Worst experience in a restaurant?

I remember a couple years ago I was at Montana's and it was just awful. I ordered Steak and baked potatoes, while my family ordered different items. Our food was over an hour, my steak was bloody even though I asked for medium, the potato still had freaking tin foil on the bottom (so glad I didn't put that in my mouth!) and it was ice cold. My family had equally disgusting orders. The only time I condoned not paying the bill, and would never go back agaiin. What is some of your worst experiences?

A few times just really bad service, no tip obviously. Other than that nothing tragic.

Went to Denny's once with family during vacation and service was terrible along with food. Took nearly 1 1/2 hours to get food and found hair in it along with food tasting bad. Got a free meal.ExoticAnimal

At Olive-garden when there was ****ing meat in my salad. I do not know how it got there but I demanded a refund for my meal and when I got home I had to throw up in the bathroom for an hour. I still have not been to the Olive-garden because they did that to me. My new girlfriend wants me to take her because the bread-sticks she loves and I keep having to tell her no.Cowboy_Sheepbop

So...you're a vegetarian?

Went to Denny's about 5 years ago, my grandmother found a staples in her mashed potatoes.

To say the least, we don't eat at that Denny's anymore. :P

I remember when i was young and all the family had gathered for my Nana's Birthday party and we were at the resturaunt and the food was taking forever so we kids tried to amuse ourselves and I tried hiding but I didn't notice the candle next to my head and it caught on fire. nothing major, just some singed hair.

All I remember is lots of regurgitation.

Living creatures in an IHOP burger. We thought my mother was crazy when she said "my burger is moving."

well it wasnt the food,the food was great but when we were seated at a table i pulled the chair out from under the table and there was a blood soaked tampon on my fcking seat......

Went to Brewsters a couple of years ago with the family, we made an order and it was all dandy, everyone else was getting their meal but I was still waiting for mine, for over half an hour. Then my mum went to speak to the chef and it turns out they forgot my meal (they'd made it but set it aside). It was cold =(

That's about it, really.

Went on a school trip and the food tasted terrible. There were some noodles covered in what we determined was elmer's glue, the pasta was likely made in an easy bake oven, and everything else came out of a "just add water" formula. We waited an hour and a half for that garbage and our meal was pre-planned. WTH. Shoulda gone to 5-guys, but nobody listens to that random winner.

Went to Denny's about 5 years ago, my grandmother found a staples in her mashed potatoes.

To say the least, we don't eat at that Denny's anymore. :P

WiiMan21

Nothing too terrible, but there's been cases where I asked for a burger without condiments and yet, they added them on anyway.

I found blood in my salad.

I remember going to an Olive Garden, waiting two hours for cold chicken.

I later threw it all up from presumably some bacteria in the chicken.

Swiss Chalet here in Canada. Not only was the food late, it was essentially garbage. It was just a piece of chicken and some goddamn fries on the side. They literally have nothing else to offer, even now I get mad just thinking about how horrible the food was.

Idk, something about North American food that I think is horrible. It has no........soul. I prefer other kinds of food, Chinese, Italian, Greek , etc.

I found blood in my salad.

Communist_Soul

A few times just really bad service, no tip obviously. Other than that nothing tragic.

solidruss

The latest one I can think of was ordering some cake that was literally slathered with an entire bottle of cream; ridiculous.

Also, the one resteraunt we went to the last time with other members of the family ended up getting robbed while we were still in it...

Wow, some of you had it bad. Our worst experience was when the silverware was still stained and the nachos were burnt at Cheesecake Factory. :?

Theres this 24 hour Denny's style place I went to with about 6 friends and the service was so bad. It took my friend literally 30min to get a refill they probably only came to oour table 2x and we didnt tip after. When we paid the cashier was like "Did you guys tip the waiter?" ( which was him at the beginning) And we all just kinda poker faced and left.

Living creatures in an IHOP burger. We thought my mother was crazy when she said "my burger is moving."

syztem

First time going to a famous daves, it took 3 hours just to get our drinks

Also, had a similar experience at a greek restaraunt a long time ago. Spent hours waiting on our food. I dont know whats worse, the fact that they were overstaffed when it happened, or the fact that my family were the only ones at the place

I went to a Greek restaurant with a group of 10 friends. For some reason they gave us one bill which was nearly $200. We asked for separate bills but they said that they no longer do that to save paper. None of had the exact change we had so we ended up doing a lot of complicated math. We all lost track of our money and just threw whatever we had and left.

went into a denny's once while in america on vacation, just a depressing expereince


my dad got peed on by the old man next to him at the urinals once at a TGI Fridays, worth mentioning i thought.


edit: food poinsing at a burger king, twice. guess I dind't learn my lesson the first time

When I was like 6, my family and I went to Denny's in Las Vegas for dinner, but no came and took our order after like 20 minutes so we left.

My worst experience was poor service. It was so bad, I had to go find a server to ask for my bill/tab so I could pay for my meal and drink. Left a $.50 tip.

Some of the posts in this thread make me want to stop eating out altogether. I can't honestly say I've ever had bad service.

EDIT: Well actually, my worst experience in a restaraunt involved me, the busser and sometimes waiter when it was called for, accidentally spilling cream all over a foreign couple and the lady's sitting there, lap. The restaraunt was extremely fancy (and overpriced I might add), and I had only been working there a week, I was sure I'd get some sort of penatly as my boss was a hardass. The lady was extremely kind, however. Nobody found out and I got one of the largest tips I'd ever received. It was pretty embarassing though.

Never really had a terrible resturant experience as a customer that I can remember, but as an employee I have plenty (about customers and staff).

A few examples.

Two rude bags who came in every week, insulted the waitress and food every week until the waitress lost it on them.

A guy came in nearly every day who would almost never get food, coffee mostly, and would **** the bathrooms up every single day to the point where the waitresses would fight over who should do the clean up.

A guy walked into the bar of one place I worked and took a dump on the carpet ( to be fair they kind of deserved it)

Countless false complaints from people who want free food ( very often, and very annoying.)

Kids who make huge messes that the waitresses have to clean up and they don't even give a big tip.

"special orders" people come in ordering things that are not on the menu, or they try to get more food for free or cheap.

Annoying waitreses who because they suck at their jobs reflect badly on the chefs, cold food is rarely the fault of the cook.

and I could probably keep going if I wanted to.

I think i'd rather be homeless than be a waiter.

Deadly serious.

Never been bad for me when I go out, but we have some idiots come through Subway. People that get mad when we make what they asked for, like one time some women came in and asked for chicken so we made her sandwich, when she got to the end of the line, she complained it wasn't turkey.

I went to a cafe where they put salt on the pancakes. That was awful.ShadowsDemon

yuk, must've tasted nasty

I've never had any issues, on either side of the spectrum (customer or working as a barman/waiter). Occasionally, something that takes a little longer than it should, but that's only a minor issue.

Last year when I was at the Best Western hotel in Grand Canyon me and my parents decided to eat supper at the restaurant of the hotel. The food was fine and all but when the tab arrived at the table the waiter had added an additional dish to our tab which raised the tab with an additional $95. Because we noticed the dramatic increase of our tab we raged at the waiter and we got the correct tab in a flash. Which probably means he does that pretty frequently to increase his salary. I truly regret not punching him in the face.

My husband, mother and I were in a restaurant that was rather spendy and busy all at the same time. We seemed to wait for a long time for our food and found a couple groups that came in after us got their food before we did. My husband complained and the waitress went to see what was taking so long. Soon after we heard a crash only for the waitress to come out and apologize as our food just fell on the floor and they had to remake it. Only thing I can say is they were good enough to give us that meal for free and dessert on top of it lol.

Last year when I was at the Best Western hotel in Grand Canyon me and my parents decided to eat supper at the restaurant of the hotel. The food was fine and all but when the tab arrived at the table the waiter had added an additional dish to our tab which raised the tab with an additional $95. Because we noticed the dramatic increase of our tab we raged at the waiter and we got the correct tab in a flash. Which probably means he does that pretty frequently to increase his salary. I truly regret not punching him in the face.

kriggy

Or it was a genuine mistake. I can also see what type of customer you are: instead of drawing the waiter's notice to the increase in the tab, you raged at him. If you're at all familiar with how restaurant orders work (specially if they're handled digitally), you'd know that several things could increase the tab without the waiter noticing: a dish he forgot to cancel (only the floor manager can cancel orders, usually, and sometimes the waiter forgets to relay it), he added the incorrect amount of similar dishes (asked for two plates, he pressed three), someone else wrote the order down, etc. I would've liked to see you punch him in the face with 'my tab was incorrect' as your only reason: you'd probably get kicked from the premises. The waiter wouldn't even get the US$95,00 -- as a matter of fact, when a customer underpays or overpays a bill, the waiter is held responsible: he doesn't get the money and is usually punished.

What I gathered from your post is that you're probably a spoiled brat with rich parents, completely alienated from how things work in the real world, and that thinks it's a plausible idea to treat an employee at the hotel you're staying as a slave just because of what was most likely a mistake. Seriously, how could you ever even consider physically harming someone over a tab mistake that got corrected. He didn't even bother arguing.

[QUOTE="kriggy"]

Last year when I was at the Best Western hotel in Grand Canyon me and my parents decided to eat supper at the restaurant of the hotel. The food was fine and all but when the tab arrived at the table the waiter had added an additional dish to our tab which raised the tab with an additional $95. Because we noticed the dramatic increase of our tab we raged at the waiter and we got the correct tab in a flash. Which probably means he does that pretty frequently to increase his salary. I truly regret not punching him in the face.

iHarlequin

Or it was a genuine mistake. I can also see what type of customer you are: instead of drawing the waiter's notice to the increase in the tab, you raged at him. If you're at all familiar with how restaurant orders work (specially if they're handled digitally), you'd know that several things could increase the tab without the waiter noticing: a dish he forgot to cancel (only the floor manager can cancel orders, usually, and sometimes the waiter forgets to relay it), he added the incorrect amount of similar dishes (asked for two plates, he pressed three), someone else wrote the order down, etc. I would've liked to see you punch him in the face with 'my tab was incorrect' as your only reason: you'd probably get kicked from the premises. The waiter wouldn't even get the US$95,00 -- as a matter of fact, when a customer underpays or overpays a bill, the waiter is held responsible: he doesn't get the money and is usually punished.

What I gathered from your post is that you're probably a spoiled brat with rich parents, completely alienated from how things work in the real world, and that thinks it's a plausible idea to treat an employee at the hotel you're staying as a slave just because of what was most likely a mistake. Seriously, how could you ever even consider physically harming someone over a tab mistake that got corrected. He didn't even bother arguing.

If he would have agued he knew that he could have been accused for fraud. That dish was the most expensive on the menu, and we didn't even point at it on the paper. besides, he had the correct tab on the counter, I saw him just picking it up without pressing buttons on the computer. And yes I am spoiled but I know how money is earned, and you have to repsect others wallets as much as you respect your own which he clearly didn't. And do you really think that anyone is able to check if a tab was over- or underpayed after the guests have already left? All the evidence you have is a piece of paper, you can't see how many people who ordered the stuff stated on the tab and nobody would sit for hours watching survailence videos to see what everyone ate and drank. That guy was a crook, he has pulled off his little scam before and knew that he had to be careful if he got caught.