Tipping is a standard part of eating out. You go to the restaurant, get the bill, and pay 20% for the tip; after all, the restaurant staff’s livelihood is practically based on tips. But how does this work for delivery drivers?

In today’s day and age, we have a few different food delivery services we can choose up, and food delivery has nearly doubled since the pandemic began. When you place your order on GrubHub, the question many times comes to mind is if the driver sees your tip before or after delivery.

Grubhub Tipping Policy

Grubhub’s tipping policy includes the following:

• A customer tip is not required.
• Diners can tip within the delivery app using their credit card or leave a cash tip when the Grubhub delivery driver arrives.
• Grubhub delivery fees don’t go to the Grubhub driver.
• A customer can change a tip afterward.
• A customer can tip in cash.

How to Add Tip in Grubhub

• Open the Grubhub app and fill out your order.
• Proceed to the order review screen.
• Under your order’s subtotal amount, choose the tip type and amount.
• Finish off by selecting ‘Continue to Checkout.’

FAQ

Ques: Can I add tip after Grubhub delivery?

Ans: A customer tip is not required. Diners can tip within the delivery app using their credit card or leave a cash tip when the Grubhub delivery driver arrives. Grubhub delivery fees don’t go to the Grubhub driver. A customer can change a tip afterward.

Ques: Do you tip before or after on Grubhub?

Ans: Grubhub orders include three types of fees—restaurant fees, delivery fees, and service fees—none of which include a Grubhub driver tip. Grubhub drivers recommend either leaving a tip in the app before submitting your order, or mentioning “cash tip on arrival” in the driver’s instructions.

Ques: How do you tip on Grubhub pickup?

Ans: Do You Tip GrubHub Pickup? Adding a tip on a GrubHub pickup order is not required or necessary. When ordering GrubHub delivery, 100% of your tip goes to the delivery driver. In a pickup order, you are your own driver, and therefore the tip is not an essential part of your order process

Ques: What happens if you don’t tip Grubhub?

Ans: Nothing happens. I don’t understand why a company would expect customers to tip before service. Tips are optional and are to be given after a service is rendered if deserved.

Ques: How much do you tip for $50 delivery?

Ans: The Web site www.tipthepizzaguy.com suggests the following: 15% for normal service, with a $2 minimum; 20% for excellent service; 10% or less for poor service; at least 10% for orders of $50 or more.

Ques: How much do you tip for to go orders?

Ans: The general rule of thumb for a sit-down restaurant is to tip 18 to 20 percent of the bill. So on a large takeout order where the staff went above and beyond, Gottsman recommends about a 15 percent tip

Ques: What happens if you don’t tip Grubhub?

Ans: Nothing happens. I don’t understand why a company would expect customers to tip before service. Tips are optional and are to be given after a service is rendered if deserved.

Ques: What is Grubhub and How Does it Work?

Ans: Grubhub is an online and mobile food-ordering and delivery service. The company partners with restaurants to deliver their food to diners in over 3,000 cities in the U.S. Customers use the Grubhub app or website to order food from their favorite restaurants.

Ques: What Happens If You Don’t Tip Grubhub?

Ans: Nothing really, but it’s not a very nice thing to do. In theory, your food should be delivered quickly and correctly either way. That said, drivers can choose not to accept an order with no tip which may slow down your order. If you want to tip in cash, make a note of it in the order so the driver sees it

Ques: How Much Should You Tip GrubHub Drivers?

Ans: The standard tip amount in the service industry is 20%. If you want a range to go by, GrubHub has some suggestions. If everything goes well with delivery, the weather is nice, and the services are business as usual, then you should tip $5 if you have a smaller order or 20%, whichever amount is higher.

Ques: Where Do My Tips Go?

Ans: 

• Not all food delivery startups are created equal when it comes to how they handle tips.
• Caviar, for example, got in trouble recently for skimming driver tips.
• Grubhub on the other hand, has had no such issues.

When you leave a tip for your Grubhub driver, either within the app or after the delivery, you can be certain that 100 percent of the funds will be given to your delivery driver.