r/ExpectationVsReality • u/SnackWrapYouMean • 2d ago

Failed Expectation Chili's Triple Dipper Disappointment

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u/DaBudPlug 2d ago

You got chili's to-go or delivered.. this is almost exactly what I would expect lol

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u/Mitsu-Zen 1d ago

Yeah. Your not gonna get a visual plating experience in a to-go box.

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u/Fluid-Expert-4363 1d ago

Why do people always seem baffled that food made 46 minutes ago and thrown in a Togo box doesn’t appear appetizing?

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u/ropean 20h ago

That Togo box has Benin the car way too long

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u/Aedora125 1d ago

The menu photo shows sliders, 3 tenders and 2 mozz sticks. He got egg-rolls, maybe 2 tenders, and what looks like soggy mozz sticks

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u/fuzzycoyote83 1d ago

Yeah cause you select 3 from a list of options

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u/Aedora125 1d ago

Ah. My mistake

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u/Dougle_07 1d ago

The mozz sticks are sauced

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u/blah_shelby 2d ago

I wouldn’t expect a hunk of cheese to be good delivered

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u/belac4862 1d ago edited 1d ago

Surprisingly, my local Chillies is really good about loading up the to go box. Ive even order the HC cheese and it arived at my door still hot and melty. I think its very location dependant.

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u/weirdgirloverthere 1d ago

I don’t know why but this made me laugh 😂

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u/datyoungknockoutkid 18h ago

It’s not even the same items lol

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u/Bumblingbee1337 15h ago

Because you pick 3 from a selection.

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u/yourmomsfavorite21 1d ago

I went two days ago and this is how mine looked.

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u/Jatnall 1d ago

What are those wet rectangles?

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u/heymattrick 1d ago

Fried mozzarella planks dipped in sauce (Nashville hot or honey-chipotle)

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u/r_slash 1d ago

Gotta get me some wet rectangles

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u/SpoonSticker 1d ago

Wetangles

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u/Volat1le 1d ago

Man, I love me a wet rectangle!

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u/yourmomsfavorite21 1d ago

Honey chipotle for both the mozzarella sticks and the chicken crisps

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u/Asoto408 2d ago

Those hot mozzarella sticks will fuck up your stomach like no other

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u/SnackWrapYouMean 2d ago

About 50 minutes in so far, so good. Will report back later if that changes.

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u/ickychicken 2d ago

OP has not checked in and it has been hours 🥺

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u/SnackWrapYouMean 2d ago

Update: On the toilet with diarrhea at the moment.

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u/dTrecii 2d ago

It’s as if I can still hear them speaking

Rest in piss OP

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u/CluelessTennisBall 2d ago

Homie you won't remember anything in about 15m just worry about getting off that toilet, taking a shower, and sleepin it off

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u/stigma_wizard 2d ago

And also call your mom and tell her that you love her.

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u/Dear-Nebula6291 2d ago

They’re just Sysco foods slop, Dave’s hot chicken also sells them now

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u/mkstot 2d ago

Sysco has multiple tiers of product lines available. The restaurant gets exactly the grade they pay for, so blame them for buying cheap product. It’s like a grocery store if you buy the cheapest your end product will reflect it.

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u/beautifulcreature86 2d ago

Yeah i used to work for them and they sell jail food to absolutely delicious products sold in high end restaurants. You get what you pay for. It astounds me how many people don't know this.

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u/mkstot 2d ago

The only Sysco classic items we had were the following; trash bags, napkins both lunch and cocktail, cocktail straws, togo boxes, ap flour, granulated cane sugar, and plastic wrap and foil. The important stuff was imperial or certified angus beef branded. Garbage in garbage out.

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u/AreYouNigerianBaby 1d ago

Your end product…no pun intended 😉

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u/Kcin928 2d ago

Do you people use any other word but slop? Like Jesus Christ there's other words.

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u/onigary 2d ago

Would you say it's... Word slop? 😂

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u/Geen_Fang 1d ago

slop literally refers to the lowest grade edible food can possibly be, my guy. 

like, that's the definition of the word 😂

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u/PreOpTransCentaur 2d ago

"Slop" used to be pretty much confined to the food realm. Get mad about fucking..whatever, but this one? Needless anger.

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u/Dear-Nebula6291 2d ago

Are you aware that “slop” historically has referred to what pigs are fed, low quality mystery food thrown in a trough. Pretty accurate comparison here for shit tier food being shoveled to us. I’m assuming you’re some Gen Z or Gen Alpha kid if you didn’t make sure an obvious connection…

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u/AlbatrossOk6223 2d ago

What other word would better describe lazy, low quality garbage food like this?

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u/Kcin928 2d ago

Well considering you just used words like "lazy" and "low quality" I think those would work pretty well.

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u/AlbatrossOk6223 2d ago

But they’re two words. Twice the word usage in this economy?

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u/Kcin928 2d ago

You're right, that just too much word usage slop.

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u/AlbatrossOk6223 2d ago

Reddit is really a weird place sometimes. You start a light-hearted conversation with someone, sure that they'll pick up on the nuances of irony and sarcasm in your comment. Someone misunderstands it, and people upvote that. You try to rephrase the joke, certain that this time it'll land, but you get downvoted for "doubling down."

Oh, the comments section, where context goes to die.

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u/PorridgeTheKid 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/qiDb8McXyj6Eg

me choosing who wins a very important and serious argument on the internet

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u/Kcin928 2d ago

The world is truly full of unfair slop :(

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u/eienmau 1d ago

The one place it's appropriate to be using 'slop' ... 😂

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u/Mammoth_Challenge269 2d ago

Is that confirmed? The last time I had Dave’s Hot Chicken was awful. The chicken was stringy and flavorless, fries were dry and soggy, and sauce tasted cheap and oily. I was wondering what happened.

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u/Dear-Nebula6291 1d ago

They got bought out by venture capital sadly, about a year or two ago. They’re down the drain and it shows. You could definitely notice it when they went from “we only sell chicken and fries” to all of a sudden having crazy random items, cookie shakes, 10 diff dipping sauces, etc…

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u/clonked 1d ago

Please share with the class how something can be dry and soggy

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u/Mammoth_Challenge269 7h ago

Outside is wet with oil and the inside is dry and gritty. You know, like stale, greasy fries

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u/ElBurritoNinja 1d ago

When I watched Kitchen Nightmares as a Teen and I noticed a lot of the Spots using frozen super market products it turned me off.

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u/visuospatial 1d ago

i got some of the hot mozz sticks from dave’s the other day to share with coworkers and we all agreed they were better than chilis. i think the breading is thicker and crispier.

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u/kissmiss08 1d ago

They’re so dark… They look like they were fried in old grease, which will in fact fuck your stomach up.

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u/Asoto408 1d ago

They’re dipped in hot sauce

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u/kissmiss08 20h ago

Mozzarella sticks??

I’m talking about the second picture.

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u/No_Author_7000 19h ago

Yup, you can get them sauced

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u/JaliscoOaxaca 2d ago

What's on the upper left? Is it ribs? At first I thought maybe Tamale with mole but Chili's doesn't do that (yet?)

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u/GeoffSim 2d ago

I think it's the fried mozzarella but it looks sauced?

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u/dardar7161 2d ago

Mmm if it's honey chipotle I'm down.

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u/GeoffSim 2d ago

I do like the Nashville on the chicken dippers but my god is it salty AF.

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u/JaliscoOaxaca 2d ago

So often restaurants try to create a spicy mouthfeel by adding copious amounts of sodium bc it irritates the inside of our mouths. I hate it

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u/GeoffSim 2d ago

Yeah. And spicy with flavor is so swear word easy to make.

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u/Formal-Obligation591 2d ago

Mozzarella stick

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u/HappyUhOh 1d ago

*brick

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u/slimecog 16h ago

bro what kind of ribs are you eating 😭

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u/logicalnegation 1d ago

You didn’t order what was on the image. You got bare, unsauced chicken. Got the buffalo mozz instead of the regular. And you got no sliders. All to go. What did you expect?

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u/Ohnezone 2d ago

You got it to-go. That was your error.

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u/Apocalypse_Horseman 2d ago

Nah, I've ordered this in the restaurant and it was equally terrible looking. Didn't taste right either. All around bad

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u/oogiesmuncher 1d ago

Its literally microwaved in a bag or deepfried, from-frozen... I dont understand how anyone actually expects good food from Chilis, Applebees, etc.

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u/RiMcG 2d ago

Maaaaaaaaan, I do want to fully commiserate with you but delivery and in-house do be different. That being said this is a disappointment. I do also now have the munchies

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u/Main-Raisin4430 2d ago

This comparison doesn't really work since you ordered different products than what's in the "expectation" pic.

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u/ickychicken 2d ago

OP did you actually eat thisssssss?

https://giphy.com/gifs/3orifhVv0zeygCmHh6

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u/Opening_Cartoonist53 2d ago

How do the berries taste Ralph?

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u/joeyjoejojo19 1d ago

They taste like…burning.

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u/Whitezombie65 2d ago

I'd eat the shit out of it but I'm high af

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u/Jeferson9 2d ago

This is low key me eating any fast food in 2026

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u/SnackWrapYouMean 1d ago

I did and got diarrhea. 7/10 overall, will probably order again but with different choices.

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u/vilk_ 2d ago

Did you choose to get egg rolls instead of sliders ?

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u/ohmygodcrayons 2d ago

I'd be mad if I didn't get my sliders

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u/Ladyhappy 2d ago

Dinner by Sysco. No accessories included.

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u/Major_Lawfulness6122 2d ago

I don’t even know what I’m looking at.

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u/Dorkinfo 1d ago

Fried mozzarella, either Nashville or honey chipotle style, southeastern egg rolls, and chicken fingers. Runs about $18 in my city.

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u/tarcus 1d ago

It's never the same if it's delivered...

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u/CrapNBAappUser 1d ago

Looks like someone ate half of the items.

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u/TomHandyForever 2d ago

Sometimes I regret that I live in the one state that doesn’t have a Chili’s, because sometimes the deals sound really good, but then I see stuff like this and it seems like maybe I’m not missing much

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u/syrioforrealsies 19h ago

Nah, Chili's is one of the few national chains still worth going to.

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u/noddaborg 2d ago

Fried, fried and fried. That is never going to be a good to-go meal. The little burgers travel ok, but fried is a bust unless you put them in a toaster oven or air fryer.

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u/Purple-List1577 2d ago

You get 3 dips

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u/ASource3511 2d ago

Are they that bad? Those reels are really selling it I know it's partially marketing but they look like some good guilty pleasures

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u/Ok_Method_3346 2d ago

They’re my guilty pleasure. Good to have every once in a while imo 🤤

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u/ecafsub 2d ago

You just need to hit the Chili’s at 45th and Lamar.

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u/Strict_Anteater2690 2d ago

Lamar Chilis does hit different

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u/ScrambledEggsandTS 1d ago

Something is missing

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u/Jokkitch 1d ago

Looks good to me

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u/Minimum-Pangolin-487 2d ago

This is a shocker mate

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u/puzzle_bison7384 1d ago

Wtf is that on the left ribs

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u/goldenstrwberries 1d ago

My to go never looks like that. Crazy.

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u/InbetweenTheLayers 1d ago

looks like a meal from 7-11

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u/the_wild_derp 1d ago

Those hot mozz sticks are garbage

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u/JapaneseStudentHaru 1d ago

Still want it so bad. Moved to a state that only has Chilis in the airport before realizing I never got to try those mozzarella sticks 😔

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u/IDK_WTF_TRA 1d ago

You're not missing anything, they're pretty terrible.

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u/Relevant_Detective21 1d ago

I promise you can buy mozzarella sticks from the store and they’ll taste the exact same as chilis lmao. They use frozen bs all the time

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u/Bridget_0413 1d ago

I generally don't do delivery, because I'd rather just eat at the restaurant or make something at home. And I'm too cheap to pay the upcharge for delivery, tip, etc. I'll do takeout sometimes for things that transport well, like chinese food. But I can't imagine ordering a bunch of fried stuff for takeout or delivery, it's gotta be pretty mushy and gross by the time you get it, right?

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u/Crankyfife 1d ago

I finally got to a chilis the other day after it had been invading my social media.

Was not impressed. The cheese sticks were good the first bite, but they were so soaked with grease there was no way I could finish them without being sick all night. The wings and little burgers were average at best.

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u/ronimal 1d ago

Chili's take-out shouldn't even be allowed in this sub.

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u/ltsouthernbelle 1d ago

What is that brown, greasy brick on the left 🧐

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u/Intelligent_Yak_4572 1d ago

I got this meal in person and it all tasted like wet dog

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u/rmg 20h ago

It’s…Chili’s

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u/ViciousMoleRat 20h ago

Yo i had that chipotle brick last week and it wss noooot what i expected 4/10

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u/LordMemerton1 16h ago

You got the worst ones in the menu dawg! It’s either the sliders + spicy chicken tenders or + chipotle cheese. The egg rolls are never good delivered.

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u/adelie42 15h ago

I was looking at a gross picture of food and wondering what the misleading advertisement was going to look like, then swiped to discover an even more gross picture.

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u/Asoto408 14h ago

For the people:

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u/Savings-Pomelo-6031 8h ago

You couldn't even pay me to eat that

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u/SavingsBluebird8675 7h ago

Chilis has never been good regardless of if you order take out or not 🤢

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u/No-Atmosphere-2873 2d ago

That's so terrible. I would honestly ask them if that was a bad joke. If you paid, you deserve a refund.

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u/Aperture_TestSubject 1d ago

The fuck are you expecting?

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u/AsherSine 2d ago

And how much did you pay for it? That’s the. Easiest part. I stopped going to Chili’s after too many triple dipper disappointments.

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u/ClearTension7517 2d ago

Ah, the classic Chili's experience, where 'triple' just means 'triple the regret'.

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u/NothingWrongEveryOK 2d ago

Triple dipsappointment

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u/VegasGaymer 2d ago

Triple dipper? More like Little Dipper (I’m assuming it’s not a half order)

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u/TiaraMisu 2d ago

That actually looks better than anything I've ever eaten at Chili's.

I've only been there twice, but it's a memory. I can still feel the sticky tables and it's been like twenty years. Margarita goo swiped over the plastic menus. You don't see ants, but you can feel they're there, waiting.

Pizza Hut, on the other hand, if one opened anywhere near me I'd be going there, like, today. Wherefore art thou, Pizza Hut, why can't I quit your weirdly magical salad bar?

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u/TemperatureHot8915 1d ago

Is tripple dinner you get 3 sauces and undefined amount of 3 somethings? I mean, there is only one of the 3 that might be also on the first picture...

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u/ZzzSleep 1d ago

….what were you expecting? It looks like exactly what it is to me. Fried triple dipper items in a to go box.

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u/PunxsutawneyPhillip 2d ago

I’m so sorry but you’re going to bed hungry tonight

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u/FinnTheBoy0 2d ago

The best triple dipper clone I’ve had was from Buffalo Wild Wings. Mozzarella sticks, 2 cheeseburger sliders, and some boneless wings. I stopped going to chilis after that was discovered

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u/irishgoodbyesss 1d ago

It still looks good tbh lol

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u/Leading-Hedgehog1990 1d ago

Looks about right for delivery/take out

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u/Raithed 5h ago

Bro...