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As a customer, this would feel like a restaurant charging me extra for not finishing my meal. It'd especially funnel me to a competitor who doesn't do this, making their $X vs. $Y price comparison seem better due to no disclosed extra deposit.

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Not that I disagree with you but I've heard of sushi restaurants doing this

Seriously? Kudos for somehow ironically incentivizing both waste reduction and over-consumption (overeating to avoid penalties). I don't even like sushi, and I'm offended on their customer's behalf lol.

All-you-can-eat sushi places do this, to prevent people from peeling the expensive fish off the cheap rice.

I've never heard of a normal pay-per-item one doing it.

I don't think there's anything to be offended at here. They are usually implemented to prevent people from ordering a lot all at once and then not finishing most of it. At all of the places I have been with such rules, you don't get charged if you leave a small amount on the plate, so it's not like you have to shove it in your mouth if you are truly full. The point is just order a reasonable amount at a time.

Yeah I've seen other buffets do this too. If you have plates of uneaten food they'll surcharge.

Huh. Unless that was advertised as a policy they would have no right to enforce that.

There's a sign on the table or the buffet where I've seen it.

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