Will Beijingers accept a bottle opening fee?
It’s a familiar concept for Western diners: Restaurants may choose to charge a corkage fee for any beverage that patrons bring in themselves, the idea being that the venue can still profit from playing host even if the party forgoes the purchase of alcohol.
But in China, where diners are used to bringing in their own bottles of
baijiu or wine and opening them free of charge, the idea just doesn’t sit well. Thus, when a reporter at
Beijing Daily penned a piece about the growing trend towards corkage fees in high-end restaurants, the topic spread like wildfire online.
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