11 People Who Came to a Restaurant to Eat but Left With a Fascinating Story

Usually people go to a restaurant for delicious food and pleasant conversation, but they don’t realize that in addition they can get unforgettable adventures. In this article, you will learn about what happens when a guy tries to impress a girl and what surprises await in a pizzeria.

• I was trying to impress a date and took her to an expensive French restaurant. I accidentally set my menu on fire when I leaned it down to look at her while she was speaking. Those little candles on the table are dangerous!
  We both had a good laugh after all of the excitement was over (despite the nasty looks and sneers from those around us). We’re married now. © TinglyThing / Reddit
• A friend invited me to a restaurant. The prices were steep. I modestly took mushroom soup, she took pumpkin soup. We finished eating, and the waiter brings the terminal. I look, and it’s like half my salary!
  As if in slow motion, I see my friend’s hand holding out the card and I yell, “Irene, no!” She flinched, but held out the card and the payment was done. I tell her the bill is whopping. We’re shocked, and there’s a waiter standing next to us who doesn’t understand anything. I say, “2 soups can’t cost that much!”
  And the thing is that it was a medieval restaurant, and they had candles instead of lamps. It was pretty dark in there. And the waiter mixed us up with another table and brought us their bill. If I hadn’t noticed, Irene would have paid someone else’s bill, and then there was no way to prove it. Luckily, we got a refund immediately.

• I was in a buffet restaurant. Right behind me was a kid about 9 years old with a plate full of spaghetti with meat sauce. The boy tripped and poured it all over me! He’s in total shock. I’m shocked too.
  There’s a silent scene. I say, “Don’t worry, it happens.” And the kid went and got himself some more spaghetti like nothing happened. Not as much this time, though.
• While working at a pizza joint, it wasn’t uncommon for us to pull toppings from pizzas when they came straight out of the oven. On retrospect, it is pretty gross, but whatever, it happened.
  One of the waitresses came to grab a pizza for her table and did exactly that, pulled off a meatball or something. When she brought the pizza out to her table, the entire table got quiet and stared at her. She looked down, and there was a long string of cheese running from the pizza to her mouth. © phlarp / Reddit

• My wife and I with our 7-year-old in a Chinese restaurant. My wife ordered and reminded the waitress she was allergic to coconut. I ordered and reminded the waitress I was allergic to mushrooms. My son ordered and decided to sum up all of our allergies including his, “She will have no coconut, he will have no mushrooms, and I will have no cat!” © djanzo / Reddit
• When I was about 10 years old, I went with my friend and his parents to a fancy restaurant for dinner, but the service was unbelievably slow that night. My friend’s dad was wearing an all white tuxedo, and it just so happened that the entire wait staff wore all white tuxedos as well.
  With a lot of time to kill while waiting for our food, my friend’s dad started walking around with a white cloth napkin draped over his forearm and began taking orders from tables on the other side of the restaurant. My friend, his mom, and I couldn’t stop laughing.
  He came back over to our table and, still in character, took our orders and started imitating our waiter who happened to come back to our table just in time to see the show. I think he got the message, and we were promptly delivered our meals. © casiopt10 / Reddit
• I was at a Japanese restaurant in Brazil and ordered a Temaki, and it came with wasabi inside. It was a surprise to me because it never happened before. So, I asked the waiter to replace it for another one without wasabi, since it wasn’t written on the menu. They gave me the new one with double wasabi. © vitorrossini / Reddit

• The waitress delivered our appetizer to the table next to us. When we asked where our appetizer was, she got all bug eyed and looked at the next table, then proceeded to grab it from their table and put it on ours. They had already eaten half of it. © yumspecialk / Reddit
• We went to a Greek diner with a friend. They were renovating their kitchen. So, I found some metal shavings in the ice cream. I called the waiter over and showed him the shavings.
  But instead of saying, “Oh my God, I’m sorry!” the waiter said, “What, do you want a free ice cream? Are you the smartest one here?” He then switched to Greek, which I don’t understand.
  The manager heard this guy screaming at me, and came over to see what the hell was going on. Soon they were both shouting at each other. Finally, the waiter threw his tray on the floor and left for the kitchen. From the kitchen came the clatter of dishes, and we heard shouting in English, Spanish and Greek. The manager apologized and headed for the kitchen. The shouting subsided.
  The manager came back and said, “Hello. Listen, I am very sorry about his behavior. I am going to comp both your meals. However, I would like you to leave immediately, because I am about to fire that man, and fear for your safety afterwards.” © punkwal*** / Reddit

• First date. I invited a girl to a nice restaurant and decided to impress her by ordering an unusual dish. When it arrived, it turned out that the fancy name implied snails in garlic butter. My companion tried to hold her laughter while I embarrassingly picked at the slimy things. Well, I made an impression.
• Took a lady out to eat at a new restaurant that opened locally. Asked what they had for dessert, and the waiter said “chocolate mouse.” Thought he was trying to be cute, so I said nothing, and lo and behold, he brought out a mousse shaped like a mouse. We stuck round a while, and the table next to us, who were seated after us, got to dessert.
  Same thing, waiter said mouse, and the woman dressed him down about his mispronunciation. She went on for a good 10 minutes, and the waiter only apologized for his ignorance. Then brought out the mouse. The woman tried to crawl under the table as we laughed our butts off. © LobsterCowboy / Reddit

And here’s a bunch of suspenseful restaurant stories.