re: What do you tip at a restaurant?

15 for dogshit service
20 for mediocre service
25 for good service
30 for exceptional experience
50 if i have a friend working

served and bartended for years in college, probably a little too generous. i get treated very well on return trips

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served and bartended for years in college, probably a little too generous. i

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My biggest problem. In the moment I'll be like frick it and then be like "shite that was way too much"


You'd be amazed how many of my friend will come when I'm bartending and not tip shite.

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Here's a tip. When your drinking at a bar (and your going to be there for more than 2 or 3 rounds), give the bartender 20$ and tell them your going to be there a while.

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I'm sure I've told this story before, but here's a good place to repeat it. I went to a game in Gainesville years ago. We ate and watched the afternoon games at a bar. Well we end up getting kicked out of the stadium that night for having liquor on us. I still say I was targeted since I wasn't wearing Gator colors.

We go back to the bar we spent the afternoon in to watch the rest. No big deal as our seats were upper level corner of the end zone. That afternoon my dad left his card to pay and walked to the bathroom. We had been sitting at the bar. I didn't know he had given the guy a large cash tip. I added 30% to the bill and signed the receipt. Later I hand him his card back and tell him he forgot it. Told him about the tip and he just had to laugh it off. It paid off big time. We are both shorter guys and in a crowded bar during a game it can be hard to get a bartenders attention. Dude spots me about 8 deep and yells at me to come up front. We got awesome service all night.

20% at any restaurant however, if My meal is maybe a $10 lunch at a full service diner, I'll leave a $5 or so.

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Here's a tip. When your drinking at a bar (and your going to be there for more than 2 or 3 rounds), give the bartender 20$ and tell them your going to be there a while.

Guaranteed better service and stronger drinks.

When someone tips me up front at my bar, they're going to get served first no matter what a-hole is standing next to them waving their card around.

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Bingo. If I'm running a tab, I always tip the bartender in cash up front and make it worth their while. This has paid off so much it's not even funny.

Double tax.

Tree fiddy

Bill last night at Shulas steakhouse in Houston was $200 even. Left $60 tip on top so 30%. Generally leave 25% at casual restaurants.

I do 20% of the food/drink bill. I dont tip on the tax.

Plus a lot more based on how hot she is. I've doubled the bill before