The Thomas Restaurant - Carlsbad / Karlovy Vary

It's a shame I have to give this place a 1 star review, but it's basically the principle of tricking tourists. Food is good. Not amazing, but good. They have lunch specials in Czech language only, but their main menu has English and German translations. I used Google translate to try the specials, which were decently priced (135-142KR). We asked for tap water which came with berries and orange slice inside. When the bill came, they charged 45kr for the water and added 10% service charge automatically.

My biggest issue is the automatic charge of the 10% tip. If it was recommended as a tip, that's fine. But to automatically put it on the credit card machine before asking, that's what I have an issue with. I'm an American, so we usually always tip 20% for good service. Once I saw what she typed on the machine, welp, no extra for you guys then. Even with the automatic tip, price still wasn't bad as we got the weekly specials. Stuff in the main menu was 200+ which can get expensive.

Also want to add what other reviewers said about the weird smell: the bathroom had a strange smell. I thought it was the bathroom soap, but the smell was also really strong on the green paper towels. Might just be from hot spring water too.