Do you always tip in restaurants and what percentage?

[MightyMoMo]

If I've received good customer service, I'm more than happy to tip and tend to give around 10%. If the service has been poor or average (average being they take your order and give you your food but nothing above and beyond in terms of their interactions etc), then I don't tip. I've noticed the unhappy reaction I get when I don't tip but surely their level of service should warrant a tip? And are they not paid a wage aside from tips? Or is it me, and actually tipping in the UK is now the norm and highly frowned upon if you don't?

Yes if there is table service. It would have to be unusually bad for me not to. Minimum 10% (I round up, especially if amounts are small). Yes I think it is the norm. Everyone I go out with almost always tips. Many restaurants include service now which I prefer (and then I don't tip).

I don't tip. And if they've added a discretionary 12.5%, which they often do these days, I have no problem asking them politely to remove it. I wasn't planning on collecting it from the kitchen myself and I think the practice is outdated now people are paid a living wage. Also I resent it being added automatically. 12.5% is a lot extra if you've bought dinner and wine for 4 or 6 people so it's a nope from me!

I don't do percentages, I just leave whatever money I/we decide at the time if the service has been good.

I've never noticed any kind of reaction if I haven't tipped.

I tend to give 10% unless the service is bad, or don't have any change. I've never noticed a bad reaction if we havent left a tip.

I don't tip.

I generally tip £1 per person. I don't eat in expensive places so any more than that and the tip costs more than the meal!

Always 10%

I tip a minimum of 10% unless the service has been absolutely shocking .

* I don't tip. And if they've added a discretionary 12.5%, which they often do these days, I have no problem asking them politely to remove it. I wasn't planning on collecting it from the kitchen myself and I think the practice is outdated now people are paid a living wage. Also I resent it being added automatically. 12.5% is a lot extra if you've bought dinner and wine for 4 or 6 people so it's a nope from me!*

^This. Tipping is an outdated practice

10%
or nothing if i dont have change

10% usually or 15% if very good service - if bad I leave nothing 🤷‍♀️

I don't tip. I assume that all costs are included in the price of the food. I am happy with minimal table service such as ordering at the bar, or a cafe with a buzzer to collect my food. Since there's no option to opt out of the service component I don't expect to pay for it separately though.

At least 10% unless it's terrible service. Up to 15% or in amazing cases (when DD was small and messy and they insisted on cleaning up when we offered) 20%. But thats very rare.

Obviously this is in table service places.

DH is Canadian and tries to tip at the bar in pubs

Minimum 10% - usually rounded up to nearest £5. I ask to make sure digital payment goes to the staff or management. If management I’ll do it in cash.

I’ve waited at tables. It’s bloody hard work and the staff deserve it. Very surprised at the number of people who don’t abide by this social norm. Why do people think it’s outdated?

I tip always unless it is really bad. But the amount goes up the better the service has been. I also leave money for hotel cleaners on the pillow - no one ever tips them and it is a crummy low paid job even at nice hotels.

Usually around 10%.
Where are you eating so cheaply Rockbird? Even Gregg's is more than that.

I’ve waited at tables. It’s bloody hard work and the staff deserve it. Very surprised at the number of people who don’t abide by this social norm. Why do people think it’s outdated?
The minimum wage is the same across industries. I work bloody hard for £10 an hour, carers work bloody hard, I'd say most other people on minimum wage or just above do too.

I never tip anyone. Horrible practice.

The minimum wage is the same across industries. I work bloody hard for £10 an hour, carers work bloody hard, I'd say most other people on minimum wage or just above do too.

Nobody disagrees with you. We’re not talking about carers - we’re taking about waiting staff.

Not for the recipient

Very rare for us to tip, would if they were exceptional. I don't understand the fascination with tipping in restaurants. The servers get paid for doing the job

I don't tip when I go to the supermarket

@MissFranKubelik

The minimum wage is the same across industries. I work bloody hard for £10 an hour, carers work bloody hard, I'd say most other people on minimum wage or just above do too.

Nobody disagrees with you. We’re not talking about carers - we’re taking about waiting staff.

I'm pretty sure they meant that it's odd to tip waiting staff when they are getting paid the same money as other minimum wage staff. In countries like the US the servers get paid a paltry amount because the norm is that they earn their pay through tipping. We have the minimum wage requirement

We tip if we're happy with the service. I don't go off a percentage though, I usually just round up to the nearest 5 or 0

I’m glad I came across this thread as I was going to start a very similar one.
I’ve recently noticed that more and more restaurants are adding the 12.5% service charge as standard practice. They used to only do this for parties of 6 or more.
It makes me irrationally angry.
A tip is supposed to be in recognition of good service. Adding it to the bill as standard practice is not a tip - it’s like it’s expected.
They know it makes some people feel embarrassed asking for it to be taken off so people just pay it.
I always ask for it to be taken off as a matter of principle and then leave what I think is deserved. If I receive good service then I will be generous. If not, then I won’t.
Seriously, where is the incentive for providing a good service of the tip is guaranteed?
And for what it’s worth, I have worked many minimum wage jobs and never received a tip!

Yes usually around 10% maybe more or less just rounding it up roughly to nearest pound. I foolishly just tip regardless 🙈 most of time service is very gd. I round down from 10% if it maybe hasn't been up to scratch.

I can only remember one time not leaving a tip as they were so slow, not attentive and we ended up paying at the bar! We had cinema booked and it took 2hrs to get served 2courses and we had to throw the food down our throats.