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Most of these pics were featured on We Want Plates, a community of regular people and dedicated foodies who came together to get restaurants to serve food on actual plates, not on “bits of wood and roof tiles, chips in mugs and drinks in jam jars.”

“I started the campaign in 2015 after a friend posted a picture of an average-sized steak on Facebook, which had been served to him on a large chopping board," Ross McGinnes, the founder of the We Want Plates said in an earlier Bored Panda interview. "It was captioned, unironically, 'That is a big meal!' It wasn't a big meal — he'd fallen for all this style-over-content hipster gastropub nonsense. I searched Twitter for an account which would allow me to vent my spleen with like-minded people, but found nothing. We Want Plates was born. Four years later we have over 150,000 followers on Twitter, and three quarters of a million across all social media platforms."

This Whole Thing Is Just Wrong!

"So I went on a date today and we went to a nice restaurant before going to the movies and I ordered the “iced grape popsicles” for dessert because I love grape Popsicles so why not right?…..so the waiter brings out the “iced grape popsicles” aND THEY WERE LITERALLY 3 FROZEN GRAPES ON STICKS…..I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE OFFENDED IN MY LIFE…SINCE WHEN ARE 3 [FRIGGIN] FROZEN GRAPES IN A [FRIGGIN] VASE AN ACCEPTABLE SINGLE DESSERT ORDER..ITS NOT EVEN FROZEN GRAPE JUICE OR SOMETHING ITS LITERALLY JUST A 0.02$ GRAPE THAT WAS PUT ON A STICK THEN FROZEN…LIKE SOMEONE ACTUALLY WROTE THIS DOWN ON THE MENU THINKING “OH YEAH PEOPLE [FRIGGIN] LOVE COLD GRAPES” AND SOME OTHER ASSHAT SAID “BRAH. HEAR ME OUT, HOW ABOUT WE PUT THEM ON STICKS AND SERVE THEM IN A VASE WITH NOTHING ELSE” LIKE YOU COULDNT EVEN SERVE IT WITH A [FRIGGIN] SECOND FRUIT OR EVEN [FRIGGIN] LEAVES OR WHATEVER… IM SO MAD. [FRIGGIN] FROZEN GRAPES ON A STICK.
AND THEY WERENT EVEN SEEDLESS GRAPES…"

Garden_Faery Report

Final score:

311points

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The Emerald Triangle 4 years ago

Did you read the fine print under the description of the item you ordered? That was the exact fricken comment I got from a waiter once.

115points

As We Want Plates continues to grow, McGinnes said the worst food serving he has ever encountered was when he got a piece of cake on a table tennis bat in Barcelona around 2008. "It still gives me sleepless nights," he said.

It's style over content, and McGiness thinks too much time is spent faffing around balancing six chips in a mini wheelbarrow. When these stunts become the focus, the flavour becomes secondary. And that's not a good thing.

Though This Really Is The Stairway To Heaven

Final score:

299points

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Panda Lurker 4 years ago

I like it

113points

Most Expensive Restaurant I've Ever Been. Chef Literally Made The Starter In Our Hand

Final score:

291points

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Nadine 4 years ago

Ug! It reminds me of a bloot clot.

311points

My Friend Was Served A Single Potato On A Tiny Chair

Final score:

286points

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lilu 4 years ago

no couchpotato

151points

The One Vegetarian Entrée At This Restaurant Is Served Inside The Shell Of A Dead Sea Creature

Final score:

269points

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Woody 4 years ago

Lol

77points

Carrot Served On A Telephone

Final score:

239points

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Hans 4 years ago

Just...why?

200points

Saw This On A Friend’s Instagram. The Horror

Final score:

221points

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JuJu 4 years ago

Flying spaghetti monster decided to land on your table to convert you?

171points

Saw A Bird Nest Post Here And Thought This Was Comparable

Final score:

217points

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Blackheart 4 years ago

One more: Did they hit that with a car?

159points

#10

Spaghetti Bolognese In A Bread Cone

Final score:

205points

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EA 4 years ago

How is it possible to make one of the best meals to eat, universally loved, look SO unappealing...

184points

#11

Our Sharing Starter Came In A Sink

Final score:

195points

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littlesaresare 4 years ago

So you ordered everything including the kitchen sink? :P

20points

#12

It’s Getting Out Of Hand

Final score:

193points

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Blackheart 4 years ago

Why would you want food on some decrepit, dirty, yard sale find?

214points

#13

“Don’t Eat The Rocks” - Waiter Upon Serving

Final score:

185points

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Natalie Scott 4 years ago

This would be better if the waiter whispered 'they're not rocks' after his warning, then walked away and left you guessing what they are.

98points

#14

The Jello Tasted Alright, Nothing Special

Final score:

176points

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The Emerald Triangle 4 years ago

I'm a woman but oh that is just utterly disgusting.

444points

chi-wei shen 4 years ago

I'm a man and I agree. It definitely is disgusting.

73points

Cassie 4 years ago

Not to mention this level of waste is appalling.

40points

@Daisychain 4 years ago

and totally wrong... this almost mocks women!

38points

Tres D 4 years ago

I'm a gender fluid m to f trans male lesbian and I agree that this is absolutely disgusting!

32points

Martha Meyer 4 years ago

Yeah! I think.plain old toilet paper would have been less offensive. At least that usually doesn't have some flowery smell that might seep into your food...

17points

*Clears throat* 4 years ago

It pains me in the gut to see that

10points

Amber Cook 4 years ago

I am a woman and this is just GROSS! Where in the holy hell do people come up with these ideas on serving dishes out?!

5points

Randy Klefbeck 4 years ago

I have hated jello in all it's iterations since fourth grade (was not a fan even before that). Jim Wallace told Tim Metzger a joke while Tim's mouth was full of green jello. It really hurt Tim.....jello chunks came out his nose. And why would someone want to eat something that is still moving? This post confirms .....I must go vomit.

2points

Sophie McGregor 3 years ago (edited)

What does gender have to do with anything? Everyone should be equally grossed out by this.

1point

Coreen Kerr 4 years ago

I totally agree I woulda tossed a hissy fit if that was served to me.

1point

Mike Rodrick 4 years ago

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1point

Audrey Smith 4 years ago

It is 😣

0points

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EA 4 years ago

Am I allowed to feel offended by this?! This is actually something bullies at my school would do - put jam or other sticky red stuff over pads then shove them in (and on the front of) girl’s lockers. It was so humiliating

38points

Tara Stevens 4 years ago

I do not believe for one second that this was served in a restaurant. No one could be that oblivious to how truly disgusting this is. I call BS!

30points

Monty Is Fiennes 4 years ago

I really want to go with you on this....

8points

RaroaRaroa 4 years ago

You have a point, but it could be one of those over the top themed restaurants they have in Japan.

3points

danielw 4 years ago

The entire point is probably that it is disgusting.

2points

Tara Stevens 4 years ago

What restaurant would serve a lump of jam alone...regardless of what they serve it on/in

1point

Lindsey Judd-Bruder 4 years ago

I feel like it was something some medical workers did in their office, as a joke to each other.

1point

Samantha Lomb 4 years ago

Thats nasty as hell and no way food safe. Most pads have some sort of perfume/ deoderizer in them

23points

Lauren Caswell 4 years ago

This has to be a joke right

21points

Kimberly Greenock 4 years ago

Those have chemicals on them. Ewwww

13points

Miztre 4 years ago

This one surely has to be a joke? Right?

13points

Mama Oddling 4 years ago

I think we're all hoping it's a joke.

2points

Blackheart 4 years ago

Um, you're not supposed to EAT off of those....

12points

Jo Firth 4 years ago

OMFG!!! That is appallng.

10points

VICKI Spachner BLYTHIN 4 years ago

to say the least......one can hardly say anything....just gasping!

0points

Beeps 4 years ago

Given the dish the pad is served in makes we wonder whether this is really in a restaurant, or whether it's just a joke played at some sort of nurse's leaving or graduation party or something. (The diner's short and clean finger nails would further indicate medical profession.)

9points

Charlotte 4 years ago

I was thinking the same - how many restaurants have stainless steel tables like that? Looks more like a mortuary table. Which would also fit with the dark sense of humour.

6points

LittleMissLotus 4 years ago

thing-5eda...263904.jpg

7points

Rose the Cook 4 years ago

It is actually a sanitary pad, I thought I was seeing things. Offensive in so many ways!

7points

Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago (edited)

I feel like it's more nasty than offensive. What am I going to scroll to next, tampons dipped in red wine?

13points

Desiré Yen 4 years ago

Not only is that disgusting, but it's bad for environment, sanitary pads aren't biodegradable!! And there's so many poor girls/women who can't even afford to buy sanitary products!!😡

6points

Andrew Gibb 4 years ago

It would be less unsavory if it were in a moon cup. Think about the environment!

0points

Douglas Campbell 4 years ago

I'm calling BS on this one. No restaurant would do this.

6points

SuGu 4 years ago

Other than this, those look like surgical trays!

6points

Biljana Malesevic 4 years ago

No. Don't mock our periods. That's awful.

4points

Lyop 4 years ago

I wish ya'll could see my face right now!!

4points

Saint Thomas 4 years ago

I'm pretty sure this photo was taken in a themed restaurant in Tokyo. Maybe Alcatraz in Shibuya.

4points

Thenatural 4 years ago

Ok then what's the theme? Menstrual Monday? Or did you just make this comment to show how well traveled you are?

3points

desert29rat 4 years ago

Absolutely NOT!

3points

Jean H. 4 years ago

Absolutely not!!! WTH!

3points

LittleMissPanda 4 years ago

I'd send that back and leave the establishment... this is just plain disgusting and distasteful

3points

Cristina S. 4 years ago

Oh hell no. This should be number one.

3points

Gopi Patel 4 years ago

Are they kidding!!!

3points

Wolfblood Fanatic 4 years ago

Oh sh--

3points

Bob Belcher 4 years ago

Ok, just no dude. No. Who the F thought people would want to order this s**t. And then even worse, who where the dumbasses that ate it. Those are the real monsters.

2points

Raine Soo 4 years ago

My eyes are rolling.

2points

Phoebe 4 years ago

I would puke if I my food was on anything but a plate

2points

Jack Nimble 4 years ago

I call BS on this one

2points

Woets 4 years ago

Good for your diet though, if this would be the starter: ... and done.

2points

Animal lover❤ 4 years ago

Classy, real classy

2points

glowworm2 4 years ago

It's not that kind of napkin!

2points

KimTx 4 years ago

Just no

2points

DKS 001 4 years ago

um .... no

2points

Boop 4 years ago

*gag*

2points

Bored Alchemist 4 years ago

Would be bad if there was a mix-up....

2points

Sarcasm101 4 years ago

This is sexist disturbing unsanitary and just overall... EW

1point

Cameron Metcalf 4 years ago

om WHATT?!?!?!!?!?!!?!

1point

AzKhaleesi 4 years ago

Damn Mark CM did your mommy not love you enough? Were you not breast fed or hugged enough which? Or Both? Females aren't disgusting, humans like you are. I was going to say Men like you are, but I won't put males and you in the same category. What a pig.

1point

VICKI Spachner BLYTHIN 4 years ago

bizarre, to say the least, the chef is a serial killer of women?

1point

Cheryl Brooks 4 years ago

beyond vile.

1point

Linda 4 years ago

no man... sies

1point

Oops 1 month ago

so vulgar i cannot even believe it.

0points

Mark Kelly 2 years ago

This has to be fake.

0points

Mark Kelly 2 years ago

wtf?

0points

Penelope Andrews 2 years ago

my mind went.. oh no they didn't.. beyond disgusting.. no woman would serve that

0points

Suzanne Haigh 3 years ago

If I went in a restaurant and was served any of these I would demand my money back

0points

the 2 kid gamers 4 years ago

when you ate to much jello

0points

STRANGER THINGS fan 4 years ago

What is WRONG with you people???!!!

0points

Lily Ramos 4 years ago

Why why why no wonder girls like to keep their periods a secret 😡

0points

Rowan Sheffield 4 years ago

That is pretty frickin nasty.

0points

Michelle Otto 4 years ago

These SJW's are going too far man.

0points

Jolee zzstu Abramson 4 years ago

wtf????????????

0points

Wendy Emlinger (ManyTotems) 4 years ago

NO, NO, NO, NO!!! Disgusting beyond belief! Tacky, tasteless, moronic! I'd avoid that eatery and blast it on the internet.

0points

Al Reilly 4 years ago

NASTY!!

0points

Courtney LeDroit 4 years ago

EWWW!

0points

J 4 years ago

Why?

0points

Yannick Bouret 4 years ago

Can't be serious...

0points

Halee Brady 4 years ago

I'm just confused. like who was just like "why don't we put jam in a pad, if totally won't make them want to gag."

0points

Jennifer Sacrison 4 years ago

🤢🤢🤢🤢 🤮🤮🤮🤮

0points

Placebo Domingo 4 years ago

It should have been blueberry jam.

0points

Megan Navonod 4 years ago

Um is...is the chef who pleated this ok? Maybe she got confused and is currently in the bathroom trying to stick a plate in her knickers

0points

Slune 4 years ago

What restaurant? Brainless owner

0points

Irene Carlyle 4 years ago

for God's sake! what is the point!!??? disgusting and in an odd way, INSULTING!!!

0points

Vinniegret 4 years ago

That made me say "OH NO" out loud.

0points

Leesa DeAndrea 4 years ago

This can't be real. Can it?

0points

Cathy Proctor 4 years ago

You made this up ...please tell me you made this up

0points

Sue Sanders 4 years ago

What deranged dimwit in the kitchen decided this was cool? Bring him/her to me right now!

0points

MRS FLASHMAN 4 years ago

UGH..C'MON

0points

Caryn Zent 4 years ago

that's just gross

0points

Nancy A Clark 4 years ago

So very wrong!

0points

Sue Clifford 4 years ago

Really?

0points

sassygirl 4 years ago

nooooooooo!

0points

Chris Sprucefield 4 years ago

Deskpalm - for when facepalms simply is not enough...

0points

Marty BlackEagle-Carl 4 years ago

wth??? ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, not even funny, and i have a great sense of humor.

0points

Brenda Owens 4 years ago

This is an absolute monstrosity. And to think that there are actually people that would have the audacity to even put the food in their mouths is incredible. It is an insult to women everywhere.

0points

Kate Swartz 4 years ago

That's not ok.

0points

Isa BR LOL 4 years ago

isso é estranho e nojento mais gostei pela peculiaridade - minha melhor amiga

0points

Amy Pontious 4 years ago

Gross!!

0points

Shelli Aderman 4 years ago

0points

Trisha Lynn 4 years ago

No f*ing way!

0points

Elizabeth 4 years ago

OH DEAR GOD

0points

Dre Mosley 4 years ago

WTF!

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago

That is not only f*****g disgusting, it's offensive as hell. What MORON thought that would be a good idea?

0points

Lasagne 4 years ago

that disturbs me

0points

Sandra Nicht 4 years ago

OMFG

0points

OopsOuch 4 years ago

why?

0points

Sarah Nunns 4 years ago

That is somewhat offensive. Totally nasty!

0points

Roselyn Schweizer 4 years ago

Gross!

0points

Paige Garberding 4 years ago

And in what looks like a hospital tray. Whoever came up with this disgusting idea should have to eat it. THE. WHOLE. THING. And take a pic proving they're eating it.

0points

Mo Leshone 4 years ago

This can not be real !!! 🤢

0points

Wilma Sliwiak 4 years ago

Uh uh

0points

Carol Smith 4 years ago

O-M-G!!! That is totally gross!!!

0points

Jackie C. 4 years ago

Why didn't they just use a bowl or saucer? Disgusting idea!

0points

KT Trondsen 4 years ago

That not only is absolutely disgusting, but so bloody wasteful of plastics

0points

gracefullikeagazelle 4 years ago

You sure that's jello?

0points

Dale-Harriet Rogovich 4 years ago

I'm with the Emerald Triangle. I would gather my things, go to the front, pay for my meal (sans dessert) and write an eloquent note to Yelp.

0points

Coco 4 years ago

OH NONONONONO

0points

Eunice Bentley 4 years ago

so bad on all levels

0points

Eunice Bentley 4 years ago

gross!

0points

LisaBru2 4 years ago

I actually have no words...

0points

Sam T Godfrey 4 years ago

Reminds me of a joke I heard in 2nd grade...

0points

Mary Dellenbusch 4 years ago

What the actual f**k!

0points

Leslea Freeman 4 years ago

Ya right! C'mon someone just innit for de clout...not clot!! lol

0points

Lydia Dean-Melchior 4 years ago

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh... A HELL NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

0points

Maureen Peters 4 years ago

This is not true!

0points

Mimi M 4 years ago

This is the prize-winner.

0points

Just Carmen 4 years ago

I think this has to be the absolute WORST thing I've ever seen. How is that place in business serving food like this??

0points

Caroline Driver 4 years ago

JUST YUK!

0points

Caroline Overill 4 years ago

What the hell are these people thinking. Get Gordon Ramsey now

0points

Kelly Gore 4 years ago

The Pampered Chef?

0points

Ceri Mcclellan 4 years ago

This is horrendous

0points

Katie 4 years ago

That's just sickening

0points

Jo Ellen Washburn 4 years ago

What was the point of this? To be provocative? What an asshat chef.

0points

Steve Cruz 4 years ago

Yummy! Blood clot dessert WITH WINGS!

0points

Ula 4 years ago

Not true :)

0points

Citizen Morena 4 years ago

Disgusting

0points

Lorran Garrison 4 years ago

This restaurant is permanently closed and was located In Tokyo, Japan. The name is Alcatraz ER https://appetiteforjapan.com/2016/03/08/alcatraz-er/

0points

Ian Bodey 4 years ago

They only serve it at that time of the month...PERIOD.!!!!!

0points

Chris DiFonso 4 years ago

This is appalling

0points

Cynthia Gonzales 4 years ago

YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

0points

Cynthia Gonzales 4 years ago

YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

0points

Sandy Kavanaugh 4 years ago

That's degrading and disgusting. Why not serve walnuts in a jock strap?

0points

Aileen Cann 4 years ago

WHY????

0points

Donald Holder 4 years ago

This is down right appalling. Even in today's me too movement. There's no reason to talk about periods without a valid reason.

0points

Inga Viviane 4 years ago

Puke.

0points

zootietoo 4 years ago

The Jello Tasted Alright, Nothing Special, period!

0points

Teresa Groth 4 years ago

This is not only discussing but pure filth!

0points

Wendy Taylor 4 years ago

What the actual f.......?!?

0points

Craig Johnson 4 years ago

Man that looks just yucking fucky!!! :-O

0points

Merilyn Horton 4 years ago

Disgusting

0points

Gaia 4 years ago

That restaurant should be banned, more to puke

0points

Bobby Mcgee Crowder 4 years ago

We really need restaurant names.

0points

Analyn Lahr 4 years ago

What the ever loving f**k?

0points

Lana Jig-maker 4 years ago

Did a woman come up with this? As a woman, I gotta say RUDE

0points

Mónica Elisabeth Sacco 4 years ago

Insulting

0points

Carmen Flores 4 years ago

Do they serve liver on toilet paper?? How does this place stay in business?

0points

Johanne Trudeau 4 years ago

WTF!?!?!? Never in my lifetime would I eat anything off a sanitary napkin!!!!

0points

Daniel Mason 4 years ago

#bants

0points

Elly Clifton 4 years ago

Ewww, what sick person thought of this?

0points

Brownathon Bear 4 years ago

Oh lord, I can only imagine how they serve the chocolate pudding.

0points

Lauri Funk 4 years ago

No, just no.

0points

Elaine Mattingly 4 years ago

Depraved, demented, disgusting, deranged.Tasteless to say the least if served in food area. A demonstration in health class.?

0points

Laura Johnston 4 years ago

That is f**king disgusting.

0points

Laura Campos 4 years ago

There are plastics on those pads not designed for consumption. Hideous too.

0points

Christine Zanfino 4 years ago

What's more disturbing are the red clots!!

0points

Mumof1 4 years ago

Oh please, don't tell me that's a....oh bloody hell, it IS!

0points

CharliAnn Olney 4 years ago

Aaarrrrrggghhhh!

0points

Jan Calland 4 years ago

In what universe would this be appealing? It's like a jr high joke.

0points

Flavia Slag 4 years ago

You ate it!!??

0points

katboxjanitor 4 years ago

distasteful in every sense of the word

0points

Steven Meyer 4 years ago

Wtf?

0points

Michele Clarke 4 years ago

OMG WHY WOULD YOU

0points

Grace Note 4 years ago

Sweet mother of god, that is beyond f**ked up!

0points

Virginia Souza 4 years ago

that is just plain GROSS

0points

Katie Allen 4 years ago

whoever runs this restaurant must really hate women :(

0points

Elizabeth Evans 4 years ago

Oh God that is so wrong.

0points

Id row 4 years ago

No way, this was someone's idea of a joke and they took a pic. I'm not buying that a restaurant would do this. Not even the most top knot wearing bearded hipster would do this.

0points

Weishaar Jamie 4 years ago

No, no, no, no, no. Just NO! What is wrong with these "chefs"?

0points

Kimberley Thomas 4 years ago

more barf from me and I'm not even eating it.

0points

Kelly 4 years ago

Fake?

0points

Stuart 4 years ago

Wow that's just vile..

0points

ebony1k124 touch 4 years ago

What demented beings came up with these twisted concepts?!

0points

silverfox47 4 years ago

... and this is why I cook at home. You'll NEVER see me in a restaurant. Why? See above "presentation."

0points

Max Türangel 4 years ago

wtf....

0points

Monika Soffronow 4 years ago

Vote with your wallets.

0points

Jayne Kyra 4 years ago

Gross factor aside, I am more annoyed at the misuse. Many women and girls can barely even afford sanitary pads.

0points

Honeybuzz 4 years ago

That thing costs serious bucks!! How dare you waste it??

0points

CorgiGirl 4 years ago

ok that one is fake.

0points

Vicki Burrell 4 years ago

🤢🤮🤢

0points

suramura 4 years ago

NO THEY DIDN'T 😲

0points

Wendy Warner 4 years ago

This is plain wrong, not only visually... These pads are full of chemical products no one should ever ingest. WTF is wrong with people?

0points

Suzanne Dunne 4 years ago

OMFG unbelievable

0points

Vaida Kuodytė 4 years ago

F**k no. No. Just no. Not even in a feminist restaurant.

0points

Lizzy 4 years ago

How vile!

0points

Cold Contagious 4 years ago

Jello/ blood on a sanitary napkin is just never a form of food humor, be it satire, tongue in cheek, or otherwise. Too crude for my tastes.

0points

EHops 4 years ago

I would've taken one look said nope and demanded this be removed from my bill. That's disgusting

0points

KandiePrine 4 years ago

As a man with seven vaginas, this is offensive to the trans community and I require reparations.

0points

Bobbie Morris 4 years ago

🤮

0points

TheDivineMs.M 4 years ago

WHAT in the actual F......... I would walk out. No way.

0points

Denise Pont 4 years ago

I think it's a hoax / staged

0points

kat lia 4 years ago

Nooo. This is a joke, right?

0points

Michelle Muirhead 4 years ago

So insulting to women.

0points

Connie Martin 4 years ago

I don't believe this one

0points

Sinkvenice 4 years ago

What. The. F**k. If that's real, that's f*****g vile.

0points

Sue Knerl 4 years ago

I would throw that right in the chef's face! That is disgusting and not funny!

0points

Rosesinmyhair 4 years ago

This did not go out to the dining room. This was shot in a kitchen.

0points

Orionpax75 4 years ago

Restaurant in Tokyo Japan f****n disgusting!!!!

0points

Damon Gates 4 years ago

I see an emesis basin in the background, so I surmise this is either a misguided attempt at a hospital/surgical theme restaurant (why?) or a what some night-shift RNs did for a night shift pot luck (like when I brought in Penn & Teller's "Bleeding Heart Jello Dessert"). Regardless, I really don't want to know what might have been served in said emesis basin, let alone a bedpan!

0points

karin s. 4 years ago

offensive, ok - and who wants to eat jelly with all the chemicals from that pad? there is glue and fragrances and what the heck - what would a health inspector say?

0points

Val Izhakevich 4 years ago

Bloody...sick.

0points

CatWoman312 4 years ago

Very distasteful

0points

ewadora 4 years ago

maybe it's one of those restaurants where staff can offend or scare off customers one day a week? I've heard of such, never visited

0points

Suzanne Clark 4 years ago

I'll bet they didn't put THAT in the description. It's beyond gross.

0points

Panda with Heart 4 years ago

I cannot believe a place would serve food like this. Unbelievable.!! 😥

0points

David Jeu 4 years ago

This.. This is a farce isn't it ? Please tell me it's a farce..

0points

MagicalUnicorn 4 years ago

as tampon user i'm vaguely curious how that would have looked

0points

dena masoomi 4 years ago

You have to eat it fast or it gets absorbed

0points

pebs 4 years ago

I would have reported them. But are you sure it's true and it's not a fake? It seems impossible to me.

0points

amaryllis_queen 4 years ago

I would leave if they served me that

0points

The lion tamer 4 years ago

Law suit material.

0points

Lucy Duquette 4 years ago

that is extremely offensive

0points

Dónal Ó Murchadha 4 years ago

I'd actually consider suing..... genuinely!

0points

Dónal Ó Murchadha 4 years ago

This must be fake....

1point

Puta Lydia 4 years ago

This is clearly fake news.

0points

Lee roberts 4 years ago

Pretty sure this is a horror restaurant in japan.

0points

Kjorn 4 years ago

are you sure it's jello?

0points

Lyop 4 years ago

No words......

0points

von Funnyname 4 years ago

YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!! This has to be at Heart Attack Grill or something. There's definitely a scalpel pan just out of the shot too

0points

Monday 4 years ago

NONONONONONONONONONONONONO

0points

Joycez Zhuang 4 years ago

WHAT!? 甚？

0points

Carmen Honacker 4 years ago

I would have been super pissed, told them to shove it and walked. Who in the friggin world comes up with this? I'd say, probably a man?!

-1point

Lauren Lee 4 years ago

Somehow I don’t think this would fly with a health inspector..it’s a feminine napkin

-2points

Captain Awesome 4 years ago

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#15

Not Shown: The Sauce Proceeding To Spill Onto My Lap

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Blackheart 4 years ago

This is the worst one. Waste of perfectly good chocolate syrup.

137points

#16

Just Why??

Final score:

169points

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chi-wei shen 4 years ago

What the F*** were they thinking?

133points

#17

Not A Plate, But An Actual Glass Would Be Nice

Final score:

159points

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nanashi 4 years ago

that's what you get for a few cents from a street hawker, not in a fancy a*s restaurant where you pay extra for dine in service.

136points

#18

Cheese Served On A Mouse Trap

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EA 4 years ago

That thing looks nasty. Absolutely filthy.

166points

#19

We Demand Plates

Final score:

137points

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Blackheart 4 years ago

This literally is box mac and cheese with dinosaur chicken nuggets. You can do this at home with a plate.

154points

#20

I'm Gonna Swing From The Chandelier, From The Chandelier

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136points

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Heather Daugherty 4 years ago

flayed flesh on hooks, anyone?

6points

#21

Steak And Mashed Taters In A Sombrero

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134points

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Blackheart 4 years ago

Look at the rim of the hatband. They do not clean this plate.

65points

#22

This Broccoli On Barbed Wire

Final score:

132points

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The Emerald Triangle 4 years ago

Just 4 pieces? That better be gold flakes on the sh*t if I got to pry it off of Bob wire.

103points

#23

Sorbetto With Foam Served In A Lightbulb On A Bed Of Dried Grass

Final score:

131points

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hispanic! at the disco 4 years ago

Bet it cost an arm and a leg as well :/

7points

#24

Dinner At A Corporate Christmas Party. Mashed Potatoes, Roast Beef, And Peas In A Martini Glass

Final score:

131points

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Blackheart 4 years ago

I have a friend who cannot stand it when her food touches each other. This is her nightmare.

111points

#25

Didn't Expect My Appetizer To Be Served Inside A Dresser But Ok

Final score:

130points

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chi-wei shen 4 years ago

I'm certain they will not clean the drawers properly.

96points

#26

The Syrup Is Already Going Down His Arm

Final score:

129points

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Hans 4 years ago

This is just stupid.

154points

#27

My Friend's Ramen Was Served In A Beer Mug

Final score:

126points

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The Emerald Triangle 4 years ago

Nah! Just a really big worm in the tequila bottle. (Okay maybe a tapeworm).

63points

#28

Gordon Got Served A Steak On A Roof Tile

Final score:

124points

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Valquerys 4 years ago

Wait, isn’t this from kitchen nightmares?

83points

#29

Burgers As Garnish In A Bloody Mary

Final score:

122points

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Rose the Cook 4 years ago

A soggy burger.

80points

#30

Lol Excuse Me?

Final score:

119points

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Anne 4 years ago

Is this a to-go order? then it's pretty clever

13points

#31

$500 Tasting Menu, And This Is How Dessert Was Served...

Final score:

118points

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Blackheart 4 years ago

Gummy bear chunks

47points

#32

At A Conference In Houston

Final score:

115points

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Slinkman 4 years ago

ohno... The chef has kicked the bucket.

116points

#33

Not In Need Of A Plate, But A Bowl Would Have Been Nice As Opposed To This Wine Glass For My Soup, Which Was Poured At The Table Out Of A Wine Bottle

Final score:

108points

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Blackheart 4 years ago

Again with hot liquids in glass.

63points

#34

This Is Not Acceptable.

Final score:

101points

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chi-wei shen 4 years ago

I can't decide what's worse, the duck or the bag.

84points

#35

Scrolling Through Instagram This Morning And Found This

Final score:

99points

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elia 84631 4 years ago

Actually, it isn't bad idea to use a fancy bottle

41points

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#36

Frozen On A Cactus

Final score:

36points

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Samantha Lomb 4 years ago

So you kill a plant that too years to grow ( cause cutting into it like this will kill it) for a one use dessert? its not a cactus to eat, the spines stab you and you can't clean it. What a waste of a life

61points

#37

Cheese Foam That Is Spooned Onto The Back Of Your Hand By The Waiter And Then You Have To Lick It Off

Final score:

35points

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columbokateUK 4 years ago

It went wrong at 'cheese foam'

31points

#38

My Friend Got Served This Grilled Cheese Monstrosity

Final score:

33points

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Lauren Caswell 4 years ago

It hung itself out of shame apparently

36points

#39

My Tiramisu Came In A Moka Pot, Scraping The Food Out Of There Made The Most Awful Sounds

Final score:

31points

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chi-wei shen 4 years ago

Creativity gone horribly wrong.

9points

#40

The Ridiculously Stacked Bloody Mary Trend Seems To Have Taken Over Milkshakes As Well... (Photo Not Mine)

Final score:

31points

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Bunzilla 4 years ago

Just how do they expect anybody to eat this without it all falling apart?

19points

#41

Friend Of Mine Just Posted This From His Dinner Out. Rope As A Plate. Some Sort Of Fruit Roses.

Final score:

31points

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chi-wei shen 4 years ago

What the F***?

16points

#42

I Was Stumped...

Final score:

31points

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Craftyparrott 4 years ago

Maybe they cut a layer off after every meal

5points

#43

My Drink Was Served In A Takeout Box

Final score:

30points

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chi-wei shen 4 years ago

I'm surprised this is watertight.

21points

#44

Finally Happened To Me!

Final score:

29points

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chi-wei shen 4 years ago

They have nice plates, they should use them.

19points

#45

Steaks On A Bell

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28points

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Scagsy 4 years ago

If served with lettuce you could ring it and shout 'Iceberg!!'

22points

#46

A Glass Of Wings With A Bucket Of Fries

Final score:

28points

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hispanic! at the disco 4 years ago

Well this one isnt the worst

49points

#47

Just Some Food Served On Unedible Dead Fish

Final score:

28points

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Blarrg 4 years ago

So would I rather eat the fish heads or the caterpillar?

12points

#48

Truffled Caviar Bumps At Grant Achatz's Next Restaurant In Chicago

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28points

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Blackheart 4 years ago

Looks like bird poop on an art mannequin hand

21points

#49

These Artful Potatoes

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27points

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Rose the Cook 4 years ago

I hope it is some kind of plastic, boards are difficult to sanitise properly.

7points

#50

Sauce In A Cup Of Ice Cream On A Rock. Better Eat It Fast

Final score:

27points

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Nicole Tomme 4 years ago

That ice cream must be rock hard

0points

#51

We Want... Bongs?

Final score:

26points

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von Funnyname 4 years ago

I'm suddenly reminded of Grandma's Boy here...

14points

#52

This Is Just A Whole New Level Of Laziness

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25points

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Hans 4 years ago

I do not think serving in pans is bad per se. It fits cozy, old-style restaurants. However, this looks like 50 cent pasta with generic tomato souce...

43points

#53

When You Have Lunch At 12:00 And Tennis At 12:05

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25points

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Martha Meyer 4 years ago

Now imagine someone accidently leaning on the handles...

4points

#54

My Appetizer Came Locked In A Box

Final score:

25points

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago

Kinda cool? Was it dinner in an escape room?

21points

#55

Steak On A Rock With Pebbles Underneath

Final score:

25points

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Martha Meyer 4 years ago

A steak with nothing but sauce is supposed to be a meal?

10points

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#56

Digging For Chicken In A Shovel Full Of Peppers

Final score:

25points

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Valquerys 4 years ago

Omg Is that the glass in which some people say has holes in it?

11points

#57

Saw This On Instagram

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24points

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Boop 4 years ago

*gag* scrapple...

12points

#58

I Don’t See Any Birds In This Cage

Final score:

24points

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JuJu 4 years ago

The person opposite can't steal your food

21points

#59

Dinner Chow On Fort Bragg

Final score:

23points

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Martti Laurson 4 years ago

Even on a plate it would look bad

26points

#60

Main Course On A Picture Frame, The Dessert Came In A Wooden Box

Final score:

23points

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Samantha Lomb 4 years ago

Bet they don't clean under the frame

14points

#61

Fried Chicken Served On Hay

Final score:

22points

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Blackheart 4 years ago

Hay is not clean.

19points

#62

Mmmm... Community Table Salad?

Final score:

22points

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Blackheart 4 years ago

This is a trough.Seriously, and this is a pig trough at that.

29points

#63

Condiments For Bread Served On Baking Paper

Final score:

22points

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Damon Gates 4 years ago

I see an irate customer strangling a chef in this particular Rorschach image.

11points

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#64

Maple Bacon Wings. This Was After The Waitress Went To “Clean It Up” When We Told Her It Had Been Pouring Off The Board As She Was Walking Across The Restaurant And It Almost Got All Over My Boyfriend

Maple Bacon Wings. This Was After The Waitress Went To “Clean It Up” When We Told Her It Had Been Pouring Off The Board As She Was Walking Across The Restaurant And It Almost Got All Over My Boyfriend

Final score:

21points

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Pablo Simmo 4 years ago

Why they insist on serving dripping food on a flat board. That's just stupid

21points

#65

Not Sure If This Belongs Here But My Friend Got Her Smoothie In A Lightbulb

Final score:

21points

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Lina S. 4 years ago

this one is kind of cool

28points

#66

Drink Served In A Bag With A Rubber Duck

Final score:

21points

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Lili Hajdu 4 years ago

this seems to be popular

24points

#67

Choo Choo! All Aboard The Impractical Train.

Final score:

19points

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Truth Monster 4 years ago

if it had a track that drove it to the table and trains were the theme, ok.

9points

#68

Asked For A Bowl For My Yoghurt - We Don’t Want Plates!

Final score:

19points

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Vorknkx 4 years ago

The one time you actually don't want plates...

20points

#69

I Refuse To Eat Off Of The Three Seashells!!!

Final score:

19points

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Helen Haley 4 years ago

Love the reference.

21points

#70

This Is An Interesting Way To Serve Food. First Drink Then Eat Out Of The Same Bottle

Final score:

18points

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Jon S. 4 years ago

This one isn't too bad

41points

#71

Bacon On The Move

Final score:

18points

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Samantha Lomb 4 years ago

take bets on how long it takes to roll onto the floor?

11points

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#72

Meat On A Silver Ox Skull

Final score:

18points

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Monday 4 years ago

Biryaniholic ... The problem is it's bloody impractical to reach your food with those horns in the way.

3points

#73

Tacos. In Shot Glasses. All Of The Filling Slid To The Bottom

Final score:

17points

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Vorknkx 4 years ago

Weird, it's almost as if there is some omnipresent force on this planet that makes everything fall or slide down. Who would have thought? :D

22points

#74

Fries In A Little Car... Yes, The Price Label Is Still On It (And All Other Cutlery Too)

Final score:

17points

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Rose the Cook 4 years ago

The undamaged price tag is to convince you it is new.

6points

#75

Got My Chocolate Cake Served On This Old Tile Today

Final score:

17points

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Rose the Cook 4 years ago

It is illegal to use chipped tableware in most countries and where it isn't it should be. Bacteria breed in the crevices.

25points

#76

Dessert, Waiter Instructed Us To Make Sure We Licked Our Hands Clean. In Their Defense It Was Delicious

Final score:

16points

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chi-wei shen 4 years ago

This is wrong on so many levels.

21points

#77

My Boyfriend Ordered Nachos And We Thought This Would Fit Here

Final score:

16points

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Toasty 4 years ago

I would happily eat that.

8points

#78

Spaghetti Juice Leaked All Over The Table And Me

Final score:

16points

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Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago

The juice of the spaghetti fruit is notoriously hard to get out of cotton.

10points

#79

Ah Yes, The Infamous Salmon Dryer Hanger

Final score:

16points

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SanchaTheSeeker 4 years ago

So thin

5points

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#80

Grilled Cheese Served On A Hook, Dripping Into The Soup Below

Final score:

16points

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Pablo Simmo 4 years ago

Another one hang itself

5points

#81

Trash Can Kids For The Big Game At Fuzzy's

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16points

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Unwelcomed Guest 4 years ago

Hey don’t knock Oscar’s, it is a great establishment

7points

#82

Waitress Asked If We Wanted Another Plate For The Tacos We Were Splitting. I Assumed She Meant A Small Round Piece Of Ceramic. Not Another Chunk Of Wood.

Final score:

15points

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Blackheart 4 years ago

Board of health

10points

#83

Syrup Running Through The Thumb Hole

Final score:

15points

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MadDawg 4 years ago

I really don't see anything wrong with this... That waffle looks incredible

2points

#84

My Friend Snapped Her Dessert In A Tree

Final score:

15points

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banana 4 years ago

A little pretentious but I like it

3points

#85

Onion Rings On A Funnel

Final score:

14points

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Koalamonster 4 years ago

I don't know where this picture is from but I've seen this thing done in the Midwest at a couple places... I feel like they can give you fewer onion rings than they would give you on a plate while still making it look like they've given you a lot.

0points

#86

Margarita In An Old Hubcap Anyone?

Final score:

14points

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JuJu 4 years ago

You won't care in a few minutes if it's strong enough

13points

#87

A Delicious Disaster

Final score:

13points

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Bunzilla 4 years ago

It's like jenga...

9points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#88

We Wheely Wanted Plates

Final score:

13points

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JuJu 4 years ago

I like it

7points

#89

My First Restaurant Meal In Jaipur, India. I Had No Idea Why They Put A Toolbox With A Plastic Syringe On My Table

Final score:

13points

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elia 84631 4 years ago

I think the owner of the restaurant is some drug addict collector

6points

#90

Soup Has Been Served In A Flower Pot

Final score:

11points

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Jon S. 4 years ago

It is a bowl shaped like a flower pot rather than an actual flower pot. Flower pots have holes at the bottom. At least this one is appropriately themed for a garden centre.

36points

#91

Indoor Snowboarding Place Cafe Serves Pizza On Real Snowboard

Final score:

11points

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Monday 4 years ago

This seems fine. Fits the theme of the place and a snowboard is a decent enough plate.

12points

#92

The Nacho Cone

Final score:

11points

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Anne 4 years ago

This is pretty clever.. (it's a chili cone..) no waste, you can eat it all

19points

#93

A Balkan Breakfast

Final score:

11points

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Vorknkx 4 years ago

As someone actually living in the Balkans - I approve this :)

20points

#94

Shrimp Served This Thing And The Server Immediately Asked “I Assume You’re Going To Need A Plate For This?”

Final score:

10points

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JuJu 4 years ago

Blame the 70s and the forever famous shrimp cocktails

7points

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What do you think ?

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giovanna 4 years ago

Apart from being ridiculous and disgusting, these are all very unhygienic. I cant understand how a restaurant who serves food over an old VHS can remain open.

84points

Biljana Malesevic 4 years ago

most of these "serving plates" are extremely hard to wash or clean so I was thinking the same.

28points

Cassie 4 years ago

Yea, I came here to ask how some of these places manage to pass health inspections.

6points

Carol Taylor 4 years ago

I'm QUITE sure they are ALL breaching Occ Health & Safety food handling protocols..especially those served into your hand and on a sanitary pad..others are just you paying for the use of NON crockery items having a SINGLE item of food served on them..time to be shut down or serve the food PROPERLY..

0points

Andrew Gibb 4 years ago

Depends on the video giovanna- you are right to complain about 'The bodyguard' though- terrible film.

0points

troufaki13 4 years ago

They're trying too hard to be edgy and forward, but food is all about taste. Simplicity in styling wins every time (for me at least!)

50points

Lauren Caswell 4 years ago

Exactly. Plain white plate, let the food just be food!

34points

Demi Zwaan 4 years ago

I’ve seen this before and I’ll say what I did then; I would get up and walk out. This is just plain disrespect and I’m not paying a lot of money in expensive restaurants to be disrespected.

37points

Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago

I would walk away if it was unsanitary. Not because I felt entitled.

7points

Pseudo Puppy 4 years ago

"when untalented people try to be cool"

17points

kate h 4 years ago

^ This!

2points

Rose the Cook 4 years ago

A lot of these are so unhygienic and even more poorly presented. Where are these places? Do they bribe the health inspectors or are there none?

16points

Charlotte A. 4 years ago

Not sure where the pics are from, but apart from being unappetising, many of these serving solutions would be illegal at least in the EU, as items used to store or handle and serve food has to be tested, approved and labelled as usable for foodstuffs.

9points

Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)

Is there a competition in who can create the most bizarre and preposterous meal experiences or something coz most of these are just plain ridiculous. Or are they trying to overcompensate to try and divert your attention away from either the c**p food or the portion sizes?

8points

Yeah, you heard 4 years ago

Yes there is a competition: people put the on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter etc, and name the restaurant, and get presto, free advertising

3points

Raine Soo 4 years ago

I scrolled through a few of the photos, and realized that most of them were going to be the same: Some restaurant trying to be on the forefront of 'haute' cuisine, when all they are doing is serving pedestrian food in the most gimmicky and unhygienic way possible. There is nothing wrong with a plate, bowl, or glass. Concentrate on refining your food please.

6points

MarTD 4 years ago

Yes/ More food. Less presentation, please.

0points

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Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago

I'm glad I've never been to one of these pretentious restaurants. I'd tell them to take it back and put it on a plate or I won't pay.

6points

Paul Martin 4 years ago

But where is this happening? I travel the world constantly, I go to good and bad restaurants and I have never encountered this s#it. Sometimes the portions are ridiculously big or small, but I have not seen this anwhere.

6points

Puna 4 years ago

You have to feel bad for the servers. They're just trying to earn a living and they have to bring out food on a fake bull skull and real dried dead fish.

5points

Steve DeGroof 4 years ago

Oysters served on a platter, with a liquid nitrogen fog bank. fog-5edb76...75cf9c.jpg

4points

Michelle Muirhead 4 years ago

I’m having my lunch whilst looking at these monstrosities. They have put me off completely. How on earth can this rubbish be served up to people? Like some of the other readers here, I would just walk out. How unsanitary and just downright idiotic! This is my rant for the day.

4points

Cristina S. 4 years ago

My husband once was taken to a “fancy” restaurant by his former employer. He ordered a meat dish that sounded normal in the description but it came out puréed and pressed into a cylindrical shape. He said it looked just like a can of cat food. The restaurant only lasted a few months before going out of business.

3points

Ice cube 4 years ago

I have officially lost my appetite...

3points

Iapetos 4 years ago

Let's just not go to restaurants who seem to want to make you feel uncomfortable.

3points

B 4 years ago

Maybe someday it'll be in vogue again to just serve food that fills you up and tastes good, without resorting to ridiculous gimmicks.

2points

Helen Haley 4 years ago

All of this seems like trying to hard. Some look dangerous, all kinds of choke hazards, unsanitary, etc. Just bad news

2points

Erin M. 4 years ago

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1point

Annabeth Chase 4 years ago

To be honest, I'm so desperate in quarantine I might eat some of this stuff

1point

Tim Douglass 4 years ago

Anyone remember the old "Trough & Brew" from, IIRC, Saturday Night Live? I'm pretty sure that's the next step.

1point

Claes Gustavsson 4 years ago

In my country, this wouldn't be allowed by the health department. You would be forced to close immediately, they do regular controls.

1point

Lemonclouds20 4 years ago

We can all count our lucky stars, the one silver lining of Covid_19; we will have our plates in restaurants once more ! #hygiene

1point

ewadora 4 years ago

Like in my life, whenever I try to impress someone too much, that's how it ends. Pathetic. But at least I don't expect payment or tips.

1point

Val Izhakevich 4 years ago

These 'food designers' are dangerous people. Wouldn't touch this at gunpoint.

1point

Laana 4 years ago

Idiotic.

1point

Lola 4 years ago

I wouldn’t touch these foods with a ten foot pole. Most restaurants barely wash their regular kitchen ware. I guarantee you, they never wash these things. This is beyond disgusting.

1point

Biljana Malesevic 4 years ago

I feel like they wanted to be unique and creative, but ended just being gross, dirty and unhygienic. And weird. Just put it on plate like anyone else!

1point

chi-wei shen 4 years ago

"It is sometimes said, common sense is very rare." Voltaire, Dictionnaire Philosophique (1764)[

1point

Stargazer66 1 year ago (edited)

I hate it when restaurants get creative with my food and try to turn it into 'art'. Don't pile my food on top of each other. Don't drizzle sauce or gravy that is supposed to go on top of something on the plate. Don't put my meat on top of my mashed potatoes. It's my dinner for cripes sake not an friggin art project! Put it on a friggin plate!

0points

Stargazer66 1 year ago

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0points

Chris Watson 4 years ago

Gross

0points

Ivana 4 years ago

...This is what happens when people are not free to express their opinions in the work place. You all know damn well that there was at least 6 people in each of these places that knew these were bad ideas. Disperse decision-making power and you save yourself embarrassment.

0points

Slune 4 years ago

The food has to impress you, not the horrible ways to serve it

0points

Ben Steinberg 4 years ago

Come on, some of these must be from actual art exhibits and not just restaurants. Some of these things are just completely ridiculous.

0points

KatKaleen 4 years ago

What is this nonsense? Why don't they get up and leave?

0points

Anne Nielsen 4 years ago

Wild broccoli?

0points

Roberto Durante 4 years ago

In general culinary restaurant, and clever cook lives off snobbish idiots feeling VIP.

0points

Solrac 4 years ago

Most of these are simply terrible and disgusting ideas.

0points

imbored_101 4 years ago

YOU STUPID PEOPLE ARE DUMB ASF STOP OT RIGHT NOW OMG EWW WTF HAHA YOU STUPID PEOPLE

0points

imbored_101 4 years ago

YOU STUPID PEOPLE

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago (edited)

I am all for new ideas in cuisine, (I love to cook and experiment in the kitchen. My husband is completely game & our attitude is: if it doesn't work, we can always order pizza) but this s**t is ridiculous - and MOST of it is not only unappetizing, but unhygienic as well. Please explain how you ensure food safety when serving on a freaking VHS tape. You want to what on my hand? Buh bye.

0points

okpkpkp 4 years ago

I'm not sure I've seen a more disturbing collection anywhere.

0points

Jaded Queen 4 years ago

I don't know what they are complaining about it's there fault to go to a restaurant to eat. After seeing how they make foods, u should only visit in case of emergency. And why would someone go to a fancyy a*s restaurant. The food they serve is so small. What they trying to prove , I m not a baby bird.

0points

Barbara Berg 4 years ago

People with brilliant "bright" ideas in fine dining... 🥴

0points

Caroline Driver 4 years ago

I hope all these pretentious poseurs get the reviews they deserve on places like Trustpilot.

0points

Steve Cruz 4 years ago

Fortunately, NONE of the places where I eat perpetrate any of this c**p. The one time I was served an appetizer of "Homemade Potato Chips" on an olive dish (six chips lined up in a dish that looks like a long miniature canoe), I yelled for the server who tried to scurry away: "This won't work. Take it back and remove it from my bill."

0points

Chris DiFonso 4 years ago

The people who came up with the presentation of these food and beverage should have their licenses and permits and whatever revoked, and permanently banned from working in the food and beverage industry

0points

Mshauri Mazuri 4 years ago

The picture on this food list is getting grossier and grossier the more I read.

0points

John Baker 4 years ago

Just goes to show that no matter how utterly ridiculous something is, there's always somebody out there who'll pay good money for it.

0points

Sara Handley 4 years ago

Good grief! The whole lot is disgusting! And they charge money for this?

0points

J•J• 4 years ago

There was only a couple of instances that it was a novel idea but the others, it was nasty, health hazard, or disgusting!

0points

Vanta Black 4 years ago

What the f**k is wrong with hipsters?

0points

The Emerald Triangle 4 years ago

After viewing these I can't imagine how COVID-19 spred so quickly.

0points

Sharon Madsen 4 years ago

These are ALL the most ridiculous and disgusting...and probably grossly overpriced.....poor excuses for originality that I've ever seen.

0points

Pippi Longstocking 4 years ago

Everything looks gross.

0points

Mumof1 4 years ago

Now I know why people photograph their food. No points for presentation for any of them.

0points

Anna Dimino 4 years ago

I never seen such weird things. I hope these are not from high end restaurants?

0points

Doc Thissen 4 years ago

I have relatives who are currently professional cooks, or have been in the recent past who would look at all of these abominations and say: "What.... the ... fu.....?"

0points

Podunkus 4 years ago

“Put It On a Plate” (BBC Radio 4): https://youtu.be/cX4KuEAYIYY

0points

Tahani 4 years ago

I would file a complaint, this is revolting and disgusting

0points

Jane Alexander 4 years ago

I hope I'd get a clue seeing what was on the other tables as I was being seated. If there was no one else in the place, that too could be a clue. Failing that, I would just walk if served any one of those monstrosities.

0points

Kelly 4 years ago

Really do people eat those... things?

0points

KombatBunni 4 years ago

what the flippty actual f*ck? Who comes up with this craziness?

0points

Petra Schaap 4 years ago

I would refuse /send back almost all of these things.

0points

Scratch 4 years ago

Gordon Ramsay's head would explode if he saw these.

0points

kate h 4 years ago

Ramsay is the personification of these food presentations. Could have been good, but is instead a screaming a**e.

0points

Dianna Siever 4 years ago (edited)

I'd complain, but I don't want to be a Karen.

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lara 4 years ago

Many of the "dishes" cannot be sanitized. There is nothing depicted that I would even think about eating. Some of it looked so gross it looked like something you would get from kids playing house out in the back yard. The "food" served in you hands was especially disgusting, the first one looked like raw chicken livers that someone had spit out of their mouth into their hand because it tasted so awful. And people actually pay money for this?

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Mimi777 4 years ago

There was a restaurant here in my town called White Squirrel that just closed because of Covid19 it was freakin delicious. But they served all the food on big chunks of wood. They would bring actual ceramic plates out of asked but I always wondered how effectively they were cleaned...

0points

Meeow 4 years ago

They better not charging us these covid taxes with these disgusting foods, and these kinda restaurant are Gordon Ramsay kitchen nightmare claim they are executive chef, and that muthafucka chef serve the menstrual pad with that jelly is yuck!! He need to be fired and call the health department on him.

0points

Debrina Blackmoon 4 years ago

this list of nightmarish disasters is way too long-i can't even read past 16 and surprised i got that far

0points

neonn_pieee 4 years ago

All of these places are trying so hard to be "unique" and "weird" with their food presentations.

0points

HempFairy 4 years ago

Some of these restaurants are kinda pricey! Well, i guess you pay for the "experience".

0points

Carole Reid 4 years ago

Or a sink or bathtub. The very thought.

0points

Micah Pettit 4 years ago

Yeeeeeah I think I'll stick to McDonald's and Taco Bell... At least there I'm only paying $12 or so to get food poisoning rather than $50-200...

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giovanna 4 years ago

Apart from being ridiculous and disgusting, these are all very unhygienic. I cant understand how a restaurant who serves food over an old VHS can remain open.

84points

Biljana Malesevic 4 years ago

most of these "serving plates" are extremely hard to wash or clean so I was thinking the same.

28points

Cassie 4 years ago

Yea, I came here to ask how some of these places manage to pass health inspections.

6points

Carol Taylor 4 years ago

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Andrew Gibb 4 years ago

Depends on the video giovanna- you are right to complain about 'The bodyguard' though- terrible film.

0points

troufaki13 4 years ago

They're trying too hard to be edgy and forward, but food is all about taste. Simplicity in styling wins every time (for me at least!)

50points

Lauren Caswell 4 years ago

Exactly. Plain white plate, let the food just be food!

34points

Demi Zwaan 4 years ago

I’ve seen this before and I’ll say what I did then; I would get up and walk out. This is just plain disrespect and I’m not paying a lot of money in expensive restaurants to be disrespected.

37points

Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago

I would walk away if it was unsanitary. Not because I felt entitled.

7points

Pseudo Puppy 4 years ago

"when untalented people try to be cool"

17points

kate h 4 years ago

^ This!

2points

Rose the Cook 4 years ago

A lot of these are so unhygienic and even more poorly presented. Where are these places? Do they bribe the health inspectors or are there none?

16points

Charlotte A. 4 years ago

9points

Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)

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Yeah, you heard 4 years ago

Yes there is a competition: people put the on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter etc, and name the restaurant, and get presto, free advertising

3points

Raine Soo 4 years ago

6points

MarTD 4 years ago

Yes/ More food. Less presentation, please.

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Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago

I'm glad I've never been to one of these pretentious restaurants. I'd tell them to take it back and put it on a plate or I won't pay.

6points

Paul Martin 4 years ago

6points

Puna 4 years ago

You have to feel bad for the servers. They're just trying to earn a living and they have to bring out food on a fake bull skull and real dried dead fish.

5points

Steve DeGroof 4 years ago

Oysters served on a platter, with a liquid nitrogen fog bank. fog-5edb76...75cf9c.jpg

4points

Michelle Muirhead 4 years ago

4points

Cristina S. 4 years ago

3points

Ice cube 4 years ago

I have officially lost my appetite...

3points

Iapetos 4 years ago

Let's just not go to restaurants who seem to want to make you feel uncomfortable.

3points

B 4 years ago

Maybe someday it'll be in vogue again to just serve food that fills you up and tastes good, without resorting to ridiculous gimmicks.

2points

Helen Haley 4 years ago

All of this seems like trying to hard. Some look dangerous, all kinds of choke hazards, unsanitary, etc. Just bad news

2points

Erin M. 4 years ago

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1point

Annabeth Chase 4 years ago

To be honest, I'm so desperate in quarantine I might eat some of this stuff

1point

Tim Douglass 4 years ago

Anyone remember the old "Trough & Brew" from, IIRC, Saturday Night Live? I'm pretty sure that's the next step.

1point

Claes Gustavsson 4 years ago

In my country, this wouldn't be allowed by the health department. You would be forced to close immediately, they do regular controls.

1point

Lemonclouds20 4 years ago

We can all count our lucky stars, the one silver lining of Covid_19; we will have our plates in restaurants once more ! #hygiene

1point

ewadora 4 years ago

Like in my life, whenever I try to impress someone too much, that's how it ends. Pathetic. But at least I don't expect payment or tips.

1point

Val Izhakevich 4 years ago

These 'food designers' are dangerous people. Wouldn't touch this at gunpoint.

1point

Laana 4 years ago

Idiotic.

1point

Lola 4 years ago

I wouldn’t touch these foods with a ten foot pole. Most restaurants barely wash their regular kitchen ware. I guarantee you, they never wash these things. This is beyond disgusting.

1point

Biljana Malesevic 4 years ago

I feel like they wanted to be unique and creative, but ended just being gross, dirty and unhygienic. And weird. Just put it on plate like anyone else!

1point

chi-wei shen 4 years ago

"It is sometimes said, common sense is very rare." Voltaire, Dictionnaire Philosophique (1764)[

1point

Stargazer66 1 year ago (edited)

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Stargazer66 1 year ago

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Chris Watson 4 years ago

Gross

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Ivana 4 years ago

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Slune 4 years ago

The food has to impress you, not the horrible ways to serve it

0points

Ben Steinberg 4 years ago

Come on, some of these must be from actual art exhibits and not just restaurants. Some of these things are just completely ridiculous.

0points

KatKaleen 4 years ago

What is this nonsense? Why don't they get up and leave?

0points

Anne Nielsen 4 years ago

Wild broccoli?

0points

Roberto Durante 4 years ago

In general culinary restaurant, and clever cook lives off snobbish idiots feeling VIP.

0points

Solrac 4 years ago

Most of these are simply terrible and disgusting ideas.

0points

imbored_101 4 years ago

YOU STUPID PEOPLE ARE DUMB ASF STOP OT RIGHT NOW OMG EWW WTF HAHA YOU STUPID PEOPLE

0points

imbored_101 4 years ago

YOU STUPID PEOPLE

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago (edited)

0points

okpkpkp 4 years ago

I'm not sure I've seen a more disturbing collection anywhere.

0points

Jaded Queen 4 years ago

0points

Barbara Berg 4 years ago

People with brilliant "bright" ideas in fine dining... 🥴

0points

Caroline Driver 4 years ago

I hope all these pretentious poseurs get the reviews they deserve on places like Trustpilot.

0points

Steve Cruz 4 years ago

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Chris DiFonso 4 years ago

0points

Mshauri Mazuri 4 years ago

The picture on this food list is getting grossier and grossier the more I read.

0points

John Baker 4 years ago

Just goes to show that no matter how utterly ridiculous something is, there's always somebody out there who'll pay good money for it.

0points

Sara Handley 4 years ago

Good grief! The whole lot is disgusting! And they charge money for this?

0points

J•J• 4 years ago

There was only a couple of instances that it was a novel idea but the others, it was nasty, health hazard, or disgusting!

0points

Vanta Black 4 years ago

What the f**k is wrong with hipsters?

0points

The Emerald Triangle 4 years ago

After viewing these I can't imagine how COVID-19 spred so quickly.

0points

Sharon Madsen 4 years ago

These are ALL the most ridiculous and disgusting...and probably grossly overpriced.....poor excuses for originality that I've ever seen.

0points

Pippi Longstocking 4 years ago

Everything looks gross.

0points

Mumof1 4 years ago

Now I know why people photograph their food. No points for presentation for any of them.

0points

Anna Dimino 4 years ago

I never seen such weird things. I hope these are not from high end restaurants?

0points

Doc Thissen 4 years ago

I have relatives who are currently professional cooks, or have been in the recent past who would look at all of these abominations and say: "What.... the ... fu.....?"

0points

Podunkus 4 years ago

“Put It On a Plate” (BBC Radio 4): https://youtu.be/cX4KuEAYIYY

0points

Tahani 4 years ago

I would file a complaint, this is revolting and disgusting

0points

Jane Alexander 4 years ago

0points

Kelly 4 years ago

Really do people eat those... things?

0points

KombatBunni 4 years ago

what the flippty actual f*ck? Who comes up with this craziness?

0points

Petra Schaap 4 years ago

I would refuse /send back almost all of these things.

0points

Scratch 4 years ago

Gordon Ramsay's head would explode if he saw these.

0points

kate h 4 years ago

Ramsay is the personification of these food presentations. Could have been good, but is instead a screaming a**e.

0points