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Money & paymentsBy Clever Tourists · Published
Romania tips at roughly the Central European rate — around ten percent for table service, small change for coffee — with one practical wrinkle: card terminals mostly have no tip line, so a gratuity almost always means cash. The word to know is bacșiș, which is what a tip is called.
Free toolWork out the exact tip on any bill →Pick the country, enter the bill and get the tip in local currency — including the places where service is already on the bill.Restaurants: 10% for good table service.
Cafés and bars: leave the small change or round up.
Taxis: round up to the nearest leu.
Tour guides and drivers: 10% for a day's guiding is generous but appropriate.
Cash matters — most card machines cannot add a tip.
Bacșiș is the word for a tip. You can say it when paying, or simply hand over the cash and say the total you intend to pay.
Like much of Central Europe, the cleanest method is to state the total rather than leave coins. In Romania both work: a tip left on the table is common and understood.
Because card machines rarely offer a tip field, cash is the practical way. Carry small notes if you plan to eat out.
Some restaurants add a service charge for larger groups. If it is there, 10% on top is not needed.
In Bucharest and the bigger cities, 10% is well established and expected in restaurants with table service.
In smaller towns and villages, rounding up is more common and a full 10% can feel generous.
Cafés operate on the rounding convention: a coffee costs a round-ish number and you leave the change.
Cash is still normal in Romania, more than in Western Europe, and it is the easiest way to tip.
No tip at supermarkets, shops or for counter service.
Cards are increasingly accepted, but tipping remains a cash habit because of the terminal limitation.
Our Romania guides sit within the Central Europe coverage.
About 10% at restaurants with table service, and small change or rounding up at cafés and bars.
It is the Romanian word for a tip or gratuity.
Usually not. Most card terminals have no tip line, so tipping is normally done in cash.
Rounding up to the nearest leu is normal and sufficient.
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