When leaving a tip at a sushi restaurant, when sitting at the sushi bar who gets the tip?

Question

Does the waiter/waitress or the sushi chef get the tip? Do they split it? I went to a sushi bar last night and they didnt have a tip jar out for the sushi chef like most places do. So how does the tipping work with or without a tip jar for the sushi chef?

Answer 1

hey jus say this is a tip for the chef.or go on give to the chef.hahahahaha

Answer 2

I used to work in an upscale Japanese restaurant and sushi bar and all tips were pooled.  The sushi chefs got 40% of the tips and the busboys got 10%.  The remaining 50% was divided amongst the servers.

Answer 3

Usually they split it.

Answer 4

Should be the sushi chef maybe a little something to the waitress who brings you beer.  Key thing the chef can not touch the money.  Sanitary reasons of dealing with fish.

Answer 5

at many sushi bars.. there's generally different servers for both the bar and the rest of the restaurant.

other than that the chefs can get 10% to as much as 55% of the servers tips. When dining out the standard tip is 15%.. but when at a sushi bar it's not full service exactly, the servers don't do as much work if any at all. the standard tip for partial service is 10% but many still do 15%.