A customer has aired his frustration after a Sydney restaurant added a tip to his bill without asking. After dining at Tilda, a Sofitel Wentworth restaurant, on Thursday night with his wife, Mark was surprised when the waiter handed him the bill and pointed out a small detail at the bottom. The waiter told Mark he had automatically added a seven per cent tip of $18.50. It didn’t have to be paid and could be removed on request. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today While Mark said his meal and the service at the high-end restaurant were good, he wasn’t pleased the tip was pushed on him. “I don’t mind tipping if they do a good job but that’s a choice I want to make, not them,” he told 7NEWS.com.au. “I wasn’t happy with the way they did it.” The receipt for Mark’s dinner shows the waiter automatically added a tip of $18.50. Credit: Reddit Mark said the restaurant does state their tipping policy in small print on their menu, but he missed it. Given he saved money on the meal because of a 50 per cent discount, tipping wasn’t an issue but rather the principle was the problem. “I spent a good deal of my youth working in restaurants so I know waiters and kitchen staff work hard, so when we get great service we are happy to tip when appropriate,” he said. “I just don’t like this tipping culture that these businesses are pushing on us. “I’ll decide if the waiter has gone above and beyond.” Mark shared his experience on social media, which instantly gained a flurry of responses from other Aussies who were just as outraged. Many said the restaurant was counting on people to find it too awkward to ask that the tip be removed. “There will be some very small print on the menu saying there’s an optional gratuity. You can tell the waiter you don’t want to pay it but they expect people not to notice and/or to feel shame about asking for it to be removed,” one person said. “It’s a dreadful practice that should be outlawed.” Another said: “If I ever want to tip, it should be me making that decision and choosing how much it should be.” 7NEWS.com.au has contacted Sofitel Wentworth Sydney for comment.