How much tip should I leave and how do I split the bill?
Enter the bill amount, pick a tip percentage, optionally a number of people. You instantly get the tip, the total, and the amount per person.
Works for restaurants, bars, taxis, hotels, deliveries. With ready-made values 5%, 10%, 15%, 18%, 20% or your own slider value.
How to use it
- Enter the bill amount.
- Pick a tip percentage: one of the preset buttons (5/10/15/18/20%) or your own value with the slider up to 50%.
- Set the number of people: + and - buttons split the bill.
- The result shows three values: the tip, the total, and the amount per person.
When this is useful
Six common scenarios:
- Restaurant with friends. Bill $230 plus 18% tip = $271.40, split between 3 people = $90.47 each.
- Pizza delivery. $40 plus 15% = $46. Classic.
- Taxi or rideshare. $20 fare plus 15% rounded up = $25. Easier to pay without change.
- Group dinner. 8 people, $480 bill, 18% = $566.40, $70.80 per person. The split is especially useful here. Without a calculator, someone usually ends up shortchanged.
- Checking what % a tip really is. Sometimes you just round to a nice round number. Enter the bill and the amount you'd pay, see what percentage that actually is.
- Hotel staff. Bellhop typically $1-2 per bag, housekeeping $2-5 per night left in the room. Fixed amounts but good to keep in mind.
Questions and answers
Typical US tipping:
- Restaurant servers: 18-22% is the expected minimum; 15% acceptable for okay service, 25%+ for great. Servers earn most of their income from tips, not wages.
- Mandatory gratuity: some restaurants add 18-20% for groups of 6+, check the bill before adding extra.
- Bartenders: $1-2 per drink.
- Hotel housekeeping: $2-5 per night.