General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: I give God 0% so you get 28%...LMAO! [View all]it is based on service and price of meal.
typically, I tip 15% for bad service, 20% for good service. more than 20% for really good service.
I also tip more than 20% when I order something that is typically below expected ordering. For example, I do not eat a lot. Frequently, my husband and I will either order appetizers for both courses or else each order an appetizer and then split an entree. We don't do this because we are cheap, we do this because we can not eat an entire entree. So, we typically tip more than 20% when we do this because I do not feel the server should be penalized because we are not ordering the normal one entree per person.
As a server, I do not expect people to do the same. Most just don't think about these things. And I really do not mind when people order appetizers for entrees or split an entree. It can be a bummer though when a lot of tables do this during one night.