So let me see if I got this straight...
You ordered food and when it came it was cold (fair enough).
- However, you didn't bother getting up to talk to a different server, the door greeter, or even to sneak your head into the serving counter to talk to someone.
-When offered new food (standard restaurant procedure), you declined
- You underpaid the bill (which is technically theft on your part)
Sound about right?
They aren't required to give you a discount or anything else, especially when you told them not to bother cooking up another meal to replace the original one. Yes, it kinda sucks that the food arrived lukewarm and that the server didn't come earlier, but it's not like you didn't have options. And to underpay a bill is theft, pure and simple. They did everything by the book by trying to make things better, while you walked out on the bill.
Sure, some restaurants will offer free meals or will heavily discount one person's entree, but not if their original offer to replace the mostly eaten meal with a new one was denied.
Ugh.
