The hostess and manager saw our group of 18 walk in and was immediately rude. We were on a school trip and with teens and chaperones. When told that the bill would have to all be paid by one person or at the very least split in half, we asked if there was another possibility. Most of the teens did not have cash or cash app to pay back the person who would have been stuck with the bill. We were willing to break into smaller parties and were denied that opportunity. We were even willing to leave and come back staggered in smaller groups and the manager denied that request saying that if any of us ate there that night, she would charge gratuity. She also claimed that she couldn’t handle us coming in smaller groups because they already had a large party coming in. So does that mean she was going to deny service to the next 5 parties of 4 that came in too?!? It made absolutely no sense. Some of us were willing to stick it out but others left (and took their $250 along with them). The manager was down right abrasive and rude. We were simply trying to ask questions as we had not previously encountered a restaurant not willing to split checks or saying that they were going to charge gratuity even if we truly became 5 separate parties. I won’t even go into them trying to charge us for food that the serve gave us “on the house” and getting an attitude about it or not acknowledging the appetizer that was brought out after the rest of the food or the appetizer that was clearly ordered as part of a meal and confirmed by the server coming out before the meals. The next night when other members of our school trip were asking for recommendations on where to eat on the pier, we told them to avoid this restaurant.