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Attention What was the worst restaurant experience you ever had?
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HoodedRat
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I was served meat chilli instead of veggie chilli. That was years ago; I haven't eaten in a restaurant since.
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Took a bite of a baked potato and had a mouth full of mud....
I unwrapped the foil and there was about 1/8" of mud on the bottom of the potato....
I told them when they apologized NOT to...but please OWN IT. I am offended by false apologies. I love to hear people take responsibility for their bullshit though..and I am very forgiving when that happens.
What would have worked: "There is no excuse. I hate it but sometimes I get lazy and don't do the basic things that ALWAYS need to be done." THAT is an "apology" I can easily accept.
I unwrapped the foil and there was about 1/8" of mud on the bottom of the potato....
I told them when they apologized NOT to...but please OWN IT. I am offended by false apologies. I love to hear people take responsibility for their bullshit though..and I am very forgiving when that happens.
What would have worked: "There is no excuse. I hate it but sometimes I get lazy and don't do the basic things that ALWAYS need to be done." THAT is an "apology" I can easily accept.
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I have many,
last week a waitress wouldn't take our martini order because as she stated boldly to the table, she knew nothing about gin. I don't want to know about gin, I want a fucking martini...I'll tell more as we go. This was just a tease...
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BTW..that booger story is fucking gross....
last week a waitress wouldn't take our martini order because as she stated boldly to the table, she knew nothing about gin. I don't want to know about gin, I want a fucking martini...I'll tell more as we go. This was just a tease...
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BTW..that booger story is fucking gross....
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Served a raw hamburger. And I mean completely raw, merely lightly browned on the outside. Now, while when given a choice I tend to prefer things very rare indeed, I don't like my rare either cold, frozen or (obviously) old. All of which applied at one time to that poor piece of beef.
Even though this seems like a worst date experience, it's not. lol.
I was on a friendly date with this guy I met from the now defunct Yahoo personals way back in the day. I remember it was during the summer around this time late June/July etc.
It was with this guy who looked like a slightly younger carbon copy version of Ted Cruz. He looked twice his age and not that I'm complaining, to me he was handsome, he just talked too much, I just found it odd. Like he even had the salt and pepper hair. But
I remember he said he worked as an insurance agent or something like that. At the time I was working as a graphic designer for an advertising company.
He arranged a date for us one Friday night and I didn't really trust this guy to pick me up at my house, so we met up in a supermarket parking lot and we would caravan in our own cars.
We ended up going to the cinema movies first to see a show. We saw 'Get Him To The Greek' with Puff Daddy and Russell Brand and Jonah Hill.
Oh that movie sucked.
But anyways, after the film was over, it was like creeping up after 9pm and we were hungry so we wanted to go to this really nice Italian restaurant/club in West Hollywood (that's now closed down). Being that it was Friday night, the place was packed and there was a line outside to go in. So we just stood at the bar and ordered a drink hoping the line would die down. After over half an hour it didn't, so we had to think of something else.
This was a long time ago in my mind lol, but I don't know if I suggested it, or if he suggested it, but we ended up going to a Norms location in West Hollywood (that is now closed down lol.)
There was nobody in this restaurant. The waitress that greeted us and seated us seemed like she would rather be elsewhere than giving us service. She seemed tired and nonchalant. lol.
I remember I ordered a steak and some mashed potatoes and gravy and a side salad and a Coke Cola.
He ordered the Chicken fried steak, rice and gravy, mixed vegetables and he had a hot coffee.
He said his coffee tasted like shit, and the cola I had was flat.
The salad I ordered, came with no dressing even though I said I wanted ranch. The waitress then very angrily went back and got me some salad dressing which didn't look at all safe to eat so I didn't use it. The salad from the top looked nice, but once you removed the first layer, the lettuce was old, the tomatoes were kinda spoiled etc.
The waitress was pretending to wipe down tables and I said to her, I'm not paying for this salad. She apologized and said she would remove it from the bill which she did.
Long story short, none of the food was good. The steak had no flavor and I said medium rare, (I like my steak soft) and I was like biting on a piece of cement. I could only eat half of it before it was too tough to eat. My date ate his chicken fried steak but said it tasted like the TV dinner kind. The mashed potatoes I had tasted kinda instant and they just got the potato flakes and put it in the microwave, not made fresh. I ate them all though, as they didn't taste bad, they just tasted not fresh.
The rice my date ordered he said tasted kinda bland. The gravy was okay. But how can you fuck up gravy? He also said the vegetables tasted too raw and he didn't touch those.
I then started to throw a mini funny tantrum. He's just sitting there laughing at me. I remember saying things to the effect, "This is a minus F restaurant." "Who the fuck owns this place." "I'm gonna throw all this food in that bitch face." etc.
But this guy was a damn saint. Not only did he offer to pay for the entire meal, (which wasn't cheap by the way lol). he gave her a tip too which she didn't deserve.
I never saw him again after that. I would call him and he would never answer his phone or return my voicemails. I remember I texted him twice to meet up and he said he was busy. Personally, I don't think I was his type and he was just being a gentleman about it the entire time I think.
But anyways, that was the worst restaurant experience I ever had, but at least it was with a nice guy though.
I was on a friendly date with this guy I met from the now defunct Yahoo personals way back in the day. I remember it was during the summer around this time late June/July etc.
It was with this guy who looked like a slightly younger carbon copy version of Ted Cruz. He looked twice his age and not that I'm complaining, to me he was handsome, he just talked too much, I just found it odd. Like he even had the salt and pepper hair. But
I remember he said he worked as an insurance agent or something like that. At the time I was working as a graphic designer for an advertising company.
He arranged a date for us one Friday night and I didn't really trust this guy to pick me up at my house, so we met up in a supermarket parking lot and we would caravan in our own cars.
We ended up going to the cinema movies first to see a show. We saw 'Get Him To The Greek' with Puff Daddy and Russell Brand and Jonah Hill.
Oh that movie sucked.
But anyways, after the film was over, it was like creeping up after 9pm and we were hungry so we wanted to go to this really nice Italian restaurant/club in West Hollywood (that's now closed down). Being that it was Friday night, the place was packed and there was a line outside to go in. So we just stood at the bar and ordered a drink hoping the line would die down. After over half an hour it didn't, so we had to think of something else.
This was a long time ago in my mind lol, but I don't know if I suggested it, or if he suggested it, but we ended up going to a Norms location in West Hollywood (that is now closed down lol.)
There was nobody in this restaurant. The waitress that greeted us and seated us seemed like she would rather be elsewhere than giving us service. She seemed tired and nonchalant. lol.
I remember I ordered a steak and some mashed potatoes and gravy and a side salad and a Coke Cola.
He ordered the Chicken fried steak, rice and gravy, mixed vegetables and he had a hot coffee.
He said his coffee tasted like shit, and the cola I had was flat.
The salad I ordered, came with no dressing even though I said I wanted ranch. The waitress then very angrily went back and got me some salad dressing which didn't look at all safe to eat so I didn't use it. The salad from the top looked nice, but once you removed the first layer, the lettuce was old, the tomatoes were kinda spoiled etc.
The waitress was pretending to wipe down tables and I said to her, I'm not paying for this salad. She apologized and said she would remove it from the bill which she did.
Long story short, none of the food was good. The steak had no flavor and I said medium rare, (I like my steak soft) and I was like biting on a piece of cement. I could only eat half of it before it was too tough to eat. My date ate his chicken fried steak but said it tasted like the TV dinner kind. The mashed potatoes I had tasted kinda instant and they just got the potato flakes and put it in the microwave, not made fresh. I ate them all though, as they didn't taste bad, they just tasted not fresh.
The rice my date ordered he said tasted kinda bland. The gravy was okay. But how can you fuck up gravy? He also said the vegetables tasted too raw and he didn't touch those.
I then started to throw a mini funny tantrum. He's just sitting there laughing at me. I remember saying things to the effect, "This is a minus F restaurant." "Who the fuck owns this place." "I'm gonna throw all this food in that bitch face." etc.
But this guy was a damn saint. Not only did he offer to pay for the entire meal, (which wasn't cheap by the way lol). he gave her a tip too which she didn't deserve.
I never saw him again after that. I would call him and he would never answer his phone or return my voicemails. I remember I texted him twice to meet up and he said he was busy. Personally, I don't think I was his type and he was just being a gentleman about it the entire time I think.
But anyways, that was the worst restaurant experience I ever had, but at least it was with a nice guy though.
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Some of our supermarket chains have restaurants. Next to the usual weekly menus, they always have a cheaper fast-food one. Burger & fries, hot dog & fries...
Once they had chicken wings which I ordered. Paid, found a place to sit down, took a bite... then I noticed short beard stubbles on the sticky marinade. All the chicken wings had some on them. Looks like the cook shaved himself right above the bowl while preparing them
Once they had chicken wings which I ordered. Paid, found a place to sit down, took a bite... then I noticed short beard stubbles on the sticky marinade. All the chicken wings had some on them. Looks like the cook shaved himself right above the bowl while preparing them
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I'd actually prefer the booger over something that rare, I mean RAW. My roadkill has to be cooked. Yecch...
Oh, BEEEEE-lieve me...some people do a really good job of fucking up gravy. I've been known (in my mind) to call it the "precious liquid" as there are few things I think of as more wonderful, but I've had restaurant gravy that is downright vile.
The Heinz gravies in the glass jar are quite good. Certainly it beats the hell out of their Godawful HFCS-laden ketchup.
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Yeah, their gravy isn't half bad. I usually prefer to make my own but occasionally pick up a can for emergency use. It's easy to screw up gravy if y'don't know how to cook though, I've had some bad, floury gravy in my time.
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Nothing outrageous involving disgusting food or anything. They're all with service and whatnot.
I once was at a restaurant with my sister. The waiter came out with my entree about ten minutes after we ordered, and apologized but they had screwed up her entree, so they were making another one. We shrugged and (with my sister's urging) I started eating. Another ten minutes later, they came back out...and said they had screwed it up again. They said her meal was on the house, and it would be out in just a bit. Sure as shit, they came back out later and said they had screwed it up AGAIN. Now our entire meal was on the house, they gave her a free soup and salad, and finally, about ten minutes later, served her her entree...
...a cheeseburger.
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I once was at a restaurant with my sister. The waiter came out with my entree about ten minutes after we ordered, and apologized but they had screwed up her entree, so they were making another one. We shrugged and (with my sister's urging) I started eating. Another ten minutes later, they came back out...and said they had screwed it up again. They said her meal was on the house, and it would be out in just a bit. Sure as shit, they came back out later and said they had screwed it up AGAIN. Now our entire meal was on the house, they gave her a free soup and salad, and finally, about ten minutes later, served her her entree...
...a cheeseburger.
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With years of eating out while travelling for business....I have too many tales to tell.
But one of the worst was eating at a restaurant with my mother and partner and the 'Prime Rib' came out refrigerator cold and pretty grey.
And the other dinners were as bad or worse.
So it started with a notice to the server, who disappeared and then brought the same plate back out to me with the meat heated up a bit in the microwave...which then led to a call to the manager after the server told us that she would have to pay for any dinner that I refused to pay for....which then led to me standing in the middle of the dining room and insisting on talking to the 'chef' as well while I chewed him out for trying that kind of bullshit on serving staff.
In the end We paid nothing for the meal but the server got a 50 dollar tip.
But one of the worst was eating at a restaurant with my mother and partner and the 'Prime Rib' came out refrigerator cold and pretty grey.
And the other dinners were as bad or worse.
So it started with a notice to the server, who disappeared and then brought the same plate back out to me with the meat heated up a bit in the microwave...which then led to a call to the manager after the server told us that she would have to pay for any dinner that I refused to pay for....which then led to me standing in the middle of the dining room and insisting on talking to the 'chef' as well while I chewed him out for trying that kind of bullshit on serving staff.
In the end We paid nothing for the meal but the server got a 50 dollar tip.
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My last trip to Vegas on my last night I went and saw the late showing of Jersey Boys at Paris Hotel and Casino. Right after the show I had a late reservation at Camelot Steakhouse inside Excalibur Hotel and Casino.
When I got there the hostess seemed pissed I showed up. She seated me right night to the only other people in the place, which were arguing. Took a half hour or so to get a soda and I had to ask three different people for it. Took 45 minutes or so to have my order taken. Again I had to track down someone. I was brought a bread basket with bread/rock hybrids. Took another 45 minutes or so after ordering to get my meal of prime rib and shrimp. It was also cold. When I was done I had to track down someone to pay. I was honestly thinking about just walking out.
Everyone was cleaning to go home so I figured they thought I wasn’t going to show and closed the kitchen for the night. Overall I was upset that is where I spent my last night in Vegas. I like to have a nice dinner on my last night.
When I got there the hostess seemed pissed I showed up. She seated me right night to the only other people in the place, which were arguing. Took a half hour or so to get a soda and I had to ask three different people for it. Took 45 minutes or so to have my order taken. Again I had to track down someone. I was brought a bread basket with bread/rock hybrids. Took another 45 minutes or so after ordering to get my meal of prime rib and shrimp. It was also cold. When I was done I had to track down someone to pay. I was honestly thinking about just walking out.
Everyone was cleaning to go home so I figured they thought I wasn’t going to show and closed the kitchen for the night. Overall I was upset that is where I spent my last night in Vegas. I like to have a nice dinner on my last night.
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how about the time we were having fish and chips on our trip Cambridge, the man sitting next to us who was large and quite hairy decided he should take his shirt off to eat lunch. Our first ferkin fish and chips experience was ruined, although we still talk about it....
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Would you eat in an all-vegetarian restaurant?
We lost a long-time customer once because we accidentally served him some cheese in a dish that he ordered without. He ate about half before realizing he was eating cheese, then became furious. We felt terrible and expressed every regret we could, which were genuine. It was our mistake without a doubt, and though there was no malice on our part we couldn't undo it. Refunds and gift certificates and more apologies wouldn't placate him, but there was very little else we could do. Years later, I still feel a little bad about it. But, as you seem to realize, if it's that important to you, it may not be worth taking the risk in the first place. Restaurants are by their very nature stressful, confusing, high-pressure environments and once in a while they are just going to fuck up, even very expensive and highly-regarded ones.
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I want to hear more. Any amateur server could deftly hack their way through your jungle of an order.
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Yes. Gravy deserves respect, and there are multiple ways to fuck it up. And also, multiple ways to make it excellent.
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You fucking rock.
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For the love of god would you please ask me where to dine next time you want a nice dinner on your last night?
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I am all ears?
I already have a list of places in Vegas to try so I would love to hear of more places.
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And to reply to the OP, I have almost never had what I think is a bad experience. There's food I don't like, or food that is poorly prepared. But usually, I have too much insight into the back of the house to not empathize with their failures to be really upset, and (perhaps surprisingly) am too affable with the service to receive bad treatment.
There was one exception with an Okinawa style sake tavern here that still pisses me off. This local joint often serves exceptional bar food, but the extraordinary attitude of the owner defies any notion of manners that I'm acquainted with. I believe customers are at a restaurant to enjoy the pleasures of dining. Without going into detail, our party requested to split into two tables and we were denied "because that wasn't going to work". For the next hour, I watched the smug owner polish bar glasses with no other customers in sight. Now, I know what's a pain in the ass for a restaurant, and what's not. This was just a self-important asshole being a self-important asshole.
There was one exception with an Okinawa style sake tavern here that still pisses me off. This local joint often serves exceptional bar food, but the extraordinary attitude of the owner defies any notion of manners that I'm acquainted with. I believe customers are at a restaurant to enjoy the pleasures of dining. Without going into detail, our party requested to split into two tables and we were denied "because that wasn't going to work". For the next hour, I watched the smug owner polish bar glasses with no other customers in sight. Now, I know what's a pain in the ass for a restaurant, and what's not. This was just a self-important asshole being a self-important asshole.
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baker's square in illinois, my (then) bf and i went in during a weekday there was virutally no one in there yet for some reason we were sat in the back of the restaurant next to the bathroom. if my bf didn't stop me i was about to turn the fuck up.