Restaurants Clap Back at Negative Reviews in a Seriously Savage Way

Bad reviews can hit a restaurant hard, especially when the complaint is exaggerated or flat-out false.

That is what makes these clapbacks so entertaining, because the businesses are not just defending themselves, they are calling out the nonsense in public. From fake complaints to wildly unfair one-star takes, the responses below show owners and staff who were not about to stay quiet.

Some of these replies are blunt, some are hilarious, and a few are downright savage. Read on.

1. Boom. "Not worried."

That response did not leave much room for debate.

2. ... Fail.

3. "First of all..."

This one starts by shutting the whole complaint down.

4. They hadn't even opened yet!

5. "We like to keep our store clean..."

6. "Hope you have a better day tomorrow..."

That is a polite way to say the review was the real problem.

7. I bet they always write reviews.

8. Virtually impossible...

9. "We have clear video footage..."

Once the footage comes out, the story gets a lot less convincing.

This cousin pressure to hand over the secret lasagna recipe is peak neighbor feud, read Family Feud: Cousin Demands Secret Lasagna Recipe for Restaurant Next Door.

10. "... frankly, it smells..."

11. "It would never be mozzarella..."

12. I LOVE when they review the footage. Nothing better.

13. This is trashy. Top to bottom trashy.

Some reviews are so bad they practically invite a clapback.

14. "Bad."

15. The oldest trick in the book.

16. It's a restaurant, not a preschool!

17. "Maggot in the food..."

18. "... intoxicated to the point of falling down."

19. Called out for being single AND a creep!

That is one way to make a customer rethink their whole approach.

20. Nasty payback!

21. One chicken tikka for FOUR people!

22. This is such a small-town cheap trick!

23. 'Lost' sunglasses.

Some people really do think the internet has no memory.

Want the double-ordering drama? See if OP was justified refusing equal split with friends who ordered double.

Unfair Split: Friends Order Double the Food, Insist on Equal Bill Split