Do you pay for food at a restaurant if you just don't like it?

[makken]

If the dish was prepared correctly and I just ended up not liking it, then yes I would pay for it.

Honestly though, unless the dish is triggering my gag reflex (and about the only that would is stinky tofu) I would eat it out of respect for both the animal that died to be on my plate, and the chef that prepared it.

 

[Siddhartha]

If there is nothing wrong with the food besides me not liking the dish. I have no problem with paying for it.

 

[ahenkel]

If I get violently ill they pay for it, if its on the recommendation of the waiter or chef and its shit they pay for it.

If I order it and just don't care for it I'll pay for it, but I'm gonna abuse the crap out of the free bread or soup or whatever else they offer with the meal.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

i would be just low class to not pay for properly prepared food, i would NEVER expect to not pay.

one time i was in cheesecake factory and there was a couple next to us. the dude ordered some kind of pasta with shrimp. he ate about half of it and then told the waitress he wasnt going to pay for it because he didnt like it. yeah right, how could they not have screwed up pasta and shrimp? they offered him something else, but i guess he was too full at that point

 

[AznAnarchy99]

i would be just low class to not pay for properly prepared food, i would NEVER expect to not pay.

one time i was in cheesecake factory and there was a couple next to us. the dude ordered some kind of pasta with shrimp. he ate about half of it and then told the waitress he wasnt going to pay for it because he didnt like it. yeah right, how could they not have screwed up pasta and shrimp? they offered him something else, but i guess he was too full at that point

Yea I would never demand an item to be taken off the bill unless I never got it in the first place. I went to ClaimJumper a long time ago and someone who was with me ordered the country fried steak, took 2 bites and didnt like it at all. When it came time to pay, the waiter asked why he didnt eat it at all and he told him he didnt like it. Waiter just said he'll take care of it and just took it off the bill without telling us.

 

[CLite]

one time i was in cheesecake factory and there was a couple next to us. the dude ordered some kind of pasta with shrimp. he ate about half of it and then told the waitress he wasnt going to pay for it because he didnt like it. yeah right, how could they not have screwed up pasta and shrimp? they offered him something else, but i guess he was too full at that point

My gf (wife now) visited me for a summer in Atlanta and was a waitress. The place she worked at people would routinely eat half a meal or drink half a mixed drink and return it claiming it tasted bad. She had on average 3 tables do that to her a night. I ate at the place many times and it was some awesome Cajun style food. I'm amazed the management put up with the shenanigans that went on in there.

 

[novasatori]

If they offer sure, but I don't expect it to be waived. I may ask if they can swap it for something else, but don't expect that to be free either.

Reminds me once of when I went to a small cafe near here. Some megafat lard ass was sitting across from us, and he ate a full salad and a huge plate of meats/pastas 100% gone. Once it was all gone he started bitching that "it was the worst food he ever had." He complained until they were convinced to waive the whole bill AND give them complementary slice of pie.

I was just like wtf?

 

[Bignate603]

Of course I would pay for it, but if they're offered to remove it, and insisted upon it, I would acquiesce and chalk it up to good customer service.

This. If they prepped it correctly it's my fault for ordering. I wouldn't ask for it to be taken off the bill. However, if THEY ask me about it and THEY offer to remove it from the bill I'll accept their offer. It would definitely make me more likely to come back.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

I think if they ask you to pay you pay it.

However it is a matter of good business(not just in restaurants) to insure client satisfaction and if you cannot satisfy the client then it would be prudent not to charge the client if possible.

 

[GoPackGo]

Usually anytime a mistake happens in a restaurant and the manager or waiter takes care of us it will mean an extra tip. I like to use the rule if I was going to pay for an item anyway and the manager/waiter takes it off the bill I use that amount as extra tip.

 

[Linflas]

Pretty simple, if I eat it I pay for it.

 

[PaperclipGod]

Except OP did not bring it up or make a big deal about it. It was the waitress who insisted on taking off the bill.

It seems a little odd to me to argue when the restaurant wants to take something off your bill.

MotionMan

I argued with her because it seemed odd for the waitress to just unilaterally decide to not charge me for something without even asking the manager... especially when I was willing to pay for the results of my own creative food choice. If that were my restaurant, i'd probably have fired the waitress.

 

[Scotteq]

When I make an order:

- if it was prepared correctly, but I just didn't like it: I pay

- If it was NOT prepared correctly, and I dislike it because they f*cked it up: I do not pay.