

Taxi/Careem/Uber drivers : Many Dubai residents also choose to give tips to taxi as well as Careem and Uber drivers. If that’s the case, then you don’t need to hand out money directly to the person serving you and can just drop some money in the jar. Some places keep a tip jar on the counter. The customary amount is between 10 and 15 percent of the bill. So, be sure to tip the waiters even if there are service charges.

However, the services charges are usually kept by the restaurants and not distributed among the staff. Restaurant staff : Many people think that they don’t need to tip if the bill includes service charges. Home services companies (maintenance, moving, painting)Ĭonfused on what to tip the next time you go to a restaurant or hail a cab in Dubai? Here’s your handy guide. % of respondents who said they tipped them “All of the time” or “Most of the time” This is compared to laundrymen and Careem/Uber drivers who very rarely get tips Person delivering the service

It seems that waiters/waitresses and food delivery persons are the luckiest of all with over 74% of respondents saying they tip them all or most of the time. When going out in a group, 39% of the responded usually split the tip amount between themselves, while 51% said that one person pays extra for the tip. 50% of the respondents pay the same amount each time instead of calculating the tip as a percentage of the total bill amount. The majority (85%) would be less likely to give a tip if the company added the tip to the bill automatically.
