Dave Smith wrote:
> Juliana L Holm wrote:
>> No. You leave 15% for good service, more for excellent service. This has
>> tended to creep up, to more like 17% for good service, and 20% in some
>> fancier places and more expensive markets.
> Nuts to that. When you eat in a fancier more expensive place you are already
> paying more for the meal. If you are leaving a 15% tip on an expensive meal it is
> already a bigger tip than you would be paying in a less expensive place.
YMMV, of course. You may be paying a bigger tip, but you are usually getting
more services.
You also clipped the key part of my post.
Generally, a 15% tip will be accepted as at least a minimal tip anywhere in the
US, particularly when provided by a foreign tourist.
It is customary in some areas and in some restaurants to leave more. Generally
these are high end places where the server spends particularly more time with
you (and therefore has fewer customers) or in more expensive markets (like here
in Washington DC).
But 15% will be accepted pretty much everywhere, and 20% will be considere a
good tip everywhere, so anywhere in that range is just fine.
Julie
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