Restaurants charging extra for sauces to go with steak

richardw

Some of them charge a lot for a pepper corn sauce or similar, would you take your own with you and get it out from your pocket at the table?

baza52

richardw wrote: »

Some of them charge a lot for a pepper corn sauce or similar, would you take your own with you and get it out from your pocket at the table?

Are you serious?
No I would not.

SailorSam

baza52 wrote: »

Are you serious?
No I would not.

Doesn't everyone walk around with a bottle of HP in their pocket ?

Owain_Moneysaver

Wouldn't they charge 'sauceage' if you did that?

Separating the prices for meat and sauce makes it easier for them to offer various combinations of meat (at different prices for fillet or sirloin etc) and sauce (at different prices for peppercorn, whisky, or truffle etc) without having a hugely long menu or price look-up on the till.

JReacher1

Restaurants don't charge for basic table sauces but anything that takes a bit of effort eg warming up a peppercorn sauce I think justifies a small charge.

bengal-stripe

richardw wrote: »

......would you take your own with you and get it out from your pocket at the table?

You can do better: ask the waiter to take the sauce into the kitchen and have the chef heat it up.

Come to think of it: bring a raw steak along as well.

baza52

bengal-stripe wrote: »

You can do better: ask the waiter to take the sauce into the kitchen and have the chef heat it up.

Come to think of it: bring a raw steak along as well.

Dont forget to pick up your chips from the chippie on the way as well.

PasturesNew

If a price, or offering, offends you, simply vote with your feet.

I'm sure there are plenty of places with a simpler pricing structure if that's how you prefer it.

Avoid those places that do the unexpected.

Whether I'd be miffed or not would depend on how much extra they wanted and how much extra they were charging for other variations. If it looked fair to me I'd not mind. I'd mind if it was disproportionately high compared to what the main item was.

Sam_Fallow

To be completely MSE just order the sauce and no steak. Much cheaper.

Oddjob

As I don't particularly like those type of sauces that go with steaks, that would be better for me as it would mean I wouldn't be paying for a sauce I didn't want. If they don't charge separately, its going to be factored into the price anyway so you are still paying either way. If they charge separately, it just means they are telling you how much extra it will be.