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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: the tea seat fee (chaweifei), what is it exactly?
I'm against the chaweifei. I used to assume it covered the cost of the tea, so when the waitress forgot to serve me tea one time and the bill came, I contested that I didn't actually have any tea, so they agreed to drop the charge. Usually the cost is 2 rmb but a Chinese Japanese restaurant I ate at tacked on a 5 rmb chaweifei, which I protested on the grounds that I did not have any tea. The waitress then tried to convince me that it was to cover the cost of the free banchan dishes before the meal, but I had already clarified when they were served that they were free. I'm certain they were trying to pull a fast one as the boss who overheard my protest immediately told the waitress to drop the fee.
On another note, if people are so willing to accept this egregious scam for money, why were people so up in arms over that restaurant that tried to charge customers for purifying the air? If the restaurant just disguised the "air cleaning fee" as a chaweifei, would anyone have complained?
Is it any different than places that charge for chopsticks/plates and glasses/napkins?
Free tea isn't free in some places and they have a separate charge for it?
OMG, quick call the police
I've only been to a tea house once and they charged me 1500 yuan, so I'd say you got off lucky.
I hasten to add, I did not pay. Not even the seating fee.
I hate when they change their minds about what something is for... if it's for the tea, then you pay for the tea if you have some....
None of this "Oh, you didn't have tea? Then it's for something else".