Restaurant owner's savage response to diner who said 'meals were toxic'

12.06.2022 - 15:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

A Cheshire restaurateur claims they 'felt embarrassed' for a dissatisfied customer who claimed that their "meals were toxic with garlic." And they issued a savage response to their scathing review on Trip Advisor.

The owner of Italian eatery Delgado's in Penketh, Warrington, said they "felt embarrassed" for the reviewer, who "ordered garlic in garlic with garlic yet complained its too garlicky!" The disgruntled diner took to Tripadvisor, which lists Delgado's as the top restaurant in Penketh, to complain about the "Worst meal I have ever had," saying: "Starter was poor value for money and tasteless... very disappointing. Both main meals were toxic with garlic. I have never felt so assaulted by garlic in my life.

"The pasta dish was more of a garlic soup with barely any chicken in it. It was inedible I was embarrassed and disappointed I suggested coming here based on previous good reviews.

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They added: "We had some pizza garlic bread again inedible chewy strange tasting dough something was off. I was just speechless. Wouldn't recommend anyone risk eating here."

The owner of Delgado's didn't hold back in their response: "Hi, you had ordered the Toscana which says on the menu 'chicken and Sautéed garlic mushrooms in a garlic sauce served with tagliatelle' as well as a garlic bread pizza.

"So you ordered garlic in garlic with garlic yet complained its too garlicky! The picture you posted also shows the dish half eaten with hardly and pasta left making it look more saucy. Not one other person mentioned an issue with the pizza dough and it was all made in the same batch.

"The waiters did two checkbacks with you to ask if everything was OK and you didn't say you wasn't happy. If you had mentioned it at the time we