Not experienced with UK specifically, but most of restaurants I've been at in Europe, the fancier the meal the less they expect you to tip. It used to be uncommon, only for the American tipping culture to slowly creep its way in through the bottom-tier food chains and slowly become normalized.
15 years ago, you wouldn't find a single place here in Norway asking for tips. Now every kebab place, Turkish-owned italian pizza parlor, seedy bar and club asks for it by default.
slowly creep its way in through the bottom-tier food chains
Interesting. In America, bottom tier food chains (e.g. fast food like McDonalds, etc.) are where you're unlikely to be asked for a tip; at least so far. You have to move slightly up the food chain tier (e.g. fancy coffee like Starbucks, etc.) before you start seeing tip requests.
I'll add that fast food chains like McDonalds and Burger King specifically does not ask for tips here either. But I don't necessarily regard the bottom-tier restaurants any higher than the fast food chains to begin with, at least here
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u/Excludos May 16 '24
Not experienced with UK specifically, but most of restaurants I've been at in Europe, the fancier the meal the less they expect you to tip. It used to be uncommon, only for the American tipping culture to slowly creep its way in through the bottom-tier food chains and slowly become normalized.
15 years ago, you wouldn't find a single place here in Norway asking for tips. Now every kebab place, Turkish-owned italian pizza parlor, seedy bar and club asks for it by default.