The penalties for reporting the fee for meals are as follows:

1. If a hotel operator charges a fee for meals from a consumer, the administrative department for industry and commerce or other relevant administrative departments shall order it to make corrections, and may impose a warning alone or concurrently, confiscate the illegal income, and impose a fine of not less than one time but not more than three times the illegal income but not more than 31,111 yuan;

2. If there is no illegal income, a fine of not less than 3,111 yuan but not more than 11,111 yuan shall be imposed.

catering operators should provide tableware that meets the quality standards and sanitary conditions free of charge, clearly state the prices of the food and services they provide in a prominent position, and must not set a minimum consumption, and must not charge or charge fees that are not in compliance with the regulations, such as table fees, tableware disinfection fees and bottle opening fees. Consumers have rights and interests such as the right to know, the right to choose independently and the right to trade equally. As a catering service provider, restaurant operators should provide customers with a safe and hygienic dining environment and dining utensils. What's more, restaurants often charge fees for seats and sterilized tableware at the time of checkout, which infringes on the above rights of consumers. Therefore, consumers can claim to the restaurant operators that they don't pay the table fee.

What are the legitimate rights and interests of consumers

1. Safety right. Consumers' personal property shall not be infringed when purchasing goods or receiving services;

2. Right to know. Consumers have the right to know the real situation of purchased goods or services;

3. Independent choice. Consumers have the right to choose independently when purchasing goods or receiving services, and are not intimidated by others;

4. Fair trade right. Consumers enjoy the same rights as all consumers and operators in terms of quality, price and measurement trading conditions;

5. Claim. Consumers have the right to compensation when their rights and interests are damaged;

6. Right of association. Consumers have established organizations to safeguard their rights, that is, the current consumer associations;

7. Right to education. Consumers have the right to acquire knowledge about consumer rights and interests;

8. Right to be respected. Consumers' right to be respected in purchasing goods or receiving services, such as personal dignity and national habits;

9. Supervision. Consumers have the right to supervise goods, services, operators, state organs and their staff in consumer rights protection.

I hope the above contents can help you. If you have any questions, please consult a professional lawyer.

Legal basis:

Article 56 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Consumers' Rights and Interests

In case of any of the following circumstances, in addition to bearing corresponding civil liabilities, if other relevant laws and regulations have provisions on the punishment organ and punishment method, they shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations; Where there are no provisions in laws and regulations, the administrative department for industry and commerce or other relevant administrative departments shall order it to make corrections, and may, according to the circumstances, impose a single warning, confiscate the illegal income and impose a fine of more than one time but less than ten times the illegal income, and impose a fine of less than 511,111 yuan if there is no illegal income; If the circumstances are serious, it shall be ordered to suspend business for rectification and revoke its business license:

(1) the goods or services provided do not meet the requirements for safeguarding personal and property safety;

(2) doping or adulterating commodities, passing off the fake as the real, passing off the inferior as the good, or passing off unqualified commodities as qualified commodities;

(3) producing commodities explicitly eliminated by the state or selling expired or deteriorated commodities;

(4) forging the origin of goods, forging or falsely using the name and address of others, tampering with the date of production, forging or falsely using quality marks such as certification marks;

(5) failing to inspect or quarantine the goods sold, or forging the inspection and quarantine results;

(6) making false or misleading propaganda about goods or services;

(7) refusing or delaying the relevant administrative department's order to take measures such as stopping the sale, warning, recall, harmless treatment, destruction, production or service of defective goods or services;

(8) deliberately delaying or unreasonably refusing the consumer's request for repair, rework, replacement, return, replenishment of commodity quantity, refund of payment for goods and services or compensation for losses;

(9) Infringe on the personal dignity of consumers, personal freedom of consumers or the right of consumers' personal information to be protected according to law;

(11) other circumstances that should be punished for harming consumers' rights and interests as stipulated by laws and regulations.

in case of any circumstance specified in the preceding paragraph, the operator shall be punished in accordance with laws and regulations, and the punishment organ shall record it in the credit file and announce it to the public.