I'm a waitress how do i make more tips?

Question

should i give people more compliments?

Answer 1

I have been a very successful server for 20 years. These are the things that I tell people that I train.
1.Be attentive
2.Know your menu
3.Be prompt and courteous
4.Leave your personal life at home. work is work.
5. Check back on your guests.
6. Be timely, know if your guests are on lunch or wanting to dine.
7.Wear appropriate attire.
8.Be efficient, try to consolidate your trips to the table.
9.Anticipate their needs.
10. Knowledge about wines and food courses will help. Take a class if your employer doesn't offer one.
11. Be respectful of others conversations, they are there to be with each other. Try not to interrupt conversations.
12. Keep floor chatter with coworkers to a minimum.
13.Be in good communication with your kitchen and managers.
hope this helps.

to everyone else. this is a career that many people take seriously. I don't have to flatter people for money, nor steal alcohol, nor do i have to dress provocative. I have to be professional.because that is what i am. A service professional.

Answer 2

When I was a waitress, I noticed that being especially nice or friendly didn't usually bring me better tips, so giving them compliments isn't the best idea. If you really mean it, then give them a compliment; otherwise it will sound insincere. I made better tips when I was able to get my customers to spend more money on food and drinks, especially alcoholic drinks. Suggest the more expensive menu items to them, and be attentive when their drinks are running low and ready to offer to bring them another drink. And rave about the desserts! Anything to get the bill up so the tip will go up. Being a good waitress doesn't hurt, either. I think the best waitresses always keep an eye out for their customers looking for them. I developed a 6th sense for knowing, just by the look on someone's face, that they needed something, and would rush over to their table and ask how everything was. Good luck!

Answer 3

I usually leave a 15% tip even if I'm not thrilled with service, and I've been known to leave up to a 50% tip if the service is excellent (or if service is good given the circumstances -- say, a staff shortage, a large party at the next table, etc.) I've worked in restaurants and I know the service staff lives on tips.

Here are the things that prompt me to give good tips to waiters and waitresses:

-- A friendly greeting. (Not a rushed, "be with you in a minute, hon" as you rush across the room to another table.)

-- A helpful attitude. (If I say I'm in a hurry, warn me if what I order will take a long time and tell me what I can get quickly. If I'm there for a relaxing meal, don't make me feel rushed. Good servers seem able to sense this.)

-- Prompt delivery of bread/rolls, drinks, etc.

-- Knowledge of the menu. (Don't say "everything here is good" or "I've never had that." Restaurants that want knowledgeable servers let their service staff at least sample all the menu items. If yours doesn't, at least be aware of what the other customers like.)

-- Knowledge of key ingredients. (Don't run back to check if the soup broth is tomato-based or cream.)

-- Proper timing of courses. (Don't bring the entree five minutes after you serve the appetizer.)

-- Unprompted explanations if food delivery will be delayed.

-- The full, correct order the first time. (If I ask for cocktail sauce instead of tartar sauce, bring the cocktail sauce with the order. If I ask for extra butter for my waffle, bring it when you bring the waffle.)

-- Unprompted refills of soft drinks. (But unless my glass is empty, don't take it away to refill it. Leave it on the table and bring a new glass.)

-- Eye contact with customers. (Some waiters/waitresses seem capable of walking from one end of the room to the other without noticing anyone in it. If a customer has a question or a request, it can be difficult to get the server's attention.)

-- Small bills in the change. (If you take a $20 for a $9.50 check, don't bring back two fives. You'll probably get a bigger tip if you bring back a five and five ones. If I leave a lousy tip, it's frequently the server didn't bring me any change and I'm in a hurry.)

I don't need compliments, but I like to kid around. Laughing at my jokes is worth at least another buck or two.

It's good that you care enough about your job to ask the question. Thanks. I hope you'll share the suggestions you receive from Answer members with your coworkers.

Answer 4

Flirting is definitely not the answer, you want to use that on someone you are interested in, not the 40 year old businessman with a wife and 3 kids. There is a difference in being flirty and being friendly. If you are flirty with the wrong people you will get the wrong kind of attention, and no tip is worth that. Not everyone wants to be flirted with.

1. Know your menu
2. Be courteous, if they need more time with the menu, or want suggestions, Pitch in.
3. Be clean. You don't want your hair hanging forward into plates, etc. When you are sitting glasses or plates on a table, remember don't reach over them.
4. When you see a customer's glass reach the 1/3 full mark, its time for a refill. Be vigilant in your watch if you serve spicy foods.
(Note: More servers have lost their tip by letting me go dry, not good).
5. If you make a great server, people will come back. I know of great restaurants that have bad service, and it is hard to go back to places like those.

Answer 5

Nah. Compliments sound superficial and like you're fishing for tips. The thing that makes me give a waitress a large tip is if she keeps my drink full. ALWAYS pay attention to the drinks. If I am drinking soda or water, make sure to get there with a refill. If I am drinking a liquor drink or a beer, make sure to start the next round in time to get it there before I finish (this is based on how fast/slow your bar works). DRINKS are the key to great tips! (Plus, the more I drink, the higher my bill and thus you get a larger tip by default!!)

Answer 6

I artwork at Chili's and we percentage assistance with the busser and the bartender. We also tip out the Q.A. (the man who makes constructive each thing is ideal formerly the food comes out). On uncomplicated if I make $one hundred in a shift, i visit tip out $15 of that. $15 is a good tip on $sixty 5. There are some regulations of thumb to imagine of. when you're a customary table, then 20% is sweet. when you're complicated with numerous refills or something, then possibly upload some greenbacks. in case your waitress grow to be negative, do 15%. yet another area of imagine of is by no skill go away a lot less then $5.00 on the table and by no skill go away a lot less then $2.00 in preserving with individual ($a million in preserving with newborn). save in options, maximum servers in uncomplicated words make $2 to $3 an hour, so tipping is truly how they make their funds.

Answer 7

Be the best waitress you can be!

You see that they are low on coffee, offer to "freshen it up" for them...

Be available when ever you can! When a good waitress passes my table and sees what she can do for me, even when she is going for an order, and if I need something, she brings it back pronto, I tip her better, than if I never see her again until the check!

I always appreciate good service, and will pay extra, for the waitress that goes out for the extra mile, when I need something, or is available when I need something else...

I wish you well..

Jesse

Answer 8

I like it when waitresses are really nice. yeah compliments are good. Always find something good to say about the person. Not like trying to hit on them or anything, you do the judgement. dont mess up the order. Talk to them, we give bigger tips to people who really talks to us. Like if its a special occasion or whatever. You know just be nice.

Answer 9

Give good serivce and you will get a good tip - at least that is the way it should be. No need to give compliments if you do not honestly feel the urge to - maybe smile more and be more friendly and talkative. Be real and not fake!!!

Answer 10

If you are complimenting people that you don't know they are going to know you want a tip! Do a good job, smile a lot. Who
doesn't like a smiling person? Have you ever smiled at someone who is frowning and they smile back at you? It's a day maker!!