How much should you tip in Sacramento at restaurants, bars and more? Give your best advice

After ordering a large coffee, your server flips over the iPad.

“Add a tip,” it reads, with fixed percentages for you to choose from.

What do you click?

Tips are additional money customers leave employees at an establishment for their service and it’s considered part of their pay. Generally, it’s up to you on how much gratuity you leave and what places you would do that at.

Tipping culture has been hotly debated with some saying it’s gotten out of hand, especially as more businesses adopt digital point-of-sale systems that allow for gratuity by credit card.

Residents recently took to social media to ask what’s “appropriate” to leave as a tip at food trucks and bars, and what’s considered a “low” tip for take-out orders.

There’s no right answer, nor does everyone tip the same. Compared to other countries, such as those in Europe, tipping etiquette in the United States strays with a larger percentage.

The Bee wants to hear from you. What do you think about tipping culture in Sacramento and how much do you typically tip? Submit your answers in the form below or email us at servicejournalists@sacbee.com. We’ll follow up with another story soon, so you can hear what others are saying.

This story was originally published May 17, 2023 at 11:03 AM.