Me and SO went to a decent but not too fancy restaurant that had really good reviews, however the food was so bad that when the waiter asked if we enjoyed our meal we told them it wasn’t quite as expected. We have never given negative feedback in a restaurant before and we aren’t too picky eaters either, as we follow a diet and don’t expect restaurant to put much effort into it. I feel kinda ashamed even though I know honesty should be appreciated, I’m sure they tried their best, but in this case a microwaved ready meal would’ve been a better choice. We didn’t ask for discount but they gave it anyways. Phew what a stressful day!
That’s how I normally do too, and would’ve done this time as well had it been cheaper, but the quality was something similar to the grub I cooked when living alone as a student, so I felt that it would be dishonest to tell them we enjoyed it and not give the chef a chance to improve.