Why is Eddie Rockets always seen as so expensive?

damienirel

jimgoose wrote: »

You have rather different ideas about burgers to me. These days I gets my burgers from the butcher - pure 100% minced striploin. :cool:

I think he meant the ones served in joints like ER - ain't no striploin in them sir!

gobnaitolunacy

jimgoose wrote: »

You have rather different ideas about burgers to me. These days I gets my burgers from the butcher - pure 100% minced striploin. :cool:

This is not a chipper burger, this is your 'gourmet' made to order burger.

damienirel

Well I've eaten in Eddie Rockets and I've eaten in Mc Ds and in my opinion they are both equally terrible!
ER comes out worse in my opinion because its that much more expensive for nought!

Grayditch

I think their food is gorgeous and generally consistent throughout the branches. Yes it's expensive, alright, but I'm know what I'm getting when I order. I know that Smokestack for 7-8 euro is going to be delicious and fill me for the night. I could go into a pub and pay a fiver for a burger and not know what I'm going to get, could be great, could be brutal, so it can come in very handy when I'm in a town I'm not used to... or just want a monster Smokestack, stat.

Bacon and onion rings on the f**ker, like. Some sweet potatoe fries and cajun dip. Delish.

McDonalds comparisons? Yeah, ok

jimgoose

damienirel wrote: »

I think he meant the ones served in joints like ER - ain't no striploin in them sir!

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

This is not a chipper burger, this is your 'gourmet' made to order burger.

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Well a burger is...

Ah. OK then!

jimgoose

Grayditch wrote: »

...Bacon and onion rings on the f**ker, like.

Oh Hell yeah. :cool:

looking_around

jimgoose wrote: »

You have rather different ideas about burgers to me. These days I gets my burgers from the butcher - pure 100% minced striploin. :cool:

You ever tried pork burgers?
Quite nice.

And I once had pork mince from pigs fed on nuts. (can't remember what county now they can be picked up, but), by god are they tasty!

jimgoose

looking_around wrote: »

You ever tried pork burgers?
Quite nice.

And I once had pork mince from pigs fed on nuts. (can't remember what county now they can be picked up, but), by god are they tasty!

No, but I do like a beef sausage. In the old days we butchered a couple of pigs most years, fed on potato-peelings, vegetable scraps, that sort of thing. Finest I've ever had. :cool:

DublinWriter

Found the quality of the meat in ER's really went downhill round 2010, or whenever they switched over from the heavy American glasses to those plastic kiddie beakers.

damienirel

I think you need to have ran out of place to eat if you find yourself in a Eddie Rockets.
There are lots of good takeaways in Limerick/Dublin/Cork/Galway that have better quality burgers and chips. Sure they have the "diner" experience - but that's about all it has.

Grayditch

damienirel wrote: »

I think you need to have ran out of place to eat if you find yourself in a Eddie Rockets.
There are lots of good takeaways in Limerick/Dublin/Cork/Galway that have better quality burgers and chips. Sure they have the "diner" experience - but that's about all it has.

It's dead handy that we all like the exact same things.

MadsL

biko wrote: »

I miss Eddie Rockets.

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

They do look after you in the US, but their meat products taste sh!te.

I miss Eddie Rockets too and I have access to Johnny Rockets, Five Guys, Lumpy Burger and various other gourmet burger places.

Eddie Rockets is the bomb.

Grayditch

California have the Umami burger. It'd make a show of anything we have here, in fairness. In & Out probably would too, and that's a cheap place.

diomed

MadsL
This thread is not about rockets.

callmepetardu

BetterThanThou wrote: »

This is something I personally don't understand, nearly every person I know always refuses to go to Eddie Rockets because it's "too expensive", though have no objection to going to other restaurants which would offer similar value.
You'd be talking about 12 euro maximum for a burger combo meal with a drink and fries. You'd probably spend about 8.50-9.00 maximum in McDonald's. So, it works out 3 euro more than McDonald's, with waiters, a nicer atmosphere and better quality food. They also have quite a few menu options which are difficult to find anywhere else.
So, why do people view Eddie Rockets as so expensive?

Student meal in McDonalds is a fiver, which is way better than Eddie Rockets. As others have said, you're paying to have fast food handed to you.

The malts are great, but they're so expensive that they're almost not worth it.

Merkin

I absolutely love Eddie Rockets and this thread is making me hungry for a double take with cheese, cheese and bacon fries and a large coke......NYUM.

MickyStaines

It's a rip off. Also I heard their burgers are horse meat.

At least with McDonalds you know what your getting

MadsL

diomed wrote: »

MadsL
This thread is not about rockets.

I did mention bombs at one point

--Kaiser--

damienirel wrote: »

I think you need to have ran out of place to eat if you find yourself in a Eddie Rockets.
There are lots of good takeaways in Limerick/Dublin/Cork/Galway that have better quality burgers and chips. Sure they have the "diner" experience - but that's about all it has.

That's rubbish to be honest. Name a better 'takeaway' in Limerick? And you'd better not say Donkey Ford's or The Golden Grill

fussyonion

It is dearer than McDonald's and Burger King but in my opinion, I'd rather pay a bit extra for a real home-made style mince burger with tomatoes, lettuce and gherkin, with some delicious chips.

I find the food in Eddie Rockets fills me up for much longer than McDonald's.
It's rare I even have fast-food anyway, so when I do, it's a treat.

looking_around

callmepetardu wrote: »

Student meal in McDonalds is a fiver, which is way better than Eddie Rockets. As others have said, you're paying to have fast food handed to you.

The malts are great, but they're so expensive that they're almost not worth it.

The point is, most people find that E.R. is more filling than McD's

Their Milkshakes are also far far nicer than most other places. Proper good ice cream is expensive.

Akrasia

I'm so feckin hungry now, thanks for that after hours

Grayditch

I can't believe McDonalds are finally doing the exact same burgers as Eddie Rockets, but much cheaper...

On a side note, people eat from somewhere called Donkey Ford's?

Eggonyerface

As mentioned earlier in comparison mc Donalds is a false economy, because no one can deny you're hungry again a lot sooner after a maccers than an Eddies, so it balances out

MadsL

looking_around wrote: »

Proper good ice cream is expensive.

In fairness soft serve isn't expensive.

D1stant

MickyStaines wrote: »

It's a rip off. Also I heard their burgers are horse meat.

At least with McDonalds you know what your getting

LOL. Yes equally bad meat mixed with sh1t

damienirel

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

That's rubbish to be honest. Name a better 'takeaway' in Limerick? And you'd better not say Donkey Ford's or The Golden Grill

So you've found 2 that are better already -see! Told ya!:D

--Kaiser--

damienirel wrote: »

So you've found 2 that are better already -see! Told ya!:D

Just two I thought you might mention if you have faulty taste buds - food from Limerick takeaways is generally rank

jimgoose

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Just two I thought you might mention if you have faulty taste buds - food from Limerick takeaways is generally rank

Krank's Korner sham - all sortsa kebab dere, like!

damienirel

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Just two I thought you might mention if you have faulty taste buds - food from Limerick takeaways is generally rank

In fairness the food I had in ER limerick branch 6 months ago was well rank too!
Rank with a hefty bill.
As earlier posters mentioned at least you know what you're getting in Mc Ds. You'd expect a lot better in ERs at the price.
In fact I think I had an ER years ago in Dublin and it wasn't great but it wasn't terrible either. Obviously the place was been ran into the dirt - if the business failed and it's something else now.