Dealing with dietary restrictions can be difficult, especially when eating out.

In this woman’s case, she and her friend had a falling out because her pescatarian friend got the wrong dish at a restaurant and made a big deal about it.

She called her friend out on it and now her friend won’t speak to her.

Let’s analyze the situation and see who’s in the wrong.

AITA for telling my pescatarian friend it’s her fault she ate meat

I (23, F) went out to dinner with my friend (25, F) over the weekend at a restaurant in our town.

She’s been a pescatarian since she was 14 and is a huge advocate for eating less meat.

I am an omnivore, but I respect her lifestyle choices, especially as she doesn’t shame me for my decisions.

It sounds like a mutually respectful friendship. But things were about to change.

We’d never been to this restaurant before so we were excited to try something new.

She ordered a squid dish and I ordered a beef dish.

When our food arrived, we noticed her squid looks a little strange as it has pieces of what seems like dark meat in it.

Uh-oh.

She takes a bite and then calls the waiter over, asking if there’s meat in it.

The waiter confirms the wrong item was given to our table and apologises profusely (he didn’t serve us), taking the dish away and promising the food will be remade correctly and taken off our bill.

My friend, at the time, accepts this and says that she understands mistakes happen.

Things seemed to have been solved…

I asked her if she was okay as she seems a little thrown off (understandably), and she says she’s fine but obviously disappointed.

Her correct dish arrives and the waiter again apologizes to us and she seems okay from this point on.

At the end of our meal, the restaurant brought us complimentary deserts as an apology and, when we pay (just for my dish and drinks), she leaves a tip.

But then things reached a boiling point.

The next day, I have a look at the restaurant on Google and can see she’s left a bad review (1/5 stars).

In the review she details how they brought the wrong item, how distraught she is as a result of their mistake, and demanding compensation (even though the item was taken off our bill and we got free cake).

Her review seemed unfair to her friend, understandably so.

I’m not defending the restaurant as this lack of care is definitely a serious fault, but when the waitress who seated us asked us for any allergies or dietary requirements, she didn’t mention she didn’t eat meat.

She only brought it up after the wrong dish was made.

So she decided to call her out on her negative review.

I texted her, asking why she left such a poor review and she said that the mistake was ‘unacceptable’.

I then told her that it was partially her fault that she ate meat because we both noted that her dish looked like it had meat when it was first brought out, and that she should’ve asked the waiter first before eating it.

She then retaliated and said I was being insensitive and is no longer replying to me.

I just think it’s odd that she said everything was fine AND left a tip to then complain on google.

AITA?

The restaurant sounds great. Her friend… Not so much.

Let’s see what Reddit has to say about this situation.

This commenter offers a good idea.

A pescatarian shares their thoughts.

Credit where credit is due.

Her behavior is very egocentric.

This person thinks this friendship is not worth it.

She acted as if she was allergic to meat and the restaurant did nothing to fix their mistake.

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