Dinner shows and live entertainment (2024)

FAQs

Do you tip at dinner shows? ›

No. They passed out a little dish after the showing saying tip is not included. Suggested tipping was $2-$5 per person.

Dinner theater (sometimes called dinner and a show) is a form of entertainment that combines a restaurant meal with a staged play or musical. "Dinner and a show" can also refer to a restaurant meal in combination with live concert music, where patrons listen to a performance during a break in the meal.

For example, high-frequency sounds bring out the sweetness in food, while low-frequency sounds bring out the bitterness. That makes it very important for restaurants to choose their live music carefully, so diners enjoy their meal more.

Should I eat at the theatre? Eating noisy or pungent foods can affect others around you, as their experience of a show is impacted by what you are eating. As well as this, it can also be considered rude to open packets and wrappers during a show as it may negatively affect the theatrical atmosphere.

A Simple Trick to Calculate the Tip

This will be a 20% tip amount. For example, on a $100 bill, double the bill in your head – the result is $200. Then move the decimal point one place to the left, which is $20.00. Thus, the tip amount in this example is $20.

Tipping an entertainer isn't expected, but is always appreciated.

The cacophony of sounds can cause anxiety and discomfort, making it tricky to enjoy their meal. If you do feel compelled to ask for the volume to be lowered, please resist the urge to say “I can't hear myself think!” If you've asked, your point has already been made, no need to stress your waiter out.

The disadvantages of the concert performances are the lack of scenery designs, limited acting space, and the orchestra as a distraction from the staged actions. The story of Company takes place in New York, but without the scenery designs, it is difficult to feel the city as the center of the world.

U.S. copyright law requires that restaurant owners pay for public performance licenses (PPL) from performing rights organizations (PROs) that control rights to a particular song. PROs collect digital, terrestrial (AM/FM radio), and live royalties for thousands of associated songwriters and publishers.

For the audience, too, it was ideal for eating while watching a movie – you can eat it with your hands and it won't distract you from watching. So, that's why people eat popcorn at the cinema. It's a simple, practical snack that audiences enjoy and that cinema owners can make a large profit from.

Can I bring my own popcorn bucket to the movie theater? ›

Can I bring in my own snacks? No, outside food and drinks are not permitted.

Basic tipping etiquette says, yes, you should tip your tour guide. There are exceptions if your specific tour experience includes gratuities or you simply didn't have a good time, but in general, tipping your guide at the end of the tour is customary in the U.S. and Europe, though it's much more common in the States.

15% is appropriate for average service ; 20% if your server is above average. You should feel free to tip above 20% if you received excellent service. If you received poor service, it is better to talk to the manager than skip on the tip. Leaving no tip does not correct the problem of poor service.

The gimmick is that you can order from your seat and the food you want is brought to you during the movie. After the movie, you get a receipt to sign and add a tip to like at any restaurant. I find it completely normal to tip 20% in this situation.

'Hospitality Included' (or no-tips) is a model that folds the 'cost' of service into the price of the meal.