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4706251 No.4706251 [Reply] [Original]

What was the most you've ever paid at a restaurant, /ck/? How much did you tip?

>> No.4706258

27 dollars for a 6 course japanese meal, tiny portions.

with tax and tips it was 35 CAD. I tipped 15%

>> No.4706265

>>4706258
That seems really, really cheap.

>> No.4706271

>>4706258
it was. It's a new place in a relatively middle class residential(still dense) area. A true hole in the wall and a real gem. Prices are gonna go up in a few months i bet though

>> No.4706280

>>4706251
>12 dollars for water

Did they single handedly harvest the water from Olympus and serve it to you in a diamond encrusted cup?

>> No.4706283

>>4706280
Yes.

>> No.4706294

The most I've paid was something to the tune of £2,100 (including a service charge, 10% I think) for five people - my wife, her parents, my dad and me. That's more than £400 per person; I don't think I've ever paid more than £250 when dining by myself.

>> No.4706297

>>4706280
it more than likely came out of a tap

>> No.4706305

>>4706280
>$25000 in wine on bill
>complains about 12 dollar water

>> No.4706313

>>4706251
>look up restaurant
>shit ton of 1 star ratings

Found this too.


Inspection: 2012-11-13 00:00:00

Score: 41
Violations:
Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation.
Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist.
Food worker does not use proper utensil to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment.
Appropriately scaled metal stem-type thermometer or thermocouple not provided or used to evaluate temperatures of potentially hazardous foods during cooking, cooling, reheating and holding.
Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.
Personal cleanliness inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn in an area where food is prepared.
Plumbing not properly installed or maintained; anti-siphonage or backflow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly.

>> No.4706314

>>4706294
who the fuck spends 250 bucks on a single meal

>> No.4706324

>>4706314
£250 is closer to $400

>> No.4706332

>>4706314
People with money.

>> No.4706334

>>4706314
People who pay 12 dollars for water

>> No.4706341

$192 with tip for two people at Piccolo in Minneapolis.

>> No.4706345

>>4706251
That receipt has got to be fake.
I mean, seriously? Am I just naive or what

>> No.4706348

>>4706341
Couldn't've just dropped a couple c-notes and called it a day, Scrooge McJew?

>> No.4706353

>>4706345

Could be but I think not. I'm from Manhattan and I actually stopped in to have a glass of wine at Nello's with a friend. Bill was $80 for two pino grigios. Place is notorious for it's high prices. Arguably the biggest ripoff in the city.

>> No.4706358

>>4706353
>>4706345
Go look Yelp. The waiters literally hide shit so you don't know how much shit you pay.

Also,

>Chicken fried steak for that amount of money.

>> No.4706359

This crab thing on the Huntington Pier, my friends and I walked at least 3 or 4 miles to get there, cost around 40 bucks. It was cold, took too long to get to us, and the service sucked. The bill came to somewhere around 120 and we didn't leave a tip, although we considered leaving a pacsun giftcard for the lame-ass surfer-bro waiter.

>> No.4706364

Holy fuck that bill costs more than my house is worth. I thought PF Changs was expensive! Most I spent was like 80 dollars at a steak house.

>> No.4706365

>>4706314
I enjoy it and can afford it. I've been to all but five three star Michelin restaurants in Europe. Several times I've gone abroad specifically to visit some restaurant. I feel there's no reason to hold back in such circumstances.

The £400+ family meal I mentioned was a rather lavish fourteen course affair back in Britain though, at The Fat Duck.

>> No.4706366

>>4706365
* £400+ per person

>> No.4706367

>>4706251
>1 large water
>$12

highway robbery

>> No.4706368

I've spent $950 dollars on a meal before, but it was for a group. (Family meal to celebrate my parent's anniversary) Worth every cent, though. Now, just for myself and my spouse, the most I've spent is around $200. It's not unusual for us to spend $100-$120 on a meal, though, because we like order wine and drinks, etc. which jacks the bill up quite a bit.

>> No.4706381

>>4706365
>>4706314
>>4706294
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6VcABSJxHg

>> No.4706382

Like eighty bucks at the melting pot for me and my fiancee.

>> No.4706414

First and only time so far having sushi, and one time when my brother and I got pho and I accidentally double tipped. Sushi was $27, and I only tipped $2 because the girl originally charged us for 3 meals instead of two. Pho was $20, I left a $4 cash tip, and then accidentally added another $4 tip off my card.

I've had bigger bills than that, but they've either been split between many people, or I wasn't in charge of paying. Biggest bill I've ever been a part of was over $500 for seven people (me, brother, parents, grandmother, aunt and uncle) from Pier W.

>> No.4706660

>>4706359

dude if you still have that gift card i want it m8

>> No.4706691

>fermented grape juice

>> No.4706693

two star restaurant for 5, 1500€

>> No.4706702

Venetian steak house in LV

Paid ~$250 for just myself (couple drinks)

>> No.4706724

>>4706258
>Tipping at a Japanese resturant

You don't tip in Japan

>> No.4706736

>>4706258
way to be an inconsiderate american pig and insult the japs

>> No.4706754

>>4706382

>melting pot

I went there once for my 19th birthday (or maybe it was something else, I forget).

Underwhelming as fuck.

>> No.4706790

That guy sure paid a lot for wine, tawny port, and truffles. And what's this gratuity bullshit? The server deserves an extra 20% just because you decided to get expensive shit? Hell no.

>> No.4706833

>>4706251
The most I ever spent was around $350 at the original Morton's in Chicago. I don't remember exactly what I tipped, but probably around 18%.

>> No.4706881

>>4706790
In the US , parties of six or more are generally charged gratuity.
Corporate accounts are also charged gratuity. Whenever I've eaten on the company dime at some restaurant with whom they've an account, there's always a gratuity. Always. It's 18%, though, not 20%.

Since this cheque was for six diners, the gratuity comes into play.

Larger parties with reservations are generally given to the better servers so that gratuity wouldn't be for nought.

>> No.4706908

>>4706313
A lot of that list reads like 'oh look at how much of a cunt i can be.'

>> No.4706950

>>4706305
>wine
>a luxury product
>quality wines have high prices due to demand

>water
>essential to living
>no different than other water

>> No.4706968

Ten patrons with wine and deserts I paid nearly $1000. I tipped nothing because tipping is retarded.

Wine really adds up if you're not paying attention.

>> No.4706996

>>4706881
>Larger parties with reservations are generally given to the better servers so that gratuity wouldn't be for nought.

For $7k, there better be sex involved in that service. It's not like pouring from a $5,000 bottle of wine is any harder than doing a $500 bottle.

Also, lol @ $12 water and $9 cappuccinos...

>> No.4707015

>>4706251
>two shots of johnnie walker blue
>$150
Jesus fuck, you can buy an entire bottle retail for that. Forget the water, these guys are cunts for marking up scotch that much.

Most I've ever personally dropped was about $250 for two people, with very little booze involved, actually. My girlfriend had never tried lobster before so I insisted she get it. Also, the waiter was exceptional at his job and all around cool dude, so I ended up leaving about a $60 or $70 tip.

>> No.4707017

Generally a meal with my girlfriend, on a special occasion. I think they've ranged from $300 to $700 for the both of us.

I don't tip because I don't live in a mummers' farce of aristocratic pretensions.

>> No.4707028

>>4707015
>Forget the water, these guys are cunts for marking up scotch that much.

Agreed, but that's normal for restaurants and bars. Alcohol is always marked up a crazy amount. Same for sodas, for that matter. It only costs a few cents to make a cup of soda with a fountain. Even the average joe can walk into a Wal-Mart or Sam's and buy name-brand sodas for less than 50 cents a can. Much less at a "wholesale store" like Sam's Club or Costco. Yet even a "cheap" restaurant will charge $1.50 or $2.00, often much more.

>> No.4707031

Are the high priced wines that much better?

I'll never taste any of it. ;_;

>> No.4707047 [DELETED] 

> Meals for 50 bucks
> driinks for over 1 grand
who does that?
I consider this fake. I could easily afforrd the food, but the drinks is just crazy.

>> No.4707058

>>4707028
If you're paying more than about 50% vendor bottle price, which is itself usually about 50% retail, you are getting heavily gouged.
>source: im a bartender, btw

>> No.4707061

>>4706908
i agree
>Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation.
had some smoked fish sitting on on a prep table prolly waiting for some other ingredient
>Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist.
open window without a screen
Food worker does not use proper utensil to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment.
chef on the pass didnt have a set of tongs... he should have but meh people touch your food before you eat it
>Appropriately scaled metal stem-type thermometer or thermocouple not provided or used to evaluate temperatures of potentially hazardous foods during cooking, cooling, reheating and holding.
one of the chefs didn't have a thermometer
>Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.
inspector seeing a single fly gets you this...
>Personal cleanliness inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant.
a guy had sauce on his apron
> Effective hair restraint not worn in an area where food is prepared.
a waiter, waitress,or manager was probably in the kitchen or came into the kitchen while the inspector was there
>Plumbing not properly installed or maintained; anti-siphonage or backflow prevention device not provided where required;
this is the only thing here thats kind of an issue gotta have backflow prevention on all potable water sources but its still not that big of a deal
>equipment or floor not properly drained;
someone got water on the floor
>sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly.
garbage disposal was broken

they prolly pissed someone off

>> No.4707086

>>4707058

w-w-wait just a minute. you're saying the price of a single shot is 25% the price of a bottle?

kill me.

>> No.4707099

> Meals for 50 bucks
> driinks for over 1 grand
who does do that?
I consider this fake. I could easily afforrd the food, but the drinks is just crazy.

>> No.4707101

> Meals for 50 bucks
> driinks for over 1 grand
who does do that?
I consider this fake. I could easily afforrd the food, but the drinks is just crazy.

>> No.4707102

deah lawd, am i glad i drink at home alone...

>> No.4707097

>>4707058

Yeah, that sounds about right from my experience with restaurants and bars. Though that's still crazy expensive compared to buying the bottle yourself.

>> No.4707105

>>4707101
>>4707099

>samefag

>> No.4707106

>>4707086
It varies, and 25% is on the high end, but yes.

>> No.4707114

>>4707105
Of course. I wanted to delete my first post due to bad English. Which I still have. Sorry.

>> No.4707119

>>4707106
Couple that with fact that there're about 16 shots per bottle and you can see just how much restaurants rely on alcohol sales to make a profit.

>> No.4707151

>>4707114

Nobody drinks that kind of expensive liquor on a regular basis. People do it either for celebration or to impress clients or potential business partners.

Mind you, I agree that it's silly for celebratory purposes too, but a lot of people seem to disagree. People spend tens of thousands of dollars (and more) on weddings, so this doesn't surprise me either.

>> No.4707168

>>4707151
Appearantly it's 3 or 4 persons, including the host.
Probably only the host could post the bill here.
I still think t's hoax.

>> No.4707213

>>4706724
But I'm not in Japan. If you don't tip staff here you they'll give you shit. Anyways it was the best service I've ever had in my city which is full of shitty waiters. She was also pretty cute too and actually japanese.

>>4706736
I'm Canadian

>> No.4707218

>>4707119

There's 24 per bottle, but most restaurants average out 20 per to account for staff overpour and the like.

>> No.4707231

>>4706251
50 bucks. Probably 5 or 10 as a tip.

I don't understand the point of going out and spending stupid amounts of money on something that isn't even worth it.

Then again, I've always been very frugal throughout my life.

>> No.4707251

I paid 400 at that Keller restaurant in Vegas, Bouchon? It was good but not something I would ever do again. Two of us. The next night I paid 200 at the Ramsay steak place. We had the porterhouse for two and some apps. It was really good. I had won big at craps our first night there. We generally never eat out. We stay home and cook but obviously vacation changes things

>> No.4707331

>tfw reading this thread
>tfw poorfag NEET

Are you people born into money or what?

>> No.4707347

I once ate at CUT (as a guest of the place) and got a look at the bill while I was placing a tip. For 3 people and a few entry level wine pairings it was $700. Not the worst in the world but fuck me.

Le Cirque is a bit pricy too, but at least there you get what you pay for. That place is one of the absolute best.

>> No.4707368

At the hotel I work at we sell a liter of San pellegrino in a glass bottle for $10. So it's normal for large fancy waters. I work there and drink them for free whenever I can.

>> No.4707376

>>4707331
i know this will be hard for you to understand, but some of us have jobs.

>> No.4707407

>>4707368
I just got a case at Costco for the same price

>> No.4707670

>>4707218
Standard shot is 1.5oz. Most well guns are metered to that.
Obviously, it fluctuates if it's a bottle pour and/or if the establishment is generous/trying to screw their patrons over.

>> No.4707727

>>4706365
neat. how did you get so rich?

>> No.4707760

1000 for some magnums?? what corner store do you get the gold pack at??

>> No.4707763

The most I paid at a restaurant was about $100 for two people at a fine dining joint. We weren't of drinking age so that kept the bill way lower than it otherwise would have been. The service was absolutely excellent and I tipped 25%ish. When servers go above and beyond I will shove wads of money down their throat until they cum in their pants. On the other hand I will leave fucking nothing if anything a server disappoints me in any way at all. If they're average then they get 20%ish. The restaurant was Roy's in Chicago. One of those "asian fusion" places. Excellent seafood. Would recommend.

>> No.4707786

Most ever at a single place, like $35. The most I've ever spent on a night out in total is like, $80, and I felt pretty bad about that one.

I can't bear to spend money in a way that is not as efficient as possible, which eating out never really is.

>> No.4707828

For about 6 years, I was a manager of a medium sized retail store. One year we had a particularly great year, revenue-wise, and I had a very hefty bonus that I was going to get after the end of the year (somewhere in the range of 3500 dollars, IIRC)

I decided to treat all of my employees to a nice Christmas dinner out at my favorite Italian restaurant (a little family-owned place down the street from me), to thank them for all the hard work. It was about 10 people. We ended up doing a standardized menu (basically salad, stuffed shrimp and stuffed mushroom appetizers, choice of chicken/beef/fish entree, which came with a plate of pasta)

So, for all 10 people, plus beverages it came to a little over 300 dollars. I tipped 50 dollars which was kind of generous, but the service was really good, and it was Christmas after all.

The best part about it was that I kept the receipts, and ended up expensing the meal as an 'Employee Function', so I got all the money back.

>> No.4707836

>>4706251
~130 at some out of the way steakhouse thing.

100% tip. Our waiter was perfect. I think he was psychic.

>> No.4707859

Time for a true tale, gentlemen.

>Out at a steakhouse on a first date, flamboyantly gay waiter is just great
>I'm totally giving off those nervous, no-moves-white-boy vibes with this girl I'd really like to impress
>She's tattooed and probably did the goth look when she was younger, talking about living dangerously when the waiter is on his second pass and how she loves guys with a dark side
>Welp, this is going to end poorly for me
>She's kind of bored by the end of it, waiter brings me the bill and is fairly quiet, contrast to his normal self thus far
>I pay with the debit machine which they bring to the table, he picks it up, hands me back my card, and makes an odd face
>Turn to me and leans down a bit, and quietly says with his back to her 'Sir, I'm not certain how to respond to this. Your card was accepted but it says.....please contact local authorities.'
>I'm confused and he he FUCKING WINKS AT ME before I b-b-b-b-blunder of the century
>see the suddenly intrigued look in her eye
>tipped him %20 or something but leave an extra $40 on the table.
>get laid that night
>get dumped later, no fucks given, that waiter was the king of all bros.

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4707865

>>4707859
i don't get it

>> No.4707866

>>4707859
i don't get it

>> No.4707869

>>4706736
>He fucking uses CAD right in the middle of his own post
>"american"

>> No.4707875

>>4707866
Waiter was bullshitting in order to wingman. That's great.

>> No.4707878

>>4707875
OH
I think I get it

>> No.4707879

>>4707878
yeah I get it
yep
I need to go to bed

>> No.4707885

>2 parmesan chunks
>$28
>1 large water
>$12
>Coffee is about eight dollars a cup
Fuck, none of that is worth what they're charging.
Shit, is that Chateau from the forties?

>> No.4707888

>>4707015
Those several thousand dollar wines are marked up about %100, too.

>> No.4707894
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4707894

I spent $30 at dennys once

>> No.4707912

>>4707828
Thats good, anon. Very good.

>> No.4707921

>>4706251
>$7,000 just in tips
Fuck that shit, and this shitty country that lets that goddamn shit fly.
I'd go full Rockefeller on their ass and leave a dime.

>> No.4707926

>$12 for water
How the fuck does that even work?
Was it served in a golden goblet poured down the leg of a virgin into a crystal chalice or some shit?

>> No.4707936

>>4707926
Look up Nello's; they're infamous for overcharging ridiculous amounts for everything, and even adding charges that you don't approve of.

>> No.4708167

>>4707727
I'd like to spin a rags to riches story but I'm just the only son of wealthy parents and run one of my father's businesses. One which has nothing to do with food - I have an extensive but ultimately amateur interest in the culinary arts.

>> No.4708202

>>4707936

Its essentially a place for wealthy people to prove to other wealthy people that they're wealthy.

"Look! Look! I can buy a shitty $195 pasta plate! "

There are so many other worthwhile places to eat in New York that it baffles me people actually go to this place. If you're going to blow a shitload of money on a meal at least go to somewhere like Per Se where you'll get incredible service and food.

>> No.4708221

>>4708202
MoneyedAnon here. Well... sort of. My parents and family earn far more than I do. I don't even earn six figures, but I grew up with something of a priviledged upbringing.

That sort of behaviour is really rather gauche, something done by new money who've no proper understanding of social grace nor how vulgar such displays actually are.
Awful, really. I've noticed, also, how miserly new money is when it comes to charity/donation and tipping. While old money may be difficult to pinpoint on mere glance, you can /always/ tell new money within seconds of them catching your gaze. They're the ones that are demanding, rude and flaunting cash in the most vulgar possible manners imaginable. They 've no grooming in how to treat others nor how to behave with grace and tact — brats.

As a child, my mother insisted that we kept after ourselves and cleaned as we played, putting toys and games away in their place when we're finished with them, keeping our rooms and play areas in order and setting our beds daily. "The help works for me, not for you," she'd say, telling us that her mother told her and her siblings the same when she was a child. I believe this taught us some measure of responsibilty that new money completely rejects in instilling in their children.

I've friends of many social class backgrounds, but none that are new money. They're simply repugnant.

>> No.4708236

>>4708221

What part of "prove to wealthy people that they're wealthy" don't you grasp? It's for Russian oil barons and celebutantes. Not Italian noblemen or guys on /ck/ with rich parents trying to sound like Italian noblemen. Everyone's parents made them clean up their toys, that has nothing to do with anything. Please get a trip so I can filter you.

>> No.4708243

>>4708236
>Italian nobleman
>tfw i actually am one... sort of
That was a lucky guess on your part.
And no: not all parents discipline their children to have them keep after themselves. Many don't, in fact, in all socioeconomic classes from the least to most privileged. You're just wrong, I'm sorry to say.

>> No.4708247

I paid about $150 including tip for a couple glasses of wine and oysters and lobster tails last week. It was ok... would probably not do again.

>> No.4708251

>>4708243
>n fact, in all socioeconomic classes from the least to most privileged.

But that's the point. It has nothing to do with money and you're just livejournaling. Also you forgot your trip, you need to put # and then some text in the name field. Give it a try, it's easy.

>> No.4708258

>>4708251
I don't trip. Ever. Just not prudent.

>> No.4708268

>>4708258
i thought you said new money doesn't trip well?

>> No.4708271

>>4708268
Heh. Tip. And they tend not to, not that they never do.

>> No.4708273

Probably $20. I don't go to restaurants because of tipping, and because my home has both an oven and a refrigerator..

>> No.4708275

>Italian nobleman.

Got a good laugh out of that.

>> No.4708284

>>4707859
First time I've ever heard of someone deserving a tip.

>> No.4708303

>>4707331
I'm poorfag as fuck too, but save up for occasional treats.

>> No.4708309

>>4707836
>100%
What on earth

>> No.4708313

>>4707859
itsbeautiful.tgz

>> No.4708322
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4708322

$200 at some Brazilian Steakhouse for 4 people

fuck BRs

>mfw i looked up at the waiter after he handed us the bill

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>>4708309
when i was younger (about 10-11) i would deliver for my dads restaraunt. he owned a restaraunt in the bottom of a 40 story apartment complex, so all i did was take the bag of food to the elevator, go up, and ring the door. everything was to the nearest dollar, so it was easy to do.
>mfw cute ass girls would give me $5 tips on a $3 order because i was "so cute"
>mfw bros would give me $5-10 tips because i was "a hustler"
>mfw a businessman tipped me $20 on a $2 order of fries because i was a "young entrepreneur"
i didnt understand much, all i knew was i was getting money to blow at haunted trails, a stereo, a tv, etc.
it was really fun

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>>4708329
That's some kawaii shit right there.

>> No.4711528

>>4706251
Most I've ever paid for a single meal was somewhere in the region of $220 for me and my date, at an high-end steak place.

My date paid the tip, it would have been whatever the going rate was at the time — 12.5% maybe?

>> No.4712624

far and away the most money I've spent at a restaurant was for my best bros bachelor party. I don't even remember how much it cost - I just remember wincing intermittently on the way home just thinking about it.