Originally Posted by
MaxBuck
My tip is for service, which incorporates both waitstaff and others responsible for getting food to my table. Consequently, a long delay in getting said food calls for a minimal tip. Probably 10% regardless of whether the waitstaff or the kitchen is responsible. They're all sharing the tips anyhow, except in very rare circumstances.
Tips might be shared among servers, food runners, bussers and bar staff, but I don't think the line cooks get a cut. And that's who's usually to blame when an order is late to the table. That's why they get yelled at a lot by the servers, who take the brunt of the ire from angry diners.