[Lakelady]

Sorry to hear that the tip issue was your problem, but it also sounds like you had a personal problem with Karen. We have never, ever seen that behavior in their restaurant, and we go once a week, even on a busy weekend night.
As for the gratuity, that is so common in any restaurant. It is usually any party of six or more that it is added on automatically. I guess that you have not had to encounter that before, but it is a policy in almost every restaurant in the lakes region and any restaurant that we have ever been to in any state. I hope that the readers on this post who have never been to Karen and Barry's will give it a try, you will not be sorry. The food, atmosphere and the service is excellent. We also went in without reservations on a extremely busy weekend night, yes, we had to wait for a table, but that is common for an excellent restaurant up here in the summer months. No problems for us. So any of you reading this link, try it, you will go back again. I am sure of it.