do you give a tip everytime you eat in a restaurant?

Everytime, service charge or not. I was a waitress once. It is nice to receive a tip on a table and not just for the monetary benefit but it feels good. It is a token of appreciation. I do not usually dine during service charge hours, which I find are mostly in the mid morning and early afternoon. When I dine out, it is usually in the evening. Regardless, if I receive good to exceptional service, I always tip. There have been very few times where I haven't tipped. The reason is because my order was screwed up or there was a problem with the food. If a waitress doesn't serve with a smile and enthusiasm or if my plate is not taken away as soon as I am finished with it. Also, if I am waiting for beverages or anything else for too long, I wont tip. I expect superb service to warrant a tip.

hahahaha!! I never do when I was in the Philippines. I have no idea about giving tip because I always eat in fast food where you will serve yourself. I seldom eat in restaurant where there are waiters and waitress to serve you. But when I arrived here, I observed that people always leave $2 or $5 on the table before paying on the counter. That's the time I understand the whole thing about the life of waiters and waitresses specially that I have a friend who works in a restaurant here and she said, the tip is their life.. hahaha because it is bigger than their salary.

I usually give a tip. I will give a real good tip if the service is very good. I give a regular 10% tip if the service is average. I will give them some change for a tip if they were below average. And if they are one of those types of waitress/waiters that don't pay me any attention because they use their inductive reasoning and think that Black People don't tip - They gets NOTHING!

I only tip when the service is good, It doesn't have to be fantastic as I know they have other customers, but a refill within 15 minutes or just checking to see if anything is needed every 1/2 hour or so will get someone a tip from me. It doesn't matter if it is added into the bill either, if you do good I will tip.

I started my career from restaurants & know the importance of tips. This is the only good thing about working in a restaurant. What i mean is the timimings are odd, you are always on your feet, You try your best to please others but end up being picked up for other's faults. So why deprive these people of the one benefit - TIP? Recently i had a very strange experienece: there was a beggar ouside the door of a restaurant that i avoided. I usually don't give money to beggars. I finished my snack at the restaurant & tipped the waiter as usual, and imagine what this waiter does!!!!, he takes this money and gives it to the beggar outside, he aslo had a few kind words for the beggar. This experience was really humbling for me.

Rarely do I eat out. To be honest it's expensive. When I do though it isn't the calibor of place that adds tips to your ticket. In this instance, I do leave a tip because some waitresses get below minimum wage figuring their tips are enough to bring their earnings up. Legally, they can do this. So yes, I tip because I was a waitress too in my younger years. It isn't easy and I'm thankful to anyone that can do tha job.

Well I know some places do put on a service charge but are the waiters guaranteed to get that tip or do the owners keep it? Especially if you pay on your credit card and put in extra for a tip, whats to say they actually receive it. My new boyfriend is a waiter and his tips do add to his wages and it makes him feel as if he is doing a good job if he receives something. If you love the service why not give a little extra, I do. But not if its rubbish, then I don't leave anything.

I do normally give a tip, but the amount of the tip depends on the service, 15% if the service is good, 10% if it is average, and 5% if it is not so good. I guess if I don't get good service then I shouldn't get a tip, since it is their job to serve me my food. I always look at the bill, though.

I used to be a waitress for many years, so I feel tipping has been part of my regular routine for as long as I can remember. I used to go to placed where the gratuity was already added into the bill, and it was clearly marked for customers to see on their slips, so I didn't tip there. That rarely happens around here anymore, so I make sure to tip.

hi! this will vary. if they charge service fee i never give tips. but if there is not additional service fee then i am giving tip to the waiter.

If I have extra money. I surely will. I can just imagine the joy of the waiters or any person rendering service in receiving tips. I remember when I was still working on a telegraph co., during my younger days, an old man a retired judge always give me 100 pesos everytime he sends telegram. He would always say "for your cream". I'm happy for his gesture and I know he's happy too in giving.

never i dont give any tip when i go for restaurant.

Whenever i am on a date i never forget to give the tip wherether the services are good or not because its shows status symbol.

I give a tip most of the time but sometimes I'm in too much of a hurry, especially if its subway or mcdonalds or someplace like that. But when I do it's usually about 20 dollars regardless of the bill.

Its all depend on the situation, location and importantly the service. If the food is good, and the service is lousy, it turns me off. I wont bother to tips them. If the service is good and the food is only so so, I dont mind tipping the waiter or waiteress. Sometimes, if the restaurant have a share a tip policy, I wont give unless all the waitress or waiter showed that they really give good service. This is to be fair to those who work hard and try to please the patrons of the restaurant.

it would not be a problem as long as I have enough cash. Woudln't it be wonderful for the waiter to have an extra tip afterwards, it would bring a smile to his lips. Wouldn't it be good to make people happy? If I had the means I would tip everyone who served me. it would make a better place to live in if we give off a little of what we have. it wont hurt. happy mylotting.

in my country ,there is no need to give a tip when you eat in a restaurant, if you insist giving a tip ,I think the waiter won't mind,all their earning is salary .

AH. it seems we don't have your luck on ourplace here, i seldom go out to eat last year, but once i ate outside most of the times they destroudied my good mood becasue they really don't sever good, the foods, the severice attitude, that's what we complained the severice level here, wish they can enhance this part later on.

It's true that many restaurants do have the gratuity added on but it's still nice to give more of a tip if the waiter did a good job. Most of the time the gratuity is a set amount like 15% and a lot of times I will tip 20 or more depending on how well the waiter did. So I just add on to the gratuity if I would normally pay 20 I look and see the gratuity of 15% and add 5% more of the original tip. But also if the waiter did horrible I still leave a tip whether there was a gratuity or not but you do it like 1 or 2 percent that will really make them know they did a bad job.

I have worked in a restaurant before and know that usually waiters are underpaid. It is a pretty stressful job and even the smallest tip is better than nothing. I think also it depends on the waiter and his attitude and how much attention is payed to you, bad service bad tip. But i usually try and be fair so i use my tip calculator on my phone and round up to the nearest dollar, but yea, ever since working as a waiter i tip almost everytime