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What do you tip at a restaurant and how is that figured?

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doctorlove
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I have a big thing about those who clean the table and not the seats, l really do like to sit in crumbs. I have actually turned around and walked out.
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I like to tip 20%-25% of the bill. I do take into account the service, the attitude of my server/bartender, the cleanliness of the establishment and overall experience.

As a bartender I usually make 20% on a tab or I get a $1.00-$10.00 per round depending on what they order.
BlackLeatherSkirt28
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I usually tip money because I figure that is what they want.
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I usually tip money because I figure that is what they want.






Last I checked, the standard was 15%, but I tip in the 20-25% realm. Sometimes 30% or more if I'm particularly difficult (sending food back, etc). When I'm in a big group I leave at least $40 regardless of what I order/spend because I know there's always that one asshole who doesn't know how to tip.

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Meggsy
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In Australia where wages are high for service staff tipping is not popular and it is usually the change that is left over from payment or a token payment added to the credit card, around 10%.
In the US I have tipped about 15%. One has to be careful there as I have encountered the "service charge" automatically added to bills where there are 6 or more served - then they leave the tip panel blank as well so they often get double the tip.
As an Australian in the US I have been 'lectured' by waiters that they do not get paid and they live on tips - we evidently have a reputation. That was before the bill was presented. Food prices generally are a bit cheaper than Australia though so I can see why.
Incidentally, I work in the hospitality industry and will not tip here for poor service.
sexyvette2469
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This is a difficult one but one I am passionate about. My standard tip is 25% of the total check for good service and that goes to 30% for exceptional service or at the club. Now, that said, I am a prick on certain things. My first issue is the server who does not comprehend that I am ordering for the female at the table and that the lady better be served first. The servers convenience is insignificant, the lady is to be served first. If I finish my meal and have asked for the check I steam if it takes more than a couple minutes unless the server apologizes and tells me someone else's hot food came up and needed to get to the table. If I wait 5 minutes after requesting the check and there is no explanation I deduct 5%. A delay of 10 minutes or more is devastating for the server and in all probability I will not go back to the establishment. So at the end of this tirade the answer is 25 to 30%.
ChuckEPoo
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Well a tip is for service rendered. For refilling my coffee, putting my food on the table hot. Being courteous and friendly. For good service 25%. Poor service 15%. Awful service 10% - 0%. I have yet to give 0.
TraceEkies
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I belong to an organization that eats out about once a month. Restaurants around here like to tack on an automatic 20% when the group is six or more, which we always are. Our members don't like the idea that the tip amount is determined for them so when we make the reservation, we ask the restaurant to agree to our method of handling the tip, and so far none has refused us. We are always "Dutch Treat", so each member gets his own bill. He can then tip whatever he feels the meal and service are worth. Our agreement with the restaurant is that if the servers feel, (and we don't require this to be proven), that they have received less than 20% in the agregate, that the club will make up the difference. Our club has never had to pay anything additional.

Personally, I consider 20% to be the target for meal tipping. I will likely tip a greater percentage if it is for an exceptionally cheap meal. However I will also tip a lesser percentage if the total bill is unusually large, like when it includes expensive wines and/or expensive after dinner drinks, but still never less than 15%. Even if the service and/or food are terrible, I'm not going to undertip - I just won't come back again.

A bar tab is a different matter. In this case, 20% is the bare minimum, and that would be for a very large bar bill and only average or below average service. On small bar bills, (very cheap drinks and/or very few of them), it could go as high as 100%, or even more if the service has been exceptional. It depends an awful lot on the bartender. If the bartender is making an effort to provide generous drinks in a friendly atmosphere, the amount is going to go up dramatically. If on the other hand, the bartender is somewhat on the surly side, and/or seems be stingy with the drinks, it'll be closer to the minimum, but in that case I'm not likely to be staying very long anyway.

I live in a resort area where nearly all of my friends make their living in the hospitality industry, and most of it from tips. Tipping is often a subject of discussion between myself and my friends, and I have learned that my practices, although sounding somewhat on the cheap side, are actually more generous than what they see from the average tourist.
MollyDoll
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I have been a waitress at different types of restaurants, a hotel, and a bar, and I also managed a restaurant for five years so tipping is a must. I walk into a place and the tip is automatically 20%. It is up to them to keep it at 20%. If they are wonderful I will go up, and if not I will go to 5%.

I admit to leaving a penny for each person in our party one time because the waitress was so rude. She was fussing at another waitress, used a curse word in front of my children, and put our plates onto the table without even looking at us. She didn't even set them in front of anyone. She set them on the edge and walked off still fussing at the other server. She didn't even come back except to drop the bill off. I wanted her to know that I didn't forget to tip her she was just awful.

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I tip money~ and a polite attitude that is usually 25%. I may tip 30% if everything was great or service really above and beyond. If things are very mediocre then 20% maybe. If things were poor~ 15%. People who stiff me with tipping more to make up for the difference really do not impress me and I try to always tip well. (Though, I admit, if I go to SONIC, a fast food place where food is delivered to the car, for just a drink, I usually do not tip~ and tip the same as above when I do order any food.)

Sometimes the gratuity is factored in a receipt at a restaurant, yes, and when paying by credit card, I do have to check.

@OP: Typically bus boys clean the seats and I don't think they get tipped, though the wait staff get onto them later, and that is their job.
WellMadeMale
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In most places in America - the wait staff split their received tips with those people who are helping them to serve and clean the dining establishment. In my youth, I dated a very congenial and friendly waitress who worked at a mid-range steakhouse (not a chain). She helped me figure out a few things about tipping. The rest I've worked out on my own.

If you bring me a drink in a bar where I'm sitting at a table in a lounge and I'm not fetching it myself from the bartender, I'll often hand out an extra $2-3.00 over the cost of the beverage. Incidentally - the bartender always receives a generous tip equal to 50% or 100% of the cost of the beverage if I order it directly from him or her. That's just good sense I figure.

For meals, that often slides up to $10-15-20-25 (just for myself). After all, she or he is doing all the legwork for me, and that is part of the experience.

I get to be a lazy eater. Incidentally, I've rarely enjoyed a $150 or higher expense just to eat a meal. Anything that high or higher would be a true rarity for me.

In the past and in the present, whenever I use a corporate credit card to purchase a meal or treat clients/coworkers - I've never been one to splurge or go apeshit crazy either. There's a bit of the tightwad in my blood when I'm handling a company's credit card...for a few different reasons. I don't add the tip to the credit card either - that's an out of pocket expense. I suppose if you own the company and hence pay the bill, or you're an officer or salesman - you have quite a bit more leniency granted to you.

Do I tip a waitress or waiter more for bringing me a 5 course prime rib dinner than I should for her or him bringing me a 5 course chicken meal? Should I tip more for swordfish than I would for walleye?

Simply basing the tip off the cost of the meal is inadequate, in my opinion. I do tend to keep a running count in my head which won't allow me to not leave at least 15-20% of the cost of a meal - as a tip - provided the service was adequate and courteous.

If the service is also friendly, more helpful than ordinary or indeed memorable - that is rewarded as well, I don't expect those extras and I consider the behavior to be a bonus. That is part of the dining experience isn't it...and it adds to the overall enjoyability of the meal. If the service is just barely adequate...15% is the tip. If the service is intolerable...I've often just gotten up and left, dropping whatever amount of paper money on the table to cover the cost of the drink(s) I've been served, plus minimal coin change leftover.

It is entertainment and it sometimes beats the hell out of me going to a grocery store, gathering the ingredients, slaving over a range and oven and chopping block... not to mention having to do all the cleaning and utensil storage myself.

I never send food back to the kitchen for any reason. I figure the chances are very high that you are definitely not going to want to eat anything that has to come back to you - after you've done that. If you've ever worked in the industry - you'll know why I say that and won't do it.
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keoloke
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Wow I'm overly impressed with many here tipping 30%. I was just at a dinner were the bill totaled a bit over $300 I should have left a third of it? I cannot see that at all. Tipping incrementally at any total?
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ColletteXx
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Generally speaking in the UK people who bother tip about 10%, but then there's a vast amount that don't bother at all, or just leave the odd change. That's just as insulting as leaving nothing!! People in the service industry are paid shit wages for long hours, and rely on people's generosity to make it worth while. The majority of them do a really great job and get treated like scum. I'm really glad to be out of it.
1lush
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Depends on the size of our group if its just 2-4 usually 20% of the total, but 6 or more as much as 40%. Much of the tip is based on the service and friendliness of server.
Volya
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Walking in the door, it starts at 15% for lunch; 20% for dinner. Whether that goes up or down depends entirely on how good the service is and how good the food is. Most of the time, the percentage goes up. A pleasant and helpful wait staff can make up for a marginal kitchen. It's probably unfair, but a really good kitchen can't make up for a crappy wait staff.
biggym
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I tip at least 20%. I do subtract the tax from the total bill before tipping. Not sure the proper tips for drinks, especially bottles of wine? Some restaurants have 18% tip rate, I usually leave more. The service has to be good, I usually mesasure good service by having my water glass filled.
Hotrod927
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Buffet style dining, 10%, all others 20% and I always round up. $18.00 meal is $1.80 + $1.80= $3.60 rounding up to $4.00. $17.00 meal is $1.70 + $1.70 = $3.40 rounding up to $3.50
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Tip generously and in cash, don't add it to the credit card bill. Many restaurants, especially chain restaurants take a cut of credit card tips.
Guest
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For me I always tip 20% but if the service is really just fantastic I do more.
AudriNichols
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I always leave a tip, but the type of service depends on how much I tip.
If I have to ask more than once for a refill on my drink, or extra napkins, the amount automatically goes down.
If the booth is dirty, or the food is cold by the time it gets to the table, the amount goes down.
However, that rarely happens. I have been known to tip up to 50% of the total bill for excellent service.
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Lurker
I always tip big.
Buz
The Linebacker
20% most of the time... say 97% of the time.

If the service sucks, just 15% or 10% if the service is miserable. I have tipped 25% for truly outstanding service.
Guest
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If I am staying in a hotel and the waiter/waitress is sexy then for room service, I prefer to tip in kind rather than in cash...lol.
Guest
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If I am staying in a hotel and the waiter/waitress is sexy, then for room service, I prefer to tip in kind rather than in cash...lol.
JimB01
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for good service I tip up to 20% and less for poor service and if the service is really lousy nothing
cherrycola703
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20% unless the waiter is extremely rude. occasionally a little more if service is outstanding
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0-10%, whatever makes a nice round number. In some occasions a bit higher perhaps.

I'm glad to live in a country where tips really are tips: a little extra, not a necessity. Like most other employees, waiters get a regular wage from their employer, based on the hours they make.


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olfart
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For good service I give 20%, for average service 10%.