When the bill in a restaurant include a service charge of say 15%, does the waiter who served you get that?

Question

Should I still tip the waiter if the bill includes a service charge?

Answer 1

Usually no. It's put into a pool & its split between all the servers, and possibly the bus boys.

Answer 2

the service charge is divided on the staff

I always tip  the water personally

Answer 3

normally nope its for everyone which normally the get it every end of the month.

Answer 4

no he doesn't receive tht, tip is apart and yes give a tip

Answer 5

It depends on the restaurant.  You could always ask the waiter or manager.  Some places they all pool the tips together and then they get a percentage and the bartender gets a percentage and the hostess at some places also get a percentage.  If it was a "nice" place then the waiter would get the tip but he would have to tip th bartender and sometimes the hostess as well.

Also I would tip 20%...

Answer 6

When there is a service charge or when you give a tip, the money usually never ends up being given to the person you thought you were giving the money to. Instead all the money collected in tips/service charges is pooled together and then at the end of the day split between everyone, even the hostess.