Free Restaurant Bill Splitter.Split any check instantly.
Enter the check total, add everyone at the table, set the tip, and get each person’s exact share in seconds. Split evenly, or by exactly what each person ordered with tip and tax shared in proportion. No signup, no app, no limit.
Restaurant bill split calculator
Split a restaurant check with tip and tax, evenly or by what each person actually ordered.
Everyone pays the same.
Enter a check total (before tip) to see the split.
- Person 1$0.00
- Person 2$0.00
- Person 3$0.00
- Person 4$0.00
- Check total (before tip)
- $0.00
- Total
- $0.00
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Why groups use FamZam at the table
Even or itemised, in one tap
Switch between splitting evenly and splitting by what each person ordered without re-entering anything. Tip and tax follow whichever you choose.
The amounts always add up
When a total won’t divide cleanly, the leftover cents go to whoever was rounded down hardest — so the shares sum to the exact bill, every time.
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How to split a restaurant bill
- 1
Enter the check total
The amount before tip — the calculator adds tip and tax on top so you can see each part separately.
- 2
Add everyone at the table
Name them if you want the copied result to read cleanly in the group chat.
- 3
Set the tip and choose how to split
Quick tip buttons for 10, 15, 18 and 20%, then split evenly or by what each person ordered.
- 4
Copy the split and settle up
Paste each person’s exact amount into the chat, and settle over UPI, Venmo, or any payment app.
Splitting a check fairly
Use the 15% rule
If the most expensive order is within about 15% of the cheapest, split evenly. At £30 a head that’s a £4 difference — not worth the four minutes and mild tension of itemising.
Always pull the alcohol out
Three bottles of wine on an eight-person bill adds roughly £14 each to people who drank water. Split the food evenly, split the drinks between the drinkers. It takes twenty seconds and it is the single biggest source of quiet resentment at a shared table.
Share tip and tax in proportion, not evenly
If you itemise the food but split the tip evenly, you undo most of what itemising achieved. Tip is a percentage of what each person ordered, so it should follow the food.
Decide the method before ordering
“Shall we just split evenly?” asked at the start changes what people order and removes the entire negotiation. Asked after the food arrives, it is a request to subsidise someone.
The awkward cases
One person ordered far more than everyone else
Switch to “by what they ordered” and enter each person’s own items. Tip, tax and service charge ride along in proportion. A £48 steak next to a £14 pasta is not a rounding error.
Someone arrived after the starters
Give them a partial share — 0.7 is a normal landing point — or itemise just their part. Don’t charge them for food eaten before they sat down.
A service charge is already on the bill
Read the bill before anyone suggests a tip. In the UK and much of Europe a 12.5% service charge is often included, and tipping on top makes it roughly 25%.
The restaurant won’t split the payment
Increasingly common. One person pays the whole bill and everyone transfers within the hour — while they still remember, not “later”.
Someone is quietly short of money
Suggest splitting evenly rather than itemising, and let the larger orders carry it without commentary. It is the one case where the less precise method is the kinder one.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you split a restaurant bill with tip?
Add the tip to the check total, then divide by the number of people. If people ordered very differently, split the food by what each person ordered and share the tip in proportion to those amounts rather than evenly — tip is a percentage of the food, so it should follow the food.
Is this restaurant bill splitter free?
Yes, completely free with no account, no email, and no app to install. The calculation runs in your browser, so nothing you type is uploaded or stored anywhere.
Should you split a restaurant bill evenly or by what you ordered?
Split evenly when the most expensive order is within about 15% of the cheapest, because itemising costs the table more goodwill than it saves. Itemise when the gap is genuinely large — and pull alcohol out separately regardless of how the food is split.
Do you tip before or after tax?
The convention is to tip on the pre-tax subtotal, which is what this calculator does. Tipping on the post-tax total is slightly more generous and adds roughly the tax rate multiplied by the tip rate — a few cents per person.
How do you split a bill when one person doesn’t drink?
Split the food evenly, then split the drinks only between the people who drank them. You don’t need to itemise the whole meal to fix the one line that is actually skewed.
What if the total doesn’t divide evenly?
The leftover cents are distributed one at a time to whoever was rounded down the most, so the individual shares always add back to the exact bill total. Three people splitting 10.00 get 3.34, 3.33 and 3.33.