Rome: Ask for the bill

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• johnpond on Apr 8, 10 at 02:20 AM

  How can service be included when you are expected to add another 10% -Wake up.

• deedoublehue on Apr 8, 10 at 09:34 AM

  I have a friend who has lived in Rome for the past 25 years. When I recently visited her, she told me never ever leave a tip! She says it's always included and, in all her years of living there, she has followed this advice.

• barnabypage on Apr 8, 10 at 09:53 AM

  People often leave a few small coins as a token, but certainly nothing as formal - or substantial - as a double-digit percentage. For example, if the change came to less than a euro I would leave it.

• romatravel on Apr 8, 10 at 10:32 AM

  if the service is included it will say it on the bill. or you could ask the waiter "servizio e' incluso" most people are very honest.

• mbloggs on Apr 8, 10 at 05:22 PM

  I lived in Italy for a year or so recently and Italians don't tip! You leave the few small coins at a bar when you get coffee but in a restaurant, no.

• caroline_edinburgh on Apr 19, 10 at 10:18 AM

  I've never been anywhere in Europe where the bill is brought without being asked for - in fact I've only come across that in the US. If it were to happen to me I'd feel we had misbehaved and were being thrown out.