San Francisco Etiquette and Customs - San Francisco Hotel Discounts and City Guide Hotel special offers, luxury hotel accommodation, restaurants, essential travel information and San Francisco transportation. San Francisco Etiquette and Customs Greeting someone in San Francisco San Francisco is a friendly city with greetings being generally informal.
Most people address each other by their first names and greet each other with a handshake.
Although on some occasions, such as business meetings and formal functions, you would be expected to use a person's title and last name. Tipping advice Throughout America tipping is more or less compulsory. In restaurants waiters expect around 10 to 20 percent, as do taxi drivers and hairdressers, while porters and bellboys anticipate around oneUS dollar or two US dollars per piece of luggage. You are not expected to tip in fast-food restaurants or cinemas. San Francisco dress code Business dress has become more informal especially on Fridays, but generally suits are expected to be worn by both men and women.