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Originally Posted by Liebling:-)))
Do you think that I pay $100 for that meal?  I never spend $100 like that in my life... Greek, Italian or German resturant cost us (4 person) between €40 and €50. $100 plus $20? No Way...
Please re-read my previous post that I do not want to go expensive resturant. I limit $5 and follow the list of % where webexplor provided for us which good to aviod any ambarrassment. |
It might be hard for you to go to a nice restaurant in the US and feed four people dinner for only $50 (that equals 40 Euros). But if you do, a $50 meal requires a $7.50-10.00 tip. A $5 tip is just 10%, and that's a low tip meaning you aren't satisfied with the service.
If you go to a regular restaurant and don't include alcohol, salad, soup, appetizer or dessert, you can probably keep the cost down to less than $15 per person. That would total $60 for four people, and the tip would be only $9-12.
If you go to an all-you-can-eat buffet, or a Subway, or a cafeteria, or a salad bar, you can get a meal and a drink (tea or soda) for under $10 each, and you don't need to tip. Or you can go to fast food restaurants for that price, and you don't need to tip them. Also, if you go for lunch instead of dinner it's usually cheaper.
If you limit yourself to a $5 tip, just be careful not to order anything that costs more than $35 total. That means, if you get a meal for four people, the meal and drink total should be less than $8.75 per person.
I hope this helps.