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 🙄

[Snowvid19]

DH had just finished doing a 10 hour Ironman race in 40 degree heat and ridiculous humidity in Malaysia. Understandably he can’t eat immediately and then becomes ravenously hungry about an hour later. We had been sitting on the beach so popped into a nearby restaurant. DH ordered some kind of fish dish, and I ordered chicken. I wasn’t expecting anything fancy. However what arrived about 49 minutes later was two plates of non-descript breaded meats (we honestly couldn’t tell which was fish and which was chicken), with lukewarm congealed sauces (one grey, one brown) and some undercooked chips. We had some of the best food I’ve eat eaten on that holiday, both Malaysian and European style food, but that was beyond terrible.

[Elderflower14]

Breakfast pizza in Paris and Crepes in a different restaurant in Paris.. Both had almost raw egg in the middle... 🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮

[Ginmaker]

DH ordered a mixed grill in feted restaurant in southern Italy. What came was a plate of animal cocks. Many, many grilled cocks with a side of bollocks.

He was quite stoic about it and bravely made his way through a bollock and several appendages

[Deathraystare]

I must say I have been lucky with veggie stuff on holiday, although when I went to Jersey, the Portuguese staff did not know what to cook me! I gave them a list of stuff I eat. Next meal time they showed me some packet stuff (the sort you only use out of desperation). So that's what I had.

Interesting to note, when I have been abroad to Russia, Poland, China and Albania, they may have given me a "am I crazy" look but I managed to eat well as long as I avoided the soup course!

I went to Brighton and found a n Indian in Hove. I don't normally go for Korma, though I have had it in the past. Normally fancy hotter stuff. So I order the veggie Korma and it is SWEET. I reckon the coconut in it was sweet dessicated!

[sqirrelfriends]

Ordered fish and chips at previously great place that had new owners. Fish and chips was oven fish and chips but not even Birdseye quality, think Iceland own and the peas had been microwaved so much that they were hard little wrinkly balls. My bottle of beer tasted funny and when I checked it was expired by a few months, I suspect it was left by previous ownership.

I ordered a caesar salad in Rome, on the picture it was a lovely full salad with croutons, big chunks of chicken and loads of cheese and sauce. What I got was some iceberg covered in salad cream with some processed ham of (presumably) chicken origin.

[OfTheNight]

When I was pregnant I went to McDonald’s for. Big Mac. I very rarely have them but I really fancied one that day. I was avoiding onion at the time as it gave me horrific indigestion. So, whilst giving my order, I asked for no onion. Picked up the order at the next window and drove home. When I opened it, there was no burger. It was literally the parts of the bread roll and lots of chopped onion. Nothing else, no burger patties, no cheese. Nothing but onion and bread.

[TisConfusion]

A brie, bacon and cranberry panini ordered at a local (wannabe posh) bakery/deli type place. What I got was some mega mayonnaisey pre-made sandwich filler type thing with no actual bacon or brie it seemed. And I’m convinced the cranberry was actually strawberry jam, it was so sweet. I couldn’t eat it, was disgusting and so disappointing.

Another was at a restaurant for my mums birthday. Drinks order took forever, food order took forever. Waited for so long for my halloumi stuffed peppers - turns out they’d run out of halloumi and I was presented with a pepper filled with what I assume was a pack of (supposedly spicy) microwave rice and it was plonked on a load of plain lettuce leaves. That’s it. Absolute rubbish but I was so hungry by that point so ate about half.

[Sheleg]

@OfTheNight

When I was pregnant I went to McDonald’s for. Big Mac. I very rarely have them but I really fancied one that day. I was avoiding onion at the time as it gave me horrific indigestion. So, whilst giving my order, I asked for no onion. Picked up the order at the next window and drove home. When I opened it, there was no burger. It was literally the parts of the bread roll and lots of chopped onion. Nothing else, no burger patties, no cheese. Nothing but onion and bread.

This is hilarious/horrific! Did they think you said "ONLY onion" or something??

[shitinmyhandsandclap]

We had takeaway curry on NYE, I asked for extra garlic on my garlic naan...it had NO garlic whatsoever. Very disappointing.

Some of the most 'meh' food I've had was in Italy, was expecting amazing things as I love Italian food but it was so underwhelming

[Bluntness100]

Many times

Indian take away from a previously very good Indian. Food turned up and the sauces were literally like water. It was very weird

Local pub that has now shut down, they had lost their chef and brought in a new one. I ordered steak, was supposed to come with all the trimmings, mushrooms, tomato, onion rings salad, and potato. I was delivered a steak and a potato. They had ran out of the rest of the ingredients. It was also cold and barely edible. I complained and they obvs went to have a word with the chef, who stomped out shouting fuck this, in front of us.

Was my birthday too.

[TisConfusion]

Thought of another one but this one actually isn’t the places fault - it’s DHs!

Had a horrible day to end a horrible week and the last thing I felt like doing was cooking so we decided to order takeaway. For some reason I really fancied a chicken kebab with salad and garlic sauce. I don’t know why. DH said he’d order it and get himself some meat and chips. It took forever for it to arrive and we’d already ordered it later than we’d usually eat so I was very hungry. Opened it up - we got two boxes of meat and chips. I cannot even stomach the meat, even the smell makes me sick. I was so annoyed. DH checked his just eat order and yep - it was his fault, he’d somehow ordered two meat and chips and no chicken kebab. They were smothered in burger sauce as well which I also can’t stand so not even as if I could eat the chips. It was too late to order again. So I went to bed in a huff! Was so upset!

[cricketmum84]

Mac and cheese in a pub with very few decent veggie options. Was expecting a lovely gooey cheesy dish. What I actually got was the Heinz tinned crap microwaved with no cheese on top.

[ChessieFL]

I ordered a tuna mayonnaise baguette from a takeaway sandwich shop in New York. Got it back to my hotel room only to discover that the tuna mayonnaise contained lots of pieces of chopped up celery. Celery is one thing I cannot stand so I had to spend ages picking out all the bits of celery so I could eat it!

[Pinkiii]

Went to venice, went to what was a very high rated restaurant on trip advisor near our hotel.

Went there and it looked dead, thought ok maybe we were early.

We ordered bruscetta- came out with a piece of rock hard baguette with chopped tomatoe and onions, no flavour what so ever

Main was a seafood spaghetti dish , it was the blandest thing we had ever had, it had a few prawns and some mussels but no flavour, the sauce was basically a can of chopped tomatoes poured onto it.

When they collected our plates and it was all half eaten then manager came out ( we didn’t say anything about the food, just said thanks) and seemed very angry we didnt seem to enjoy their food Asking what was wrong with it and that they have the best ‘italian food’ 🥴


And once ordered a pizza, clicked ok double cheese for my veggie pizza, it arrived and it had NO cheese. Just the crust, sauce and the veg. Very disappointed

[movingonup20]

@Animum2

I've seen plenty of cafes make egg Mayo sandwiches like that, perhaps it's a Midlands thing

[movingonup20]

@2021ComeAtMe

I got caught out when I first moved to the USA but actually if you see fish and chips on a menu you do get proper chips usually, and not even French fries.

[AvoidingNextdoorNeighbour]

@PodgeBod

This will sound petty, but I went to a independent peri-peri house near my home yonks ago. I ordered a wrap meal, no mayo. I got home and they had put mayo in anyway. I called them and they didn't want to deliver a replacement because I had picked up my order (they did deliveries usually), but I argued that I had had a long day at work and shouldn't have to go back out for their mistake. They delivered a replacement wrap with no mayo... but loads of burger sauce which not only doesn't go with peri peri, its very mayo-y. I left them a shitty review and never went back.

I think this is my most regular food gripe too. DH and I don't like Mayo. We don't like Mayo and sauces made with... you guessed it.... Mayo. The number of times we've requested no mayonnaise and no coleslaw and got plates full of it spread all over so leaving us unable to eat around it is astonishing. I now say no Mayo, no sauces, no coleslaw at least two times when ordering and we still get it on occasion.

Our local bakery cafe actually sacked a newish worker because I complained a few times and I don't even feel bad.

Went in once and worker was standing on a window sill barefoot wiping the glass. We placed our order with someone else and the worker got down from the window, picked up her filthy, smelly old converses by putting her (un-gloved) fingers inside to grip them and other hand underneath holding the dirty sole. She put them on and walked into the open kitchen and started making food without washing her hands first. I quietly had a very polite word with the manager (who I knew well as I was a daily customer and it's a small village) and gently asked if she could make sure the worker washed her hands in future.
The next time I was in I ordered a hot BLT with no mayonnaise. Worker gave me one full of mayo and I told her, so sorry, it wasn't what I ordered and could I have another please. She argued and said, "That's not mayonnaise. It's butter." I said, "Sorry but butter is yellow and tastes like butter. This is bright white, there's loads of it dolloped on, is clearly a sauce and oh yeah, tastes of mayo."
She brought "a fresh one" she said she had made me and when I opened it, the bacon was cold having been washed and had bits of blue kitchen roll on from being wiped and roll still had smears of mayo on that had also been wiped.
I left it on the table uneaten and had a word with the manager the next day when the worker wasn't in.
Third and last time I asked for a pie. Worker actually licked her thumb to separate the paper bags and picked up my pie with her now licked thumb. This time I declined the pie and (far more Britishly politely than I should have), telling her why. In front of the manager who got me another one without the added spit.

[Crappyfridays7]

Really hungry one evening
Ordered McDonald’s they stopped delivering at 10pm
Order came
They’d only sent the drinks
They wouldn’t send out the rest of our order
So sat there with 3 McDonald’s drinks and no food. Also when you order Chinese and it’s lovely, crave it for weeks and the next time it’s absolutely rank. I’ve given up with takeaways they are just expensive disappointments

[Plussizejumpsuit]

I've had a few crappy experiences from Deliveroo where it's obviously the restaurants mistake. As in items missing or not right. Deliveroo gave been really good at refunding me. I just then don't use that particular restaurant again.

[InglouriousBasterd]

Post birth, on the ward, they left a plate of food whilst I was breastfeeding. Once done I went to look and couldn’t work out exactly what it was - until I realised it was carrots / swede / pea mix that had been cooked so long it was all a pale yellow. It was my first meal after a very long labour and I could have cried!

I also had an Indian during lockdown - a big treat as I rarely get takeaway - I put it down on the side to get a plate and realised the grease was running through the paper bag and all down my counter top, I have never seen such a greasy meal. It was completely inedible.

[BasalGanglia]

@williowrosenburg

When you order a hot dog but it's not a frankfurter... just a bog standard sausage.

Also in Disney parks in America, some of the fast food places advertise for example "burger with a side of chips"

Chips in America = crisps! So you get a burger with a bag of crisps! Sooo disappointing!

I spent a Summer working in Disneyworld selling quick service food. I'd always make sure the Brits knew that chips = crisps!

[CookPassBabtridge]

We were living in the Middle East and some friends visited us.. one of them ordered lamb balls thinking they were like meatballs but they were actual bollocks

[AvoidingNextdoorNeighbour]

I ordered barbecue spare ribs with sauce at the village Chinese when I moved here. It was awful. I couldn't figure out why the sauce was weird as hell and nothing like the usual sauce that came with ribs (usually Peking). The next time I was in I asked what it was because it was strange, like a beef gravy and unfortunately I couldn't eat the ribs. He said, "oh yeah, it is gravy! That's the ribs sauce. They like it like that round here".

[Vanillaradio]

In relation to the chips/crisps in USA. We had fish and chips on Santa Monica pier. Advertised as a traditional English dish so we thought we'd be OK. Chips were cooked in the normal UK fish and chip shop way but were small round and flat like crisps!

[longtompot]

@isseys4xmastinselcats

we went to a pub near us that had a good rep for sunday roast dinner, it wasnt cheap and it wasnt anything special local toby carvery does a better one, an egg mayo sandwich is chopped up boiled egg with lots of mayo

I think my most disappointing meals have been pub Sunday roasts. I've not had many, but those I have had, not one has been good. Usually it's the greasy, non crispy roast potatoes which are the biggest letdown. That or the badly roasted meat. Plus, they are almost cold by the time they get to the table.