Big tips are no longer a "thank you" for good service -- they're now mandatory at many of Manhattan's poshest bars.
At the trendy Gansevoort Hotel in the Meatpacking District, bartenders slap a compulsory 20 percent tip on all beer, wine and cocktails ordered at the bar.
That adds $7 to each $35 glass of Veuve Cliquot champagne.
At the Tribeca Grand Hotel, where a double Beefeater gin on the rocks costs a whopping $26, the bartender also includes an extra $4.68 tip -- that's an obligatory 18 percent gratuity -- on your tab.
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