‘Goodbye 2020’: Customer leaves a symbolic tip of $2,020 at Indian restaurant in US

Team Udayavani, Jan 5, 2021, 11:51 AM IST

A customer at a US-based Indian restaurant pleasantly surprised the hotel staff after he left a symbolic tip of USD 2,020 for his USD 269 food bill.

The incident took place on January 1, 2021 at Masala Mantra Indian Bistro based in Florida’s Cape Coral. The restaurant posted a picture of a bill on its social media handle where it showed how the customer paid them a tip of USD 2,020. The total bill for the food and drinks, including tax, was USD 269.

Captioning the post, Masala Mantra Indian Bistro wrote that a USD 2,020 tip was given to their server Dawn. The post further mentioned that they cannot stop smiling and feeling happy for their employee. The restaurant mentioned in its post, “God bless this group of kind folks.” The year 2020 was especially hard for restaurant owners including theirs. However, this act of kindness made their year, as mentioned in the post.

The Masala Mantra Indian Bistro further expressed its gratitude for all their patrons’ support, especially in a difficult year like 2020. The restaurant is hoping that the new year brings new hope and makes everything better than last year.

The feel-good post also attracted netizens who posted kind comments. One user on Facebook said, “Wonderful! Makes me happy to know there are good people in the world,” while another user said, “Congratulations Dawn…and Happy New Year!!!”

With inputs from News18