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Old Feb 25, 2016, 12:28 pm
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Brahmin
 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: California USA
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I have never eaten at a Michelin starred establishment as paying a percentage tip there would not be acceptable to me.

Even at these establishments the major work is done behind the dining area. I am sure that a lot of points is given to the actual food itself along with other factors.

I do not want to give the illusion that I am degrading the servers. However, ordering a $400 bottle of wine or a bottle of aerated water and paying a percentage of that as a tip is absurd.
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