?DDE Card/Party of 8

[YCFAN]

Since it is my understanding that they automatically add a gratuity to the bill for parties of 8 or more....do they add it to the bill before the DDE discount or after?

 

[n2mm]

I'll try to explain it.

The DDE discount is taken off of the bill, then the gratuity is added on, but keep in mind that you pay gratuity on the pre-discounted amount. This is important to remember, that whenever paying your bill, you are suppose to tip on the total before discount. You may notice that when the server gives you your bill, you sometimes will find two different receipts. This is the servers way of reminding you what the TRUE total was, so that you can tip accordingly and not tip on the discounted total. So when you have a party of 8, the tip the restruarant will add will be 18% of the total before discount. Hope that makes sense.

 

[YCFAN]

Yes! That is exactly what I wanted to know. Thank you. I usually tip at least 20% before discount but didn't want to have to sit there and figure out if it had been discounted or not. Thank you. Thank you.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

They will figure the tip before the discount but the tax is computed after the discount.