Said It Here

What to do if there is glass in your restaurant food

Finding hidden glass shards in restaurant food creates a terrifying health hazard and a brand-new fear for diners. When dangerous objects end up in meals, customers face immediate physical danger and a shocking lack of proper handling or follow-up from restaurant management.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

  1. 1
    handling it quietly at the table
  2. 2
    writing an email to the owner
  3. 3
    considering posting reviews online or contacting the health department
  4. 4
    Ordering vegetables separately from the contorno menu section
  5. 5
    Eating vegetables as antipasti or starters like a tomato salad
  6. 6
    Cooking one's own meals

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.

r/travel3 people · September 2026

“maybe I don’t understand how Italian cuisine work, but where are the veggies?”source ↗

“I think I got potatoes twice so far, but I’m starting to miss broccoli, carrots, asparagus, etc.”source ↗

Nic727 · r/travel · 66 upvotes

“Im guessing they eat veggies at home. I had the same problem”source ↗

patentedman · r/travel · 7 upvotes

“I noticed the same thing. No fiber for two weeks backed me up badly.”source ↗

Evildodger · r/travel
r/restaurantowners1 person · September 2026

“and also it's terrifying as hell biting into glass hidden in your food. it's like a new fear unlocked moment.”source ↗

FastJuice3729 · r/restaurantowners · 1 upvotes

“I had a shard of glass hidden in my pizza at an upscale/polished casual restaurant.”source ↗

“While eating my meal, I bit directly into a piece of broken glass hidden inside my charred veggie pizza.”source ↗

FastJuice3729 · r/restaurantowners

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