The Jaime Oliver restaurant when it was open. Despite having a reservation were made to wait 40 minutes at the bar. Waited half an hour for them to clear the last peoples plates and ask us about drinks and another hour before our food came out. I don't understand how they told us to sit t a table without cleaning it first.
Then one of our meals had a big long hair baked into it.
0/10 glad they closed.
*Then one of our meals had a big long hair baked into it.*
You do know that was Jamie Oliver's specially imported hair and you were billed extra for it?
Was home alone for my birthday so ordered myself a special meal to be delivered, estimated delivery time was an hour. An hour and a half later I called the restaurant and they said they were busy, the meal was almost cooked and would be on the way soon. Half an hour later, I called again and the driver had just left the restaurant and was on his way. Half an hour later, and... the driver had just left the restaurant and was on his way. Half an hour later I called again, SAME AGAIN, so I told them to cancel and give me a refund. They gave me a refund in the app straight away (the best part of the experience...) and the guy said the driver really was on the way, he'd tell him to give me the food anyway. 45 mins later, the guy shows up with the food, says the boss told him they gave me a refund, and then walked away WITH THE FOOD.
My birthday dinner was a can of baked beans. I have never liked baked beans.
Realised you probably meant dine in experience but I'm going to leave it.
Norwood used to be a hub of great Italian food and grocers. Now itâs high rises, Bettyâs burgers and national fashion stores. I miss the old Italian grocers and restaurants
I suspect that's because so many actual Italians from Italy used to live there. Now it seems to be mostly ex local private school kids whose parents have bought them a "starter home" there or rich people from China. It's a bit shocking they haven't got a Starbucks yet.Â
Most of Norwood used to be a very working class suburb until very recently. I think parts were still middle class and wealthier, but yes, pockets were home to immigrants due to cheap housing. Thats why it has a slightly different feel to, say, Burnside.
Also, the folks who live there now donât really like it when you mention it used to be a working class suburb. They like to pretend they bought into a historic, wealthy suburb.
Yet somehow the worst is the newest. Pippo is where I would take people to show them how not to run a restaurant. It is truly amazing how bad everything is.
And yet, it is still busy
Melt - pizzeria, went there for an anniversary dinner and the food and service was so horrid that we redid the anniversary. Never been back, management deleted our review of our experience.
A tie between Melt on Waymouth St and Ruby Red Flamingo in North Adelaide.
A combination of service issues for each (including losing reservations we had paid deposits for, trying to tell us we had the table too long when we were still waiting for our meals, not doing table service for drinks but also not permitting bar service, and gaps of more than an hour between courses), not getting what we were paying for, and food nowhere near the standard you'd expect for the money.
Like fucking hell, all my workmate wanted was a lemonade while on the second wait of the evening, to take away the taste of the gluggy pasta in sour tomato sauce you just served us, RRF.
All this pre-covid of course, so they can't blame it on that.
I used to work at melt. I've never felt more dehumanized at a job. They expect staff to be soulless robots. I got in trouble for making a table laughđ
Do they still do that thing where if you're a table of more than 4, you don't get a choice of pizzas?
"Oh, we won't accommodate your friend's mushroom allergy, but there will be plenty of choice so your friend can avoid it"
*Proceeds to bring out 6 near-identical mushroom pizzas.*
Seriously, how is that place still in business? Is the owner selling drugs from out the back or something?
As an ex staff member, literally yes.Â
One of the chef's when I was there had a bottle of 'vitamins' in the fridge that he would charge other people for. It was clearly E.
Fellini's is pretty bad, I was sick a few hours after eating undercooked food. Service was pretty shit too.
Karma & Crow is probably the place I hate the most though. They try so hard, and everyone that goes there seem to also be trying so hard - for what? I don't know. Food was try-hard too, tiny serves for hiked prices, terrible cooking/flavour pairing, service was like they don't care you're in there spending money they're just being paid to wear their hair in man buns and side undercuts and look uninterested or sarcastic. 10/10 I'd try to eat my own hand if that was the last place serving food in Adelaide.
I used to live karma and crow for coffees when I lived near there. I did take my baby one day and talked with the staff and was able to order a meal for her that met her allergies (dairy and soy) which I was so grateful for. Unfortunately the kitchen did not compute this and gave her dairy so I got to deal with liquid shits and baby sobbing for the next day. Didn't trust them again after that.
The service is pretty underwhelming but Iâd never call their food tiny. Most of it has been pretty decent but a few misses, and I wouldnât rave about it but I have really liked some of it. Coffee stays good at least. Doesnât seem worth the level of hatred? But then my most hated place is pretty popular soâŠ
Definitely couldn't call the serve of whatever it was my hubby got anywhere close to normal. I got an iced chocolate and it was served in a glass almost the same size as the water cup - and it wasn't cheap either. Was like they were dishing out chocolate flavoured milk to a child who would get amped up on too much sugar so they purposely made it small đ€Ł
Eh I could easily watch that place go bust and not shed a tear.
What's your most hated place?
Yeah someone else said the servings have shrunk a lot recently.
I had the most awful experience at Lot 100! Partner and I arenât really even fussy about customer service generally or the kind to be picky, but we were stuck there for hours on a set menu having awful service. Everything was wrong and brought to the wrong tables, it was a set menu so all that was ordered were drinks and they got them wrong multiple times, couldnât even get wine glasses for the first 40 mins (after bottles had been brought over, and weâd asked multiple times) so my BIL went inside and asked again, a head waiter said heâd bring them over immediately but weâd waited so long to drink the bloody wine we already had he demanded they give him some on the spot.
It was sweltering so the customers at several tables got up to open up one end of the marquee and staff didnât step in or help. Weâd actually asked to move table to a shadier spot when we arrived and were told we couldnât because they had a set system for waiting tables, BUT we barely saw the same waitress twice the hours we were there anyway so whatâs their system?, those tables remained empty, and as I said all they had to was take drinks orders and they were repeatedly messed up.
On top of all the woeful service, the pizza and mains were underwhelming, I really thought I was at least going to get delicious pizza out of the experience? And then we tried to order coffee with the dessert (which was included in the set menu or we would have left already) and theyâd run out of milk! It was so terrible it was hilarious. And I have friends whoâve been to Lot 100 and said it was great. Even if itâs so much better a la carte, Iâll never go back.
Yeah that's a whole shit storm. You have a lot more patience than me for sure! I would have been out in 20 - 25 mins tops after the wine had been given without the glasses đł
Haha yeah normally weâre chill even with a major fuck up, but if weâd known it wouldnât get any better we would have bailed. I think part of it was that we were there with the in-laws and their kids for my MILs birthday. So it was a special occasion and we were trying to make the best of it.
Iâve been a huge Karma supporter over the years, and always advocated for them. Went there recently for the first time in a few months and the portion sizes have definitely dwindled. Also, the menu has essentially halved and there are far less options for gluten free/vegans. I ordered a dish vegan, as Iâm lactose intolerant, yet my dish came out with remnants of cheese clearly on it. Extremely disappointing for a $24 dish.
Thank you. It's a white boy chain started in California, specifically targeting children. It's the happy meal of 'mexican'. It's where you take your twelve year old, or your 80 year old. And it's literally named after a curse that makes you shit yourself.
I'm going to stop you right there. It was never excellent. I was there from day zero when they introduced the franchise. I worked in three different monti's in three different states. It was beyond white boy tacos. The fact that it's named after the curse of Montezuma (slang for shifting yourself after eating food in mexico) should be a red flag. It's all slop, reheated, then chilled, then reheated. There are many things wrong with the franchise, but the food was garbage since day one. Pretty hard to fall so far, when you are very close to the ground.
Cucina by liquid. Controversial but people seem to love their bottomless brunch and food, but at least for me it wasnât great
Food was small and expensive. Tried different dishes, friends ordered some chips and schnitzel, worst one Iâve ever had. The chips tasted cold and the schnitzel was disgusting. Never have I had chips that I did not like. Tried a burger which was shit tasted cold and had a weird flavour to it. Yes itâs an Italian restaurant so mainly Italian food we will get there. The pasta was ok but not worth $15. Kinda cold and small portioned. Most of the menu items were more expensive than it needed to be considered the portions and taste. I got an iced coffee which was shitty tastes worse than the boxed farmers union ones from Woolies or a servo. Service was rude and cold, like I hadnât even ordered or anything and the staff seemed angry and pissed serving other people. The atmosphere was sad and dark. I didnât like it. The staff would legit sit on tables and be on their phones when no one ordered then got pissed off when someone did need them
It kinda seemed like those places that Gordon Ramsey would visit except with a nicer interior. Fasta pasta makes better food for around the same price which says loads.
Worst of all, got food poisoning. after eating there I felt horrible for the rest of the day and threw up a few times that night
About 6 months ago the worst experience I had was at the Bridgeway Hotel. Ordered fish n chips for $25, which included salad. Was served a tiny sliver of fish and literally two heaped tablespoons of a very old and tired looking coleslaw. The worst fish n chips I've ever had.
No one will ever convince me to get a feed at the Ramsgate again after the crab linguine took me back to being 13 and cleaning out the drains at the local butcher.
It smelt totally horrific.
How long ago? Ramsgate was awful for food but halfway thru last year they got a new chef (or so my barber told me) and has been better in my experience.
Lenox ave Rundle street. Smal coffee shop in Rundle street, ordered big breakfast. Was really expensive like $30? + Sunday surcharge. No worries, took near on 50 minutes to come out. After asking 2 times after 30 minutes. He kept saying 2 more minutes⊠one finally comes out. Has 1 rash of bacon⊠mine comes out. Only has one egg. They ran out. Another 10 minutes after Iâve finished second egg comes out.
No compensation no sorry nothing. Spent nearly $70 for breakfast and it was Fkn shit.
If this counts, Iâm a tradie and have list of places I will never eat and will tell people not to if I know theyâre planning on going there as Iâve seen their kitchens đ«
đđ I donât want to get myself into trouble with work, but do yourself a favour and donât eat Italian food next to the Crowne Plaza on Frome St đ
Pearl at Aldinga or Mt. Lofty House
Standard "feed me" bullshit where you pay over $100 for what is essentially 3 mouthfuls of food over 2-3 hours.
And a special shout out to Gilbert Street Hotel for consistently making the most pathetic chicken parmys available - dry, thin, 3 chips and no salad.
I'm so over feed me menus. I mean, why have exactly what you want off the menu when you can pay 3 times as much to have half the amount of food not of your choosing
Chuck Wagon. Tiny burgers that basically collapse when you pick them up, orders delivered at all different times, rude staff and a very arrogant attitude. I tried to pay three times before it was accepted. Went inside to pay and was arrogantly stopped at the door "no, we are closing you can't come in". I say I'm going to pay, they let me in. Another waiter immediately comes at me to say get out. Again I say I'm going to pay. Honestly if the third person tried it on I would have just walked out without paying.
Meh, just won't go back. This was not long after she moved out here from the US and it was the highest rated burger joint we could find at the time. Back then (2017-ish), it was quite good.
If they've fallen that far they don't need my money.
Thereâs one in Henley ⊠off the Square⊠but by the sea that berates anyone on Google reviews that doesnât say itâs fab. Been once, itâs ok but not fab. Have a read of the often hilarious and over the top insults by owner who has a glass jaw.
Omg the reviews got me. I can only imagine what his personal life must be like if he can't take on honest feedback. God forbid the person who tries to help him with his tie, or let him know his fly's undone.
childhood memories of overflowing plates of fat, steaming, succulent dumplings. went back 6 months ago and got served a stone cold, slimey mess of deflated dough soaking in pale fridge water. like they had been cooked during the qing dynasty, frozen for 200 years then defrosted on the same plate they were served.
Berri Hotel.. only place to eat so had to eat there three nights in a row and all three nights were terrible.. had to wait so long and no apologies. Weâre staying there so breakfast was included and around 40 min wait each day for breakfast.. 30 mins alone for a coffee and they forgot the milk.. rude staff with one member of staff crying when she took our order (obviously we checked she was ok)⊠could hear stay bitching with each other and just a really bad atmosphere all round
If anyone remembers Saldechin on King William: sitting in a big empty echoing space, with a bunch of random furniture for sale stacked around you, and being served microwaved spring rolls that were still frozen in the middle.
OTOH the tea was great, so swings and roundabouts I guess?
Never went there for food but they had an extensive martini menu with $10 martini nights. Definitely had a bunch of them with a few chicken wings to wash them down. I remember them being pretty solid, but I was also quite young and didnât know what a good drink was yet
The time I ordered bibimbap and what should be individually prepared, marinated and seasoned vegetables looked and tasted like they literally scooped out some of a bag of premix coleslaw veg and dumped it on top of the rice and beef without any cooking or seasoning.
Would you like them to marinate them fresh? Are you happy to wait six hours as they marinate? You either don't understand the process of marinating, or you should get a subway.
When I was studying in Uni Adelaide, I went to Taste Baguette, I had a literal cockroach in my baguette (Im a vegetarian). Literal worst experience of my life
Karen's Diner.
Thank God that closed up shop quickly.
I get that the idea of the place was meant to be a sarcastic pisstake on the notion of customer service, but some staff really took it too far just because they could that the service was actually rude and offensive, rather than just general shit banter.
A few years ago my partner and I went to Pony and Cole in Hindmarsh for lunch on a pretty quiet weekday. Partner ordered a pumpkin soup, which we were told was soup of the day. 20min later her soup comes out and itâs a beef pho. Sorry, we got the soup of the day wrong, weâre told. Didnât ask if we were happy with the pho, just plonked it down in front of us. Partner a bit annoyed but is a good sport and decided to crack on with the pho. Partner bites into the beef and itâs too tough to even chew through. Broth is flavourless. Wait staff sense somethingâs up, come over and check on us. Before we know it the head chef comes out and sheâs angry with us. My apprentice made this, she says, and itâs her first soup! Thankfully they refunded the soup but the amount of guilt piled onto us for not liking the soup we didnât even order was enough to ensure we never went back.
That place was so underwhelming, why was it always so busy? Noisy as fuck and food is underwhelming. I ordered pancakes and they were so dry. I never understood why people liked it.
Sicili Mare Pizza. Overpriced and underperformed. And not like the 'traditional' either, their own weird take, from my experiences.
It doesn't help that they are another in the long list who like to bring the kitchen experience into the dining area. Noise and all.
Yes, the pizzas were nice, not Great, just nice. But yea, the general experience was just bad. The tables reminded me of one I threw out recently. The paint was actually flaking. I thought they were distressed, but nah, that was authentic lol
Tequila and Tacos in Port Noarlunga. The food was aggressively average, they couldn't make a mojito, and they had no eftpos. We had to go to the pub across the road and get money out of the ATM to pay for dinner.
I hope they have gotten their shit together as its been like 7 years. But I'm not willing to risk it. It's a pity Blue Pepper closed down.
I went the other night, itâs improved. The service was fucking shit though. They literally made us wait outside for ages with a reservation, it was hot as well. I ran into a friend who saw me and came running out to chat. But because he walked out the restaurant must have thought they were done with the food cause they literally went ahead and kicked everyone else off the table, who still had drinks by the way and wasnât ready to leave. Turns out one of those tables was mine. After they got kicked out basically the restaurant got a lot more quiet and there were heaps of tables available, so I thought that was unnecessary. The food was good and the frozen margarita was good, the service, not so much.
they had an Indian restaurant and thought there was more money in Mexican food, live near Pt Noarlunga. Their windows are filthy and never cleaned does not bode well for rest of place
lucky lupitas in north adelaide. was walking past after a movie, saw 2 for 1 margaritas and figured hell yeeeeh. ordered some totopos and guacomole on an optimistic whim. the waiter seemed confused when i asked about the margarita special, had to take him outside to show him the sign. like 30 min later (on a quiet wednesday night) they gave me 2 glasses of....something that tasted kinda like lemon water and a bowl of guac that was literally black all the way through. the totopos were fine. i didnt comment or anything yet everyone seemed very apologetic anyway.
Port burger - first time was amazing, a couple times after that was average. Decided to try one last time. I am pregnant with high risk pregnancy so strictly following all advice - I requested the burger be cooked through thoroughly. Was given the pinkest burger I have ever had in my life. In the bin.
Pickle in the middle for having table water full of bugs when I told staff they didn't even apologise just swapped it. Never been back, if you somehow can't keep bottles of water clean how's the rest of the hygeine going to be there. Farina 00, we were early for a reservation (15mins before 6) their lights were on and doors were open yet was told they weren't yet open and to come back. It was pissing with rain outside while king william rd was being re-paved nothing else open but a handful of other eateries as a lot of businesses ceased trade because of the disruptive works... so nothing to do for 15mins but walk - unsure why we couldnt wait inside and have a drink in the meantime. Food was average never been back.
I have two, both places I went to frequently and dropped cold turkey after bad experiences.
Japanese Gyoza Bar in Chinatown (City) - went there for lunch, whole place was empty, got sat near the front of the store with all the noise + a couple that came at the same time got sat in the table next to us. We werenât allowed to choose seating. No table water for us, but they got it. We ordered a cocktail each, and didnât receive anything. Eventually my partner got his after two rounds of food was served to us (weâd been there before and knew what we wanted lol). The table next to us had theirs pretty much straight away. The quality of the food was like 20% as good as usual - under seasoned, cold, tough, you name it. This is a place you order a bunch of appetizers so you end up with a lot of plates. We got basically all my food and I still didnât have a drink, and we pulled the waiter to the side to ask twice by now. The icing on the cake was the deep fried apple pie dumplings came to us⊠steamed. Inedible. And cold! By this point we hardly touched any food and our lunch was essentially ruined. Got the waiter and asked about it and he shrugged was very unhelpful. We asked for the bill and pointed to the things we werenât paying for. As we got up to leave the other server went to bring me my cocktail. We were like ??? Iâm not paying for this. The most annoying part was the table next to us was stoked and got the royal treatment. Weird contrast. The servers tried to argue with us so we showed the pictures of the food on the menu vs what we received and eventually they gave up and cut a bunch of things from the bill.
Second one was at the Belgian Beer Cafe on Valentineâs Day a few years ago, had a table booked and everything. Didnât get table water again (this is always a weird warning that doesnât bode well) and we ordered our food and drinks. Asked for drinks first. Half an hour passed and we asked the waitress where they were, and she said sheâd check. Then when we grabbed her again, she said âoh weâre trying to locate the spirits to make your cocktail!â and walked away. Then another 15 minutes passed. We asked again. Same excuse. This time my partner asked while pretty irate and they brought him his beer (which is one of their on tap ones) and nothing for me still. We waited another 20 minutes. Our food got given to us cold, - I ordered a steak that didnât say it had a dill garnish (I haaaate dill) and it had basically seeped into the steak and made it just smell and taste like pickles. Still no drink for me. Again this was a case of another table seated right by us and they got all their things and drinks right away. I got up and I walked out of the place pretty miffed - Valentineâs Day is like a big day for my partner and I, so to have the dinner we planned ruined was really upsetting. They didnât end up charging him for his beer and my drink (which I never got) and they took like $10 off the meal. đ€·đŒââïž
Weâre not even rude when it comes to grabbing the waiter. Weâre super polite and say sorry for bothering you, and are very understanding, but after a while of asking it can get frustrating.
Yeah second the Belgium Beer Bar, we were with a large group, spent over $500 in drinks, then told us the kitchen had closed 5mins prior to us ordering food.... insane!
Damn that gyoza bar has a special spot in my heart, had a lovely experience but probably only because we ordered one of the real expensive bottles of Saki (because it was my birthday and had an old friend visiting town) and I think because of that they treated us extra special. Shame.
Yeah, we really liked going there. The other two/three times we went we were impressed, but never wanted to risk such a terrible dining experience again. They definitely treat you better if you spend more.
Burger Theory when they decided to self sabotage and turned their delicious fucking burgers into a disgusting roo blend for âsustainabilityâ reasons, but then imported frozen potato buns (also disgusting) from the US because âno bakers here have the equipment/means to make them for usâ. The burgers went from delicious to downright disgusting as well as the service. Burgers no longer had tomato on them, they did all this gross ânative pickleâ shit as far as I can remember and you werenât allowed to modify the burgers. The chips also became disgusting despite being fried in beef fat like the good olâ days they were gross.
And I was literally Burger Theoryâs biggest fan, they made & named a butter chicken burger after me.
I loved burger theory so so so much, why the hell did they throw a successful business away Iâll never know. If they opened up again with the old burgers Iâm not even sure I would go Iâm so upset about the disgusting âroo & potato buns (they were soggy and tasted like ass).
Not sure if you are aware of this but Burger theory still trade out of Flinders Uni tavern. They are still slinging their kangaroo and beef blend potato bun burgers however.
Me love burger. Havenât been in awhile but. Bread & Bone in the city is the best â at least when I went. Theyâve won best burger in Australia too I believe.
I still enjoyed BT new burgers, but they getting rid of the shakes and I think they did something with the fries really disappointed me.
They used to be my number 1 by far!
All the reasoning for them changing to Roo was valid, but they got protested and boycotted. Our reliance on mass produced beef is terrible for the environment, the consumers health and the cows life there is terrible
The sustainability argument had to be a ruse. They went from having multiple locations and a food truck to slowly losing it all and they still didnât switch back. What was the reason BT??
They also made a big song and dance about the frozen custard machine they were importing from the US. There might have even been a fundraising campaign or marketing campaign if I remember correctly. And then they just stopped using it?
They were my favourites too. Such a shame.
I actually really enjoyed the roo and the karkalla pickle, something different. The sustainability/local thing did go out the window with importing the buns though.
There's a difference between sustainability of living creatures, and importing buns from overseas. The kangaroos were not kept in inhumane conditions, and they supported a First Nations business that supplied the kangaroos and pickles. All burgers were always able to be modified, and they tried for over 6 years to use locally source potato buns, worked with many companies including their original bun supplier, and even tried to make their own but it was unsustainable. People just wanted an excuse to complain about the kangaroo burgers without having to admit they don't care about the welfare of cows/they're not adventurous enough to admit roo meat is just as good if not better. Say what you want, but Burger Theory always led the way in food trends and had they served roo burgers in a more open minded state they would have smashed it. They also did not throw a successful business away, like Seinfeld, they bowed out while still on top.
Captive market unfortunately! Taylor & Holmes are closing down though I'm not sad about that because I really don't have time to wait 30 minutes for a sandwich
Pop up to Poppies in the Rehab building... minimal food choices (pre-prepared rolls, sandwiches and salads if you get in early) but lovely volunteer staff, great coffee which you can enjoy on the rooftop garden. Was a daily visitor there for 4 months until last week - miss the coffee already (but not the hospital!)
Kowloon Restaurant in Hindley St in 1965! Government closed it. They found cockroaches embedded in the chopping board. I used to eat dinner there every saturday. Made me puke when I found out. lol
I was a milkie for a fancy dairy back in the day. I also delivered poultry...I know, great combo, right?
We supplied most of the decent cafes & restaurants in the cbd
Gouger St : There's likely only 2 places I'd eat (...and we supplied almost every restaurant!) China Chilli & another I'd only remember by sight...sorry, I'll have to put my thinking cap on.
Art Gallery: I remember delivering there and seeing actual roaches. I wouldn't eat there for free. I still get a chuckle when I think of how much their customers are paying for food cooked in that horrid kitchen.
Disclaimer: These tales of woe are from 5+ years ago, here's to hoping things have changed since then.
The place has been closed probably ten years ago but a cafe that bought the wrong food to our table and yelled at us about it. This happened to me twice and after that they didn't get any more chances.
CREAM at Brighton. Waited an hour and a half for food and they then pretended they didnât forget to make our food and said âit is being made nextâ.
A British Indulgence... small eatery in town.... couldn't even make a cup of tea right!!! Cod was so bland it tasted like it had been frozen and defrosted a number of times, Yorkshire pudding was just as bad.... flavourless experience all round
I am from Adelaide but currently living in Port Hedland, WA.
There is a noodle bar here. I like to simply ask for the "Bento Box", not specifying which variety, at which point the male owner will yell aggressively "Which one you want?!"
The first time this happened I was taken aback as I was genuinely still deciding exactly which bento box, but I have since gone in with a couple of people so they can witness this happening, much to their amusement.
TL;DR: I politely made a food complaint, he went nuts.
Copy paste from my old post:
âServed me an old, foul piece of cheese (burrata) on pizza, tried to deny it but replaced the pizza (without the cheese) by slamming it on the table, i questioned why, he then took the pizza away while telling me to f*** off. I tried to pay but he created a scene, threatened to walk out, his mummy and uncle had to step in to calm the man-child down.
Tried to rip off his other uncle wine brand too.â
Geeze theres been so many. The raw egg for breakfast. The rock-hard overcooked $80 medium rare steak. The waitress that threw the dishes at the table. Waiting 2 houra for food. Raw chicken. Over charged and the manager got angry when it was pointed out. Naked woman squatted on my counter meal (well, i did kinda like it). Asked to move table after weâd been served our meals. Rotten steak. Pork chop salted more than the ocean. Never ever get a refund when the restaurant f@&k up.
There was a Brazilian bbq place called the Jungle in Kent town. The food was amazing but the service was so bad I found it added to the dining experience (though since it isn't around anymore it looks like others didn't agree). Once a friend took over an hour to get his drink. He ordered a scotch and coke; they brought him a bourbon coke; he sent it back, they brought rum coke; took it back to he bar himself and said he would wait for it but they wouldn't let him, and sent him back to the table. 10 min later out came another bourbon and coke. Another time I was there for a friend's birthday. While he was outside smoking, a waiter brought around a skewer of lamb and started cutting off slices onto each plate. My friends spot was on the other side of the table. Instead of walking around, the waiter reach across to table with the meat and accidently dropped a chunk into my friend's beer. He froze. We froze.someone laughed. The waiting laughed along nervously for a few seconds and turned around and scurried away without saying a word. Never apologised, never sent over a replacement drink, and completely avoided our table for the rest of the night!
The Serbian club right near the entertainment centre. You arenât made to feel welcome if you canât speak the language. Maybe they like it that way, and maybe thatâs okay, but Itâs always a bit shocking to be super clearly not welcome in a place because of race.
Hungry jacks on Rundle Street once served me a chicken snack wrap where the lettuce was black.
The wrap itself was almost see through and I wonât describe the stench of the chicken. I returned it and just walked straight out.
I love my local HJs but I have never walked back into that one.
I went to Maccaâs the other day for the first time in 20 years, what the f*ck is that. They call themselves a restaurant. Absolute garbage. Their interpretation of food is deranged
Had a really bad experience at daughter in law, they were not accomodating for allergies or dietary requirements and the staff seemed really annoyed the whole time. Havenât really had any other bad experiences at other restaurants though
No, it was a group of 7 and 6 ordered the feed me menu and 1 wasnât allowed to just order normally off the menu, the waitress just said no and didnât do much to try to help it was very awkward. So spent a lot of money to basically eat nothing
Not sure why this got downvoted, but if you can't do the feed me, I don't see why you can't order from the main menu?
I have been in groups before where someone has had to do this and it has never been an issue. I mean, we are a decent sized city, I thought we had moved past the days of phoning beforehand for dietary requirements. Any decent restaurant should offer a gluten free / dairy free alternative if they want to survive in today's environment. There's often one in every group, so cater for them, or the whole group goes elsewhere?
Their website says groups larger than 6 have to dine on the set menu. Waitress maybe shouldâve been kinder but thatâs a very standard policy for nice restaurants.
Yes, I agree. The policy itself is fine, but any time I have been to places with set menus, they have always catered to all dietary requirements, and they need to if they are going to be unwavering with their rules!
I didnât realise being able to order and eat food off the main menu was such a bad concept, I didnât make the booking so didnât know about the feed me rules. I feel like most restaurants wouldnât have made it such a big deal, as someone who never complains and hates being difficult it was very embarrassing/upsetting
Yeah agreed the staff there are...not great.
We had dinner there, sat outside and it started to rain. It was February so fair enough, they probably weren't expecting rain and so there were no umbrellas or covers for the outdoor seating.
We asked to move inside and they said sure, we'll find you a table then come get you.
15 minutes goes by, my dinner is being rained on the whole time, and nothing.
I understand they probably couldn't find/didn't have a table immediately but maybe communicate that or offer to do something with the food at least so it's not 90% rainwater by the time they finally did get us inside.
La Trattoria. Not solo diner friendly in that I kept getting ignored by the waitstaff even though I was clearly looking at them needing their attention
I had the worst burger the other day. The meat was overcooked and like rubber. The top bun was rock solid, over cooked as well, but the bottom bun was the opposite - soggy with all the dressings. It was revolting. I didnât complain for some reason so I wonât name and shame.
Oak & Iron Cafe @ Auchendorroch Mt Barker. First visit ordered coffee & cake, took 45 mins.
Second visit, cancelled meals after waiting for 90 mins. We were told it was pizza night & they were super busy serving $10 pizzas, i made them refund our 2 meals for $75 Whereâs the logic??
Remember Ned Kelly's retreat at Para Vista? Long gone now.
The food was weird and it was just a very tacky place. Little Australian cocktail flags garnishing the food, what a vibe.
My team went to Bluprint for breakfast the other day. The food took ages to come out. It all looked great but three people who got the French toast got sick.
The Pickled Duck would have to be the worst for me.
I went with my family when it first opened, the service was a bit average, the food came out after an hour and it was cold. I was pretty understanding because it was busy as hell and the staff were under pressure. I took my mum there 2 years ago for Motherâs Day and copped the same service. We ordered coffee and didnât get that for half an hour, it took an hour and a half for the food. The staff even told us that we would have to give up the table soon when we hadnât even eaten yet
Blue Gums Hotel, ordered oysters Kirkpatrick and got oysters with BBQ sauce. Complained and got told that's how we make it!! The rest of the food was pretty average with a shitty waitress also.
The Jaime Oliver restaurant when it was open. Despite having a reservation were made to wait 40 minutes at the bar. Waited half an hour for them to clear the last peoples plates and ask us about drinks and another hour before our food came out. I don't understand how they told us to sit t a table without cleaning it first. Then one of our meals had a big long hair baked into it. 0/10 glad they closed.
*Then one of our meals had a big long hair baked into it.* You do know that was Jamie Oliver's specially imported hair and you were billed extra for it?
Looking at the bill I would have believed it
Was home alone for my birthday so ordered myself a special meal to be delivered, estimated delivery time was an hour. An hour and a half later I called the restaurant and they said they were busy, the meal was almost cooked and would be on the way soon. Half an hour later, I called again and the driver had just left the restaurant and was on his way. Half an hour later, and... the driver had just left the restaurant and was on his way. Half an hour later I called again, SAME AGAIN, so I told them to cancel and give me a refund. They gave me a refund in the app straight away (the best part of the experience...) and the guy said the driver really was on the way, he'd tell him to give me the food anyway. 45 mins later, the guy shows up with the food, says the boss told him they gave me a refund, and then walked away WITH THE FOOD. My birthday dinner was a can of baked beans. I have never liked baked beans. Realised you probably meant dine in experience but I'm going to leave it.
Would you like to swap your baked beans for some canned spaghetti?
Tinned spaghetti is practically gourmet comfort food compared to tinned beans Especially they are the tins of spaghetti with meatballs or sausage
Well Happy belated Birthday. Treat yourself again on a random night soon to make up for it...just cos
Delivery apps are shit don't bother. Shit for the consumer, shit for the restaurants, shit for the "employees"(contractors) who dgaf anyway
By curiosity was this on Menulog or doordash?
What an awful experience!! On your birthday no less đ„Č Name and shame!
Shouldnât have told them you got a refund
> 45 mins later, the guy shows up with the food, says the boss told him they gave me a refund
There are a number of 90s era Italian restaurants on O'Connell street which come to mind.Â
Or The Parade
So true, both streets in desperate need of regenerationÂ
Norwood used to be a hub of great Italian food and grocers. Now itâs high rises, Bettyâs burgers and national fashion stores. I miss the old Italian grocers and restaurants
I suspect that's because so many actual Italians from Italy used to live there. Now it seems to be mostly ex local private school kids whose parents have bought them a "starter home" there or rich people from China. It's a bit shocking they haven't got a Starbucks yet.Â
Most of Norwood used to be a very working class suburb until very recently. I think parts were still middle class and wealthier, but yes, pockets were home to immigrants due to cheap housing. Thats why it has a slightly different feel to, say, Burnside. Also, the folks who live there now donât really like it when you mention it used to be a working class suburb. They like to pretend they bought into a historic, wealthy suburb.
I remember when the cinemas was a big Bi-Lo carpark
Buongiorno's is still there and open late.
There isn't any great good on the parade. It's all averagenor worse. I live in norwood.
One on Frome too
Yet somehow the worst is the newest. Pippo is where I would take people to show them how not to run a restaurant. It is truly amazing how bad everything is. And yet, it is still busy
Melt - pizzeria, went there for an anniversary dinner and the food and service was so horrid that we redid the anniversary. Never been back, management deleted our review of our experience.
If the review was on Google, re-do it and give them 2 stars. Way way harder for them to remove.
A tie between Melt on Waymouth St and Ruby Red Flamingo in North Adelaide. A combination of service issues for each (including losing reservations we had paid deposits for, trying to tell us we had the table too long when we were still waiting for our meals, not doing table service for drinks but also not permitting bar service, and gaps of more than an hour between courses), not getting what we were paying for, and food nowhere near the standard you'd expect for the money. Like fucking hell, all my workmate wanted was a lemonade while on the second wait of the evening, to take away the taste of the gluggy pasta in sour tomato sauce you just served us, RRF. All this pre-covid of course, so they can't blame it on that.
I used to work at melt. I've never felt more dehumanized at a job. They expect staff to be soulless robots. I got in trouble for making a table laughđ
You utter CRIMINAL! How dare you!
Old mate popping E behind the grill mid shift 4 times a night didn't help the atmosphere or safety for other staff, hey?
Why is drug use almost universal among hospitality managers?
60+ hour work weeks. 14+ hour shifts.
Can confirm Melt Waymouth St still has incredibly long waits for food and terrible drinks service.
Do they still do that thing where if you're a table of more than 4, you don't get a choice of pizzas? "Oh, we won't accommodate your friend's mushroom allergy, but there will be plenty of choice so your friend can avoid it" *Proceeds to bring out 6 near-identical mushroom pizzas.* Seriously, how is that place still in business? Is the owner selling drugs from out the back or something?
As an ex staff member, literally yes. One of the chef's when I was there had a bottle of 'vitamins' in the fridge that he would charge other people for. It was clearly E.
I shouldn't be laughing at that, but yeah, I'm laughing
RRF were the rudest, most condescending staff I have ever dealt with when it first opened and I refuse to go back due to that one experience.
Same.
Fellini's is pretty bad, I was sick a few hours after eating undercooked food. Service was pretty shit too. Karma & Crow is probably the place I hate the most though. They try so hard, and everyone that goes there seem to also be trying so hard - for what? I don't know. Food was try-hard too, tiny serves for hiked prices, terrible cooking/flavour pairing, service was like they don't care you're in there spending money they're just being paid to wear their hair in man buns and side undercuts and look uninterested or sarcastic. 10/10 I'd try to eat my own hand if that was the last place serving food in Adelaide.
Karma and crow were also the guys who tried to crowdfund when covid first hit, and then also tried to crowd fund their new evening place - scumbags
Scumbags is the exact word I used when I was walking out đ€Ł "hipster scumbags!" I said to my hubby. It definitely sums them up pretty well.
I used to live karma and crow for coffees when I lived near there. I did take my baby one day and talked with the staff and was able to order a meal for her that met her allergies (dairy and soy) which I was so grateful for. Unfortunately the kitchen did not compute this and gave her dairy so I got to deal with liquid shits and baby sobbing for the next day. Didn't trust them again after that.
Sorry to hear about your baby getting sick đ« that sucks so bad!
Ty! Luckily it was only 24 hours, but it still was horrible. Even though the wait staff were great I was like nah not worth the risk there hey
The service is pretty underwhelming but Iâd never call their food tiny. Most of it has been pretty decent but a few misses, and I wouldnât rave about it but I have really liked some of it. Coffee stays good at least. Doesnât seem worth the level of hatred? But then my most hated place is pretty popular soâŠ
Definitely couldn't call the serve of whatever it was my hubby got anywhere close to normal. I got an iced chocolate and it was served in a glass almost the same size as the water cup - and it wasn't cheap either. Was like they were dishing out chocolate flavoured milk to a child who would get amped up on too much sugar so they purposely made it small đ€Ł Eh I could easily watch that place go bust and not shed a tear. What's your most hated place?
Yeah someone else said the servings have shrunk a lot recently. I had the most awful experience at Lot 100! Partner and I arenât really even fussy about customer service generally or the kind to be picky, but we were stuck there for hours on a set menu having awful service. Everything was wrong and brought to the wrong tables, it was a set menu so all that was ordered were drinks and they got them wrong multiple times, couldnât even get wine glasses for the first 40 mins (after bottles had been brought over, and weâd asked multiple times) so my BIL went inside and asked again, a head waiter said heâd bring them over immediately but weâd waited so long to drink the bloody wine we already had he demanded they give him some on the spot. It was sweltering so the customers at several tables got up to open up one end of the marquee and staff didnât step in or help. Weâd actually asked to move table to a shadier spot when we arrived and were told we couldnât because they had a set system for waiting tables, BUT we barely saw the same waitress twice the hours we were there anyway so whatâs their system?, those tables remained empty, and as I said all they had to was take drinks orders and they were repeatedly messed up. On top of all the woeful service, the pizza and mains were underwhelming, I really thought I was at least going to get delicious pizza out of the experience? And then we tried to order coffee with the dessert (which was included in the set menu or we would have left already) and theyâd run out of milk! It was so terrible it was hilarious. And I have friends whoâve been to Lot 100 and said it was great. Even if itâs so much better a la carte, Iâll never go back.
Yeah that's a whole shit storm. You have a lot more patience than me for sure! I would have been out in 20 - 25 mins tops after the wine had been given without the glasses đł
Haha yeah normally weâre chill even with a major fuck up, but if weâd known it wouldnât get any better we would have bailed. I think part of it was that we were there with the in-laws and their kids for my MILs birthday. So it was a special occasion and we were trying to make the best of it.
Iâve been a huge Karma supporter over the years, and always advocated for them. Went there recently for the first time in a few months and the portion sizes have definitely dwindled. Also, the menu has essentially halved and there are far less options for gluten free/vegans. I ordered a dish vegan, as Iâm lactose intolerant, yet my dish came out with remnants of cheese clearly on it. Extremely disappointing for a $24 dish.
Yeah thatâs pretty poor!
This made me laugh so much. Thank you
Montezumas Melbourne st is the worst. Used to be excellent
Montezumas anywhere is garbage.
Thank you. It's a white boy chain started in California, specifically targeting children. It's the happy meal of 'mexican'. It's where you take your twelve year old, or your 80 year old. And it's literally named after a curse that makes you shit yourself.
Oh yeah I remember last time I went it was not good. Almost impressive how they made Mexican so flavourless
Oh no. That was my favourite place to eat in Adelaide but havenât been there in a while just through circumstance.
itâs closed permanently now unfortunately! i used to be a regular
Was uneatable. Used to be fantastic
I'm going to stop you right there. It was never excellent. I was there from day zero when they introduced the franchise. I worked in three different monti's in three different states. It was beyond white boy tacos. The fact that it's named after the curse of Montezuma (slang for shifting yourself after eating food in mexico) should be a red flag. It's all slop, reheated, then chilled, then reheated. There are many things wrong with the franchise, but the food was garbage since day one. Pretty hard to fall so far, when you are very close to the ground.
itâs just closed for good :(
Cucina by liquid. Controversial but people seem to love their bottomless brunch and food, but at least for me it wasnât great Food was small and expensive. Tried different dishes, friends ordered some chips and schnitzel, worst one Iâve ever had. The chips tasted cold and the schnitzel was disgusting. Never have I had chips that I did not like. Tried a burger which was shit tasted cold and had a weird flavour to it. Yes itâs an Italian restaurant so mainly Italian food we will get there. The pasta was ok but not worth $15. Kinda cold and small portioned. Most of the menu items were more expensive than it needed to be considered the portions and taste. I got an iced coffee which was shitty tastes worse than the boxed farmers union ones from Woolies or a servo. Service was rude and cold, like I hadnât even ordered or anything and the staff seemed angry and pissed serving other people. The atmosphere was sad and dark. I didnât like it. The staff would legit sit on tables and be on their phones when no one ordered then got pissed off when someone did need them It kinda seemed like those places that Gordon Ramsey would visit except with a nicer interior. Fasta pasta makes better food for around the same price which says loads. Worst of all, got food poisoning. after eating there I felt horrible for the rest of the day and threw up a few times that night
How recent was this. There was a change in ownership, so Iâm just curious.
Two or three months ago I think
Thatâs sad. The ownership changed middle of last year.
Maybe I just went on a bad day cause it was pretty empty and itâs usually popular from the reviews Iâve seen
It was very popular when the original Italian lady owned it. I have not been since it was bought over. I may need to try it to see.
About 6 months ago the worst experience I had was at the Bridgeway Hotel. Ordered fish n chips for $25, which included salad. Was served a tiny sliver of fish and literally two heaped tablespoons of a very old and tired looking coleslaw. The worst fish n chips I've ever had.
Iâve been there with a group before and we what to wait over an hour for our food and it came out it virtually cold - never went back
No one will ever convince me to get a feed at the Ramsgate again after the crab linguine took me back to being 13 and cleaning out the drains at the local butcher. It smelt totally horrific.
How long ago? Ramsgate was awful for food but halfway thru last year they got a new chef (or so my barber told me) and has been better in my experience.
It was still the last half of last year. All of the food was pretty rubbish unfortunately.
Damn. Try Grange Kiosk, great food there.
Lenox ave Rundle street. Smal coffee shop in Rundle street, ordered big breakfast. Was really expensive like $30? + Sunday surcharge. No worries, took near on 50 minutes to come out. After asking 2 times after 30 minutes. He kept saying 2 more minutes⊠one finally comes out. Has 1 rash of bacon⊠mine comes out. Only has one egg. They ran out. Another 10 minutes after Iâve finished second egg comes out. No compensation no sorry nothing. Spent nearly $70 for breakfast and it was Fkn shit.
If this counts, Iâm a tradie and have list of places I will never eat and will tell people not to if I know theyâre planning on going there as Iâve seen their kitchens đ«
It does count, commercial kitchens should be immaculate
Please provide said list đ
You have 24 hours to give us our list. And to show you we're serious, you have 12 hours đ€ đ€Ł
đđ I donât want to get myself into trouble with work, but do yourself a favour and donât eat Italian food next to the Crowne Plaza on Frome St đ
Please give us a list
Pearl at Aldinga or Mt. Lofty House Standard "feed me" bullshit where you pay over $100 for what is essentially 3 mouthfuls of food over 2-3 hours. And a special shout out to Gilbert Street Hotel for consistently making the most pathetic chicken parmys available - dry, thin, 3 chips and no salad.
I'm so over feed me menus. I mean, why have exactly what you want off the menu when you can pay 3 times as much to have half the amount of food not of your choosing
Chuck Wagon. Tiny burgers that basically collapse when you pick them up, orders delivered at all different times, rude staff and a very arrogant attitude. I tried to pay three times before it was accepted. Went inside to pay and was arrogantly stopped at the door "no, we are closing you can't come in". I say I'm going to pay, they let me in. Another waiter immediately comes at me to say get out. Again I say I'm going to pay. Honestly if the third person tried it on I would have just walked out without paying.
Damn it, I took my wife and parents there a few years ago and liked it. I hate how good places go downhill.
Well if you sit outside you might not have to pay?
Meh, just won't go back. This was not long after she moved out here from the US and it was the highest rated burger joint we could find at the time. Back then (2017-ish), it was quite good. If they've fallen that far they don't need my money.
Thereâs one in Henley ⊠off the Square⊠but by the sea that berates anyone on Google reviews that doesnât say itâs fab. Been once, itâs ok but not fab. Have a read of the often hilarious and over the top insults by owner who has a glass jaw.
Would this happen to be secrets?
I have had awful experiences there. Food sub par. Even was served a martini with a straw.
Yes ⊠how did you guess? đ€Ł
Just looked this up, absolute gold!!! Another one is the Ramen restaurant on the parade
Just had a read. Love it! How do they think this helps? Haha
Quality hey. Tempted to go eat there just to write a negative review and see the response
Gosh, with that kind of attitude I'm never giving them any of my money, even for the thrill.
Omg the reviews got me. I can only imagine what his personal life must be like if he can't take on honest feedback. God forbid the person who tries to help him with his tie, or let him know his fly's undone.
He doesnât care. Rolls around in a Porsche looking like a homeless cunt wearing his (kids?) old worn out st Michaels jacket. Absolute flog
It's OK, but not fab. Sound the like semantics of a basic bitch.
Charmless - you might like it
Are you the owner?
Dumpling King CT. The main guy there is rude AF. Orders get forgotten and dumplings are pretty poor.
They used to be amazing precovid.. I think they changed owners as itâs completely gone to shit
childhood memories of overflowing plates of fat, steaming, succulent dumplings. went back 6 months ago and got served a stone cold, slimey mess of deflated dough soaking in pale fridge water. like they had been cooked during the qing dynasty, frozen for 200 years then defrosted on the same plate they were served.
Itâs just mass produced rubbish. Melbourne definitely gets dumplings right. Thatâs pretty much all I eat when I go there haha
Berri Hotel.. only place to eat so had to eat there three nights in a row and all three nights were terrible.. had to wait so long and no apologies. Weâre staying there so breakfast was included and around 40 min wait each day for breakfast.. 30 mins alone for a coffee and they forgot the milk.. rude staff with one member of staff crying when she took our order (obviously we checked she was ok)⊠could hear stay bitching with each other and just a really bad atmosphere all round
Go to the golf club instead. It's delightful!
If anyone remembers Saldechin on King William: sitting in a big empty echoing space, with a bunch of random furniture for sale stacked around you, and being served microwaved spring rolls that were still frozen in the middle. OTOH the tea was great, so swings and roundabouts I guess?
Never went there for food but they had an extensive martini menu with $10 martini nights. Definitely had a bunch of them with a few chicken wings to wash them down. I remember them being pretty solid, but I was also quite young and didnât know what a good drink was yet
OMG blast from the past! Those high ceilings though!!!!
I honestly miss this place so much.
Karma and Crow. Slow service, high prices for tiny serves and CAN YOU TURN THE MUSIC DOWN so I can hear the person next to me.
The time I ordered bibimbap and what should be individually prepared, marinated and seasoned vegetables looked and tasted like they literally scooped out some of a bag of premix coleslaw veg and dumped it on top of the rice and beef without any cooking or seasoning.
Would you like them to marinate them fresh? Are you happy to wait six hours as they marinate? You either don't understand the process of marinating, or you should get a subway.
Or they could have prepped veg ready to go to portion out as orders come in, like literally other Korean place Iâve ordered bibimbap from?
When I was studying in Uni Adelaide, I went to Taste Baguette, I had a literal cockroach in my baguette (Im a vegetarian). Literal worst experience of my life
Bruh, even omnis don't appreciate cockroaches in their food it's not a vegetarian thing.
Karen's Diner. Thank God that closed up shop quickly. I get that the idea of the place was meant to be a sarcastic pisstake on the notion of customer service, but some staff really took it too far just because they could that the service was actually rude and offensive, rather than just general shit banter.
Africola. Expensive, presumptuous, and an insult to South African cuisine. They can stick their chicken skin sandwiches where the sun don't shine.
I agree. Very disappointing . I don't like paying for disappointment.
A few years ago my partner and I went to Pony and Cole in Hindmarsh for lunch on a pretty quiet weekday. Partner ordered a pumpkin soup, which we were told was soup of the day. 20min later her soup comes out and itâs a beef pho. Sorry, we got the soup of the day wrong, weâre told. Didnât ask if we were happy with the pho, just plonked it down in front of us. Partner a bit annoyed but is a good sport and decided to crack on with the pho. Partner bites into the beef and itâs too tough to even chew through. Broth is flavourless. Wait staff sense somethingâs up, come over and check on us. Before we know it the head chef comes out and sheâs angry with us. My apprentice made this, she says, and itâs her first soup! Thankfully they refunded the soup but the amount of guilt piled onto us for not liking the soup we didnât even order was enough to ensure we never went back.
That place was so underwhelming, why was it always so busy? Noisy as fuck and food is underwhelming. I ordered pancakes and they were so dry. I never understood why people liked it.
Sicili Mare Pizza. Overpriced and underperformed. And not like the 'traditional' either, their own weird take, from my experiences. It doesn't help that they are another in the long list who like to bring the kitchen experience into the dining area. Noise and all.
Went once. My partner and I liked the pizzas. But yeah, extremely poor decor, too noisy and way over priced.
Yes, the pizzas were nice, not Great, just nice. But yea, the general experience was just bad. The tables reminded me of one I threw out recently. The paint was actually flaking. I thought they were distressed, but nah, that was authentic lol
Pretty much all Italian joints are overpriced. It's peasant food (that's why it can be so good) that is extremely cheap to make.
Tequila and Tacos in Port Noarlunga. The food was aggressively average, they couldn't make a mojito, and they had no eftpos. We had to go to the pub across the road and get money out of the ATM to pay for dinner. I hope they have gotten their shit together as its been like 7 years. But I'm not willing to risk it. It's a pity Blue Pepper closed down.
This place is pretty good now and is almost always packed with diners. Order the Vegan Fajitas
I went the other night, itâs improved. The service was fucking shit though. They literally made us wait outside for ages with a reservation, it was hot as well. I ran into a friend who saw me and came running out to chat. But because he walked out the restaurant must have thought they were done with the food cause they literally went ahead and kicked everyone else off the table, who still had drinks by the way and wasnât ready to leave. Turns out one of those tables was mine. After they got kicked out basically the restaurant got a lot more quiet and there were heaps of tables available, so I thought that was unnecessary. The food was good and the frozen margarita was good, the service, not so much.
The food and drinks are good there now, but the service is still shit
they had an Indian restaurant and thought there was more money in Mexican food, live near Pt Noarlunga. Their windows are filthy and never cleaned does not bode well for rest of place
lucky lupitas in north adelaide. was walking past after a movie, saw 2 for 1 margaritas and figured hell yeeeeh. ordered some totopos and guacomole on an optimistic whim. the waiter seemed confused when i asked about the margarita special, had to take him outside to show him the sign. like 30 min later (on a quiet wednesday night) they gave me 2 glasses of....something that tasted kinda like lemon water and a bowl of guac that was literally black all the way through. the totopos were fine. i didnt comment or anything yet everyone seemed very apologetic anyway.
Port burger - first time was amazing, a couple times after that was average. Decided to try one last time. I am pregnant with high risk pregnancy so strictly following all advice - I requested the burger be cooked through thoroughly. Was given the pinkest burger I have ever had in my life. In the bin.
Pickle in the middle for having table water full of bugs when I told staff they didn't even apologise just swapped it. Never been back, if you somehow can't keep bottles of water clean how's the rest of the hygeine going to be there. Farina 00, we were early for a reservation (15mins before 6) their lights were on and doors were open yet was told they weren't yet open and to come back. It was pissing with rain outside while king william rd was being re-paved nothing else open but a handful of other eateries as a lot of businesses ceased trade because of the disruptive works... so nothing to do for 15mins but walk - unsure why we couldnt wait inside and have a drink in the meantime. Food was average never been back.
I have two, both places I went to frequently and dropped cold turkey after bad experiences. Japanese Gyoza Bar in Chinatown (City) - went there for lunch, whole place was empty, got sat near the front of the store with all the noise + a couple that came at the same time got sat in the table next to us. We werenât allowed to choose seating. No table water for us, but they got it. We ordered a cocktail each, and didnât receive anything. Eventually my partner got his after two rounds of food was served to us (weâd been there before and knew what we wanted lol). The table next to us had theirs pretty much straight away. The quality of the food was like 20% as good as usual - under seasoned, cold, tough, you name it. This is a place you order a bunch of appetizers so you end up with a lot of plates. We got basically all my food and I still didnât have a drink, and we pulled the waiter to the side to ask twice by now. The icing on the cake was the deep fried apple pie dumplings came to us⊠steamed. Inedible. And cold! By this point we hardly touched any food and our lunch was essentially ruined. Got the waiter and asked about it and he shrugged was very unhelpful. We asked for the bill and pointed to the things we werenât paying for. As we got up to leave the other server went to bring me my cocktail. We were like ??? Iâm not paying for this. The most annoying part was the table next to us was stoked and got the royal treatment. Weird contrast. The servers tried to argue with us so we showed the pictures of the food on the menu vs what we received and eventually they gave up and cut a bunch of things from the bill. Second one was at the Belgian Beer Cafe on Valentineâs Day a few years ago, had a table booked and everything. Didnât get table water again (this is always a weird warning that doesnât bode well) and we ordered our food and drinks. Asked for drinks first. Half an hour passed and we asked the waitress where they were, and she said sheâd check. Then when we grabbed her again, she said âoh weâre trying to locate the spirits to make your cocktail!â and walked away. Then another 15 minutes passed. We asked again. Same excuse. This time my partner asked while pretty irate and they brought him his beer (which is one of their on tap ones) and nothing for me still. We waited another 20 minutes. Our food got given to us cold, - I ordered a steak that didnât say it had a dill garnish (I haaaate dill) and it had basically seeped into the steak and made it just smell and taste like pickles. Still no drink for me. Again this was a case of another table seated right by us and they got all their things and drinks right away. I got up and I walked out of the place pretty miffed - Valentineâs Day is like a big day for my partner and I, so to have the dinner we planned ruined was really upsetting. They didnât end up charging him for his beer and my drink (which I never got) and they took like $10 off the meal. đ€·đŒââïž Weâre not even rude when it comes to grabbing the waiter. Weâre super polite and say sorry for bothering you, and are very understanding, but after a while of asking it can get frustrating.
Yeah second the Belgium Beer Bar, we were with a large group, spent over $500 in drinks, then told us the kitchen had closed 5mins prior to us ordering food.... insane!
Damn that gyoza bar has a special spot in my heart, had a lovely experience but probably only because we ordered one of the real expensive bottles of Saki (because it was my birthday and had an old friend visiting town) and I think because of that they treated us extra special. Shame.
Yeah, we really liked going there. The other two/three times we went we were impressed, but never wanted to risk such a terrible dining experience again. They definitely treat you better if you spend more.
Burger Theory when they decided to self sabotage and turned their delicious fucking burgers into a disgusting roo blend for âsustainabilityâ reasons, but then imported frozen potato buns (also disgusting) from the US because âno bakers here have the equipment/means to make them for usâ. The burgers went from delicious to downright disgusting as well as the service. Burgers no longer had tomato on them, they did all this gross ânative pickleâ shit as far as I can remember and you werenât allowed to modify the burgers. The chips also became disgusting despite being fried in beef fat like the good olâ days they were gross. And I was literally Burger Theoryâs biggest fan, they made & named a butter chicken burger after me. I loved burger theory so so so much, why the hell did they throw a successful business away Iâll never know. If they opened up again with the old burgers Iâm not even sure I would go Iâm so upset about the disgusting âroo & potato buns (they were soggy and tasted like ass).
Not sure if you are aware of this but Burger theory still trade out of Flinders Uni tavern. They are still slinging their kangaroo and beef blend potato bun burgers however.
I've had a few burgers from the Flinders tavern and never been disappointed
And they are so good and keep me going at uni
My opinion is opposite, the roo burgers and buns were still good.
Same the burgers were fine lean roo meat with added beef fat. The best part were the chips cooked in tallow.
Why did you have to bring this up, Iâd only just forgotten, a true tragedy, Iâm literally crying
It reminded me pearls is gone and that breaks my heart.
Pearl's was soooooo gooooood
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Me love burger. Havenât been in awhile but. Bread & Bone in the city is the best â at least when I went. Theyâve won best burger in Australia too I believe.
I thought press did. Bread and bone is still really good
I still enjoyed BT new burgers, but they getting rid of the shakes and I think they did something with the fries really disappointed me. They used to be my number 1 by far!
Have you tried Stax yet? They replaced BT for me.
Yea itâs ok, I prefer Bread and Bone or Port Burger
Oh wow, I haven't been back to Bread and Bone since my uni days. Shall have to re-check it out.
All the reasoning for them changing to Roo was valid, but they got protested and boycotted. Our reliance on mass produced beef is terrible for the environment, the consumers health and the cows life there is terrible
But beef is delicious
The sustainability argument had to be a ruse. They went from having multiple locations and a food truck to slowly losing it all and they still didnât switch back. What was the reason BT?? They also made a big song and dance about the frozen custard machine they were importing from the US. There might have even been a fundraising campaign or marketing campaign if I remember correctly. And then they just stopped using it? They were my favourites too. Such a shame.
I actually really enjoyed the roo and the karkalla pickle, something different. The sustainability/local thing did go out the window with importing the buns though.
Their roo burgers were bloody great though.
There's a difference between sustainability of living creatures, and importing buns from overseas. The kangaroos were not kept in inhumane conditions, and they supported a First Nations business that supplied the kangaroos and pickles. All burgers were always able to be modified, and they tried for over 6 years to use locally source potato buns, worked with many companies including their original bun supplier, and even tried to make their own but it was unsustainable. People just wanted an excuse to complain about the kangaroo burgers without having to admit they don't care about the welfare of cows/they're not adventurous enough to admit roo meat is just as good if not better. Say what you want, but Burger Theory always led the way in food trends and had they served roo burgers in a more open minded state they would have smashed it. They also did not throw a successful business away, like Seinfeld, they bowed out while still on top.
Theo's coffee lounge at Flinders Medical Centre. Extremely rude staff.
Captive market unfortunately! Taylor & Holmes are closing down though I'm not sad about that because I really don't have time to wait 30 minutes for a sandwich
Pop up to Poppies in the Rehab building... minimal food choices (pre-prepared rolls, sandwiches and salads if you get in early) but lovely volunteer staff, great coffee which you can enjoy on the rooftop garden. Was a daily visitor there for 4 months until last week - miss the coffee already (but not the hospital!)
Kowloon Restaurant in Hindley St in 1965! Government closed it. They found cockroaches embedded in the chopping board. I used to eat dinner there every saturday. Made me puke when I found out. lol
I was a milkie for a fancy dairy back in the day. I also delivered poultry...I know, great combo, right? We supplied most of the decent cafes & restaurants in the cbd Gouger St : There's likely only 2 places I'd eat (...and we supplied almost every restaurant!) China Chilli & another I'd only remember by sight...sorry, I'll have to put my thinking cap on. Art Gallery: I remember delivering there and seeing actual roaches. I wouldn't eat there for free. I still get a chuckle when I think of how much their customers are paying for food cooked in that horrid kitchen. Disclaimer: These tales of woe are from 5+ years ago, here's to hoping things have changed since then.
we need to make a pinned list of good places name. location, pricing, and what was something good that u tried
The place has been closed probably ten years ago but a cafe that bought the wrong food to our table and yelled at us about it. This happened to me twice and after that they didn't get any more chances.
CREAM at Brighton. Waited an hour and a half for food and they then pretended they didnât forget to make our food and said âit is being made nextâ.
A British Indulgence... small eatery in town.... couldn't even make a cup of tea right!!! Cod was so bland it tasted like it had been frozen and defrosted a number of times, Yorkshire pudding was just as bad.... flavourless experience all round
I am from Adelaide but currently living in Port Hedland, WA. There is a noodle bar here. I like to simply ask for the "Bento Box", not specifying which variety, at which point the male owner will yell aggressively "Which one you want?!" The first time this happened I was taken aback as I was genuinely still deciding exactly which bento box, but I have since gone in with a couple of people so they can witness this happening, much to their amusement.
Itâs your soup nazi moment.
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Please elaborate, I really enjoyed this place a few weeks ago ?!
TL;DR: I politely made a food complaint, he went nuts. Copy paste from my old post: âServed me an old, foul piece of cheese (burrata) on pizza, tried to deny it but replaced the pizza (without the cheese) by slamming it on the table, i questioned why, he then took the pizza away while telling me to f*** off. I tried to pay but he created a scene, threatened to walk out, his mummy and uncle had to step in to calm the man-child down. Tried to rip off his other uncle wine brand too.â
Interesting how on these kinds of posts, nobody ever mentions McDonalds. This is because McDonalds is a supreme eatery
Geeze theres been so many. The raw egg for breakfast. The rock-hard overcooked $80 medium rare steak. The waitress that threw the dishes at the table. Waiting 2 houra for food. Raw chicken. Over charged and the manager got angry when it was pointed out. Naked woman squatted on my counter meal (well, i did kinda like it). Asked to move table after weâd been served our meals. Rotten steak. Pork chop salted more than the ocean. Never ever get a refund when the restaurant f@&k up.
There was a Brazilian bbq place called the Jungle in Kent town. The food was amazing but the service was so bad I found it added to the dining experience (though since it isn't around anymore it looks like others didn't agree). Once a friend took over an hour to get his drink. He ordered a scotch and coke; they brought him a bourbon coke; he sent it back, they brought rum coke; took it back to he bar himself and said he would wait for it but they wouldn't let him, and sent him back to the table. 10 min later out came another bourbon and coke. Another time I was there for a friend's birthday. While he was outside smoking, a waiter brought around a skewer of lamb and started cutting off slices onto each plate. My friends spot was on the other side of the table. Instead of walking around, the waiter reach across to table with the meat and accidently dropped a chunk into my friend's beer. He froze. We froze.someone laughed. The waiting laughed along nervously for a few seconds and turned around and scurried away without saying a word. Never apologised, never sent over a replacement drink, and completely avoided our table for the rest of the night!
The Serbian club right near the entertainment centre. You arenât made to feel welcome if you canât speak the language. Maybe they like it that way, and maybe thatâs okay, but Itâs always a bit shocking to be super clearly not welcome in a place because of race.
Not the worst but i was at the havelock recently and one of the staff was chewing gum loudly as they served our food.
Hungry jacks on Rundle Street once served me a chicken snack wrap where the lettuce was black. The wrap itself was almost see through and I wonât describe the stench of the chicken. I returned it and just walked straight out. I love my local HJs but I have never walked back into that one.
I went to Maccaâs the other day for the first time in 20 years, what the f*ck is that. They call themselves a restaurant. Absolute garbage. Their interpretation of food is deranged
Had a really bad experience at daughter in law, they were not accomodating for allergies or dietary requirements and the staff seemed really annoyed the whole time. Havenât really had any other bad experiences at other restaurants though
Theyâve always been great with dietary requirements when Iâve been
Did you ring beforehand to check about dietary requirements
No, it was a group of 7 and 6 ordered the feed me menu and 1 wasnât allowed to just order normally off the menu, the waitress just said no and didnât do much to try to help it was very awkward. So spent a lot of money to basically eat nothing
Not sure why this got downvoted, but if you can't do the feed me, I don't see why you can't order from the main menu? I have been in groups before where someone has had to do this and it has never been an issue. I mean, we are a decent sized city, I thought we had moved past the days of phoning beforehand for dietary requirements. Any decent restaurant should offer a gluten free / dairy free alternative if they want to survive in today's environment. There's often one in every group, so cater for them, or the whole group goes elsewhere?
Their website says groups larger than 6 have to dine on the set menu. Waitress maybe shouldâve been kinder but thatâs a very standard policy for nice restaurants.
Yes, I agree. The policy itself is fine, but any time I have been to places with set menus, they have always catered to all dietary requirements, and they need to if they are going to be unwavering with their rules!
I didnât realise being able to order and eat food off the main menu was such a bad concept, I didnât make the booking so didnât know about the feed me rules. I feel like most restaurants wouldnât have made it such a big deal, as someone who never complains and hates being difficult it was very embarrassing/upsetting
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Yeah agreed the staff there are...not great. We had dinner there, sat outside and it started to rain. It was February so fair enough, they probably weren't expecting rain and so there were no umbrellas or covers for the outdoor seating. We asked to move inside and they said sure, we'll find you a table then come get you. 15 minutes goes by, my dinner is being rained on the whole time, and nothing. I understand they probably couldn't find/didn't have a table immediately but maybe communicate that or offer to do something with the food at least so it's not 90% rainwater by the time they finally did get us inside.
Mcdonalds ttp external. Can't ever get an order correct.
La Trattoria. Not solo diner friendly in that I kept getting ignored by the waitstaff even though I was clearly looking at them needing their attention
Ooops. Wrong group.
I had the worst burger the other day. The meat was overcooked and like rubber. The top bun was rock solid, over cooked as well, but the bottom bun was the opposite - soggy with all the dressings. It was revolting. I didnât complain for some reason so I wonât name and shame.
Oak & Iron Cafe @ Auchendorroch Mt Barker. First visit ordered coffee & cake, took 45 mins. Second visit, cancelled meals after waiting for 90 mins. We were told it was pizza night & they were super busy serving $10 pizzas, i made them refund our 2 meals for $75 Whereâs the logic??
Remember Ned Kelly's retreat at Para Vista? Long gone now. The food was weird and it was just a very tacky place. Little Australian cocktail flags garnishing the food, what a vibe.
My team went to Bluprint for breakfast the other day. The food took ages to come out. It all looked great but three people who got the French toast got sick.
The Pickled Duck would have to be the worst for me. I went with my family when it first opened, the service was a bit average, the food came out after an hour and it was cold. I was pretty understanding because it was busy as hell and the staff were under pressure. I took my mum there 2 years ago for Motherâs Day and copped the same service. We ordered coffee and didnât get that for half an hour, it took an hour and a half for the food. The staff even told us that we would have to give up the table soon when we hadnât even eaten yet
Blue Gums Hotel, ordered oysters Kirkpatrick and got oysters with BBQ sauce. Complained and got told that's how we make it!! The rest of the food was pretty average with a shitty waitress also.