Tipping In Slovakia - A Complete Guide
Quick Guide
🍽️ Restaurant - 10%
🍹 Bar - 10% or Round Up
🚕 Taxi - 10% or Round Up
🛎️ Porter/Bellhop - €1-2/Bag
🛏️ Housekeeping - €1-2/Day on Bedside Table
📸 Tour Guide - 10% or €5-10pp If Free
In Slovakia, you should tip based on the service you’ve received. However, bear in mind that service here is based on efficiency and attentiveness rather than outward friendliness.
Calculate a culturally appropriate tip for Slovakia using the calculator below and read on for more detail on tipping in Restaurants, Bars, Taxis, Hotels etc.
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Tipping in Restaurants
A 10% tip is considered customary in Slovakia but you can tip more or less than that depending on your level of satisfaction. If you don’t tip, they’ll presume you’re very unhappy.
Whether paying cash or card, tell the waiter what you’d like to pay including your tip.
For example, if the bill is €10 and you want to tip €1, you could give the waiter a €20 note and say “€11”, signalling that you’re looking for €9 in change.
Alternatively, just leave cash on the table when you leave.
Reserve your “Thank You” or “Dakujem” until after you’d paid. Otherwise, they’ll take that to mean “Keep the Change”.
Tipping in Bars
There’s no need to tip for every drink in Slovakia. Since table service is common, especially in bigger cities like Bratislava, it’s better to tip around 10% of the bill or just round up.
Tipping Taxi Drivers
Whether you’re taking a taxi, Uber or Bolt, it’s customary to tip around 10% or just round up your fare. That’s especially true if they’ve provided you with good service (clean car, carried your bags, taken your music requests into account).
Tipping The Porter/Bellhop
Tip bellboys €1-2/bag depending on the weight of your luggage, distance to the room, speed of service. In this situation, it’s considered rude not to tip.
Tipping Housekeeping
Tipping your housekeeper is completely optional. If you want to tip them to show your appreciation (or ensure great service until the end of your stay), you could leave €1-2/day on the bedside take.
Leave a note beside your tip saying “Thank You!” or “Dakujem!” so they know it’s for them.
Tipping Tour Guides
For a paid tour, tipping 10% is standard. For a free walking tour, it’s polite to tip around €5-10pp.
Bear in mind that many free walking tour guides have to pay a small fee per tourist to cover their company’s marketing fees. The company provides the audience, the guide provides the tour.
That means if you don’t tip your free tour guide, they may actually lose money on you.
Which Currency To Use
The Euro (EUR) has been the official currency of Slovakia since 2009 and it’s really your only choice whether you’re paying cash or card. Card payments are growing in popularity but cash is still widely accepted and preferred when tipping.
“Bezpečnú cestu!” - Safe travels! 🇸🇰 🏰 🏞️
