Service charge
How to Split Service Charge Between Friends.
After the food is assigned, there is often one final question: what do you do with the restaurant’s service charge? There is more than one reasonable approach, so the important thing is to agree on a method and make it clear in the breakdown.
See it in recEAT
From one messy bill to everyone’s actual share.
Add the receipt items, tap who had each dish, and recEAT turns it into a clean per-person breakdown you can share.
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Option 1: Split the service charge equally
Divide the total service charge by the number of people in the meal. This is simple, predictable, and quick to explain.
A ₱300 service charge across six people adds ₱50 to each person.
Option 2: Split it proportionally
Some groups prefer to make people with larger food-and-drink subtotals cover a larger share of the service charge. That can feel more precise when order sizes vary a lot.
Which method should your group use?
There is no universal social rule for every table. Use the method your group considers fair, apply it consistently, and show it clearly so nobody has to reverse-engineer the total.
How recEAT handles service charge today
recEAT currently takes one service-charge amount and splits it equally among everyone in the meal. More flexible custom handling is planned for recEAT Plus, but it is not part of the current Free experience.
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