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We Want Plates is a community of both regular people and dedicated foodies who are joining their forces to make restaurants serve food on actual plates, not on bits of wood and roof tiles. To do so, they are shaming all the ridiculous food presentations they are receiving online, and their crusade has made them quite famous.

Founded in 2015 by Ross McGinnes, We Want Plates already has 157K followers on Twitter, 100K on Facebook, and 30K on Instagram. However, the biggest unit of their army is located on Reddit — over 650K troops. I think it's safe to say that the growth of the project is a pretty good indication that restaurants should think twice before serving cured meat on a bone or pouring a cocktail into a baby bottle. At least I hope so.

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“Our Environmentally Friendly Tempura Is Made With Sustainable Seafood And Vegetables, Harvested In Ways That Consider The Long-Term Well-Being Of Our Precious Land And Oceans.”“Wonderful! How’s It Served?”“On A Large Polystyrene Block.”

“Our Environmentally Friendly Tempura Is Made With Sustainable Seafood And Vegetables, Harvested In Ways That Consider The Long-Term Well-Being Of Our Precious Land And Oceans.”“Wonderful! How’s It Served?”“On A Large Polystyrene Block.”

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Cocktail Bathtub Complete With Rubber Ducky

Cocktail Bathtub Complete With Rubber Ducky

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“Here’s Your Beef Wellington Starter. Is There Anything Else I Can Get You?”“Tetanus Shot, Please.”

“Here’s Your Beef Wellington Starter. Is There Anything Else I Can Get You?”“Tetanus Shot, Please.”

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#4

Caesar Salad Or Charlie Brown Christmas Tree?

Caesar Salad Or Charlie Brown Christmas Tree?

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#5

"Waiter, I Prefer My Pie To Be At Least 9 Inches Off The Table"

"Waiter, I Prefer My Pie To Be At Least 9 Inches Off The Table"

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#6

The Chips Come In A Rock

The Chips Come In A Rock

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This Is A Take Out Dish - Diners Were Instructed To Plate Like This At Home. Part Of A $115 Tasting Menu

This Is A Take Out Dish - Diners Were Instructed To Plate Like This At Home. Part Of A $115 Tasting Menu

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#11

Please Take A Charcuterie And Have A Seat

Please Take A Charcuterie And Have A Seat

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#12

Yes, I Would Like Your "Mini Corn Dogs On A Ceramic Decorative Pillow" Please

Yes, I Would Like Your "Mini Corn Dogs On A Ceramic Decorative Pillow" Please

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#13

Venison Cubes On A Deer Antler (Was Actually Incredible)

Venison Cubes On A Deer Antler (Was Actually Incredible)

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#15

This? Oh, It's Just An Orthodontic Mould Of The Restaurant-Owner's Mouth From Barcelona

This? Oh, It's Just An Orthodontic Mould Of The Restaurant-Owner's Mouth From Barcelona

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Why

Why

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'hot' is one thing that food is not going to be by the time it's served.

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llamalover
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me of that lady who makes the pasta on the table for her guests

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JessG
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Right? Didn't she poor it on her marble or granite counter?! How does it not stain?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’ve seen this before, and it really is a stomach churning mess . The food is cold, coagulated and eventually all tastes exactly the same . All those fingers and hands from different people means this really should be banned

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Marcellus the Third
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the underlying logic is 'yeah but in your stomach it all comes together anyway' which is technically true...

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Customer: Yes, I'd like the macaroni and cheese, but can you please smother it with pepperoni, wing sauce, and you know those little baked bread cylinders that are filled with "pizza flavors?" Employee: Combos? Customer: Yes! I'd like some combos on there also. Ooh, and sprinkle it all with parsley. Employee: Would you like that to go? Customer: I'll just take it all on this counter. Employee: This counter? Customer: Yes. Employee: You got it, boss.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one doesn't seem so bad. What's different about having your food on a clean slab vs a clean plate? Assuming you can still eat it with your fork I see no issue.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Haute cuisine? Barf? Art? Not sure if we're supposed to eat it, flush it or bid for it in an auction.

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RaroaRaroa
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What even is that?It looks like pasta with sauce, potato skins (the round brown things), lots of some second sauce, and the brown cylindrical things that look like cardboard. So much food, so little nourishment.

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Cain Hargreaves
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Guessing the round brown things are pepperoni? I can't help you with the cylindrical things.

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Shirley Heyn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What, they pick stuff up off the floor and keep putting it on the buffet table until it is all gone?

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Melissa Powell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Got something like this in Seattle some years ago. Left hungry.

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LMS
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have actually seen this at a party or two, it's some sort of Cajun (?) dish that is prepared to pour out on a slab. There is a name for this serving style, but I can't recall it.

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Lou Herout
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It only gets better if they require you to eat out of the trough with your hands behind your back

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Mae Mosse
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gonna look the same when it comes back out...either end 🤢

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Vasana Phong
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate it when these restaurants just throw together a concoction like this and think it’s the hottest thing/ item that’s been invented

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

im prolly gonna get downvoted, but that looks deleciouce

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Mya Lugar
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No! Stop!. That's the conveyer belt from the kitchen to the garbage dumpster!!

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Cynthia M. Vatani
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, Huh ya'll don't know the number to the Department of Health? 🥴🤔😳👀🤷 Ya'll have just lost ya'll's minds bc you let these new new Restaurant Owners convince you to spend your money on Irregular Nasty Slung & Slammed together MESS like this. Back in the Day the only way you consumed food in this manner is a SEAFOOD/CRAWFISH BOIL(&if you haven't partaken of such a Feast then your Soul is 'Hangry'😂😂) and bs like this wouldn't be tolerated. Go ahead. Grub On Folks. Ijs.

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Mumchkin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why don't we call this what this is? A pig trough, without a basin.

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Daniel Atkins
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When the restaurant is scheduled to open but the dishes haven’t arrived.

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Rob Turner
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's a prep-area .. NOT a serving in a restaurant .. Enough with the fake or misleading crap .. uggh!!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's "Whatever Is in the Back of the Fridge Day" at your local high school cafeteria!

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lailyfnoor
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's similar thing like this in Philiphine and Indonesia, but with rice and various side-dishes. Not always, but sometimes during family/traditional party - and only in particular region

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lara
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nope, nope, nope. Pasta on a board is nothing but a total and complete travesty.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’ll have an extra large, bloody mess, pasta pizza, no crust, please.

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WilvanderHeijden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Since they knew how the buffet would end, the staff saved themselves quite some trouble.

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Antz Online
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

@heidi hunt, a hot mess.. hahahah... before or after dinner.. LOL

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MAKtheknife
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like Southern food. Mac n' Cheese and everything else.

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Daniel Marsh
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do you like pandemics? Because this is how you get pandemics. (Seriously, hundreds of thousands of workers home from around the world and about to return to their host nations ate at feasts like this in Wuhan.)

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#17

Repeat After Me, Hub Caps Are Not Plates

Repeat After Me, Hub Caps Are Not Plates

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My Cocktail Was Caged Because What If It Flies Away

My Cocktail Was Caged Because What If It Flies Away

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah yes, my cocktail flies away pretty often too. I should get a cage like that 9_9

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Nachos On A Rusty Bin Lid

Nachos On A Rusty Bin Lid

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They're trying to mimic a specific BBQ place that serves their sharing meals on a bin lid. But those are clean, and from what I can tell, specifically tweaked - no handle so it sits flat on the table properly like the oversized plate they are being used for.

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#22

Found On Yelp & Now I Don’t Want To Stay At This Hotel Anymore

Found On Yelp & Now I Don’t Want To Stay At This Hotel Anymore

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My Cocktail Came In A Box

My Cocktail Came In A Box

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the traditional way to drink Sake. Maybe they're going for a fusion thing. It is a silly thing to do for many drinks, but if woodiness is part of the flavour, it's a great option.

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Syphon Tower Of Onion Rings

Syphon Tower Of Onion Rings

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Charcoal Waffle Eggs Benedict On A Shovel In Barcelona

Charcoal Waffle Eggs Benedict On A Shovel In Barcelona

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And when your done, you can take the shovel and whack whoever thought this was a good idea

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This Is Not How I Want My Biriyani To Be Served!

This Is Not How I Want My Biriyani To Be Served!

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