Coastal Kitchen & Tipping

[DP]

How much do you tip for lunch or dinner?

[Clarea]

How much do you tip for lunch or dinner?

We only went for dinner, and had the same waiter both dinners, so we tipped (envelope with cash) at the end of the cruise.

Edited December 15, 2015 by clarea

[setsail]

Its completely up to you, don't forget breakfast and the bartenders. A good starting point would be what rci adds to other tickets onboard. We tip after each meal and for each drink

Edited December 15, 2015 by setsail

[MikeBTN]

How much do you tip for lunch or dinner?

 

I tipped a dollar per drink and $10 per person. I'd say a majority either didn't tip at all or tipped on the last night. From what I understand these folks aren't included in the "tip share" when working in CK or the Suite Lounge.

[cb at sea]

The bartenders add 18% to each bill....that seems ample, to me!

[dada2199cc]

I tipped a dollar per drink and $10 per person. I'd say a majority either didn't tip at all or tipped on the last night. From what I understand these folks aren't included in the "tip share" when working in CK or the Suite Lounge.

 

That's s--tty to hear! I wonder if they earn MORE than the tip share folks?

 

I always tip cash to everyone who assists me regardless of the tip share pool take. $13 a day seems lame for the amount of service I'm getting from 5am to 10pm every day. Heck, if I'm paying $150 a day average in total service costs, that's $27 at 18%. Who tips 8.6% nowadays?

[MikeBTN]

The bartenders add 18% to each bill....that seems ample, to me!

 

Select wine and beer are free in the SL from 11-11, free "well" cocktails from 5-830. I witnessed maybe 10-20% of guests actually purchasing a drink (I was one of them - the price of Bookers is VERY reasonable in the SL).

[wolfganghowell]

They are included in the auto gratuities!!!!!

 

I asked the maitre'd for Coastal Kitchen on Oasis about it since we were wondering about tipping. He assured us that all the waiters in CK are indeed covered in the auto grats. We ended up having a favorite waiter that we requested a few times. We tipped extra and he saw us later over in the Suite Lounge and made a point to come over and thank us personally. Class act.

 

Both the bar servers and waiters are indeed part of the tip share.

[Cigar King]

We tipped after each meal. It was just easier, and we did not always have the same staff.

[omgyani]

Just got off the allure... We tipped between $1-$5 per drink (sometimes 2 at a time) and $10-$15 per meal. Yes, gratuities are included but sometimes we liked the server a lot and wanted to make sure they got the extra cash. We loved all the meals (lunch and dinner) and we felt it was appropriate.

Edited December 16, 2015 by omgyani

[minn0315]

I try to figure what the meal or drinks would be on land. In Chops a $78 meal equals a $15 tip. I tip every bartender $1 above and beyond the purported 18%. When they see a U.S. Dollar my pour is increased.

[michael821]

They are included in the auto gratuities!!!!!

 

I asked the maitre'd for Coastal Kitchen on Oasis about it since we were wondering about tipping. He assured us that all the waiters in CK are indeed covered in the auto grats. We ended up having a favorite waiter that we requested a few times. We tipped extra and he saw us later over in the Suite Lounge and made a point to come over and thank us personally. Class act.

 

Both the bar servers and waiters are indeed part of the tip share.

 

 

This is such good news to read since I will be doing Jan 2 and 9th on Oasis and plan to have all our meals in Coastal Kitchen. We just made Pinnacle and happy to hang out on deck 17.

[A&L_Ont]

We tipped after each meal. It was just easier, and we did not always have the same staff.

 

That's what we did. We didn't want to forget anyone.:)

[Lionesss]

We were fortunate to have the same bartender all week on the Oasis, and we tipped him at the end of the week. He seemed to migrate to us daily.

 

Coastal kitchen we just gave an envelope the last day we ate there.

We did have different wait staff the two times we ate there.

 

Safe travels.