Night out in London, what shall I do?

[Claw75]

Nandos is most overrated place ever

'Tis fair, but I call your Nando's & raise you Frankie & Benny's...

I've onlly been to Frankie and Benny's once.  whole experience was shit.  Only time I've ever been tempted to leave a restaurant without paying (and I don't think they'd have noticed).

Really?

I went to a Frankie and Benny's a few weeks ago while I was waiting for a train and it was awesome.

2 courses, about a dozen coffees and for not very much more than the cost of a big McDonalds lunch.

Was it busy - could that be the main difference?

no - it was dead.  [  ] I was surprised afterwards.

[Jon MW]

Nandos is most overrated place ever

'Tis fair, but I call your Nando's & raise you Frankie & Benny's...

I've onlly been to Frankie and Benny's once.  whole experience was shit.  Only time I've ever been tempted to leave a restaurant without paying (and I don't think they'd have noticed).

Really?

I went to a Frankie and Benny's a few weeks ago while I was waiting for a train and it was awesome.

2 courses, about a dozen coffees and for not very much more than the cost of a big McDonalds lunch.

Was it busy - could that be the main difference?

no - it was dead.  [  ] I was surprised afterwards.

I've only been to 2 in total, so it's hard to say whether they were unusually good or yours was unusually bad.

Shows the danger in basing your opinion of a chain on 1 or 2 outlets then

[Claw75]

oh and while we're on shit restaurants.....

Last time but one we were up in Nottingham, Matt and I decided to stop for lunch on the way home at the Baltimore exchange bar and grill opposite the holiday inn.  Lots of advertising outside for two meals for £7.95.  We go in and try to order from the 'two for £7.95' menu, only to be told it's not available that day as it's a bank holiday Monday.  Thinking we must have misread the signs outsiide, we order from the main menu.  Shortly afterwards, we overhear a group of women at the next table asking to speak to the manager.  They've also just been told they can't order off the cheap menu, but say the signs outside clearly say that the two for £7.95 deal advertised outside clearly states 'now all day, every day'.  I pop out for a fag to check it out.  Indeed the sign does say the deal is now available all day, every day, with no small print.  I then clock the manager and a mate of his taking down big signs up on the roadside which obviously say the same thing.  

we ordered a mixed starter to share - it was ok.  For main course I ordered a steak.  It was horrible.  Not cooked how I'd ordered, completely tasteless, and texture of cardboard.  The accompanying chips were ok, the coleslaw a teaspoon sized lump and nothing like the very appetising looking coleslaw on the menu.  The waiting staff didn't take the time to ask us how the food was (probably too embarrassed) and didn't bat an eyelid or say a word when they collected my plate with 3/4 of the steak untouched.  We didn't have dessert.  Bill came to £35.

Don't go there.

[The_nun]

We used to eat in Frankie and Benny's in the Orleans, Vegas, ..it was drop down gorgeous,never had a bad meal there so we tried it over here in Leeds, it was bloody putrid crap, totally put us off going again over here.

[AndrewT]

Places selling two meals for £7.95 sure have tasty food.

[GreekStein]

Nandos is most overrated place ever

'Tis fair, but I call your Nando's & raise you Frankie & Benny's...

I've onlly been to Frankie and Benny's once.  whole experience was shit.  Only time I've ever been tempted to leave a restaurant without paying (and I don't think they'd have noticed).

Really?

I went to a Frankie and Benny's a few weeks ago while I was waiting for a train and it was awesome.

2 courses, about a dozen coffees and for not very much more than the cost of a big McDonalds lunch.

Was it busy - could that be the main difference?

no - it was dead.  [  ] I was surprised afterwards.

I've only been to 2 in total, so it's hard to say whether they were unusually good or yours was unusually bad.

Shows the danger in basing your opinion of a chain on 1 or 2 outlets then

The one across from DTD is ok.

Nando's though....the people who like it I'm concerned for. Did they never get a nice home-cooked chicken ever?

[The_nun]

We always go to Akbars in Bradford, have done since the world began, before sliced bread was invented. Never yet had a bad meal.They started off in the one we frequent the most but have now branched out to other cities, have a couple in Leeed's well worth a visit, anyway, being as I mentioned Alea is close to a Mumtaz I thought we had better try it out, last week we did, chuffin gippin.

[Jon MW]

Nandos is most overrated place ever

'Tis fair, but I call your Nando's & raise you Frankie & Benny's...

I've onlly been to Frankie and Benny's once.  whole experience was shit.  Only time I've ever been tempted to leave a restaurant without paying (and I don't think they'd have noticed).

Really?

I went to a Frankie and Benny's a few weeks ago while I was waiting for a train and it was awesome.

2 courses, about a dozen coffees and for not very much more than the cost of a big McDonalds lunch.

Was it busy - could that be the main difference?

no - it was dead.  [  ] I was surprised afterwards.

I've only been to 2 in total, so it's hard to say whether they were unusually good or yours was unusually bad.

Shows the danger in basing your opinion of a chain on 1 or 2 outlets then

The one across from DTD is ok.

...

lol, forgot I'd been to that one too

In that case I can recommend the Frankie and Benny's in Eastbourne, Bristol and Nottingham - other than that it's at your own risk

[rex008]

Best sushi I've had outside of Japan is probably around a mile from DTD. Higoi. Superb Japanese food.

[GreekStein]

Best sushi I've had outside of Japan is probably around a mile from DTD. Higoi. Superb Japanese food.

Kin....book the table for before the next 300 at dtd

[Bongo]

Best sushi I've had outside of Japan is probably around a mile from DTD. Higoi. Superb Japanese food.

Kin....book the table for before the next 300 at dtd

Don't go in a big group... they can't cope.

Great food though!

[paulhouk03]

Yo Sushi, the one in  harvey Nic's leeds is not bad.

yo sushi is turd

over priced and its not very well made

[kinboshi]

Yo Sushi, the one in  harvey Nic's leeds is not bad.

yo sushi is turd

over priced and its not very well made

THIS.

The 'kaitenzushi' - the revolving conveyor belt sushi restaurants are a Japanese equivalent of fast food.  Still, some of the sushi that you can get at them surpasses anything I've had in the UK.  The founder of Yo Sushi took an idea that was already common in Japan and tried to pass it as innovative in the UK.  I guess it is innovative in the UK.  Shame he didn't go as far as making sure the sushi was good as well.

Higoi....now that sounds like a good idea!  http://higoi.co.uk/pages/Menu.html  - not cheap though, so I reckon we'll need to play credit card roulette again with the clown and get him to pay.

[RED-DOG]

women dont make sushi because there hands are too warm compared to the mans
and warm hands will affect the fish taste texture etc etc

See. This is exactly the kind of pretentious bollocks I'm talking about.

Jesus H Christ on a bike, listen to yourself ffs.


PS- No offence  

[The_nun]

women dont make sushi because there hands are too warm compared to the mans
and warm hands will affect the fish taste texture etc etc

See. This is exactly the kind of pretentious bollocks I'm talking about.

Jesus H Christ on a bike, listen to yourself ffs.

Next you'll be saying were no good at poker either.   


PS- No offence