[penguinofwar]

I'm not sure if there is anything that I typically refuse to order, but when I eat out, and I get something that I particularly liked, whenever I go back I tend to order the same exact item, and don't really explore menus too much.

[zedman]

Originally Posted by thesteve

So you order nothing? Haha

Originally Posted by Art

The only items truly overpriced are the ones that nobody is willing to buy. If the market bears it, the price is not too high.

That is why I used the word drastically, not simply overpriced...

[bobthecockroach]

Originally Posted by Art

The only items truly overpriced are the ones that nobody is willing to buy. If the market bears it, the price is not too high.

While this is true, we could interpret the comment as meaning the outliers in profit margin. Whereas a $10 burger and fries might cost the restaurant $5, a $10 cocktail probably costs the restaurant <$1.

[jthomas1600]

Unless I'm at a place that specializes in soups and sandwiches I won't order a sandwich....and I generally don't go to those places anyway so I can't remember the last time I ordered a sandwich.

I'll only order a hamburger in a good burger joint. There's a place in Houston that has a condiment section that looks like a salad bar. You order your burger cooked to your specs and then they have a bunch of different lettuce's, onions, peppers, cheese's, sauces and relishes etc. I love me a burger at a joint like that.

[ICallHimTurtle]

I worked in and did ordering for resturants during my first go around in college, and after seeing what they charge for what they pay, there's a lot I won't touch. Specifically "asian" or "tortilla" salads. The first is sort of like a salad with roasted ramen noodles and the second is, well, obvious. And considering the stuff comes out of the bag the way it might if I bought it from the groccery store... No thanks.

So I guess I'm saying I wouldn't order anything that didn't seem like my fifteen-to-thirty dollars was put to work. Nothing that can be (and probably is) microwaved, like many soups and hot sandwhiches. I want to be able to see my stuff being prepared also, which has me sticking with sushi/mongolian-type, or other cook-at-your-family-style-table-while-you-watch kind of places.

[Pauler]

Originally Posted by MtlMom

I generally won't order anything that I would cook myself.

this is the rule my wife and i try to keep. my wife also cooks really well, so i am spoiled...and that also means that there are a bunch of things we wont order.

[redbaron]

I won't order spaghetti & meatballs because frankly I've never had a tolerable meatball at a restaurant, and most sauces (even at good restaurants) are only passable. It may color my judgement since I typically make my great grandmother's recipe, and she didn't speak english or write things down... so

I have things I won't order unless I get the details first. Corned beef hash & chicken fried steaks are two of my favorite things, but unless they're made from scratch, I'd rather have neither.