Kilo Restuarants - would they work here?

westcoast66

Don't want to put this in the 'bring your own lunch' thread. I worked in Brazil a few years ago and we used to go to 'Kilo Resturants' for lunch. Basically it was a big buffet where you filled your plate, the cashier weighed it and you paid by weight. Would this work here or would the irish find some way to scam it?!

darkpagandeath

all you can eat yum

themandan6611

westcoast66 wrote: »

Don't want to put this in the 'bring your own lunch' thread. I worked in Brazil a few years ago and we used to go to 'Kilo Resturants' for lunch. Basically it was a bug buffet where you filled your plate, the cashier weighed it and you paid by weight. Would this work here or would the irish find some way to scam it?!

a bug buffet, yuke

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

I went to one a few weeks ago in Mechants Quay.

It was a rip off.

Duckworth_Luas

Irish don't do Bush Tucker! Disgusting!

My name is URL

westcoast66 wrote: »

Don't want to put this in the 'bring your own lunch' thread. I worked in Brazil a few years ago and we used to go to 'Kilo Resturants' for lunch. Basically it was a bug buffet where you filled your plate, the cashier weighed it and you paid by weight. Would this work here or would the irish find some way to scam it?!

I can't see that taking off here :pac:

wicklowstevo

westcoast66 wrote: »

Don't want to put this in the 'bring your own lunch' thread. I worked in Brazil a few years ago and we used to go to 'Kilo Resturants' for lunch. Basically it was a bug buffet where you filled your plate, the cashier weighed it and you paid by weight. Would this work here or would the irish find some way to scam it?!

i hope that's ment to say BIG , if not then no its definitely wont work here:eek:

Chucken

I discovered these kind of restuarants in Poland but they charge per 100gms.
I think they are a fantastic idea but like everything here it would be ripped off. From the customers eating before they pay and the restuarants charging wayyy too much.

Sir Arthur Daley

Americans tourists would not be fond of this.

sawdoubters

weighing food is annoying its over priced
food quality is usuly not good as its cooked then left sitting for hours

at lunch people want quick,what location have you

you need a big lunch crowd

what bars serve food nearby or other resteraunts

Hootanany

Debauams department store has one already very pricy

phasers

I prefer buffets where you just pay a flat amount and eat all the food you want. I hate pick n mix, they charge by weight and you can never tell what its going to cost until you get to the till.

Annasopra

There is a restuarant in Killarney where you can pay what you want

darkpagandeath

sawdoubters wrote: »

weighing food is annoying its over priced
food quality is usuly not good as its cooked then left sitting for hours

at lunch people want quick,what location have you

you need a big lunch crowd

what bars serve food nearby or other resteraunts

Yeah thinking your not getting many olives for example then it turns out you got €10 worth ...

westcoast66

I remember also if you guessed the weight you'd get your lunch for free!

My name is URL

mango salsa wrote: »

There is a restuarant in Killarney where you can pay what you want

What's the catch?

dundalkfc10

mango salsa wrote: »

There is a restuarant in Killarney where you can pay what you want

Thats quite common nowadays

kneemos

A kilo of food would be a substantial meal.

biko

I think it's a great idea.

Hootanany

kneemos wrote: »

A kilo of food would be a substantial meal.

Like a bag of sugar

Matt_Trakker

Few Chinese restuarants around the Grafton Street area in Dublin have had this for years.
Works fine.
Food isn't of the highest quality though.

johnnyskeleton

mango salsa wrote: »

There is a restuarant in Killarney where you can pay what you want

Sounds like your mas!

(Before I get banned, that's my first your mas in 7 years on boards, I think!)

stefan idiot jones

I went to one in Prague, a vegetarian one and it was superb.

Would go again in a heartbeat.

whupdedo

mango salsa wrote: »

There is a restuarant in Killarney where you can pay what you want

Ya, the vanilla pod did it for a month and reported higher takings than normal for that month afair.

Oranage2

Not sure it would work, it'll end up with very limited food choice and it'll be expensive.

PirateShampoo

Dublin Airport has or had one, I got stung paying 12 euro for a bloody salad.

Alf Veedersane

I'd have thought it might teach people some portion control...

Lenin Skynard

Ah an all-you-can-eat buffet in Ireland. I imagine our own unique twist is that the plate would be small and cost €20.

Dravokivich

A lot of places that do salad charge for it by weight.

iguana

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I'd have thought it might teach people some portion control...

There is a place in Dalston in London that operates an all you can eat buffet for a set charge but if you overfill your plate and leave a load of leftovers they are weighed and you are charged a fee for food wastage. The customers can eat whatever they want but this way they only take small amounts at a time so they don't get greedy and take more food than they can eat. The wastage charge is donated to international famine relief. I think that's a good idea as a lot of people go nuts at the idea of all you can eat.

Son Of A Vidic

westcoast66 wrote: »

Would this work here or would the irish find some way to scam it?!

Since it is the Rip Off Republic, no doubt the owners would find some way to over charge us.

floggg

westcoast66 wrote: »

Don't want to put this in the 'bring your own lunch' thread. I worked in Brazil a few years ago and we used to go to 'Kilo Resturants' for lunch. Basically it was a big buffet where you filled your plate, the cashier weighed it and you paid by weight. Would this work here or would the irish find some way to scam it?!

It's called KC Peaches. They are every where now.

Plazaman

iguana wrote: »

.....I think that's a good idea as a lot of people go nuts at the idea of all you can eat.

Not enough all you can eat restaurants in Ireland just yet for the Irish psyche to cope with. More and more chinese restaurants are doing it and it seems to work well in most cases but theres alway the drunken fool that want's everything on the menu to "impress" his ape friends then leave half behind and the other half in the bowl of the jacks.

But I think if it's abused it's down to drink and not a Homer type character.