History YMMV / TheMenu

** With ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' as its anime adaptation also came out in 2022, and mangaka Creator/TatsukiFujimoto professed his love for ''The Menu'', even using it as inspiration for an antagonist in 2023 (the Falling Devil). Margot/Erin's resemblance to Makima has also made Anya Taylor-Joy a popular fancast for the character in a potential LiveActionAdaptation of ''Chainsaw Man''.

* FriendlyFandoms: Due to the three films' shared satire and critique of the elite and wealthy as well as all of them coming out in 2022, fans of ''The Menu'', ''Film/TriangleOfSadness'', and ''Film/GlassOnion'' get along very well. So much so that the three movies have been dubbed by some as "2022's Eat the Rich Trilogy".

* HilariousInHindsight: Early on, George pitches an idea for a travel show to Felicity, who can't even pretend to be enthusiastic about it. A few months after the movie came out, John Leguizamo's own travel show, ''Series/LeguizamoDoesAmerica'', premiered to excellent reviews.
* InformedWrong: Many of the dishes aren't nearly as cerebral as Margot laments, chicken breast and ossobuco are perfectly normal parts that she just doesn't eat. Even the starting oyster is not as sophisticated as she laments, and before everything else happens the breadless sauces are actually a pretty funny joke. While for later courses she can be excused by being too shocked by what's happening, her refusal to eat up to that point comes off as her being needlessly antagonistic and picky rather than Slovik being overly cerebral. [[spoiler: The reveal of her being a high-end escort paid to join a foodie for dinner doesn't help, as it clashes with her behavior and makes it seem even more forced]].

* InformedWrongness: The breadless dish. It's supposed to be an extremely rude act from a shelf insulting his clients, but it comes off as Margot missing the joke and being deliberately antagonistic.

* {{Narm}}: [[spoiler: The whole cheeseburger scene.]] The speech before it's an extremely generic tirade contradicted by what we have seen in the movie (since there was perfectly normal food among the courses, which Margot refused to eat for no real reason), the scene itself tries way too hard, looking more like a fast food commercial than anything else. [[spoiler: And if you are not from the usa, you will snicker at the most stereotypical american food possible being chosen to represent "real" food, particularly when they make a whole point discussing how it needs to be accompanied by ''american'' cheese. Just in case they were being too subtle.]] And then, despite making a whole speech about how she is still hungry and has no eaten anything, Margot takes a single bite before declaring herself full.

* Narm: [[spoiler: The whole cheeseburger scene.]] The speech before it's an extremely generic tirade contradicted by what we have seen in the movie (since there was perfectly normal food among the courses, which Margot refused to eat for no real reason), the scene itself tries way too hard, looking more like a fast food commercial than anything else. [[spoiler: And if you are not from the usa, you will snicker at the most stereotypical american food possible being chosen to represent "real" food, particularly when they make a whole point discussing how it needs to be accompanied by ''american'' cheese. Just in case they were being too subtle.]] And then, despite making a whole speech about how she is still hungry and has no eaten anything, Margot takes a single bite before declaring herself full.

** Anne not remembering any meals at Hawthorn could be because of the stress of watching her husband's finger cut off and Jeremy's suicide.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: While the film is lauded for a seemingly contemporary and timely "eat the rich" message which uses high-end cuisine to symbolize the rich's obsession with everything that is of high status and decadent, yet hollow, the vehicle of fine dining hasn't exactly been free from criticism and lampooning over the last decade. The 2010s foodie movement was rather quickly criticized and parodied in both fiction and nonfiction, with food critics calling for a rejection of modernity and an embracing of simple comfort foods. As early as the mid-2010s, critics were [[https://robbreport.com/paid-issue/death-fine-dining/ calling the fine dining movement "dead"]] for many of the reasons portrayed in this movie: too exclusive, [[https://cluboenologique.com/story/coronavirus-will-kill-off-fine-dining-its-about-time/ too absurd and irreverent]], and [[https://torontolife.com/food/trend-watch-death-destination-restaurant/ lacking a sense of warmth and love]] in the food. While the film is more about class than it actually is about food, the food as the symbolic element is not exactly – no pun intended – fresh.

** A shot of Slowik whispering something to a dejected Taylor's ear which then causes him to commit suicide has found traction as an exploitable.

** George. While he does seem a little crooked and egotistical at first, it's later revealed that the only reason why he's there is [[spoiler:because Julian saw a bad movie on his day off, and George happened to be the main actor]]. He even points out that he didn't ''direct'' [[spoiler:the movie, but Julian dismisses this based on the fact that George still chose the role]]. It's clear that, just like Anne and Margot, he doesn't deserve to be there.
** Felicity, George's assistant, is only there because George is. When George even tries to get Slowik to spare her, he marks her for death on the basis she went to Brown and has no student loans.

** Julian ultimately crosses the line at the point where he degrades his sous chef in front of everyone, which Margot looks clearly disturbed by. Then, after building up the sous chef's dish, "the Mess", Julian makes him shoot himself in the mouth in front of everyone.