Ever walk out of a restaurant?

Fenris · 30 Sep 2013 at 23:24

Only once, in Spain, 6 people ordered various meat based main courses, every one was either massively over or undercooked. I ordered a rare steak, it was black on the outside and tasted like old car tires.

If it was just 1-2 I think it would have been fine but 6 meals utterly ruined was too much.

bloodiedathame · 30 Sep 2013 at 23:27

Once. Barcelona. Went in, sat down, waited, nothing happened, we left. Not a great holiday in all actually.

MatsyLR · 30 Sep 2013 at 23:57

twoblacklines said:
Is it though? I don't mind paying for the priviledge of being able to have a nice conversation, sitting down with a drink, whilst my food is prepared, cooked, I am waited on and then it is all washed up by someone else.

May I ask what food you do eat, where do you buy it from? Please don't say McDonalds?

Nah I dont eat fast food, I cook my own food when I feel like it.
Otherwise I live on fruit the majority of the time...

I generally don't like other people around me, I stay away from them as much as I can, I'm very anti-social ;p

Suarez7 · 30 Sep 2013 at 23:59

MatsyLR said:
I generally don't like other people around me, I stay away from them as much as I can, I'm very anti-social ;p

Self diagnosed social anxiety?

MatsyLR · 1 Oct 2013 at 00:00

Suarez7 said:
Self diagnosed social anxiety?

Not really, just the want to not to be around people when possible.
I can talk to people just fine (crowds are a ok but not comfortable), I just don't like it, I'd rather be on my own.

Pigeon_Killer · 1 Oct 2013 at 00:12

Never but I hate everything about restaurants and only go once a year with work colleagues at Christmas.

Anox · 1 Oct 2013 at 00:16

Not particularly, however my dad is a real pain in the arse at restaurants. He will a good majority of the time find a problem with a dish, usually just grumbles a bit then shuts up and starts eating.

This one time we ordered fajitas, with the waitress specifically saying to him they have run out of salsa. When the dish comes out he makes a huge fuss and complains about not even having salsa and demands free meals. I feel so embarrassed when with him now at any food serving establishment

arknor · 1 Oct 2013 at 00:18

Ever walk out of a restaurant?

oldbag said:
If so, at what point and why?

I considered it tonight when it took an hour for the main course to show up and it was luke warm.

yup loads of times after the meal and drinks are finished ,We Have paid up and it is time to leave

d_brennen · 1 Oct 2013 at 00:24

Once. Steak restaurant, steak was overcooked, I mentioned it to the waiter but didn't ask for a new one because I was just hungry, and the half hour wait didn't inspire confidence. I did, however, ask for ketchup. To my surprise the restaurant didn't supply ketchup at all, which I thought was a little odd, but whatever, I'm easy going. Then the chef comes storming out of the kitchen (remember, I haven't made a scene), ****** and blinding about me "moaning" and being a philistine for wanting ketchup on my £25 steak and fancy chips... Lost the plot, handed him his steak and told him to shove the overcooked meat where the sun doesn't shine, told everyone in no uncertain terms that we're leaving. Had a McDonalds later

GTanny · 1 Oct 2013 at 00:25

this thread is showing me that its easy if your in a crap restaurant just to walk out and no one cares.

i suppose in a badly run restaurant with no communication staff with just assume someone else has taken your money.

Rroff · 1 Oct 2013 at 00:30

We did once - first course was fine (actually the food was great) but second course we were still sitting there waiting an hour later despite being told it would be "soon" several times - the customer service was sub-par. Tried to settle up the bill instead of waiting any longer and got some attitude (very poor and infront of kids - one of which was myself) so walked out.

Beansprout · 1 Oct 2013 at 00:32

Only once and only, along with one of the waiters, to protect my mother from the 6ft 6 (tall&wide) owner who a few seconds prior had shoved my father through the front door after a £30 disagreement over the £200 bill.

I never did get my birthday cake which they'd had delivered to the kitchen earlier.

Fortunately the place is now out of business. Maybe due to a string of bookings by people who never turned up, but I wouldn't know much about that.

Dano · 1 Oct 2013 at 00:49

Does walking out of the house to get a takeaway after waiting two and a half hours for a pizza to turn up count? If so count me in, it finally arrived for free twenty four hours later... Pizza shop was less than a kilometre away too, we even had the decency to pop in and tell them not to bother when it had failed to arrive after the fifth call to ask where it was.

A2Z · 1 Oct 2013 at 01:01

Once, went with a friend to a Pizza restaurant where they give you a card when you walk in, you order everything to your card then on your way out you hand the card to the till and pay what's on it.

Food was all good, but when we went to pay we were waiting by the till for about 10 mins to pay..and then the woman who stood by the door went somewhere so my friend and I thought we would just walk out....never dared to go back since lol

Combat squirrel · 1 Oct 2013 at 01:27

I honestly dont understand this service charge thing, seems its an american thing, can someone please explain it to me? its the oddest most daft money for nothing thing i have ever seen, the cost of paying staff wages is on the food bill is it not? why do they demand more money sometimes? Its not like you go into a shop, buy something and the person serving you demands more money to serve you?!

NEVER tipped in my life and never would, what's the point ? They are getting paid??? SAME as any other job?!, it makes utterly no sense.

Recently my doctor and dentist today actually did a great job and I sincerely thanked them for their time, they seemed really happy with that, and they are helping me with essential medical needs, I didn't tip them!! lol

spoffle · 1 Oct 2013 at 01:33

Combat squirrel said:
I honestly dont understand this service charge thing, seems its an american thing, can someone please explain it to me? its the oddest most daft money for nothing thing i have ever seen, the cost of paying staff wages is on the food bill is it not? why do they demand more money sometimes? Its not like you go into a shop, buy something and the person serving you demands more money to serve you?!

NEVER tipped in my life and never would, what's the point ? They are getting paid??? SAME as any other job?!, it makes utterly no sense.

Recently my doctor and dentist today actually did a great job and I sincerely thanked them for their time, they seemed really happy with that, and they are helping me with essential medical needs, I didn't tip them!! lol

Basically it's a scam to make customers feel guilted in to tipping waiting staff so that the restaurants can pay them less and have the customers top up the wage, keeping the waiting staff happy but not having to actually fork out any more money for them.

BuffetSlayer · 1 Oct 2013 at 08:09

No, not to date. I guess even bad food is still food and therefore yummy!!

Nom nom nom!

K-2 · 1 Oct 2013 at 08:25

Combat squirrel said:
I honestly dont understand this service charge thing, seems its an american thing, can someone please explain it to me? its the oddest most daft money for nothing thing i have ever seen, the cost of paying staff wages is on the food bill is it not? why do they demand more money sometimes? Its not like you go into a shop, buy something and the person serving you demands more money to serve you?!

NEVER tipped in my life and never would, what's the point ? They are getting paid??? SAME as any other job?!, it makes utterly no sense.

Recently my doctor and dentist today actually did a great job and I sincerely thanked them for their time, they seemed really happy with that, and they are helping me with essential medical needs, I didn't tip them!! lol

You've obviously never (nor know anyone who has) worked in the service industry. Many restaurants pay their staff below the minimum wage and so the waiting staff are totally reliant on tips. If you receive sub-standard service, by all means don't tip but if they do a good job for you, the least you can do is leave them a few quid.

How miserable do you have to be NOT to tip when someone has basically been your personal slave for a couple of hours?

BuffetSlayer · 1 Oct 2013 at 08:31

K-2 said:
You've obviously never (nor know anyone who has) worked in the service industry. Many restaurants pay their staff below the minimum wage and so the waiting staff are totally reliant on tips. If you receive sub-standard service, by all means don't tip but if they do a good job for you, the least you can do is leave them a few quid.

How miserable do you have to be NOT to tip when someone has basically been your personal slave for a couple of hours?

This is illegal, surely?

Django x2 · 1 Oct 2013 at 08:36

Walked in to a well known wannabe "American Try Hard" bar / grill place (in the UK - don't think they actually have them in the US). Waited at the front serving point in an almost empty restaurant for well over 3 mins without anyone even acknowledging us, turned around, left