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The Vanilla Pod's own menu pages (a la carte, vegetarian a la carte, set lunch) state: "All parties over 8 guests will be charged 12.5%" as a service charge.
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Service charges are always optional under UK consumer law, whatever's listed here: you can ask for it to be removed.