Can you share a drink at a restaurant?

Yes, it is alright and many restaurant will charge a plate sharing fee for the main courses, generally not the appetizers.

Is it OK to share drinks with friends?

Bottom line? To stay safe from COVID-19, skip the sharable appetizers, don’t share bites of food off your plate, and don’t sip from someone else’s beverage.

Do restaurants ask for ID when you order alcohol?

It depends entirely where you are, but many (and increasingly more) pubs will ask for ID, so not just you but also your friends may have issues in some places unless they have ID that the pub finds acceptable.

Do restaurant servers split up tips with customers?

If you ordered a drink from the bar, or if there was anyone other than your server bringing your food and clearing it from the table, that tip will likely be split up. At one restaurant job, Jeff says he paid food expeditors (workers who run food from the kitchen to tables) 10 percent of whatever tips he earned.

What do waiters do when they don’t refill drinks?

When they’re not refilling your drinks and bringing you condiments, they’re doing side work—either before the restaurant opens, after the last guest leaves, or in between waiting tables. “It could be rolling silverware, filling sauces, cutting lemons, rotating salad bars, stuff like that,” Jeff says.

What do servers do behind the scenes?

Servers do a lot more than taking orders and carrying food, though, and knowing what goes on behind the scenes is the key to a great restaurant experience. But servers are also privy to the restaurant secrets you might not know about—and some of them are less than savory.

What do waiters hate when you ask to move tables?

Waiters hate when you ask to move tables. Next time you get seated in a restaurant, think twice before asking your server to switch tables. Restaurants divide their floor plan into sections, and each server is responsible for a different group of tables.