re: Worst restaurant experience you've ever had?

Was about 7 or 8 years ago, so I can't remember which restaurant it was. Almost definitely either Vincent's or Austin's in Metairie, but it could have been a similar place in the area.

Anyway, it was Christmas eve dinner. Place was packed (we had been there the previous Christmas Eve, so we knew what to expect). We had a reservation for a large table around 7PM. Get seated around 8. Not too big a deal since a lot of the family is getting tipsy at the bar. The waiter takes drink orders fairly quickly. About 45 minutes later, he still hasn't shown up. We've told a few other waiters about the situation, but they're working their asses off to take care of their own sections, so we're not expecting super swift action. Finally, come 9PM, the manager comes out and tells my family (about 15 people) that our waiter had quit and that he didn't have enough staff to take care of us. Luckily my gamgam, who lived nearby, had quite a bit of finger sandwiches and whatnot to feed everyone.

If they had comped some of our drinks, we may have made going to the place a tradition. Manager basically said tough shite, so we stopped after year two.

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Someone fricking up doesn't upset me. Mistakes don't upset me. Lack of apologetic actions after the fact do.

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That's how I am.

I have a buddy who rides waitstaff like he's a plantation owner. It's pretty annoying to watch.

Was at a Twin Peaks in Waco in March.

I asked for an Arnold Palmer and all hell broke loose.

I don't want to talk about it anymore....

Worst ever for me was at Boutin's on Bluebonnet (since closed, go figure). Was there with my wife, child, and in-laws. There were about ten tables seated there. In my approximately hour and a half there, I never saw any other table receive food. Waitress could not answer a single question we had about any item on the menu and she never offered to find out the answers. Never got our food. It was the only time we ever walked out of a place without waiting for entrees.

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Luckily my gamgam, who lived nearby, had quite a bit of finger sandwiches and whatnot to feed everyone.

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Olive Garden, Tupelo, MS. May 3, 2015

Wife and I were headed back to Arkansas after watching the spring race at Talladega. Apparently the folks in Tupelo expect you to come into their Olive Garden in your Sunday best. Waitress totally blew us off and waited on the other tables and ignored us the whole night. Took forever to place a drink order, took forever to get an appetizer to our table, and she refused to check for refills.

After we were done with our meal I expressed my displeasure with the manager, paid my bill, Left a .02 tip and a note that said here is my two cents, you suck as a waitress.

Sad thing is her judging cost her my standard 25% tip for good service.

At prime steakhouse at bellagio. We had someone with us that had a tree nut allergy. We had called ahead and made arrangements with the managers to let them know of the allergy. When we arrived, we went over the allergy again with the waiter and he assured us the meal would be ok. First theing they bring out is bread, with walnuts. Had to hurry up and leave, and the security came to get a state,ment. Was the biggest guy I had ever seen, but was super nice. Greatest birthday dinner ever.

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First theing they bring out is bread, with walnuts. Had to hurry up and leave,

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I thought the nut allergy in the air thing is a myth.

I've had a similar terrible outing at Twin Peaks. The service was Mediocre but the food was absolut dog shite. Plus they don't have any ipa's on tap or bottle.