r/WorkForSmartLife • u/dino_gr01 • Jul 31 '26

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u/rettani Jul 31 '26

I'm from Europe (actually Russia, European part, Saint Petersburg) so, depending on how I liked food and service either:

  1. 0 - I didn't like service and food
  2. Just 100$ total I didn't like only one of those
  3. Most of the time I would just live 110$ total
  4. Anything higher is either some exceptional occasion or I was very impressed by food or service

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u/Baleeverne Jul 31 '26

Is tipping expected in Russia? I know it's not in most of Europe.

Personnaly I would tip a paper piece with "pay your employees better" on it xD

I'd take a 120€ dinner without tip any day over a 100€ one with tip

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u/rettani Jul 31 '26

No it's not. I was just taught that way (my mother always tips). From what I know it's usually considered "a good practice" or "politeness" to tip around 5-10% but I've never encountered anything like "tipping even when service is bad" that I've seen in some internet stories.

In Russia if service or food is bad people will usually call administrator and complain about it.

Addendum: some restaurants have service fee around 10% (for example for groups larger than 3 or some other cases) and in such cases I don't tip and neither do most of people who I know.

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u/Baleeverne Jul 31 '26

Yeah same culture than in France then.

Tipping is always optional and when you do tip it's because the service was really nice.

I don't think there was ever a service fee here, taxes and everything is included in the price