Gratuity....

LagunaBeachCA said:
Joey:

Just tip as you would tip in the US, and you will be fine. I always tip 20% on meals. If the server has been very nice and helpful I would go 30%. On the flip-side if the server is a jerk then I would leave nothing.

For drinks at a bar if it is under €2.50, I give them €3. Anything more than €3 it is €1 - €1.5 per drink.
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On the drinks, you're right.

On the restaurant bill, in all the countries I've visited, only in the US is 15-20% considered the norm. I think 10% is much more broadly accepted and in some places (Paris, for example) a couple euros is normal (though I'll usually leave 10% for good service anyway)
 
grego said:
:lol: :lol: :lol:

are catalans renombrados for that then throughout spain?? the scottish have the same reputation here (well in england at least):lol:
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people from my city are amongst the most generous people i've ever met. maybe the same doesn't apply for the rest of scotland.....
 
Don't really believe in tipping unless the money recieved from it is built into their pay structure. I'll leave some change that's it. And if I'm paying by card they can forget about 10%. If it's good service then I'll give a bit but this tip built into the price society is a joke. You don't do it PC World etc. and arguably get more informative, important service. I'm quite flush and not tight just really hate the principle of it.
 
At some of the posh restaurants in town here you get paid per shift, usually about 5 hrs, and usually about £5 per shift, and if you don't make minimum wage up in tips they'll give it to you, but generally you make more in tips.

Funking cheeky I think :evil:

tipping is a funny thing, don't really believe in it, the whole point of going to a restaurant is to pay for food and service, not just food and then service is extra :roll:

I do always tip though, unless it's really bad service. Feel awful if I don't. Trouble is I always find myself adding to the tip when I don't think it's enough and so dinners out with cheap friends always cost more for me than they should :roll: :lol:
 
I'm very sorry the government taxes their tips, that's farked up. That ain't my fault. It would seem to me that waitresses are one of the many groups the government farks in the ass on a regular basis. Look, if you ask me to sign something that says the government shouldn't do that, I'll sign it, put it to a vote, I'll vote for it, but what I won't do is play ball. And as for this non-college bullshiat I got two words for that: learn to farkin' type, 'cause if you're expecting me to help out with the rent you're in for a big farkin' surprise.

Yeah, so there.

:lol: :lol: :lol:
 
WeLuvIbiza said:
For me it is definitely subject to my mood in part. On Sunday morning whilst having a leisurely beer waiting for the misus to wake up pre Space, I asked for the bill for the beer "2 euro please" . I gave her 4 and she asked "You want another?", which I didn't and left her the money.

I would agree generally on the 10% as a rule of thumb for food, drinks I don;t think tips are generally expected, more hoped for. Rarely have I left a tip in a club for drinks!!
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WOW....thanks for all the info. You really see some cultural differences on this topic....in the states the standard is usually 20% or higher on all food/drink bills, and usually $1.00 for every drink when you get it from the bar. When you don't tip the bartenders in the clubs in Ibiza how do they make any money?!?! I know bartenders in washington,dc that make over $1000 a night on tips in the high profile clubs.

In any case, you are correct in saying that it should be based on the service.

Thanks.
 
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