Tipping in Dutch Side Restaurants on Sint Maarten We hope that this article is giving a bit of guidance and helps to protect hard-working service personal. Add a third element to confuse the issue: scruple less restaurant owners, who keep tips for themselves and pay their staff only a pittance.
The French side follows European law, where waiters are making a decent salary independent of tip.
The Dutch side very much follows the American style, where a service charge is not automatically included into the meal price noted on the menu, and the staff depends very much on tips. Sorry for having to inform you: Proper tipping is not an easy task on our multi-cultural island.
