45 Funny Restaurant Menu Fails That Turn Ordering Into An Adventure In Confusion

We’ve all been there—hungry, excited, ready to order, and then BAM. The menu hits you with a baffling description or an outright typo that leaves you scratching your head.

From mistranslated dishes to hilariously bad spelling errors, these restaurant menu design fails turn a simple meal into a comedy show. Prepare for a feast of confusion and laughter as we dive into these epic menu mishaps that make you wonder if the chef is also the comedian.


1. “It’s On Their Menu”

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2. “The Peas Are Upside Down”

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3. “Translated The Menu, Boss”

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4. “The Sushi Restaurant, That I Went To, Accidentally Put A Picture Of USB Sushi On Their Menu”

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5. “This Menu”

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6. “This Seductive Duck I Found On A Menu In Vietnam, Complete With An Excellent Typo”

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7. “My Friend Is In Florence, Italy And This Restaurant He’s At Has An Assassins Creed Screenshot As Their Menu Background”

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8. “This ‘Plane’ On My Airline Menu”

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9. “Anyone Want Some Thai Food?”

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10. “This Busy Ice Cream Shop In Seattle Put Their Menu On A Mirror So It’s Impossible To Read”

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11. “This Was The Image Of Choice For An Ice Cream Menu In Austria”

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12. “This Picture Isn’t Blurry, That’s How The Menu Looks”

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13. “Subway Salad Menu”

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14. “‘You’ll Need To Use The Flashlight On Your Phone To Read The Menu’ – Waitress”

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15. “French Restaurant Menu”

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16. “Top-Notch Photoshop On This Greek Menu”

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17. “This Menu”

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18. “An Online Menu For A Restaurant I Was Considering Eating At”

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19. “The Motherlode Of The 90s Nightmares”

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20. “The Peas On This Menu Photo Are Photoshopped In”

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21. “This Restaurant Wraps Their Menu Around A Wooden Stick. There Was Absolutely No Explanation Or Purpose To It”

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22. “Got Those Drinks On The Menu, Boss”

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23. “I Honestly Don’t Know What To Look At”

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24. “This Cocktail Menu”

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25. “I’m Impressed That This Thai Menu Has Text Cropping Both Over And Under The Image”

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26. “This Restaurant Pirated The Pirate Bay Torrent Site Logo For Their Menu”

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27. “This Menu That Seems To Be Upside Down At First Look”

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28. “Seen At A Restaurant In A 5-Star Hotel In Los Angeles”

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29. “This Salad Section On The Menu At The Pub”

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30. “This Is What I Found On The Menu Of A Pizzeria”

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31. “What If The Restaurant’s Name Is ‘Sample Text’?”

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32. “This Restaurant’s Logo That Looks Like A Health Grade”

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33. “This Restaurant Menu”

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34. “Everything About This Menu”

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35. “When You Want The Whole Menu Presented On A Flag”

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36. “This Coffee Shop Overhead Menu Gave Me A Headache”

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37. “This Menu At Cereal Killer Cafe, London”

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38. “Checked Out This Restaurant’s Online Menu. I Think I’ll Go Somewhere Else”

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39. “This Menu”

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40. “Put Up The Menu, Boss”

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41. “This Menu Even Has Pictures Of Their Drinks. Just In Case You Forgot What Diet Pepsi Looks Like”

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42. “Clearly Missing The Point Of A Digital Menu”

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43. “This Menu Has 1 Item Per Page Which Makes It 100+ Pages Long”

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44. “Finished Setting The Menu Prices, Boss”

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45. “‘Menu’ At For Our School”

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Nate Armbruster

When he's not doomscrolling Twitter or writing for Pleated-Jeans, Nate Armbruster writes jokes—and then tells them on stage as a stand-up comedian, where he can watch audiences (hopefully) laugh in real-time.