I put myself through college and backpacked through many countries with money made from working at South Beach restaurants like Pacific Time (no homo). As a 19 year old where else can you legally make so much money as an employee? I would sometimes eat at nice restaurants in France and other countries even though I was backpacking so I was comparing apples to apples due to the fact I had spent so much time in nice restaurants in Miami. What you get when you dine at at a place in European countries where tipping is not required or you just tip a little bit I would say the service was just as good if not better than the USA. What you don't get when you dine in Europe is that fucking popcorn fake god damn cheery personality that you get in the USA.
