What is good tipping in a bar?!
What is good tipping in a bar?
Last night I bought a glass of draft beer in a bar, and the price was $5.50CDN (the same as $4.97 US). I tipped the bartender $1.50 (what would be $1.35 US). Getting home, I thought on this and I know that was a 27% tip. Would a 15% tip have been enough?
Answers:
15% I think is still the general "expected" amount...for a drink in a bar, I'll often tip a dollar, or the coin change from my payment, if it's more than just a few cents.
I usually leave $1.00 no matter what I buy.
I try to tip at least 20% because waitresses and bartenders are overworked and underpaid.
$1 for any combination of drinks below $10, so order a pitcher....
I always use 15% as a guideline. Good service has no limit. Average service 15%. Poor service, I talk to the manager.
If it's only one drink you're having then I would leave them the tip at that time, otherwise if you're in it for more than a few drinks, I wouldn't tip them until I'm done then 15% is the customary amount. Depending on service of course. Hope this helps.
I usually leave a dollar every time I get a drink. Some times when the price is sat 2.25 I give 3 bucks and thats that. It all depends no more than a dollar though. Also in places where they charge 5 or 6 bucks for a can of beer, I leave no tip yeah maybe thats not right but the way I figure it, a can of beer costs the bar about 40 CENTS, they can pick up the tip on that one.
Inflation seems to have kicked in; back 20 years, 15% was standard in bars and restaurants, now they're saying 18% and perhaps soon it will become 20%.
Is anyone else here getting tired of all the outstretched palms?
In restaurants, I personally tip 15% and a little more to round the total up to whole dollars if the service is OK; more if the service was particularly delightful or if I needed some special attention. If the tab is tiny (like your bar tab) I often go higher just because I hate jingling coins. Cab drivers, concierges, and shoe shiners get similar consideration. And I do NOT tip hotel room cleaning services, airport shuttle bus drivers, newspaper delivery, tour guides, or any of the other johnny-come-latelies to the gratuity trough.
depends. was the service really good or just so-so. i think a tip should depend on how you are treated by your waiter/bartender, not on what society dictates. i'm sure you have other things to worry about besides if you tipped a bartender enough.
take it from a bartender 1 us dollar a beer works so whatever your money makes to us give a dollar
If you are not running a tab and paying as you go you should tip $1 a drink. Always remember to tip as you go. You may have good intentions to tip at the end of the night, but your bartender doesn't know that. He/she will assume you are cheap and you will get slower service and possible weaker drinks.
If you are running a tab-weather you eat or not the tip should be 20%. Only if your service was good. Now if the bar is very busy and you see your bartender working his/her butt off and your service was a bit slow, he/ she still deserves a good tip.
If the bartender is ignoring you, being a jerk or just lousy then you decide 10-15%.
If you think the drink prices are to expensive and that is the reason you do not tip, then you should NOT be drinking at that establishment. You should party where you can afford to be. DO NOT take it out on the bartender because you cannot afford that particular establishment.
Bartenders only get paid around $4 to $6 an hour. We have to put up with drunks, rude people and long hours. Yes that is our choice only because the job pays well if the patrons keep their end of the deal.
In closing I would like to say that patrons should remember their manners! "Please" and "Thank" You go a long way!