Quoting myself (and @Whack-a-Mole) for context.
The OP may find this thread relevant. His restaurant hypothetical is right up this alley; a well-intentioned gift that flubbed in the execution:
What presents have you given/gotten/witnessed that TOTALLY failed at achieving the intended happiness/gratitude/appreciation/other pleasant result for the recipient? Note: the present must have honestly been meant to be a pleasant gift. No snarky “Beginner’s Cookbook” from a hostile MIL, no giant bottle of Listerine in an office Secret Santa, no assortment of lures from an avid fisherman to his non-fishing wife. Just cases where the giver thought it would be a well-received present but the re…