What is Your Restaurant Pet Peeve?
 

I don't care for the butter, but there is never enough bread. Often 3 pieces for two people (Huh?)

Although I enjoy Sandra whatchamallit on the cooking channel with the show, Semi-homemade, I wish that more restaurants made things from scratch. I understand that by buying premade entrees or sauces or partial ingredients that they save money on paying for skilled cooks and pass it on to us, but sometimes it does taste premade and frozen, because part of it, or all of it is.

A waiter or waitress asking me, a 76 year old,

"What would you like, YOUNG MAN? (in a very LOUDDDDDDD voice)

Lemon in my water.

I like lemons in my water, but restaurants (and bars) NEVER wash lemons (or limes) prior to cutting and serving. :yuck:

My pet peeve is 'ambiance' lighting that is so soft one can not read the menu.

The butter is frozen and you cannot get it to spread.

Z

Yup, hard butter and soft bread.

Patrons on cell phones calls or text

Agree with Graciegirl (as usual), frozen or premade/packaged food has little or no place in restaurants outside of fast food. I expect better at a restaurant and don't mind paying for it

Inept service! Most waiters & waitress are pretty much delivery people and sometimes they don't get that right. But every now and then you get someone
who is a professional and cares about their job.

Does anyone know that the term TIPS stands for? 10 out of 10 wait people have no idea.

My pet peeve happens even before entering the establishment--restaurants that don't take reservations.

Ditto that Uptown Girl. I have taken a menu to the mens room to read it LOL

Salads that I have to cut into smaller pieces.
Server not knowing what the soup of the day is.

Just a thought I had at Olive Garden while having lunch this week. There were two different large groups having lunch, and they were loud and boisterous. This didn't bother us, but I found myself wondering what folks would think of us if we, just a couple, were talking and laughing that loud. In the interest of advancing sociological research I will find out next time we eat at OG.

I have 2 and neither have to do with the restaurant.

Parents who allow their unruly children to run wild while they just sit by and enjoy a meal.

Parent who go out to eat with small babies at 9 or 10p when it obvious that the child is tired and cranky and needs to be home in bed.