Tipping at Crown Grill

[Pier Pressure 53]

What would be the typical and or correct tip amount at the Crown Grill. On our first cruise ever last month I tipped $15, and was not sure if that was too little, too much or just right??

 

John

[azgrandmax3]

I think that was very generous.

[Colo Cruiser]

What would be the typical and or correct tip amount at the Crown Grill. On our first cruise ever last month I tipped $15, and was not sure if that was too little, too much or just right??

 

John

 

We usually give $10-$20 for both of us.

[jean s]

There are two of us and we usually tip between $15 and $20. Last year however we had a server who was really poor so we did not tip. This was a first for us in a pay restaurant on Princess.

[WarEagle76]

Last week with good service we tipped $10 figuring it was 20% of $50.

[Coral]

What would be the typical and or correct tip amount at the Crown Grill. On our first cruise ever last month I tipped $15, and was not sure if that was too little, too much or just right??

 

John

 

Just right IMO. I usually tip between $10-$20 for 2.

[cb at sea]

The "fee" includes tip...so whatever you give above that amount is generous!

[Treven]

I've always left a cash tip of $20 when eating in any of the speciality restaurants.. I specified cash as I want the server to be able to keep the entire amount. If you merely add a tip amount to the "bill", that amount goes into the tip pool and the waiter might get a small piece of the tip pie.

[OCruisers]

Your $15 was fine. :)

We normally do about the same ($15 - $20 in cash).

LuLu

[KruzeKrazy!]

When we stay in suites we note that they give extra nice treatment (yes, there is a difference) so we always tip $20 for the 2 of us.

[Mindy97]

That's too bad that you had different treatment based on your cabin location. I've stayed in all sorts of cabins, from obscured outside to suites, and I guess I've been lucky, cause I've never felt like they wanted to look in my bank book before they decided how to treat me.

 

M.

 

When we stay in suites we note that they give extra nice treatment (yes, there is a difference) so we always tip $20 for the 2 of us.

[caribill]

The "fee" includes tip...so whatever you give above that amount is generous!

 

The wait staff in the specialty restaurants are included in the "autotip", so there is no obligation to tip extra just because you are paying extra for the meal. Of course an extra tip for great service is always appreciated.

 

The "fee" for the specialty restaurant does not include any tip according to a person in charge of ship's payroll on a recent cruise.

[hansi]

What would be the typical and or correct tip amount at the Crown Grill. On our first cruise ever last month I tipped $15, and was not sure if that was too little, too much or just right??

 

John

 

Nothing. The tip is already built in to the cover charge.

[Woobstr112G]

I've always left a cash tip of $20 when eating in any of the speciality restaurants.. I specified cash as I want the server to be able to keep the entire amount. If you merely add a tip amount to the "bill", that amount goes into the tip pool and the waiter might get a small piece of the tip pie.

 

I always leave $20.00 for the two of us. There were a couple of times I've tipped more.....:):):)

 

Bob

[Woobstr112G]

When we stay in suites we note that they give extra nice treatment (yes, there is a difference) so we always tip $20 for the 2 of us.

 

I've stayed in both suites and non suites and never noticed any differences.....:confused::confused::confused:

 

Bob

[Griller]

When we stay in suites we note that they give extra nice treatment (yes, there is a difference) so we always tip $20 for the 2 of us.

 

I can't say I've ever noticed any difference, indeed I am not even sure that a waiter would know what sort of room you had............................. in the past I have occasionally had crew ask me when chatting socially what sort of room I had, they didn't know from my card or room number even.

Apart from the cabin stewards - who would know - not many of the others get to the accommodation decks.

 

However if it makes for a happier cruise experience for someone to think that they are "special" by virtue of having paid 10 x as much for a suite as an inside then go for it.

Keeps the cheap seats cheap for me.

 

Oh, and I leave $10 for two usually, or $20 if I don't get charged corkage - happens sometimes.

Edited December 2, 2014 by Griller

[KruzeKrazy!]

They know from when the res is made.

[dandonna]

We have always received excellent service at both the Crown Grill and Sabatinis. We leave a tip of $10-$20 in cash.

I would hope since we are all lucky enough to be able to enjoy a cruise that we would all extend a gratuity to those who work hard and make your vacation extra special.

Edited December 2, 2014 by dandonna

[caribill]

Nothing. The tip is already built in to the cover charge.

 

The "fee" for the specialty restaurant does not include any tip according to a person in charge of ship's payroll on a recent cruise.

[LMaxwell]

The "fee" for the specialty restaurant does not include any tip according to a person in charge of ship's payroll on a recent cruise.

Flat wrong. Call Princess yourself and ask if you do not believe me.

[jennybenny]

I have been told by the staff there NOT to tip at the specialty restaurant because it's already covered. This was 4 years ago so perhaps something has changed since then? I am an over-tipper for good service so I would want to hear from others confirming this. I might even call princess. I will share if I call :)

[shredie]

Flat wrong. Call Princess yourself and ask if you do not believe me.

 

Call three times, get four different answers.

[caribill]

Flat wrong. Call Princess yourself and ask if you do not believe me.

 

Seems to me the person in charge of crew compensation on the ship has the correct answer.

[Coral]

The "fee" for the specialty restaurant does not include any tip according to a person in charge of ship's payroll on a recent cruise.

 

I have been told it was. This from the waiter and the Head Waiter in the speciality dining room.

 

They did tell me if they tipped, if it was cash, they kept it, if it was on the slip, it was put into a pool.

 

I still tipped.

Edited December 3, 2014 by Coral

[BridgeMates]

The service is usually top notch in the specialty restaurants so we try to remember to bring cash for the tip. We generally go to the Crown Grill a couple of times on a cruise and if the first waiter was especially good we ask for them again. I don't really care if the tip is included or not. If it's shared then our waiter would get very little and that's why we give cash. Each to their own.