Reservations are only accepted by restaurants if customers can guarantee a minimum spend of $5,000
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If there’s one extravagant and surprising place in France, it’s Saint-Tropez. It’s a luxury vacation destination located on the iconic French Riviera, a longtime haven for celebrities including Jay-Z, Beyoncé and Leonardo DiCaprio. Additionally, the region is home to some of the most expensive properties in all of France, including a recently opened Louis Vuitton café.
The sophistication has reached such a level that some visitors report having their reservation requests rejected at high-end restaurants if they cannot guarantee a minimum spend of $5,000.
“When you book, you hear: ‘We have a table for 5,000 euros, okay?'” said a potential customer in a statement to local newspaper Var-Matin. “If not, well, there are no more tables.”
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If the customer is unable (or unwilling) to communicate to the restaurant their willingness to spend several thousand dollars for a single meal, some establishments simply show disinterest and apologize, but are unable to make the reservation available before the month of September . Other customers have reported that some restaurants keep detailed records of previous visits, including the amount spent on food and beverages, and base their availability on these records.
This summer, in an even more startling situation, a customer reported that his friend was literally followed into the restaurant’s parking lot after staff deemed his €500 tip unsatisfactory.
According to the Nice-Matin newspaper, the customer was asked to return to the restaurant and top up another 500 euro tip. The waiter claimed that the original tip was not enough and encouraged the customer to make an extra effort to reach the 1,000 euros. (approximately BRL 5,276.60), as this amount would be close to 20% of the invoice total.
As incredible as these stories may seem, the mayor of Saint-Tropez has declared that none of them are false: “These allegations are extremely shocking to me because unfortunately they are true,” Sylvie Siri told reporters. She added that such “abominable practices” are damaging the city’s image.
Siri pointed out that any restaurant found guilty of “extortion and racketeering racketeering” — particularly those that charge customers large tips or maintain databases of customer information — could face having their nightly licenses revoked.
In addition, The Guardian newspaper reported that more than 1,000 stickers were distributed in Saint-Tropez with the aim of reminding both tourists and local residents to contact the municipality and the consumer protection service in case of an error. , intimidation or other forms. of damage caused by a restaurant.
Source: Terra
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