Have you ever been so disappointed in a food order before

[Animum2]

So today I really fancied an egg mayo sandwich and We all know what that is traditionally supposed to look like, so imagine my surprise when i went to the cafe by work and asked for one

What i got was a thin layer of mayo followed by a layer of egg and another layer of mayo, in my surprise at seeing this made in front of my eyes I didn't think quick enough to stop them and I was left with something that i didn't actually ask for

It was very dry 🙄

[hedgehogger1]

Any trip to the harvester if there's no blue cheese sauce...

[hedgehogger1]

@thaegumathteth winner :)

[Pugliandreamer]

Not food but drink - at a pub in Cardiff (which has since shut...) I asked at the bar for a Pimm's and lemonade. The lady looked really confused so I pointed to the optics bottle of Pimm's behind her, thinking sje couldn't hear me. She nodded and then served me a shot glass full of Pimm's and a half pint of lemonade in a separate glass

[MeowPurrGrr]

When you order McDonald’s cheese bites and don’t get the fancy tomato sauce (drive thru) absolutely infuriating.

[Rainbowandscarlett]

The onion rings my partner and fil had as part of their meals
As my fil said to the owner ‘if I had two more,I could build my own cart!’
We where in York at the time (they are from Kent) and we had to sit and listen to them about 5 feet from us whinging loudly about ‘those four moaners from London!’ while we ate our dessert

The pub in Stoke-my ex had lovely pie and the most lush looking potatoes
I got a frozen ready meal that was half warmed up in a microwave/half frozen and the worlds smallest pitta bread slung on top
The landlord didn’t want to know-I ended up having to buy a meal deal in the Tesco next door

I’d ordered fish and chips as a treat one night
My fish was so off I could smell it as my daughter came in with it
Took it back,got my money back and ended up going back about 6 months later
Best fish and chips ever-we where still buying from there until we moved
a few years later

Chippy in York-they watered down the curry sauce,re-fried the chips that hadn’t been sold the night before and the peas where just water with lumps
Complained to the owners-they didn’t want to know
And the staff where rude

Posh restaurant near us (we only go as fil likes good food and turns his nose up at chain pubs)
Went a few times and had no problems
Last time we went my fils meal was gristle (pork)
Mils was stone cold (steak)
Mine was so tough my teeth just sprang back every time I tried to chew (lamb) even the fat was chewy
My partner (who will eat anything) just couldn’t-his meat was grey at best (chicken)
We ordered dessert and one was red hot (some cookie with melted chocolate) it was still bubbling 15/20 minutes after it was served (my partner said it was so hot it burnt his tastebuds and tasted of nothing) and mine was tasteless (a fruit based dessert) and only about 3 mouthfuls of,well nothing with a raspberry randomly on the side of the plate-it was meant to be strawberry flavoured
I think it cost about £9 just for 3 small spoonfuls of strawberry/flavourless angel delight

[SoupnSalads]

Well yes when Tesco turned up with a packet of Cavolo Nero as I forgot to update my basket

[HopingForOurRainbowBaby]

[quote truetuesdays]@chilledteacher hahahaha I can only imagine what would have happened if you asked for pasta!!!!

Once I ordered a pizza in a restaurant- ham, mushroom and black olives (my fave)

To my bitter disappointment the black olives weren't pitted!!!! Nearly broke a tooth trying to eat a slice and then had to take them all off as there is no practical way of eating them on a pizza[/quote]
That happened to me in a restaurant on our first night in Tenerife. Maybe the fact that only 1 other couple were in there should have screamed no at us but we were starving. Both ordered pizza ex pepperoni and me seafood. His was black underneath. Couldn't have cremated it anymore if they'd tried and mine. Well mine was cooked to perfection or at least it would've been had they shelled the prawns and mussels. Oh and not put them under the cheese. I had to dissect my pizza to get all the prawns and mussels out so I could eat it. Gave up in the end, drank a shit load of sangria instead and fell flat on my face going out. Went to to MacDonalds instead that was closed, so we ended up getting some snacks from a little shop. Went to a different restaurant on my 21st and had the same pizza this time I was able to eat all of it and soak up all the sangria

[orangenasturtium]

@DuchessofHastings1

When our pizza arrived like this through Uber Eats. They ignored our request for a refund (if its not reported within 24 hours they won't issue a refund) and it took us a week to get a response back

Why didn't you complain straightaway @DuchessofHastings1? Or have I misunderstood and you did, they just took a week to reply?

Deliveroo tried to pull the "we don't issue refunds after 48 hours" on me when I didn't complain about a grocery order they delivered on Christmas Eve until the day after Boxing Day. I got my refund after I reminded them that the Consumer Rights Acts 2015 trumps their policy and I am entitled to a refund on a faulty item if I complain within 30 days or, in the case of food, before the expiry date if it is less than 30 days.

I suppose UberEats could argue that takeaway food has a 24 hour expiry date whereas the mouldy item I complained about had a shelf life of 12 months+. I would have escalated the complaint if I were you as the food clearly arrived totally destroyed but I am a tenacious grump

[ShipshapeShore]

I cried once when my 'lamb' dhansak turned out to be chicken when I finally got it out of the bag after settling DD. There were other issues in my life at that point that may have contributed to my distress but still...

[ProfYaffle]

3 appalling meals back when I was veggie in the 90s.

One in Italy. The hotel specialised in English package holidays and catered accordingly with the worse quality food known to man. My veggie option was a plate of chips with a lump of cheese.

On a plane from Egypt to England. My veggie option was a bed of cold rice with a scoop of cold mashed potato on top, garnished with a squiggle of ketchup.

Another plane journey, my pre booked veggie option was .... nothing. All the veggie meals were given away before the air stewards got to me. No back up option. Not even a free bag of peanuts.

[SMabbutt]

First family holoday abroad in a hotel in Bulgaria and looking forward to not having to cook for the first time. Got up for breakfast to find cold plain spaghetti on the menu. Every meal was at best luke warm and I got food poisoning.

[Shamoo]

@ProfYaffle you have just made me think of a time when we were flying to LA. First meal being served, I love a plane meal and was very excited. Until they brought me a plate of fruit. When I queried this it turned out I had accidentally ticked that I was a frutarian when checking in. I’m not even vegetarian! My companions thought it was hilarious until it turned out I had ticked it for all of us! Fruit all the way. Much more careful when I check in now!

[Onedropbeat]

a place we always loved for Sunday roasts didn’t put any roast potatoes on my plate and forgot the crackling!

Another time had dominos delivered and they’d forgotten to put the sauce on!

[MindGrapes]

[quote truetuesdays]@chilledteacher hahahaha I can only imagine what would have happened if you asked for pasta!!!!

Once I ordered a pizza in a restaurant- ham, mushroom and black olives (my fave)

To my bitter disappointment the black olives weren't pitted!!!! Nearly broke a tooth trying to eat a slice and then had to take them all off as there is no practical way of eating them on a pizza[/quote]
That reminds me - that's my favourite topping as well. I'm British but was in America and ordered a pizza with "black olives" over the phone. Clearly my accent confounded them because instead of black olives I got... broccoli! "brack-o-lie"!

[ElizaLaLa]

I ordered a ploughmans. I got a couple of slices of cheddar and a dollop of pickle on a fucking slate.

When I asked for the rest of it they were all confused and asked what else I'd like with it. I had to explain ploughmans to them. Fucking hipster idiots. He said he could ask for some bread and then I had to ask again for other stuff otherwise all he's given me is a fucking cheese sandwich.

And they had the cheek to charge a tenner for it. Cheddar and pickle!

[ElizaLaLa]

I also used to frequent a butchers who did amazing roast meat sandwiches at lunchtimes - turkey, pork, lamb sometimes....and of course roast beef. If you got one for those you had to hope you didn’t get the assistant who treated mustard like mayo or ketchup and would whack on several huge dollops. My colleague and I would turn back up at work with streaming eyes and noses from those (admittedly delicious) sandwiches

There was a bagel shop in dalston that did this.

Delicious they were, though, but the mustard went right up your nose.

[kwiksavenofrillsusername]

Went to an Italian in a nice resort town in Spain. Very romantic, overlooking the sea with candles etc. I ordered ravioli and it was tinned. Also there was so much of it. Like two tins worth of bad tinned ravioli that was still a little cold in the middle. My ex had a pizza that was a little pale but obviously homemade, so they could make pizza dough but not decent pasta. I wish I had the confidence to complain or at least warn the loved up couples coming into the restaurant as we were leaving.

I’ve had the same ice coffee experience as PP. Costa gave me a hot shot of espresso, filled the cup with cold milk then put some sad little ice cubes on top. It just tasted like coffee that had been sat on your desk for a while.

[twistedsistersocks]

When you order a chilli and they have used unsoaked dried kidney beans.

[userxx]

@Cindy87

A Spanish omlette in Gran Canaria - it was oven chips (like french fries) cooked in egg. The side salad was small pile of raw, shredded savoy cabbage.

Yes!! I had the same in Tenerife years ago, ordered a nice Spanish omelette and salad, it was clearly yesterday's chips that had been thrown in there. Rank 🤢

[DiscontentedWoman]

@ElizaLaLa

I ordered a ploughmans. I got a couple of slices of cheddar and a dollop of pickle on a fucking slate.

When I asked for the rest of it they were all confused and asked what else I'd like with it. I had to explain ploughmans to them. Fucking hipster idiots. He said he could ask for some bread and then I had to ask again for other stuff otherwise all he's given me is a fucking cheese sandwich.

And they had the cheek to charge a tenner for it. Cheddar and pickle!

Blimey this made me laugh 😂

[Soubriquet]

Ugh...hotel in Dominican Republic. I went with my family when I was a teen.

Beautiful hotel and it was all inclusive. But the food was awful.

Birds were allowed to wander all over them, and whatever wasn’t eaten the night before was served up for dinner the next night! There was no cover, no air con or heating around the food.

We spent more money buying food out than we should have done

[multicolouredcandycanes]

Stopped off at a service station at about 10pm one night, absolutely starving because I hadn't had dinner and ordered chicken nuggets from Burger King. Every single one had a massive clump of gristle in – utterly disgusting! I was so hungry I could have cried and everything else was shut.. the chips were alright though.

[Makemineamartini]

Ordered a French martini in a very nice restaurant with servers with a mix of different first languages and got a fresh mint tea instead

[tobee]

Always the worst is if you have to get a late meal from the 24 hour room service in a chain hotel. You're always starving because you're having to eat so late. There's rubbish choice because it's only the night Porter on and hardly anything hot. It's usually outrageously expensive like a sandwich for 12 quid. Have had things like spring platter which sounded rather nice in the Crest Liverpool menu but was actually bits of lettuce and cucumber with obviously the leftover cold veg from the hot buffet at dinner. Another time, somewhere else, dd had egg sandwich which was deep filled but really just bland mayonnaise with a tiny bit of egg (probably from a catering pack of gunge). A chicken rogan ghosh which supposedly came with naan but was basically a ready meal with a cold pitta on top. It's really the price that is so shocking for such unappetising crap.

[Ginmaker]

Oh too many unfortunately. The memorable ones:
Ceviche on a dirty old ping pong bat
An avocado so hard it pinged off to the other side of the restaurant at the touch of a knife
Inedible potato skins at a TGI. Dry as the Sahara and couldn't get a knife through them. We went there on a work Xmas do, I had just broken up with my partner of 15 years so I was bloody miserable and to make matters worse they found out it was my birthday and did the humiliating light and singing show while I chewed through the fucking potato skin with tears falling down my cheeks