My husband and I went to Portland Maine for a long weekend to get away
for our birthdays ( we are born on the same day ) We decided to eat
early so we could walk around after dinner. We were the second
customers to this restaurant ans we were quickly seated. He ordered the
half roasted chicken and I ordered a scallop appetizer on mesclun salad
with fried julienne leeks for my dinner. The waitress brought my meal
as an appetizer even though I asked her to bring it for my entree. She
appologized when i mentioned the mix-up but i told her not to worry
about it i will just wait to eat until my husbands dinner was served.
Well it took a good 30 minutes for his dinner to arrive and by that
time the mesclun salad was very wilted and i asked if she could just
replace the greens and not the scallops. She returned with a new salad
and the scallops were reheated but there weren't any fried leeks. I
asked if she could bring a small plate of the fried leeks. She returned
with ONE very THIN piece of fried leek the size of a toothpick on a
bread plate. I called her back and told her if the chef has a problem
then ask him to come out here and settle it. I told her that is the
rudest thing a chef can do, I have been a catering chef for over 15
years and tell the chef to get off his high horse. I also told her I am
no longer hungry and the chef ruined our birthday dinner. The manager
came over and appologized over and over. We got a dinner on the house
and a dessert which we refused, The chefs excuse was that they ran out
of leeks. It was a house special and we were the second couple that was
seated that night. No way did they run out of leeks 40 minutes into
service.
Stan Horwitz wrote:
> In article .com>,
> "Rob" > wrote:
>
> > Irrespective of the location, what's been your funniest or worst
> > restaurant experience/s you've had so far - as in the food and / or
> > service being terrible, or the food and service being fine and very
> > good, but something else amusing occurred.
>
> Several years ago, a few friends and I went into a diner in Philadelphia
> to eat dinner after we saw a movie. As our food was served, a waitress
> brought over a friend's chicken parmasian. This friend was the final
> person at our table to be served. The poor waitress' hand slipped as she
> was about to remove the platter from her serving tray. Instead of
> placing the food in front of my friend, she received her dinner in her
> lap and all over her shirt! Fortunately, my friend was just dressed in
> inexpensive casual attire.
>
> The friend who had the food dumped on her was every bit is beautiful on
> the inside as she is on the outside so she reacted very politely and
> calmly. The look on the face of the waitress was one of horror. The
> waitress could not have been more apologetic. My friend stepped into the
> ladies' restroom, cleaned herself up reasonably well. By the time she
> returned to the table, a fresh plate of food was waiting there for her
> and we had all our meals comped by the management.
>
> We tipped generously, including the dumpee, because the poor waitress
> really did look like she was having a bad day and the restaurant was
> packed at the time.