Lets talk about tips to restaurant server?

Question

Ok I just got hired on at Black Angus in San Diego CA. The manager said the average waiter sells about $700 on an weeknight shift and an average $1300 on Weekend night shift. Does this sound accurate, cause if this is true, this could be a very good job where I could make a lot of money. If you have worked at black angus please share your expieriences

Answer 1

Those sound like total sales, as in the total of all the checks added together...not tips....those numbers are about what I pulled in at Old Spagetti factory which is a very busy cheap pasta place.  I'd like to think that you would actually pull in much more than that that serves steak and seafood.  Even if not, though, those are still good numbers, especially for a weeknights.  You should pull in some NICE tips though.  :-)

Answer 2

wow thats loads, in ireland tips are so scabby

Answer 3

I think he means that how much the food your selling is worth all together. No waiting is getting $700 tips a night. You'll be lucky if you get $50 or $70.

Answer 4

I used to be a server, not at that restaurant tho. Those would be your total sales in the night, but if you are a good server you should easily be able to pull in $70-100 in tips each night.

Answer 5

I'm a waitress in a small local restaurant, and I see about $200 in food a day, maybe a little more or a little less, and I make anywhere from $40-60 a day.

Personally, I'm shocked that would be all that you sell on a weekend night. We're talking steaks here. Steaks are expensive. I would dare say that a table of two, you are going to have at least a $50 bill. A table of four, an easy $100, depending on drinks and the like. It sounds like either they have a lot of waitstaff, or his numbers are off.

I really don't know anything about Black Angus. It just seems to me that you would sell  more than $1300 a night on weekends.

Anyways, good luck on your job!!