40 Hilarious Restaurant Reviews And Replies, As Shared On ‘Takeaway Trauma’ (New Pics)
Many of us enjoy getting a cheeky takeaway after a hard day at work or school. Not only is it a way to reward ourselves for our efforts but we also end up supporting the local businesses and forming a bond with the shop owners. However, you can’t expect every single meal to be as stellar as what you’d get at a five-star restaurant. Some folks take it very personally if they have a sub-par experience and then vent their rage in the form of bad reviews.
That’s where the witty ‘Takeaway Trauma’ Instagram account comes in. The social media project collects the funniest and most unhinged customer reviews, and shares the savage comments that the restaurant owners came back with. Check out the freshest posts below and upvote your faves. Are we the only ones getting hungry right now? We hope not!
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The customer is NOT always right, damnit!! I applaud this staff and its management!
“the customer is always right in matter of taste.” is the full quote
Load More Replies...Absolutely NO WAY TO KNOW who's telling the truth here... If my order were 40 minutes latest I'd be angry, too. If a customer was abusive I'd block them, too. Can't judge what we don't know...
I don't know the whole story but I'm loving that zero tolerance policy
Look at the date of the post...June 2020. COVID just started and you're ordering out and complaining?
And it's June it didn't just started, people was out picking up their own food by this time. Plus I was pregnant and I never had food late. Sometimes the order would be coming from a place that's 40 mins from my home and still my food was on time and hot.
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You only met half the criteria. They only invade if you have oil AND you’re brown.
One star because of one order out of however many when they were a regular? Pretty harsh.
You can give someone 100 good experiences and most people won't say a word. The 1 time when it isn't perfect is when they start typing.
Load More Replies...I hope he never gets an over greasy pizza again. For his whole life.
Intoxicated
Wtf kinda platform rates things out of 6? Sure it is just as arbitrary as 5, but you'd think it would stick to tradition.
The idea for even-number star ratings is to get a better idea of the user's experience. If it's out of 5, they can put 3 and you don't know if it was generally good or bad. With 6 star, the person needs to say if it was slightly on the good side or slightly on the bad side.
Load More Replies...I love when the owners/managers reply to these ppl n just tell them how it really is.
The "owner/manager" needs to go back to school to learn how to spell.
Load More Replies...The first pizza I ever ordered was like that; I’d sent my 13 year old and he’d put the box under his coat to keep it warm.
3 stars was way too generous for anyone that uses U and UR in a post let alone a business reply.
Well if we're getting picky, spelling out "three" rather than using "3" would have been proper here as a number beginning a sentence and as a number under 10.
Load More Replies...The pizza place should have offered home delivery for both the pizza and the customer.
It was delivered to their home. It says the husband fell over in the customer’s own doorway, and their delivery driver helped him back up.
Load More Replies...They said the husband fell down in their own door, which sounds like it was delivered but the husband came out to the deliverer's car to get the pizza?
Load More Replies...Takeaways are huge in the United Kingdom. Statista notes that the fast food and takeaway market in the UK amounted to 21.37 billion pounds (27.46 billion dollars) in 2022, with a forecast of 22.04 billion pounds (28.32 billion dollars) in 2023.
The fun ‘Takeaway Trauma’ project has grown immensely since it was founded back in late 2020. At the time of writing, the Instagram page has grown to house 184k takeaway and sassy comeback-loving fans. It’s a favorite of many internet users and has become a popular niche for anyone craving a big dose of negativity with a bunch of comedy poured all over it. All you need is an internet connection, as well as a big bag of popcorn or a large portion of curry fries and you’ve got an enjoyable evening ahead of you, really.
Sorry To Hear About Your Nan
Walsall has a high number of Indian residents, you'll be able to get Indian food at almost any establishment. Lived there for a few years, great food 👌🏼
Load More Replies...I think it’s supposed to be “Naan” like the flatbread
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Do you think maybe it's possible that the owners are making up stories about the customers that are complaining as well, to cover up the bad review 🤔 🤷🏼♀️
I think it's not that rare that owners do that, there is a cardiologist in my area that replies to online reviews and everyone who leaves a bad review (that are actually very valid, I was at his office once too) gets a reply claiming they harassed his staff and other patients.
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Mick is obviously used to the texture of a "nuns minge"
You mean the moisture of it! I can’t wait to use an Americanized version of that one, as it’s hilarious! 😆 (My only other such useful simile is “I’m as dry as a popcorn fart.”)
Load More Replies...Love it when people order dishes they don't know what they are and complain it's not what they thought. Especially now you can google the answer in seconds.
My turn to Google 🥲 Edit: oh... It's what I assumed
Load More Replies...I add curd to my biriyani so that it doesn’t get too dry . Also are we going to ignore how this dude completely butchered the spelling of it?
I just looked up Biriyani thanks to this post and I think I might have to order one next time I get takeaway. Looks nice.
Load More Replies...I can't tell you how many times I've had customers order jambalaya expecting gumbo.
Mick wondered why the Nuns were overly friendly when he next attended church...
It’s easy to see why the page is such a huge hit. The posts are incredibly relatable on so many levels. First of all, you’re dealing with the topic of food. That’s something that absolutely everyone can relate to because everyone needs to eat in order to survive. So the quality of the food and service is a touchy subject for many folks. Many of us have also eaten out at least once in our lives, so there’s another layer of relatability for you there.
Secondly, people tend to be drawn to negative news more than positive topics. Though we all enjoy wholesome content from time to time, it’s spicy takes, criticism, and drama that dominate our attention. That’s why reading negative reviews is its own form of entertainment. As is watching how business owners put overly-critical wannabe food critics in their place with their rapier-like wit.
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"This place has been terrible the last 50 times I ordered from here!"
It's her second name and silent. You get it through the subtext.
Load More Replies...Put Food In Living Room
Imagine you just moved into a new place, go to check out the local grub. Order from this place and as they go to get you address, you give it to them, and they say "not you again! We will never accept orders to your place, give up with the fake name BS!" And hang up on you
I wonder how many people use the "Complain about something" ruse simply hoping to get a discount or some freebies?
As someone who has worked in a variety of customer service situations; it's most of the complaints. Some people have no shame or empathy, and will do whatever they can to game the system in their favor. They know most managers are spineless and would rather just concede that call them on their BS. The worst part is this makes it more difficult to successfully advocate for customers in situations where we (the business) genuinely messed up, because management is so conditioned to think it's a ruse.
Load More Replies...I keep hearing the response, in my head, with a heavy Italian accent ... it's great
A delivery person coming into the residence is kinda shady and dangerous for all parties involved. Just saying.
i once had a driver try to open my door. he was confused. i live in a triplex and am on the first floor. there is a main door and then stairs, then my door. my instructions read "the main is unlocked. please leave it in front of my door (number 2)." this guy calls me from outside, so i explain the door is unlocked. her walks in then tries my apartment door.
Im convinced some peeps just choose not to follow directions :/
Load More Replies...Key steps: (1) Order food. (2) Lock doors. Maybe even the reverse order, if necessary.
Hehe
I feel like 80% of online reviews of anything could be answered with, "You gotta chill."
In slovak language “lettuce” means “šalát” which is literaly “salad”, so maybe he was Slovak 😂
It literally says it was translated from French.
Load More Replies...This might be a language barrier. I'm Swedish and our words for salad and lettuce are the same
"Salad" in this context means the vegetable toppings on a burger ie, lettuce and tomato. I wouldn't necessarily EXPECT it to include onions, but I would certainly confirm if I were on either end of this interaction.
Load More Replies...Isn't tomato supposed to be a fruit? So really tomato could have been included but not onion. Being pedantic annoys annoying customers
Yeah but he didn't say no veggies he said no salad. Tomatoes comes in most salads.
Load More Replies...Back in ancient times I briefly played manager trainee at a McDonald's and once took a call from a customer who complained about getting home and finding that her quarter pounder didn't have anything on it. Checked with the front counter staff and the person who took the order remembered it very clearly. The woman ordered a quarter pounder with cheese and "a plain quarter pounder". If you work at McDonald's and somebody wants a "plain" hamburger it means it doesn't have the usual pickles, onions and ketchup/mustard. The quarter pounder that doesn't have cheese is called a "quarter pounder". Of course in addition to telling her how she ended up with what she got I told her that the next time she came by we'd have some coupons for a couple of free quarter pounders (with cheese ifs he wanted).
No salad means salad. Onions means onions. He wanted no salad and no tomatoes. He clearly did want onions!
"No salad" means no salad at all. If it's a standalone side salad that comes with the menu item it means you don't want it. If they're doing a bad job of saying they don't want some of the stuff that comes as garnish or toppings then "no salad" means none of the garnish or toppings that are typical salad items to any reasonable person.
Load More Replies...And thirdly, there is a ton of comedy to enjoy on ‘Takeaway Trauma.’ Laughter helps us forget about our worries, improves our immune system, gives our internal organs a decent workout, and makes us feel good. So it’s no wonder that this cocktail of food, negativity, and humor has been so popular with the Instagram crowd!
Meow
Escaped from the cage, made it to the phone and cried for help just before the butcher came back
Are you sure you weren't just super stoned? Considering this was on 4/20. Lol
Says A Lot About You
They have a point though. If there really was a hair in the food most people would document and send it back. Then OP says it didn't smell right. Again here most people document and send it back. OP supposedly 1. found a long hair 2. took the hair out 3. Sniffed the curry 4. Decided it smelled wrong and then 5. Ate it anyway. Sounds very unrealistic.
Load More Replies...What are you suggesting? The only way I can imagine someone finding a hair AFTER eating is my sifting through his … oh, I’m not gonna say it. If you have an alternate suggestion, though, I’ll enthusiastically read it!
Load More Replies...Especially if it also smelled wrong might have better called.
Load More Replies...So you found THE long hair, like they knew about it, had actually planted it there like an Easter egg.
Just an FYI: the fastest incubating foodborne illnesses need 24 hours before you'll experience symptoms, but 48-72 hours is more typical. If you feel sick a few hours after eating something, then it did NOT give you food poisoning. It may have simply upset your stomach, or you were poisoned by something you ate earlier.
Well, Barry never said when he found the hair. It could been at the bottom of the bowl.
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Sarel down there is partially right. It is the big businesses and companies that are responsible for making so much plastic waste. Then they pin it on us to dispose of it properly. Recycling was made in the first place partly because of an ad I think IKEA sent out after introducing cheap light furniture made with plastic. Some of you might remember it; it was that one with someone driving a car and littering and a Native American picking up the litter and crying a single tear or smthn idk THE POINT IS that big companies and businesses will try to subtly pin the blame on us and make us do something about it while they do nothing >:/ Edit: some people have pointed out to me that the ad was not made by IKEA, that’s my bad. HOWEVER it was funded by big plastic-producing companies like Coca Cola. Also, I’m also not saying that we don’t have to do anything, and that we aren’t partially to blame for this, I’m just saying we ALL have to do our part and these companies are slacking off and pushing the blame all onto us.
The crying Indian ad came out back in 1970 (source: my eyes) from the Keep America Beautiful organization (sadly many fellow Americans continue to miss the point of the ad, but I digress). It was a powerful message to some of us. Still is! Not sure if IKEA used a version of it?
Load More Replies...Paper takeout containers exist. Most plastic takeout/takeaway containers are polystyrene, which is completely unrecyclable (seriously, it has NEVER ONCE IN HUMAN HISTORY been recycled into a new product). If the end user "properly recycles" the container, it just ends up in a landfill anyway when their recycling center sorts it into the trash stream. Most landfills are open piles, where plastics break down into smaller pieces which can in fact wind up inside seabirds and turtles. The onus is on the restaurant to make more responsible container choices, NOT the customer to dispose of it "properly".
Responding to Sarel Especially if it's a chain restaurant The average mom and pop type place is in the same predicament, it's all corporate greed
People need to stop downvoting Sarah. Give her some upvotes, she made a good point! (Red PANda (she/they) even explains it!)
Maybe I'd agree about the use of plastic had she said exactly that, but what she said was that there was plastic found IN her food which sounds like she found pieces of plastic within her dish and if what she's complaining about is saving the turtles then she's pretty f****** crazy because a normal person would be complaining that there were bits of plastic in the food they were supposed to be ingesting. But hey that's just me I guess LOL
She seems to be doing both. The restaurant just picked up on the turtle part. There are too many animal activists out here that can destroy a business. I got from her review that basically finding plastic in her food that the company is not disposing their plastic the right way. If she's finding plastic in her food they must be disposing their plastic in a way it can harm the turtles.
Load More Replies...Most single-use plastic does not get recycled, but the part that does, often gets put in the landfill anyhow as it is usually not marketable. The recycle buzz was started by the plastic companies to make us feel more comfortable with the stuff.
During a previous interview with the founder of ‘Takeaway Trauma,’ Bored Panda learned that the account even got featured on The Jonathan Ross Show, on the BBC. “I didn’t even realize they were airing it, they just did, and then someone just messaged the account telling me they saw it!” the founder told us earlier.
“I’ve definitely seen a big increase in audience, especially since the TV show. People seem to be more and more involved in the humor, it’s almost like we have our own little community, which is exciting,” they said.
Relatable Tbh
Sounds like something doctors don't want you to know 🤔
Load More Replies.....with a side of mashed expectations and a mixed feeling, stresiing on the side
What’s with all the “local guide” reviews I see everywhere? They praise places other people pan and must eat out nearly every meal….
Bye Bye
I'm not a fan of complaining about the price, unless it's relevant to the problem. If you're willing to pay 6 pound (or 7) for a waffle with ice cream that's on you. You know what you're getting. If however you pay 7 pounds for a waffle with ice cream and the waffle is the size of a cracker then fair enough.
I am guessing it was a sodden mess if it really was 30 minutes late.
Load More Replies...Smarty pants replies from the owners is a big red flag to stay away.
I agree, I check reviews before going to restaurants and if I see something like this from the owners, I won't be giving you my business.
Load More Replies...Around here I wouldn't trust ice cream delivery even during a snow storm. Ice cream like fries is always soft/sloshy when delivered. It's much simpler and satisfying to order in person.
seriously ... how picky do you have to be to get a waffle cone delivered to you ... as long as it hasn't melted or your driver had to lick the sides to keep it ... who's complaining?
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I'd be like, "Well, you stuck your fingers in it, so it's ruined NOW!"
Is no one else bothered by the fact that she actually drove to this place at night with the uneaten food instead of just sending them a picture?
She probably thought that they was going to give her a new meal.
Load More Replies...I’m not following the logic. Why wouldn’t the owner deny it should she bring it up and suggest she planted it rather than “destroy evidence.”??? Why would one drive to show owner given his request to do so was already suspicious? If someone called me to say they found a spider in their food, I’d apologize, explain that spiders are sneaky like that and offer a free meal or something. A lot of weird choices by both if this is even true and not just a spite for perceived slight.
His shop should 100% be shut down. Awful. They should have reported them aswel
real boats rock, not a shut down fault but did warrant a strong complaint
Load More Replies...I'm more bothered by all of the spelling, grammar and punctuation errors.
“I do see some really savage replies by business owners, some are so rude that I can’t actually post them as it’s pretty offensive—that’s how bad it's got!”
Back in late 2021, the founder of the project told us that they’d seen a surge in negative reviews about pizza deliveries. “It seems that the Neapolitan-style pizzas with the thin base seem to always fold over, or toppings fall off. It’s quite funny but at the same quite frustrating for the customer!” they said.
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Owner convinced me that the customer was right. More than right, in fact.
I wouldn't go there after that reply. They don't care about their customers.
Gaetano's is a Pa/NJ restaurant. Every 1 star rating anyone gave has some snarky response from the owner.
Owner of that place probably lost a lot more business for being a dïck like that.
Mark The Rat
"Positively Satanic" ... Sounds great, where do i have to sign with my blood?
Please excuse the ritual sacrifice going on behind the counter.
Lmao I definitely would prefer this restaurant over a Christian or religious one.
Well based on a 1 star review what a psycho, that place sounds lovely.
Never Been
I have never rated a restaurant I haven't been to.
Hopefully you've never answered an Amazon question when you didn't have a useful answer, but 2,387,416 other people have. I'll guess that she was somehow offered a chance or requested to review the place. And I don't want to stereotype, but based on including the photo I'll guess she's not as internet savvy as some people. Assuming this is real, of course.
Load More Replies...Probably got a pop-up from Google asking her to review things, which is a default setting somewhere... and if she'd been close enough to the restaurant for any length of time, it may have assumed she'd eaten there. And bless, but she obviously couldn't figure out how to get out of reviewing it.
Your username is brilliant - it made me laugh just as much as the original quote did.
Load More Replies...I love when old people do that! I don't know why it's so funny, but it is.
Load More Replies...“Funnily enough, one thing I have learned is that most people only really write reviews if it’s really bad or really good—rarely in between. I think sometimes people are so annoyed and angry that in the heat of the moment after just receiving their ‘bad food,’ they go on to the internet and type everything they are thinking about right there and then,” they shared.
So Much Greece
"til one night we ordered the food came". What usually happened when they ordered?
Maybe it was great when they didn't have to see/touch/taste it
Load More Replies...It's a time, it's a place, it's a motion, yes Greece is the pizza we're eating.
If it's that "greecy" maybe they should try dabbing it with paper towels, you can take off a ton of "greece" that way without wrecking the taste.
If you're going to complain, learn to spell so you don't look like an idiot.
If her boyfriend ate Greece, is it any wonder he got sick? Seems to me it’s his problem, not the restaurant’s.
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I'm guessing some of these are from people that English is not their first language.
Yes. Some of us don't have English as our first language. Imagine that.
Load More Replies...So they're just operating a business with no toilet facilities for anyone including workers? Press 1 to doubt.
In some countries if you cant offer a toilet you can't have a cafe or restaurant. So don't be open amigo and fix your aseo
"Can anyone spell correctly in these responses?"
Load More Replies...Not One But 2 Contact Lenses
It was so the chef could keep an eye on it while he was cooking other stuff
Some people aren’t completely blind, but their vision is extremely blurry. (There’s several types of blindness, not only close-your-eyes-and-can’t-see-anything type.) Glasses/contact lenses help them see better, but without them everything is incredibly blurry and they might still be running into things.
Load More Replies...That's a seriously unfair review. How can you expect somebody to pick the lenses out of the food after they've lost both contacts?
Someone took out their contacts, had no contact lens case, left them in a soup bowl, then the soup got added. I had a friend drink my contacts when I put them in a glass overnight.
The chef clearly had a vision that the customer just couldn't understand.
Meanwhile, during another interview, the page founder opened up to Bored Panda about the inspiration behind ‘Takeaway Trauma.’ "I'm a big takeaway fan and found myself going to order a delivery and thought I’d check the reviews of a particular establishment. After checking the good reviews, I thought I better check the bad ones also," they said.
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Doesn't help, this.One comment like this would not necessarily scare me off. The owner's response will.
It's a weird comment from Darren. But yeah the owner response is not helping. Food taste lovely. You'd think that's good, but one star. So what is the problem with trust? They steal your wallet while you're in the bathroom? The waiter tries to pick up your girlfriend? They tell you it's tofu but it's really beef? Inquiring minds need to know!
Load More Replies...Stupid. Maybe this person just has a mental disorder that makes them paranoid. Geeze the owner sucks. Elderly and well mannered people aren't going to want to eat there..
define trust in dining? Is it the food you expect or and underground money laundering business ... I need more info
The underground money laundering iis what came to my mind as well.
Load More Replies...Thank you, it made me snort laugh and I’m glad I wasn’t the only one 😂
Load More Replies...If the owner of the restaurant had instead replied with, "Trust me and your taste buds and your stomach, you'll be back for more Tasty food!"
Get Stuffed
Sadly, I don't think they're making a joke...just that oblivious
Load More Replies...I can't tell if the waitress was joking and this person didn't get it or this person was joking??
Betting this is a joke, but, people truly are.. special.. at times. :D
Saying like “get stuffed” can come across rude. But I’m sure there more to the story
Dingaling advertises how stupid he is by posting how he misunderstood what she said? Had she said “Get the thick one,” there’d have been no issue. Since she said “Get the stuffed,” he took it as an insult. Someone should take his social media away before his friends and family find out they’re harboring and enabling a moron.
Plaster (From A Finger) In The Butter Chicken!!!!
I read it a bit too fast the first time and thought that said "and a chicken Joe Rogan."
The Chicken Joe Rogan Show. Replace Joe with a live chicken and see how long it takes until someone notices.
Load More Replies...Because it was wrapped in a loop to go round a finger. Though I supposed it could have been a very small wiener. ;-)
Load More Replies...Sorry u had an disgusting experience, and sorry the water was rude. Well work on motivating it for u as we'll. Have an nice day!
In the U.K. we use sticking plasters not bandaids. I’ve never come across anywhere which would allow kitchen staff to use normal plasters; they’re always bright blue so they’re easy to spot if someone does lose one. If you arrive with your own plaster they make you swap
Load More Replies..."I came across the most hilarious reviews and was genuinely crying with laughter. Without really thinking about it, I screenshotted the reviews just for my own personal use to send to friends, etc. People seemed to find them funny so I thought, let's try and curate these and create a page out of it!" they told Bored Panda.
According to the founder of ‘Takeaway Trauma,’ folks ought to have more empathy and be more forgiving with restaurant staff. “People in general are so impatient and want things instantly. As soon as these high standards aren't met, the natural human reaction is to complain,” they said.
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I'm a picky eater due to sensory issues, and I felt this one. I've been laughed at for it before too. Hope this guy's ok.
I REALLY want to know what the order was. I've been annoyed at customers for ridiculous orders, but I've never laughed at them. Ex. Customer: "I want the Garden Lover's Salad, but no carrots, onions, tomatoes, or any other toppings" Me: "So, just lettuce, then? That's a Side Salad; which is cheaper..." Customer: "NO! I know what I ordered! Just take my order!" Me: "*sigh* OK. I'll get right on that." Enjoy your expensive bowl of lettuce, dumb*as!
Can’t some things just be funny without being insulting? And can’t laughter be about a funny order and not to be taken personally? If you’ve seen how retail and restaurant people are treated by the general customer, you know that people tend to overreact over the slightest perceived injustice. Recently saw a woman complain to a manager for embarrassing her. Double doors. One unlocked & wide open. One locked & closed due to bird nest above it. She tried several times to exit thru closed door & it was HER friends laughing at her for not figuring it out & going thru open door. She felt humiliated & blamed the restaurant. Swore she was gonna write bad reviews and call corporate (it was a local mom pop).
If you want to buy the staff, you have to make an offer they won't laugh at
Oh Rita, We Always Knew You Loved A Guy In Uniform
ew, I would be majorly creeped out if a shopkeeper found me online.
Hmm 1. Rita might be the kind of person who enjoys it 2. Maybe Rita wanted the person find her 3. Rita must have hinted something, mentioned the first name maybe even the last 🤷♀️ I was also thinking.... Didn't the shopkeeper find Rita creepy if the above is true 🤔 ? This'll remain a mistery
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It doesn't actually say she didn't like the food, just the location.
Yeah I think the point of this one is the restaurant completely ignored the customers complaint. It's like a bot reply and it didn't even detect that the review was negative.
Load More Replies...That would be awful, because it took so long to bake it, and they’ll never have that recipe again 😔
Load More Replies...You either take the food in person or prepare a dry place to put the delivery.
🎵 I feel like chicken delight, like chicken delight 🎶
Load More Replies...Eeeeewewerreew! Did Chicken Delight actually Read this review? I mean, Soggy Food?!
"I think a lot of the time, people give too much stick to takeaways, however, with that being said, some of the images of takeaway food I’ve seen really do look awful, so I think you can only really determine it on a case by case basis,” they pointed out that there are two sides to this particular delicious and metaphorical food industry coin.
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When you order a beef dish, (especially one that the beef is capable of falling out) you tend to expect to be able see or at least taste the beef. A typical sandwich usually contains between 3 & 5 oz of meat, so this one seems a lot more legit than some.
There used to be a local carvery that I'd frequent to buy roast beef/lamb/pork sandwiches. It changed hands a couple times but the quality remained pretty decent. The last time it changed hands though the new owner made a rule where the server had to weigh the meat they were putting on the sandwich and they did it in front of the customer. While this is good in the sense it guaranteed you never got ripped off with a small serve they were extremely stringent about it. So let's say the portion size was 50grams. If it went over they'd take meat off (and throw it away I might add). I watched them do this a few times they'd even take off as little as 2-3 grams. It was enough I stopped getting food there, and I'd assume it put a lot more people off as it closed within a few months and never reopened.
Load More Replies...This seems like a reasonable complaint and backed up by the fact it's a 3.5/6 rating not the usual 1 star nonsense. Which makes the response more on the nose.
i will be so sad if this gets downvoted this is such a savage roast x3
Load More Replies...Dryer Than Me Nana
Unless their nana is in an urn on their mantle, I have to agree with this comment...
Load More Replies...how do so many people know their "nan" or "nana" or "grandmother" are dry? how many people are trying to go wrist deep g'ma to know you can't even get past the first crease on your index finger??
So many dry nannas, we must do something about this, maybe a go fund me, "Save the dry Nannas, will you give so that they can once again be wet?"
Rude And Pushy
We’d love to hear about the very worst (and best!) takeaways that you’ve ever had, Pandas, so swing by the comment section to share your experiences with all the other readers. Have any of you ever worked at a takeaway or fast food place? If so, we’re keen to hear about things from the other side of the counter.
Meanwhile, here at Bored Panda, we’re pretty big fans of ‘Takeaway Trauma,’ and you can check out our previous features about the project here and here when you’re done enjoying this list.
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Food so alluring that it attracts the set of choppers closest to it.
Now my brain is infected with the mental picture. Thanks
Black Bird Feather
Yes, but it's so hard to get ahold of 4 and 20 of them.
Load More Replies...They said that there was no store manager or district manager available for the customer to contact. And after finding out that they served food with a whole feather in it, the store continued serving others while not doing anything to find out how the feather got there
Load More Replies...Must have had a slice of the four-and-twenty blackbird pie (from a nursery rhyme for those unfamiliar with the reference) 😁
4 And A Half Teethed Monster
Wouldn't be so funny if they laught about missing leg or a blind person, right? Dental care is expensive and some problems comes from parents mistakes or sickness but somehow it's ok to laught at poor people :/
At least the reviewer listed reasons. The store owner is just picking on a person's looks.
😔 Making fun of someone's physical appearance when they're overly emotional about the hygenie of your restaurant is not cool. It makes the owner look like they would have an unclean restaurant...
So they barred someone who clearly will never go there again. Oohh, you showed him.
This is big “you can’t fire me because I quit” energy. Also, responding to a critique with ad hominem is a great way to get review bombed.
I had a beautiful smile. Then I had four kids now they have a beautiful smile and I have no teeth. Turns out it's very important to drink ALL the milk and then some that the pregnancy doctor recommends. Unfortunately my fear of dentist has kept me from fixing my teeth. So go ahead and laugh I am getting accustomed to it. I don't smile or laugh anymore or even eat but hey I'm alive
Don’t Think It’s The Same As Racism Barry
I looked at the date. Wasn't there some kind of bug going around? You know, the one that made cash transactions a bit frowned upon and everyone went contactless?
My daughter knew someone who had a baby during lockdown, and the hospital didn't want to let her take the baby home because she didn't have a car seat/carrrier. Except, stores couldn't legally sell them in person, and this young woman didn't have any access to shop online. Things were seriously messed up for people living in even moderate poverty.
“You don’t take checks???! This is like the Holocaust all over again from a different angle!”
I'm poor and elderly. I have a card. All my neighbors are in the same boat, and they have cards. Op' s comment make no sense. Treating a person differently because you deem them "poor" is not racism. Google definition of racism
It isn't racism, but it is discrimination. It's the same how mostly everything is done online now. I have to help my nana with a lot as she doesn't really understand it all, bit she's still better than a lot of other older people, who don't even use technology.
Yup. Worked for an old woman who didn't use technology at all, no cell phone, credit card, nothing.
Load More Replies...I'm poor and have debit/credit cards, idk what sort of mental gymnastics they're doing to see this as "the same as racism" or discrimination in any form.
Not only that but you can walk into a store and buy a cash card. There’s no reason for anyone NOT to have a card with which to pay. And if this indeed happened during COVID, it’s certainlyNOT discrimination against people but against potentially fatal illness.
Load More Replies...People using racism so much to bítch about things that aren’t racist diminishes the meaning of the word and makes you look like a retárd.
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Almost all restaurants have Coke OR Pepsi, but not both. Not their fault if you can't read a menu.
So much is wrong with this. 1. Restaurants usually have coke OR pepsi not both as they are competition. If you ask for coke in a pepis Restaurant youll be defaulted to the one they have. 2. 30 degrees F or C? cause last i checked 30 is cold 3. Wtf is a 30c worm drink
30c=30 degrees Celsius was ambient temperature. Worm=warm
Load More Replies...We have a local joint here that had a bad review posted saying they bought cokes…place has been running since the 80’s and never once served coke products!
Pizza Was Lifting
Better owner resonse: "We are so glad to hear you found our pizza lifting. Whether it was soul lifting, heart lifting, or taste bud lifting, it's our pleasure to provide our customers that experience!"
I wonder if this is "Chloe" from the other Forno Marmaray Pizzeria post. Or maybe the place is actually bad and multiple customers are complaining...
I live near this place and it has awful reviews and responses https://www.just-eat.co.uk/restaurants-forno-marmaray-west-moor/menu
Load More Replies...Maybe they meant the pizza was lifting like it made them happy but they just spelled it wrong
Uber Court
"You piece of... Do your job properly or don't pick up from my shop anymore. I am reporting you to Uber because of this review, and you will receive an email from them soon. I'm warning you. Eeither delete this review, or I'll report you. I will take you to Uber court, and you will lose. You're saying we were rude, but I have video recordings that proove we didn't even talk to you, so how can you say those bad things about me? It's up to you mate- delete your review or I'll take you to court."
Load More Replies...Oh no it's the dreaded UBER COURT no one has ever survived UBER COURT
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Their employee spat on a customer, it's for sure their fault??
Load More Replies...No Vaccine For Stupidity
If he's been eating the "dead skin off the bottom of his great grandad' feet", he is in no position to criticise other's food.
I mean it's a great piece of hyperbole. The response from (what I assume is) the shopowner doesn't make me think much of them. Doesn't address the problem just calls the customer stupid.
Load More Replies...Dear Mr. Owner, But there is a vaccine for incompetent and unresponsive business practices. It's that miracle drug called bankruptcy.
So he did not order pizza but he thinks he ate pizza? What did he eat?
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No boss man. What he's doing is letting everyone know BEFORE THEY WASTE THEIR £50
If you have enough people in your party, you can break £50, $50, or whatever currency you use, even at McDonald's.
Checked Staffs Teeth
Maybe it was a small chip off a chicken bone ? Still not good, but better than tooth.
Depending on the food it could have been an animal tooth. Ground up pork mince for example. At least the shop's response was decent.
Load More Replies...Or the person eating had a tooth chip during. I have crappy teeth, it's happened. It would never occur to me, upon finding a piece of tooth in my mouth when eating, that it might be someone else's.
But if it was your tooth you wouldn't complain to the restaurant would you? I mean unless you cracked it on a piece of metal they left in the food or something. But at that point you'd be mentioning that as well.
Load More Replies..."Honey...have you seen my front tooth? It seems to be missing, dear."
OMG! Envisioning owner lining up staff and examining their mouths. "Open up! Wider! Hmm, no chips but you have too much tarter!"
Ask Chefs To Watch Youtube
Babies swallow amniotic fluid which they also expel their waste into.
Load More Replies...Dirty Fingernail
Wakes up sweating in the night with flashing images of fingernails.
I call B.S., that fingernail would have been spotless after the cooking process lol
Wait, it sounds like the chef did cut their finger nails. How else would it end up in the dumpling!
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I know any number of people like that. Some apparently have lost their god because they want to know if Ixve found him.
Grow Up Mate
Guessing this is a fake review and they're responding accordingly. But it really doesn't sound professional when they do this.
Why did you eat the food if the guys at the counter were picking their noses?
Pubes Left In Both Sauces
One pube would be enough for a call to the shop, the health inspector and probably one of those consumer affairs shows. I'd be pretty forgiving for most mistakes but a PUBE!?
Load More Replies...In the small city where my ex grew up, there was this absolute dive of a burger joint where, as teenagers, it was considered something of a game to count how many hairs were found in a serving of fries (mostly of the curly-whirly variety, as I recall). This was the mid-90s in a former manufacturing hub, which once won an award for prettiest downtown because someone had painted flowers in the empty windows of all of the vacant storefronts. It was dismal. I was visiting from elsewhere and refrained from ingesting the fries, or anything else in their vicinity.
any adult who is drinking caprisun shouldn't be allowed to order food
Ok, but busy bee, or at least the one that I've seen makes desserts. I don't think they'd have given you potatoes
Chicken Feathers
If the feathers were coated in batter, you wouldn't see them till you felt them in your mouth.
Indeed. Have had that happen with KFC. It's not normally a whole feather, it's just the tip that's still stuck in the skin with maybe the first few millimetres of actual "feather". You know very quickly though because the "quill" of the feather is keratin so it's not something you can miss.
Load More Replies...Surely, you would have seen it. If you click the link at the bottom it says it was KFC. Feathers are shaped quite differently than chicken legs.
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What? Depending on the type of bacteria food poisoning can start from 30 minutes to several days after exposure.
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"Ohmugod, the rice and the dumplings and the sauce are all DISGUSTING! I wonder what the spring rolls taste like."
Spring rolls are supposed to be fried. Vietnamese SALAD rolls are not.
He didn't say that he ate the spring rolls, just that they smelled of cleaning product.
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Ribbitttttt
Well what did they expect when they ordered the Hopper Burger from Amphibiano's?
Cockroach Pasta
You saw bugs on the floor, and still ate there? One time, just after ordering at a restaurant, I saw a roach crawl across the wall by my booth. I left immediately and called the health inspector. I was hoping it was a fluke; during the rainy season pest control can be a problem. They found roaches all over the kitchen and storage rooms too. They failed the inspection, and got shut down. They reopened several weeks later, stayed open for a few months, and got shut down again. They did not reopen again.
"There are bugs all over the floor in this not-so-fine establishment! Disgusting! Hmmm, that pasta looks deslish though, ring me up!"
Awful Sweaty
Ok, there are at least four Forno Marmary stories on here. I'm starting to think maybe it's the shop not the customers.
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If he sneezed in your kabab in front of you, why did you pay for it and take it out?
Probably one of those shops where you pay first, then they make the food. I would refuse the food, and demand a refund.
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Quote from my first grade teacher “God gave you hands before he gave you spoons”
...if you're ordering from home, surely you have your own cutlery.
Valid point, I overlooked that. However, maybe he was in a hotel/motel/hostel ...?
Load More Replies...They ordered just rice and potatoes from KFC...a chicken restaurant? Chips/fries are finger food. Use the container to tip the rice into your mouth.
Drugged With Laxatives
I dunno about that. Not everyone needs a doctors certificate to take a day or two off sick. They should realise though that it's not laxatives. They are designed to go through you quick, not over a couple days. If it's a couple days it's food poisoning of some sort.
Load More Replies...This Is The Truth
If the food is as tempting as the owner's pick up line, I'm making a reservation.
Bad moments - uh huh, sure. Sounds like minimizing and rationalizing his contribution to the situation.
Selfish Exaggerating Git
So, this is the 4th bad review for this place. Either someone has a vendetta and keeps posting bad reviews under different names or, this place really does suck.
OK...NO ONE go to Forno Marmaray Pizzeria; there are way too many complaints here.
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As reporters said during the Watergate scandal "That's a non-denial denial!"
But oil does. She didn't say grease, she said oil. Also cooled grease does drip. Refrigerated grease doesn't.
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the least believable part of all this is the "wireless-n broadband router" was near your entrance.
Wearing A Hat
I doubt it. People who wear that hat would never give food to a homeless person.
Load More Replies...This one is confusing. Did he buy the ice cream from the place? And where does the hat come into it? 0_o
"Front desk"? Did this person walk into a hotel and ask for a plastic spoon? Also.... everything else thats wrong with this story.
man, fast food shop owners are total jerks when they get given a bad review.
I realize some of these reviews are translated from other languages but, dang, the grammar, spelling and situations are appalling.
It's so bad that a friend of mine told me that there was "no need to be polite" when I was using proper grammar and punctuation. I had to explain to her that no, I was not being stiff and formal, this is just how I usually type.
Load More Replies...I don't see why the title says "silly and hilarious."
I don't see why so many of the responses and even the reviews have so many spelling mistakes.
Because working in the restaurant business is so hard and pays so little that only immigrants will accept to do it nowadays.
Load More Replies...I read the food reviews for entertainment purposes only. People only write reviews if they had a terrible experience or an amazing experience, never in-between. You wanna know if you like a place walk in look around smell the air and take a chance. One person's worst tasting food could be another's favorite place.
man, fast food shop owners are total jerks when they get given a bad review.
I realize some of these reviews are translated from other languages but, dang, the grammar, spelling and situations are appalling.
It's so bad that a friend of mine told me that there was "no need to be polite" when I was using proper grammar and punctuation. I had to explain to her that no, I was not being stiff and formal, this is just how I usually type.
Load More Replies...I don't see why the title says "silly and hilarious."
I don't see why so many of the responses and even the reviews have so many spelling mistakes.
Because working in the restaurant business is so hard and pays so little that only immigrants will accept to do it nowadays.
Load More Replies...I read the food reviews for entertainment purposes only. People only write reviews if they had a terrible experience or an amazing experience, never in-between. You wanna know if you like a place walk in look around smell the air and take a chance. One person's worst tasting food could be another's favorite place.
