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Badly Reviewed Restaurants That Got Fed Up With Dishonest Bad Reviews And Decided To Confront The People Who Wrote Them

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Badly Reviewed Restaurants That Got Fed Up With Dishonest Bad Reviews And Decided To Confront The People Who Wrote Them

Bad restaurant reviews can sting, but sometimes the story behind them is a lot messier than a simple bad meal. In this roundup, several restaurant owners and staff members decided they had enough after seeing reviews they believed were dishonest, exaggerated, or flat-out unfair.

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From complaints about food that was never on the menu to criticism that ignored basic facts, these confrontations show what happens when businesses push back instead of staying quiet. The responses are blunt, the reviews are questionable, and the receipts are hard to ignore.

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Here’s how these restaurant owners decided to answer back.

1. "Don't like our food? Let's go to the videotape!"

1. "Don't like our food? Let's go to the videotape!"Reddit
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2. "Fake review before the restaurant even opens"

2. "Fake review before the restaurant even opens"Reddit
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3. "Business owner claps back at Yelp user for leaving a negative comment on his restaurant"

3. "Business owner claps back at Yelp user for leaving a negative comment on his restaurant"Reddit

That review did not age well.

4. "Lady complains about not getting food she didn't like that they don't sell anyway."

4. "Lady complains about not getting food she didn't like that they don't sell anyway."Reddit

5. "Restaurant calls out a bogus review."

5. "Restaurant calls out a bogus review."Reddit

6. "Restaurant calls out a reviewer."

6. "Restaurant calls out a reviewer."Reddit

Sometimes the simplest reply is the sharpest one.

This also matches the dinner party debate about critiquing a partner’s disastrous fancy-cooking.

7. "Restaurant owner wasn't having it."

7. "Restaurant owner wasn't having it."Reddit

8. "Local restaurant exposes a bad reviewer."

8. "Local restaurant exposes a bad reviewer."Reddit

9. "OP thinks the taco joint is her kids' playground."

9. "OP thinks the taco joint is her kids' playground."Reddit

That complaint says more about the customer than the restaurant.

10. "A freedom camper gets upset over the fact that a restaurant asks them to leave... after they've been charging their devices for three hours and bought several (read: two) beverages. Oh, and this is on Boxing Day—one of the restaurant's busiest days."

10. "A freedom camper gets upset over the fact that a restaurant asks them to leave... after they've been charging their devices for three hours and bought several (read: two) beverages. Oh, and this is on Boxing Day—one of the restaurant's busiest days."Reddit

11. "This owner exposes their ex-employee."

11. "This owner exposes their ex-employee."Reddit

12. "Restaurant owner burns a reviewer."

12. "Restaurant owner burns a reviewer."Reddit

By this point, the receipts are doing all the talking.

13. "Lick a cake, get your 'just desserts'!"

13. "Lick a cake, get your 'just desserts'!"Reddit

14. "Woman leaves a poor review on a local restaurant; the restaurant fires back."

14. "Woman leaves a poor review on a local restaurant; the restaurant fires back."Reddit

Dishonest reviews can come back to bite fast.

Want more family food-fight chaos, read about the cousin who demanded the secret recipe.

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