Leto

I had a nice dinner out last night in Toronto (Stone grill restaurant) and left a 20% Tip.

I thought the service was very attentive, with no gaps in provisioning, even the time when we wanted to leave had an appropriate wait time. The owner delivered a complimentary plate of oysters at the beginning and the deserts were complimentary.

The only downside was the extremely loud party of 10 just next to us. But I put that down to the livelyness of the joint.

20% tip is unheard of for me, but in light of the commenting in this thread, I considered many angles, and decided that 15% calculations can be modified when needed.

incidentally here is the meal from last night (as explained in the VD thread):

Anybody thinking of doing stone grill, give it a chance. We were provided with heated lava blocks upon which our entrees were seared while we ate.

- appetizer was a tapas of bison tartar. Very flavourful.
- The entrees were marlin for her and bison bavette for myself. These cooked on the block in a dry sear fashion, and had a citrus vinaigrette dip for the fish and a chestnut cream dip for the red meat.
-dessert was a raspberry creme brule for her and caramel drizzled fried plantains accompanied with on-site made cinnamon icecream for me.
- as it was our 25 yr anniversary of meeting, the place complimented us with oysters as an appetizer and desserts.