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The worst restaurant irritations ranked

Top 30 dining dramas
30. No condiments
29. Long walks to the toilet
28. Overly amorous couples
27. Missing menu items
26. Surprise charges
25. Sharing plates
24. Unrealistic expectations
23. Large groups
22. Too dark
21. Reheated food
20. Chronic complainers
19. Surly service
18. Restaurants with misleading reviews
17. Too loud
16. Terrible tables
15. Dirty toilets
14. People taking photos of food
13. Inattentive parents
12. Missing drinks
11. Foam
10. Meals not arriving together
9. Rude customers
8. Complicated menus
7. Assuming who will pay
6. Inattentive service
5. Tipping traumas
4. Crazy food presentation
3. Dirty cutlery and glasses
2. Overattentive service
1. Not paying a fair share of the bill
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Top 30 dining dramas

Dining out should be about good food, great drinks and convivial company in a delightful setting. But restaurants can also be hotbeds of bad behaviour, poor hygiene and pretension that try our nerves as well as our taste buds. Here we countdown the irritations that make us wish we'd stayed at home with a pizza instead.
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Sally Hales

28 January 2019

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