tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post1314641461663223604..comments2024-03-27T11:45:40.393+00:00Comments on Cheese and Biscuits: The Worst Restaurants in LondonChris Poplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668565800857295023noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-29438258958480164782021-08-30T17:44:05.312+00:002021-08-30T17:44:05.312+00:00I thought you had covered all the amazing failings...I thought you had covered all the amazing failings that Angus had to offer but you forgot.....<br /><br />It takes a special kind of talent to fuck up a green salad and charge you £5:00 for the experience of Iceberg lettuce telling you it didn't want to get in the bowl!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09025320279011470190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-22893547875958846172015-02-26T21:14:07.603+00:002015-02-26T21:14:07.603+00:00The trouble is for these type of places they are s...The trouble is for these type of places they are supplied by brakes brothers who consistently deliver out of temperature. I was located in the business' Tamworth depot for 6 years. I can't begin to count how many times we were told of vehicle temperature issues and the management would just bring it back, make out they're repicking the stock when in fact they were just re-freezing it. It has also happened with the chilled stock - paulies, fairfax meadow, russell hume have no idea that brakes are ripping them AND the clients off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-28217062363569378462014-12-10T15:35:57.740+00:002014-12-10T15:35:57.740+00:00You're a bully and a snob. I understand that b...You're a bully and a snob. I understand that being a snob is in vogue now but it still must be done with a certain amount of charm to be pulled off. You sir are just unpleasant. I have no doubt you will not approve my comment but wanted to let you know.<br /><br />All the best, <br /><br />Fred.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-14777041704200758702013-08-06T02:37:30.348+00:002013-08-06T02:37:30.348+00:00This is cool!This is cool!Vernahttp://topconvertiblecarseatreviews.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-58884305245516538132013-05-21T17:19:48.505+00:002013-05-21T17:19:48.505+00:00The worst place I've eaten in any city I'v...The worst place I've eaten in any city I've been to was Wishbone.<br /><br />Greasy claggy wings, doused in a vinegar sauce that can only be described as shrill, service bordering on the fuck you and the saddest frozen fries in the world.<br /><br />I would rather eat at a Frankie and Benny's twice and then call in at Garfunkels for dessert than touch their cynically marketed hipster themed shite ever again. <br /><br />At least if you eat in any of your places here you expect it'll be fuel to fill you. Wishbone big up their free range meat so you expect something decent and then they slaughter it a second time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-79131515341929822442013-05-16T16:23:29.907+00:002013-05-16T16:23:29.907+00:00Frankie and Benny's only at number five? Blime...Frankie and Benny's only at number five? Blimey, remind me never to be dragged into Hard Rock or Angus if they're worse. I had hands down the worst meal of my life at a F&B in Warwickshire, wrote a blog post about it in which I was extremely charitable about it (whilst making it clear I didnt like it) and was utterly stunned by the violent, furious vitriol flung at me by dozens of deluded, obsessively protective customers. They must put drugs in the food or something.Emmahttp://souperior.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-20354235902458720252013-04-24T16:02:04.835+00:002013-04-24T16:02:04.835+00:00Haha! YES! So well said...Haha! YES! So well said...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-59900839068155289542013-04-23T16:29:23.082+00:002013-04-23T16:29:23.082+00:00Very amusing and honest review. Had us in tears if...Very amusing and honest review. Had us in tears if laughter! <br /><br />What a shame previous comment by 'stowell' can't put his point across without swearing. There is no need to use such words. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-28644335524621650182013-04-23T12:11:03.748+00:002013-04-23T12:11:03.748+00:00I remember the "steak" I had at Angus (o...I remember the "steak" I had at Angus (or Aberdeen, or Scotch, can't remember which). It really was a shock when it came to the table (can't say it was served since you can't really call that service). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-64499210607560246792013-04-23T09:37:19.335+00:002013-04-23T09:37:19.335+00:00Matt: No I don't, they're bloody awful.
M...Matt: No I don't, they're bloody awful.<br /><br />Matt P: A comprehensive, well argued comment, so thanks for that. But I'm really not against Pizza Express *just* because it's popular, as any number of trips to MacDonalds for a quarter pounder fix will testify.<br /><br />I don't like Pizza Express because I don't like the food they make. And I've not come to this conclusion from one lunch - I've been many times over the years (they're impossible to avoid, which doesn't help my irritation with them) and never enjoyed it. I really don't think they're any better than Ask or Zizzi, sorry.<br /><br />Take your point with Franco Manca though - next to queueing for 2 hours to eat an admittedly nice pizza on a wooden bench in a freezing market, I can almost see the attraction of a nice, warm, blue-lit Pizza Express branch.Chris Poplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668565800857295023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-24131752318611068312013-04-23T06:48:36.332+00:002013-04-23T06:48:36.332+00:00Hmm I'm going to call you out for some silly s...Hmm I'm going to call you out for some silly snobbery over your Pizza Express comments.<br /><br />I read your post last week about PE's 'cardboardy pizzas spreading like a rash' and thought "god I've eaten there many times, is my tongue really made of carpet or something?" So I went for dinner at the Chiswick branch last night, about 500m away from Franco Manca.<br /><br />I had a gorgonzola pizza with leeks and pancetta. It was perfectly decent. The dough was thin, the outside was crisp and the middle was pleasantly soggy yet just about held it together. The toppings were sparingly used but not with the minimalism that you find in Naples (which I think is no bad thing, personally). The gorgonzola was DOC, according to the menu, and beautifully zingy.<br /><br />Is their dough as good as Franco Manca's? Nope. But it's still a world away from the sugary savoury cake of Pizza Hut and the like. And in a battle of 'restaurant vs restaurant' (as opposed to 'dough vs dough'), Pizza Express kicks Franco Manca's arse. The decor and lighting are very pleasant, the staff are friendly and efficient and the menu presented a wide range of choices. Compare that to Franco Manca down the road which is more of a cafe than a restaurant, frankly, and absolutely not somewhere I'd choose to spend a lazy evening indulging myself in a restaurant meal. And until the owners of Franco Manca figure out that restaurants are about much, much more than serving terrific, authentic food, they'll be scratching their heads about why they have three branches and PE has 400.<br /><br />By all means slag off Ask and Zizzi; they are both grotesquely cynical. But PE does have some heritage in London since the 60s, so I can't really see why you've taken against it with such venom apart from the fact that it's a popular chain now. Hence the accusation of snobbery...Matt Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-48757267952747518362013-04-22T11:43:41.765+00:002013-04-22T11:43:41.765+00:00Wait - wait wait wait wait wait.
You don't li...Wait - wait wait wait wait <i>wait</i>.<br /><br />You don't like GBK?Matthttp://www.trythegarlicmayoburger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-78355352295000253442013-04-20T18:25:20.722+00:002013-04-20T18:25:20.722+00:00While I've eaten at my (un)fair share of ghast...While I've eaten at my (un)fair share of ghastly, soulless, overpriced people-feeders, I have not had the (dis)pleasure of seeking sustenance at any of the worst 5 listed here.<br />Now, thanks to this article, I will never have to. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-74625550222277299962013-04-19T23:05:59.852+00:002013-04-19T23:05:59.852+00:00Oh thank you for listing Rainforest Cafe. Went the...Oh thank you for listing Rainforest Cafe. Went there once for a birthday celebration and instantly wished for the place to explode in a fireball of flame and napalm. Unfortunately it still exists, horrible horrible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-70216011210525884442013-04-19T13:55:21.922+00:002013-04-19T13:55:21.922+00:00Good list! I don't know ANYONE who has EVER ha...Good list! I don't know ANYONE who has EVER had a good meal atr Frankie and Bennys yet for some reason for any work-do or old school friends brithday I get dragged back there. You're lucky if its hot or can get more than one mouthful eaten before the birthday song goes off and the dog comes out again.Emmywhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15791303684373427723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-15530538524209014182013-04-19T12:37:07.503+00:002013-04-19T12:37:07.503+00:00So sad, hilarious and spot-on all at he same time....So sad, hilarious and spot-on all at he same time. Visited my first...and last...Frankie & Benny's a few weeks ago after a cinema visit in an out of town venue. It was the only place to eat. As you said, the menu is vast. Everything was totally bland...service, colour & taste wise. Completely joyless experience. Absolutely no point eating there. Glutinous, overcooked pasta...flour thickened, sweetened tomato sauce. Even the chips, sorry...fries...were pale & flabby. Italian food is one of the most amazing & popular cuisines in the world. Nothing here bears any resemblance whatsoever.Rachel Lucashttp://www.browniesformozart.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-31549036646432652172013-04-19T10:44:32.597+00:002013-04-19T10:44:32.597+00:00Hate the fact that you've commented that we sh...Hate the fact that you've commented that we should be number 6.. Honestly, If you've had a bad experience do let us know, we are constantly working to improve things and hate complacency. We would love to hear how we got it so wrong and hope you'll give us another go! Please e-mail on daniel@stickyfingers.co.ukSantomanianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-12251391985831251602013-04-19T09:32:55.500+00:002013-04-19T09:32:55.500+00:00I'm so glad Hard Rock Cafe made no. 2. We went...I'm so glad Hard Rock Cafe made no. 2. We went there about 10 years ago and it still leaves an impression on me, we had pulled pork which seemed to be doused in an entire bottle of vinegar for some unknown reason. <br />I also still feel guilty for actually being stupid enough to go there, but I was young and stupid.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208203551055372708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-19528551076254174572013-04-19T08:42:17.849+00:002013-04-19T08:42:17.849+00:00If you're looking for a REAL shit show, please...If you're looking for a REAL shit show, please try the Bacchus pub and kitchen... A carefully crafted mix of not so good food with cheapest/stingiest plate dressing. Think pan seared foie tranches the width of a gold leaf topped with a kilo of bad onion chutney, and ribeye steak with meat quality so rubbish it had to be old sick horse! And the worst of all, the name "Bacchus" has nothing to do with (I supposed I would find and fooled by) a good wine list.... The wines available are a disgrace, even compared to cheap 3.49 wine from Tesco. All adding to £50+ per head... Are you from this world? NEVER AGAIN!<br />My word it's good to get that off my chest!A french in londonhttp://fake.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-67047015946676848532013-04-19T07:51:00.122+00:002013-04-19T07:51:00.122+00:00Ahh - there's the vitriol we were expecting fr...Ahh - there's the vitriol we were expecting from the last piece :-)<br />Thoroughly deserved too no doubt.<br /><br />Now could we all stop playing silly buggers and send Chris somewhere we might want to eat next time he does one of these you choose-your-own-adventure posts? <br /><br />Personally I'd love a round-up of the 5 best places to get lunch for about £50 (The Gav, Helene D'Arroze at the Connaught, Marcus Wareing at what used to be Petrus - that sort of thing). Too expensive perhaps? I'd chuck a tenner into a kickstarter.Alex Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-30232464506698676812013-04-18T21:27:00.459+00:002013-04-18T21:27:00.459+00:00The people that go to these places don't like ...The people that go to these places don't like food - or have kids. I have been to nearly all these places on special trips with my mother to London as a child (except, fortunately being a farmer's wife she knows a good steak so we have avoided the Angus).<br /><br />All these places are pretty much about the decor, a bit like The Blackhouse (there's one in LDN too) - you know what the type if clientele is when the engagement party next to you has an "OMG you're engaged!" balloon on it. Becs @ Lay the tablehttp://laythetable.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-2238588471982627842013-04-18T17:55:09.276+00:002013-04-18T17:55:09.276+00:00Hard Rock Cafe is awful, full of the sort of peopl...Hard Rock Cafe is awful, full of the sort of people who really pay no attention to what they're eating and go for the 'brand' instead. Never been to Rainforest Cafe but just had a quick look at the menu online. Scarcely believable prices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-28705087150845754472013-04-18T17:47:33.164+00:002013-04-18T17:47:33.164+00:00In at No. 6. Sticky Fingers.In at No. 6. Sticky Fingers.Winerackdhttp://about.me/winerackdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-61444256095540991082013-04-18T17:36:45.176+00:002013-04-18T17:36:45.176+00:00SO PLEASED the Rainforest Cafe was on here, a trul...SO PLEASED the Rainforest Cafe was on here, a truly dismal experience and arse-clenchingly expensive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-70976235728456838412013-04-18T17:21:48.995+00:002013-04-18T17:21:48.995+00:00Enjoyed this, very amusing.
What I find the most...Enjoyed this, very amusing. <br /><br />What I find the most infuriating and upsetting with chains like Ask and Bella Italia (aside from spending the night throwing up my pasta dish from the latter - not fun!) is that they never have fresh bread. Only frozen, which is then re-heated. Things have to be very desperate for me to visit an Italian restaurant that can't rustle up some fresh bread. <br /><br />I long for a "Gordon's Kitchen Nightmares"-style programme to expose the workings of these places one day.Katnoreply@blogger.com