warnings against sending food back, especially more than once. The service was otherwise good, and very pleasant. My meal was by no means ruined, but I don’t think I’d have send the dish back again even if it had...

I keep trying to tell my friends and family this: If your food is no good, SEND IT BACK. Even when I was a cook, I never begrudged a customer asking for me to fix my own mistakes. I am terribly sorry your server suggested that...

what is the proper way to send food back? a while ago a friend and i decided to have lunch at boulevard. i ordered a steak, and asked for it to be cooked medium rare. unfortunately, it came to the table cooked medium. i...

In addition to the obvious (wrong order, spoiled food, etc) I will send back anything that arrives on a dirty plate. Ditto for glasses. Recently a martini was served to me in a glass with a huge red lipstick mark on it and back...

I wanted to edit the OP in my "Do you send food back often" thread http://www.chowhound.com/topics/477965 since now I’m curious. How often (percentage of dishes) do you send food back? This should normalize for the...

removing plates and properly replacing flatware after each course. They should also be pulling the food off the pass before it gets cold. The majority of the time, these expectations are met, and if they aren’t, I either...

It’s often suggested that one should send food back if it’s not prepared to the standard/price of the restaurant. But sometimes I just don’t feel it’s appropriate to the occasion! Extreme example, the...

I agree with the majority of the other posts. If you don’t like it, don’t send it back- everyone has different taste in food. If it was not properly prepared- e.g. undercooked, found a hair, really really cold etc,...

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