Tip Bartender?

[Grumbler]

so it looks like resturants charge 10% automatically. do bars do the same or i have to tip just like back in US? if so, how much do people usually tip?

[virago]

You don't have to tip and not all restaurants automatically add 10-15%. It's nice to leave a few dollars though at least and helps with more service if you are at a bar.

[wtbhotia]

Not all bars charge service charge, if you go to the bars like in Wan Chai, most dont have service charge. TIP is optional, if you just buy a botlle of beer for example and its HK$58, you give 60 and get 2$ back in change, I usually leave that as I dont want my pockets to be full of coins by the end of the night.

If you keep a running tab for the nights entertainment in the same bar and the total is big like for example $747 then I would give 800 and let them keep the change, all depending on the service off course, if it was SH!T then leave nothing.

If the bar already has a 10% service charge, I usually only leave the coins unless I know that place and the owner keeps the service charge for themselves then I will usually give a bit more.

[Rob2020]

don't forget the places which "give" you a bowl of nuts and charge for said nuts, no tips for them!

[methosb]

You don't have to tip and most don't have a service charge but they price the drinks in such a way to give you the maximum possible number of coins back in change for your notes in the hope that you will leave more coins to prevent your pocket filling up with a heap of shrapnel. It is seriously annoying because even a really heavy pocket of change usually can't pay for a single drink.

So if you are bar hopping try to conserve a lot smaller notes (the 10s, 20s and 50s) in your wallet so you can pay closer to the drink prices. Remember that they have $10 coins as well as notes here and they will very rarely give you $10 notes I change in a bar. If not bar hopping then try to stick to smaller places where you can run up a tab rather than paying individually for each drink to avoid this.

[drumbrake]

depends how many free drinks they give me.

[reprazent]

don't forget the places which "give" you a bowl of nuts and charge for said nuts, no tips for them!

oh i the hate bowl of nuts ripoff, oftenly the bill includes 100-200$ worth of nuts that didn't taste any good, but somehow you can't stop.

[mid_gen]

Yes the pile of 10 dollar coins in change is clearly deliberate and puts me off a place that does it!

[Cwbguy]

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Last time that happened to me I simply asked the waitress to go and get me two $10s or a $20.

With a rather sour face she did. No need accept that type of bs.

[East_coast]

TIP = To Insure Prompt service

A basic requirement of a 'bar' is to have prompt service. No frills beer and banter

Would you tip at the 7-11?