what should i tip out at a restaraunt?

Question

I'm not usually the type of person to go out and eat, and if I do my parents have paid or a guy...I was out one night and I noticed my guy left like a %12 , then I asked my friend about it and she said you always tip atleast %20 nowadays...I don't know what to do I'm going out to eat tomorrow night and I want to tip well, I don't want to be rude? how little is too little, what's the minimum and maximum????

Answer 1

20% is the going rate for good service and of course all the better restaurants usually give better service. But if service is poor and you have to wait longer then your waiter tellls you after you have placed your order or if you incur any other problems due to service drop the tip down in rate accordingly but never lower then 10%

Answer 2

It varies from place to place. In Australia, where I come from, you should NEVER give a tip at all, because it is considered a form of corruption. But then Australians go overseas and are considered very rude.

I do think tipping is not something that should be encouraged. It is much better for workers to be paid a standard amount by their employers and for customers to be charged a standard amount.

So I'd go with the 12% guy's style rather than your friend's 20%.

Answer 3

Here it is:

...fast food tips are voluntary.

Corner coffee shop: 12-15 percent of food bill minus the tax.

Nice restaurant: 15-16 percent of the food and beverages bill without the tax.

Fabulously lavish restaurant with pout of sight high prices: 20-25 percent.

Poor service deliberately forgetting to bring you your dinner, getting your order incorrect and having no remorse, etc: skip the tip or almost entirely, maybe fifty cents.

Wrong drinks, wrong breads, wrong vegetables, cold meal or late, meal served out of order, such as salad being last, tip less, maybe two dollars for the meal.

Bugs and roaches: Leave immediately, tell manager on your way out there were bugs in the food and clean up his restaurant: pay nothing even if you already ate. Same goes for a cigarette butt in your food, dirty dusty places, plastic in your soup, etc.

Most waiters and waitresses bend over backwards to serve you correctly and even better than that, and they work extremely hard. Being generous like a few more percent is needed.

A few years ago, I was in a diner (15 percent tip usually) and I was with 5 others. The witness brought a sandwich with the wrong bread for one person, served the salad for someone else after the main course, and totally forgot my order as I sat awaiting my food while everyone one else was eating and finishing up. Since I could not find her on her break, I assumed I was not getting my meal. I was correct. When she came to bring the check, I asked why she did not serve me my food. She said I never ordered. Everyone else told the witness exactly what I had ordered. She first called me a liar, then she demanded I sit down and she'd have the chef make it immediately. I told her I was leaving and would not eat alone, that I had come with my friends to eat with them, not after them. She got nasty once more. I grabbed my coat and sat in the lobby of the diner.

Within one minutes, I heard a commotion inside. The owner in suit and tie approached me sitting in the lobby awaiting everyone to pay and leave. He asked me was there something wrong. I told him exactly what happened and said I would never return to that Establishment because of the way I was treated. I have never returned, and the waitress was fired.

The other people left nearly nothing for her tip.

Some waitnresses and waitors will bring you extras too for no extra cost. It is good will and hoping for a good tip.

Answer 4

I tend to tip around 15% of the check... give or take depending on service.

as an aside, I never leave change smaller than quarters, having worked in restaurants, I know how much a hassle it is to count change from the tip bowl at the end of the night (yes, it all gets pooled and divvied up usually, some places even give the dishwashers, bartenders, and seating hosts a percentage.)

Answer 5

I think 15% is a fine tip. People act as if waiting is the most difficult job in the world, but if the waiter/waitress does an ok job, 15% will do. 20% seems a bit much, seeing as inflation has nothing to do with it (despite what many might argue, a percentage goes up with inflation). Call it 15 and leave it at that.

Answer 6

I tip depending on the service, NOT how it's supposed to be. 15%-20% is the expected. BUT if the waitress/waiter has been rude, lazy, not paying attention, etc, then I tip less. I know they depend on their tips. I also know that if they're having a bad day, they need to go home! When the waiter/waitress is on top of refills, extra napkins, how the food is, etc, then I tip the expected percentage. The ultimate insult to tip is a penny. I've done that several times when I've had bad service. Telling the manager or supervisor sometimes helps. Sometimes, he/she is worse to deal with & you get nowhere fast.

Bottom line, tip on how you feel you got served, NOT how society tells you.

Answer 7

The way we tip, and we do go out alot and eat, is usually we take the tax amount and multiply it by 2. Even if we get bad service we still leave the tip. Now, if the service was really great then absolutely give alittle more.

Answer 8

if you go to a restaurant where they include the tip it is usually 15%. For good service you give 15%, for poor service you give 5-10% and for great service you give 20%. If you give less than 15% your server will hate you and talk about you when you leave, and if you return you will get the crappiest service you can imagine. You can follow this rule in any restaurant in the US

Answer 9

15% is the common most agreed upon tip for most occasions. As to if there is too much of a tip, the answer would be up to the ability of the tipper.

I have tipped very high for exceptionally good service.

Answer 10

15 - 20% is the expected nowadays. There is no minimum or maximum, it is totally based on the total of the check.