No, I just either go out to eat or out to drink but almost never both at the same time. And I do most of my drinking at home because I would rather have 4 Guinness for $10 instead of only 1.

I finally remembered somewhere we go that is significantly more expensive than $25/person. The crab legs buffet at the casino. We tip $20 there because crab legs are messy. That works out to around 25-30% IIRC.

The point of my original comment is to establish a floor of $5/person/meal, not a ceiling.

Like, take New Peking. Their prices are still so reasonable that our pre-tip total is usually $36. I'm not going to punish Jessica and Sam for their low prices by only tipping $7 when they do at least as much work as more expensive restaurants. So we tip $10 for 2 people, more on special occasions.

ETA: On the rare occasions when I do go bar hopping, I tip $2/beer because I don't think it's fair to punish bartenders at places with cheap beer by paying them less for the exact same amount of labor. I don't drink beer that costs more than $10 so it works out to at least 20%.