In Europe, the wait staff is paid a salary and do not require tips to make a living. So they don't care about table turn rate. When you go out you do get the table for the evening. Tipping in Europe, especially by the locals, is smaller then the US, usually 5% to 10% or less. Here when you tie up a table so you can dine in leisure, you are impacting the staffs income. So if you do chose to take 3 to 4 hours to dine, please make sure you tip an extra amount to compensate the lost income. Probably 30% or more.
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