tipping
 

Right, Im sat at the bar, I order two budweisers, how much do i tip the barman?<BR>Fodors say $2 a drink! Frommers $1 a drink. I dont want to be tight fisted but i dont want to seem like donald trump throwing my cash around. advice please.<BR>

I say .50 a drink. At 3.50 a drink, sometimes less on tap, that's 15% - seems about right to me. $1 if I REALLY like the bartender. $2 seems eccessive.

The standard in NYC is $1/drink. Unless the bartender is really hot!

Hi Shaun,<BR>Suzanne is right, $1 per drink is standard.

It is really up to the bar tender. Was he good, bad, courteous,.....If fantastic I may levave $3-5 tip total.. If horrible, I leave what ever little change is my pocket. Is it the beginning of my trip? well I may be more generous, at the end I feel my money is running LOW and may be cheaper<BR>

Wow! Is $1 or more per drink standard outside of big cities? If so, I have been grossly undertipping at .50 - $1 a drink! Seemes logical since that amounts to 15-20%. My sincere apologies to all those bartenders out there who have served me a drink ......

in manhattan, at least $1 a drink is standard - if you are staying for a while, the bar is busy, and you're not running a tab, make sure to tip well at the beginning (unless YOU are really hot - in other words, I tip a lot for my first drink...)

thank you very much. but is the $1 tip for one drink? i`ve just bought two drinks so do i leave $2? Is it $1 a round? or $1 each drink, if i buy 5 drinks.... mamma mia! i`m gonna be skint.

Hi Shaun,<BR>Yes, it is $1 per drink. Buy 5 drinks and leave $5 etc.

i tip $1/drink but for meals, i double the tax as tip or leave $1 per $5 spent. so if the drink is expensive, maybe tip more.

I am becoming slowly more enlightened! Thanks, Shaun, for asking this question.<BR>But - does it matter if I order a $3 beer vs. a $7 mixed drink? Is it $1 per drink regardless of its price?<BR><BR>

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At a dive bar I might tip a little less after the first drink if I'm ordering multiple drinks at once. A couple of rounds in, I might tip $1 for two beers, but never less than that. And I'm much more likely to tip lower if I'm getting bottled beer rather than draft. <BR>At nicer bars, watch what the people around you tip. Unless the drink is really complicated or expensive, I think $1 is usually still ok.