What's the best way to address bad service at a restaurant?

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What's the best way to address bad service at a restaurant?

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Tip accordingly and remember it the next time you decide to eat out.

Boru is possibly the only restaurant I've marked completely off my list because of poor service. The first time, I wrote it off as a bad day for the staff. The second time, I wrote off Boru.

ETA - I forgot about the Popeyes on Jones Creek Road. Wrote them off in the late 90s and never looking back.

Your lazy waitress isn't the one who has to clean the bathroom floor.

Don't return.

Leave a penny tip.

I pay a 15% tip and write a short note. I tell them the service was bad but I always leave a minimum tip. "You get the minimum based on your performance".

I figure the bad waiters won't care but the coachable ones will hopefully get the message. Giving No tip just allows them to dismiss me as an ahole (which I am).

Most restaurant owners and managers appreciate any type of civil and helpful feedback.

They can’t address problems unless they are made aware of them. Unfortunately, most complaints they hear are from the usual suspects, and are rarely legitimate.

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Its a fast food restaurant.

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What kind of service were you expecting? You better take yo arse to the Popeyes on Jones Creek Road.

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Its a fast food restaurant.

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In that case, push the cash register on the floor, tip over the sweet tea cauldron, and throw napkins like confetti. That's what they do on Worldstar.