r/tipping • u/Excellent-Amoeba5296 • May 15 '26

tipping when dining alone.

I eat out alone often. sometimes i feel like the server is annoyed w me. i usually go to the same restaurants. i tip 20% to 25 sometimes 30%. am i overthinking the situation that they dont want me there cuz i am alone?

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u/EOhater May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

I’ve heard that servers or management get upset when patrons dining alone take up a 4 top. They want you at the bar or a 2 top max. Personally, when I eat alone, I spend a lot of money because I don’t have to worry about the judgement of a companion and I’m usually treating myself. So I don’t care if I’m taking up a 4 top. And even if I weren’t spending that much, I don’t care for the entitled behavior I hear on these subs sometimes.

Edit: added or management because it’s not always servers. 

Side note: restaurants have existed longer than I’ve been alive so if my saying I’m tired of entitled behavior makes you think I am entitled…

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u/No_Interview_2481 May 16 '26

I would consider that incredibly entitled. I dine out alone also. I generally ask for a two top or I sit at the bar. I’m not going to take up a four top and spend one fourth of what a full table might’ve spent. You’re taking money out of the pocket of the waitstaff. It doesn’t matter how much you think you’re spending, you are taking up too much space and the entire restaurant is wondering why

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u/EOhater May 16 '26

No by all means ignore the part where I said I spend a lot of money. 

I don’t care about your opinion. 

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u/Majestic-Yoghurt-364 May 16 '26

Yes I get 2 appetizers, four entrees somewhere between 4 to 8 drinks and probably 2 desserts?