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When you don’t have any expectations, you can’t get disappointed. But when there’s an advertisement for a delicious meal shoved right up in your face but you get served a big pile of cheap-looking cooking, you can’t help but get angry.
Nobody expects picture-perfect food at restaurants. However, some of these meals are so incomparable to their ads, Bored Panda just had to show you side-by-side examples. Check them out below, upvote the most egregious cuisine lies, and let us know about the times when a restaurant has made you swear like a souped-up version of Gordon Ramsay.
We’re not talking just about fast food here. Restaurants in seemingly good standing are also known to violate the most basic tenet of human relations ever: don’t mess with someone’s food. (Though, come to think of it, can you really expect anything good from places that have pictures of food on their menus? Kidding! Haha! Just kidding! Please don’t hurt me, Picture Menu Restaurant Mafia.)
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#1
My "Cookies And Cream Stuffed French Toast" From Ihop
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#2
I Ordered Bruschetta From My Local Pizza Shop
Bob Belcher 5 years ago
Bruscheeta is easy to make at home. 1 French Bread cut as think as you want, dice up 4 Roma tomatoes, dice up 1/2 clove of garlic, dice some basil, 2 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar and 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Cook the garlic in a bit of butter just enough that it turns brown. Mix it all together in a bowl and put on top of your toasted bread. Bread too big to fit in toaster??? After you cook the garlic, butter your bread lightly and put it in the uncleaned pan. The bread will soak up the garlic flavor. While one side is Browning, butter the other side and when ready turn it.
Bob Belcher 5 years ago
Want to change it up a bit, make hamburgers and put the Brucshetta mix on top of the burger and use the French Bread as a bun.
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CrunChewy McSandybutt 5 years ago
This looks like a piece of bread you'd find behind a dumpster.
#3
Cheese Fries From Buffalo Wild Wings
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
The US dye the cheese using annatto, which is made from the seeds of an achiote tree. So yes it is natural but the cheese isn’t naturally orange.
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Donna Gettings Apperson 5 years ago
This can't possibly be real. I have had BWW's cheese fries and they looked more like the stock photo on top.
Daniel Callaway 5 years ago
This is NOT the way you get Cheese fries from Buffalo Wild Wings!!! Sorry fake news!!!
As I see it, there are two main problems when it comes to sloppy reality being far from the picture-perfect gourmet meals you expect to receive. And they have a lot to do with our expectations. The problems are all about the actual cooking standards and the way food adverts can raise our expectations too high.
The first issue is very human: sometimes, the people making your food don’t 'five a guck' about what you’ll get served or they mess up and decide to put the meals out anyway. They might be overworked and burned out. Or they might be lazy and inattentive.
The solution here is simple (and incredibly hard at the same time)—the kitchen staff need to find the inner motivation to take pride in their work. Meanwhile, management needs to maintain acceptable standards. If you wouldn’t eat something you make, why would you expect your customer to? It’s better for the food to be late but presentable instead of rushed and disappointing.
#4
This Steak Salad That Looks Nothing Like It's Advertised
Samantha Lomb 5 years ago
The second looks like when you throw all the leftovers in the fridge together at 2 am because you have the munchies
Rabbit Carrot 5 years ago
Where’s the rest of it? There’s loads of food on that top plate, the bottom plate looks like leftovers.
Robin Hunter 5 years ago
It’s tortilla strips , not pasta in the top photo
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Nadine Bamberger 5 years ago
Wehre is the salad and what the neck died in the middle of the plate?
#5
This Is So Outrageous
Erin Presley-Froemke 5 years ago
Jameson and Ginger had been online dating for a while, when the day came where they would finally meet.....
Nate Hull 5 years ago
Ginger is taller than what Jameson saw on the dating profile.
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Cactuar Jon 5 years ago
that bottle of schweppes on the advert must be really really really far away
Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago
A mini bottle can make anything look bigger.... My boyfriend tried that once.
Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago
That's actually a 'normal' sized mixer and shot serving. The customer didn't expect a large bottle, did they?
#6
Subway Pizza
Esca Sav 5 years ago
I'm one of the weirdos that gets pizza from subway because I genuinly like it... but I don't know what monstrosity this is...
Mimi777 5 years ago
I think I got a pizza from there one time a long time ago when it started being a thing and it was pretty alright.
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Bama Belle 5 years ago
I got a sandwich from there just yesterday. My sandwich artist gave me 3 spinach leaves, a half a ring each of an onion & green pepper (broke in half) and the most transparent looking tomato slices I've ever seen. It was a sad sight to behold.
Molly Block 5 years ago
Yeah.....but.......you stand there and ask for the toppings YOU want as you WATCH them assemble it. NOT THEIR FAULT!
The second problem, however, is directly related to how things are advertised. What you see on the menus are the ‘perfect’ versions of meals that restaurants want you to see. While some restaurants go for amateur snaps, others go all out and hire professional food stylists to turn grub into glamor shots.
Food styling is an art. Pros can end up using a whole array of tools, from tweezers and tape to blowtorches and paint. So when you take so much time and effort to create a work of art, can somebody in the kitchen who is under pressure really deliver something that’s comparable? Sometimes? Yes! Always? Dear Lord, no.
#7
Menu vs. What They Served Me. No, Millennials Didn’t Kill Appleby’s, They Committed Suicide
Julie C Rose 5 years ago
I will never stop enjoying the irony that Applebees’ squawking about being “killed” by millennials led to me - and probably a lot of other non-Americans on the internet - learning that Applebees is a restaurant chain that serves bad food.
JessG 5 years ago
This is awful. What’s with the huge chunks of tomato. On a side note, I worked for Applebees for a long time, and honestly the food usuydid look like the pic. Also, if that was my table, I would not have taken it out. It passes through at least three hands before going out, so I blame the expo, then the server here for not pointing it out
Susan Mercurio 5 years ago
I threw up after eating in an Applebee's and all the manager would do was to offer me another meal instead of a refund. Why would I want another meal from them?
#8
Taco Bell’s Grande Stacker Box
Nikki Felix 5 years ago
As sad as the size is, there is a sodium warning for it on the taco bell app too smh
#9
Burger King Grill Dog Cheddar And Bacon
BusLady 5 years ago
I mistook the bacon for a shriveled up piece of sausage.
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Maria Roberts 5 years ago
This is basically like the year 2020, the expectation v.s. the reality.
Nadine Bamberger 5 years ago (edited)
Hush, maybe the sausage is just shy and will come out of hiding if we're all real quiet.
#10
Part Of A $3.50 School Lunch. Picture On The Menu And What Was Served
Lyra Fortune 5 years ago
Yeah, and including the calorie count isn't a great move either, body image is forced so much already that adding sprinkles of this can lead to disordered eating. I speak from experience.
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WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
So American kids not only have to worry about Covid-19 and school shooters but also about food poisoning or malnourishment?
Hermione Granger 5 years ago
In America your lucky to get something edible 2 time a week...
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Evelína Zlá 5 years ago (edited)
It looks like it fell on the floor sometime during its way to you...and not just once... and maybe someone stepped on it?
Jessica Cifelli 5 years ago
As a former lunch lady, I can say not a single sun butter and jelly that I made ever looked like that. We would be in serious trouble if we ever served that to a kid. That sandwich on the right looks like it sat in a locker for a few weeks judging by the mold on the bread. And of course all of the sandwiches we made were made to order, meaning the kid ordered on the spot and waited in line.
Fieke Engelen 5 years ago
I think/hope I agree. Whoever put that in was (hopefully) exaggerating
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PeachPossum 5 years ago
That is a bite out of the bread. You are seeing the paper placemat (or whatever it is) underneath.
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#11
A Texas Sized Disappointment
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago (edited)
Pretty much all the takeaway joints are guilty of doing this.
Bob Belcher 5 years ago (edited)
All of Buc-ees is a disappointment. I think im the only Texan who can't stand that place. And for those who don't know Buc-ees is an over grown gas station that tries to be a Wal-Mart at the same time.
Thomas Gray 5 years ago
Buc-Ees is so overrated. I don't understand why it has such a cult following in Texas.
#12
The 3 Pieces Of Lettuce Was A Nice Touch I Guess
#13
Dreams Were Dashed At The Airport
BusLady 5 years ago
That looks really good. But they should just use that size for their ad. This cake is so rich that this is a reasonable serving. And they remembered the strawberries and whip creme.
S. 5 years ago
Airport food is super expensive, so it's still kind of a bummer :/
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Rabbit Carrot 5 years ago
Ok it’s thinner that it should be but otherwise that’s a good attempt.
#14
Grilled Salmon At The Mall Food Court
Rabbit Carrot 5 years ago
It’s probably been on the heater for a month that’s why.
Load More Replies... Bob Belcher 5 years ago
Why you eating any seafood at a mall food court??? Do you want to die!
Hilary Mol 5 years ago
Why on earth would you trust grilled fish of any kind at a mall food court??
LuckyL 5 years ago
Are these 6 fries? Six?? And one slice of cucumber? Is this the cucumber salad?
Lauren Caswell 5 years ago
First thing I did too was count the fries in shock!! XD
Load More Replies... Jessica Cifelli 5 years ago
The first mistake was ordering grilled salmon at a mall food court and expecting it to be good. Most people working in a mall food court are teens who have probably never cooked fish in their short lives and they were given a crash course, if any training at all, on how to barely cook
#15
Expectation vs. 2020
Friedlander Rosenzweig 5 years ago
ARBYS. We bring the meat! Where they bring it- well, call me when you find out.
Louchebert 5 years ago
No matter how hard I try I simply have no words other then that's a 'sneeze sandwich'... yuck!!
La La Lynch 5 years ago
Oh h3ll naw! The first one looks so appetizing. Then when I looked at the crap below it, even I got pissed. I'd take all of these monstrosities straight back to the manager (after taking a pic) & demand my money back AND a correctly-made meal. That's what a manager is supposed to do in this type of situation.
#16
Taco Bell, I Try To Love You, So Why Do You Treat Me This Way??
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
Looks like you got the shredded chicken quesadilla. Actually pretty good.
Perfumista Perfumista 5 years ago
Where is your Taco Bell? I have never received a burrito from them that looked like that.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago (edited)
That's BS!! One is the chicken burrito and the other is the chicken quesadilla listed 2 lines down on the receipt. If they're gonna bitch, do it right and honest.
Bellatrix Lestrange 5 years ago
I had this exact burrito yesterday and it was nothing like either of these. It wasn't like the one in the ad but it actually had food in it. I think this is just lazy employees.
#17
Restaurant’s Charcuterie Board As Advertised vs. What I Got
Nadine Bamberger 5 years ago
Gordon Ramsey once advised to never eat in a restaurant with pictures on the menu and he was f****ing right.
#18
Damn, I Am So Looking Forward To Eating This Delicious Burger With Copious Amounts Of Guacamole, Just As Advertised, And Then- Oh Wait..
Lorelei Michael 5 years ago
Omg now guac, if unout then go to del taco lol they got some fre sha vac a doo
Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago
That warrants at a minimum, a call to the management (of you got take out).
Torchicachu 5 years ago
you know ive kinda given up on relying on the pictures at mcdonals and places like that for burgers. the only thing that looks right is the chicken (in my opinion)
#19
Tim Hortons New Fruit Loop Donuts
Sent From The Slytherin House 5 years ago
I literally cannot stop laughing...
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Sardonic Scribe 5 years ago
Ever since Timmy's was bought out (and is no longer Canadian) their food & coffee has gotten worse and worse. I wish they'd go the way of the Dodo.
LOttawa 5 years ago
Absolutely agree. I've stopped going a while ago. Can't stand their coffee anymore, their breakfast sausage biscuit is missing a spice it used to have (just taste like nothing now) etc etc
Load More Replies... Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
They had one job, put froot loops on the donut hole. But nooooo.
Oskar vanZandt 5 years ago
I think this is what the British call a "piss-take" on the customer's part- set up?
Pungent Sauce 5 years ago
Tim’s is a sad shadow of its former self. Even Dunkin is better these days.
Jeff Requier 5 years ago (edited)
The ones Ive had in Alberta werent this shitty and we get ours all the way from Ontario
#20
Jack In The Box Tacos
#21
Thanks KFC, Totally What I Expected
Kristine Phillips 4 years ago
Burger King used to have yummy chicken sandwhiches, and did look like the first one, the second one looks like a misshaped patty.
#22
Fungi Toastie From Subway
Friedlander Rosenzweig 5 years ago
Weren’t you there when they made it? Standing right in front of them? Directing the process? Shouting I want “this, that, more of those- DEFINITELY more of THAT!” You need to take some blame in this one bud!
Parmeisan 5 years ago
It came in a box, so I'm guessing it was ordered online & delivered.
Load More Replies... Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago
Definitely a switch to bitch here. That second item isn't even from Subway.
#23
Arby's Bacon Beef 'N Cheddar
Phoebe Bean 5 years ago
So... they don´t "have the meats" after all... (as opposed to the Arby´s tv commercials declaring "We have the meats")
BusLady 5 years ago
They have the meats, they just "forgot" to put the other half on your sandwich.
Load More Replies... Louchebert 5 years ago
Djeez, that meat looks like it lived to see the rise and fall of Tutankhamun himself :-s
Diane Phillips-Herman 5 years ago
Arby's has looked like this for 30 years to me. Once was enough.
Diana Pahule 4 years ago
What? Bread, meat, and cheese sauce. What did you think was going to happen when you put the sandwich on the bottom?
#24
The Tempura Green Beans Looked Delicious On The Menu. I Think They Fell A Smidge Short
Louchebert 5 years ago
That's just plain nasty. I presume the cook in question has been locked up for life...
sylvanticx 4 years ago
If this is Veggie Grill, then those are actually delicious. The cauliflower is better tho.
#25
The Burger I Ordered Tonight
#26
I Know It's Airline Food, But Sweet Baby Jesus United Airlines, Why Would You Let Someone Pay $10 For This?...
Idk Katniss Potter 5 years ago
Excuuuuuse me, the one in the add looks delicious
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Nadine 5 years ago
Last time my husband and I took a flight, it was really late at night and we decided to buy food from the menu. We bought the cup of instant ramen, lol! At least it didn't disappoint!
Yoshie Inara 5 years ago
At least when you have instant noodles, you know what you're getting isn't lying to you XD
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Louchebert 5 years ago
'Miss, do you serve barf sandwiches?' "O but of course good sir. How many would you like to order?" 'Well, guess just one will do the trick.' (and it did)
#27
This Is Why You Check Your Food Before You Leave The Restaurant...
#28
So I Bought This New Burger From Burger K!ng...
Louchebert 5 years ago
Ohwwww... that burger was shot to dead way before the first civil war started.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 5 years ago
There may be an alternate universe where jalapenos are called chilies
Susan Widomski 4 years ago
I still wonder where these places are...I have not (fortunately) had food like this - granted I very seldom eat fast food, but they look like it's all made by the same cook.
#29
When Reality Doesn’t Meet Expectations
RaroaRaroa 5 years ago
Eww. These must all be franchisee run businesses skimping for the biggest profit. I can only assume they live in highly populated areas where they can still survive, even if no one ever goes twice.
Amber Phillips 5 years ago
ooh they must have gotten the gross idea from our school lunches clever (not)
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
Can't be taco bell. I always get my taco with no lettuce. Half the time I still get lettuce, and its a TON of it with a speck of cheese. I always end up losing the cheese when I scrape all that lettuce off.
Vaida Kuodytė 4 years ago
Is there a massive shortage of leaf salads, what did I miss? They cost next to nothing
#30
The Pico De Gallo Burger At Whataburger
Louchebert 5 years ago
The moldy burger. If you are patient enough it will digest itself... eventually...
David Bolitsky 5 years ago
This is because all food places have a dummy paid big money to make those items for the adds. They take sometimes an hour to do sat a burger or what ever. To make it look perfect. then you order it /pay big dollars for it to make the company richer and then you get it and its crap. Ya so lets keep al the places rich /and they won't ever do anything about it.
#31
We Were Expecting Four Mini Quesadillas, But We Got Four Tortilla Chips With Melted Cheese
#32
Ordered This Delicious Cheese Platter...
Megan Curl 5 years ago
And room service probably charged you $25 for all that bendy cheese. Yuck.
#33
Surf N Turf Burger From A Local Food Truck
Dorothy Parker 5 years ago
Food truck food is often more $$ than at a comparable brick and mortar business. Rarely worth it, in my experience.
Bob Belcher 5 years ago
Where's the lettuce and tomatoes? If you asked for nothing but meat and cheese, that's what you get.
#34
I Heard Burger King Was Selling Tacos For $1 So I Went To Try Them
Louchebert 5 years ago
Well, I think there's a slight misunderstanding, because these are (clearly) mail order tacos and sized down (but just a wee bit) to fit in your mailbox... no? (sh!t like this should be forbidden)
#35
Lunch Buffet Disappointment. Salad Pictured On The Menu vs. What I Got
#36
I Know That Fast Food Never Looks Like The Picture, Come On Burger King. This Makes Taco Bell Look Like A Gourmet Restaurant
LuckyL 5 years ago
It looks like it's at least a week old. - it spent the week on the parking lot.
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#37
Long John Silvers Rice Bowl
Louchebert 5 years ago
They put Asian hot sauce on a piece of soap??? (in a bowl of dry rice to compensate the rich flavour of the soap)
#38
Ordered Char Siu Bao From My Local Chinese Takeaway...
The Drawer Of Fanart 4 years ago
No. NO. I'm chinese and I'm outraged by this. THIS WAS SERVED IN A BURGER?!?!?!?
Donna Beach 5 years ago (edited)
Considering it says "takeaway", thats not a US term. That's English phrasing. Stuff like this doesn't just happen in the US.
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Thanks Domino's. I Hate It
#40
Sonic Philly Cheesesteak (No Mayo)
Louchebert 5 years ago
'Oh dear... a rat fell through the shredder. No what we do?' "Well..." said the cook with a glinstering glance in his eyes... "I think I just may have a solution..."
#41
Picture Of Pizza On Room Service Menu vs. Actual Pizza
Awesome horse lover 5 years ago
I mean... they are not going to have a pizza oven in the back are they?
Dorothy Parker 5 years ago
So little cheese that the shreds don't get to unite and bubble joyously. Sad pizza. Ashamed pizza.
#42
The Menu Picture Of The Nachos I Ordered From Room Service vs. The Nachos They Delivered To My Room
Misty Marie 5 years ago
Nachos aren't a meal, period... although that wouldn't necessarily stop me.
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#43
O’briens Epic Melt
#44
Room Service At The Hotel I'm Staying At, I Was So Excited Too
Louchebert 5 years ago
So, they had the nerve of serving a roasted brick and two mashed nuts??? Well well, this cook sure has erm... had quite some cojones...
#45
Applebee’s Nachos
Susan Trevaskis-Owen 5 years ago
I didn't even see the tomato at first; your comment made me look again. It's like a Where's Waldo? page.
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Koalamonster 5 years ago
That would be okay from a gas station, or if you tossed it together as a very lazy snack, but stuff there isn't cheap. They probably spent 10 dollars on that. Those nachos- like most of the entries here- break the tacit agreement that we went complain that it doesn't look as pretty as the picture as long as it fits what's in the description and it's edible. This might be edible but the cheese isn't even melted, not worth more than 2 dollars and they definitely paid more unless they got a refund.
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#46
Pizza Is Not Supposed To Make You Feel Sad Before You Eat It
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
Baked, fried, grilled and roasted tomatoes is quite common. I personally don’t like my tomatoes cooked.
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Not Quite What I Was Led To Expect
#48
Panera Grilled Cheese “Food As It Should Be”
MiniMaus 5 years ago
wow that's really odd. We ordered Panera all the time when we ordered in lunch at the office. It was always fresh, tasty and the bread was practically out-of-the-oven. Looked nothing like the 'before' picture above.
CatWoman312 5 years ago
Panera is a franchise so your location might be spot on, but the one across town owned by someone else not so much
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Jean Thompson 5 years ago
Different franchises will deliver slightly different versions. With this one, it looks like the chef was having a really bad day.
Hufflepuff 5 years ago
Panera is usually amazing for me. I got the grilled cheese and it was just like it was advertised.
Donna Beach 5 years ago
I love Panera for baked goods and maybe a beverage. Dislike Panera for everything else. That's $8.00 for that sorry excuse and it always looks like that.
#49
Burger King’s Bacon Cheesy Tots
Ty Stratton-Quirk 5 years ago
I'd ask how you know what wombat sh** looks like, but I'm afraid of what the answer might be. Those do look incredibly unappetizing, though.
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Louchebert 5 years ago
The sous-chef had a cyste removed and the spare-cook saw a gastronomic opportunity. "It's great!" he said. "It's fantastic and the best appetizer you've ever tasted! You don't know about it... but you will love it!"
#50
The Tim Horton’s Farmer’s Breakfast Wrap...
Amber Phillips 5 years ago
yup nothing like a single chicken nugget with a tortilla to get your day started
#51
Traditional Mexican Food In France
Louchebert 5 years ago
Aaah oui monsieur... zis iz zhe Grande Mexzicano burgurrr... you'll looooove it!
#52
The Saddest Takeaway And Grimmest Mozarella Sticks I’ve Ever Ordered
Louchebert 5 years ago
Turds on the run...and the jailer man and Sailor Sam were searching everyone… for the turds on the run...
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 5 years ago (edited)
I've seen worse. I once bought half a dozen that didn't have any cheese in them at all.
#53
Taco Bell Mexican Pizza Or What I Imagine Prison Food To Look Like
#54
Recently I Received The World's Saddest Espresso Martini
Louchebert 5 years ago
"Ooooh, what to do with my morning pee now that the toilet is clogged?" the cook wondered in great dispair...
#55
Taco Bell Is Getting Rid Of Their Mexican Pizza. It Used To Be A Favorite Of Mine So I Got One For Old Times Sake
Anne 5 years ago
without having transported it bumpy, I think this one may have looked like the original
JessG 5 years ago
Exactly, you have to keep the box level. This is just carelessness
Load More Replies... Amber Phillips 5 years ago
now your favorite thing has betrayed you now it has became the worst mistake you have ever made even just paying the 5 dollars for it was a mistake
Louchebert 5 years ago
What... you live on the fifth floor and they threw it through your window?? (before you opened it)
Truth Monster 5 years ago
Taco Bell is focusing on tacos now, as Mexican food now has to be vertical to fit through the fence...
#56
I've Never Cried Harder In My Life
#57
Chicken Manchurian With Rice. Second Item On The Menu
Louchebert 5 years ago
As soon as they put the brown stuff on the plate the rice started to flee...
#58
Fast Food Burgers vs. Advertisements
Louchebert 5 years ago
Naah, they don't smash them down. They sit on them for about half an hour in order to heat them up. A soggy burger is one thing, but if it's also cold... well, you run the risk of losing customers. And we wouldn't want that to happen, do we now?
#59
Dunkin Donuts "Lucky Shamrock" Donut
Louchebert 5 years ago
If you're lucky what you get looks like the donut on the left. If not... well, then you get the one covered in turtle barf and some refreshing sprinkles. That one is called the tough luck donut...
#60
Damn You KFC
#61
Newark Airport
Zophra 5 years ago
Might be a mechanic and grease is tough to totally remove.
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#62
Hardee's Omelet Biscuit - Literally The Worst
BusLady 5 years ago
A lot of these food items look like they got run over.
Load More Replies... Torchicachu 5 years ago
sorry just my opinion but i probably would eat something with that much cheese anyways
#63
Chili's Menu vs. Chili's Reality
#64
I Made This About 10 Years Ago. I Think Fast Food Places Should Submit Like 40 Burgers And The Average Is What Is Allowed To Be Shown In Adverts!
Phoebe Bean 5 years ago
After all the previous disasters, this one doesn´t look that bad... I still see lettuce, tomato and the meats!!!
Susan Trevaskis-Owen 5 years ago
Yes, this one at least looks like a burger, and not like something the cat horked up.
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Roger Haywood 5 years ago
Actually, I wouldn't complain about this one. That don't look half bad.
#65
Whataburger’s New Pico De Gallo Burger
Louchebert 5 years ago
This is actually a self-defense-burger. When attacked and/or threatened or otherwise in need, you throw this at the person(s) who frighten you...
Amber Phillips 5 years ago
hey looks better than the other one but still not even a goat i know would eat this
#66
Food On The Menu vs. Ordered Food
#67
Mc Donald’s Mcrib
Andrew Gibb 5 years ago
I think everyone knows that a Mc Rib is basically sauce over shaped abattoir floor sweepings
Nadine Bamberger 5 years ago
I just don't get why people look forward to that being put on the menu.
Louchebert 5 years ago
Aah yeah... the oh so famous McTurd. A real treat and a great mystery why it didn't catch on...
#68
This Coconut Tini vs. The Menu Picture
Louchebert 5 years ago
Aah yeah ... well, that's a small mistake. It should have been called the Wonderful Wellness Water cocktail with a tiny pinch of coconut as an extra. So sorry about that. Oh... and don't mention the war!
#69
Knotts Berry Farm Is Holding Their “Taste Of Knotts” Event. Carnitas Fries As Pictured On The Website vs. Reality
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What do you think ?
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago (edited)
The problem is that a lot of takeaway joints use props to advertise their food and what is pictured is not actually all food. They make the burgers, pizzas, tacos etc out of numerous things not just food. For example the patties are often undercooked to make them look juicier, the buns are meticulously chosen and sometimes the sesame seeds are glued on. They also use cardboard, pins and special placements to make the foods look bigger and better. Some places even advertise ice creams using mashed potato. Don’t forget the advertisers also use photoshop.
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
I think they use elmers glue for mayo.
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Rose the Cook 5 years ago
Most of these are from fast food franchises so the product will vary from owner to owner. They all use cheap unskilled labor anyway so it is unrealistic expect quality.
BusLady 5 years ago
Also, the manager may be telling them to use X amount of the ingredients because of pressure from the owners, who want to build their own profits. It will also affect the manager's salary.
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MiniMaus 5 years ago
Most of these 'what I really got' pictures are also not real. They've been altered to look bad for the sake of the posting. I eat at a few of these places and the food looks good
Soggy Crumpet 5 years ago
I was thinking the same thing. Some of the “reality” photos look staged or they altered the order.
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Naomi Armitage 5 years ago
I wish I knew this was a thing--I would have submitted my Giant Meatball from Olive Garden. It was the ONLY reason I even went there in the first place. What I got looked more like meat sauce on spaghetti.
Davor Jelacic 5 years ago
Insta return, some exceptions due to bad lighting but majority looks inedible
Dorothy Parker 5 years ago
Food stylists spend hours making the foods for ads look delectable. They use vaseline, food coloring, toothpicks, glycerin, etc. The poor chef in real life has twenty seconds to fill the order.
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago (edited)
The problem is that a lot of takeaway joints use props to advertise their food and what is pictured is not actually all food. They make the burgers, pizzas, tacos etc out of numerous things not just food. For example the patties are often undercooked to make them look juicier, the buns are meticulously chosen and sometimes the sesame seeds are glued on. They also use cardboard, pins and special placements to make the foods look bigger and better. Some places even advertise ice creams using mashed potato. Don’t forget the advertisers also use photoshop.
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
I think they use elmers glue for mayo.
Load More Replies... Rose the Cook 5 years ago
Most of these are from fast food franchises so the product will vary from owner to owner. They all use cheap unskilled labor anyway so it is unrealistic expect quality.
BusLady 5 years ago
Also, the manager may be telling them to use X amount of the ingredients because of pressure from the owners, who want to build their own profits. It will also affect the manager's salary.
Load More Replies... MiniMaus 5 years ago
Most of these 'what I really got' pictures are also not real. They've been altered to look bad for the sake of the posting. I eat at a few of these places and the food looks good
Soggy Crumpet 5 years ago
I was thinking the same thing. Some of the “reality” photos look staged or they altered the order.
Load More Replies... Naomi Armitage 5 years ago
I wish I knew this was a thing--I would have submitted my Giant Meatball from Olive Garden. It was the ONLY reason I even went there in the first place. What I got looked more like meat sauce on spaghetti.
Davor Jelacic 5 years ago
Insta return, some exceptions due to bad lighting but majority looks inedible
Dorothy Parker 5 years ago
Food stylists spend hours making the foods for ads look delectable. They use vaseline, food coloring, toothpicks, glycerin, etc. The poor chef in real life has twenty seconds to fill the order.
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