Tipping in Sweet Tomatoes?

[Trueblue88]

We always leave $4 tip

[pinkspideruk]

usually leave $1 per person at buffet places if they have cleared plates etc sometimes round up to $5 (for the 3 of us) if exceptional service - put it into perspective if you do a disney buffet they expect a 18-20% tip for doing the exact same thing (and sometimes a lot less)

[Love*my*hols]

Originally Posted by pinkspideruk

usually leave $1 per person at buffet places if they have cleared plates etc sometimes round up to $5 (for the 3 of us) if exceptional service - put it into perspective if you do a disney buffet they expect a 18-20% tip for doing the exact same thing (and sometimes a lot less)

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I was thinking exactly the same thing myself! No more 18-20% at Disney buffets for us,I would rather leave more for the served at somewhere like STs.

[deanobrown]

Originally Posted by Moorlandman

$1 per plate or $2 if good service

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There's no way I'm tipping $50 for a buffet!

[mick]

Originally Posted by deanobrown

There's no way I'm tipping $50 for a buffet!

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Is that 50 platesworth of poor service or 25 platesworth of good service? Or a mixture of about 17 salad plates, 17 soup bowls and 16 side plates - of poor service.

Twenty years ago I prided myself in doing three plates of hot stuff in Golden Corral then pastries then fruit then cookies. No longer I'm afraid.

Mick

[sparklegirl]

I usually eave $1 or $2 for each of us depending on how good the servers are. I love ST and we eat in there a lot on holiday.

[ERICSMUM]

I leave one dollar, I’m solo and they don’t actually serve !

Sometimes if I’ve been drinking a soft drink, a server will ask toward the end of the meal if I’d like a coffee, which they fetch for me. I leave an extra dollar. I know that’s why they do it but it suits me.

[Bozza]

We always leave a tip, but we've always found the servers (or whatever title is appropriate given they don't actually server as such) to be friendly and polite.

We're getting a meal for next-to-nothing and having someone clean our plates away promptly is appreciated by us.

Beyond that, I'm very much aware that we're sitting on the "have" side of the line when it comes to the haves v the have-nots, and if us leaving a few dollars behind helps someone else out a bit, then I think it's the right thing to do.

[silver_age]

We were there a few days ago and I left a couple of dollars. I think we only had one plate clearing session and did everything else ourselves (as expected) so it seemed appropriate.

[DonnaD]

I don't particularly like Sweet Tomatoes but the staff were extremely friendly and helpful when I went and definitely earned a $5 tip.