Real ChatGPT answer · index seedtyqB4MQ7hGMcompleteFood and restaurants · restaurantsinformational

Can restaurants charge an automatic gratuity on cancellations for large party reservations if they never mentioned it on the phone when I booked the table?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
Can restaurants charge an automatic gratuity on cancellations for large party reservations if they never mentioned it on the phone when I booked the table?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
New York State restaurant automatic gratuity cancellation fee disclosure large party reservation consumer lawGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
New York Attorney General restaurant cancellation fee undisclosed reservation fee automatic gratuityGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequence50%Reason50%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
New York State restaurant automatic gratuity cancellation fee disclosure large party reservation consumer law Google ↗
New York Attorney General restaurant cancellation fee undisclosed reservation fee automatic gratuity Google ↗

Queries

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Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
New York State restaurant automatic gratuity cancellation fee disclosure large party reservation consumer law
OBSERVED
Google ↗
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—Reason——1x
of 1
New York Attorney General restaurant cancellation fee undisclosed reservation fee automatic gratuity
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Consequence——1x
of 1