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Worst takeaway meal you've ever eaten?

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  • 21-02-2021 9:00pm
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    Lewis_Benson
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    The fact that the takeaway business is booming át the moment got me thinking, what's the worst you've ever had?

    I once got a "donor" kebab somewhere along the quays in Dublin about 20 years ago.

    I'm not sure what the donor meat was exactly, but it was like rubber and tasted like gone off beef.

    The pitta bread was like a slice of cardboard and the sauces and salad must have been sitting for days...
    Needless to say it probabaly ended up in the liffey.


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    Eggs For Dinner
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    You've made me think hard about this. Over 50 years of eating takeaways, here and abroad, I've never had one that I didn't give a decent go or had one which gave me the scutts. Lucky I guess. Most disappointing would be Dominos Pizza. Flabby raw-doughy ****e.


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    dan1895
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    Had an Indian about ten years ago and most of the chicken was either black or brown. The place has been closed on a number of occasions due to not been up to scratch health and safety wise.


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    Yurt2
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    Eggs For Dinner wrote: »
    You've made me think hard about this. Over 50 years of eating takeaways, here and abroad, I've never had one that I didn't give a decent go or had one which gave me the scutts. Lucky I guess. Most disappointing would be Dominos Pizza. Flabby raw-doughy ****e.


    Dominos is sh*te. It's shocking expensive as well.


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    Beechwoodspark
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    Dominos is awful

    Apache very very bad too and v v expensive for what it is


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    Wanderer2010
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    Himylain Herring.


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    Eoinbmw
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    When KFC in the Cresent shopping center Limerick originally opened must be 15 years ago I was all excited at the time :P !
    Whatever it was it was deffo not chicken!
    Have not chanced a KFC since!


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    Tails142
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    Ah jaysus dominos isn't that bad, worst pizza I ever got was from some place on the seafront in Kilkee, cost €4.50 and I can't even describe how ****e it was, only took a few bites and I was absolutely starving.

    Have had a couple of bad takeaway experiences down there, the place is either a ghost town or absolutely bombed with people, queued for about an hour in a chipper, absolutely packed, staff obviously pissed off, got back to the house to eat it and the sausage which had been deep fried was still frozen in the middle, youch

    Had a burger from a place overlooking the beach in Dunmore East, fancy restaurant style place and I kid you not, the burger was a Big Al's Big Eat and they still wanted 15 quid for it


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    2lazytogetup
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    Dominoes was terrible. Got enticed by a voucher code in a flyer through the door. Voucher code didn't even work.

    Pizza so bad. So salty that kids kept asking for glasses of water through the night.


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    Pauliedragon
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    Anyone here who's been to Sydney will probably have eaten a kebab from a place next door to a pub called scruffy murphys which is the most well known Irish pub over there. Lets just say the toilet got a good workout the next morning.:)


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    Mimon
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    Over 20 years ago went to a booth selling Indian food in the worst part of San Francisco.

    Still can't figure it out but they had only a chicken dish on the menu which consisted of a chicken leg in a polystyrene tub sitting in a watery curry sauce, no rice or anything.

    Must have been a cover to distribute drugs or something??

    Went in the bin after I opened the tub.


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    2lazytogetup
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    Tails142 wrote: »
    Ah jaysus dominos isn't that bad, worst pizza I ever got was from some place on the seafront in Kilkee, cost €4.50 and I can't even describe how ****e it was, only took a few bites and I was absolutely starving.

    Have had a couple of bad takeaway experiences down there, the place is either a ghost town or absolutely bombed with people, queued for about an hour in a chipper, absolutely packed, staff obviously pissed off, got back to the house to eat it and the sausage which had been deep fried was still frozen in the middle, youch

    Had a burger from a place overlooking the beach in Dunmore East, fancy restaurant style place and I kid you not, the burger was a Big Al's Big Eat and they still wanted 15 quid for it

    I know that bar/restaurant overlooking Dunmore East and totally agree. Owner or manager there was the meanest person I've ever met.


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    Sgt Hartman
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    Tails142 wrote: »
    Ah jaysus dominos isn't that bad, worst pizza I ever got was from some place on the seafront in Kilkee, cost €4.50 and I can't even describe how ****e it was, only took a few bites and I was absolutely starving.

    Have had a couple of bad takeaway experiences down there, the place is either a ghost town or absolutely bombed with people, queued for about an hour in a chipper, absolutely packed, staff obviously pissed off, got back to the house to eat it and the sausage which had been deep fried was still frozen in the middle, youch

    Had a burger from a place overlooking the beach in Dunmore East, fancy restaurant style place and I kid you not, the burger was a Big Al's Big Eat and they still wanted 15 quid for it

    It must be gone at least 20 years now but The Cherry Tree in Kilkee was probably the grottiest takeaway I was ever in. The place was run down and filthy.


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    Doctors room ghost
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    Had a Wendy’s takeaway in New York once.
    It was pure and utter sh1te.
    I’d say a starved badger wouldn’t eat it.


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    CosmicFool
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    Eoinbmw wrote: »
    When KFC in the Cresent shopping center Limerick originally opened must be 15 years ago I was all excited at the time :P !
    Whatever it was it was deffo not chicken!
    Have not chanced a KFC since!

    It's still ****


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    Hellrazer
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    There was a chipper in the 90s where I lived that was slicing up cans of dog and cat food for their burgers ie taking the cans off and frying the meat.
    Thing is the queues used to be out the door for the burgers. They really were the nicest burgers Ive ever tasted - that is until I discovered what it was.

    Then there was also a chinese caught with a pigeon trap on the roof shut down as well - I had eaten a few "chicken" curries out of that one aswell.


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    Mr. CooL ICE
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    The Dominos/Apache is almost kinda moot, considering how many branches there are. I've gotten good and bad from both depending on where I got them from. My local Dominos is best avoided, but the one near where I last lived was great.

    Worst I've had was the "house burger" (or something like that) from a Romayos a few years ago. It was awful. Standard burger and bun with a slice of rubbery bacon. The burger box was swimming in what I assume was watery bottled cheese. Had a few bites and threw it away and had toast instead.


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    Corvo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,652 ✭✭✭Corvo


    Worst - Taco Fries from Abra while sober

    Best - Taco Fries from the same Abra while sloshed


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    Mimon
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    Hellrazer wrote: »
    There was a chipper in the 90s where I lived that was slicing up cans of dog and cat food for their burgers ie taking the cans off and frying the meat.
    Thing is the queues used to be out the door for the burgers. They really were the nicest burgers Ive ever tasted - that is until I discovered what it was.

    Then there was also a chinese caught with a pigeon trap on the roof shut down as well - I had eaten a few "chicken" curries out of that one aswell.

    Yeh, when the Chinese opened in my hometown there was a rumour that they were paying a local farmer to raise goats to supply it. Was total BS aswell.


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    Mr. CooL ICE
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    Corvo wrote: »
    Worst - Taco Fries from Abra while sober

    Good call, actually. Once had the misfortune of choosing this over a chicken fillet roll from the spar next door when I had 30 minutes to kill. Worst decision ever.


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    Mimon
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    Local Chinese is not terrible, just very bland. Not paying takeaway prices when I could rustle up something tastier myself.

    The other one in the town has had issues with the health dept. and has terrible reviews so never tried it.


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    OicheMhaira
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    Deep Fried Curly Wurly in Edinbugh - in garlic and beer batter for added unpleasantness.


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    Corvo
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    OicheMhaira wrote: »
    Deep Fried Curly Wurly in Edinbugh - in garlic and beer batter for added unpleasantness.

    Oh god we have a winner


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    razorblunt
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    OicheMhaira wrote: »
    Deep Fried Curly Wurly in Edinbugh - in garlic and beer batter for added unpleasantness.

    You deserve that.





    Should have picked the Deep Fried Mars bar!


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Pizza that tasted like the smell of old dish cloth


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    beertons
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    Ate a hairy burger @Witness in Fairyhouse. Oh to be young and carefree again.


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    Snotty
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    US takeaways in general are terrible, don't ever eat in a Popeyes, it was absolutely vile.

    Worst I ever had in Ireland was a Mcdonalds breakfast thing, egg bacon muffin, felt sick for hours after eating it


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    Tiredteach
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    Made the mistake of trying Apache pizza last year. Still can taste it. Worst pizza I’ve ever had.


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    Mad_maxx
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    Lewis_Benson wrote: »
    The fact that the takeaway business is booming át the moment got me thinking, what's the worst you've ever had?

    I once got a "donor" kebab somewhere along the quays in Dublin about 20 years ago.

    I'm not sure what the donor meat was exactly, but it was like rubber and tasted like gone off beef.

    The pitta bread was like a slice of cardboard and the sauces and salad must have been sitting for days...
    Needless to say it probabaly ended up in the liffey.

    ordered a curry chips in a take away one friday night about twenty years ago , was rarely ever in this joint but was passing through

    back out to the car , opened the lid , instead of curry , they either used paint or someone emptied the contents of their nose on to the chips , pure green

    went back in and threw it on the counter

    " you didnt get that here " shouts one of the staff , to which i shouted

    "get me another chips before i have health and safety on you before the night is done "

    a more level headed member of staff profusely apologized


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    Feisar
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    beertons wrote: »
    Ate a hairy burger @Witness in Fairyhouse. Oh to be young and carefree again.

    I’d say it was like battery acid on the third day.

    First they came for the socialists...



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    Crash Bang Wall
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    Little kebab pace outside DIT Aungier Street......I was hammered and the kebab was rotten, so it must have been bad


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