Tipping In Restaurants

[Silent1]

shirt said:

Silent1 said:

Some restaurants will take the tips to pay the wages and only once they've earnt over their wage per night do they get paid tips, Chilis for instance do it.

Hence why leaving cash is better

seriously? feck me, the staff they employ must be right idiots.

maybe, but IIRC it's perfectly legal.

[NDA]

Silent1 said:

shirt said:

Silent1 said:

Some restaurants will take the tips to pay the wages and only once they've earnt over their wage per night do they get paid tips, Chilis for instance do it.

Hence why leaving cash is better

seriously? feck me, the staff they employ must be right idiots.

maybe, but IIRC it's perfectly legal.

As long as they're paying over the minimum wage it's legal.

[shirt]

they're shooting themselves in the foot then, what motivation is there for the waiting staff? i bet their stock losses are sufficiently high as to compensate!

[juice]

Took my wife, step daughter + boyfriend and friends to brunch at a local hotel last sunday...For 6 of us, the bill came to $421 (inc 15% service charge) the guy that served us was superb - so much so we left another $50 in cash for him. Normally I baulk at tipping, due to the fact that there's a culture of it automatically being added to your bill here - its the same everywhere and there's no incentive to provide service as no matter what you do,you get your tip anyway...But this guy was superb and definitely deserved the extra...He even spent 10 minutes making us a napkin swan !

Edited by juice on Monday 20th April 21:37

[Scraggles]

10% if good, a verbal tip to improve if poor food or slow service, last one was a hot sponge pud with custard and apple, the apple was really cold like it had been in the back of the fridge, my rear teeth were nice and warm from the ucstard and then suddenly chilled

[oyster]

No tip if the service is very poor.
Small tip - 5% - if it's ok.
10% if it's decent.
20%+ for good service.


I find it amazing that people tip 10% for excellent service. You tight bastids.

[Scraggles]

have assumed that the higher prices in restaurants cover the staff costs, the tip does vary, depends if just me eating or a few people,

have eaten in attached restaurants for work - premier inn, the staff seemed confused that had given a tip as apparently not many do...

[yellowbentines]

I leave a tip in most restaurants, but I don't tip more than 10% irrespective of how good the meal is. The better meals I've had have been in expensive restaurants where the bill for a good meal (and wine at marked up restaurant prices) has resulted in 10% being sufficient reward for anyone I feel.

I generally don't tip less than a few quid even if it's a cheap pub lunch at a fiver a head, I'd feel embarrased leaving less than that as generally the staff in these establishments give friendly service and get paid low wages.

As for the American system, where the staff feel entitled to 15-20% irrespective of the food and service provided, I really think they need to open up a dictionary at 'gratuity' and take note.

[bazking69]

I only tip if the experience warrants it. Crap service or average food and they don't get a penny. I do feel sorry for the waitresses sometimes as they often lose out though the inadequacies of others or the establishment they work at, but hey. A tip should be earnt not expected.
I also only ever tip in cash and hand it to them direct or leave it on the table. That way the waitress can do with it what they want. I find tipping on the card machine such a vulgar means of showing your appreciation.
Average tip 10-15% of the bill if it was a good experience.

[oyster]

What has the quality of the food got to do with tipping? Tipping is to reflect the quality of the service.

If you have bad food but good service then you should still leave a tip but ask to have some of the food items removed from the bill - that way the right people get rewarded or punished.

[yellowbentines]

oyster said:

What has the quality of the food got to do with tipping? Tipping is to reflect the quality of the service.

I totally agree with you, however human nature is that if you've really enjoyed the food, you're probably more likely to leave a better tip than if the food was average/bland (something that means you aren't really entitled to have it removed from the bill) but the service was good.

[spikeyhead]

I'll tip 15%, however for each infraction of good service I'll drop this by 5%.