Diners are going out more often: People are dining out more frequently at both fine dining and fast casual restaurants, with the total number of transactions rising 3.60% year-over-year at fine dining and 3.53% at fast casual restaurants.Tipping on fast casual is going strong: In spite of the “tipflation” backlash, diners haven’t stopped tipping in fast casual restaurants, though the median tip size is still hovering under 9%-well below the 17.32% average.

In spite of earning the biggest in-house tips, bars were hit hardest on takeout, with the median online and delivery tip falling from almost 10% to 8.54%.

Takeout tips are down: Tips for online orders and delivery dipped slightly, falling from 8.83% to 8.07%.

Bars and fine dining take home the biggest tips: Overall, tipping trends are staying stable across business types year-over-year, with customers continuing to tip around 3% more at bars (19.25%) and fine dining restaurants (19.9%) than they do in casual restaurants (16.5%).

Year-over-year, the median tip percentage increased by 2.3%, from 16.93% to 17.32%.

Tipping is on the rise: Good news for servers: diners aren’t skimping on tips.

Key findings from the Lightspeed Restaurant data: Powering the world’s best businesses, Lightspeed is the unified POS and payments platform for ambitious entrepreneurs to accelerate growth, elevate their customer experience and become a go-to destination in their space. The data is based on a sample of thousands of restaurants powered by Lightspeed across North America. On the other hand, average takeout and delivery tips dropped to around 8%, suggesting consumers might be pulling back on tips outside of traditional service venues.

(NYSE | TSX: LSPD) released new hospitality industry data showing that tipping is on the rise when consumers dine out, with the highest tips occurring at bars and fine dining restaurants.

12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Lightspeed Commerce Inc.

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