Did you ever walk out of a resturaunt ?

Question

Yesterday was Mother's Day. My dad took the family to Carrow's for dinner. All six of us were seated and our orders were taken. We were not given silverware or the soups and salads we ordered. We all waited for almost an hour and our food never. So, we all got up and left.

We all went to Denny's across the street. Better service and less people. We all finally ate and were happy.

Answer 1

Once. We went to expensive restaurant. We look at the manu. It cost over 50+ per dish. We walked out.

If I were you. I wait and complain about their service. They might give you free food.

Been there done that :)

Answer 2

Same thing happened to us at a TGIFriday's.  We refused to pay for the drinks and left - after we told the manager why.  Don't think we have been back there since

Answer 3

yes... at a small diner, me and my husband got lost, we decided to make the most of it and stopped, we have always been in favor in supporting local restaurants rather than a McDonald's..anyways, not only the coffee was cold the silverware was dirty, there was a hair on my Cinnamon Roll. the service was crapy..we walked out. i cant remeber if we payed for the coffee

Answer 4

I would have found a manager before walking out....sometimes a server has a bad day and you could have just cost her her job for your entire bill out of her pocket.....restaurants don't always pay for that stuff, the servers do.  That's like going to work having a bad day and not getting paid for the last 2 days you were there.  think about it. Servers typically make $2 and something cents an hour...so if your check was like 70$ and shes made $30 that day so far she's paying $40 she may not even have.

I guess just think about it.....you aren't always affecting the restaurant or a business but the Server's pocket. and she's not just  not getting your tip she's paying for whatever you ordered.  not cool no matter how bad she was.

Instead a manager may have been able to figure out what was going on and you may have been able to eat on the restaurant.  At least then they know why you got up and left and the server will just not get your tip and feel crappy...believe me I know.  

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Answer 5

wow that sucks but i would have done the same

Answer 6

you guys are stupid for waiting around for an hour- I would have said something right away and if they didnt get me my food I would have left a lot sooner than that. you should expect a wait on mothers day anyways. by the way - yes I have walked out of every restaurant I ever walked in to !

Answer 7

I walked out once ever. It was some bar and grill in Niagara (Canadian Side), I was with some friends on a school trip. Another group came in fifteen minutes after us, and left half an hour before we decided to get up and walk out (we still hadn't gotten our bill). The waitress smelled of clove cigarettes and booze, and she was terrible. Not only was what we ordered wrong when we got it, it was cold and somehow soggy. It wasn't like we gave her a hard time either, three people ordered burgers, I ordered nachos, and one person ordered a sandwich (we got a burger, some nachos, a bowl of soup, two orders of tacos, and a chicken cesar salad). After she dropped off the food we never saw her again.

Answer 8

Why on earth did you wait soo long? After 10 minutes, the most, you should of called either the server, or another server, or the manager. That's ridiculous!

I'm a waitress, and I know what you mean. I ate at Denny's on Mothers day too. It was pretty good!

One time we walked out after we ate! We were on vacation, and ate at a pizzeria, and they didn't have change for a $50 bill. So she said she was going to the bank for change. Well, we ate (Pay first eat second), and after waiting about 15 minutes after we were done eating, she never came back, and the people behind the counter didn't know if we paid or not, so we left. I thought if they were that stupid then that they deserved it. The bill was around $20, so it's not like it was huge or anything. We still laugh about that day...

Answer 9

ya ive walked out of this mexican restraunt because my tortilla soup was grease

Answer 10

Well atleast you got a good meal.  Yeah sometimes service sucks and that was the choice you had to make!  Just be glad you finally got good service!!!!  And remember, it's not the resturant it's the people serving you!!!!

Answer 11

I have walked out a couple of times, once for not getting what I asked and the other time they took to long to serve

Answer 12

no i never did becase its a treat!

Answer 13

Once, we went to a restaurant ordered got our drinks and sat their for the next hour and a half watching everyone around us get their food. We asked our waiter about it and he said it should be up shortly. I noticed when he took our order he did not write anything down just tried to remember it. Apparently after the 1 1/2 hrs he came by and said the kitchen lost your order. I could not believe it. The waiter said I might be able to give you 10% off your order, I said see ya. First and last time at that restaurant.

Answer 14

Gosh, no.  Sorry to hear about your bad experience.  Sounds like Denny's saved the day.  They do serve a good "Chili Size".  It's almost too much to eat.  Yummy.