Splitting the cost?
If you invite people it's normal that you pay. If it is understood that it's not an invite but a social get-together, then you have a choice: Either divide the bill or pay just your meal. If some people have starters, deserts and an expensive main course, it is fair NOT to divide the bill. In that case, say (out loud) something like "I had the chicken", include your drinks and toss the amount on the table, rounded upwards to the nearest fiver. If people say you have to pay more, add it up for them: "I had the chicken of $14 and two drinks so that's about $18, and I put in $20". You round everything upwards, so the tip is taken care off and nobody can say a thing without emberrassing themselves - because you are already putting in more than you ate without paying for the expensive choices others made. Don't get into a debate in which you accuse people of eating too much or chosing dishes that are too expensive. Just focus on your contribution.
What is the polite way to split a dinner bill?
That stinks. This happened to me a few months ago too, but unfortunately I was not "good" friends with any of them and I hardly knew them so I couldn't really say anything. I ended up spending $50 at this semi-upscale restaurant. I ordered a main entree and tap water. A few appetizers were ordered, but we were all sharing it. Pitchers of alcohol were ordered, but I don't drink so I didn't have any. When the bill came, the people decided to treat the birthday girl for her share of the meal too, so they said the easiest way was to evenly split the bill. They were all good friends and I was the only outsider (roommate of the birthday girl), so I didn't speak up. My entree only cost $18, so with my share of the appetizers, it may have been $30 w/tip at the most, but I ended up paying almost twice of that! I swore to myself that I was never going to go out with them again. It cost me way too much to spend time with people I hardly knew or liked that much anyway. I could have easily stayed home that night for free and no roommate around too! But to answer your question, I guess since you are really good friends with these people, you should have simply stated that you were going to pay for only your portion and a portion of the engaged couple's meal. You don't need to ask, you should just say that. The others can then evenly split the bill after they subtract your payment. What did your other friend who didn't order as much think anyway? You should have used her for leverage too and said that you and her will only pay for your own portions since you didn't drink or ordered that much. That way, it won't be as bad since it is more than one person.
Ordering wine and Splitting the bill?
Just start off when ordering by saying "I want to put this on my credit card, so can you put it on a separate check." Then if they order a bottle and share, it's on them, if they order a bottle and share, you can always buy another bottle to share back. You can also take the approach of "lets try two different wines tonight and each pick on that fits your price range."
Splitting the bill at a restaurant?
You didn't say how many different ways you want to split the bill - but I know a lot of places who will not split out the bill on a large table into more than 2. it is just too difficult to keep track of that many individual tabs and too easy for people to skip out on paying part of it that way. The best way, imho, is to designate one person to take care of the bill. Since it is your birthday - it should NOT be you. Someone should be hosting this for you - not you throwing your own party. That one person is responsible for taking care of the entire bill - tip included - and then everyone on the party pays that one person. Another way to do this is to just have dinner at one place and then move to a bar or lounge and announce that drinks are "no-host" meaning everyone orders and arranges for their own payment. And generally - there will be a member of your party, maybe an older member who knows how this all works, will step forward and offer to take care of the check side of all of this. And usually people going to such a party all chip in for your part so that it is a gift to you. And always tell the server on how you intend to do the bill BEFORE ordering. Most will ask anyway- especially if they have a policy against splitting up the check more than twice.
How would you handle splitting a dinner check?
You handled it properly! There are some people that truly believe they're entitled to split a tab 50/50 regardless of what they eat or how much their tab totals. My husband and I were invited to an engagement dinner with a group of six friends one night; and my husband, who doesn't drink wine, had two beers with his meal. The rest of the group including myself drank wine. With each course of dinner, the engagement couple ordered several expensive bottles of wine. At the end of night, the tab totalled approximately $1500, and each couple was asked to split the bill evenly. My husband, although not a cheapskate, was very put out by the request complaining to me that each couple should have paid for their own meal and drinks. I agreed that athough I did enjoy drinking a few glasses of the wine, I too felt that we were taken advantage of by the bigger wine drinking couples. We paid our $450 for our equal portion of the meal and drinks including tip and vowed that we would never do that again, and from that night forward, we've always asked for our own check when dining with this particular group of wine drinking friends. By the way, we never announce it out loud that we'd like our own tab, my husband excuses himself from the table and requests it from the waiter after our dinner order is taken. No one has ever complained or questioned us about it. What's more, we're still invited out with this group even though we don't partake in their wine drinking.
Do you have advice for polite check splitting?
Well, seeing as some of your colleagues appear to be stingy themselves, I say there probably no easy way of breaking it to them. So, the one thing i can think of right now? showing them what its like. Order something that you can eat that is clearly expensive and basically put down half of what its worth saying thats what it is worth. HOWEVER, if you know there is some one in your group that feels the same way you did, warn them first about whats going on so they dont end up having to pay excessively for your teaching the others a lesson. this is the easiest way to do something, and if it turns out they dont have enough either, just tell them this in a simple manner "Dont you think we were all splitting the bill? Surely this isn't all you brought! I mean we have [Number of people in the group] people here! come on man! chip in! thats all i can provide, otherwise just dont eat with them
Are 'go Dutch' and 'split the bill' same meaning?
Hi, I am Dutch, going Dutch or split the bill is the same.In Dutch there isn’t a special word for Go Dutch.Its also not common in every situation to split the bill. It depend of the person and situation.A few weeks ago I invited an old girlfriend for a dinner in a restaurant and I paid the bill.Yesterday I was eating some snacks with my two sons and one of them paid.When I go with collegues for a drink or dinner after work we split the bill.But when I drink one beer of 2 euro and another drinks 4 wiskey for 20 euro, than it is normal that I pay the 2 euro and he the 20.The other answers in this topic say also something about how open you are to talk about the bill. I work in psychiatry and we talk very easy about any subject, also about money. But I can imagine there are settings where it is not done to talk about the way of splitting the bill.But if I drink 4 beer and he drinks 5 beer than you split the bill in two.Also your social status or the money you have to spend can play a role in splitting the bill or not. For example among students.So its also for us Dutch people sometimes difficult to make a decision how to pay the bill.
How do I suggest splitting a restaurant bill with a group of friends when no one mentions anything at the end of the meal? Is there any way to say it without being too rude or sounding stingy?
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Why is it so difficult to split the bill?
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How do you split the bill in a restaurant when everyone has ordered a dish with different price?
I often go to dinner on the weekends with a group of 6 or more foodies. Our bills are 50$ up just for food. Throw in drinks, and some will have a much higher bill, some don’t. So we do not split evenly as all agree it would not be fair. Option 1 is always to ask the restaurant to split the check. Most agree, especially larger ones. The small ones tend to more often decline. That’s when the fact we are friends comes in: we can trust each other to remember and accept our orders as our responsibility. As I am good with numbers, I usually volunteer to split up the check: as Foodies, we usually know exactly what we ate, and often also what the others had. If there is a (usually) drink I cannot assign, I ask. So I mark every item with the monogram of the “owner”, add it all up, add sales tax, and then provide everybody with their number. I then list on the back of the receipt the monogram, color of credit card and amount to charge and hand it all to the waiter who is usually very appreciative. This way everybody can tip as they feel appropriate, nobody feels taken advantage of by drinkers. It takes less than 5 minutes during a 3 hours dinner. Am I anal retentive? Probably. (I even double add the subtotals back up make sure that it totals the bill…) Still something that anybody with a smart phone (calculator!) can easily do. And my foodie friends are grateful because they are happy to pay for what they consumed but not pay for other people as everybody has a different budget and stomach.The big exception to this procedure is Chinese food: we simply split since the food is anyway set in the middle of the lazy susan and completely shared. And those meals usually involve tea, not alcohol.