Would you ask for the bill or pay at the cashier?

Did you mention carrot cake? Sorry Wiz I got totally sidetracked by the mention of carrot cake, I am anyone's for a slice of carrot cake, I hope it had walnuts in it, yum, I just fancy a bit, of carrot cake that is, as for paying the bill, well I much prefer the waiter or waitress comes to my table, that way I can give them a cash tip and know that they are getting it, whereas if you pay at the desk if anyone is around you don't know if they have to put it in the till or share it or it goes direct to the owner!

Usually we set and wait for the bill to come to us. Alot of times have to ask for it too!

hi lordwrwizard, some time i ask for the bill and some time i pay at cashier.. its depends on the situation. but often i ask for bill. have a nice day..

I would rather have the bill brought to me, since in any case I will be billed for the service charge. You can also see from this the service of the waiter/waitress and whether their professionalism would encourage to go back to dine at the restaurant again. However there was one incidence whether I was billed before the food was served because there was too much crowd for the restaurant to handle with its limited staff.

If I'm dining out with you, I will bolted off somewhere and leave you to settle the bill, lol! "naughty bunny"Um, breakfast at 6:40PM???I normally split the payment when dining out with friends. Though my best friends always insisted they will shoulder the payment, I was too embarrassed to give in to their whims. Coming from a Chinese family, I noticed they love to play fencing when settling the bills. They never even bothered to check on the receipt, just threw in their cards or wads of money.

It is according to how much of a hurry i am in. If i am in a rush i will go to the cashier but if I'm not in a rush i will enjoy my coffee and wait for it to come to me.

Our restaurants here usually have one or the other pal , Some you pay when you order and some you pay after the meal , we are not usually given the option :) xx

Usually we wait for the bill to come to us than we pay at the table. And there are some places we wait for the bill and than have to pay it at the cashier.

I guess you and your friend were playing the game of "who gets the credit or debit card out first" and he won. That is what happens with us. Usually it is my husband, or our sons, and when the hostess brings us the bill, the first one who gives her the credit card wins. We prefer it that way , although it depends. Some places we have to go to the cashier.

I really don't think it makes a difference as long as it is paid..maybe your friend wanted to pay for your breakfast as well, so he took off to pay...I have done it both ways.some places bring you the bill and other places you go pay as you are leaving..

I have always thought it to be customary for the waitress/waiter to bring the bill to the table. I then take the bill to the till unless I have cash and the waitress offers to take the money at the table.

personally, I prefer to ask for the bill. In fact, I get rather annoyed at proper restaurants that don't bring the bill to my table. Din tai fung is one of them. I know that this saves time for the waiters and waitresses, but after all, I am charged 10% service charge, and surely this can include getting the bill brought to my table so i don't have to queue and stand to wait to make payment! The same goes for japanese restaurants such as sakae sushi and ichiban boshi. tsk. some people prefer to go pay at the counter because they feel that it saves them time too. you could wave to a waitress for the bill, and only get it a very long wait later because they are collating a set of bills so that one person can walk around with a huge stack and dish them out, and then it takes longer for them to collect your credit card, and then get you to sign it and then process and return it again. for small coffeeshops like toast box or ya kun or what you seem to have experienced, I don't mind going up to pay since it's a small amount and not quite a full lunch or dinner. and usually those places don't have service charge anyway since you have to queue to make your order and pick up your food anyhow. :)

I like to get the bill ahead of time so i can decide how i'm paying and on a tip. I then like to take the bill to the cashier to pay. Sometimes if you want to pay at the table i find you wait alot longer for the waiter or waitress to come back.

When it comes to restaurant bills, I would prefer to pay the bill at the register. There have been many occasions when I am ready to leave a restaurant after I have finished a meal but can't because I'm still waiting for the server to bring me the bill. I understand they are busy at times and feel it would be easier on both myself and the server if they did not have to worry about delivering the bill to the table. Also, at places where the server does bring the bill to the table, sometimes I feel it is brought too soon. I am left wondering if they are just doing that so they don't forget later or if they are trying to rush me out to get their next tip.

I will normally wait for the bill to be brought to me. There is one place we go though that very often does not bring the bill in a timely manner so we will often go to the cashier to pay.

I always have to see the bill before I pay. there have been times where the amount was not correct. So that is why I make sure I see the bill before hand of paying. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

Most places here either has a cashier or brings the bill to the table, and you can't do both. So I guess I kind of prefer the having the bill brought to me so I can settle up in the comfort of my table rather than waiting in some line to settle up.

I normally prefer to have the bill brought to me. Unless I cannot wait to go off, I will go straight to the cashier. It is one good signal if the company I am in can catch it. Though rare, I do go to the counter so that no one will "rush" to pay with me. I prefer not to owe people favours. LOL.

It really doesn't matter to me how my bill is given or if I go to the cashier unless I'm with someone that can't be trusted to pay their part of the bill. In that case I'd ask for two separate bills to be made one of myself and one of the other party otherwise, it doesn't matter how I recieved the bill.

hi lordwarwizard as I am phyically handicapped with a left leg in a brace its hard for me to balance myself for more than a few minutes at the check out standso if the waitress brings me the bill and takes my credit card I will love it as its so much easier for me to sit down and pay my bill. often too they do this for me at my favorite restaurant.