Dinners From Hell https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/ An entertaining food blog with restaurant dining disaster stories Sat, 17 Oct 2020 20:56:51 +0000 en hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.dinnersfromhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-mailing_label_inc_sat.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Dinners From Hell https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/ 32 32 10462071 Restaurant Disses Denim-Suited Diner https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2020/10/restaurant-disses-denim-suited-diner/ https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2020/10/restaurant-disses-denim-suited-diner/#respond Sat, 17 Oct 2020 20:56:49 +0000 https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/?p=3842 Back in the 1970s Tampa didn’t have many high-end restaurants. There was one restaurant that tried to appear to be upscale. Men were required to wear jackets; waiters wore tuxes. The funny thing was, the restaurant was located inside a Holiday Inn motel! One night while my wife and I were dining there, a happy […]

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]]> https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2019/07/bone-in-sandwich/feed/ 2 3764 Confused About Combo https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2019/06/confused-about-combo/ https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2019/06/confused-about-combo/#respond Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:30:22 +0000 https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/?p=3758 I work as a cashier at a barbecue chain in the northeast. I had been recently hired and was only working my 5th shift. The menu is simple as everything is a la carte, UNLESS you choose to get the combo. A guy came in and ordered a full rack of ribs. Per usual I […]

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]]> https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2019/06/confused-about-combo/feed/ 0 3758 It’s Christmas – Go Buy Yourself Some Manners https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2018/12/its-christmas-go-buy-yourself-some-manners/ https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2018/12/its-christmas-go-buy-yourself-some-manners/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2018 00:06:07 +0000 https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/?p=3700 I work in an iconic family restaurant in Austin, TX. During the holidays, a lot of tourists visit the city, especially at Christmas time. This past Saturday, just before Christmas, the restaurant got slammed at lunch time. The hostess sat a family of 13 people at one table, followed by another table with 4 people […]

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]]> https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2018/12/its-christmas-go-buy-yourself-some-manners/feed/ 4 3700 Ignored by Waitress https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2018/10/ignored-by-waitress/ https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2018/10/ignored-by-waitress/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:48:33 +0000 https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/?p=3689 My friend, her 11 year old daughter and I went to a local village today for their Scarecrow Festival, a tradition that we’ve been enjoying for about 7 years. Before getting started, we went to one of the restaurants for lunch. Now it’s important to note we didn’t go last year due to the weather. […]

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]]> https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2018/10/ignored-by-waitress/feed/ 3 3689 Creepy Couple’s Invitation Alarms Server https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2018/04/creepy-couples-invitation-alarms-server/ https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2018/04/creepy-couples-invitation-alarms-server/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2018 01:32:15 +0000 http://www.dinnersfromhell.com/?p=3647 This incident took place a few years ago. I used to work part time as a waiter in the restaurant of a moderately priced hotel in my hometown here in England. I was 16 years old at the time, just trying to earn a little extra money during my classes. I always worked evenings after […]

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]]> https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2018/04/creepy-couples-invitation-alarms-server/feed/ 4 3647 Sick from Spoiled Lobster https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2018/01/sick-from-spoiled-lobster/ https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2018/01/sick-from-spoiled-lobster/#comments Mon, 29 Jan 2018 02:55:05 +0000 http://www.dinnersfromhell.com/?p=3634 So three years ago my family and I were on vacation in Orlando, Florida. Since we live in the northern US we decided to enjoy the fresh, delicious seafood this state had to offer. Unfortunately, “fresh” and “delicious” seafood was not the case at one restaurant we went to, a “family-friendly” buffet style restaurant in the southwestern […]

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]]> https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2018/01/sick-from-spoiled-lobster/feed/ 4 3634 Ex-Boyfriend’s Shoddy Service https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2017/08/ex-boyfriends-shoddy-service/ https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2017/08/ex-boyfriends-shoddy-service/#comments Mon, 07 Aug 2017 03:07:16 +0000 http://www.dinnersfromhell.com/?p=3582 This happened to my best friend and me about a year ago at an Italian themed restaurant that prides itself on customers being “family.” This is one of our favorite restaurants and we’ve never once had a problem there until this experience happened. The hostess was polite, and as it was about 4:00 PM, there […]

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]]> https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2017/08/ex-boyfriends-shoddy-service/feed/ 9 3582 Cultural Challenges and an Unexpected Guest https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2017/07/cultural-challenges-and-an-unexpected-guest/ https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2017/07/cultural-challenges-and-an-unexpected-guest/#comments Sun, 30 Jul 2017 21:28:44 +0000 http://www.dinnersfromhell.com/?p=3571 This happened a few years ago during my first trip to India to meet my East Indian fiance’s parents. They lived in a busy, but non-tourist part of Gujarat. They were lovely people and one evening took me and their son out to a wonderful restaurant which was unaccustomed to foreigners. Not being used to […]

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]]> https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2017/07/cultural-challenges-and-an-unexpected-guest/feed/ 2 3571 Passive-Aggressive Brother Ruins Dining Experience https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2017/07/passive-aggressive-brother-ruins-dining-experience/ https://www.dinnersfromhell.com/2017/07/passive-aggressive-brother-ruins-dining-experience/#comments Mon, 10 Jul 2017 02:30:29 +0000 http://www.dinnersfromhell.com/?p=3564 I love my family. Not a common way to start a culinary horror story, but I just want to make that clear. I love my siblings, no matter how silly or thoughtless or just plain idiotic they are. A couple of years ago I was visiting my eldest brother in Calgary. We’d both just moved […]

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