Originally Posted by slawecki
Back to the tip. When we do BYO, we do BYO. Group of six bring 18 bottles worth $50 to 100(wine list $100 to 300) and we open 12. We only buy about $200-300 of food.
How much do we tip?
You drink two bottles apiece? Yikes!
The absolute minimum you should tip, unless the service was unacceptible in which case you would tip nothing and have a conversation with management instead, is 15% of the food cost.
I think it's ridiculous to tip more than $20/person for dinner no matter what you eat or drink.
In that situation I would leave 20% of the food bill.
QL