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Old Apr 2, 2012, 4:37 pm
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deniah
 
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Originally Posted by exbayern
That was part of my tipping dilemma the other day. I was in a Japanese restaurant, with Japanese staff, and it wasn't considered 'full service' but it was in the US so I was really confused as to what to tip. If the restaurant had been in Japan no issue. If had been a full service restaurant in America, no issue.

But I am curious to hear advice on what to tip in future there.
95% probably theyre paid at american rates (i.e. below minimum wage) , so you would need to tip the difference
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