In the first part of the Italian adventure, broadcast in the fifth series, the girls of "Hostel by Anabel: Si n'jetë", Maggie, Viola and Ana, ate pizza in Milan. As you can see in the video below [min. 42:18], in the invoice was placed ? 8.40 per coperto, or ? 2.10 / person (approximately 260 ALL).
If you've had lunch at an Italian restaurant and haven't noticed the coperto, you've probably been to the Lazio region, which includes Rome, which is the only region where the coperto is not included in the bill, at least legally.
Simply put, coperto is a fee per person that is usually specified on the menu. The fee ranges from 1-3 euros, but can also be 5 euros for expensive restaurants. Coperto is not tips, but a fee that covers the price of bread you can consume, oil, salt, tablecloths or other items.
According to Laura Teso, who owns My Corner of Italy , one of the 50 best Italian travel blogs, the coperto dates back to the Middle Ages. Back then, many people sat in guesthouses, not to consume anything but to eat the food they received from home. So the owners of the inns decided to ask for a fee, which covered the use of tables (bread covers and other dining dishes).
Laura adds that in a way, in the restaurants where the coperto is placed on the invoice, the embarrassment with the tips is avoided, because unlike other cultures, the Italians are not obliged to leave the mayor.
