Bottomless Brunch Restaurants Are Enforcing Vomit Fees to Warn Intoxicated Customers

"Now they go outside," said one California restaurant owner

In most stores, the rule often goes: you break it, you buy it. And a few brunch restaurants have adapted similar sentiments. When mimosas are flowing and patrons start to get rowdy, the rule is: you vomit, you pay a fee.

Restaurants in California have been imposing vomit fees — particularly where bottomless brunch is served, to deter patrons from becoming overly intoxicated, and throwing up inside the restaurant.

Oakland, Calif.’s Kitchen Story imposed the rule nearly two years ago, according to SFGate. The Asian-influenced brunch joint, which took the idea from neighboring restaurants, posted a sign to its “mimosa lovers.”

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“Dear all mimosa lovers, Please drink responsibly and know your limits. A $50 cleaning fees will automatically include in your tap when you throw up in our public areas," it reads. "Thank you so much for understanding 🙂”

Kitchen Story co-owner Chaiporn Kitsadaviseksak told SFGate that the sign is working as a deterrent — he hasn't had to charge anyone the cleanup fee yet.

San Francisco eatery Home Plate is another that’s implemented a similar rule. While the 75-minute, $22 bottomless mimosas may tantalize a rowdy crowd, its note on the menu warns anyone from losing their lunch — er, brunch.

“Please Drink Responsibly. $50 Cleaning fee per person for any incidents [that] incur as a result from intoxication… *responsible for the whole group*,” a warning on the menu reads.

According to SFGate, the restaurant has seen less indoor vomiting incidents since the note was posted.

“It’s better, but every other week we get somebody throwing up or vomiting. Now they go outside," owner Teerut Boon told the outlet.

But this isn’t happening exclusively in California, or even at brunch — a restaurant in Singapore called Al-Jilani recently garnered attention after a viral TikTok video showed a woman arguing with restaurant staff, who insisted she pay a $15 cleaning fee after her intoxicated friend vomited.

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“What if someone has diarrhea here and cannot control?” text over the video read.

Bottomless brunches are banned in 24 states, according to The Washington Post. The National Institutes of Health lists New York, New Jersey, and Texas among the states that do not allow unlimited drinks for a fixed price.

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