Last night I was part of a small group, 4 of us, and it was our first time at Rancho Mateo. We wanted to have Colombian and the food was amazing as stated in other reviews. Our server was very nice and the teamwork of all staff was commendable from the moment we sat down. I would have given this place a 5 star review if it weren’t for the end of our experience, a few shady things in my opinion. When the check was brought it was the entire bill together. First issue, automatic gratuity (18%) was added to the bill for 4 people when the menu said gratuity would be automatically applied for groups of 6 or more. Again, we were a group of 4. If gratuity is to be applied for smaller groups, that’s fine. But the restaurant is not being honest when they pick and choose who they want to apply a gratuity upon when their menu states otherwise. I know how hard the work is being a server so I always tip at least 20%, regardless of service and if the service is stellar, percentage tipped goes up. Because the server applied the automatic gratuity, that’s all I left because I felt it was dishonest to apply. Unfortunately he would have made more money from the tip I would have left. I used to work in the industry as a server for over 14 years so I understand how the machine runs. Second issue, were paying separately but server said restaurant policy did not allow separate checks but they did allow multiple forms of payment? Doesn’t make any sense to do it this way and it was an absolute mess trying to figure out on our own (but we did). Their policy, their right to make it, however it’s a bad policy. Third issue, adding everything on the itemized receipt because I had to do the math for each of us, it was discovered that all itemizations, gratuity, and taxes, the grand total was different on the receipt the restaurant printed from what I added on my calculator. I added all numbers exactly and it was over $2 and some coinage difference.??? Last issue, I paid with my physical card and did not give ANY of my personal information out but yet I arrive at my hotel and get a text message from the restaurant. How did they have my number when I did not provide it? Very strange.