A plate sharing fee doesn't make me more likely to buy an entree. It makes me more likely to just not eat at your restaurant or only get drinks.
Well, yes, if you are going to high end restaurant with bunch of people, reserving a table (especially with larger groups) and then barely have anything there... that's not super nice.Maybe, depends. If you booked a reservation at a nice restaurant and then 4 people shared a single meal that would be rude.
2 people at a McDonald's sharing nuggets isn't.
Your situation as described doesn't sound rude.
We are vacationing in Orlando, specifically at Disney where a hamburger is like 20 bucks.
Or "Is it rude to not get the most expensive thing on the menu?"
You can can also have two people in total spend 550 yen or … get zero money.
I got to agree with the restaurant owner, at that price they probably only just getting by and if you are sharing it with someone who hasn't made an order that's a seat wasting money.Well~ something like this happened in a Ramen store in Japan on the ANN news recently
The owner say there were two customer, one say they are not eating, and only one order
And instead they share a meal
Resulting in the owner setting a new rule that only eating and paying customer can sit inside
"To all customers. From now on, we forbid customers who don't eat to come to our store. I had two customers come in before and one of them said they didn't eat. In the end, the two of them ended up sharing a meal. This kind of behavior is really not desirable. I don't want customers to order and lie to me, so please wait outside the restaurant if you don't eat. This rule is often forced by some customers to set the store."
The cheapest item in the store is only 400 yen ($2.75 USD)
If you add Chasu it is 550 yen ($3.75 USD)
Their normal ramen
Miso Ramen
And after being on news, the Owner have stated that he is standing by his rule.
"The store's main focus is "cheap". If we had to share the food, we wouldn't be in business. I think any restaurant would think the same as I do."
"If two people share 550 yen, one person (one seat) will only spend 275 yen. It's impossible to run a business like this."
"What good does it do to the store if the person who is not eating takes a seat? Common sense and etiquette say that people don't do this kind of thing. We just ask people who don't eat to wait outside the restaurant. Think before you ask, do you really want to spend money?"