How much do you tip a waiter(es)?

Question

Well I heard that you tip them by how much the tax cost.

Answer 1

Did you know that the word TIPS actually stands for "to insure proper service"?  So that is what I tip on, service. Anywhere from 15% up to 100%. I've been known to tip more than the meal costs because the service was that good!

Answer 2

i tip based on service if I'm sitting down to eat and i get sh*tty service then i'm not going to tip well, but if i go in somewhere and the service is good then i'll tip a lot. I even tip at buffets(which i've been told your not surposed to)

Answer 3

i usually tip 20 %of the bill,if service was great i go higher,if service bad i go to 10%....

Answer 4

15% of how much you spend on the meal.

Answer 5

15 or 20%

Answer 6

use 15% of the bill as a base line, and up it to 18% if you like the service of the wait staff, 20% if you like the wait staff him/herself :) Even more if you're feeling particularly generous

Answer 7

The person that told you that is a cheap !?$@%*&@!&^#!! Generally, your tip should be 15% of the total payment due on the cheque for ordinary service; 20% for good service, and 21% to 30% for exceptional service, depending how fat your wallet is. The key is, before you walk into a restaurant, look into the mirror and ask yourself, "What's In Your Wallet!"

Answer 8

Depends on how good the food is. Tipping is not expected in Britain.

Answer 9

I always do 20%. They deserve more, but I'm on limited funds.

Answer 10

15%

Answer 11

In Massachusetts our tax is 5% so it is easy to tip 15-20% by simply multiplying the tax by 3 or 4.

Most folks I know will only tip on the meals/drinks portion of the bill so this works for them.

Unless the service is despicable, I usually tip 20%. I never punish the staff for the food. If I don't like a meal, I ask to speak with a manager to get the food taken off my bill but I always tip the staff based on what the meal would have cost me. During the holidays, I tip more if I know the waiter or waitress.

Answer 12

15 to 20% is standard, more if they are really good

Answer 13

Really depends on their service.  That’s what they are working for; good service good tip.  How often they check on you and how good they are about refilling your beverages.  15-20+%.  I would not deduct on the tip if the food wasn’t done right.  That’s the chef’s fault, unless the server was not quick at picking up the prepared dishes.  So if something did not go well, make sure you know exactly who’s at fault before deducting from their tip.

Answer 14

thats a really good q.... when you have a waiter(res) that really takes there time and doesnt ever come by to check on you i would give them 10 of the check... if you have a GREAT waiter(res) that is always there when you need them brings your refills or extras seconds after you order them then you leae like 15 -20 any easy way to do this is if you go onto options on your phone sometimes there is an easy tip calculator that will tell you an estimate tax.... you can also bring along a small calculator in ur purse and when the check comes just type in the ammount times (.percent)<make sure you move the decimal two to the left first

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Answer 15

15% is standard.

If you visit the restaurant frequently learn the waitresses name

and pay her a little better than 15%, and she will remember you as a good tipper and will probably work harder for you next time.

Waitresses are often not covered by the same minimum wage laws as everyone else. Last I check most waitresses get paid 2.01 an hour. So without your tips they are barely making enough money to put gas in the car.

Answer 16

15-20% of the bill- if your state tax is 7% you double that. also many cell phones have a tip table!

Answer 17

i am a server and just want to say that just sucks. everyone should have to serve for a week and see how it feels to get a dollar after you run your *** off getting everything the table wants or needs. i make $2.13 an hour when i serve and $4.26 an hour when i bartend. i made $167 tonight at work and walked with $115 after i tipped out the bar, busboys and the food runner. it is not manditory that i tip those people out but if i dont tip them what they deserve then i dont get my drinks in a timely manner, my tables sit with dishes on them and i dont make any money, and my food sits in the kitchen too long. it is pretty standard in my neck of the woods to tip the bartender 10% of my alcohol sales. so if you have a tab of $200 where $150 is alcohol and you leave me a $5 tip then i just lost $10 to the bar. it cost me money for you to sit at my table and get drunk.

when you tip your server - if the service was not bad - you should first see how much alcohol you ordered. add 10% onto the tip for the alcohol or sit at the bar. where i live the sales tax is 9% so if you double the tax and add 10% for the alcohol that is a decent tip. if you didnt have any alcohol (or fruit teas, virgin drinks for the kiddies, or any juices that dont come out of the drink fountains - because we still have to go to the bar to get those things and they count in our tip out) then you can double the tax. if you live where the sales tax is less than 8% then you should tip at least 18% of your total food bill with additional for alcohol.

i understand about bad service and you should deduct from the tip accordingly. but if you can see that your server is busy doing things for your table and his/her 3 or 4 other tables and you run out of a beverage before they can get back around - get over it. if he/she just disappears - then that is definately bad service.

quality of the food should never be blamed on the server. we dont cook the food. where i work we normally dont even bring the food out to you. when your food sucks and it is taken off your bill - you should still tip the server because you sat at his/her table for 45 min to an hour.

we remember the good tippers as well as the bad tippers. if you are a good tipper we fight over who gets the table and if you are a bad tipper we try our best to give you away to someone who doesnt know how you are.

someone said in an earlier answer that leaving a penny is the ultimate insult to a server. that is not true. the ultimate insult is when i bust my *** for you and you tell me how good the service was and then leave me $2.

unless a server is just ugly to you - you should always leave some kind of tip. i know that i for one have children that i support by waiting tables. i have had other jobs - bank teller, receptionist, office manager. you are not above me because i wait tables. i probably make more money than you. so dont look down on your server because they wait tables - i have a colledge education but i can make more money waiting tables than i can at my chosen profession.

Answer 18

15-20% if the service is really good. A little less if the service is just okay. Nothing if the service is bad. I never count it against the waiter or waitress if it has something to do with the food.

Answer 19

That is not correct.  The proper tip is 20% of your total bill.  People say 15% , but that is so outdated.  Servers do not make that much by the hour.  It ranges from 2.13 to 3.13 per hour, and after taxes, your looking at maybe $20 a paycheck.  Also if you have a coupon, say for a free appetizer or  a certain percentage off your bill, or even buy one get one free, you should still tip on the total bill BEFORE the discount.   If you experience bad service, due to laziness rather than the server being extremely busy, I suggest talking to a manager and maybe only tipping 15 %.  But if you have an experience where you feel you've had extremely good service, you should make that known as well.   Waiting tables is a hard job, it's not only about taking your order and refilling your drinks, but they clean up after you, and run their butts off because you are not the only one they are trying to please.  Also, they are required to tip out a percentage of their tips to the bartender and busboys and foodrunner if there is one.   People should really   be aware of these things.

Answer 20

Depends on the service.  I do not go by the price of my food at all, as the cost of the meal has absolutely nothing to do with how well my server does his/her job.

I deduct for annoying servers who hover over me while I eat, asking repeatedly if everything is ok, or who share little anecdotes of their life.  Bring me my food & then leave me the h**l alone.  Ask me once if everything is ok; after that, if I need something I'll flag you down.  I can overlook a forgotten drink more easily than I can an annoying twit who is trying way too hard for a good tip.

Answer 21

Where I live the tax is 9% so we just Double the tax. If you live where the tax is like 4% that would be a really bad tip.

Answer 22

tax in most states is about 7% so if you're looking for an easy way to calculate 15%, doubling the tax works ok. But that's not always right, because taxes vary.  Oregon, for instance, has no sales tax at all.

The standard amount is 15%, 20-25% for very good service, and 10% for substandard.

An easy way to calculate 15% is to do it in 2 parts.

Let's say your bill is $24.50

First, take 10% by just moving the decimal over one. so

that's $2.45

Then divide that in half, for the other 5%

so add $1.22

for a tip of $3.67

Answer 23

Usually is 15 %, but to me depend on the service. But when your bill is more than $100 they add the tip automatically

Answer 24

i am a waiter myself , so i can tell you that not all the tip goes into the waiters pocket, we have to tip out the bar, busboy, hostess, and sometimes the kitchen. so at the end if on a 100 dls bill you leave a 10 dlls tip i actually go home with 6 , on top of that i pay taxes on the tips , this are deducted from my paycheck that is already very small check because we get less than minimum rate, in my case 7 dls an hour.

so if you think that you are giving your waiter a good tip by adding the taxes, think twice.

not only the taxes are 2 percent lower than a few year ago (in canada) after all the tip out your waiter is geting close to half of it.

also.......

if you go to a restaurant and you have a 50 dls budget and the restaurant average price of a meal is 45, please look for a restaurant that is cheaper so you dont look like a cheap *** customer, because yes.... we do remember faces.

and im not saying that we will spit on your food.... but of course that you will be the last to get your food, you wont get any refills and of course you will get the worst table and no considerations at all.... final point, you will get what you paid for....food and no service at all.

also, please dont ask for separete bills, arent you and your party sharing the same table, if you want separete bill, get separete tables......

Answer 25

15-20% of the bill

Answer 26

i usually tip $20 but if she flirts with me and takes me to the back then she could get 100 from me.

but generally i tip at least 20 percent .

Answer 27

20% of the total of the bill before any coupons and or discounts.