Expensive food (2 Viewers)

[Lenny HB]

I never slept for a chuffing fortnight it was my turn to pay.

Good job you weren't in the states where 20% is the norm if not minium for a tip.

Over there waiters are allowed to be paid way below the minium wage and make there salary up in tips.

 

[Lenny HB]

Go on steak night for a sirloin.

Absolutely nothing wrong with it, and the price is sensible.

Ate in spoons twice last year not our choice others we were with wanted to go there, steak was a bit rubbish.
Vowed never to eat in a spoons again.

 

[gus-lopez]

Go in McDonalds, ,milk shake , keep receipt ,go online@Mcfoodforthoughts.com; input receipt code do survey, receive email & you now have Big mac & medium fries for 1,99 ?
Continue ad infinitum,what is not to like?

Their friend went to university did a masters in a science starts a job what should they expect?

I met exactly that lady recently cleaning toilets in the local Carrefour . spoke excellent English as well.

 

[Richard n Ann]

Agreed
What is it supposed to be?

Mine is Halumi burger and chips with naga sauce 9 pound something with a pint

 

[Lenny HB]

Go in McDonalds, ,milk shake , keep receipt ,go online@Mcfoodforthoughts.com; input receipt code do survey, receive email & you now have Big mac & medium fries for 1,99 ?
Continue ad infinitum,what is not to like?

The food it's disgusting, and I thought you had better taste Richard

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[oldiesontour]

You could always join the great unwashed folk living the cold grim backward north !!!

 

[scotjimland]

The food it's disgusting, and I thought you had better taste Richard

beg to differ... they have high quality food standards .

ask chaser about how difficult it is to be an approved meat supplier

 

[Lenny HB]

beg to differ... they have high quality food standards .

ask chaser about how difficult it is to be an approved meat supplier

But it doesn't taste anything like a beefburger.

 

[oldiesontour]

High standards maybe,but ex freezer dry sweet bread,awful looks and tastes like deep fried streaky bacon ,dry burgers,processed cheese slices salty french fries a 1/2 a rain forest for packaging that you are expected to clear up in their RESTAURANT..and now so my kids say fairly expensive..drinks and ice cream not bad but doubt it's seen a cow.
Each to their own ..not for me..all about the power of marketing wich they are superb at

 

[scotjimland]

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[oldiesontour]

It seems it is possible to make a pigs ear out of a silk purse if you put it through enough industrial processes.
Just my opinion .. millions have very different opinions judging by the ever growing chain

 

[Peter and Julie]

You could always join the great unwashed folk living the cold grim backward north !!!

Hmmm! We have two Michelin starred restaurant's within a 20 minute drive from me (In the grim backward north).

https://moorhall.com/ and is excellent
and
https://www.restaurantsolo.co.uk/ not been but heard it's good.

 

[Just smiffy]

Even I don’t eat Mc Donald’s….

 

[pappajohn]

Mine is Halumi burger and chips with naga sauce 9 pound something with a pint

Looked to me to be a couple of battered spam slices in a bun.

 

[Abacist]

Yep if they worked 7 days a week that's nearly 22k a year tax free

It’s not tax free! It’s tax evasion that the rest of us have to pay more as a result!

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[oldiesontour]

You must be in a posh bit ,drive 20 mins from us you might find a decent chippy.
But have family in Sussex one of the dearest bits ... wouldn't swop places with them at any price

 

[Northernraider]

It’s not tax free! It’s tax evasion that the rest of us have to pay more as a result!

No you don't. You'd pay the Same tax regardless. You should be more concerned with the millionaires and billionaires that are evading tax. The wealthy steal far more from the public than the poor ever did.

 

[Burgo]

But it doesn't taste anything like a beefburger.

One for philosophical debate, as it could be argued that a McD does, in fact, taste exactly what a beefburger should actually really taste like, and it is the others that do not these days.

The are two "camps":
The likes of McD, Wendy, Wimpy, Burger King and any takeaway that is still open after 0200
and..
The other being the designer type, higher end restaurant, prime steak variants & "Heston Burger"styles.

Which is the genuine burger??

 

[gus-lopez]

The food it's disgusting, and I thought you had better taste Richard

No to me it is the same as filling with diesel.Something for fuel,nothing else. I don't agonise over me diesel just fill & go, same with food.

beg to differ... they have high quality food standards .

ask chaser about how difficult it is to be an approved meat supplier

KFC are even worse to supply for

tastes like deep fried streaky bacon

nothing wrong with streaky as long as it is burnt

processed cheese slices

salty french fries

& that is the problem with France. Most McD's they give you chips with no salt!!!!! What's that all about? I need it to get my blood pressure up.One of the reasons I like them is that I don't have to shovel more salt on usually.

 

[gus-lopez]

Which is the genuine burger??

one which doesn't cost 18 pounds.or even 5.

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[oldiesontour]

Keep both camps one's highly processed commercial... ......
The other is highly priced niche ....... ......

 

[jockaneezer]

Doing a sightseeing motorbike tour around James Herriot (the vet) country I stayed at the Three Tuns, Thirsk because it was where the farmers used to come to settle their bills with him. I hadn't realised until I got there that it was a Wetherspoons hotel/pub. The accommodation was awful, the scampi batter was soggy and the scampi (?) dried out inside, the peas like bullets and the chips and the plate were cold. At my table I was jostled and elbowed by a group of foul-mouthed boozy blokes loudly making disgusting comments about all of the women in the bar. The breakfast was equally awful. The next evening I went out for fish and chips which I ate in the square.

Went on a camping trip on my 400/4 back in '79. We camped at Thirsk racecourse and were absolutely soaked through. Wandered into town and ended up in the Three Tuns, the landlady told us to go in the backroom as the range was lit, I had my bike boots in the oven drying out and my socks laid out on the hearth ! The locals were spot on and the craic was good. We went back maybe ten years ago and couldn't believe the change in the place,scruffy and souless. Kinda regreted revisiting it.


As for being "Grim oop North" Cumbria/Westmoreland has more Michelin starred restaurants than any other county in England !

 

[Nirvanauk]

Went on a camping trip on my 400/4 back in '79. We camped at Thirsk racecourse and were absolutely soaked through. Wandered into town and ended up in the Three Tuns, the landlady told us to go in the backroom as the range was lit, I had my bike boots in the oven drying out and my socks laid out on the hearth ! The locals were spot on and the craic was good. We went back maybe ten years ago and couldn't believe the change in the place,scruffy and souless. Kinda regreted revisiting it.


As for being "Grim oop North" Cumbria/Westmoreland has more Michelin starred restaurants than any other country in England !

We;ve got 3 within 8 miles of us up in North Yorkshire.
Star at Harome
Black Swan at Oldstead
Myse at Hovingham

 

[Minxy]

Deepest condolences.

I prefer the Spanish bar I'm sitting outside on the sea front enjoying a beer.
But I am having to suffer Euro fizz.

Ooooooo ... where is thee?

 

[JockandRita]

Deepest condolences.

I prefer the Spanish bar I'm sitting outside on the sea front enjoying a beer.
But I am having to suffer Euro fizz.

Looks ‘orrible.

Agreed
What is it supposed to be?

Neither of you three are clearly fans of Spoons, so obviously unlikely to give a fair and reasoned view of their services, nor of their quality of food or ale. So please, do those of us who are regular and experienced customers nationwide, (including Ireland........north and south) a favour, by not offering opinions on a service that (by your own admissions), you are clearly not in a position to do so.
It's very much like the bleating of all things bad about Benidorm, ( especially from you Lenny)........from those who have either never been, nor have been, but never gave it a chance..........ie, narrow minded.

Good job you weren't in the states where 20% is the norm if not minium for a tip.

Over there waiters are allowed to be paid way below.

And isn't that a disgrace of the way the system works in the "Good Ole" USA, ie, not something for them to be proud of.

Looked to me to be a couple of battered spam slices in a bun.

And yet another uninformed opinion from another "nay sayer" and non user.

Jock.

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[Coastal Cruiser.]

But it doesn't taste anything like a beefburger.

Doesn’t even look anything like a beefburger

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Just as a reference for anyone who has not had a decent burger, this is what it looks like

 

[Helen Ariel]

Here down South and without family help even couple living frugally would struggle to save a deposit, never mind repaying a mortgage; virtually impossible if in a rented property.



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I know. I'm in Sussex and Brighton is particularly bad. People are leaving and businesses are closing. If people can't afford to live somewhere then there are no staff or staff wages have to be so high that you have to pay £10 for pint. Unfortunately wealth is being hoarded by too few and it's not filtering down.

 

[Dolmen]

Neither of you three are clearly fans of Spoons, so obviously unlikely to give a fair and reasoned view of their services, nor of their quality of food or ale. So please, do those of us who are regular and experienced customers nationwide, (including Ireland........north and south) a favour, by not offering opinions on a service that (by your own admissions), you are clearly not in a position to do so.
It's very much like the bleating of all things bad about Benidorm, ( especially from you Lenny)........from those who have either never been, nor have been, but never gave it a chance..........ie, narrow minded.


And isn't that a disgrace of the way the system works in the "Good Ole" USA, ie, not something for them to be proud of.


And yet another uninformed opinion from another "nay sayer" and non user.

Jock.

I’m not a big fan of ‘Spoons, however, I can’t help but agree with you, well said.

 

[Richard n Ann]

Just noticed the girl in the background she was probably just about to projectile vomit the disgusting 'food' she just ate

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