Quote Originally Posted by slipknotpsycho
you just had a 100$ dinner... what do you tip, if any at all?

just wondering... i can't consciencly walk out of a resturant without leaving a tip, but the wife, on bad service, prefers to just get up and walk out....
If the service is bad, the last thing I'm going to do is just walk out. I want them to fix it and I will let them know. I also am not going to wait until the bill comes to let them know things were sucking. Of course I can distinguish between the kitchen errors and the server errors but I will let someone know right away and if they don't fix it, I expect some compensation for it. A well run restaurant will want the chance to fix things. If it's the servers fault and they fix things, then they will get a tip, probably 15%. If they fix things and really go up and beyond to make amends for their errors or problems then they might even get a bigger tip. Usually though even if things are of average service I will give 15% and if things are good then 20% and if they kick ass 25-30% even. Of course the places that I go on a regular basis get big tips and they take care of me too.

Another reason why I won't stiff them on the tip without saying anything, some servers are too oblivious to the fact that they gave bad service and if you don't let them know they will just think they busted their ass for a bad tipper.