What does or can a restaurant do if a customer cannot pay the bill?

Question

For example, if the wallet/purse was forgotten at home, can the customer come back and pay later? Is there a form that's filled out? Are they banned from that restaurant?

Answer 1

Depends on the restaurant! You can always call a friend to bring some cash. Whoever is not driving can offer to leave a driver's license and come back later (same day) with payment and a good sized tip and a huge apology to the manager and wait staff.

Answer 2

It's pretty much up to the restaurant. Some have had the person call someone to come and settle the bill. They have the customer wait in the restaurant. Some may allow you to leave information and settle later (this usually requires that you be a regular customer they recognize). If the customer leaves or tries to leave without paying many restaurants now prosecute them as 'runoffs' ' or walkaways'. It is a problem in the industry.

Answer 3

That is considered a walk out and your server would have to pay for the bill. What you should do is talk to the server and leave your drivers license and come back later to pay. most are pretty understanding since you are talking to them about it and not running off, Also a great tip would be mandatory in that situation like 30 or 40 % because you are putting her in the possible position of footing your entire bill if you do not come back

Answer 4

the thing is, me and aron went out to this fancy shmancy restaurant and ended up paying a huge bill. I had to sell my car and then buy a house, flip, and resell it. I then, on a 200000 dollar bet, flew down to pennsylvania and watched a journey consert while betting on an illegal cockfight. I sold my grandmothers nail file for around two grand, headed back to the states and donated my teeth to the homeless. This is when i was in a surprise, i found my family in the middle of the street across from our house hailing cabs to raise awareness for breast cancer. i had to shoot so many crows that day, and that was just before the opperation, dont ask. later on, i taught inner city school children how to read while playing the viola and criticising fine cheeses on ones coffee break. You wouldnt believe the wrist little josh had on him, if that devil went down to georgia song was real... I ran cross country for a bite to eat when i saw ellen fittsgerald on the tele. I realised no one was in the streets. I decided to go home and tape big brother so that i could burn the tape in my standard trash receptical. long story short... no.

Answer 5

I think most restaurants would ask if any one else in your party could pay (if you're eating with others) if you're alone all they could possibly do is allow you to come back later to pay. I've never been in the situation but think most restaurants would be pretty understanding of this.

Answer 6

im pretty sure theyll understand and they will probably ask u for some info or like a sometin that will make u come back to pay the bill and sometimes it depends on how much the bill was

Answer 7

i managed a waffle house restaurant for a year and i will say this they can call the cops on you but they wont they will ask you to leave something of value to you like maybe a friend or something usually it has been a cell phone but once some people tried to leave their kid with us and we just had to let them go

Answer 8

they are stealing. it's just like shoplifting, and i think the restaurant would call the cops and you would be charged with stealing.
and yes, they have the right to say you are banned from that restaurant.

Answer 9

im sure if u did foreget and said u would come back later then they could allow you to do that, if your some kid they will prolly make u do some "community service" work. like dishes or something.

Answer 10

It probably depends on the managers but they can call the cops