How long do you wait for takeout?

[1FinickyOne]

Indian Restaurant about 3 pm - not a big order - 3 dishes and a bread and rice... last customers left as I was entering... 

[Harrisfan]

5 days

[bkk6060]

If I haven't paid,  I will walk away especially if staff is screwing off, on phones etc.

The worst are these Grab delivery types.  Always shows an estimated time

but always driving around in circles.  I know they are delivering other orders, but don't say 5 minutes and 20 go by.

I have canceled them several times because of excessive delay. My account is cash so not charged.

[richard_smith237]

4 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

If I haven't paid,  I will walk away especially if staff is screwing off, on phones etc.

The worst are these Grab delivery types.  Always shows an estimated time

but always driving around in circles.  I know they are delivering other orders, but don't say 5 minutes and 20 go by.

I have canceled them several times because of excessive delay. My account is cash so not charged.

 

I've had similar issues with Grab food delivery (in Bangkok) - but once the order is accepted, it can't be cancelled. 

 

Son and I waited for over an hour for a Burger... nothing I could do about it, other than complain. I couldn't cancel. 

 

Another one was Grab Mart (ordered Ibuprofen gel) - then saw that it was going to take over an hour for delivery and delivery itself was something like 400 baht because it was from a Pharmacy on the other side of Bangkok - No way I wanted, that so immediately tried to cancel but could not...   

... the delivery never turned up...   The rider clearly just pocketing the 400 baht delivery charge - so I had to run a complaint and get a refund from Grab.... 

 

 

[Upnotover]

1 hour ago, 1FinickyOne said:

Indian Restaurant about 3 pm - not a big order - 3 dishes and a bread and rice... last customers left as I was entering... 

You mean you are still there now, still waiting?

[Ralf001]

I do not do take.... food panda deliveries to my house are 30mins or less.

[Moonlover]

1 hour ago, 1FinickyOne said:

Indian Restaurant about 3 pm - not a big order - 3 dishes and a bread and rice... last customers left as I was entering... 

 

8 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

You mean you are still there now, still waiting?

 

Bit of a conversation stopper isn't it.

[BritManToo]

5 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

I do not do take.... food panda deliveries to my house are 30mins or less.

Same,

I regularly order 2x 12" NY pizza using pizza co. App, delivered in under 30 minutes. Free delivery.

[ElwoodP]

Two troll posts removed.

If you don't like the topic, don't post in it.

[1FinickyOne]

41 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

You mean you are still there now, still waiting?

No, I gave them my home address so they can ship it

[1FinickyOne]

56 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

f I haven't paid,  I will walk away

After how many minutes? Not Grab.

[cdemundo]

44 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

I do not do take.... food panda deliveries to my house are 30mins or less.

Same here.

I use Foodpanda frequently, 3 times a week at least.

No problems, even sometimes do the scheduled delivery so it gets delivered about the same time I get home from work. Works great.

I seldom use Grab just because Foodpanda is more convenient ordering on laptop.

[bunnydrops]

I don't know how they can give a time. I have been to places where four delivery boys are waiting in line for their orders while the staff is still trying to serve walk-ins.

[rough diamond]

Why bother with waiting/delivery times?

Make it and eat it at home.

In all my  years I have never had a food delivery of anything!

Sit in the restaurant or make it at home.

[richard_smith237]

8 minutes ago, rough diamond said:

Why bother with waiting/delivery times?

Make it and eat it at home.

In all my  years I have never had a food delivery of anything!

Sit in the restaurant or make it at home.

 

There's always one....   

 

 

[rough diamond]

41 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

There's always one....   

 

 

What?

[Cameroni]

2 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

If I haven't paid,  I will walk away especially if staff is screwing off, on phones etc.

The worst are these Grab delivery types.  Always shows an estimated time

but always driving around in circles.  I know they are delivering other orders, but don't say 5 minutes and 20 go by.

I have canceled them several times because of excessive delay. My account is cash so not charged.

 

They probably dealt with a guy like me. I ordered Rogan Josh with Naan bread and Pilaw rice whilst I was getting my hair cut. I thought I was being clever and would get the food delivered at home as I arrive back home. Of course this diabolical app somehoe disregarded my "Home" settings and instead logged the order for my current location. So I notified the driver to send to my home address. Of course he doesn't speak English and did not get it. So I got the hairdresser to call him. So he figured somethign was up. He still drove to my location, but I texted him again and he finally got it He arrived at my house 2 minutes before me and had to wait for me to compensate him with an extra 100 Baht (on top of the 500 Baht food order).

 

These things happen. I can't say I feel bothered by it.

[Lacessit]

I don't worry about waiting for takeout, I am reading a book on my phone while the food is prepared at the restaurant. Is takeout different to takeaway?

 

Don't use Grab or Food Panda, as I don't see how the scooter riders handle it. For all I know, they spit in farang orders.

[rattlesnake]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

For all I know, they spit in farang orders.

 

Why would they do that?

[norsurin]

The takeout im used to go hand in hand with me to my hotel.Many different dishes.

[BritManToo]

8 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I don't worry about waiting for takeout, I am reading a book on my phone while the food is prepared at the restaurant. Is takeout different to takeaway?

 

Don't use Grab or Food Panda, as I don't see how the scooter riders handle it. For all I know, they spit in farang orders.

How would they know your nationality?

Or skin colour?

[KhunLA]

4 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

How would they know your nationality?

With that paranoia, guess they never eat at restaurants either 

[PomPolo]

12 hours ago, Upnotover said:

You mean you are still there now, still waiting?

Order me a Tikka Masala I'll be there tomorrow to get it

[Gottfrid]

I usually wait until it´s finished and given to me. On the other hand, that´s just because I know the country and how things work here. 

[Ralf001]

11 hours ago, rough diamond said:

Why bother with waiting/delivery times?

Make it and eat it at home.

In all my  years I have never had a food delivery of anything!

Sit in the restaurant or make it at home.

[MalcolmB]

13 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

I've had similar issues with Grab food delivery (in Bangkok) - but once the order is accepted, it can't be cancelled. 

 

Son and I waited for over an hour for a Burger... nothing I could do about it, other than complain. I couldn't cancel. 

 

Another one was Grab Mart (ordered Ibuprofen gel) - then saw that it was going to take over an hour for delivery and delivery itself was something like 400 baht because it was from a Pharmacy on the other side of Bangkok - No way I wanted, that so immediately tried to cancel but could not...   

... the delivery never turned up...   The rider clearly just pocketing the 400 baht delivery charge - so I had to run a complaint and get a refund from Grab.... 

 

 

Daily struggles

[MalcolmB]

9 hours ago, Lacessit said:

For all I know, they spit in farang orders.

Another stupid comment. 
Does that happen to you often?

[brewsterbudgen]

At least with a takeout you can ask them how long it will take.  Anything from 10-20 minutes would be OK with me.

[quake]

About 30 minutes is fine.

Just about the time to drink a large Leo. 

If longer, just open one more beer, life is good.

I have had no issues with delivery food in Pattaya.

Good job, the Boys & Girls on the bikes. 

[1FinickyOne]

13 hours ago, rough diamond said:

Why bother with waiting/delivery times?

Make it and eat it at home.

In all my  years I have never had a food delivery of anything!

Sit in the restaurant or make it at home.

First, I was a walk in at a restaurant - Sitting in the restaurant.

Second my home is an hour away and I did not want home delivery. I wanted to bring something with me to a friends place for her and her friends to have lunch.. 

I live too far away for home delivery and have also never had food home delivered, 

 

So, after 25 minutes I asked when my food would be ready - they told me 2 minutes. After another 15 minutes, I walked out, though they told me it was nearly ready.

 

My question was not about home delivery - it was how long would you sit in a restaurant and wait?

 

ps - it was not food that I could or would have wanted to make at home.