The competition in the restaurant industry is brutal. So, it's only natural that establishments want to offer people something the joint down the street still doesn't have on its menu. But if the sole purpose of standing out is simply to stand, it can quickly lead to something hilarious. Or ridiculous. Or even worse, both.
Bored Panda already wrote about restaurants trying to impress their customers too hard here, here, and here but people continue posting pictures of absurd food servings, so we continue covering them. From eating spaghetti off the fricking table to receiving your starter in a sink, continue scrolling to check out the newest batch of Gordon Ramsay's nightmares.
#1 Most Expensive Restaurant I've Ever Been. Chef Literally Made The Starter In Our Hand
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#2 The One Vegetarian Entrée At This Restaurant Is Served Inside The Shell Of A Dead Sea Creature
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#3 Saw This On A Friend’s Instagram. The Horror
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#4 Here's My Cocktail. With Ducks. In A Bath
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#5 The Jello Tasted Alright, Nothing Special
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#6 It’s Getting Out Of Hand
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#7 Spaghetti Bolognese In A Bread Cone
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#8 Though This Really Is The Stairway To Heaven
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#9 My Friend Was Served A Single Potato On A Tiny Chair
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#10 This Whole Thing Is Just Wrong!
"So I went on a date today and we went to a nice restaurant before going to the movies and I ordered the “iced grape popsicles” for dessert because I love grape Popsicles so why not right?…..so the waiter brings out the “iced grape popsicles” aND THEY WERE LITERALLY 3 FROZEN GRAPES ON STICKS…..I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE OFFENDED IN MY LIFE…SINCE WHEN ARE 3 [FRIGGIN] FROZEN GRAPES IN A [FRIGGIN] VASE AN ACCEPTABLE SINGLE DESSERT ORDER..ITS NOT EVEN FROZEN GRAPE JUICE OR SOMETHING ITS LITERALLY JUST A 0.02$ GRAPE THAT WAS PUT ON A STICK THEN FROZEN…LIKE SOMEONE ACTUALLY WROTE THIS DOWN ON THE MENU THINKING “OH YEAH PEOPLE [FRIGGIN] LOVE COLD GRAPES” AND SOME OTHER ASSHAT SAID “BRAH. HEAR ME OUT, HOW ABOUT WE PUT THEM ON STICKS AND SERVE THEM IN A VASE WITH NOTHING ELSE” LIKE YOU COULDNT EVEN SERVE IT WITH A [FRIGGIN] SECOND FRUIT OR EVEN [FRIGGIN] LEAVES OR WHATEVER… IM SO MAD. [FRIGGIN] FROZEN GRAPES ON A STICK.
AND THEY WERENT EVEN SEEDLESS GRAPES…"
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#11 “Don’t Eat The Rocks” - Waiter Upon Serving
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#12 Carrot Served On A Telephone
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#13 Our Sharing Starter Came In A Sink
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#14 The Syrup Is Already Going Down His Arm
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#15 Gordon Got Served A Steak On A Roof Tile
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#16 This Is Just A Whole New Level Of Laziness
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#17 Saw A Bird Nest Post Here And Thought This Was Comparable
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#18 Just Why??
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#19 Steak And Mashed Taters In A Sombrero
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#20 Sorbetto With Foam Served In A Lightbulb On A Bed Of Dried Grass
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#21 Cheese Served On A Mouse Trap
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#22 My Friend's Ramen Was Served In A Beer Mug
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#23 Not A Plate, But An Actual Glass Would Be Nice
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#24 Not Shown: The Sauce Proceeding To Spill Onto My Lap
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#25 Not In Need Of A Plate, But A Bowl Would Have Been Nice As Opposed To This Wine Glass For My Soup, Which Was Poured At The Table Out Of A Wine Bottle
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#26 This Broccoli On Barbed Wire
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#27 At A Conference In Houston
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#28 Lol Excuse Me?
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#29 I'm Gonna Swing From The Chandelier, From The Chandelier
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#30 Didn't Expect My Appetizer To Be Served Inside A Dresser But Ok
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#31 We Want... Bongs?
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#32 Dinner Chow On Fort Bragg
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#33 These Artful Potatoes
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#34 A Glass Of Wings With A Bucket Of Fries
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#35 Scrolling Through Instagram This Morning And Found This
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#36 Dinner At A Corporate Christmas Party. Mashed Potatoes, Roast Beef, And Peas In A Martini Glass
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#37 Burgers As Garnish In A Bloody Mary
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#38 We Demand Plates
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#39 Digging For Chicken In A Shovel Full Of Peppers
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#40 This Is Not Acceptable.
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#41 $500 Tasting Menu, And This Is How Dessert Was Served...
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#42 My Drink Was Served In A Takeout Box
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#43 Steak On A Rock With Pebbles Underneath
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#44 I Don’t See Any Birds In This Cage
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#45 Finally Happened To Me!
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#46 My Tiramisu Came In A Moka Pot, Scraping The Food Out Of There Made The Most Awful Sounds
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#47 Just Some Food Served On Unedible Dead Fish
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#48 My Appetizer Came Locked In A Box
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#49 Main Course On A Picture Frame, The Dessert Came In A Wooden Box
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#50 Truffled Caviar Bumps At Grant Achatz's Next Restaurant In Chicago
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#51 Fried Chicken Served On Hay
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#52 When You Have Lunch At 12:00 And Tennis At 12:05
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#53 Cheese Foam That Is Spooned Onto The Back Of Your Hand By The Waiter And Then You Have To Lick It Off
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#54 Sauce In A Cup Of Ice Cream On A Rock. Better Eat It Fast
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#55 The Ridiculously Stacked Bloody Mary Trend Seems To Have Taken Over Milkshakes As Well... (Photo Not Mine)
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#56 Drink Served In A Bag With A Rubber Duck
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#57 Friend Of Mine Just Posted This From His Dinner Out. Rope As A Plate. Some Sort Of Fruit Roses.
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#58 Trash Can Kids For The Big Game At Fuzzy's
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#59 Not Sure If This Belongs Here But My Friend Got Her Smoothie In A Lightbulb
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#60 Dessert, Waiter Instructed Us To Make Sure We Licked Our Hands Clean. In Their Defense It Was Delicious
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#61 Saw This On Instagram
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#62 We Wheely Wanted Plates
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#63 Choo Choo! All Aboard The Impractical Train.
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#64 My Boyfriend Ordered Nachos And We Thought This Would Fit Here
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#65 Asked For A Bowl For My Yoghurt - We Don’t Want Plates!
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#66 I Was Stumped...
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#67 This Is An Interesting Way To Serve Food. First Drink Then Eat Out Of The Same Bottle
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#68 Frozen On A Cactus
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#69 Bacon On The Move
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#70 I Refuse To Eat Off Of The Three Seashells!!!
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#71 Condiments For Bread Served On Baking Paper
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#72 My Friend Got Served This Grilled Cheese Monstrosity
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#73 Steaks On A Bell
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#74 A Delicious Disaster
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#75 Indoor Snowboarding Place Cafe Serves Pizza On Real Snowboard
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#76 Mmmm... Community Table Salad?
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#77 Got My Chocolate Cake Served On This Old Tile Today
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#78 Onion Rings On A Funnel
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#79 Ah Yes, The Infamous Salmon Dryer Hanger
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#80 Meat On A Silver Ox Skull
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#81 Waitress Asked If We Wanted Another Plate For The Tacos We Were Splitting. I Assumed She Meant A Small Round Piece Of Ceramic. Not Another Chunk Of Wood.
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#82 Maple Bacon Wings. This Was After The Waitress Went To “Clean It Up” When We Told Her It Had Been Pouring Off The Board As She Was Walking Across The Restaurant And It Almost Got All Over My Boyfriend
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#83 Tacos. In Shot Glasses. All Of The Filling Slid To The Bottom
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#84 Soup Has Been Served In A Flower Pot
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#85 Spaghetti Juice Leaked All Over The Table And Me
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#86 The Nacho Cone
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#87 Grilled Cheese Served On A Hook, Dripping Into The Soup Below
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#88 A Balkan Breakfast
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#89 My First Restaurant Meal In Jaipur, India. I Had No Idea Why They Put A Toolbox With A Plastic Syringe On My Table
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#90 Margarita In An Old Hubcap Anyone?
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#91 Syrup Running Through The Thumb Hole
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#92 Shrimp Served This Thing And The Server Immediately Asked “I Assume You’re Going To Need A Plate For This?”
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#93 Fries In A Little Car... Yes, The Price Label Is Still On It (And All Other Cutlery Too)
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#94 My Friend Snapped Her Dessert In A Tree
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