I hate to complain about a local place when everything food-wise was great, but I simply could not let this issue slide.\n\nI was at the St Viateur cafe on Mont Royal this morning around 9:30am with a friend of mine visiting from out of town.\n\nAfter we were done our breakfast, he went up to pay at the cash register and came back to the table with the change (it was about 9,50$ in change from 40$). He put down the tip (about 15%, which was fair given that our server only refilled our coffee once even though only 4 tables were occupied and she overfilled his cup and shrugged instead of apologizing).\n\nLike many people, I don't like my tip sitting there looking all obvious while I am still finishing my last sips of coffee before leaving, so we put the tip money beside the plate that I had just finished eating from. \n\nAs we were walking out of the restaurant, the waitress stopped me and said very loudly \"You know...tip is not included in the bill...\". I was taken aback. One, she said this loud enough so that my friend heard as well as the table that was directly beside where I was standing.\n\nTipping is actually optional, not mandatory, but that is beside the point; we did tip: 15% and had she been paying attention and not jumping to conclusions, she would have easily seen this tip sitting right there, all ready for her.\n\nYou can bet that I will never be bringing any clients, friends or anyone by this establishment again. I am not sure if this is just a jaded server or what, but her behaviour was completely unacceptable, uncalled for and downright rude.