Diner is left stunned by 'pathetic' detail on their order after forking out insane amount for classic pub dish

A diner has fumed after shelling out $31 for a classic pub dish that included plain chunks of lettuce as a side salad.

Chloe Joyce ordered a chicken parmigiana at Hawthorn Hotel, in Melbourne's east, on Sunday. 

The meal was served with fries and a house salad that is automatically included with all the main dishes.

'Is this not the most pathetic 'house salad' you've ever seen at the pub?' she said in a TikTok clip. 

'The Hawthorn Hotel... what are you thinking?'

The clip showed several strips of cos lettuce topped with a pickled onion. 

'If I wanted lettuce I would go to Woolworths,' Ms Joyce said. 

Hundreds of commenters were also left unimpressed by the side dish. 

'That looks so sad,' one wrote. 

'That's an insult to salad,' another wrote. 

'The sad onion makes it so much funnier,' a third added. 

Others suggested salads are not worth having with food served at a pub. 

'Does anyone actually eat their salad that comes with a pub meal though mine always ends up being left on the plate,' one wrote. 

Some defended the dish and said most pubs provide side salads.   

'I love the hawthorn hotel salad. Please don't change it,' one person wrote. 

Daily Mail Australia contacted the Hawthorn Hotel and the owner of the pub Australian Venue Co for comment. 

Last week, an hot chip lover fired up on social media about the 'disgraceful' size of her portion.

The woman was left outraged by the small size of the $10 chips she bought from a hot chip shop on the NSW Mid North Coast. 

She said she rang the shop to complain and was told their serving sizes had been reduced. 

Aussies are also paying $15 for a pint of beer after the alcohol excise tax, which is adjusted twice a year, was increased in February. 

The country already has the third highest tax on spirits in the world.

A cold one costs $5.12 in Tokyo, $4.85 in Bali, $6.83 in Berlin and $8.66 in Athens.