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How much do you tip at a restaurant?
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this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2025
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20% for excellent service.
It goes down from there. Yes zero tip is acceptable if the service sucked. If I ordered medium rare steak and I get well done steak. I normally won’t deduct that from the tip since that is a hard one for the server to see. But if it’s something they could have seen and didn’t fix, yeah I’m probably reducing the tip.
The tip is for service above and beyond, not a required part of the bill.
If my food sucks and the service was good, I tip them specifically in cash and tell them not to mention it, so it looks like I didn't tip to the restaurant but it doesn't screw the wait staff. It also makes the restaurant pay just a tiny bit more in payroll.
Pretty much what I also do