This idea has some merit. However, it&#x27;s not the restaurant that&#x27;s providing the experience, it&#x27;s whoever your particular server happens to be.<p>By paying a &quot;fair&quot; wage to the server, you do remove some problems, but you may introduce others.<p>When I was younger and worked as a server, it was commonplace for fellow servers to end the night with $150-$200 in tips (in addition to minimum wage, as this was California), which is decidedly above a &quot;fair&quot; wage for maybe 4-5 hours of work. It was a bad night if you didn&#x27;t break $100 in tips. Changing to a salary system, for some, would mean a net pay decrease (or far more expensive food, which may decrease patronage).<p>In addition, many feel a salary system would remove any incentive to deliver excellent experiences above the bare minimum. If you&#x27;re a server, and you know no matter what happens on the floor tonight, you get paid exactly the same... perhaps you don&#x27;t refill drinks quite as often... or you don&#x27;t put on your best friendly face when taking orders... because it doesn&#x27;t matter (think of your Fast Food experiences, where employees don&#x27;t really care about quality in any regard, food, service, cleanliness, etc). We worked hard for those tips, because it produced immediate, tangible results.<p>I know this is partly anecdotal, but for me back then as a server, I prefer tips over salary.