50 Times Restaurant Clients Got So Annoyed By How Their Food And Drinks Were Served, They Just Had To Document It (New Pics)
Cooking is an art form, and there are no limits to what culinary masterpieces chefs will come up with next. (Have you guys ever seen what an air fryer can do?) But when it comes to how brilliant dishes are served, there are many purists out there who think there’s nothing better than the classics. Plates and bowls were invented for a reason after all!
Below, you’ll find some of the wildest alternatives to traditional dishes that people have scrutinized in the We Want Plates subreddit. From fish sticks in Crocs to bread in a Versace shoe, we hope you get a kick out of these unappetizing atrocities down below. Be sure to upvote the ones that make you hesitant to ever eat in a restaurant again, and remember that sometimes it’s best to just stick with what you know.
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This Isn’t A Plate! The Wig Is Up!
Drinking Water Out Of A Measuring Cup Does Not Make Me Feel Quirky, It Makes Me Feel Like A Lunatic Who Needs To Go Do Their Dishes
A Full English Served By A Hipster
"Imagine going to spend your hard earned money on a full English and they bring it out on a BLOODY SPADE"
This Is Getting Ridiculous
You Can Use A Knife To Cut A Toothpick From The Log After You Finished Your Dinner
Fish Sticks In A Croc
EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE BUT WHAT THE FUCKlTY F**K IS THIS MONSTROSITY
“Rudolph.” “Here!” “Dasher.” “Here!” “Dancer.” “Here!” “Prancer.” “Here!” “Vixen.” “Here!” “Comet.” “Here!” “Cupid.” “Here!” “Donner.” “Here!” “Blitzen.” “Got Some Bad News About Blitzen, Boss”
I Think It's Necessary To Add That The Glasses Are Filled With Hot Pork Broth To Wash Down Those Hog Nipples
Sushi For M’lady?
There Was An Attempt To Include A Plate... Sort Of
Tacos On Cactus
Caged Chicken Buns In Hong Kong
Saw This On A Friend’s Instagram. The Horror
Cocktail Served In A Plastic Bag
That's the way we used to get our beverages with street vendors in Mexico. Is still used in some places here tho
Whole Meal On A Cup
Bread In A Versace Shoe
Ice Cream Served On Only The Finest Of Frozen Rocks…
Would You Like Some Steak With Your Lawnmower?
Few things to say here. 1. That does not look clean in any way, shape, or form. 2. I feel bad for the employee(s) who had to lug a lawnmower from the kitchen onto the table. 3. I remember this place from when I lived in L.A., it's a Barton G restaurant. If you think this is bad, the entire f*****g menu is like this. Salmon on a f*****g samurai sword is another example. It's skewered too, sticking straight up from the plate.
Next Time Just Throw The Dish At Me Please
Charcuterie Cups
Pudding In Birmingham
“Not Just Any Shoe, An Orange One”
I Was Wronged In Idaho
Wine Bottle Pasta
We Want Tetanus!
Glass Of Pasta
Shovel
Cocktail Served In Broccoli Soup Can, On Newspaper, On A Preschooler’s Popsicle Stick Craft?
I love it! Restaurants literally serving people in garbage, sitting atop more garbage and most likely these dummies are paying astronomical prices.
My Drink Served In A To-Go Box
Served Right On The Table
Incarne (And Bones)
Have Some Gyoza With This Houseplant
$14 Worth Of Fried Potato Served On A Hacky Sack
A Lot Of Fuss For 6 Shrimp
Words Cannot Describe This
Everything But The Kitchen Sink Taken Too Literally
Wood You Like Some Chicken With That Pasta: A Classic Study In Wanting Plates
Coffee In A Donut
World-Renowned Chef Jose Andres Serves An Appetizer Out Of A Stiletto
"Is The Ice Cream Locally Produced?" "No, But The Jam Jar And Bit Of Skirting Board Are From A Skip Down The Road"
The Brick Isn't Even Warm For The Sliders
Nachos In A... Bin Box?
Looks Like A Plant But Its An Actual Dish Served In A 2 Michelin Star Restaurant In La
Smash In Burger Paris. Food Served On A 2pac Vinyl. Taken From Best Ever Food Review Yt
Why would you waste a perfectly good 2pac vinyl, you're a monster. Vinyl is pretty much impossible to clean too, so they'd have to throw this out after. And unless they coated the vinyl in something beforehand, whoever is eating this is also eating a bunch of dangerous compounds.
Meaty Deer Shoulder On Boney Deer Shoulder
And So, On #worldpastaday, We Bow Our Heads In Silence And Remember The Pint Of Spaghetti Bolognese
THERE'S A WORLD PASTA DAY?? HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS?????
Bucket Of Burgers
Onion Rings On A Funnel
Breakfast Served In A Cardboard Egg Carton On A Chopping Board. Yummy, But Difficult To Eat
I Was Served On An Oven Rack
Appetizers On Nails At A Conference
Can't Drink The Milkshake Without A Face Full Of Cheesecake
Steak Tartare Served On A Clock?
If I was served this, I would take pieces of the meat and hide it in different places on my table. In the bread roll, in the flower vase, in the sugar container, in a violinist’s pants… everywhere! Upvote if you understand this reference. 😉
Looks Like I’m Not The Only One Presented With Jello Shots In Shells
Hamburger In A Forest
More Butter On An Icelandic Rock - This Time Whipped With Skyr
“Pasta Flight” Served On Wooden Board, Alongside Other Dishes On Actual Plates, Se Pennsylvania
Brazilian Stew (Feijoada) In A Mini Dutch Oven Served With Rice & Bread On A Chopping Board
Skewered Chicken Served On Top Of The Bottom Of A Glass(?)
You know this one is clean because the dishwater comes on the plate.
Butter On A Rock, To Remind You That It Is A Restaurant In The Mountains
Is This Allowed Here Too?
Got My Cocktail In A Rice Maker
First Drink Came In A Soup Bowl. With A Spoon. Second… In A Little Buthtub. I Think They Run Out Of Glasses
Mom And I Went For Burgers And Got A "Bucket Of Fries". This Is Neither A Bucket Nor A Plate. The Burgers Were On Some Metal Plaques With A Handle, Too. But Hey Pretty Tasty!
burgers are on a mason's spoon. and I like her mother's attitude. already calling for a petition to close the restaurant for it
Quite Tame Compared To Some Of The Other Posts, But This Appetizer Served In A Huge Bowl; At A High Class Restaurant In My Hometown
Chicken Mac & Cheese - BBQ Food Truck
The Burger Was Tasty, Though
Pickled Carrot Tart…on A Glass Box… Dill, Iceland
So The Course Was Beef Tongue. Served With A Spoon Wrapped In A Mold...of The Chef's Tongue
Lettuce Cups In Someone’s Yard Ornament
Wheelbarrow Chriashi
Completely Up To You
Ate From A Chipped Rock. I Even Scrapped Some Of It When I Took A Bite. Delicious Cake Tho
Paint Can Fries
Honey I Shrunk The Staircase (And Dropped Some Food On It)
Fried Sausages Served On Individual Forks Sticking Out Of A Metal Brick - Raglan Road Irish Pub At Disney Springs
Fries In A Jar. How Do We Feel About This One, Gang?
Eggs Florentine On A Tile
This Wing Shop In Portland Use’s Frisbees As Plates
If you don’t have plates to serve your food on, but you do have frisbees… Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.
Paper Bag Green Beans, Just Like Mama Used To Make
My mama did NOT put hot beans in a bag. She served them in shoes, just like all the other Idaho moms.
Skateboard Deck
Smoked Seal On Top Of A Seaweed Waffle, With A Seaweed Bearnaise Sauce Topped With A Pickled Blueberry
Ramen On The Go
I'd be pïssed if I ordered ramen and was served a Cup O Noodles. Where's the broth? A fried egg instead of soft boiled? This is an abomination!
Chilled Monkey Brains! Or Jello, Served In A Silver Skull. You Decide
Pudding In A Garden Trowel Anyone?
Pizza, Filled With Chips, And Jackfruit… In… A Metal Cone/Basket/Thing?!
This 3rd Wave Coffee Shop Serves Coffee In Wine Glasses. They Say "Our Filter Coffees, Which We Serve Wine Glasses, Imply That You Should Enjoy Living Life Slowly"
Butter On Lava Rock - Loá, Reykjavik, Iceland
I saw this same photo on the list titled “How to tell the restaurant kitchen dropped your butter on the floor.”
It Finally Happened
Crab Soup In A Crab. Phuket, Thailand
Tiramisu In A Moka Pot
A Cup Of Eggs
Measuring Cup Coleslaw
I Was Served This At A Work Event. Am… Am I Supposed To Drink It?
I feel like most of the people who made the decisions for these 'plates', 'bowls' and 'glasses' don't understand the concept of FOOD SAFE materials, nor the need to sanitize those containers between customers.
They also don't understand the concept of if you make good-a*s food, you don't need to do silly presentations in order to get people talking about your restaurant.
Load More Replies...Doesn't anyone actually turn around to the waiter and say 'no way, take it back , I'm not eating off of a rusty spade/ splintered log/ old shoe?' I mean how does this pass hygiene laws? If you are paying for e.g steak with peppercorn sauce and most of the sauce has all dribbled off the log, surely you can complain that you paid for it, ergo you should actually be able to eat all of what you PAID for? Such utter nonsense. I wouldn't even accept some of this rubbish in a high end restaurant. I would tell them it's now passé and over trying on the pretentiousness to do this, so go and get me a damn plate. Idiots. People will look back on this in many years in the same way as we look at shrimps and spam served in lime jello moulds in the seventies. Bonkers.
I think the places that do this stuff make it well known that they do. So, as a patron, you must know what you are getting onto BEFORE you go to dine there. Telling the wait staff that you refuse your order because of the way it is served is kinda a d**k move if you already knew that that was the theme of the restaurant.
Load More Replies...I feel like most of the people who made the decisions for these 'plates', 'bowls' and 'glasses' don't understand the concept of FOOD SAFE materials, nor the need to sanitize those containers between customers.
They also don't understand the concept of if you make good-a*s food, you don't need to do silly presentations in order to get people talking about your restaurant.
Load More Replies...Doesn't anyone actually turn around to the waiter and say 'no way, take it back , I'm not eating off of a rusty spade/ splintered log/ old shoe?' I mean how does this pass hygiene laws? If you are paying for e.g steak with peppercorn sauce and most of the sauce has all dribbled off the log, surely you can complain that you paid for it, ergo you should actually be able to eat all of what you PAID for? Such utter nonsense. I wouldn't even accept some of this rubbish in a high end restaurant. I would tell them it's now passé and over trying on the pretentiousness to do this, so go and get me a damn plate. Idiots. People will look back on this in many years in the same way as we look at shrimps and spam served in lime jello moulds in the seventies. Bonkers.
I think the places that do this stuff make it well known that they do. So, as a patron, you must know what you are getting onto BEFORE you go to dine there. Telling the wait staff that you refuse your order because of the way it is served is kinda a d**k move if you already knew that that was the theme of the restaurant.
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