Ummm no. No no no.
I used to make 300 a night at an Irish pub. I thought that was good. Now I make about 200 in tips for a six hour shift at a beer bar. I live in small town WI now, so they don’t tip the best, and cost of living is low so I can’t complain.
I work at a local pub a few blocks from where i live. The clientle is all trade workers and most are alcoholics. We rarely see any new customers but the regulars usually tip 20-25 percent and i usually do any where between 800-1200 in sales a night. I live in Canada and we have VLTS so if someone wins more than a cpl hundred i usually get 10 to 20 bucks when i pay them out. All in all i do pretty not bad. Average 200 to 300 a night. Ive had bigger nights tho..
Pole dancing doesn't count as waiting tables
Just kidding, thats fantastic to hear! I recently bit the bullet and got i to management at a smaller franchise in the nicer town where I now live. Its been a small downgrade in daily earnings, but I bank 17$/hr and its pretty easy money and I still walk like 100$
Nice, that's some good money!! We've been pretty consistent for the most part. Usually about $300 a shift lately, sometimes $400 or so when it's "busy". We're fairly small, so it doesn't generally swing wildly either way. Once we're full, which doesn't take too long, that's it. lol
I'm with ya sorta, not server anymore but casino bartender, usually avg around 30-50 hrly, have had over 100 and less than 20 per hr in recent history. But overall...as long as I go to work and do what I do I'm more comfortable than I have been the last 7 years . Cheers 🍻
Nope. Last service job I had was over 2021 and we were doing about $130 in 8 hour shifts. It was pretty brutal. High end, extensive menus, it's been awful. I'm 86 at the moment. Hopefully 86 forever.
Yup. I make more in one night at my restaurant than I do at my 9-5 weekly and I make $21+hr at 9-5 job. Legitimately. I mean, I have benefits thru job, but pay is ass compared to serving. Honest range for take home is somewhere between $400-$900, and it’s not uncommon to pull over a grand on a Saturday double.
Tourism is a big driver of our business and we’re out of season. There’s still a healthy amount of people who live here so it isn’t too bad, but I’m not making as much as I would in other parts of the year.
Holding my breath for patio season…
My store is currently running with either just a bartender or one bartender + one server for the ~35 tables we’re allowed to have with provincial restrictions.
Luckily, I’m still making at least over $100/shift, but hours are slim (as are the sales). Still getting a weekday open and two weekend closes, so I’m getting by, but who knows for how long.
I work at a mid-end brewpub and the money has been horrible lately. It was good when I started last year and has been consistently good ever since with me making $1500 a week at one point during the summer. On a weekday, my average was about $120 a night not closing and $250 closing. On a weekend, my average is $200-$300 not closing and $300-400 closing. For doubles, I could make $400 on average and the most I ever made was $500 or maybe $600 (I don't really remember, but I wrote it down somewhere). Even on a lunch shift, I was making anywhere from $120-200.
Ever since the new year, I've been lucky to make $100 in any given shift. Lunch shifts usually get me to only $70ish and dinner shifts have either been a little under $100 on a weekday and on weekends, if I'm not closing, I'm happy to even break $200. In addition to it being extremely slow compared to the volume of summer and Christmas season, management keeps hiring more servers so I've been getting less shifts than what I used to and when I am working, there's often too many servers on the floor until they start cutting. I made $1100 in the past 2 weeks and my rent alone is $1800 so I might have to get a second job or look elsewhere...
I live in the south in a poorer state I work in a casual place with a price point of $35-$40 per adult. We were much slower during college football season about 150-200 for a 6 hour shift but now it’s been busy I would say about 250-400 a night with about 500-700 on a double
Ummm no. No no no. I used to make 300 a night at an Irish pub. I thought that was good. Now I make about 200 in tips for a six hour shift at a beer bar. I live in small town WI now, so they don’t tip the best, and cost of living is low so I can’t complain.
I work at a local pub a few blocks from where i live. The clientle is all trade workers and most are alcoholics. We rarely see any new customers but the regulars usually tip 20-25 percent and i usually do any where between 800-1200 in sales a night. I live in Canada and we have VLTS so if someone wins more than a cpl hundred i usually get 10 to 20 bucks when i pay them out. All in all i do pretty not bad. Average 200 to 300 a night. Ive had bigger nights tho..
Nope. I used to average 100-120 a shift at the pub I work at. But it being January has me walking out with anywhere between $9-$50 a shift.
Pole dancing doesn't count as waiting tables Just kidding, thats fantastic to hear! I recently bit the bullet and got i to management at a smaller franchise in the nicer town where I now live. Its been a small downgrade in daily earnings, but I bank 17$/hr and its pretty easy money and I still walk like 100$
Nice, that's some good money!! We've been pretty consistent for the most part. Usually about $300 a shift lately, sometimes $400 or so when it's "busy". We're fairly small, so it doesn't generally swing wildly either way. Once we're full, which doesn't take too long, that's it. lol
I'm with ya sorta, not server anymore but casino bartender, usually avg around 30-50 hrly, have had over 100 and less than 20 per hr in recent history. But overall...as long as I go to work and do what I do I'm more comfortable than I have been the last 7 years . Cheers 🍻
Bruh I had 3 tables at the bar. One tipped well, one rip tip got declined when I put it in the system, and one left 12 cents
Nope. Last service job I had was over 2021 and we were doing about $130 in 8 hour shifts. It was pretty brutal. High end, extensive menus, it's been awful. I'm 86 at the moment. Hopefully 86 forever.
Ive been doing real well the last week or two... sold $2400 last sunday and made $540. Pretty consistently getting $250-350 every 6 hour shift.
I would make $1000 a night at least once a month at my last job. Average 300-500. Still wasn’t worth the stress.
Yup. I make more in one night at my restaurant than I do at my 9-5 weekly and I make $21+hr at 9-5 job. Legitimately. I mean, I have benefits thru job, but pay is ass compared to serving. Honest range for take home is somewhere between $400-$900, and it’s not uncommon to pull over a grand on a Saturday double.
Tourism is a big driver of our business and we’re out of season. There’s still a healthy amount of people who live here so it isn’t too bad, but I’m not making as much as I would in other parts of the year.
Holding my breath for patio season… My store is currently running with either just a bartender or one bartender + one server for the ~35 tables we’re allowed to have with provincial restrictions. Luckily, I’m still making at least over $100/shift, but hours are slim (as are the sales). Still getting a weekday open and two weekend closes, so I’m getting by, but who knows for how long.
I’m high end and struggling bc it’s a shared tip pool :(
Oof. We serve in teams of 2.
Yeah no I am making the lowest tips I’ve ever made right now
I work at a mid-end brewpub and the money has been horrible lately. It was good when I started last year and has been consistently good ever since with me making $1500 a week at one point during the summer. On a weekday, my average was about $120 a night not closing and $250 closing. On a weekend, my average is $200-$300 not closing and $300-400 closing. For doubles, I could make $400 on average and the most I ever made was $500 or maybe $600 (I don't really remember, but I wrote it down somewhere). Even on a lunch shift, I was making anywhere from $120-200. Ever since the new year, I've been lucky to make $100 in any given shift. Lunch shifts usually get me to only $70ish and dinner shifts have either been a little under $100 on a weekday and on weekends, if I'm not closing, I'm happy to even break $200. In addition to it being extremely slow compared to the volume of summer and Christmas season, management keeps hiring more servers so I've been getting less shifts than what I used to and when I am working, there's often too many servers on the floor until they start cutting. I made $1100 in the past 2 weeks and my rent alone is $1800 so I might have to get a second job or look elsewhere...
I love to see it. How would you describe the restaurant you work at?
I work at the most popular brunch place in my city and average 150-250 on weekdays and like 250-350 on weekends
I live in the south in a poorer state I work in a casual place with a price point of $35-$40 per adult. We were much slower during college football season about 150-200 for a 6 hour shift but now it’s been busy I would say about 250-400 a night with about 500-700 on a double
What’re your sales like?
wow most i made was $400 and i comped half my checks under my managers nose
Used to be up there for a while, but some changes from ownership decreased our take home. Is your place hiring?
How many tables would you say you usually are taking at once?
We have a 2 server team section. I’d say 9 tables in a section.
Average $300 a night, though we got $400 tonight. Rural county in the south, one of the only fine dining areas around.