Following in the footsteps of the Danny Meyer restaurant group, Joe’s Crab Shack, a Houston-based chain with more than 130 locations nationwide, announced on Wednesday that it would test a no-tipping system in one of the largest trials yet of the policy.

The casual seafood chain will adopt the change at 18 locations, its parent company, Ignite Restaurants, said in a statement. The company indicated that menu prices would rise to absorb the added labor costs, but said the increase would be “typically less than the average 20 percent service tip.” It didn’t say when the new policy would begin.

“We believe that consistently great service should always be included in the menu price, so we are taking the responsibility for paying the service staff,” Ray Blanchette, chief executive, said in the statement. “I personally believe tipping is an antiquated model and you have seen most businesses in America migrate away from it over the last 50 to 100 years.”

Other restaurants have made similar decisions in recent years, notably the Union Square Hospitality Group, the company owned by Mr. Meyer that announced in October that it would eliminate tipping for 1,800 employees at its 13 restaurants by the end of 2016.