The Nice Matin newspaper quoted unnamed insiders as saying that some restaurants in St-Tropez, a favoured summer haunt of celebrities and the international jet set for more than half a century, had taken to checking customers’ names against their database and refusing reservations if a previous visit was not felt to have resulted in a big enough bill – or tip.
An increasingly common technique was to say there was availability, but at a price. “They’ll say: ‘Sure, we have a table at €5,000. Is that OK?’” a customer said. Another cited a minimum spend of €1,500 a head.
My heart goes out to those poor slightly less wealthy people.
I’m not really feeling the outrage on this one.
Why be outraged that a notoriously expensive resort is… Expensive?
Right, and based on their history at that specific restaurant as well. Seems like they might be just a tad exclusive. I don’t think we were gonna stop in any time soon anyway
I have a hard time sympathizing with anyone frequenting $5000 nightclubs in St. Tropez.
I mean it feels like there’s a potentially pretty good GDPR lawsuit in the making here.
Storing non-anonymised customer history without them explicitly signing up to a loyalty program with a privacy policy? That sounds like a big fine to me
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What usually happens is the area becomes too rich for the usual folk who have lived there since their birth. Now they can’t eat at a restaurant in their own home town.
If they want customers to pay more then they should just raise their prices. Oh but then they won’t be able to manipulate people into paying more than they want anymore.
Rob the place. Like constantly. Make a sport out of it.
