Jon Bon Jovi Tips Sydney Waiter $600

22 January 2008
Jon Bon Jovi Tips Sydney Waiter $600

IT WAS a serious way to say Have A Nice Day when visiting US rocker Jon Bon Jovi left a young Sydney waiter the biggest tip of his hospitality career.

Proving his generosity is as sizeable as his spiky '80s mullet once was, the veteran guitar god left staff at Woolloomooloo noshery Manta singing his praises when he casually served up a $600 tip for waiter Tristan Tomlinson.

After jetting into Sydney on Sunday and checking into the Blue Hotel at the Finger Wharf, the Bon Jovi quartet and 10 crew cruised down to the restaurant strip for a bite.

Clearly peckish, the lads cleaned the celebrity-favoured haunt out of lobster and mud crab.

They then left a tip to match the size of their appetites.

"It's the biggest single tip I've ever received in the four years I have worked here," a chuffed Tomlinson, 28, told Confidential yesterday.

"To get $100 is a bonus so this was pretty substantial - it was a really nice surprise."

Far from making any rock-star demands, Bon Jovi was relaxed, casual and "just wanted to be treated like anyone else," Tomlinson said.

Fellow diners were fairly oblivious to the rock royalty in their midst on Sunday night.

But a small crowd of eager Sydney fans gathered on the wharf while the band ate ravenously, patiently waiting to ask for autographs.

Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson may have hoped to do just that after attending promoter Paul Dainty's private box to watch Bon Jovi rock the Acer Arena last night.

No slouch in the area of politics himself, Bon Jovi is celebrity besties with US presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

Source: Australia News

Made me want lobster...

Lobster-Pizza & Crab-Fries...now, where can I find that in the UK?

I'm going to have some crab fries in Philly in about a month - yum.

Is it just me or does "mud crab" sound really unappealing .... ?

Nope, it's not just you

thanks Mo for the article....why tip a waiter so much.... its not like he cooked the crab... :P

Dawn

Serving a party of 14 perhaps? Yeah, you better tip right. Waiters have a harder job to do than anyone in the place. Jon is a good, generous guy, in some ways he hasn't changed too much over the years from being just another Jersey kid. I just hope he can get back on track with his music now!

Mud crab... Sounds like something Cajun! Mmm, cajun food! It has the worst names but it tastes phenomenal! Look it up on the Food Network website, I didn't find anything on Wiki..

I was listning to a radio interview with Jon last night, and when Kyle and Jackie O (radio show hosts) mentioned the tip and how it was in the newspaper the next day etc, and Jon didnt really seem fussed about it all and had to actually ask what night it was and what resturant it was.

Must be a regular thing for him!!

Well that was very nice of Jon!