201211 432 Food & Drink Food & Eating Dining & Table Manners true Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:04:22 -0700 /system/videos/3/11/12/20/201211.flv How To Send Food Back At a Restaurant http://www.howcast.com/videos/201211-How-To-Send-Food-Back-At-a-Restaurant http://www.howcast.com/videos/201211-How-To-Send-Food-Back-At-a-Restaurant/edit approved 82 640 360 <object width="425" height="273" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=201211"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=201211" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="273" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 13 Phantasmic http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/201211/send_back_food_restaurant_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.jpg 6437 false false false 76752 0 13 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/201211/13.jpg Evaluate the error Make sure the problem is on their end, not yours. If your food is undercooked, overcooked, the wrong temperature, stale, has a foreign object in it, or is not what you ordered, send it back. If it doesn’t taste the way you thought it would, however, try to deal with your disappointment.

]]> 76753 1 28 Tip If you’re at a business meal, don’t send food back unless it poses a health risk.

]]> 76754 2 33 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/201211/33.jpg Notify your server immediately Notify your server as soon as possible. Don’t eat half the meal and then complain.

]]> 76755 3 38 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/201211/38.jpg Be polite Be polite. Call over the waitperson and, in a calm and friendly voice, tell them exactly what is wrong with your meal and what you would like done about it. Do you want the meal to be fixed? Cooked from scratch? Replaced with something else?

]]> 76756 4 50 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/201211/50.jpg Insist that everyone else eat Insist that everyone else begin eating while the kitchen remedies your complaint.

]]> 76757 5 54 Tip Orders that are sent back to the kitchen usually take priority over everything else.

]]> 76758 6 59 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/201211/59.jpg Be persistent If the food comes back and it’s still not up to snuff, ask that it be taken off the bill. If your server refuses, ask to speak to the manager.

]]> 76759 7 67 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/201211/67.jpg Don’t expect a free meal Unless the restaurant’s made an egregious mistake, don’t expect your meal to be on the house.

]]> 76760 8 72 Fact Sixty-eight percent of restaurant goers polled cited poor service as the thing that irritates them most when dining out.

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