What made you 'break up' with a restaurant?

[Anonymous]

Having to pay for iced tea refills at a place that gives free coffee refills. Tea is so much cheaper to make. Drives me crazy. Looking at you: Billy Hicks in Georgetown and "Osteria Mozzarella in Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

"^ " Osteria Mozza"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s up with all these bolts in food?

My coworkers and I used to sometimes go to Hard Times Cafe in College Park until one of us had a piece of some type of metal/machinery in her chili. We never went back.

[Anonymous]

Chicken instead of tofu in a take out dish that had been delayed an hour. I was so hungry and it was so late I just gave it to my husband and ate some crackers and cheese. We've never ordered again.

[Anonymous]

Made a late lunch reservation on the website (maybe 2:30). Arrived at 2:30 and found out the kitchen closed at 2:45 and the dining room closed at 3. I think they’d recently updated their hours, and the online reservation system hadn’t quite caught up with the new hours.

We left, and I completed an online survey describing the reasons I wasn’t happy with my experience.

We were offered nothing for the inconvenience, either in person or online. I won’t go back — it’s a great restaurant with outstanding reviews. We had an out-of-town guest and I thought this could’ve been handled differently.

[Anonymous]

They dropped my favorite sandwich from their menu. Was the French dip around.

[Anonymous]

roach crawling on the wall by our table and the staff acting like it was no big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Went to Red Robin recently. It was close to $200 for my family of 5. It was freezing in there, tables weren't bussed quickly, there was food debris and trash under the tables, they brought the whole table's food except for 1, and we had to ask about it, and then it was wrong. Never ever again.

We call Red Robin "red hepatitis" and sing it in their own commercial song/tune.

https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2014/05/21/health-officials-announce-public-health-threat/2320428/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I saw a cockroach 🪳 crawl across a table at Lost Dog on Washington Street in Arlington. Never again.

Isn't that alexandria? The food is terrible there.

[Anonymous]

Covid ended my love affair with several restaurants, we’d go 1-2x a week.
Then, prices skyrocketed and even takeout became ridiculous- too $$$.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chicken instead of tofu in a take out dish that had been delayed an hour. I was so hungry and it was so late I just gave it to my husband and ate some crackers and cheese. We've never ordered again.

That is absolutely horrible. You should post the name so others avoid it.

[Anonymous]

The post covid 'convivence fee' added to already increased food prices for less quality.

[Anonymous]

We’re pretty easy going but I honestly don’t want to be served by creepy freaks who look like they’re on drugs. What happened to wholesome teens and college kid servers?

[Anonymous]

Automatic 18% tip in a Chinese restaurant and the service sucked. Chinese places are not know for service but don’t charge me if your service sucks.

Unfriendly, rude, curt, don’t clear dishes, don’t refill drinks. Just hands me the check. I’m done!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What was the one thing - whether a dish, an experience or an interaction - that made you decide 'Never again!' about a particular restaurant?

Noticeable decline in quality of the food combined with jacked up prices.