If you have an expensive bottle of wine with a meal ?

Question

Do you include this when you are working out the tip you are going to leave for your waiter ?

Answer 1

Yes, you should always tip, no matter what you ate or where you ate at.

Remember that tips stands for:

To Insure Proper Service

So unless you just got bad service all around you should leave a tip.

Answer 2

If you have to tip someone for working, then why go out at all, after all the waiters/waitresses get  wages for working.

How many people tip in a Mc Donalds or Burger King ?

Do you tip at the filling station or toll booth ?  I feel that if you have to rely on tips, then you should get a decent paying job.

If you tip one person, then it must only be fair to tip every one that does you a service, or tip absolutely no one

Answer 3

yes that right

Answer 4

Yes, soz babes x

Answer 5

Yes but I think the tipping rules are unfair.  It takes the same amount of effort to bring a hamburger as it does a steak as well as a less expensive bottle of wine v a real expensive one.Tipping should be based on service.

Answer 6

YES, absolutely.  If you can't afford to tip on the bottle you want, then you can't afford it.

Answer 7

Definately. That is part of dining. If you can afford an expensive bottle of wine, then you can afford to throw down some bucks! Leave more if the server served it...

Answer 8

Because the price of wine varies so much, the standard is to tip $5 for the bottle of wine, on top of the tip for the food.

Answer 9

Yea,, i always tip..

Answer 10

Yes! Unless the server does a really poor job in recommending, presenting and opening your bottle.

Generally, all servers will be professionally trained in wine presentation, etc... so it will be a nice experience for your table.

Rules when dining out:

Never leave less than $5, no matter what you order. Most servers only make $2.65 an hour + tips. Those tips are their livelihood. I use all my tips for car expenses and grocery money for my family (4 children - all under 18). One year, I could only work part-time and I mananged to scrape enough together from tips to buy school shoes and clothing for all 4 of my children. I work hard and everyone I have ever met who worked as a server was a great person who was trying to get by financially. Remember that. You have no idea what a blessing you can be to someone by tipping a little extra if you had a great time. I almost never get to take my family out to eat - we have a very tight budget, but I work in fine dining.

I LOVE providing my customers with a wonderful dining experience - I appriciate (and expect) them to appriciate my service with a nice gratuity. This is how I make a living.  

When ordering a meal, leave your server 20% or $5.00, whichever is the greater amount.

Treat your server with respect and you will get better service. Your server is the only person making sure your drinks and food are as you ordered. They are the person who is double checking everything, coordinating the timing and telling other staff members to make sure your food and drinks are prepared the RIGHT way.

As a customer, you should know, it takes just as much time for me to bring you a cup of coffee as it does a full entree. Just because your coffee is $2, doesn't mean I deserve a 25 cent tip.

I meant to add    *A bottle of wine, with proper presentation, takes me at least 10 mins. Those are 10 minutes I cannot spend the other tables I have already begun serving. Make it worth my while to open YOUR wine, while I'm still ensuring EVERYONE else's food and drinks are properly timed. If I open a bottle of wine for you - I risk having another customer thinking I am ignoring them and possibly losing money from their gratuity. A newer server with little experience in timing could totally be going out on a limb for YOU - so please tip well!!! Hope I could help you!

Answer 11

YES YES YES. I have been in the restaurant industry for 10 years. The server is there to do exactly that. SERVE YOU. For anyone that does not know someone in the restaurant business, here is an inside look. We only make around 3 dollars an hour and taxes eat that up. We are depending on the tips to survive. One way to get around tipping on an expensive bottle of wine, is bringing your own bottle. Most restaurants only charge a "corking fee" of $10-$20 and the wine you can get at a store like "total wine" is going to be much cheaper than the price in the restaurant. And to comment to someone else that said "I tip 10%." THIS IS UNEXCEPTABLE. Maybe 30 years ago but in today's world, telling the server that they did a good job is a minimum of 20%.

Answer 12

Normally yes.

Answer 13

yes, unfortunately.

Answer 14

Yup,.ike we went out for a meal yesterday and it came to £40 and we left £10 for the waitress.  She was very good too and polite,I like good service and dont mind paying extra for it.

Answer 15

Yes, I leave 10% of the total bill every time.  Unless the waiter was rude and useless, then there shall be hee-haw lol

Answer 16

Maybe it's differerent in the states but I find tipping gets out of hand.

There is a minimum wage in the UK so tips are completely optional as far as I'm concerned.

Tips should be earned- not expected.

Eating in a restaurant is more expensive then making food at home- you pay for someone to bring you the food.