What percentage do you tip at a restaurant? (Be honest!)

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What percentage do you tip at a restaurant? (Be honest!)

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Contributor: Greenleaf Greenleaf
20% rounded to the next highest convenient amount. I will tip more for especially good service, but I rarely tip less.
02/23/2012
Contributor: Sir Sir
I tip a little over 15%, usually 18%.
02/23/2012
Contributor: HomuHomu HomuHomu
I don't really leave tips. >_> lol.
02/23/2012
Contributor: acessorie acessorie
its a sliding scale. I tip based upon the place plus the attitude of the wait staff.
02/23/2012
Contributor: curious kitten curious kitten
usually based on the experience of the occasion.
02/23/2012
Contributor: Lizzy Lizzy
If the service is adequate 15%. If above average 20%
02/23/2012
Contributor: karay123 karay123
20% unless there were no check-backs or any drinks sat empty. Or other things, but those are our biggies. More often than not, we get good service and tip 20%.
02/23/2012
Contributor: Destri Destri
Unless the service or food is just absolutely horrible, I always tip 20% of the bill. Service work is hard and the pay is terrible, and those people deserve their tips.
02/24/2012
Contributor: bayosgirl bayosgirl
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Originally posted by RonLee
I've worked in food service many years ago. As a waiter you generally have to "tip out", share your tips with the bar tender and the bus boys. That tip out amount is based upon your gross sales NOT what you actually receive. So if you ... more
Tip outs on your gross SALES?! I guess we servers who work at my parents' restaurant are really lucky. Tipping (we only have a busser on the weekends and no bartender) is based on our tips and it is just 10% minimum, more if we feel like it.
02/24/2012
Contributor: bayosgirl bayosgirl
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Originally posted by Aberrant
I always tip 20% or more, because I have worked in a restaurant and it's a tough job.
True that!
02/24/2012
Contributor: catgirl9 catgirl9
I double the tax and then round up to the next dollar if the server did a good job. If not, then it just depends on how sucky the service was.
02/24/2012
Contributor: jokerzwild jokerzwild
Quote:
Originally posted by bayosgirl
Tip outs on your gross SALES?! I guess we servers who work at my parents' restaurant are really lucky. Tipping (we only have a busser on the weekends and no bartender) is based on our tips and it is just 10% minimum, more if we feel like it.
There are even some that make you give the dishwasher and kitchen a cut!
02/24/2012
Contributor: dbm6907 dbm6907
It really depends on how good the service was.
02/24/2012
Contributor: namelesschaos namelesschaos
Depends on the service, I usually do it in a multiple of the tax, like say 3x the tip as the baseline and adjust accordingly. if it really bad I leave a penny, so they get the message that it was crap service not just a guy who doesn't tip.
02/25/2012
Contributor: Rin (aka Nire) Rin (aka Nire)
Generally, 15% is the minimum I'll tip, and if the service is decent I'll go for 20%, or 25% if the server was really fantastic. I might tip low if the service was truly, blatantly bad, but it's rare.
02/25/2012
Contributor: Lucky21 Lucky21
Pretty much 20% every time., unless the service was really bad.
02/25/2012