Have you ever asked your waitstaff to return a meal as it was not to your liking?

Never. It would take a lot for me to do that - it being burned, or containing meat.

Not that I can remember. I don't remember ever getting a messed up order.

Yes, I have, but I don't make a habit out of it. The only time I'll do it is if meat is not cooked to my liking (well done) or if I am served the wrong thing. I've never been served a cold meal, but I'd most likely say something if I were.

I have a couple of times, when the meal was flawed - undercooked. Not just because I didn't like what I'd ordered.

Once when I found a hair in my pasta; and once when I ordered something without meat and it came with meat. If it's just a matter of taste, I usually suck it up, because it's not like there's a guarantee that you'll like the flavor of everything you order. It's not their fault if I don't like it.

Sure, but not very often

Yes, but only because the steak was undercooked. I don't tolerate rare meat very well and have problems digesting it. I asked for medium well and got bloody rare. It wasn't the waitress's fault as she didn't cook the meat, but the cook's fault.

If it moos, send it back.

Yep! I used to eat rare steak, but since I've developed IBS, I can no longer do so. I actually prefer my steak rare, but it isn't worth the hassle and the very bad evening and night I will have if I do eat it rare.

Yeah, they messed up my order. They gave me fries instead of rice and spicy chicken instead of regular chicken. And at the same time they gave me ranch dressing when I asked for Italian.
Once I ordered food from East Side Mario's and what I ordered was not what I had in mind so I called them and told that they messed up my order. One of the reasons I did is because I got extremely mad since they put bacon in my Caesar. We never put bacon into ours when I was growing up so I grew up with preconcieved idea that Caesar does not contain bacon bits and that it's just fancy of some people and I always forget to tell them not to put any.

Yes I have when I've gotten burnt food. One time at Denny's I got a plate of pancakes that were absolutely burnt black. Why the line cook thought that was acceptable is beyond me. If I want burnt pancakes I'll make them at home but I expect a restaurant cook to do better than I do cooking-wise and have more experience and pride in their work. The manager walked by just as the waitress was placing the plate of pancakes in front of me and asked her why she brought out burnt food to a customer. She told him that she had complained to the line cook but he told her that I liked them that way. I don't and can't imagine why he thought that because I didn't know who he was and doubt he knew me. The manager went into the kitchen and chewed out the line cook and came out, apologized and said I could have anything on the menu for free. I reordered but asked that someone else cook my food because I was now worried that the reprimanded cook might retaliate in some manner. On a later visit to Denny's I learned that he had been fired that night because this wasn't the first time he had done crap like this. It seems he was putting the food on and then going out back and taking extra breaks and not keeping an eye on the food he was cooking. I'm not a fussy person for the most part but I refuse to eat things such as burnt pancakes.

He should be made to eat his own cooking.

I agree. Even though he was a cook a Denny's and not some fancy restaurant, I feel he should have taken some kind of pride in his work. I'm not asking for a gourmet meal but I expect what I order to be cooked properly.

This just happened to me tonight. My Mom and I went out for coffee and pie, and there was a fly in her pie, so she sent it back..

Yeah, but not recently enough that I recall specifics. It isn't something that I do habitually. I suppose that I would rather eat what they hand me, at the same time as my companions, than eat something that the waitstaff have taken back to the kitchen and spat on whilst my companions are getting restless and eyeing the door.

When it's really bad, I'll say something.

i can't name one time. it has happened more than once in my adult life and for different reasons. not cooked at all is one, another is the incorrect order, etc....

Yes, but only when I asked for no mayonnaise and somehow it ends up on my food. I dislike doing it, but I really can't eat anything with mayo without getting sick.

Yes, I've had to do this a few times which isn't to bad for as much as I go out. Most of the times it was because I got the wrong order though, nothing to do with bad food.

I have not and I can think of a few times when I should have...

I can think of 2 extreme cases while travelling in Pennsylvania. Does that state have any good restaurants?!?

I think I have.. but only once or twice...

I'm not really comfortable with pissing off the people who touch my food.

My meal was undercooked.

No, I've always thought that my restaurant meals always lived up to their standards.

I'll only do it if I find a hair or something quite unappetizing. It usually gets me free dessert or something, anyways.
If it's something like I asked for the dish without onions, and they give me extra onions, I won't say anything.

Yes, if I didnt get what I ordered, or if was undercooked, or if its cold when its suppose to be hot.

Yes, when they sent the completely wrong meal in an Italisn restaurant. It had meat on it. If I hadn't have been veggie than I probably would have said nothing.

No. I'll eat just about anything (except peas).

I have returned a meal in exchange for another meal? And what is so wrong! about this haa"

all we are saying...is give peas a chance!!

Just please don't post your long-assed receipies.

Only if the meat is undercooked. It also depends on if it's McDonalds or an expensive place. I usually don't send back food. I do send back my coffee if it's not hot enough though.

Great song, but I have tried. Peas had their chance, and they failed...much like my diet. Maybe if they made cookies out of peas.

hehehe....i feel compelled to be on a mission to create peas cookies....prolly would be a good thing to make for a Dead show

If you put enough cookie dough around it I'd probably eat just about anything.

yes it was undercooked chicken---YUCK!!!

i think that sums up a majority of the population!

Quite.

When I pay for Food, I want it the way I want it, and if it's not right, I send it back.

I have told the waitstaff of an error with my meal in a charming way and have been rewarded with a free dessert for the mistake. Yum.

I do this all the time! I am a strict vegetarian, so I make a big deal of orders that come out covered in bacon bits or other nauseating things. It might annoy servers, but I always leave a big tip if they fix it right away!

ONLY to cook a steak a little longer.... otherwise If its an actual complaint I'm always afraid they will spit in it out of spite or worse

yes, but only when it didn't looked cooked enough

Yes don't remember the details doesn't happen often hasn't happened in a long time

To tell you the truth, I have never thought about returning a meal. Maybe if there is like, a nail, or something in it. I have seen lot's of under-cooked meals, but I just ate them, or didn't eat them. If I am paying a lot for some meals, I think I might ask for one that's hotter, colder, etc. But, i never have, and probably never will.

> Once when I found a hair in my pasta; and once when I ordered something
> without meat and it came with meat. If it's just a matter of taste,
> I usually suck it up, because it's not like there's a guarantee that
> you'll like the flavor of everything you order. It's not their fault
> if I don't like it.

I agree. If the food tastes bad, that isn't their fault, unless it tastes bad because it's burnt, under-cooked, butter when you asked for no butter, etc. But, if you order something new and you don't like it, they won't refund you and give you something new. If my order got messed-up, for example, I got pasta when I wanted pizza, yeah, I will say something.

It might annoy waiters/waitresses/cooks, but if you are paying for the food, and it's burnt or whatever, I wouldn't blame anyone for sending it back. I agree with iwish40.

no, i just threw it at people

lol i do it all the time! like bidaily

id get someone to complain for me, or just eat it, meh food is food

The cheese was very bad.

Just plain yes.

Yes, a few times, but I can't recall specifics. I know it had to have been really wrong, like the wrong side dish.

I order my meat as rare as they can do it, so something well done will go right back.

Yes, I have.

covered in meat sauce when I asked for Marinara and I am vegetarian.

My meal was over cooked so I had the to cook my another one . This embarrassed my oldest son but I told him that I'm paying for the food to be cooked the way I want it cooked not the way the cook wants to cook it.

I wanted my eggs cooked... I received my meal, and I could see part of the egg white was not even cooked.

Typically, I'll just deal with kitchen-errors, 'cuz I'm not fussy. But uncooked? Eww...

I asked to have a salad replaced because there was a tiny caterpillar crawling through the lettuce. I don't eat meat.

Undercooked, the chicken was nearly raw in the center.