What’s important is the quality of the food, not what it’s served on. Right? Wrong! Sometimes, when you’re at a fancy restaurant, waiters serve your meal on such weird things and in such strange food containers that you pay more attention to them than your dinner. Those are the times that it’s acceptable to bombard your friends with pictures of your food, instead of eating it.
There’s a whole community of regular people and dedicated foodies who have banded together to form the online group ‘We Want Plates.’ Their mission is all in their name — they want restaurants serving food on actual plates, not on “bits of wood and roof tiles, chips in mugs and drinks in jam jars.” This is an internet community that loathes hipster things and trends, and “crusades” for the right to have their food brought to them on plates, as Mother Nature intended.
Keep scrolling and let us know in the comments what bad designs of food serving you found to be the most amusing. Let us know if you’ve seen something even weirder! Remember to upvote the worst food serving designs and ideas and share them with your friends. And after you’re done, have a look at Bored Panda’s other lists about restaurants that have gone too far with food serving and trying to impress customers too hard. Some of these eateries are beyond saving, don’t you think?
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Self-Aware Absurdity? Apple Pastry Desert Served On An Image Of A Plate.... On An iPad
A Meringue Served On A Magnetically Levitated Pillow
It took over 5 minutes for them to get the pillow to hover. I nearly fell asleep.
Bored Panda reached out to Ross McGinnes, the founder of the ‘We Want Plates’ community: “I started the campaign in 2015 after a friend posted a picture of an average-sized steak on Facebook, which had been served to him on a large chopping board. It was captioned, unironically, "That is a big meal!" It wasn't a big meal — he'd fallen for all this style-over-content hipster gastropub nonsense. I searched Twitter for an account which would allow me to vent my spleen with like-minded people, but found nothing. We Want Plates was born. Four years later we have over 150,000 followers on Twitter, and three quarters of a million across all social media platforms.”
McGinnes noted that some restaurants put food on strange things, because they want to try to stand out from the crowd. “My local pub used to do a great Sunday roast: twelve quid, piled high, tasted great and yes, it came on a plate. One weekend they added a quirky offering to the menu: little sandwiches, pies, dainty cakes and mini milkshakes served on a miniature picnic bench. The benches, painted bright pink and yellow, sat on top of tables seating actual grown adults. And what was the first thing these infantilized diners did? It wasn’t try the food — it was whip out their phones and take a picture.”
My Bread Served Inside Roadkill
Cheese Foam That Is Spooned Onto The Back Of Your Hand By The Waiter And Then You Have To Lick It Off
“Over the following months the picnic benches became increasingly popular, coinciding with the specials board becoming progressively smaller, before it eventually disappeared altogether. I sat there one Sunday, watching bench after garish bench emerge from the kitchen like a technicolor carnival of idiocy, before my usual roast arrived. The meat was cold and the potatoes were burnt. It was once their main Sunday trade, but the traditional roast had died an unpalatable death. But that’s OK because they were doing a roaring trade with the benches, right? Sure, until the pub down the road started doing them too. Then the one around the corner. Before you know it, everyone’s doing the same ‘quirky’ thing, except it’s not ‘quirky’ any more because you can’t move for mini picnic benches and now all their roast dinners are rubbish to boot.”
The creator of ‘We Want Plates’ listed how there are plenty of examples of food served on bizarre things, such as beef Wellington on barbed wire, tempura in a shoe, sandwiches in a phone box, and a chutney cupboard. “The worst I've encountered personally was when I was served a piece of cake on a table tennis bat in Barcelona around 2008. It still gives me sleepless nights.”
So These Motherf**** Actually Gave Me A Plate... Upside Down
"I Put Fries In An Enclosed Bowl So They Steam And Get Soggy" - Some Prick Cook
So you shove it all in there and don't give them a plate so they can actually eat it? Just... that's just annoying. At least with some of the other nonsense you don't have to excavate layers of food.
The ‘We Want Plates’ community is very popular in the internet realm. Nearly 95,000 people follow the group on Facebook, another 20,000 on Instagram, and almost 156,000 on Twitter; while the plate-lovers’ subreddit has more than 509,000 members.
Lesley Lassiter from the Nashville Scene wonders whether the only reason restaurants put so much effort in presenting food is that the owners want to get popular online and get more customers. Naturally, this backfires more often than not because the presentation is impractical and just plain bizarre. There’s also the added question of money: do restaurants jack up their prices just because they spent an inordinate amount of cash on random things for serving food on?
The next time you’re out for dinner with your friends at your local artsy restaurant, watch their reactions when everything leaves the kitchen served on twigs, logs, and leaves. If your friends’ eyes light up and they start posting photos online, they might just be a ‘We Want Plates’ enthusiast.
Saw This On Twitter
I Guess I'm Not Supposed To Eat My Soup?
My Boyfriend Was Just Served A Bloody Mary In A Fry Basket
That looks really, really unappetising. In a fry basket would look cool, but guys... it's a liquid. Let it stay in a glass.
Ravioli On A Clothesline, As You Do
Curry On A Chopping Board
It would have made better sense to have the rice on the board and curry in the bowl
A banana leaf would be cleaner than that. Wood cutting boards are impossible to sterilize.
Got the two mixed up, me thinks. Curry in bowl. Rice on plate. Good grief!!
That looks like someone already ate it then hurled it back on the board 🤮
I thought the chopping board was the table for a second and freaked out ;-;
Well, I do feel sick, just looking at it, I would just walk out, pronto !!!
Oh dear...something didn't agree with my dog's stomach...poor thing.
Looks like poo from a large animal who ate another large animal. And ew-w-w -- just NO.
Lol this is literally someone’s back yard. Restaurants don’t have boxes of Kleenex on the table.
It looks like an order to be shared. (Hence the two plates alongside.)
the bacteria that is going to seep into that cutting board. will never get it cleaned properly.
I would drop my pants and immediately have a bowel movement on the curry. Now it's complete
The thought of scraping my fork on a soggy wooden board is making my hair hurt.
I think it is ridiculous. I would ask them to take it back and put it on a plate.
Better sense would be of course to use a plate, but they weren't aiming for better sense on purpose, so they achieved their goal
How can this comply with health laws? Can the wood be washed in a commercial dishwasher?
I got down vote for asking a question. Ok, I was asking if this is a thing because I have never seen tissues as napkin. Dang guys.
Load More Replies...It Has A Plate... But Still
This Dessert Trend Needs To Stop
Why?????
This Is The Most Awful Thing Ever. Broccoli Impaled On A Metal... Thing?
I think it supposed to be a tree. Like from the Lord of the rings. :) :) :)
Self Cleaning Bowl
I Was Served 3 Chips On A Log
Your Food Directly From The Shovel To The Table
Raspberry Ice Cream On A Twig, In A Hole Drilled Into A Rock
Love It When Sand Gets In My Soup
Who thought this would be a good idea? The soup looks like vomit and the sand looks like that stuff they use to clean up vomit with.
Fish Are Friends, Not Food
My Parents Sent Me This Picture From Their Vacation In Italy
So I Went To Eat Hot Pot Today...
My Wife's Cocktail Was Served In A Hollow Stone And Had To Be Drunk Through The Hole, Without A Straw
Pizza Served On Hooks
Pizza On A Snowboard
Our Appetizer In A Shoe. They Refused My Request To Try It On Or Take It Home.
Horrifying
this is one of those tiny portion restaurants where you're supposed to eat at home first
Someone I Know Got Her Food On Some Kind Of Bone
I want to know what kind of bone that is!!! Also if it's easy to clean/ sanitize.... but mostly what it came out of.
Literaly 6 Nachos For The Whole Table
This Expensive Salad Was Served Like This...
These Snacks Served With Stones: Some Are Real Stones And Some Are To Eat. You Have To Guess!
My Appetizer Served On A Goathorn And Straw...
Just Go Ahead And Dump My Shrimp All Over Some Empty Beer Cans Please
Why Would You Do That
Excuse Me, Wtf
The Same Tiles Were In The Bathroom
Pudding In A Pot. Wanna Know The Worst Sound Ever? Silverware Scraping Against Terracotta
I Ordered A Cocktail And The Bartender Started Preparing It In A Friggin Child's Welly
Why Wouldn’t I Want To Eat Caviar Off A Wooden Hand??
Fish Served On An Empty Beercan In A Dirty Ashtray
Just Saw This On Instagram... Send Help
Saw The Server Bring This Out And Thought It Belonged Here
Cheesy Triceratop
Friend Sent Me This. I Was Not As Impressed
Spaghetti In A Cone
"Nacho Table" At A Celtics Game. I've Never Wanted A Plate More In My Life
They Recommended To My Friend That He Get His Cheeseburger “In A Cup”
Overcooked Eggs Served In The Pan That They Were Cooked In. Thanks...
Cast iron pans carry a ridiculous amount of residual heat, so the eggs should only be slightly cooked, as they'll carry on cooking in the pan. They obviously didn't take that into consideration.
The Aesthetic Is "I Haven't Done The Dishes So I'm Just Using What's Clean"
Pizza With Scissors On A Slab Of Wood With Historic Grease Soaked In.
‘Fried Cheese’ Served In A Wine Glass At A Mexican Restaurant In Japan, I Don’t Know What I Expected
Bacon Served On A Clothesline...
Donuts Served On A Door At A Wedding
My Friend Sent Me A Picture Of The Salad She Received At A Restaurant Yesterday
Steak Tartare & Oyster Served On Your Hands At Librije In Netherland
Considering your hands are supposed to be incredibly germ ridden most of the time...
Chocolate Tartè On A Squashed Pepsi Can
Sushi, Sides And Mains Served In IKEA Style Organisers Because Plates Aren't Orderly Enough And Bento Boxes Are Too Common.
Pitcher Of Poutine Being Offered In Montreal
My Smoked Salmon Came In A Smoking Jar Of Salt. Tried To Lift It Out, Broke And Fell In The Salt, Rendering It Inedible
Oh come on. Just wipe off the salt. Inedible? You clearly grew up on a home where once something fell off the plate, it went into the garbage. Don't you know about the 5 second rule?!
What's In The Booooxxxx? Oh
Justice Is Served
Tuna Served On An Upside Down Cocktail Glass... If Only There Were A More Stable Food Serving Object To Eat Off Of
So you have to tip in onto the plate to eat it and risk making a mess. Pointless.
This Saddens Me :(
Yeah I’ll Have A Crusty Can Instead Of A Glass I Guess
I Hate To Stifle Someone's Creativity, But I Really Dont Like This
The Optimist Says The Glass Is Half Full
This is Beer Ramen - It doesnt have actual beer in but created this way to have the similarities of a beer - vancouver loves this ish
I Don't Know What To Eat And What Not
They Brought The Breadsticks Out On A Plate, Then Proceeded To Take The Plate Out From Under The Breadsticks
Taquitos In A Cigar Box
Shoonk! French Fries In A Pneumatic Tube
Here's Your Beef In A Log, Now Stfu
A Caesar Salad At A Resort In Costa Rica. While All The Parts Taste Good, How To Eat It Is Escaping Me....
Now I Get Why It Was Advertised As "Half A Bottle Of Fries"... Fries In A Cut Off Bottle Of Wine
Pizza Served On A Tire
I Love When My Steak Leaks Off My Stone Circle
Who Wants Dessert?
I Ordered A Bagel..
"The Brick Keeps It Warm!" The Brick Was Stone Cold...
Fried Rice...in A Shovel For Some Stupid Reason.
But I mean looking at the rest on this list this one might even pass as artsy.
These Individual Bowls Carved Into The Table
I’m Thirsty. Got Any Potatoes To Drink?
$70 A Head Luncheon? Have Some Butter On A Rock
A Restaurant Where The Food Is Served Directly Onto The Table
Does This Count? 😐
Technically This Meat Is Served On A Plate, But....
Huckleberry Soda In A...lab Flask?
This one is cool, not hurting anyone either. The cans and such were unsanitary but there’s nothing wrong with this
The Butter Was Just Smeared Directly On The Plank
If my food was served to me this way, I would pack my things and walk away.
More people should. But with little drama --- any drama makes the remaining people feel they're superior and "get it", while it's just a case of the Emperor's New Clothes. "Am I a joke to you?" is the correct rhetorical question here, then go away.
Load More Replies...Do any customers actually appreciate this? To me, this makes it harder to eat, harder to tenjoy the actual meal/recipe, and worst of all impossible to carry on a conversation that doesn't revolve around 'WTF is this place even doing?" I hope this kind of nonsense is prompting warnings in the reviews on Yelp, Zomato etc.
Marina....generation has nothing to do with it....I surveyed my 20 something grandchildren and my 50 year old children....and everyone thought it was ridiculous....that includes my son-in-law and my grandson who are both chefs.....
Load More Replies...Nor does it make it cool. Restaurants try to be cool by doing these things.
Load More Replies...It’s funny to see what is done to stand out and be special. But I cant help thinking, that when you serve food on/in stuff which was never meant to go near food, there must be some issues with different unwanted chemicals seeping out into the food. And some of the tings are very hard to clean. Hmmm.
That was my biggest concern when looking at these.
Load More Replies...I worked in restaurants for years. If the food is not served in a regular plate with regular stainless steel utensils, run! This is because only plates, glasses and silverware are washed regularly, everything else is just wiped - it’s that simple. You don’t want to eat out of anything else anyways because of all the chemicals that are leaked once the surfaces are heated.
Why would anyone serve food that way? Have they never heard of plates?
I wouldn’t touch it unless it’s served to be on a washable plate.
Load More Replies...How these pretentious 'restaurants' even still exist is beyond me. It was maybe something cool and trendy 30 years ago, now it's just every place trying to be more hip than every other place, causing controversy to attract customers. Sad, really. But hey, if people want to throw their money at rubbish then so be it.
It's called most of these restaurants use gimmick c**p like this because the food isn't that good or they want an excuse to charge $40 for a hamburger that would cost you $10 elsewhere. Thanks..but I want good tasting food..not a gimmick.
This is truly some of the dumbest ideas I have ever seen. Your food must be terrible if you have to make a spectacle out of how it is presented. Most of these I would walk out without paying a dime.
No! Just NO! If any restaurant I'm visiting did this, I'd leave. Not ask for a check, just leave. It's not artsy or any other cute label you want to put on it. It's just pure laziness on everyone's part, especially the cook's. I won't even call him or her a chef because they don't deserve the title. I've seen better presentations at greasy spoons where the big guy in the kitchen is covered in food splatters and grease.
This is what restaurants do in order to be able to have crowds in that are not from the neighbourhood. People go to eateries like this for the experience, not for the food and in return for coming up with the most outlandish or shocking ways to serve the food they get to charge a higher price. I do not believe that they have many, or any, repeat customers. With the exception of the restaurant with the dessert on the floating cushions, which is a three-star gourmet restaurant, most of these places are probably not overly concerned with the quality of the food they are serving.
My question is how did they find these restaurants? In the age of the internet most establishments are on yelp or have social media so one would know that this is the types of weird things they do. Its usually normal when someone is ordering to look at other peoples food at different tables, did no one notice others eating out of weird things? I would of left right away, some of these seem unsanitary.
With the exception of the one with the shovel of food, all of these show that the restaurants can't cook a decent meal. They try to hide behind 'kitch ' , and suggest that 'if you don't get it, go to a diner'. Nah... They're making money trying to figure into the 'Instagram worthy ' trend. It's c**p, unsanitary, cheap, flavorless, and sometimes cruel.
I will not go to any of these so called creative restaurant in the first place. Those people eat at that toilet restaurant it's their own fault. I always check the reviews first and we only like our normal restaurant. Creative for me is on foods not on those disgusting thing they put on. I will def file for complain if they serve me on those.
I have only one question after looking at all these pictures. What is the point?
I would refuse to accept 90% of these servings. Either bring it back on a proper plate or I’m leaving.
I don't understand the beer/soda can trend and the iPad trend. Those were the ones that really set me off
Those dolls are the same ones being sold at WIsh etc. at very, very low prices...so I'm doubting the hygiene!
I'm just thinking about the enormous amount of trash this "servings" make
a) some of the portion sizes are saddening b) i feel bad for the waiters who have to bring that s**t out
If someone served me food in a toilet I would leave that's so grosss!! I don't need to be reminded of where the food ends up and how it got there.
That’s what you get when you go expensive or super cheap restaurants.
I was recently in a bar and they served my drink in some ridiculous receptacle that didn't remotely resemble a glass. I asked for a normal glass and the bartender looked at me like I'd just demanded he produce a rainbow from his urethra.
You went or booked, you sat down and ordered, then you tucked in....... Stop the faux outrage.
Restaurants with culinary capability don't need to rely on weird gimmicks in service to entice patrons. I would be disgusted by most of the presentations given here. Except maybe the wine bottle thing from Italy.
Absolutely appalling...feel sick just looking at these meal pics , never mind having to actually eat the meal!!!!! 🤮
Why are people even in these establishments if they don't like them. They surely must advertise these oddities to "bring in trade"; or not.
There is no way these utensils are cleaned properly. How is this lack of hygiene even legal??
A big concern, for me at least, is whether the Props that the food was served on is hygienically clean. Food poisoning from the varnish of the wood block, germs from the pegs of the hanging nachos, bacteria from the serviette the starter was served on, etc.
My first job was as a dishwasher in a diner. Most of these clearly have not taken the task of making them sanitary enough to eat off of into consideration. I later worked as a sous chef and the idea of working to produce something delicious just so that someone could ruin it by serving it in a way that would effect the flavor (i.e., on the back of a hand that was washed with soap or on a porous surface) is horrific.
None of this looks good. I personally would refuse it. My son took his children to a place where the food was served on dustbin lids!!!!! I have been served food on cracked wooden bread boards!!
Thankfully I will never have to worry about this because I can't afford to eat at these ridiculous fancy restaurants. 😆 I actually find it pretty amusing to imagine rich people struggling to eat their ridiculous food.
It makes me wonder about the quality of the actual food. If you need a gimmick, what are you trying to hide? The fact your food actually sucks? Maybe I'm just old-fashioned and incredibly unhip, but soup belongs in a bowl, drinks belong in glasses and a steak belongs on a plate. Being served some dishes (fajitas) in a sizzling cast iron dish is acceptable too. I pity any idiot who tries to serve my meal in a f*****g urinal.
I feel that this is very unsanatary. How are such things cleaned properly? I would refuse this un-service.
Go to an OVERPRICED HIPSTER HOLE, get HIPSTER BULLS*T instead of food. On the upside: FREE WHINE.
I had no idea that this sort of presentation exists. I would simply stand up and walk out, if I were served food in this manner.
Most of these presentations seem calculated to ensure that your food is nice and cold by the time it gets to you.
Love the raviolis on a clothesline and the pizza on hooks. Way to ensure that your food is nice and cold when it gets to your table.
Not a problem for the pizza on hooks, if you look closely there were no tables or chairs either!
Load More Replies...I honestly don't even know what to say...I can't believe fru fru restaurants are serving food like this. Im really interested to hear more, like what were these peoples reactions to this c**p? I know I would absolutely ask the server for a plate or bowl. People have to be complaining about this right? Putting food in shoes or putting food on people's hands I s unsanitary...right?! I feel like I'm in the twilight zone here.
Gaaaa, as a certified germaphobe most of these make me cringe. I mean, how do you wash and sanitize an iPad? A hollowed-out stone with a tiny hole? Not even sure the snowboard could be sanitized. And raw eggs? Seriously, so many of these are a severe case of food poisoning just waiting to happen. I would leave those places and drop some nasty reviews online.
Are these places for real? What person in their right minds would consume food served like those examples. Looks foul, very debatable if the things the food is served on have been properly sterilised!
While walking through a restaurant I will often glance at the tables to get an idea how the food looks and how it's served. If I was to see any of these presentations, I would excuse myself to the person leading me to my table and promptly leave their premises. I vote with my wallet.
If ever I own a restaurant, one rule will be implemented - any chef, waiter of other such staff member who places food on anything other than a plate or a bowl will lose their job immediately. NO exceptions. F**k outta here with that hipster weirdo s**t.
Chefs and restaurant owners spend a lot of time creating experiences that are more fun than eating at home. It is not just about the food! Doesn't it give you a lot to talk about if you are served a chocolate dessert in a toilet bowl?
I hope I have better things to discuss than eating chocolate out of the toilet. Frankly, the food, the service and the company are the most important components. If I have to have some kind of gimmick to have discussion, I'm in the wrong company. Food should be appealing, not WTF!
Load More Replies...Is this a millenial thing? Surely, Boomers are not supporting this experience, which MAY include an IV nightcap at the local hospital. That would be a REAL IV, not a delivery system for a final cognac.
Up voted you, I consider this a legitimate question. And no, it's not just a millennial thing. There were restaurants in the late 70s, early 80s where the chefs were trying to make a statement. Don't know if there were any as extreme as some of these, but I do remember my dad ranting about not wanting to pay "for some a**holes ego"
Load More Replies...When I see absurd things like this it always reminds me of this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX4KuEAYIYY
If my food was served to me this way, I would pack my things and walk away.
More people should. But with little drama --- any drama makes the remaining people feel they're superior and "get it", while it's just a case of the Emperor's New Clothes. "Am I a joke to you?" is the correct rhetorical question here, then go away.
Load More Replies...Do any customers actually appreciate this? To me, this makes it harder to eat, harder to tenjoy the actual meal/recipe, and worst of all impossible to carry on a conversation that doesn't revolve around 'WTF is this place even doing?" I hope this kind of nonsense is prompting warnings in the reviews on Yelp, Zomato etc.
Marina....generation has nothing to do with it....I surveyed my 20 something grandchildren and my 50 year old children....and everyone thought it was ridiculous....that includes my son-in-law and my grandson who are both chefs.....
Load More Replies...Nor does it make it cool. Restaurants try to be cool by doing these things.
Load More Replies...It’s funny to see what is done to stand out and be special. But I cant help thinking, that when you serve food on/in stuff which was never meant to go near food, there must be some issues with different unwanted chemicals seeping out into the food. And some of the tings are very hard to clean. Hmmm.
That was my biggest concern when looking at these.
Load More Replies...I worked in restaurants for years. If the food is not served in a regular plate with regular stainless steel utensils, run! This is because only plates, glasses and silverware are washed regularly, everything else is just wiped - it’s that simple. You don’t want to eat out of anything else anyways because of all the chemicals that are leaked once the surfaces are heated.
Why would anyone serve food that way? Have they never heard of plates?
I wouldn’t touch it unless it’s served to be on a washable plate.
Load More Replies...How these pretentious 'restaurants' even still exist is beyond me. It was maybe something cool and trendy 30 years ago, now it's just every place trying to be more hip than every other place, causing controversy to attract customers. Sad, really. But hey, if people want to throw their money at rubbish then so be it.
It's called most of these restaurants use gimmick c**p like this because the food isn't that good or they want an excuse to charge $40 for a hamburger that would cost you $10 elsewhere. Thanks..but I want good tasting food..not a gimmick.
This is truly some of the dumbest ideas I have ever seen. Your food must be terrible if you have to make a spectacle out of how it is presented. Most of these I would walk out without paying a dime.
No! Just NO! If any restaurant I'm visiting did this, I'd leave. Not ask for a check, just leave. It's not artsy or any other cute label you want to put on it. It's just pure laziness on everyone's part, especially the cook's. I won't even call him or her a chef because they don't deserve the title. I've seen better presentations at greasy spoons where the big guy in the kitchen is covered in food splatters and grease.
This is what restaurants do in order to be able to have crowds in that are not from the neighbourhood. People go to eateries like this for the experience, not for the food and in return for coming up with the most outlandish or shocking ways to serve the food they get to charge a higher price. I do not believe that they have many, or any, repeat customers. With the exception of the restaurant with the dessert on the floating cushions, which is a three-star gourmet restaurant, most of these places are probably not overly concerned with the quality of the food they are serving.
My question is how did they find these restaurants? In the age of the internet most establishments are on yelp or have social media so one would know that this is the types of weird things they do. Its usually normal when someone is ordering to look at other peoples food at different tables, did no one notice others eating out of weird things? I would of left right away, some of these seem unsanitary.
With the exception of the one with the shovel of food, all of these show that the restaurants can't cook a decent meal. They try to hide behind 'kitch ' , and suggest that 'if you don't get it, go to a diner'. Nah... They're making money trying to figure into the 'Instagram worthy ' trend. It's c**p, unsanitary, cheap, flavorless, and sometimes cruel.
I will not go to any of these so called creative restaurant in the first place. Those people eat at that toilet restaurant it's their own fault. I always check the reviews first and we only like our normal restaurant. Creative for me is on foods not on those disgusting thing they put on. I will def file for complain if they serve me on those.
I have only one question after looking at all these pictures. What is the point?
I would refuse to accept 90% of these servings. Either bring it back on a proper plate or I’m leaving.
I don't understand the beer/soda can trend and the iPad trend. Those were the ones that really set me off
Those dolls are the same ones being sold at WIsh etc. at very, very low prices...so I'm doubting the hygiene!
I'm just thinking about the enormous amount of trash this "servings" make
a) some of the portion sizes are saddening b) i feel bad for the waiters who have to bring that s**t out
If someone served me food in a toilet I would leave that's so grosss!! I don't need to be reminded of where the food ends up and how it got there.
That’s what you get when you go expensive or super cheap restaurants.
I was recently in a bar and they served my drink in some ridiculous receptacle that didn't remotely resemble a glass. I asked for a normal glass and the bartender looked at me like I'd just demanded he produce a rainbow from his urethra.
You went or booked, you sat down and ordered, then you tucked in....... Stop the faux outrage.
Restaurants with culinary capability don't need to rely on weird gimmicks in service to entice patrons. I would be disgusted by most of the presentations given here. Except maybe the wine bottle thing from Italy.
Absolutely appalling...feel sick just looking at these meal pics , never mind having to actually eat the meal!!!!! 🤮
Why are people even in these establishments if they don't like them. They surely must advertise these oddities to "bring in trade"; or not.
There is no way these utensils are cleaned properly. How is this lack of hygiene even legal??
A big concern, for me at least, is whether the Props that the food was served on is hygienically clean. Food poisoning from the varnish of the wood block, germs from the pegs of the hanging nachos, bacteria from the serviette the starter was served on, etc.
My first job was as a dishwasher in a diner. Most of these clearly have not taken the task of making them sanitary enough to eat off of into consideration. I later worked as a sous chef and the idea of working to produce something delicious just so that someone could ruin it by serving it in a way that would effect the flavor (i.e., on the back of a hand that was washed with soap or on a porous surface) is horrific.
None of this looks good. I personally would refuse it. My son took his children to a place where the food was served on dustbin lids!!!!! I have been served food on cracked wooden bread boards!!
Thankfully I will never have to worry about this because I can't afford to eat at these ridiculous fancy restaurants. 😆 I actually find it pretty amusing to imagine rich people struggling to eat their ridiculous food.
It makes me wonder about the quality of the actual food. If you need a gimmick, what are you trying to hide? The fact your food actually sucks? Maybe I'm just old-fashioned and incredibly unhip, but soup belongs in a bowl, drinks belong in glasses and a steak belongs on a plate. Being served some dishes (fajitas) in a sizzling cast iron dish is acceptable too. I pity any idiot who tries to serve my meal in a f*****g urinal.
I feel that this is very unsanatary. How are such things cleaned properly? I would refuse this un-service.
Go to an OVERPRICED HIPSTER HOLE, get HIPSTER BULLS*T instead of food. On the upside: FREE WHINE.
I had no idea that this sort of presentation exists. I would simply stand up and walk out, if I were served food in this manner.
Most of these presentations seem calculated to ensure that your food is nice and cold by the time it gets to you.
Love the raviolis on a clothesline and the pizza on hooks. Way to ensure that your food is nice and cold when it gets to your table.
Not a problem for the pizza on hooks, if you look closely there were no tables or chairs either!
Load More Replies...I honestly don't even know what to say...I can't believe fru fru restaurants are serving food like this. Im really interested to hear more, like what were these peoples reactions to this c**p? I know I would absolutely ask the server for a plate or bowl. People have to be complaining about this right? Putting food in shoes or putting food on people's hands I s unsanitary...right?! I feel like I'm in the twilight zone here.
Gaaaa, as a certified germaphobe most of these make me cringe. I mean, how do you wash and sanitize an iPad? A hollowed-out stone with a tiny hole? Not even sure the snowboard could be sanitized. And raw eggs? Seriously, so many of these are a severe case of food poisoning just waiting to happen. I would leave those places and drop some nasty reviews online.
Are these places for real? What person in their right minds would consume food served like those examples. Looks foul, very debatable if the things the food is served on have been properly sterilised!
While walking through a restaurant I will often glance at the tables to get an idea how the food looks and how it's served. If I was to see any of these presentations, I would excuse myself to the person leading me to my table and promptly leave their premises. I vote with my wallet.
If ever I own a restaurant, one rule will be implemented - any chef, waiter of other such staff member who places food on anything other than a plate or a bowl will lose their job immediately. NO exceptions. F**k outta here with that hipster weirdo s**t.
Chefs and restaurant owners spend a lot of time creating experiences that are more fun than eating at home. It is not just about the food! Doesn't it give you a lot to talk about if you are served a chocolate dessert in a toilet bowl?
I hope I have better things to discuss than eating chocolate out of the toilet. Frankly, the food, the service and the company are the most important components. If I have to have some kind of gimmick to have discussion, I'm in the wrong company. Food should be appealing, not WTF!
Load More Replies...Is this a millenial thing? Surely, Boomers are not supporting this experience, which MAY include an IV nightcap at the local hospital. That would be a REAL IV, not a delivery system for a final cognac.
Up voted you, I consider this a legitimate question. And no, it's not just a millennial thing. There were restaurants in the late 70s, early 80s where the chefs were trying to make a statement. Don't know if there were any as extreme as some of these, but I do remember my dad ranting about not wanting to pay "for some a**holes ego"
Load More Replies...When I see absurd things like this it always reminds me of this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX4KuEAYIYY