The Irish Times contacted the owners of a selection of restaurants across Ireland to ask what their tipping and service charge policies were. Cash tips are their own and they distribute a percentage to bar, bussers, kitchen porters and chefs. These are split 50-50 between kitchen and floor.”The restaurant does not have a service charge, and “Irish people are not always very good at tipping”, Glasgow notes. Laura Arnold, head of marketing and PR, explained the group’s tipping policy; “100 per cent of cash tips are distributed among the staff body. Both tips and service charge are in addition to contracted rates of pay.

Source: The Irish Times April 13, 2019 05:02 UTC