[Food] How much do you tip in restaurants?

[Herr Tubthumper]

The Frau and myself always differ on this, but I’m a 20%er, she’s a 10….we compromise on 15%

How much do you tip?

Personally I always tip, unless the service is really bad, but I appreciate others might not. So let’s assume everything was good enough to deserve your highest award….what’s it to be?

I await your responses, and the inevitable Reservoir Dogs clip.

 

[Icy Gull]

Decent service 10%, excellent service 15%, shit service nothing

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It depends if a service charge is already added to the bill.

 

[Bakero]

Depends on the country. In the UK, about 10%.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Most restaurants we go to add 12.5% and we’re happy with that.

 

[Weststander]

Depends on the country. Never if there’s a service charge …. I used to check with waiters that staff receive it all, they did, so I stopped asking.

UK > 10%.
US > 15%
European nations - I check on the individual custom.

Never a tight arse, unless awful service.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Depends on the country. In the UK, about 10%.

Good point, US 20% is almost obligatory

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

As an aside I worked as a waiter in my student days and know how difficult the job can be, and what a huge difference to my morale a good tip can do.

 

[The Clamp]

10% for good/ standard service. 15% for exceptional or if they’ve sorted a problem out with particular grace.
I’ll also buy the staff a drink if they have been good fun or have big knockers.

 

[Chicken Run]

10% , easy to work out for cerebrally challenged folk like me

 

[WATFORD zero]

Normally 10% rounded up, 20% for exceptional service/meal

 

[Drebin]

Around 15%, even if I get poor service and an apology (happened recently and got a free drink).

Unless I get poor service then blatantly lied to (happened twice recently) in which case they get diddly squat.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I’m not a mathematician, when I go out for a meal I don’t sit there and work out a percentage of the bill to decide what I’m going to tip. I just tip a few quid if I’m happy with the service.

 

[pasty]

Generally 10% rounded up to the nearest £ Unless bill shows service included when I’ll leave a couple of quid if I think the waiter deserves it.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

I like to pay the exact amount and then slip whoever has served us some cash for themselves.

 

[The Clamp]

I like to pay the exact amount and then slip whoever has served us some cash for themselves.

I think this is the best way. Unfortunately I rarely have much cash on me these days and forget to get any out. So I usually have to choose one of the amount options on the pay machine thingy.

 

[happypig]

10-20% ish.
If it's particularly poor, I will leave 5p and tell them that's for the service; to be fair I've only done it once at a place in, of all places, Hurstpierpoint (geezer was rude to my mum and that's not on)

 

[WATFORD zero]

I think this is the best way. Unfortunately I rarely have much cash on me these days and forget to get any out. So I usually have to choose one of the amount options on the pay machine thingy.

This.

I would always leave a cash tip on the table after I had paid the bill, but having eventually been dragged screaming into the 21st century, I rarely have cash on me now

 

[BBassic]

Nothing if the food / service is poor
10% usually
20% if it's been really good

 

[amexer]

10% However if I have a very poor meal which is very rare nothing but I do give an explanation for this. I also make sure I always give the tip in cash in maybe naive hope has more chance of going to staff.