35 People Who Got Some Of The Most Ridiculous Food Servings In The Restaurant Business (New Pics)
The competition in the restaurant industry is brutal. So, it's only natural that establishments want to offer people something the joint down the street still doesn't have on its menu. But if the sole purpose of standing out is simply to stand, it can quickly lead to something hilarious. Or ridiculous. Or even worse, both.
Bored Panda already wrote about restaurants trying to impress their customers too hard here, here, and here but people continue posting pictures of absurd food servings, so we continue covering them. From eating spaghetti off the fricking table to receiving your starter in a sink, continue scrolling to check out the newest batch of Gordon Ramsay's nightmares.
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Here's My Cocktail. With Ducks. In A Bath
Most of these pics were featured on We Want Plates, a community of regular people and dedicated foodies who came together to get restaurants to serve food on actual plates, not on “bits of wood and roof tiles, chips in mugs and drinks in jam jars.”
“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," Ross McGinnes, the founder of the We Want Plates said in an earlier Bored Panda interview. "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."
This Whole Thing Is Just Wrong!
"So I went on a date today and we went to a nice restaurant before going to the movies and I ordered the “iced grape popsicles” for dessert because I love grape Popsicles so why not right?…..so the waiter brings out the “iced grape popsicles” aND THEY WERE LITERALLY 3 FROZEN GRAPES ON STICKS…..I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE OFFENDED IN MY LIFE…SINCE WHEN ARE 3 [FRIGGIN] FROZEN GRAPES IN A [FRIGGIN] VASE AN ACCEPTABLE SINGLE DESSERT ORDER..ITS NOT EVEN FROZEN GRAPE JUICE OR SOMETHING ITS LITERALLY JUST A 0.02$ GRAPE THAT WAS PUT ON A STICK THEN FROZEN…LIKE SOMEONE ACTUALLY WROTE THIS DOWN ON THE MENU THINKING “OH YEAH PEOPLE [FRIGGIN] LOVE COLD GRAPES” AND SOME OTHER ASSHAT SAID “BRAH. HEAR ME OUT, HOW ABOUT WE PUT THEM ON STICKS AND SERVE THEM IN A VASE WITH NOTHING ELSE” LIKE YOU COULDNT EVEN SERVE IT WITH A [FRIGGIN] SECOND FRUIT OR EVEN [FRIGGIN] LEAVES OR WHATEVER… IM SO MAD. [FRIGGIN] FROZEN GRAPES ON A STICK.
AND THEY WERENT EVEN SEEDLESS GRAPES…"
Did you read the fine print under the description of the item you ordered? That was the exact fricken comment I got from a waiter once.
As We Want Plates continues to grow, McGinnes said the worst food serving he has ever encountered was when he got a piece of cake on a table tennis bat in Barcelona around 2008. "It still gives me sleepless nights," he said.
It's style over content, and McGiness thinks too much time is spent faffing around balancing six chips in a mini wheelbarrow. When these stunts become the focus, the flavour becomes secondary. And that's not a good thing.
Though This Really Is The Stairway To Heaven
Most Expensive Restaurant I've Ever Been. Chef Literally Made The Starter In Our Hand
My Friend Was Served A Single Potato On A Tiny Chair
The One Vegetarian Entrée At This Restaurant Is Served Inside The Shell Of A Dead Sea Creature
Carrot Served On A Telephone
Saw This On A Friend’s Instagram. The Horror
Saw A Bird Nest Post Here And Thought This Was Comparable
Spaghetti Bolognese In A Bread Cone
Our Sharing Starter Came In A Sink
It’s Getting Out Of Hand
“Don’t Eat The Rocks” - Waiter Upon Serving
This would be better if the waiter whispered 'they're not rocks' after his warning, then walked away and left you guessing what they are.
The Jello Tasted Alright, Nothing Special
Not Shown: The Sauce Proceeding To Spill Onto My Lap
Just Why??
Not A Plate, But An Actual Glass Would Be Nice
Cheese Served On A Mouse Trap
We Demand Plates
This literally is box mac and cheese with dinosaur chicken nuggets. You can do this at home with a plate.
I'm Gonna Swing From The Chandelier, From The Chandelier
Steak And Mashed Taters In A Sombrero
This Broccoli On Barbed Wire
Just 4 pieces? That better be gold flakes on the sh*t if I got to pry it off of Bob wire.
Sorbetto With Foam Served In A Lightbulb On A Bed Of Dried Grass
Dinner At A Corporate Christmas Party. Mashed Potatoes, Roast Beef, And Peas In A Martini Glass
I have a friend who cannot stand it when her food touches each other. This is her nightmare.
Didn't Expect My Appetizer To Be Served Inside A Dresser But Ok
The Syrup Is Already Going Down His Arm
My Friend's Ramen Was Served In A Beer Mug
Nah! Just a really big worm in the tequila bottle. (Okay maybe a tapeworm).
Gordon Got Served A Steak On A Roof Tile
Burgers As Garnish In A Bloody Mary
Lol Excuse Me?
$500 Tasting Menu, And This Is How Dessert Was Served...
At A Conference In Houston
Not In Need Of A Plate, But A Bowl Would Have Been Nice As Opposed To This Wine Glass For My Soup, Which Was Poured At The Table Out Of A Wine Bottle
This Is Not Acceptable.
Scrolling Through Instagram This Morning And Found This
Frozen On A Cactus
So you kill a plant that too years to grow ( cause cutting into it like this will kill it) for a one use dessert? its not a cactus to eat, the spines stab you and you can't clean it. What a waste of a life
Cheese Foam That Is Spooned Onto The Back Of Your Hand By The Waiter And Then You Have To Lick It Off
My Friend Got Served This Grilled Cheese Monstrosity
My Tiramisu Came In A Moka Pot, Scraping The Food Out Of There Made The Most Awful Sounds
The Ridiculously Stacked Bloody Mary Trend Seems To Have Taken Over Milkshakes As Well... (Photo Not Mine)
Friend Of Mine Just Posted This From His Dinner Out. Rope As A Plate. Some Sort Of Fruit Roses.
I Was Stumped...
My Drink Was Served In A Takeout Box
Finally Happened To Me!
Steaks On A Bell
A Glass Of Wings With A Bucket Of Fries
Just Some Food Served On Unedible Dead Fish
Truffled Caviar Bumps At Grant Achatz's Next Restaurant In Chicago
These Artful Potatoes
I hope it is some kind of plastic, boards are difficult to sanitise properly.
Sauce In A Cup Of Ice Cream On A Rock. Better Eat It Fast
We Want... Bongs?
This Is Just A Whole New Level Of Laziness
When You Have Lunch At 12:00 And Tennis At 12:05
My Appetizer Came Locked In A Box
Steak On A Rock With Pebbles Underneath
Digging For Chicken In A Shovel Full Of Peppers
Saw This On Instagram
I Don’t See Any Birds In This Cage
Dinner Chow On Fort Bragg
Main Course On A Picture Frame, The Dessert Came In A Wooden Box
Fried Chicken Served On Hay
Mmmm... Community Table Salad?
Condiments For Bread Served On Baking Paper
I see an irate customer strangling a chef in this particular Rorschach image.
Maple Bacon Wings. This Was After The Waitress Went To “Clean It Up” When We Told Her It Had Been Pouring Off The Board As She Was Walking Across The Restaurant And It Almost Got All Over My Boyfriend
Why they insist on serving dripping food on a flat board. That's just stupid
Not Sure If This Belongs Here But My Friend Got Her Smoothie In A Lightbulb
Drink Served In A Bag With A Rubber Duck
Choo Choo! All Aboard The Impractical Train.
if it had a track that drove it to the table and trains were the theme, ok.
Asked For A Bowl For My Yoghurt - We Don’t Want Plates!
I Refuse To Eat Off Of The Three Seashells!!!
This Is An Interesting Way To Serve Food. First Drink Then Eat Out Of The Same Bottle
Bacon On The Move
Meat On A Silver Ox Skull
Tacos. In Shot Glasses. All Of The Filling Slid To The Bottom
Fries In A Little Car... Yes, The Price Label Is Still On It (And All Other Cutlery Too)
Got My Chocolate Cake Served On This Old Tile Today
It is illegal to use chipped tableware in most countries and where it isn't it should be. Bacteria breed in the crevices.
Dessert, Waiter Instructed Us To Make Sure We Licked Our Hands Clean. In Their Defense It Was Delicious
My Boyfriend Ordered Nachos And We Thought This Would Fit Here
Spaghetti Juice Leaked All Over The Table And Me
The juice of the spaghetti fruit is notoriously hard to get out of cotton.
Ah Yes, The Infamous Salmon Dryer Hanger
Grilled Cheese Served On A Hook, Dripping Into The Soup Below
Trash Can Kids For The Big Game At Fuzzy's
Waitress Asked If We Wanted Another Plate For The Tacos We Were Splitting. I Assumed She Meant A Small Round Piece Of Ceramic. Not Another Chunk Of Wood.
Syrup Running Through The Thumb Hole
My Friend Snapped Her Dessert In A Tree
Onion Rings On A Funnel
I don't know where this picture is from but I've seen this thing done in the Midwest at a couple places... I feel like they can give you fewer onion rings than they would give you on a plate while still making it look like they've given you a lot.
Margarita In An Old Hubcap Anyone?
A Delicious Disaster
We Wheely Wanted Plates
My First Restaurant Meal In Jaipur, India. I Had No Idea Why They Put A Toolbox With A Plastic Syringe On My Table
Soup Has Been Served In A Flower Pot
Indoor Snowboarding Place Cafe Serves Pizza On Real Snowboard
The Nacho Cone
A Balkan Breakfast
Shrimp Served This Thing And The Server Immediately Asked “I Assume You’re Going To Need A Plate For This?”
Apart from being ridiculous and disgusting, these are all very unhygienic. I cant understand how a restaurant who serves food over an old VHS can remain open.
most of these "serving plates" are extremely hard to wash or clean so I was thinking the same.
Load More Replies...They're trying too hard to be edgy and forward, but food is all about taste. Simplicity in styling wins every time (for me at least!)
Exactly. Plain white plate, let the food just be food!
Load More Replies...I’ve seen this before and I’ll say what I did then; I would get up and walk out. This is just plain disrespect and I’m not paying a lot of money in expensive restaurants to be disrespected.
I would walk away if it was unsanitary. Not because I felt entitled.
Load More Replies...Apart from being ridiculous and disgusting, these are all very unhygienic. I cant understand how a restaurant who serves food over an old VHS can remain open.
most of these "serving plates" are extremely hard to wash or clean so I was thinking the same.
Load More Replies...They're trying too hard to be edgy and forward, but food is all about taste. Simplicity in styling wins every time (for me at least!)
Exactly. Plain white plate, let the food just be food!
Load More Replies...I’ve seen this before and I’ll say what I did then; I would get up and walk out. This is just plain disrespect and I’m not paying a lot of money in expensive restaurants to be disrespected.
I would walk away if it was unsanitary. Not because I felt entitled.
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