How much should you tip the bartender in a strip club?
I usually just double the cost of the drink.So let's say my Long Island Ice Tea cost me $10 I will tip a extra $10.I like to believe I have good etiquetteGot something to say?
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I usually only tip $2 to $3, so you tip much better than me.
However, the bartender seems to really appreciate it.
I am very interested to see other responses.
More - If bartender makes complicated drink - bloody mary with a home made mix and spices and shaken well - presented with 3 olives.
Lot more if bartender does bar tricks and plays with fire while making drinks - and presents drinks cheerfully.
Yes Long Island Iced Tea is big tip worthy.
* $1/drink if I'm at the bar,
* $2-3 to the waitress if I'm buying from her (I figure she'll give a dollar to the bartender).
* I'll tip the waitress an extra buck ($3-4 total) to the waitress if I'm getting 2 drinks (one for the dancer and one for me).
* I'll tip the waitress a $1 if she makes change for me (like bring me forty ones, or break a $100 into fives, etc).
* Don't ask me how much I tip to *spank* the waitress in the LD VIP area. ;)
* water and red bull cost $5.
* (non-well) bourbon & whiskey liquor costs $7
* patron tequila shot & lime cost $10
* (non-well) mixed drinks are $8-10.
I have had nothing but good things happen, after tipping the bartender well (but not extravagantly). On, say, a $9, I'll give at least $3, which I'm just realizing, holy fuck, is 33%. But really, in the end, it's just $3. I've also bought the bartender a shot, or in lieu of that, lunch. In return, I've had bartenders do everything for me from: pour me bottomless cokes without charging, pour me liquor from the top shelf while charging me for bottom shelf (that's an almost $15/round savings right there), and disguise drinks so she could serve my stripper who is on drink restriction from the club.
All in all, my experience is, if you treat the staff nicely, it pays you back many times over. Don't even get me started on the advantages of having the bouncer like you.
As for tipping, hmmm depends. If I'm in a strip club and it's not busy I usually tip around $2-4 per drink. If I'm at a table and I have a waitress I usually tip $3-5 per drink.
Now if I'm at a bar and it's busy, I tip much more to get better service, sometimes I will tip $20 the first round.
I always tip well to the people who handle my food and drinks, whether it be in a strip club or civvie world bar/restaurant.
I nearly always sit at the bar anymore. The bartenders tend to be a lot less pushy than the waitresses. Plus, in my experience, waitresses will *not* share the tips with the bartender, no matter what you tell them.