louisiana Pizza Kitchen and, to my surprise, they didn't charge us anything despite serving it to us as if we ordered it there. I left the biggest tip (by percentage) of any meal i've ever paid for.
My point is that a lack of "cake slicing fee" might pay off for the server more than having a fee in the first place.
We went to Louisiana Pizza Kitchen and, to my surprise, they didn't charge us anything despite serving it to us as if we ordered it there. I left the biggest tip (by percentage) of any meal i've ever paid for.
My point is that a lack of "cake slicing fee" might pay off for the server more than having a fee in the first place.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 7:40 pm to gbftl
thats a shitty restaraunt. you shouldnt have eaten there to begin with. just go to macaroni grill or somethin
Posted on 5/4/12 at 7:53 pm to HideChaKidz
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Name some places.
It really doesn't matter. The point is that if you're going to a fine dining type restaurant, you shouldn't be surprised to be charged. I would have called the restaurant first to inquire as to whether it was even okay to do so as a courtesy to the restaurant. I don't think there's anything wrong with bringing in a birthday cake if you check to see if the restaurant is okay with it at which time you will be alerted to any possible charge. However, to expect to go to a nice restaurant with your cake in hand, asking them to not only keep it for you, but to provide eating utensils and plates and then be surprised by a nominal charge is just silliness.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 8:05 pm to Gris Gris
Chili's
Applebees
Upperline
Macaroni Grill
Olive Garden
Cannons
Shucks on the Levee
Mason's
Pierre Maspero's
Gino's
Copelands
just to name a few.
Note I have not been to all of these please but my friends have been.
Applebees
Upperline
Macaroni Grill
Olive Garden
Cannons
Shucks on the Levee
Mason's
Pierre Maspero's
Gino's
Copelands
just to name a few.
Note I have not been to all of these please but my friends have been.
This post was edited on 5/4/12 at 8:09 pm
Posted on 5/4/12 at 8:05 pm to Gris Gris
I'm always amazed at the shite some people find to complain about.
Posted on 5/4/12 at 8:11 pm to Hat Tricks
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I'm always amazed at the shite some people find to complain about.
Ya like you haven't complained about stuff before.
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