Originally Posted by
lensman
...but tipping in Hawaii should be handled, as you guessed, the same as tipping in the rest of the United States.
I was in Waikiki two weeks ago, and went to lunch at a small ramen joint. The family next to me, from Iowa, leans over and asks "Do they tip here?" Me, being a smart ..., says "Here, in America?"

They respond, "In a Japanese restaurant- they don't tip in Japan do they?"