do anybody tip 16%on a restaurant...not talking about a dinner or fast food?

Question

on a bill of more than 150 dollars really add up, and you do it, or do you evaluate your server because I if I don't like the food it is not the servers fault. she did not cook enything! a smile and being prompt helps but if the restaurant stinks how I;m going to be fear

Answer 1

I tip nothing if the service is very poor, 20-25 for exceptional service. Average service gets about 10% whatever makes the dollar amount even.

Answer 2

A tip represents your gratitude to your server, and therefore should be based on their performance. This means that you should be coming into the restaurant with an expectation of the service and then the percent value that you think that the server would deserve for that service. You can then lower the percentage if they, for any reason, seem to be doing their job poorly, and you can raise that percentage it they go above and beyond your expectations and surprise you.

The actual chosen percentages for an acceptable and average service depends on the person, and often life experiences. The most straightforward example is that people who have had to be a waiter or a waitress to earn a living for awhile will generally tip more generously than someone who hasn't, but greeed, generousity, and other traits influenced by life experience are definate factors.

Answer 3

Do you realize that the server (regardless of the resturant) lives off of your 16% tips? Give them a break people!!!! Unless they are really bad and rude, you should always tip big. It's just a couple of dollars to you, you can live without the extra $4. But if everyone where to be curteous and tipp at least 20% imagine how nice it would be for that waiter to go home and put their feet up and know that they aren't waisting their time bringing your food to you, and WAITING on you. They only make a measily 3 dollars an hour, IF that. They live off your tip, so why not make you waiter's life a little easier, seriously it's change to you. to them it's their sallary. 16% is sh*t!!!

Answer 4

i tip if i feel like it..but 16% sounds very steep if you don't like the food and the restaurant stinks..i know that the server is the key to what you shold tip..if he/she has done their job properly then you should tip what you feel is fare.

Fair is in the eye of the tipper. In the end you have the power as you can tip or you can stiff the server. The choice is yours and yours only..its your money and you should realize that most of these server depend on your tip as they wages they get are not enough to live on.

Answer 5

I tip on service and food. A lot of restaurants have the servers split tips with the cooks and other staff.

I have tipped anywhere from 0-50%. Believe me, it doesn't bother me a bit to tip nothing for bad servcice. It's not like I'll ever go back there! And face it, if you're not good at food service, then lack of tips will get you out of the business quicker than anything.

Answer 6

Servers make below minimum wage, about $3/hr. They also tip out their busboys and bartenders about 25% of their tips. They live off their tips. If you cannot afford to tip, don't go out to eat. Also, you should tip 20% at all times if the service is good. You should have left your server about $30. Tip 25-30% if the service was awsome! Come back next time and they will rememeber you and hook up up with free stuff! What goes around comes around.

Answer 7

Tipping is a reflection of service, and in some places your tips are pooled to include bus and bar staff, so leaving a poor or no tip because you didn't like the food (assuming the service staff was not to blame for your dislike) is unfair.

In this case, I would tip appropriately for the level of service, but never go back there to eat. You've also got the ability through word of mouth to not get people to eat there, if your dislike of the food so motivates you.

Answer 8

I tip on the service only. I usually tip 20% for good service. If we send the server for drink refills and ketchup (ect) many times I might tip more. When I ask the waitress for something I try to ask the entire table if anyone else needs anything to minimize the trips back and forth for our waitress.

Answer 9

I tip if the service warrants it regardless of the amount of the bill.

My theory is that if the waitress/waiter depends on tips to make a living because their hourly wage is so low then they should do their jobs and I will not reward bad service with a tip.

It's not that difficult to be pleasant, to refill a drink (coffee/soda...etc), and to check and see if I need something once in a while.

If they can't do their job I don't feel obligated to tip, and perhaps they should seek another form of employment.

Answer 10

I tip on service only, and I do not value it based on the cost of the meal. To me, great service on a bowl of soup and a sandwich is more valuable than mediocre service on a steak dinner. I might tip (for example) $5 for the soup & sandwich dinner, but only $3 for the steak dinner, just based on service.

And this is probably just me, but I can not stand it when the server hovers over me! I like the server to just bring me my food and leave me alone, asking once how everthing is. If I get asked more than twice, it bugs me. But like I said, that's just me. I don't actually like going out to eat, so I kind of persnickity about stuff like that.