Do you guys tip at mid range restaurants?
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I’m more than happy to tip after good service or a great meal. The amount will depend on the quality.
I do get irritated by service charges being added to the bill - especially if I have just received crappy or average service.
A tip (to me) is a reward earned rather than a standard expectation. If someone who has been playing on Facebook and not paying attention to diners thinks that I am a Cheap Charlie for not tipping then so be it.
I do get irritated by service charges being added to the bill - especially if I have just received crappy or average service.
A tip (to me) is a reward earned rather than a standard expectation. If someone who has been playing on Facebook and not paying attention to diners thinks that I am a Cheap Charlie for not tipping then so be it.
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Who considers $3-$4 a 'mid-range' price bracket ?florian wrote:This issue is so confusing ... don't want to pay extra every day, I know the value of money here and usually the food is overpriced anyway ... I'm talking about restaurants where meals are like 3-4 dollars
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I tip 10% if the service is decent and the clientel are primarily western. If it is an "every day" Cambodian restaurant with primarily Cambodian customers, I do not tip. If it is a nicer place, I'll generally tip a few thousand riel but probably not over 5%--usually if i am in a place like that I am with my girlfriend, so I just let herfigure out the tip.
Exactly. While I certainly tip at mid range restaurants, I don't usually tip at places where a meal is less than $5. I've always assumed they are primarily for locals and nobody tips there.Playboy wrote:Who considers $3-$4 a 'mid-range' price bracket ?florian wrote:This issue is so confusing ... don't want to pay extra every day, I know the value of money here and usually the food is overpriced anyway ... I'm talking about restaurants where meals are like 3-4 dollars
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I always tips, only the amount differs.
Usually, I leave the small change if it was average service. More if it was a good experience.
I tip more on the place I go often .
And yeah, ktv costs a lot in tips sometime even more that the bill
Usually, I leave the small change if it was average service. More if it was a good experience.
I tip more on the place I go often .
And yeah, ktv costs a lot in tips sometime even more that the bill
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I tip for good service.
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Off course there is room, just take a smaller share yourself.LoneStar wrote:It is easy to say that bar owners should pay their staff a living wage. The reality is if you raise the price of beer even a quarter in an attempt to accomplish this....you lose a great number of customers.....who will be shocked at the "greed" of the bar owner. In the hyper competitive bar market in Phnom Penh....there is no room to raise staff wages much above what your competition is paying. The low staff wages are in effect subsidizing your cheap beer. If a bar owner decided that he would pay all staff 500.00 per month and raised beer prices to 2.50-3.00 to achieve this (not sure if that would be enough)....he would be out of business.
Always amazes me when people buy into a flawed business model and expect donations from customers so their staff doesn't go hungry.
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If most (non-hostess) bar owners took a smaller share they would be running at a loss or at an insufficient profit to make a living.Visser wrote:
Off course there is room, just take a smaller share yourself.
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Does that mean you tip or not?gavinmac wrote:If most (non-hostess) bar owners took a smaller share they would be running at a loss or at an insufficient profit to make a living.Visser wrote:
Off course there is room, just take a smaller share yourself.
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Aren't business owners also subject to the holy law of supply and demand, or is it only consumers?gavinmac wrote:If most (non-hostess) bar owners took a smaller share they would be running at a loss or at an insufficient profit to make a living.Visser wrote:
Off course there is room, just take a smaller share yourself.
i generally do, but i don't do math. if its small meal, then whatever small bills i have. if its big expensive meal, then i tip bigger. most of the time if its a nice spot, i get treated nice. a lot of the cheaper spots, sometimes they can be rude, and then i just pay the bill.
also, if its a local area that i go to alot, and they remember that i'm a tipper, they treat me better.
also, if its a local area that i go to alot, and they remember that i'm a tipper, they treat me better.
I often see Khmers tipping their small riel notes at these low end places - 1,000 riel, maybe 2,000 riel - which is still 5-10%. If anything I tip most of the time between 2000KHR on the budget local stuff, through to $1 even for mid-range, 90% of the time & service dependent. If the service is atrocious I don't tip, aside from to say "Your service is atrocious - have you considered applying for a job at Metfone?". On very rare occasion, and the service is absolutely outstanding I will tip more.Alex wrote:Exactly. While I certainly tip at mid range restaurants, I don't usually tip at places where a meal is less than $5. I've always assumed they are primarily for locals and nobody tips there.Playboy wrote:Who considers $3-$4 a 'mid-range' price bracket ?florian wrote:This issue is so confusing ... don't want to pay extra every day, I know the value of money here and usually the food is overpriced anyway ... I'm talking about restaurants where meals are like 3-4 dollars
One other factor is the service that I'm expecting vs the price I'm paying - Topaz being a great example of usually very 'ordinary' service, yet top end prices - they get the $1 the same as any other mid-range accordingly. There's only one "switched on" waitress I've come across there, was happy to give $5 - great food, great service = decent tip.
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