In the first half of 2021, tips at full-service restaurants averaged 19.9% while gratuity at quick-service restaurants was 16.5%, according to data from restaurant point of sale and management system Toast. While Toast’s most recent data shows tipping behavior at full-service restaurants has shown a slight decline, more than four years later, averaging 19.3% in the fourth quarter of 2024, tipping at quick-service restaurants, drive-thrus and kiosks dropped to 15.8%. Gulfshore Business wants to know how tipping behavior has changed among its readers. Click here to vote in the Gulfshore Business poll. Voting is open until 10 a.m. May 1, and results will be published in the May 2 Gulfshore Business Daily newsletter.