if the restaurant collects fees in disorder, the price bureau shall order it to make corrections, confiscate its illegal income, and may impose a fine of less than five times its illegal income; If there is no illegal income, a fine may be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, it shall be ordered to suspend business for rectification.

Precautions for food and beverage consumption

(1) Ask about the tipping fee. At present, large and small restaurants charge different fees for tea places, paper towels, snacks, service fees and other items, which has become a hidden rule, so consumers must ask clearly when eating.

(2) Be wary of discounts and vouchers. Discounts and vouchers are essentially "wool comes from sheep". Consumers must pay more attention to the restrictive terms such as the time limit, scope and conditions of discounts and vouchers, and don't trust the preferential publicity of merchants too much.

(3) understand the special charges. At present, the state has not issued relevant laws and regulations to effectively regulate the "minimum consumption", but operators should inform in advance and charge reasonably. If the operator only informs the consumer during the process of consumption or at the time of checkout, the consumer may refuse to pay, and may report it to the industrial and commercial department or the Consumer Council.

(4) Be careful when making dinner plans. Most families or units only agree with the merchants on the total price, the number of dishes and the name of the dishes when booking the New Year's Eve dinner, but the key elements such as the price, specifications and weight of each dish, such as small dish, medium dish or large dish, are not agreed in written form. Once a dispute occurs, it will be difficult for consumers whose rights and interests are damaged to solve the dispute because they cannot produce conclusive evidence.

(5) beware of tricky measurement. Seafood and other metered dishes should be selected and weighed face to face with the waiter. At the same time, consumers should pay attention to the fact that merchants will attract customers' attention with low prices, and then "make up" from the scale later. If consumers are uneasy about the scale, the easiest way to see through it is to proofread it by using personal belongings such as mobile phones or keychains that have been weighed in advance.

Legal Basis

The Price Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 39 If an operator fails to implement government-guided prices, government-set prices, legal price intervention measures and emergency measures, he shall be ordered to make corrections, his illegal income shall be confiscated, and he may also be fined not more than five times his illegal income; If there is no illegal income, a fine may be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, it shall be ordered to suspend business for rectification.

Article 41 A business operator who commits one of the acts listed in Article 14 of this Law shall be ordered to make corrections, his illegal income shall be confiscated, and he may also be fined not more than five times his illegal income; If there is no illegal income, it shall be given a warning and may be fined; If the circumstances are serious, it shall be ordered to suspend business for rectification, or its business license shall be revoked by the administrative department for industry and commerce. Where there are other provisions in the relevant laws on the punishment of the acts listed in Article 14 of this Law and the punishment organ, the provisions of the relevant laws may be followed.

the acts listed in items (1) and (2) of Article 14 of this Law are national and shall be determined by the competent price department of the State Council; Belonging to the provincial and sub-provincial regions, it shall be determined by the competent price departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.