Worst restaurant you've ever eaten in?

jayteecork · 04-09-2008 10:22PM

some shítehole in Madrid.

Can't remember what the name was but it was hard to believe a place like that existed outside the movies.

LolaLuv · 04-09-2008 10:26PM

The Delhi Dhaba in Washington, D.C. They made chicken tikka masala with tomato soup! Eew. As we walked away from the restaurant I said "That was disgusting" and my friend said "that was awful" and I said "it was the worst meal I've ever had!" Must have seemed pretty funny to the people walking by.

LadyE · 04-09-2008 10:26PM

DenMan wrote: »

That was very unfortunate. Have you noticed how big they can get? My first evening when I lived in Malta a giant cockroach was in the bathroom. I eventually got him out, and it cost me a smal plate which broke in the bath. Huge monsters they are.

This one scared the crap outta me...really got a fright...felt like it was all over me even though I hadnt touched it!! Thought there was even one in my fricken sandel...horrible things they are!!

carlybabe1 · 04-09-2008 10:36PM

pickarooney wrote: »

A toss up between

A Romanian place off Church Street in Dublin that sadly didn't last beyond its first birthday. Everything was out of a tin and cold, except for the cheese, which was an easi-single 'garnishing' the slop beneath it. Their speciality was (canned) tripe soup.

A diner in a hamlet somewhere between La Paz and Sucre, Bolivia. I had the lamb soup, which was warm water with a sheep's jaw floating in it, teeth and all.

Oh my god I want to vomit :eek::eek::eek::eek: how did you not? or did you

LolaLuv · 04-09-2008 10:37PM

pickarooney wrote: »

A diner in a hamlet somewhere between La Paz and Sucre, Bolivia. I had the lamb soup, which was warm water with a sheep's jaw floating in it, teeth and all.

Lol, it sounds like you were on Fear Factor!

carlybabe1 · 04-09-2008 10:41PM

BOFH_139 wrote: »

+1

Also the only slightly hot waitress with any boobs bigger then a fried eye was a very pregnant one!?!?!?

TBH The fried eye would have been enough for me, :D:D

johnnyrotten · 04-09-2008 10:45PM

All McDonalds. The smell of their imitation fries is horrible

Degsy · 04-09-2008 10:49PM

pickarooney wrote: »

I had the best kebab ever in Bodrum. I didn't go to the jacks there though, wonder was it the same place?

Had a good kebab there but some of the restaurants in Gumbet are a joke.In one place the table was right beside the door of the jacks.
There was a procession of ants from the hole in one end of the place to another,there were things biting you on the ankles,and the bloke who owned it engaged in a fistfight with some bloke with a mullet right in front of us.
Cant remember the food but i was sick for a week afterwards.

Shelflife · 04-09-2008 11:13PM

abrakebabra

ate there a few years ago and one of the group wanted to go to the bathroom but it was full ---literally so asked if they could use the staff toilet only to be told that the one she was in was also the staff toilet and the reason it as full was because they had no running water at all in the place :eek:---- we left never to return.

PoleStar · 04-09-2008 11:22PM

Before I go on I have to clarify something as a medic.

Diarrhoea and/or vomiting are not solely due to food poisoning. I have read many of the posts here which complain that sickness was due to a restaurant, but this is usually not the case. IT does occur of course but most cases of gastroenteritis are caused by airborne viruses or those transmitted by human contact.

Specific examples, one punter complained they got food poisoning when their friend who ate the same did not. Unlikely

Burger King. Highly unlikely to get food poisoning in an establishment that ritually overcooks food.

etc.

Now onto my own personal rant!

Chinese on Georges St: after eating about half of a chicken based starter, i realised the chicken was raw in the middle. Needless to say we just left.

Italian in Temple Bar: a snooty waiter with barely any English wouldnt take our drink orders until we were ready to oreder food. We said "Bye bye"

As for Les Freres Jacques, cant understant the previous posters problem, prob the best restaurant I have eaten in in Dublin.

Dublingirl23 · 04-09-2008 11:48PM

Mc Donalds on Upper O Connell Street.

The burgers are vile.. enough said

kowloon · 05-09-2008 01:18AM

anonymous_joe wrote: »

That Gordon Ramsey one out in Powerscourt is gash compared to his ones in London... Considering prices and the fact he's a Michelin starred chef, then it's truly awful.

Is there a Michelin starred chef actually in the place though?
I would imagine Gordon Ramseys reputation is next to meaningless if he isn't involved in the day to day running.

anonymous_joe · 05-09-2008 01:22AM

kowloon wrote: »

Is there a Michelin starred chef actually in the place though?
I would imagine Gordon Ramseys reputation is next to meaningless if he isn't involved in the day to day running.

Indeed. And I doubt there is to be honest.

The food can be lovely, but just... not as lovely as I expected. And I just think that given the pretentions of the restaurant and the Ramsey stable (which is all Michelin starred if I recall rightly, including London's only 3 star) you'd expect infinitely higher quality.

I mean yeah, the food's decent, but the prices and quality don;t quite live up to it.

kowloon · 05-09-2008 01:27AM

If anyone has anywhere to praise it might be good to include that too.
Bad mouthing the offenders lets me know where not to go but I need alternatives :pac:.

anonymous_joe · 05-09-2008 01:29AM

kowloon wrote: »

If anyone has anywhere to praise it might be good to include that too.
Bad mouthing the offenders lets me know where not to go but I need alternatives :pac:.

Guilbaud's.

What? :pac:

KJ_2008 · 05-09-2008 01:31AM

Gallagher's Boxty House. I'm still taking Alka Seltzers.

latenia · 05-09-2008 03:25AM

PillyPen wrote: »

The Delhi Dhaba in Washington, D.C. They made chicken tikka masala with tomato soup! Eew. As we walked away from the restaurant I said "That was disgusting" and my friend said "that was awful" and I said "it was the worst meal I've ever had!" Must have seemed pretty funny to the people walking by.

That is the correct recipe for chicken tikka masala. At an Indian restaurant in London in the 70's a diner complained about his food being too dry as he wasn't used to the authentic Tandoor style. The chef mixed curry powder into canned tomato soup, poured it over the chicken and created Britain's favourite Indian dish.

LolaLuv · 05-09-2008 06:28PM

latenia wrote: »

That is the correct recipe for chicken tikka masala. At an Indian restaurant in London in the 70's a diner complained about his food being too dry as he wasn't used to the authentic Tandoor style. The chef mixed curry powder into canned tomato soup, poured it over the chicken and created Britain's favourite Indian dish.

Ha, that's not how any Indian I've ever known has made it! Anyway, despite the origins, it still was the worst ctm I've ever had.

Crea · 05-09-2008 08:16PM

meditraitor wrote: »

Ye rrright. In japan maybe. If you order 2 courses in most Irish japanese resturaunts they will not bring the main first if it can be cooked quicker than the starter..... and why is there a starter list if the service depends on cooking time?????

I ordered the same starter as one of the others, mine was appr 25min later arriving. The table beside us was filled after we arrived and were finished before I got my second course.

The service is a disgrace.

The food is no great shakes either,,, and thats certainly not the Japanese way:D

Lived in Japan. They do have a starter and main course to their dinners.
As for the food in Yamamori, it's spot on especially the gyoza, yakatori and Ramen - yummy! I try to get there whenever i'm in Dublin

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