How often do you send food back when dining out at a restaurant?

Rarely if ever. We tend to show our displeasure by just not going back.

When I do give feedback to the kitchen, I try to frame it as constructive criticism - as in I notice your potatoes are being underspiced, or cooked improperly, so the kitchen can do quality control. Often times they rush to just apologize and discount my cheque, but that isn't why I do it; the kitchen needs feedback and if the cook is underspicing something, they should know.

Hot take, but I can’t stand people like this lol

Rarely, only if it's cold or very incorrect. My grandmother used to send back nearly everything, her goal was to get something comped or free even though the food was enjoyable 😅

One of my cousins is like this. She wonders why we refuse to go out to eat with her. The last time we went out, we went to a pub for a Sunday roast and she told the chef the food was too bland and asked for a plate of garlic and chillies to season her own food… then said ‘it’s fine, I know him’. I was SO embarrassed every time she asks us to go out for food now I make excuses for why we can’t

Only if it’s incorrect. Which for me is typically when they leave bacon on something that I asked for them to leave off, since I don’t eat pork.

I wouldn’t go out with that friend anymore.

i do sometimes, only if they added something i do not like or if they undercook it

Only if it’s really really wrong

Only if it’s not cooked right (like a burger or steak) or it’s entirely wrong

Never. I had a friend who would ask to alter every single thing at a restaurant and then not like it and it made going out suck.

Normally, I rarely send food back or complain but right now I am dairy free for my daughter who is breastfeeding and has a dairy allergy. It feels like no matter how many times I say it, my order always contains some kind of dairy! It's crazy! Ranch on a salad or cheese on the burger or butter on the bun, etc. Even when I ask about certain components and confirm I can make it dairy free prior to ordering! 😵‍💫😭🙃

Hair in food absolutely that is going back!
If I've specifically requested something a certain way or not put on, then yeh I'll be that person, I'm paying and I should be able to enjoy my food.

I've only ever sent back food ONCE and that's because my chicken was RAW. Otherwise I'll pretty much eat anything someone brings out to me 😂

One time my order was completely wrong, I ordered one thing and something else was on my plate but I got so uncomfortable when I tried to mention it, so I just ate it. Since then I always point to the items on the menu when ordering.

Never. I eat it with a smile on my face and even tip. I then never go back.

I've sent food back once and it was because of raw chicken lol
I actually wouldn't go out with that friend anymore. Hang out other ways but I'd stop dining with her. Because honestly I would feel so bad that I'd be over-over-tipping the waitstaff to make up for her behavior.

Only once and it was a steak that full of grizzle that the steak knife wouldn’t cut it

I don’t like sending it back unless it’s really really bad and we eat out, a lot. I sent a steak back once. But I had the 3 mums at my table take a bite and see if I’m overreacting. I wasn’t. It was a burnt tough AF steak. I asked for rare 😵‍💫 they had to spit it out. They were screaming at me to take it back lmao.

I only ever have once - I was served chicken kabobs so burnt the entire outsides were black and truly inedible. If an order is incorrect - maybe they forgot I asked for no almonds, I just pick them off and don’t really make a fuss, unless it’s a chain restaurant and I follow up with customer service to get a coupon 😅

I only ever have once - I was served chicken kabobs so burnt the entire outsides were black and truly inedible. If an order is incorrect - maybe they forgot I asked for no almonds, I just pick them off and don’t really make a fuss, unless it’s a chain restaurant and I follow up with customer service to get a coupon 😅

I’ll send back only if my food has meat in it which I do not eat and am very grossed out by lol. But as a veggie sometimes when I ask for a dish without the meat part they still add it in, which I get sometimes people forget but yeah i can’t tough that one out lmao

Only time I ever send food back is if the error means we literally can not eat it. Ie, my husband is extremely lactose intolerant so if his burrito had sour cream on it, yeah I’d have to ask for a remake. I’d still be nice to the staff about it though.

Also I’m vegan and only order vegan stuff, so this is a very rare occurrence anyway that sour cream or something of the sort would be in the food. But mistakes happen 🤷‍♀️