Restaurant guests charged extra for not finishing their meals

Attempting to prevent waste, a number of Asian restaurants in Germany have started charging guests a fee if they don’t finish all their food.

Yuoki, a sushi and grill restaurant in Stuttgart in the southern state of Baden-Württemberg, has started charging customers a fee if they don't finish their meal. The "Taste 120"-offer gives guests two hours to treat themselves to an all-you-can-eat buffet. But if their plates aren't clean at the end of the feast, they have to pay €1. “It’s called ‘all-you-can-eat’, not ‘all-you-can-chuck-away,’” explains owner Guoyu Luan.

Meanwhile Okinii, a Japanese restaurant in Düsseldorf (the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia) charges guests €1 for leaving cold food on their plate, and €2 for warm food. “Waste is not appreciated - so please only order as much as you can eat”, its website advises.

Chinese-Mongolian restaurant Himalaya in the town of Menden in North Rhine-Westphalia has also jumped on the bandwagon. Staff have considered adding a surcharge of €2 to the bill for leftovers of over 100 grams per plate.

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