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We've covered lots of customer complaints and ridiculous food orders given in the past on Fine Dining Lovers. After all, chefs get it tough and straight when it comes to customer feedback, from the good to the bad and the ugly!
Here's the latest in the ongoing collection of surreal, strange and most ridiculous reasons ever given for advising chefs on recipe modifications, to misplaced dietary requirements and clearly uneducated feedback to the kitchen, shared with Fine Dining Lovers by our community of chef readers.
Half of them we couldn't make up. The other half begs the question, is the customer always right? Clearly not.
So, from frozen ice cream to uncooked tartare, here are some of your best customer complaints #facepalm.
As ever, if you have any to add, we'd love you to share them, over on our Facebook page.
Does the customer always know best... Really?
Birdie Georgia
"Steak cooked medium rare, no blood"
Rene Lenger
"Sunny side up egg...egg whites only please"
Dominic Roy
Someone send back my Salmon belly tartar because it was not cooked
Kyle Barker
“Well done omelette” got it sent back twice before I put sugar on it and in the broiler... was then told “best omelette ever”
Chris Field
Chateaubriand half rare the other well done!! WTF, tied some string around the middle and dangled in the fryer for six minutes then proceeded as normal! Never did it again lol.
Jean Salce
"Pork belly no bones, please!" I actually heard this order being given from my friend sitting next to me. Too funny.
Phú Võ
Got a beyond meat burger sent back by a customer because the patty was rare to him.
Andy Mckinney
Tomatoes were "too red"
Shirley Stirzaker
I had a lady send back the buffalo wings she ordered, because she got chicken wings not buffalo wings
Darla Magee
"Less testicles" is not an unreasonable request. I personally would ask for NONE with my calamari.
Kaisi Kruus Batumalay
Someone once said that oysters were tasting like salty water.
Cesar Adrian Reynosa
"Excuse me this ice cream is frozen."
Re-inventing the wheel...
Salvador Costa
"I’ll have a Spaghetti al Burro , with no butter or fat"
Davide Bruno
"Spaghetti carbonara, but with pasta"
Inno Kadya
"Lime and ginger chicken ...no ginger please."
GT Ryojimaru
"Spaghetti Bolognese but without mince meat and tomato sauce."
Connor Debreceny
"Caesar salad no lettuce extra chicken to replace the lettuce"
Shayne Pretorius
"Onion soup.no onions."
Alexander Alice
"Wagyu no fat."
Cameron Gunning
"Veg soup with no veg."
I have a food intolerance... I think
Justersen Jepsen
A customer once told me that she was allergic to eggs but it was fine to have them scrambled as it changed the molecular structure of them.
Alexis Bonazzi
I’m allergic to dairy.. but butter it’s fine.
Andrea Buson
A guest sent back the beef Carpaccio because it was cold, she wanted the Carpaccio hot!
I am allergic to gluten and fish... She ordered homemade Ravioli stuffed with salmon...
If the pasta is homemade I am not allergic and the fish if diced fine and inside the Ravioli it's ok, she said....
Lewis Archer
I had a guy ask if one of our meals was vegan and I said yea but it comes with Aioli but we can just take that off if you want and he was like nah it'll be fine...
Chris De Saint
So I got a fudge cake order specifying the person was allergic to kiwi.??
Or do you put beef stock in your vegetable soup?
You get people who say they are vegan at dinner and they order a full breakfast in the morning!?
Dan Chiarello
Would you like to try our seafood special?
“Im allergic to fish. I’ll take the fresh made ceaser, extra dressing please.”
Dan Lusian
"I want the fish sandwich, but I have a gluten allergy so no bin."
"OK, do you want the fish grilled or broiled then?"
"No, I like it breaded and fried."???!!!!
Thalia Mayo-Lackey
My favorite so far was an order for a veggie pizza that got sent back because it wasn’t vegan.
Robert Hansen
Only white meat of the chicken she is allergic to the dark meat
Stephanos Chrysanthou
I received especially request for a strictly vegan dish! I had to make a very innovative menu very creative for this guest!
It took me 1 1/2 hour especially for this customer. When he arrived I announced the menu, he said to me is okay you can add some egg in the rice ....!!! And then he said is ok okay you can add some chicken as well! I did not throw him out ...that I should .....!!
Chris Knight
Customer with a supposed allergy to dairy and gluten, orders, for dessert, profiteroles !!, apparently she says she is ok with chocolate !!!!
This duck is too ducky
Nicole van Andel
Had a customer complain about a bitter leaf salad tasting bitter...
Meredith Marzuzzi Michaela Todorovski
...those anchovies taste like anchovies....
Edd Jan
Just got complaint from customer that mac’n cheese taste like macaroni and cheese
Ron Rosenbaum Cec
"My duck was too ducky!"
Sam Sou
Pork rib tasted like pork - swear this happened at my work
David Compston
Best one I head...."What would you like in your omelette?" errr "eggs please."
Joyce Zaragoza
Salmon is to fishy ?my first time date with my husband.... It's smoked salmon
Steve Weaver
Had a regular customer who would order their French Onion Soup with no onions or crouton...just the broth and cheese. Said they were allergic to onions and were gluten intolerant. You can't make this stuff up.
Cesar Adrian Reynosa
Excuse me what kind of cheese is in your mozzarella sticks.
