You don't deserve a refund if you simply don't like the way the food tastes, amirite?

I can't disagree with that.

by Flaky_Bonus2206 1 week ago

I can! I don't, but I'm fully capable of disagreeing.

by Remarkable_Unit 1 week ago

Is that a thing people do?

by Royal-Wave-2236 1 week ago

Douchebags do. Not regular people

by OnlyPea 1 week ago

I think a lot of restaurants would rather the customer have a good experience and come back. Especially with cocktails. They're making their margin even if they pour the first drink down the sink.

by Name19 1 week ago

Well, not if they do it every time, but for a couple of whiners here and there, sure. Cost of doing business.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I don't think it makes you a douchebag. Obviously you can act obnoxiously and be a douchebag while doing anything, but the simple act of saying you aren't enjoying it and would like something else isn't bad, particularly at higher end places. If you politely say you aren't enjoying it, it's an opportunity for the restaurant to bring you something else and have you remember it as a great experience. You'd be far more likely to refer friends or come back yourself if they replaced your dish with something you enjoyed; especially compared to the case where you just didn't enjoy a dish and left.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

If you buy something and consume/destroy part of it you should not be able to refund it.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Imo it also depends on the restaurant. Ngl I might be the douchebag for this take, but I don't feel bad for any chain restaurant, return whatever you'd like.

by Trey08 1 week ago

I do think that makes you a bit of a douche. It's a chain restaurant, good quality isn't the greatest anyhow.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I agree with this honestly! Did it at your local mom and pop shop? Not cool. Did it to the chain restaurant located all over the world? Don't really care. Not that i'd do this personally but these companies make millions and pay their workers pennies. I'll be sure to tip them nicely! Don't feel bad that a selfish mega-corporation is losing money though.🤷🏾‍♀️

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I don't understand how anyone would handle it any other way. "I didn't like this." "K"

by Royal-Wave-2236 1 week ago

Some

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That would be the last time I went anywhere with that person

by Royal-Wave-2236 1 week ago

it be the last time you ate at my restaurant, if you cart at least give us an explanation of the problem so we can fix it why would i want you to come back to complain for a discount

by Anonymous 1 week ago

In my experience as a waitress when I was younger, people like to eat at least half of it first. Then they complain about how terrible it was. So basically they eat enough to be satisfied then try to get out of paying for it. I got to where I wouldn't even try to deal with those people. I was quick to get a manager to deal with it.

by Heathcoteanna 1 week ago

I went to a Vietnamese noodle place once and ordered a bowl of noodles with my parents. Didn't know that all of their main options all contained cilantro... I don't know if I missed it on the menu but I usually can spot that word a mile away because I'm one of the few people genetically disposed to hate it... It tastes like soap to me I can't handle it at all. The server noticed I kinda gave up on it after a couple bites and came to ask what was wrong. I apologised profusely and said I'm sorry I didn't see cilantro in the ingredients part... She brought me a fresh bowl without it and still offered to waive it and only charge us for my parents bowls but we said no and paid full price anyways.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I've sent food back because it had cheese on it. Cheese was not listed as an ingredient & I can't digest it

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Same here.

by Stangorczany 1 week ago

Weird, at the ones I go to (at least the ones I can think of) it's always been basil and it's always been off to the side for people to put in themselves. Very nice of them to be that accomidating, but also refreshing to see your family's classy response.

by EntrepreneurStrong96 1 week ago

Vietnamese food usually has several kinds of fragrant herbs served with it

by Anonymous 1 week ago

So my sister is a another one of those types of people she also thinks it taste like soap and cant stand cilantro. Good to know I have something else I can joke on her about.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Then you get mocked for being a picky eater. Listen, I'm not made of money, I'll order what I know. If I've got extra money, then maybe I'll experiment

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yup, and it sucks!

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That's the nice part about not having a very discerning palette. Just about everything so I don't have a fear of getting something I won't like.

by Ivystamm 1 week ago

Are the jungles of Belize not expansive? Fairly small as jungles go?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It was a joke, just some playful ribbing on an obvious typo. 😂

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Haha I figured, but I was so disappointed to see that I actually wrote expansive! haha

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Thank you

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I agree if it's something you're trying for the first time and just don't like it, but if it's something popular like a normal everyday dish that they just made horribly, or way too much seasoning or something they messed up during the cooking process then they probably should make it again the right way or refund you.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yeah if something wasn't cooked right it should be remade

by Anonymous 1 week ago

If it's offered, I won't turn it down. But I would never ask for one. Even if they made it wrong, I wouldn't want a refund unless it's impossible to fix without replacing.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Unless the server highly recommends it that I'll "love it". lol And while I do agree about not getting a refund, as someone who's worked in restaurants, I also believe in good service. If the person is pleasant enough, where they're eating it, and truly don't enjoy it, to where they don't finish it and would like something else, fulfilling that request instead isn't out of the question either (meaning I would only charge them for one dish).

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yep agreed. Return steak that isn't the correct doneness. And anything questionable that could make you sick

by toy22 1 week ago

I agree but this has happened to me before and the restaurant offered to take it off my bill. I ordered a cocktail at Olive Garden once and it tasted absolutely awful. I swear it was 10% mixer and 90% dark liquor. I tried to power through it but I took 2 sips and couldn't finish it. The server came over and asked me if I liked it and I said honestly no…then the manager came over and was questioning me on what I didn't like about it. The whole thing was awkward.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

They probably wanted to know why you didn't like it so they could work on it. Maybe they had a couple of complaints and were trying to tweak it.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I went to some random burger place once and ordered their wings… they came in a sauce that tasted like actual vomit and stomach acid… To be polite(idk why tf I did this) I ate half of it, said I was full, and then went to throw up, cause it was so incredibly disgusting. Always regretted not asking for my money back for that one. Nothing about the menu described it as stomach acid. Their burgers were perfect, and none of my friends had bad food- Only the chicken wings. What would you suggest I do in this situation, given your opinion?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Once when to a steak restaurant and a couple walked out after eating the majority of the meal because "it wasn't good enough" (couple of pricks)

by Daughertyzaria 1 week ago

As someone in the food and Bev Industry it's not that big of a deal, like at all. It's a business that on average makes say 10k a day. It's also not all about serving food if you take pride in yourself and your kitchen it becomes more about serving satisfaction than it ever does with food. Also as an adult who makes my own money why would I pay for something I can't or won't eat.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I've never asked for a refund. But every place I've ever sent something back and ordered a different item has offered to comp the first item. If they didn't offer, I'm not going to ask for a refund.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

This is a popular opinion.

by Cultural_Dog_3405 1 week ago

Unless it has cottage cheese I'm finishing my damn plate

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Especially if they eat the majority of the food anyway.

by True_Elk_1835 1 week ago

Is that actually an unpopular opinion????

by Anonymous 1 week ago

No

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Duh

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Reminds me of the popcornopolis guy who wouldn't refund the ICEE. "You learned your lesson, we all make mistakes." Dude was not having it lol

by Anonymous 1 week ago

lol Todd Howard.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I have returned food exactly once. 25 years ago because it was insanely salty. Other than that, I deal. I just won't go back. My time is kinda valuable at this stage of my life and there's no point in arguing or complaining. So I never ask for a manager or write a review, just won't go back. Simple

by Anonymous 1 week ago

So I agree with you to a degree. If it's as advertised the. Fine, I'll eat it even if it's wasn't great. But if you have ingredients on there I didn't ask for( cilantro as someone who it tastes like soap for), or it is just incorrectly prepared in some way cold, meat a wrong doneness, etc… or was made out to be something that it wasn't mixed seafood salad with a bunch of fish and no other seafood. I'd ask for it to be remade or refunded.(though I probably wouldn't on that one because fish is great, though I would mention it without requesting something be done) But if you just don't like it that's on you I agree.

by EveningFix7153 1 week ago

Only idiots do that

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Not unpopular.

by Shoddy-Affect 1 week ago

There's a fine line between something being made incorrectly and not liking the way something tastes.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

For a similar situation, at a bakery/coffee shop I worked at, there was this lady who came into buy a pre-made sandwich. First she told me to give her a discount because she was the mother of my shift lead's bf (she wasn't even there) I told her that I shouldn't but she was gonna give me a hard time, so I just gave it to her. She come back in a few minutes after saying she wants a different sandwich just because some of the honey mustard dropped on her shirt, I tried to tell her that it wasn't a reason to her another sandwich for free, and once again she wanted to be difficult, so I said whatever, get another sandwich.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Restaurant owner here, i wish it worked that way.

by TraditionalTrash 1 week ago

Ordered pot roast in the wrong place once. Didn't eat much, paid without complaint, tipped well. Never went back.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Am I the only one that eats my food in shame and put a smile on when the waiter asks because I'm too embarrassed to say I didn't like the food I ordered? And then tip 20% because I feel guilty about it?

by Starkchristophe 1 week ago

I agree, I'd just give it to someone else who likes it

by Accomplished-Quit 1 week ago

That's Fair. Errors are One thing but yeah- You get what ya ordered.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I won't say you "deserve" it, but if I know that a restaurant is willing to offer a refund if I don't like the taste, then I'm far more likely to eat at that restaurant, and I'd probably pay a couple dollars more. It's basically including insurance with the meal. Having said that I've never done it but it can be a business decision.

by leonorarath 1 week ago

By the time you hit 30, you should have tried all the foods by then.

by Every-Carpenter-753 1 week ago

Pretty sure this is a popular opinion unless the only people you ever interact with are Karens.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I mean if you think that's bad most corporate retail locations let you return anything for any reason. Don't like the shade of makeup returned, don't like the way the lotion feels returned, pain relief patch didn't seem to work return the rest of the box. I hate when people do this yea corporate allows it but one you are just wasting the product as it now goes in the trash instead of finding someone else to use it. Two it is just one of the many reasons that costs increase for the rest of us.

by CorrectTailor 1 week ago

You chose....poorly.

by Bartoletticecel 1 week ago

Its up to the restaurant manager to make that call. Not the server.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I agree, and in my experience the only time I've been given the option of ordering an alternative for no extra charge, or having the uneaten meal comped was at the insistence of the waitstaff. I'd never expect it or request it.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Definitely an incredibly popular opinion

by toyfelicity 1 week ago

This is unpopular?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

looks like a popular opinion to me.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That's a popular opinion among those of us who aren't garbage to small businesses

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Only in America is this even a thing.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Not true. I order sushi in Japan and they forgot to cook it. I made them take it back and make me a burger.

by Ricobrown 1 week ago

I actually disagree with this. I've never sent a plate back for not liking it, and the only waiters who have scolded me for that have been in Europe (a variety of countries).

by GreedyAd1281 1 week ago

How could you be scolded for something you have never done?

by toy22 1 week ago

I was scolded for NOT sending it back.

by GreedyAd1281 1 week ago

Oh that is something a European waiter might do. Interesting

by toy22 1 week ago

Picture this: the waiter comes out and asks "How was your meal?" And you say "I hated it." I'm guessing the waiter proceeds to say "Well why didn't you say so earlier?"

by Anonymous 1 week ago

This helped me too. lol

by Anonymous 1 week ago