What can ruin your meal at a restaurant?

Question

for me, a long wait for the meal.

Answer 1

Long wait, wrong order

Answer 2

an ugly waitress

Answer 3

bad service definitely

Answer 4

For me it is when the waiter or waitress is over friendly and comes to the table every five minutes to ask if everything is all right, children in restaurants peev me but not as much as babies.  Unclean cutlery, gimmicks like bibs when you order shell fish etc, horrible toilets, plastic cups for the water, a lack of decent mineral water on the menu, all you can eat buffets, salad carts, oh so many things.

Answer 5

i agree with china cat 100%, there is nothing worse then trying to enjoy a meal and having running, yelling crying kids around.  every restaurant should have a "no kids" section. yes i have a grown son and a 10 yr old goddaughter, and neither ever acted that way in public, they knew manners and respect

Answer 6

Yes, Ill have to agree w/ you on "the long wait for the meal"...Theres also "others"....Its the attitude of the "Server", staff...etc...How they present themselves...Cleanliness of the place..How clean the "Environment " is ...The most worst experience w/ me wasnt just those above..It was finding "someones" piece of hair in my "Nachos"...yukky!! I totally lost my appetite..and didnt go back and eat there again..Im well known at certain places that I adore for my "tipping them"..I dont hold back on any tips....I wish I could tip the Cooks..they ROCK!! and are the ones, behind the scenes, that are doin that hard work also..;)God Bless/TC/<KHugzU>;)

Answer 7

one time i ordered bacon and eggs and toast and the toast was burnt i mean black on one side of course when the waiter brought the meal the toast was on the brown side.  when i saw the other side of course i had to speak on it, and i never went back.

Answer 8

seeing a worm crawling around in your salad

Answer 9

Loud, obnoxious kids.

Answer 10

try being ditched or a waiter with butter fingers or perhaps a sneezing waiter hmm...

Answer 11

the wrong order or if they put meat in it when u ordered w/o meat.

Answer 12

This always ruins my meal, and I'm sure we've all experienced it before:  when someone sitting at another table blows their nose!  I think it is disgusting-- that's what the restroom is for!

Answer 13

Bland food or a rude waiter..

But what I hate most is when it's a restaurant where they know it takes over 10 mins for any order to come out, yet they don't serve bread free while you wait.

Only Italian restaurants seem to extend this courtesy where I live! They leave you sooo much luxury bread with garlic, olive oil, and cheese.... they won't let you be hungry a minute in their place & I LOVE that.

Answer 14

Besides finding weird things in the food, meat not being prepared as asked completely ruins my mood. I DO NOT want to east a well cooked burger and you cannot make me! Long waits are horrible, even worse - a crying baby. Even worse than that - a whole family full of infants.

Answer 15

Bad tasting food, small portions, bad service, obnoxious people sitting near me, a fire in the restaurant, wrong order, dirty dishes, stains on the silverware, things floating in my water, weak drinks, spilling on myself, getting sucker punched and raw chicken.