Things That Annoy Me At Restaurants

My Rant of today relates to things that really annoy me at restaurants. I am leaving aside being served food that is burnt or tastes bad (and things like that). If the food does not cut it then there is nothing that will save a restaurant.

My Top 3 Things that annoy me at a restaurant are:

1. Frozen Butter — Many restaurants will serve you frozen butter along with their bread. It is near impossible to spread frozen butter on a piece of bread. It will take you 15 or minutes for the butter to soften up for use on bread. I do not know about you but I do not have the will power to wait 15 minutes to eat the bread. It can not be that hard to serve butter at room temperature or even slightly chilled. Think about the disconnect between having the bread you can eat along with butter that you can not.

2. Luke Warm Water — I know in Europe they serve luke warm water to patrons all the time. It used to be that restaurants served ice cold water to diners. For some reason, restaurants stopped adding ice in their water. When I ask, they reluctantly agree to bring a glass of ice on the side. So they do have ice but they do not want to serve it. In my opinion, the water can not be too cold. I need my water ice cold.

3. Waiters Not Being Helpful — I typically ask my waiter for his or her recommendations on what to order. They have had the opportunity to sample various dishes and observe how customers enjoy what the order. Restaurants typically excel on a few dishes. I have never been to a place that killed on every dish. By asking for a recommendation, you are asking for the waiter’s expertise. Nothin bothers me more when they say everything is great here. Please be honest. While I may not agree with your recommendation, at least I can find out what they serve best.

I don’t know about you but these three things are fixable at all restaurants which is why really annoy me. I do to restaurants for the experience and these kill that.

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