Today’s post is a quick PSA for those of you who are scheduled to travel to St. John soon and plan to dine at one of many amazing restaurants.
My parents visited us for the Christmas holiday, and we ate out a lot. There were several restaurants that we dined at that added 20 percent gratuity to the bill. A few of the servers pointed out that gratuity was already added (auto-grat as we call it), but not all did. This happened at fine dining restaurants, but also at some of the most casual restaurants on island.
If a restaurant chooses to add gratuity automatically, that is fine. But I think the server should be required to tell the customer.
I am not knocking any of the restaurants who choose to do this. I am simply saying, check your bills.
That’s it for today. Happy New Year, everyone!