Dinners From Hell offers true stories about restaurant dining disasters written by diners, servers and chefs.

We've all had those dining experiences when things went dreadfully wrong. Perhaps it was a social blunder, an obnoxious customer, a waiter or waitress with an attitude, a temperamental chef, an embarrassing faux pas, or a food or beverage incident. Find out what others have had to endure by reading stories about dinners gone bad.

More Cheese Please

April 9, 2010 Food & Drink Stories

A year ago we had an incident at the Lexington, SC “S’s” location where an older female employee made a scene when I asked if I could have more cheese on my cheese sandwich. Cheese had been treated like a “condiment,” you could barely see any. She got in my face and was loud, explaining […]

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A Big Red Smile

April 6, 2010 Diner Stories

I once totally humiliated myself after eating out at a local Italian restaurant. At the time I had only been there a few times but the food was great. I ate a mouth watering spaghetti with sauce that went flying everywhere as I sucked the spaghetti up. It was only when I got home and […]

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A Sticky Situation

April 2, 2010 Sanitation Stories

A friend and I were having lunch together one day and decided to each order a sandwich/burger and split an order of fries. We got our sandwiches and put the plate of fries between us and began to eat. Everything tasted good as expected, but when we got down to the last few fries we […]

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Gift Card Scam

April 2, 2010 Odds & Ends Stories

My daughter, granddaughter and I stopped in for lunch at the “Cafe A” in Lake Jackson, Texas. We had two gift cards, so we ordered a really nice lunch and then a big dessert. Afterwards we paid for our meals with the cards. The waiter came back with the gift cards and said the gift […]

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The Demon Child

March 28, 2010 Kid Stories

I once dropped by a local grilled chicken restaurant for a bite to eat during my lunch break from work. I loved this place as I knew one of the members of the staff and the food is great. After having a little chat with the lady behind the counter, I gave my order and […]

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Unfairly Treated Waitress

March 25, 2010 Kid Stories

There was once an incident at the restaurant where I work where a waitress got into trouble for something she didn’t deserve in my opinion. The incident happened when a baby boy belonging to a couple sitting at one table started to cry. While the parents tried to calm the baby, a snooty man sitting […]

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Little Miss Personality

March 21, 2010 Server Stories

I used to work a Saturday job at a local restaurant when I was at college to earn some extra cash. We were quite popular, so we had several dozen new staff members coming in all the time. Most of them stayed only temporarily. But there was a new girl that I and quite frankly […]

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An Issue With A Tissue

March 19, 2010 Food & Drink Stories

On Saturday the 13th of March, my wife and I went into O’C’s located in Avon, Indiana. We were greeted cordially and seated promptly. After sitting in the booth for a while, we noticed ants crawling on us and the table. We also noticed ants crawling along the window sill. We informed the waiter who […]

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Lights Out On Restaurant’s Performance

March 14, 2010 Server Stories

I had a reservation March 4th @ 7pm – party of 6, at “M’s” in Miami. Overall, our experience at M’s was very costly and painfully sub-par. I read their website’s bios etc. and all of their press, especially from NYC critics, including the NY Times and James Beard pieces. M’s should NOT believe everything […]

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My Humiliation

March 11, 2010 Fast Food Stories

I once decided to treat myself to a meal out at a local fast food joint. As I was queuing up, I kept thinking to myself that I had forgotten to do something before eating out. I shook it off and finally reached the counter where a rather bad tempered looking lad was waiting for […]

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Rock Band Creates Earthquake

March 7, 2010 Odds & Ends Stories

One evening my girlfriend and I decided to go to a local brewery restaurant that we had been to many times before for a romantic evening out. But what we didn’t realise was that a band was going to be practising their rock and roll in the dining hall next door. My girlfriend and I […]

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Mum Gets Hit On

March 4, 2010 Diner Stories

When I was a young boy, my mother and I were staying at a seaside hotel for a needed break. One evening we were sitting in the hotel’s restaurant having a drink and listening to the hotel’s singers. Unfortunately our evening was about to be ruined at the arrival of a scruffy fellow who decided […]

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