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Entitled Customer Leaves A One-Star Yelp Review Over Omelet, Gets Exposed By The Chef That Cooked It
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Entitled Customer Leaves A One-Star Yelp Review Over Omelet, Gets Exposed By The Chef That Cooked It

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If you think Yelp reviews are the most accurate way to judge a restaurant you might want want to think again. From disgruntled employees to spiteful customers – sometimes there is more to a review than meets the eye. One such customer with too much time on their hands decided to take to Yelp to write about their terrible dining experience at a high-end restaurant even urging others not to go.

Well, sometimes people get so carried away with the anonymity of the internet that they forget that other people do pay attention – especially those that you are bad- mouthing. Watch how one review caught the attention of the chef – and how she responded served up a piping hot plate of the truth. (Facebook cover image: bryan…)

Image credits: bryan… (not the actual photo)

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Someone wrote a scathing one-star review on Yelp: “Serves a goat cheese omelette (on the menu) with mozzarella cheese !!! That’s right and they tried to pass it off as got cheese!
The excuse … sometimes he gets confused !!! Are you kidding me? With those prices you don’t have that luxury !!! Pick another place to go. You’ll never know what will be put in your food !! “

Some time later, the chef responded: “So we do not often respond to negative reviews unless it is to apologize for a miscue in service or cuisine. So, as the chef, and one not hiding behind internet anonymity I will apologize for your receiving the incorrect cheese in your omelette. As the chef I also feel a responsibility to let you know that the cheese was not mozzarella, it would never be mozzarella unless we had made the mozzarella in house that is a cheese much like a burrata that can be easily made within a restaurant. It belongs to the pasta filata family of cheeses, it is not a cultured cheese, The cheese you had was a gruyere, and in its own right gruyere is a great cheese, a French bistro classic that does not even minutely resemble the texture of a true mozzarella nor does its flavor profile come close to the milky cleanness of a mozz as it is semi hard and cultured possessing a foot that a mozzarella does not possess.

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I recall you coming into the restaurant, I recall stating that you were correct that the cheese in the omelet was supposed to be goats cheese and I recall offering to fix the problem I also recall that we comped your omelette even though you consumed the entire thing. I would never try and pass a cheese off as one instead of the other, the days leading up to your lunch we had placed a gruyere omelette on the menu, it was reflexive and honest mistake that could have been easily fixed but you chose not to allow us to do so. Instead, you wait several weeks to write a review that states information that is incorrect and inflammatory to a restaurant like ours that goes through great lengths to be the best that we can. If we failed in our endeavor with you I can accept that responsibility but I will not have our integrity attacked by a palate that cannot discern between mozzarella and gruyere… unless that was a mistake…. which is a luxury that those writing a serious critique of a serious restaurant do not have.”

People in the comments sided with the chef

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Mindaugas Balčiauskas

Mindaugas Balčiauskas

Author, BoredPanda staff

I'm a visual editor at Bored Panda. I kickstart my day with a mug of coffee bigger than my head, ready to tackle Photoshop. I navigate through the digital jungle with finesse, fueled by bamboo breaks and caffeine kicks. When the workday winds down, you might catch me devouring bamboo snacks while binging on the latest TV show, gaming or I could be out in nature, soaking up the tranquility and communing with my inner panda.

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Wynand
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The reviewer was left with egg on their face. Excuse the cheesy joke. Omelet myself out.

Sergio Bicerra Descalzi
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reviews are very unfair. You have the "5 stars, I haven't got there, but looks nice" or the "1 star, weren't allowed to drink more even I was going to pay my 57th shot of tequila, btw they lost my credit card, oh no it was here on my bra, i'm a dude"

Blondhorsecrazy
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was thinking same thing on Amazon last night. I think 75% of people dont understand what & how to leave an honest review. I seen 1 star ratings because "i ordered wrong item so i didnt like it". Or the "i ordered the irem 4 sizes too small & couldn't fit my fat butt in it" . 😂

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Wynand
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The reviewer was left with egg on their face. Excuse the cheesy joke. Omelet myself out.

Sergio Bicerra Descalzi
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reviews are very unfair. You have the "5 stars, I haven't got there, but looks nice" or the "1 star, weren't allowed to drink more even I was going to pay my 57th shot of tequila, btw they lost my credit card, oh no it was here on my bra, i'm a dude"

Blondhorsecrazy
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was thinking same thing on Amazon last night. I think 75% of people dont understand what & how to leave an honest review. I seen 1 star ratings because "i ordered wrong item so i didnt like it". Or the "i ordered the irem 4 sizes too small & couldn't fit my fat butt in it" . 😂

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