Can anyone give me a run down on tipping in New York. I’ll be staying in a hotel on 37th Street 7th Avenue, and will most likely not stray outside of Manhatten much.
I heard that you tip 20% to waiters. 20% :eek:. If I take a girl to dinner and spend £100 I have to leave £20 tip! That seems insane to me, but I don’t want to rip anyone off.
I’ll likely go to wide variety of places ie expensive and dirt cheap bars and restaurants. I’ll shop at the supermarkets and delis. Also the hotel I’m staying in is the Southgate Tower, seems pretty smart. What should I do about tipping the doormen, bellhops and concierge?
Waiters should get anything from 15-20%, depending on the service. I usually just double the tax (8.25%) and then adjust a few dollars if necessary. I’d tip the bellhop a dollar or two for each piece of luggage. I’d only tip the concierge if he was especially helpful. Skip tipping the doorman unless he spends ten minutes in the rain trying to hail you a cab.
W/W have been covered. If you get an expensive ($80+) bottle of wine, subtract $10 (of the $16 portion) from the total.
I don’t usually tip concierges either, unless they went over and above their normal duties.
Room Service: 10% is plenty, especially when you see the bill
Pubs: With the exception of clubs, don’t tip after each drink. Leave your $ (£ don’t work well here) at you spot on the bar, the bartender will take it and give you change. Leave it there and replenish as needed. When your all done, leave the bartender $10-$15 depending on buybacks.
Hacks: $3-$5 depending on the length of the trip and less if they smell bad.
Yuck!
Whenever I’m in a nice city hotel, I never tip for room service. It says right on the menu and on the bill that a 15% gratuity and a few-dollar delivery fee has already been added to the bill. Why should I give them more?
Am I pissing off the room service folks? This would be bad, as I sometimes spend a week in a hotel, providing them ample time to spit in my food.
My ex and I used to be room service hounds, I always threw the guy $5-10 cash cuz per visit cuz I knew I’d be seeing him or another staffer several times during the weekend.
I’m not quite clear what you mean, do you mean don’t tip on the 80 bucks for the bottle of wine?
Why? I hate to bring this up again and again, but waitstaff is taxed and must tip out other restaraurant employees (bartenders, table cleaners and hosts) out of their SALES total, that includes the wine and the dessert and the extra side of french fries, the ENTIRE BILL.
I could’ve sworn this thread was called “Tripping in New York,” which is an entirely different discussion.
As others have said, tip waiters 15-20 percent, depending. Anything much below 15% would be considered rude. Anything much more than 20% would be considered unusually generous.
I can see how it would seem unreasonable to have to tip so much, but your meal would cost more if the resaraunts paid the servers a livable wage, which they don’t. You just have to factor in the tip as part of the cost of the meal.
I generally tip taxis $2 and change (so if the meter says $7.30, I’d give $10), unless it’s a very short trip. Some tip more, others less, but anything less than a dollar is a snub.