Self service “Restaurants”

v638sg7k1a92bx · 05-01-2020 03:21PM #1

They seem to be everywhere at the moment but I don’t get the point. Feels like I’m in prison, lining up to have my food slopped out and being rushed with the queue behind you and the sever anxiously waiting while you have to make a choice in 10 seconds. The whole idea of going to a restaurant is that your food is served to you but why would you go to a self service restaurant when I may aswell stay at home and get the same for free. At least with pub carvery you know what you get and the price reflects that - roast, spuds the usual. I was in a self service restaurant in rathmines which all the pretentious mums live for some reason and which is closing btw, where you pick your food and salad which is then reheated in the microwave!!! WTF! I’m paying the same price as a sit down restaurant to serve myself, hussle for a seat and have my food reheated in a micro. What am I missing here?

Raconteuse · 05-01-2020 03:36PM

They don't seem to be everywhere.

A carvery is self service.

Thankfully it's not compulsory to attend them.

Mrs OBumble · 05-01-2020 03:52PM

You have someone in your house who cooks and does the dishes for you?

05-01-2020 03:56PM

I can kind of agree. I generally avoid them. I don't like the constant queuing aspect of them and I find often times carvery-style counters tend to have the food slightly warm instead of piping hot.

I much prefer sitting at a table, and having a menu to order from. But I appreciate there's room for both business models. I just wouldn't ever pick the 'school canteen' option over a 'sit-down' option.

sydthebeat · 05-01-2020 03:57PM

Apples... Meet oranges

bee06 · 05-01-2020 04:03PM

Is it like a cafe type thing? Like O Briens?

I’ve never heard of a restaurant where you queue.

jimwallace197 · 05-01-2020 04:05PM

I like them. You usually get to choose exactly how much you want, often are able to go back for more if you wish. Also, when the food is laid out for you, you can get a much better idea of what its like, the smell, the look of it.

Hoboo · 05-01-2020 04:05PM

bee06 wrote: »

Is it like a cafe type thing? Like O Briens?

I’ve never heard of a restaurant where you queue.

Only ever seen something comparable in Yea Burger. You queue to get seated, then you queue to order your food, then you sit and your food gets served on a tray.

It's just another business model. McDonalds is a restaurant you queue in. Albeit a Fast Food Restaurant.

ebbsy · 05-01-2020 04:09PM

I like chicken.

And minge.

Larbre34 · 05-01-2020 04:11PM

Nandos. Come for the self service and stay for the high prices.

A ridiculous model, went once, food very average, never again.

BeerWolf · 05-01-2020 04:14PM

Stop going to fast food restaurants, they don't exist in a proper restaurant...

PTH2009 · 05-01-2020 04:14PM

We have a self service bar in Waterford

U go in and put money on a card, get a glass, tap and pull ur own pint

It's a good idea but I'd rather have my pint handed to me

PonchoMcHoncho · 05-01-2020 04:28PM

Larbre34 wrote: »

Nandos. Come for the self service and stay for the high prices.

A ridiculous model, went once, food very average, never again.

Same. I have absolutely no idea why people were raving about it. Nothing about it is good.

v638sg7k1a92bx · 05-01-2020 05:06PM

PonchoMcHoncho wrote: »

Same. I have absolutely no idea why people were raving about it. Nothing about it is good.

Just walk past Nando’s and have a look at the clientele.

v638sg7k1a92bx · 05-01-2020 05:09PM

sydthebeat wrote: »

Apples... Meet oranges

Exactly but prices are the same so.

v638sg7k1a92bx · 05-01-2020 05:10PM

PTH2009 wrote: »

We have a self service bar in Waterford

U go in and put money on a card, get a glass, tap and pull ur own pint

It's a good idea but I'd rather have my pint handed to me

Are the pints cheaper?

Gynoid · 05-01-2020 05:17PM

OP, have you ever seen the self service pick and mix in cinemas? There ya are, cheerfully angling the wee shovel to get some nice fudge squares and mostly green and black jelly babies and then some toddler with neon green snots hanging over their lip comes along, licks one of the fizzy cola bottles you were going to get next, and puts it back in the drawer. Traumatic.

aziz · 05-01-2020 06:23PM

Reuben Tasteless Sunburn wrote: »

Are the pints cheaper?

No,if anything,more expensive

sydthebeat · 05-01-2020 07:21PM

Reuben Tasteless Sunburn wrote: »

Exactly but prices are the same so.

I don't know what carverys or restaurants you go to, but carverys I've gone to are always cheaper.

I wouldn't pay €20 for a main from a carvery... Anywhere.

v638sg7k1a92bx · 05-01-2020 07:45PM

sydthebeat wrote: »

I don't know what carverys or restaurants you go to, but carverys I've gone to are always cheaper.

I wouldn't pay €20 for a main from a carvery... Anywhere.

I’m not talking about carvery read the OP before you clog up the thread. We don’t all live in muck savage land, licking our knives and slurping pints for €3:10 on a Tuesday afternoon.

RWCNT · 05-01-2020 07:46PM

Is OP referring to a buffet?

Im not getting the picture.

05-01-2020 07:47PM

Reuben Tasteless Sunburn wrote: »

I’m not talking about carvery read the OP before you clog up the thread. We don’t all live in muck savage land, licking our knives and slurping pints for €3:10 on a Tuesday afternoon.

Carvery is far nicer than the dirt you’re talking about having.

v638sg7k1a92bx · 05-01-2020 07:53PM

RWCNT wrote: »

Is OP referring to a buffet?

Im not getting the picture.

Avoca, fallow & Byrne, garden centres, hotels, and basically any establishment you go to on a weekend has a “restaurant” where you line up with your tray and get a pick n mix that is then heated in a micro and handed to you on a prison tray and all for the same price you would pay in an actual restaurant.

barneygumble99 · 05-01-2020 08:05PM

Not quite a restaurant but I’d never eat bread or baking from any supermarket unless I see it being put out by a worker and I get it straight away. The amount of ******s, sorry, parents that allow their children to molest the loose food on display in supermarkets is criminal.

v638sg7k1a92bx · 05-01-2020 08:16PM

barneygumble99 wrote: »

Not quite a restaurant but I’d never eat bread or baking from any supermarket unless I see it being put out by a worker and I get it straight away. The amount of ******s, sorry, parents that allow their children to molest the loose food on display in supermarkets is criminal.

Never mind the kids what about the adults?

Super-Rush · 05-01-2020 09:00PM

Reuben Tasteless Sunburn wrote: »

Avoca, fallow & Byrne, garden centres, hotels, and basically any establishment you go to on a weekend has a “restaurant” where you line up with your tray and get a pick n mix that is then heated in a micro and handed to you on a prison tray and all for the same price you would pay in an actual restaurant.

That is a carvery you fcuking idiot.

bee06 · 05-01-2020 09:01PM

Reuben Tasteless Sunburn wrote: »

Avoca, fallow & Byrne, garden centres, hotels, and basically any establishment you go to on a weekend has a “restaurant” where you line up with your tray and get a pick n mix that is then heated in a micro and handed to you on a prison tray and all for the same price you would pay in an actual restaurant.

Is someone forcing you to eat in these places? Blink once for yes.

Assetbacked · 05-01-2020 09:04PM

Steak on a stone where you cook it yourself is a great way to part idiots with their money.

Miss Elizabeth · 05-01-2020 09:09PM

The new Mc Donald's order system is a joke. It takes longer and you end up standing around with a ticket like a ****ing eejit. Its not any faster!!! Its just less personal but not in a good way.

Its Mc Donald's, you don't expect much but I don't like it and I've been twice since the one near me changed. The first time they forgot to give me a hamburger. The second time they gave me extra chips. I said nothing about it the second time.

v638sg7k1a92bx · 05-01-2020 09:23PM

Super-Rush wrote: »

That is a carvery you fcuking idiot.

No it isn’t you wet brain. A carvery is where they served freshly cooked meat that they cut in front of you or carve in front of you. These places I’m talking about refer to themselves as “Restaurants” as described in the title you knucklehead.

SCOOP 64 · 05-01-2020 09:37PM

Miss Elizabeth wrote: »

The new Mc Donald's order system is a joke. It takes longer and you end up standing around with a ticket like a ****ing eejit. Its not any faster!!! Its just less personal but not in a good way.

Its Mc Donald's, you don't expect much but I don't like it and I've been twice since the one near me changed. The first time they forgot to give me a hamburger. The second time they gave me extra chips. I said nothing about it the second time.

Never use it, i just go to till as normal.

Self service “Restaurants”

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