20% Service charge at Miami Beach restaurants

[Anonymous]

Tip 0. You know why these do this, right? It's racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in Miami recently and asked the server/bartender if she was going to get it. She said yes. So no more tipping in Miami!

+1

If this happens to me, I definitely ask the server if they get the 20% service charge to remind them that I am not "stiffing" them when I do not add any additional tip. They still probably feel insulted, but it makes me feel better about the interaction.

If a server went above and beyond, then I will add an additional 5 to 10%.

I asked a server in Miami Beach. He told me that the service charges go into a tip pool and doesn't go directly to the server.

But that's normal with most tips anyway. They split with the cooks/washers/bussers/bartenders. I just want to make sure that it goes to the workers and doesn't just go straight to the owner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So no tip when there is a service charge?

No tip from me if 20% service charge unless service was once in a lifetime exceptional.