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What makes YOU give a better tip at a restaurant?

Be honest! What do you look for in a waiter/waitress or in a restaurant that makes you fork over a little more dough? And on the flipside what makes you tip less? P.S. Most waiters/waitresses in this country only make $2.33 an hour.

Public Comments

nice,happy,fast, and thats all i guess
If the server flirts with me I give a better tip.
remembering me the next time i come in, keeping my water full, honest and respective, outgoing.
promptness and being attentive....
I never tip less than 20%, but then I was a waitress myself...one thing that makes me tip more, though, is when the waiter or waitress says hello and smiles (I know, I'm easy) and also when they don't rush me at all...I know sometimes he or she just wants her shift to be over, but if they can pretend it's okay when my friends & I sit and talk over dessert, I like that!
i think probably appearcnce...i odnt want them to look liek a slob or ne thing and also politeness
Plenty of attention. I hate to sit and wait to make a request for anything, so a routine of stopping by and asking how things are going is a plus!
My husband leaves more tip if his cup is never empty.
I like personality
if they are nice and friendly i feel i have 2 give a good tip, but when all they did was get me soda and its a buffet then i dont tip cuz what did they really do 4 me?
more: they are friendly & there when the convo gets boring & when we need something less: they're not there when u need a refill or something, the convo at the table turns bad (u get in a bad mood), the waitress talks too much.
getting my order right, my drinks full and being friendly.
Two main things I look for: 1. Making sure my drink is always full. 2. Not being over-attentive. Please don't stop back every two minutes to asks "how are we doing here?!?!?!" in a sing-song voice. Just get me my order in a timely manner, keep my drink full and you're guarenteed 20%.
If the person that is waiting on me is smiles friendly, and acts like the care about their job and what's going on around them, then I leave a better tip. If they are acting like they don't want to be there then they get nothing. (If they don't like their job then they shouldn't be working for tips.)
Good service; not having to ask for soda/water refills; being up on whether I want another alcoholic beverage or not, delivering grub while it is still hot then checking back to ensure all is ok - What it boils down to is just being aware and having great timing which isn't that difficult thing to do usually -
I expect to be waited on within a couple minutes of sitting down and not an hour. It also helps when they are friendly and not get upset if their is a problem with an order an some even go that extra step to make sure your drinks are always full and see if you are alright & need anything.
getting my order correct,attentive and smiling...with a clean/neat appearence!
(1) Someone who is courteous, checks in once in a while, but not every 3 minutes! (2) Sees an empty glass of tea and doesnt ask if you want more, just fills it (duh, its empty is normal thought if they ask) (3) Food in good order (as ordered - no tomatoes, or other request) (4) Food is good, yes, even though the Waiter/Waitress may be perfect, bad food (cold, bad taste, etc) will affect my tip. My Mom is a waitress at a 'homestyle' type restaurant, where the average person would pay about $11 including soft drink, and she makes pretty good tips, due to the above. Most of all, I would say, be GENUINE. Dont Be Fake in your talk or actions.
If I feel like they were bing genuinely nice, I tip them more. If it looks too phony, and they seem pretentious, I tip less.
I always leave a decent tip, but what makes me tip more is if the waitstaff was very nice, very cordial, maybe did something "extra" for us like left us an extra side when we didn't pay for it, or gave my daughter a little treat or something. Basically schmoozing us will get a better tip. Tip less? Waitstaff that never comes around, takes forever to get back to the table, acts rushed, aloof, or just flat out rude.
good courteous service = good tip other wise they get nothing from me.
The kindness and personality of the wait person. When they act like they really are happy to help you or they make you laugh or you make them laugh...something that makes life more fun for both of you. I always tip but the extra goes to the person(s) I connect with.
Lots o cleavage and tight pants or a short skirt and no flabby bellies hangin out.
Very simple... Excellent Service = excellent tip, around 30%! Good Service = good tip, around 15 to 20%! Average Service = normal tip 10% to 15%! Poor Sercvice = less than 10% or no tip!
I give good tips because I used to wait tables! To give a really good tip now a few things are standard. Don't squat down the table level to get to know me. WRONG. DO NOT WEAR VISIBLE PIERCINGS. The absolute worst ones are the belly/navel piercings. Very trailer trash. Don't forget to share your tips with the cooks. Believe me, a lot more tip money will come your way because your orders comes out first and looks better. Write down the order. A lot of places now for some reason don't like to have the waiters write things down. Well, as a customer I really hate it when the order is wrong, or if you have to come back and ask for the order over again. I tip less when the wait staff does the tag team approach. I like to know that there's one person taking care of me, not 20. A busboy is one thing, but if someone seats me, someone else cleans the table, someone else gives me water, someone else takes my drink order, someone takes my food order and someone else delivers the food, the tip gets diluted too.
All I ask is be polite, come check on me a few times and don't make me wait forever for my check or my change. I start tipping at 20% unless service is just unbearable; in that case, not only do I not tip, but I ask to speak to a manager.
I love waiters and waitresses with character and a sense of humor...you'd be surprised how much a person could show off their personality by just taking orders.
A. Good personality B. Keeps drinks full C. Order is correct D. Attentive without being too pushy E. Asks if I want dessert F. Good hygene & appearance G. Asks if I want coffee after the meal I always tip generously because I have been a server before (for years) and I know how hard it is. But I don't put up with inattentive, slob servers with attitudes because I also know that there is no excuse for that kind of behavior or appearance.
My criteria for tipping is based on a score. 0-5 Each point represents a 5% tip. The highest I tip is 25% of the bill. I am extremely picky. First, if the restaurant is dirty, (including the restrooms)... that is an automatic deduction because it is all apart of the restaurant experience. A waiter or waitress is responcible for this because they represent this retaurant to me. They can push for these things to be cleaned in order for their customers to have an enjoyable dining experience. If the waiter or waitress is personable, professional, and clean.....I add points. If they seem unclean, rushed, rude, forgetful, overly apologetic, clumsy, slow, inaccurate... I deduct. It should be noted here... that I am also watching how they treat people at other tables as well. If they seem to be giving better service to another table than they are giving to me.... biggggg point deduction. Especially when they stand and talk with people at another table and leave me wanting service. NOT COOL. If food comes out cooked wrong. It is the waiter or waitresses fault. They should be attending to every detail of my food order to make sure that it is prepared EXACTLY right. I should not have to be the one who is made to send the food back. The waiter/waitress should not make me tell them that the food is not right. They should know by looking at it if it is right or not. I came to the restaurant to be waited on. If I wanted to deal with food prep I would have stayed home and cooked for myself. If the temperature in the restaurant is not comfortable. It effects the tip. If I can hear cooks and waiters and bus people talking loud, singing, or cussing in the kitchen because of an open door ....it most definitely effects the tip. Especially if I have children or my parents with me. If I have to wait for someone to 'clean' a table before I am seated while I am standing there next to the table... definite tip deduction. They can have me wait at the front of the restaurant until they can manage to 'get it together' before they drag me to a filthy dirty table while I watch them inadequate clean it with a filthy rag that should have been thrown away ten tables ago. If my chair has crumbs or food on it..... tip deduction. If the parking lot has pot holes.... or snow on it... or puddles that get my shoes wet or dirty.... or obvious garbage that, on a regular basis, no one has even attempted to clean up.....tip deduction. All of these things are a way to ruin a persons mood, which in turn ruins their appetite, which defeats the purpose of going out to eat. As a waiter/waitress.... you are a representative of this place as much as this place is a representation of you. Fair or not... if the restaurant looks, smells, or feels bad.... it is reflective of the servers and impacts them. They are the heartbeat of the facility and should push for better quality .... because it means dollars in their pocket.
It depends. I usually prefer male waiters, no offense to females but the males that I've seen tend to be older and a little more focused than most young girls. I tip on the higher side if they come over once for short meals, twice for a long dinner, are not intrusive (for example will wait for what seems to be a lull in our conversation or catches us at a time when we don't have to mumble "it's fine" with our mouths full,) will ask specific questions about the meal (I.E., is your steak tender, your potatos creamy...,) will always be smiling, speak properly and correctly (no ebonics,) and is attentive to us needed a refill on our water, extra napkins, etc. Tipping less would equate acting as if you are doing me a favor by waiting on me (because it's your job and I don't care how you look at it - you are server to serve me,) ignoring our requests for refills etc., asking if dinner is fine too many times (or worse if it's not to run away before we've got the chance to tell you why so,) having to repeat our requests many times (for example, we should only have to ask once for the check.)