Tipping crown gril

[hockeypapa]

DO YOU TIP AT THE CROWN GRILL OR DO THEY GET A CUT OF THE TIPS??? IF SO HOW MUCH??? THANK YOU WHERE DO YOU MAKE RESERVATIONS???:cool:

[Pam in CA]

They are the included in the tipping pool. You can tip extra if you want as service is usually excellent.

[keithm]

DO YOU TIP AT THE CROWN GRILL OR DO THEY GET A CUT OF THE TIPS??? IF SO HOW MUCH??? THANK YOU WHERE DO YOU MAKE RESERVATIONS???:cool:

The tip IS included in the price of admission. You will see a notation for "extra" gratuity, which is totally up to your discretion. We've always tipped additional, as the service has always been top notch.

[sunsetbeachgal]

We leave a cash tip for the server

 

 

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[pris993]

we had dinner at the Crown Grill every night for 10 nights on our last cruise... at the end of the cruise we tip 10% roughly of what we paid to eat there. Figure that was a fair tip over and above the auto tip.

[TJMK]

We always leave $10 - $20 cash tip.

[Brisbane41]

I personally do not tip ever at the Crown Grill. Never have and never will. As far as I am concerned the cover charge combined with my prepayment of all gratuities is more than enough.

[riclop]

You can if you want.

[easyboy]

We give a $10 cash tip to the server for dinner for 2.

[Colo Cruiser]

DO YOU TIP AT THE CROWN GRILL OR DO THEY GET A CUT OF THE TIPS??? IF SO HOW MUCH??? THANK YOU WHERE DO YOU MAKE RESERVATIONS???:cool:

 

 

We always tip in the specialty restaurants. $10-20 per server.

[OCruisers]

We always tip extra in CA$H at Crown Grill.

[Daniel1313]

Usually leave $20

Only had horrible service once. Most of the time it's outstanding

[joeyancho]

Last cruise we tipped 40 bucks at the Crown Grill. Service was superb. We ordered steak. The server brought an additional huge plate of grilled lobster. They were terrific. It was the wife's b-day. She loved it. She especially loved the dessert sampler. It was a perfect dinner. The 100 total that we spent was well worth it. A similar meal at a upscale steak house at home (I.e. Fleming's) would have been at least double, not even including the lobster.

[joybook]

It always amazes me. The quality of the food you get has nothing to do with the waiter yet he/she is the one that always gets the tip.

[wishfulone]

Maybe it's our Aussie lack of tipping culture, but we work on the basis that the extra we pay for the Specialty Restaurant isn't just for the 'special' food, it's to cover the extra gratuities as well. And to be honest sometimes the service and/or the food isn't any better than the MDR. That's been our experience anyway.

[Thrak]

Sigh... Another tipping thread. Please do a search on the term "tipping" and you will find pages (and pages, and pages, and pages, and pages, and pages...) of comment on this topic. I am sorry to be such a butthead (really, I am not usually so crabby) but really... Please check other threads.

 

Of course it is already too late. Even if you got your answer in the first reply this thread is bound to grow to 300+ re;lies.

 

Answer to your original question: Despite what you read her the vast majority of folks don't tip extra in Crown Grill or Sabatini's. They have already agreed in advance to tip 15%. Most feel that is enough. If you were at a land-based restaurant and tipped 15% would you feel that you needed to tip more? Really??? (Yes, I know that 20% has become common in the US but I have to wonder WHY? My daughter knows a couple of waitresses. They are indeed paid poorly. So.... If you made $120 a day do you really deserve an additional $300 - $400 a day in tips??? That is the kind of tips my daughter's friends are making. Really??? $300 a day is over $37hr.

 

Granted that, in today's market. $120 per day isn't a huge amount. However, waitressing was never intended to be a full-time career and, even in California, minimum wage is not year $15/hr. ($15 x 8 = $120). I now many (many) here like to say how much they tip "extra". For the most part I think it is just to "be cool" or something. I used to work in restaurants when I was young. I was a cook and a damned good one. I never felt I was "owed" extra tips. I did my job for the wage offered when I was hired. When I wanted "more" I asked for a raise. Once, when I was told "NO" I tendered my resignation on the spot. I got the raise. (There is something to be said for being "the best possible" employee who gives full service to the employer. :))

[wishfulone]

Well said Thrak. You always talk a lot of sense.

 

It's interesting that so many people think the cruise ship crew members are badly paid. I've asked heaps of crew members (mostly cabin and MDR staff) and they all reckon they're very well paid. Most say they could never make that much money in their home countries and consider the time away from home to be well worth it as it sets them up for life.

[joybook]

Let's start a class action - no more tipping threads - no more coffee card threads - no more bringing wine on board threads - no more formal attire threads - no more bottled water threads. Oh sorry, this would mean that there is little left to talk about.

[Lucky TGO]

Let's start a class action - no more tipping threads - no more coffee card threads - no more bringing wine on board threads - no more formal attire threads - no more bottled water threads. Oh sorry, this would mean that there is little left to talk about.

 

We can always start talking about the Butter again. :)

Tony

[-Lew-]

 

we had dinner at the Crown Grill every night for 10 nights on our last cruise... at the end of the cruise we tip 10% roughly of what we paid to eat there. Figure that was a fair tip over and above the auto tip.

You might want to reconsider your method of rewarding your Crown Grill servers. A tip on the last evening added to your guest check went into the pool which is split among all those entitled to a portion of that pool. If given in cash and you didn't have the same server each evening, the tip was likely kept by that server and not split among your nine previous waiters.

 

If you'd like to reward your servers, the best method is cash each evening.

 

[pris993]

You might want to reconsider your method of rewarding your Crown Grill servers. A tip on the last evening added to your guest check went into the pool which is split among all those entitled to a portion of that pool. If given in cash and you didn't have the same server each evening, the tip was likely kept by that server and not split among your nine previous waiters.

 

If you'd like to reward your servers, the best method is cash each evening.

 

 

We tipped in cash and we did have the same servers every night because we had the same table which we requested... we have 25 cruises with Princess so we know how it works...

[hllwdcruiser]

Sigh... Another tipping thread. Please do a search on the term "tipping" and you will find pages (and pages, and pages, and pages, and pages, and pages...) of comment on this topic. I am sorry to be such a butthead (really, I am not usually so crabby) but really... Please check other threads.

 

Of course it is already too late. Even if you got your answer in the first reply this thread is bound to grow to 300+ re;lies.

 

Answer to your original question: Despite what you read her the vast majority of folks don't tip extra in Crown Grill or Sabatini's. They have already agreed in advance to tip 15%. Most feel that is enough. If you were at a land-based restaurant and tipped 15% would you feel that you needed to tip more? Really??? (Yes, I know that 20% has become common in the US but I have to wonder WHY? My daughter knows a couple of waitresses. They are indeed paid poorly. So.... If you made $120 a day do you really deserve an additional $300 - $400 a day in tips??? That is the kind of tips my daughter's friends are making. Really??? $300 a day is over $37hr.

 

Granted that, in today's market. $120 per day isn't a huge amount. However, waitressing was never intended to be a full-time career and, even in California, minimum wage is not year $15/hr. ($15 x 8 = $120). I now many (many) here like to say how much they tip "extra". For the most part I think it is just to "be cool" or something. I used to work in restaurants when I was young. I was a cook and a damned good one. I never felt I was "owed" extra tips. I did my job for the wage offered when I was hired. When I wanted "more" I asked for a raise. Once, when I was told "NO" I tendered my resignation on the spot. I got the raise. (There is something to be said for being "the best possible" employee who gives full service to the employer. :))

 

Thank you, Thrak, brilliantly said.

My DD worked as a bartender during her college years and in the summers on South Beach. Those summers, she would come home with hundreds of dollars in tips nightly in cash - and that was "off" season! Living in South Florida we have had the privilege to personally know many officers who work for various cruise lines. Without exception they have all said that most passengers are completely unaware of just how much crew members rake in due to additional tips. According to them, they do very,very well.

 

We have been to many all inclusive resorts on the islands and because they cater to european/UK clientele, their policy is strictly "no tipping" even going to the extent of stating that employees will lose their job if caught accepting a tip. I worked for a summer camp in the Adirondacks during my college years that had a similar policy. We worked 7 days a week and yet most of us returned year after year....

 

Many restaurants in Miami now add an additional 18% service charge to restaurant checks. We rarely add more. What is different on a cruise? I have no problem paying the "optional" gratuity (in fact, I always prepay it) I just wish that I didn't have the "American guilt" where I usually feel obligated to tip more.

[TwoCruisers]

Sigh... Another tipping thread. Please do a search on the term "tipping" and you will find pages (and pages, and pages, and pages, and pages, and pages...) of comment on this topic. I am sorry to be such a butthead (really, I am not usually so crabby) but really... Please check other threads.

 

Of course it is already too late. Even if you got your answer in the first reply this thread is bound to grow to 300+ re;lies.

 

Answer to your original question: Despite what you read her the vast majority of folks don't tip extra in Crown Grill or Sabatini's. They have already agreed in advance to tip 15%. Most feel that is enough. If you were at a land-based restaurant and tipped 15% would you feel that you needed to tip more? Really??? (Yes, I know that 20% has become common in the US but I have to wonder WHY? My daughter knows a couple of waitresses. They are indeed paid poorly. So.... If you made $120 a day do you really deserve an additional $300 - $400 a day in tips??? That is the kind of tips my daughter's friends are making. Really??? $300 a day is over $37hr.

 

Granted that, in today's market. $120 per day isn't a huge amount. However, waitressing was never intended to be a full-time career and, even in California, minimum wage is not year $15/hr. ($15 x 8 = $120). I now many (many) here like to say how much they tip "extra". For the most part I think it is just to "be cool" or something. I used to work in restaurants when I was young. I was a cook and a damned good one. I never felt I was "owed" extra tips. I did my job for the wage offered when I was hired. When I wanted "more" I asked for a raise. Once, when I was told "NO" I tendered my resignation on the spot. I got the raise. (There is something to be said for being "the best possible" employee who gives full service to the employer. :))

 

Thank you, Thrak, brilliantly said.

My DD worked as a bartender during her college years and in the summers on South Beach. Those summers, she would come home with hundreds of dollars in tips nightly in cash - and that was "off" season! Living in South Florida we have had the privilege to personally know many officers who work for various cruise lines. Without exception they have all said that most passengers are completely unaware of just how much crew members rake in due to additional tips. According to them, they do very,very well.

 

We have been to many all inclusive resorts on the islands and because they cater to european/UK clientele, their policy is strictly "no tipping" even going to the extent of stating that employees will lose their job if caught accepting a tip. I worked for a summer camp in the Adirondacks during my college years that had a similar policy. We worked 7 days a week and yet most of us returned year after year....

 

Many restaurants in Miami now add an additional 18% service charge to restaurant checks. We rarely add more. What is different on a cruise? I have no problem paying the "optional" gratuity (in fact, I always prepay it) I just wish that I didn't have the "American guilt" where I usually feel obligated to tip more.

 

Finally, a thread about tipping, with a touch of reality.

[anthonyy7]

On our last cruise our server told us not to leave a tip. He said the best thing you could do was to leave feedback of our experience (which was amazing) on the survey. Those go a long way.

 

 

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[wishfulone]

On our last cruise our server told us not to leave a tip. He said the best thing you could do was to leave feedback of our experience (which was amazing) on the survey. Those go a long way.

 

 

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Correct. The online survey when you get home is the best way to 'tip' the crew members. I believe praise here is how they get promotions. Be sure to remember the correct spelling of their name, their position and country.

 

On some ships those little Consummate Host cards you fill out onboard carry a lot of weight too. They actually get to the staff member who sticks them up in their cabin. It's an excellent morale booster. On other ships they just put them in a generic pool and the individual staff member never finds out they were valued by a particular passenger. Still, it's good to fill it out but the survey is what really counts.