Woman ‘forced’ to pay Rs 401 service charge, panel fines Gurugram restaurant Rs 31,000
A Gurugram consumer panel fined a restaurant Rs 31,000 after a woman was forced to pay a Rs 401 service charge.
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A Gurugram consumer panel fined a restaurant Rs 31,000 after a woman was forced to pay a Rs 401 service charge.
Gurugram-based The Masala Story has opened its first dine-in outlet on Golf Course Road in Sector 54. The brand, founded in 2020, had served north Indian and Mughlai food only through delivery and catering. The roughly 1,000 square foot space has soft lighting and music, and the choice of location reflects the area's mix of offices and homes.
Colombian specialty coffee brand Libertario Coffee Co. & Roasters is opening a flagship at DLF Summit Plaza on Golf Course Road, Gurugram, on 3 November. This is its second Indian outlet, after the Greater Kailash 2 site in New Delhi that opened in July 2025. It also houses the brand's first in-house roastery in India.
Colombian specialty coffee brand Libertario has opened a flagship café at DLF Summit Plaza in Gurugram, its second Indian outlet after Greater Kailash 2 in New Delhi. Opened November 3, it brings in-house roasting to India for the first time. Guests can join a coffee omakase, a guided tasting of bean varieties, origins and brewing methods.
Om Sweets has opened a premium retail store on Golf Course Road in Gurugram, offering sweets, savouries and a wider vegetarian menu in a contemporary format. The store targets everyday meals, festive purchases and gifting. The brand, present in Gurugram, Faridabad, Delhi, Sohna and Palwal, traces its roots to the early 1940s.
Jasveer Singh, CEO of Knot Dating, has questioned why restaurants add a 15 percent service charge to bills when the menu price should already cover staff and other costs. Singh argued that restaurants should build such costs into prices and that tipping should not fall on customers. The X post sparked online debate about service charges and tipping.