MSG is evil and these days over pure and toxic, I am allergic to it as I had a nasty incident in a restaurant around 48 years ago as it reacted with the alcohol I had also consumed and as soon as the air hit me on the way out, I hit the floor! at that time I had a Thai dr and he was laughing about the fact that I had Chinese restaurant complaint! I remember the old fashioned MSG that was called Ve Tsin and as a kid my dad pulled me aside and said if you ever use this stuff use it like this and he got a match stick and stood it on end and the amount he said to use in the meat was around one fifth of the size of a match head and we only ever used in dumplings, I have also seen some cooks throw it in food like there was no tomorrow, and that is due to their own addiction to it! I never use it ever, it is an excitotoxin and with heavy use can cause alopecia and hair loss.
Oh my god I am dying... This video is legit legendary.. I almost fell off the couch laughing.. Especally the nodding part was killing me. Bloody precious. and after getting out of the restaurant, you really furiously and passionately acted for what you just had been through.. and that was killing part and so hilarious like seriously and I highly insist you must be an actor. Dead seriois. oh dear. This video will be mental medicine when I am depressed from now on for sure.
I adore the nodding while you're trying SO HARD to not show how disgusting whatever you were eating was 😅 amazing! At least you didn't get kicked out and had to go back as an American tourist, so kudos to the small joys 💫
I have worked in F&B for a while and lemme tell you, Asian and especially Chinese food is not meant for a buffet model. Asian food in general should always be made fresh with fresh ingredients. However, when I started working in London, I realised a lot of Asian restaurants (not buffet one) pre-cooked everything and assembled it on the woks as you order it... Somehow, instead of bringing the best of Asian culture, they literally bring the worst & most Westernized thing to London - sweatshops (for food) lol.
Idk man, buffets are popular in China. I've been to huge ones where you pay 100 yuan and you can eat anything, starting from rice ending with king crab, it was delicious
@@islmhhh4987 Different scenario, people go fucking nuts in buffets in China and the food turnover is so quick that everything stays fresh. Fried food doesn't do well standing out, and it often does for too long before the tray clears in Chinatown.
The video needs some context and I wish more TH-camrs would be better informed. Long story short, rents in Chinatown are so high now due to massive rent increases by the Westminster Estate (Duke of Westminster) that it puts alot of restaurants out of business, hence service has gone down as well as quality of food etc. They also ask you to play in advance because so many people eat and then do a runner or refuse to pay. Restaurant businesses really struggle to survive in Chinatown. You want proper Chinese food, you'd never do a 'all you can eat buffet' as its inevitably low quality junk food, you'd be far better off going to a proper restaurant with menus etc.
I agree totally, there is a buffet place in Carlisle which is like this where the food is mediocre and some of the clientele are drunk. Sad thing is, the city has nowhere else for Chinese. Interestingly, Carlisle has a thriving Thai restaurant scene where standards are high and prices reasonable.
here in america buffets are super popular not just in las vegas but everywhere and depending where in america buffets can be pretty good still not as good quality as proper restaurants with menus but still.. also there's more options than what is shown here lol but that's expected because well.. america XD hopefully one day i can visit england that'd be cool
The very same Parasite Duke destroyed a lot of businesses due to his COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER of the land that those businesses were established on for decades hence the City of Sub-culture status in Liverpool with more empty buildings left to replace once thriving establishments, a distant relative of mine was sued by his former workers due to not being paid by the Dukies parasite company for the premises and the building! this is how that Parasite family makes it's money by stealing from honest hard working people, I hate that family with a passion.
It’s been my experience, the places that make you pay before you get your food do so so you can’t refuse to pay when it’s shit. They know they suck and don’t even care.
I go to Chinatown alot and I was told by a member of staff at another restaurant that in the past they've had many people (mainly tourists) sit outside and run off without paying.
It’s crowded because it’s in Chinatown where lots of tourists go - and it’s pretty cheap. A question - how many actual Chinese people were eating there? For me that’s always the killer test. In my experience all these Chinese/Asian buffet places are mediocre, but they’re cheap. (PS I lived in Hong Kong for years, and I’m married to a a mainland Chinese person from central China)
A few years ago my wife dragged me and my son into this 'restaurant'. To this day we have never let her forget it and it's my rolling get-out-of-jail card whenever I screw up.
I got a chinese carry out while in london,im not a fussy eater but it was horrendous the crab soup had 4 of the thinest slices of crab in the soup,and the beef curry had 4 thin slices of beef so thin you could not taste it,no idea if it was the same place but it went in the bin.
Tbf in a lot of chinese players you do pay before you eat. The places are so hectic that they can't keep on top of people coming in and out and people sometimes order drinks and just walk out so they charge first.
They definitely know the food is terrible. That’s why they make you pay first and being in London they know that new customers that don’t know the place will be past everyday.
I once booked a resort for my family in Mexico after booking i saw it had horrible reviews such as drain cleaner for orange juice etc. was one of the nicest fanciest resorts I've been to and I've been to a lot. Turns out they cater more to wealthy mexican clientele. Not to Americans. Even the president of Mexico had a private suite there. It had a two star rating.
Man, I'm Asian so I know this can be weird and uncomfortable to a lot of ppl, but thats just a form of hospitality in places where the staff and the owner are SUPER friendly. Ive eaten in some small places in India- north and south, urban, rural and suburban, and people ask you how the food is when you eat, and ask you try certain things (esp if its a full course meal/thali which can have anything from 5-15/20 items on plate, I'm not on joking🤣). In Indian weddings, you'll see the relatives and caterers walking around the hall asking people how they are doing, how the food is and if they want anything. I understand how it can be suoer uncomfortable to people who are not familiar with this form of hospitality, and I'm not saying the place was any better but I thought putting a little content might help! Im sad that the food is horrible there tho.
Super friendly staffs = bad food most of the time. In those Indian/HK restaurants where the waiters and staffs have a sort of attitude? Bomb azz delicious bussin' food
OUTSIDE TABLE FOR DINE IN CUSTOMER ONLY. Sums it up. In the 1970s, in Oldham (before we got the Hell out of Dodge and moved to America) our local Chinese was superb. We used to call it "Effin Elsie's" not because she swore a lot but when she took our order, she always said "Effin Else?"
He did this in another video as well. I genuinely don’t think he’s ever encountered prawns with the shell still on so he doesn’t know what to do with them! 😂
You got to try this place...We ate at Lotus Garden in Chinatown and it was absolutely the worst restaurant we visited on our 4 week trip across Europe and the Mediterranean. I ordered sezchaun beef and I think it was literally watered down slightly spicy ketchup poured on fried beef strips.
Thank you for your review! I really like these "worst reviewed restaurant" videos. In 1990, I went to a top-rated hole-in-the-wall Chinese Cantonese restaurant in San Francisco where everyone sat really close together. Food was great, but it wasn't a buffet. Someone else said that the buffet style probably isn't suitable for Chinese cuisine, which is right because it needs to be served fresh. But what do you do? People want to come in, eat, and leave so they can get back to work/sight-seeing. Anyway, thank you again!
OUTER ORBIT @ 3215 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94110 Yeargh, this place is AWESOME!!! 🤮 I have NO idea just how the owners could possibly sleep at night; knowing the things that they know, and treating their customers like the way they do... LOUD, POUNDING, OBNOXIOUS dance music that just gives me the headaches. Rude, inattentive waitstaff who like to push you around for all the wrong reasons, and just generally try to make you feel UNWELCOMED here. Heavily diluted and watered-down drinks, with plenty of sugar added and spiked with some other shit; that came out to be at least 10-15 bucks a pop. Sub-par, bland-tasting, and flavorless food that looks like what they would serve up in a Hawaiian prison. INSANELY overpriced menu items, outdated arcade machines (that cost $2 to play), poor lighting, a totally questionable atmosphere (loud violent drunks on the premises), and service that is just off-the-charts (BAD). I brought a few Lakota friends of mine, who were visiting from out of state. They all wore plain casual street clothes, but no tribal wear or funny-looking headdresses of any sort. The only thing that would probably stand out about them is that they sported very long hair; like ponytails and braids, but nothing too weird or crazy tho. They came from way up in the Northern states, so they all spoke perfect American English. The waitress was all mean and pushy right from the start. It was pretty damn clear and apparent, that she did NOT like me or my Lakota friends. She was being VERY rude, condescending, and disrespectful to me and my Lakota friends. She made some very rude remarks, mocking/sneering at my Lakota friends, and that made them all feel pretty annoyed. While taking our orders, she asked us some really dumb/unrelated questions, and then she would just mock us right back like if we were STUPID. Sneering and jeering at us, like the outspoken jerk she was. This crass and unruly broad (with punk looks and TONS of makeup on), talked VERY LOUDLY and she talked right over us. We tried telling her what entrees we wanted to order, and what specific kinds of ingredients to watch out for (because one of my Lakota friends was a vegetarian and he had certain food allergies), but she would NOT listen to us at all. She was just popping bubblegum loudly from her mouth and constantly making all these weird-ass body movements, cranking her neck around and jerking her shoulders up and down; like as if she was on some HEAVY SHIT. She rudely raised her voice (literally yelling) and kept on yelling at us to speak up louder. And then when we did tried to speak up, she just outright SCREAMED at us at the top of her lungs! My Lakota friends are soft-spoken gentlemen with low voices and polite manners. They rarely ever speak much, but after this terrible and god-awful dining experience; it really gave 'em THE TALK. She also constantly looked us up and down, like as if there's something WRONG with us. I think she had a MAJOR problem with people crossing their legs or putting their boots up on the table. Her behavior was just SO appalling, that it made us felt like we were eating in some kind of prison cafeteria. But the WORST part of the whole dining experience tho, was that we got followed around and watched like CRIMINALS during the whole time while we were there. The staff just stood around and watched us like a buncha HAWKS. They were always constantly observing our every move and action. My Lakota friends went over to play some of the pinball/arcade games, and then they had a staff member (possibly security) who stood closely right next to them and watched them MENACINGLY with his arms crossed during the whole time while they played. All this, while that LOUD BOOMING disco/techno music was pounding right down on us. "THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP THUMP, THUMP, THUMP!!!" At like around 150+ BPM, just like the kind you would find in some of those shady and illegal underground dance clubs. The music wasn't even any good; it was all just meant to be overly loud and disruptive, so that customers wouldn't hang around for too long. Just ear-shattering and nerve-racking. They always play that goddamn music at FULL BLAST anyway, so no wonder the whole staff is always so edgy. LOUD BOOMING BASS. Just plenty LOUD and GAY, if you ask me. There were lots of crazy kids running around and screaming everywhere, and the drunks who were seated nearby can also be heard mumbling out loud, with plenty of cursing and swearing. I have NO idea just WTF they spiked their drinks with, but those dark brooding drunks looked like they were up to NO GOOD. There was even a loud, emotional conversation going on between two drunks, who were talking about race and women. But the more they drank, the more darker their conversations became. First it was just some funny sex jokes, but then it soon became VIOLENT; loaded with threats of death and bodily harm. I could see the sweat dripping down their foreheads as they drank hella fast and hard. Shot after shot. Round after round. Hard liquor and throat-burnin' stuff. They had these GLARING red eyes. Banging their fists on the counter, and demanding the bartender to pour MORE booze... Yeargh, I could tell that those guys drank ALOT. They were SO drunk and talking SO loud, that even the whole goddamn place can hear it. All that jazz and commotion, like right in front of the children; who were paying some games nearby. Nobody even gave a shit or a fuck, as they just continued to pour that diluted piss-water down their throats; while all hunched over on the bar counter. There is even VOMIT on the floor, and the whole damn place just reeks and smells of URINE. That just pretty much sets the 'mood' for this dirty, run-down, and shady-ass dump. Loud music, screaming children, and violent drunks just don't mix too well. You just know it's BAD. Just try to sit down here for like 5 minutes, to enjoy a nice sandwich and a cold drink underneath all of that commotion; and you'll see what I mean. Just PAY and GTFO is their motto! Then came the food... It was served in large plates and dishes, but the actual portions were rather quite small tho. Just a few small bites here and a couple of sips there, and you're pretty much done already. $60 for an entree is INSANE. $15 per drink is MURDER. Skimpy-ass food portions, tiny-ass beer/wine glasses, and just greedy-ass business practices overall (as other reviewers have pointed out). 8 bucks just for a water is awfully expensive if you ask me, and I honestly think that I've had much better beer at some other places. And when we tried the stuff out, NONE of it was actually any good at all. The food was really bland and under-seasoned, but we could also tell that they had really loaded it down with like a TON of MSG and artificial additives. Far too little ingredients, not quite enough flavor, very poor texture/consistency, and it really shows when you taste it. You could probably do WAY BETTER than this, with some microwave dinners at home. The meaty parts were just RAW on the inside and inedible, plus the veggies were cold and tasted like LEAD. None of it was fresh at all, bro. Some parts of the dishes were also under-cooked, as it gave one of my poor Lakota friends the SHITHOUSE RUNS afterwards. He was the kinda guy who just happens to have a sensitive stomach, and was quite allergic to things like that. He got so terribly sick, that he even PUKED when we all went back to the hotel later that evening. "That wasn't no meat or fish; that was SOMETHIN' ELSE, ese..." He said, as he gripped his stomach in pain and then just barfed ALL his guts right into the toilet. Then when the bill finally came, it was almost $800. I just shook my head and rubbed my eyes in SHOCK, thinking that it was all a mistake. But to THEM at least, it was definitely NO mistake. There were only 4 of us in all, and each person spent about 120 bucks or so on food and drinks, not counting the 50 extra bucks that we spent playing some pinball/arcade games while waiting FOREVER for the food to arrive (which even ate up some of our quarters, BTW). So after taxes and fees, the total should've really come out to be like no more than $550. We got the waitress, and inquired about it. Then she simply just cleared her throat, raised her voice again and told us in a very rude condescending tone (with amplified volume), that it was a 'gratuity fee' that was automatically tacked on by default. "You HAVE TO PAY that, sir!" I'm like, SERIOUSLY??? Well, I'm all for tips and service/overhead charges when it comes to dining out with friends, but HOW ON EARTH did that come out to be an extra $150? Knowing that she simply just CANNOT be reasoned with, we just foot the bill and left the damn place. We were so 'full of it' that we couldn't even stay for dessert. My Lakota friends even got sick afterwards. I think they will all make it a point to NEVER visit me or my town ever again. I am SO sorry, my friends! 😫
Look at the size of the seating area, then how big is the kitchen, for the number of food items on display and the number of staff. So why say that. Some Chinese Restaurants in the tourist areas have the food in the main cooked off site and bused in on trolleys with trays. Chef Ding Ding is at work ie Mircowave. The old adage, the tourist is here today and gone the next, but money is in the till. My first hand knowledge while working in London.
00:32 The food was WASHED, the restaurant was WASHED, the staff was WASHED. Is that a thing one would say? Or are they saying the restaurant was really clean? 🤔
I was waiting for the camera to pan at the audience of two boys who “trolled” Harrison about the prawn to reveal it was Andy with a friend the whole time haha… Would’ve been such a twist! 🫶🏼🫶🏼
If any foreigner wants to know what one of the most quintessential British reactions to bad food this is it! 😂 A lot of our people will just sit there and eat their horrific food without complaining to the staff and just happily pay for it come the end! 😂
I work at a hotel on the east coast of the UK and we operate as pay as you go, everythi g is paid for before you receive it. Its like any other product, like on amazon, you pay for it, then you get it, or in shops. Didnt think it was such a foreign concept
The London China restaurant and eatery has become increasingly complacent over the years, clinging to outdated practices and a stubborn mindset reminiscent of the 1970s. The owner seems resistant to change, focusing primarily on maintaining low-quality yet lucrative food offerings. This establishment operates under the misguided belief that they are the best option available in London, disregarding the evolving tastes and expectations of today’s diners. As a result, they risk alienating a customer base that seeks both quality and authenticity in their dining experiences.
OUTER ORBIT @ 3215 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94110 Yeargh, this place is AWESOME!!! 🤮 I have NO idea just how the owners could possibly sleep at night; knowing the things that they know, and treating their customers like the way they do... LOUD, POUNDING, OBNOXIOUS dance music that just gives me the headaches. Rude, inattentive waitstaff who like to push you around for all the wrong reasons, and just generally try to make you feel UNWELCOMED here. Heavily diluted and watered-down drinks, with plenty of sugar added and spiked with some other shit; that came out to be at least 10-15 bucks a pop. Sub-par, bland-tasting, and flavorless food that looks like what they would serve up in a Hawaiian prison. INSANELY overpriced menu items, outdated arcade machines (that cost $2 to play), poor lighting, a totally questionable atmosphere (loud violent drunks on the premises), and service that is just off-the-charts (BAD). I brought a few Lakota friends of mine, who were visiting from out of state. They all wore plain casual street clothes, but no tribal wear or funny-looking headdresses of any sort. The only thing that would probably stand out about them is that they sported very long hair; like ponytails and braids, but nothing too weird or crazy tho. They came from way up in the Northern states, so they all spoke perfect American English. The waitress was all mean and pushy right from the start. It was pretty damn clear and apparent, that she did NOT like me or my Lakota friends. She was being VERY rude, condescending, and disrespectful to me and my Lakota friends. She made some very rude remarks, mocking/sneering at my Lakota friends, and that made them all feel pretty annoyed. While taking our orders, she asked us some really dumb/unrelated questions, and then she would just mock us right back like if we were STUPID. Sneering and jeering at us, like the outspoken jerk she was. This crass and unruly broad (with punk looks and TONS of makeup on), talked VERY LOUDLY and she talked right over us. We tried telling her what entrees we wanted to order, and what specific kinds of ingredients to watch out for (because one of my Lakota friends was a vegetarian and he had certain food allergies), but she would NOT listen to us at all. She was just popping bubblegum loudly from her mouth and constantly making all these weird-ass body movements, cranking her neck around and jerking her shoulders up and down; like as if she was on some HEAVY SHIT. She rudely raised her voice (literally yelling) and kept on yelling at us to speak up louder. And then when we did tried to speak up, she just outright SCREAMED at us at the top of her lungs! My Lakota friends are soft-spoken gentlemen with low voices and polite manners. They rarely ever speak much, but after this terrible and god-awful dining experience; it really gave 'em THE TALK. She also constantly looked us up and down, like as if there's something WRONG with us. I think she had a MAJOR problem with people crossing their legs or putting their boots up on the table. Her behavior was just SO appalling, that it made us felt like we were eating in some kind of prison cafeteria. But the WORST part of the whole dining experience tho, was that we got followed around and watched like CRIMINALS during the whole time while we were there. The staff just stood around and watched us like a buncha HAWKS. They were always constantly observing our every move and action. My Lakota friends went over to play some of the pinball/arcade games, and then they had a staff member (possibly security) who stood closely right next to them and watched them MENACINGLY with his arms crossed during the whole time while they played. All this, while that LOUD BOOMING disco/techno music was pounding right down on us. "THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP THUMP, THUMP, THUMP!!!" At like around 150+ BPM, just like the kind you would find in some of those shady and illegal underground dance clubs. The music wasn't even any good; it was all just meant to be overly loud and disruptive, so that customers wouldn't hang around for too long. Just ear-shattering and nerve-racking. They always play that goddamn music at FULL BLAST anyway, so no wonder the whole staff is always so edgy. LOUD BOOMING BASS. Just plenty LOUD and GAY, if you ask me. There were lots of crazy kids running around and screaming everywhere, and the drunks who were seated nearby can also be heard mumbling out loud, with plenty of cursing and swearing. I have NO idea just WTF they spiked their drinks with, but those dark brooding drunks looked like they were up to NO GOOD. There was even a loud, emotional conversation going on between two drunks, who were talking about race and women. But the more they drank, the more darker their conversations became. First it was just some funny sex jokes, but then it soon became VIOLENT; loaded with threats of death and bodily harm. I could see the sweat dripping down their foreheads as they drank hella fast and hard. Shot after shot. Round after round. Hard liquor and throat-burnin' stuff. They had these GLARING red eyes. Banging their fists on the counter, and demanding the bartender to pour MORE booze... Yeargh, I could tell that those guys drank ALOT. They were SO drunk and talking SO loud, that even the whole goddamn place can hear it. All that jazz and commotion, like right in front of the children; who were paying some games nearby. Nobody even gave a shit or a fuck, as they just continued to pour that diluted piss-water down their throats; while all hunched over on the bar counter. There is even VOMIT on the floor, and the whole damn place just reeks and smells of URINE. That just pretty much sets the 'mood' for this dirty, run-down, and shady-ass dump. Loud music, screaming children, and violent drunks just don't mix too well. You just know it's BAD. Just try to sit down here for like 5 minutes, to enjoy a nice sandwich and a cold drink underneath all of that commotion; and you'll see what I mean. Just PAY and GTFO is their motto! Then came the food... It was served in large plates and dishes, but the actual portions were rather quite small tho. Just a few small bites here and a couple of sips there, and you're pretty much done already. $60 for an entree is INSANE. $15 per drink is MURDER. Skimpy-ass food portions, tiny-ass beer/wine glasses, and just greedy-ass business practices overall (as other reviewers have pointed out). 8 bucks just for a water is awfully expensive if you ask me, and I honestly think that I've had much better beer at some other places. And when we tried the stuff out, NONE of it was actually any good at all. The food was really bland and under-seasoned, but we could also tell that they had really loaded it down with like a TON of MSG and artificial additives. Far too little ingredients, not quite enough flavor, very poor texture/consistency, and it really shows when you taste it. You could probably do WAY BETTER than this, with some microwave dinners at home. The meaty parts were just RAW on the inside and inedible, plus the veggies were cold and tasted like LEAD. None of it was fresh at all, bro. Some parts of the dishes were also under-cooked, as it gave one of my poor Lakota friends the SHITHOUSE RUNS afterwards. He was the kinda guy who just happens to have a sensitive stomach, and was quite allergic to things like that. He got so terribly sick, that he even PUKED when we all went back to the hotel later that evening. "That wasn't no meat or fish; that was SOMETHIN' ELSE, ese..." He said, as he gripped his stomach in pain and then just barfed ALL his guts right into the toilet. Then when the bill finally came, it was almost $800. I just shook my head and rubbed my eyes in SHOCK, thinking that it was all a mistake. But to THEM at least, it was definitely NO mistake. There were only 4 of us in all, and each person spent about 120 bucks or so on food and drinks, not counting the 50 extra bucks that we spent playing some pinball/arcade games while waiting FOREVER for the food to arrive (which even ate up some of our quarters, BTW). So after taxes and fees, the total should've really come out to be like no more than $550. We got the waitress, and inquired about it. Then she simply just cleared her throat, raised her voice again and told us in a very rude condescending tone (with amplified volume), that it was a 'gratuity fee' that was automatically tacked on by default. "You HAVE TO PAY that, sir!" I'm like, SERIOUSLY??? Well, I'm all for tips and service/overhead charges when it comes to dining out with friends, but HOW ON EARTH did that come out to be an extra $150? Knowing that she simply just CANNOT be reasoned with, we just foot the bill and left the damn place. We were so 'full of it' that we couldn't even stay for dessert. My Lakota friends even got sick afterwards. I think they will all make it a point to NEVER visit me or my town ever again. I am SO sorry, my friends! 😫
I remember the best Chinese buffet , was in Vegas , off the beatten path . I knew it was going to be good , because I was the only white guy there , everybody else was Asian .
If the restaurant waiters/waitress/staffs are unusually super nice to you, walk out!! It is indication that the food is bad and they have to have good service to compensate for that & pull people in. Because in a good restaurant, the waiters & chefs don't give a sh1t what you order, don't need to serve you like kings/queens and don't care whether you walk out or not
@@HarrisonWebb97 Go next door, literally as you said, the place next door is great I went there last week! Its called Tao Tao Ju, would make for a good vid.
Well, this still lokks better as most "average" american restaurants! We were visiting the USA for a two month "road-trip" across the country back in 2022! I almost couldn´t believe what we were seeing on this journey, this was really kinda "life-lesson"!😏 P.s: Thank god i´m from Switzerland, here standards (especially when it comes to serving food) are very high! 🤗
so they could vastly improve their buffet just by getting a better recipe cook? but then if they're busy like that...what incentive is there to improve? it's kinda surprising that it's so crowded
cramped. Reminds me, we ate in a restaurant in Delhi once the whole place was about 2meters wide, but long. And the chapattis came flying out of a hole in the roof onto the servers plate. True story.
Stay away from China Town buffet in Tenerife. Las Charifas. I had the noodles and I shit you not I literally had a plate of grease I had to mop the grease up with a tissue. And still there was only one napkin on the table. Got completely soaked in grease and that was just the noodles.
That’s how most Chinese restaurants cook prawns. Head and shell still on the prawns. You’re supposed to pull the head off and peel the shell off before eating it.
Big selection? That's about a quarter of what's offered in the US Chinese buffets. That selection was just plain Sad. Also, not joking, you've never had peel and eat shrimp. They come with the legs on, you grab the tail and pull the shell off. That's how you get them in the US. Or you pay more for no shell. We've always had them with legs my entire life.
Having an automatic service charge added on is dodgy in the UK IMO, even if it’s not a buffet place (which makes it even more egregious). We have a minimum wage and our wait staff are paid (reasonably) well so they don’t have to rely on tips. But more and more places are doing it and I find that in those places that do it, that service charge doesn’t go to the wait staff, it’s just extra money that goes to the owner. Highly dodgy.
Hello Harrison, Cheers from Mexico. I'm a retired Yank who's been living in Mexico for 37 years. I watch a lot of UK videos, and tons of food content. I could plainly see you didn't want to offend the nice folks who ran the restaurant. I think if I were doing your job, I'd have the same hesitation. I think you avoided the Scylla of not offending anyone and the Charybdis of letting us know the food wasn't .... primo hehehe. I could plainly see when things were so over cooked (a hazart of Chinese Buffet) they became unpleasant. Sympathetically Jacques Southern Mexico.
as a Chinese wasian, growing up walking past this restaurant the food always looked western and you could not catch an chinese in there lol, chinatown is filled with amazing food but this place? Hell no
why is there a service charge when you serve yourself. so your service charge is for some one to watch you eat there food. may be just film secretly with spy cameras then voice over instead so don't draw attention to you. the food did not look that good and the unwanted attention from staff and people is very off putting to eat there its like they know completely that there food is not good. and dont want anyone else to find out about it
I like how you’re discretely trying not to get kicked out of the restaurant.
It's not a restaurant...It's a buffet
They use the cheapest possible ingredients. And tons of MSG. I know because I used to work in the kitchen...
MSG is evil and these days over pure and toxic, I am allergic to it as I had a nasty incident in a restaurant around 48 years ago as it reacted with the alcohol I had also consumed and as soon as the air hit me on the way out, I hit the floor! at that time I had a Thai dr and he was laughing about the fact that I had Chinese restaurant complaint! I remember the old fashioned MSG that was called Ve Tsin and as a kid my dad pulled me aside and said if you ever use this stuff use it like this and he got a match stick and stood it on end and the amount he said to use in the meat was around one fifth of the size of a match head and we only ever used in dumplings, I have also seen some cooks throw it in food like there was no tomorrow, and that is due to their own addiction to it! I never use it ever, it is an excitotoxin and with heavy use can cause alopecia and hair loss.
That entire experience felt like a fever dream 💀 that stranger that turned and said "it's tasty isn't it?" about that shrimp... instant red flag 😭😂
it really does feel like a fever dream 😅
Oh my god I am dying... This video is legit legendary.. I almost fell off the couch laughing..
Especally the nodding part was killing me. Bloody precious.
and after getting out of the restaurant, you really furiously and passionately acted for what you just had been through.. and that was killing part and so hilarious like seriously and I highly insist you must be an actor. Dead seriois.
oh dear.
This video will be mental medicine when I am depressed from now on for sure.
Are u baked mate
I adore the nodding while you're trying SO HARD to not show how disgusting whatever you were eating was 😅 amazing! At least you didn't get kicked out and had to go back as an American tourist, so kudos to the small joys 💫
It seems pretty intense in there 😂
He's a drama queen ffs only weirdo i see in this video is the guy freaking out because someone looked at him
@@TimmyRipkey-zj7sg I believe he’s been kicked out before
@@paulhuang1694which vid?
@@TimmyRipkey-zj7sg It's Soho/Chinatown CENTRAL LONDON, ffs! People film all the time. You're the only fkn drama queen here, ya muppet!
looks like a nightmare to eat in!
Please continue this series. Somebody has to call out these restaurants
I have worked in F&B for a while and lemme tell you, Asian and especially Chinese food is not meant for a buffet model. Asian food in general should always be made fresh with fresh ingredients. However, when I started working in London, I realised a lot of Asian restaurants (not buffet one) pre-cooked everything and assembled it on the woks as you order it... Somehow, instead of bringing the best of Asian culture, they literally bring the worst & most Westernized thing to London - sweatshops (for food) lol.
Idk man, buffets are popular in China. I've been to huge ones where you pay 100 yuan and you can eat anything, starting from rice ending with king crab, it was delicious
Absolutely true :)
@@islmhhh4987 Different scenario, people go fucking nuts in buffets in China and the food turnover is so quick that everything stays fresh.
Fried food doesn't do well standing out, and it often does for too long before the tray clears in Chinatown.
totally agree! also fish/Prawns should not be left laying in a dish for hours on end it should be served fresh from the wok or the steamer👍👍👍👍👍
I just found this channel. So thoroughly enjoy your videos. Funny and entertaining. 😂🤩
I want to travel to London one day so I’m learning so much! Ty!
It was awful !!!! Went there today and they demanded money up front and the food was dreadful. Charged my kid full price !!! AVOID !!!
The video needs some context and I wish more TH-camrs would be better informed. Long story short, rents in Chinatown are so high now due to massive rent increases by the Westminster Estate (Duke of Westminster) that it puts alot of restaurants out of business, hence service has gone down as well as quality of food etc. They also ask you to play in advance because so many people eat and then do a runner or refuse to pay. Restaurant businesses really struggle to survive in Chinatown. You want proper Chinese food, you'd never do a 'all you can eat buffet' as its inevitably low quality junk food, you'd be far better off going to a proper restaurant with menus etc.
I agree totally, there is a buffet place in Carlisle which is like this where the food is mediocre and some of the clientele are drunk. Sad thing is, the city has nowhere else for Chinese. Interestingly, Carlisle has a thriving Thai restaurant scene where standards are high and prices reasonable.
here in america buffets are super popular not just in las vegas but everywhere and depending where in america buffets can be pretty good still not as good quality as proper restaurants with menus but still.. also there's more options than what is shown here lol but that's expected because well.. america XD hopefully one day i can visit england that'd be cool
The very same Parasite Duke destroyed a lot of businesses due to his COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER of the land that those businesses were established on for decades hence the City of Sub-culture status in Liverpool with more empty buildings left to replace once thriving establishments, a distant relative of mine was sued by his former workers due to not being paid by the Dukies parasite company for the premises and the building! this is how that Parasite family makes it's money by stealing from honest hard working people, I hate that family with a passion.
It’s the worst reviewed bud, you’re gonna have to make a worse sit down restaurant instead then
Rents have gone up so service quality has gone down? That doesn't make any sense as a logical conclusion. Please explain that one
It’s been my experience, the places that make you pay before you get your food do so so you can’t refuse to pay when it’s shit. They know they suck and don’t even care.
Every Chinese buffet in Chinatown does this
It’s also their way of making the service run quickly and preventing any hold ups. You walk in, pay, eat and go
Plus, in a buffet scenario it's not clear to the staff when you have finished your meal
I go to Chinatown alot and I was told by a member of staff at another restaurant that in the past they've had many people (mainly tourists) sit outside and run off without paying.
You pay first on every buffet here in the USA.
It’s crowded because it’s in Chinatown where lots of tourists go - and it’s pretty cheap. A question - how many actual Chinese people were eating there? For me that’s always the killer test. In my experience all these Chinese/Asian buffet places are mediocre, but they’re cheap. (PS I lived in Hong Kong for years, and I’m married to a a mainland Chinese person from central China)
Nobody asked.
if this buffet was here in america people would be so mad with how there's little choices compared to other american buffets with lots of choices lol
A few years ago my wife dragged me and my son into this 'restaurant'. To this day we have never let her forget it and it's my rolling get-out-of-jail card whenever I screw up.
Seems to be lacking any guards between the customer and the food, one decent sneeze...
THE BIT OUTSIDE THE RESTAURANT TOWARDS THE END KILLED ME SO HILARIOUS HAHAHAHA
I got a chinese carry out while in london,im not a fussy eater but it was horrendous the crab soup had 4 of the thinest slices of crab in the soup,and the beef curry had 4 thin slices of beef so thin you could not taste it,no idea if it was the same place but it went in the bin.
I love how buffet style restaurants have the sneeze guards but the tongs are handled by everyone
I have a confession, i ate here and I liked it
Well looks like you're not the only one. There's lots of people in there.
The food looks good, this video is making me want to go there
You're a weirdo, i went there two times, never again, horrible food, horrible restaurant atmosphere
@@revl6151 enjoy
Yeah same I’ve eaten at all the buffets in China town and have enjoyed them 😂 Mr Wu is the worst of them all
Tbf in a lot of chinese players you do pay before you eat. The places are so hectic that they can't keep on top of people coming in and out and people sometimes order drinks and just walk out so they charge first.
They definitely know the food is terrible. That’s why they make you pay first and being in London they know that new customers that don’t know the place will be past everyday.
I once booked a resort for my family in Mexico after booking i saw it had horrible reviews such as drain cleaner for orange juice etc. was one of the nicest fanciest resorts I've been to and I've been to a lot. Turns out they cater more to wealthy mexican clientele. Not to Americans. Even the president of Mexico had a private suite there. It had a two star rating.
Man, I'm Asian so I know this can be weird and uncomfortable to a lot of ppl, but thats just a form of hospitality in places where the staff and the owner are SUPER friendly. Ive eaten in some small places in India- north and south, urban, rural and suburban, and people ask you how the food is when you eat, and ask you try certain things (esp if its a full course meal/thali which can have anything from 5-15/20 items on plate, I'm not on joking🤣). In Indian weddings, you'll see the relatives and caterers walking around the hall asking people how they are doing, how the food is and if they want anything. I understand how it can be suoer uncomfortable to people who are not familiar with this form of hospitality, and I'm not saying the place was any better but I thought putting a little content might help! Im sad that the food is horrible there tho.
Super friendly staffs = bad food most of the time. In those Indian/HK restaurants where the waiters and staffs have a sort of attitude? Bomb azz delicious bussin' food
I went here years ago with some colleagues… we all just had one half a plate it was horrific. The worst ever. Never again.
OUTSIDE TABLE FOR DINE IN CUSTOMER ONLY. Sums it up. In the 1970s, in Oldham (before we got the Hell out of Dodge and moved to America) our local Chinese was superb. We used to call it "Effin Elsie's" not because she swore a lot but when she took our order, she always said "Effin Else?"
Well dont for slightly racist tone, so serve this effin customers!
The fact you have to pay for your food 1st would be a huge red flag straight away in a restaurant
Here in the US that’s not a red flag at all for buffets. It’s actually simpler because then nobody has to worry about people not paying.
@ I’ve eaten in many buffet restaurants in New York and haven’t paid upfront
It's mostly du to the location. They've had so many people/tourists dine and dash that they have to charge people first now
What kind of people you have in US ;D wow @@loveisall5520
Mate that last video in London was hilarious, my god the lady was so mean lol
Prawn incident description afterwards had me dieingggggg
*nods* "hmmm yeah, sooooo good" lol what a play!
This is the kindest.. Sweetest man. ❤❤
You didn't know you can peel the shrimp shell & legs off? Have you never eaten shrimp before?
He did this in another video as well. I genuinely don’t think he’s ever encountered prawns with the shell still on so he doesn’t know what to do with them! 😂
Loved your honesty. Cheers.
You got to try this place...We ate at Lotus Garden in Chinatown and it was absolutely the worst restaurant we visited on our 4 week trip across Europe and the Mediterranean.
I ordered sezchaun beef and I think it was literally watered down slightly spicy ketchup poured on fried beef strips.
You had me fooled. You didnt look like the food was bad when you were eating it. Lmao 😅😂
this is so funny lol the awkwardness is sending me hahahaha!
I couldn't stop laughing when he was imitating that guy that was watching him 😂
You actually need to peel those prawns first not eat them with their shell and legs
I like them with the skin on too
No kidding mate you look exactly like comedian Rick Mayal from the comedy ‘young ones’ ,your expressions 😂lol
I'm here to tell you that you are supposed to peel the bloody prawn dude 😂you don't eat the bloody shell 😂😂
Fast forward 1 year where Harrison comes back, and they don't let him in 😂
He probably can't stop staring when you're eating the prawn shell instead of removing it.
You can eat it with shells too
This just popped up, and now I'm hooked!! What a brilliant brilliant channel!!
you guys didn't eat shrimp leg??? that thing is good deepfried. idk about the one on that restaurant tho
Thank you for your review! I really like these "worst reviewed restaurant" videos. In 1990, I went to a top-rated hole-in-the-wall Chinese Cantonese restaurant in San Francisco where everyone sat really close together. Food was great, but it wasn't a buffet. Someone else said that the buffet style probably isn't suitable for Chinese cuisine, which is right because it needs to be served fresh. But what do you do? People want to come in, eat, and leave so they can get back to work/sight-seeing. Anyway, thank you again!
OUTER ORBIT @ 3215 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94110
Yeargh, this place is AWESOME!!! 🤮
I have NO idea just how the owners could possibly sleep at night; knowing the things that they know, and treating their customers like the way they do...
LOUD, POUNDING, OBNOXIOUS dance music that just gives me the headaches. Rude, inattentive waitstaff who like to push you around for all the wrong reasons, and just generally try to make you feel UNWELCOMED here. Heavily diluted and watered-down drinks, with plenty of sugar added and spiked with some other shit; that came out to be at least 10-15 bucks a pop. Sub-par, bland-tasting, and flavorless food that looks like what they would serve up in a Hawaiian prison. INSANELY overpriced menu items, outdated arcade machines (that cost $2 to play), poor lighting, a totally questionable atmosphere (loud violent drunks on the premises), and service that is just off-the-charts (BAD). I brought a few Lakota friends of mine, who were visiting from out of state. They all wore plain casual street clothes, but no tribal wear or funny-looking headdresses of any sort. The only thing that would probably stand out about them is that they sported very long hair; like ponytails and braids, but nothing too weird or crazy tho. They came from way up in the Northern states, so they all spoke perfect American English. The waitress was all mean and pushy right from the start. It was pretty damn clear and apparent, that she did NOT like me or my Lakota friends. She was being VERY rude, condescending, and disrespectful to me and my Lakota friends. She made some very rude remarks, mocking/sneering at my Lakota friends, and that made them all feel pretty annoyed. While taking our orders, she asked us some really dumb/unrelated questions, and then she would just mock us right back like if we were STUPID. Sneering and jeering at us, like the outspoken jerk she was. This crass and unruly broad (with punk looks and TONS of makeup on), talked VERY LOUDLY and she talked right over us. We tried telling her what entrees we wanted to order, and what specific kinds of ingredients to watch out for (because one of my Lakota friends was a vegetarian and he had certain food allergies), but she would NOT listen to us at all. She was just popping bubblegum loudly from her mouth and constantly making all these weird-ass body movements, cranking her neck around and jerking her shoulders up and down; like as if she was on some HEAVY SHIT. She rudely raised her voice (literally yelling) and kept on yelling at us to speak up louder. And then when we did tried to speak up, she just outright SCREAMED at us at the top of her lungs! My Lakota friends are soft-spoken gentlemen with low voices and polite manners. They rarely ever speak much, but after this terrible and god-awful dining experience; it really gave 'em THE TALK. She also constantly looked us up and down, like as if there's something WRONG with us. I think she had a MAJOR problem with people crossing their legs or putting their boots up on the table. Her behavior was just SO appalling, that it made us felt like we were eating in some kind of prison cafeteria. But the WORST part of the whole dining experience tho, was that we got followed around and watched like CRIMINALS during the whole time while we were there. The staff just stood around and watched us like a buncha HAWKS. They were always constantly observing our every move and action. My Lakota friends went over to play some of the pinball/arcade games, and then they had a staff member (possibly security) who stood closely right next to them and watched them MENACINGLY with his arms crossed during the whole time while they played. All this, while that LOUD BOOMING disco/techno music was pounding right down on us. "THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP THUMP, THUMP, THUMP!!!" At like around 150+ BPM, just like the kind you would find in some of those shady and illegal underground dance clubs. The music wasn't even any good; it was all just meant to be overly loud and disruptive, so that customers wouldn't hang around for too long. Just ear-shattering and nerve-racking. They always play that goddamn music at FULL BLAST anyway, so no wonder the whole staff is always so edgy. LOUD BOOMING BASS. Just plenty LOUD and GAY, if you ask me. There were lots of crazy kids running around and screaming everywhere, and the drunks who were seated nearby can also be heard mumbling out loud, with plenty of cursing and swearing. I have NO idea just WTF they spiked their drinks with, but those dark brooding drunks looked like they were up to NO GOOD. There was even a loud, emotional conversation going on between two drunks, who were talking about race and women. But the more they drank, the more darker their conversations became. First it was just some funny sex jokes, but then it soon became VIOLENT; loaded with threats of death and bodily harm. I could see the sweat dripping down their foreheads as they drank hella fast and hard. Shot after shot. Round after round. Hard liquor and throat-burnin' stuff. They had these GLARING red eyes. Banging their fists on the counter, and demanding the bartender to pour MORE booze... Yeargh, I could tell that those guys drank ALOT. They were SO drunk and talking SO loud, that even the whole goddamn place can hear it. All that jazz and commotion, like right in front of the children; who were paying some games nearby. Nobody even gave a shit or a fuck, as they just continued to pour that diluted piss-water down their throats; while all hunched over on the bar counter. There is even VOMIT on the floor, and the whole damn place just reeks and smells of URINE. That just pretty much sets the 'mood' for this dirty, run-down, and shady-ass dump. Loud music, screaming children, and violent drunks just don't mix too well. You just know it's BAD. Just try to sit down here for like 5 minutes, to enjoy a nice sandwich and a cold drink underneath all of that commotion; and you'll see what I mean. Just PAY and GTFO is their motto! Then came the food... It was served in large plates and dishes, but the actual portions were rather quite small tho. Just a few small bites here and a couple of sips there, and you're pretty much done already. $60 for an entree is INSANE. $15 per drink is MURDER. Skimpy-ass food portions, tiny-ass beer/wine glasses, and just greedy-ass business practices overall (as other reviewers have pointed out). 8 bucks just for a water is awfully expensive if you ask me, and I honestly think that I've had much better beer at some other places. And when we tried the stuff out, NONE of it was actually any good at all. The food was really bland and under-seasoned, but we could also tell that they had really loaded it down with like a TON of MSG and artificial additives. Far too little ingredients, not quite enough flavor, very poor texture/consistency, and it really shows when you taste it. You could probably do WAY BETTER than this, with some microwave dinners at home. The meaty parts were just RAW on the inside and inedible, plus the veggies were cold and tasted like LEAD. None of it was fresh at all, bro. Some parts of the dishes were also under-cooked, as it gave one of my poor Lakota friends the SHITHOUSE RUNS afterwards. He was the kinda guy who just happens to have a sensitive stomach, and was quite allergic to things like that. He got so terribly sick, that he even PUKED when we all went back to the hotel later that evening. "That wasn't no meat or fish; that was SOMETHIN' ELSE, ese..." He said, as he gripped his stomach in pain and then just barfed ALL his guts right into the toilet. Then when the bill finally came, it was almost $800. I just shook my head and rubbed my eyes in SHOCK, thinking that it was all a mistake. But to THEM at least, it was definitely NO mistake. There were only 4 of us in all, and each person spent about 120 bucks or so on food and drinks, not counting the 50 extra bucks that we spent playing some pinball/arcade games while waiting FOREVER for the food to arrive (which even ate up some of our quarters, BTW). So after taxes and fees, the total should've really come out to be like no more than $550. We got the waitress, and inquired about it. Then she simply just cleared her throat, raised her voice again and told us in a very rude condescending tone (with amplified volume), that it was a 'gratuity fee' that was automatically tacked on by default. "You HAVE TO PAY that, sir!" I'm like, SERIOUSLY??? Well, I'm all for tips and service/overhead charges when it comes to dining out with friends, but HOW ON EARTH did that come out to be an extra $150? Knowing that she simply just CANNOT be reasoned with, we just foot the bill and left the damn place. We were so 'full of it' that we couldn't even stay for dessert. My Lakota friends even got sick afterwards. I think they will all make it a point to NEVER visit me or my town ever again. I am SO sorry, my friends! 😫
Look at the size of the seating area, then how big is the kitchen, for the number of food items on display and the number of staff. So why say that. Some Chinese Restaurants in the tourist areas have the food in the main cooked off site and bused in on trolleys with trays. Chef Ding Ding is at work ie Mircowave. The old adage, the tourist is here today and gone the next, but money is in the till. My first hand knowledge while working in London.
On lunch at work watching this🤣❤️
Woohoo! Early crew!!! Much love from Tennessee ❤
14 pound in central London. What do you expect? It’s a place for teenagers and their pocket money. And they need these places with affordable food.
There’s a video here on TH-cam and the buffet was £6.90 at some Chinese place in England 🏴
Never heard an old person say “it’s for teenagers” in reference to a restaurant spot 😂 excuses galore
00:32 The food was WASHED, the restaurant was WASHED, the staff was WASHED.
Is that a thing one would say? Or are they saying the restaurant was really clean? 🤔
I was waiting for the camera to pan at the audience of two boys who “trolled” Harrison about the prawn to reveal it was Andy with a friend the whole time haha… Would’ve been such a twist! 🫶🏼🫶🏼
If any foreigner wants to know what one of the most quintessential British reactions to bad food this is it! 😂
A lot of our people will just sit there and eat their horrific food without complaining to the staff and just happily pay for it come the end! 😂
I work at a hotel on the east coast of the UK and we operate as pay as you go, everythi g is paid for before you receive it. Its like any other product, like on amazon, you pay for it, then you get it, or in shops. Didnt think it was such a foreign concept
Pretty hearty and reasonable food, and price as well! By the way, just subscribe.. Love from San Francisco
Loving these videos lmaoooo
The London China restaurant and eatery has become increasingly complacent over the years, clinging to outdated practices and a stubborn mindset reminiscent of the 1970s. The owner seems resistant to change, focusing primarily on maintaining low-quality yet lucrative food offerings. This establishment operates under the misguided belief that they are the best option available in London, disregarding the evolving tastes and expectations of today’s diners. As a result, they risk alienating a customer base that seeks both quality and authenticity in their dining experiences.
LEGS N ALL
OUTER ORBIT @ 3215 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94110
Yeargh, this place is AWESOME!!! 🤮
I have NO idea just how the owners could possibly sleep at night; knowing the things that they know, and treating their customers like the way they do...
LOUD, POUNDING, OBNOXIOUS dance music that just gives me the headaches. Rude, inattentive waitstaff who like to push you around for all the wrong reasons, and just generally try to make you feel UNWELCOMED here. Heavily diluted and watered-down drinks, with plenty of sugar added and spiked with some other shit; that came out to be at least 10-15 bucks a pop. Sub-par, bland-tasting, and flavorless food that looks like what they would serve up in a Hawaiian prison. INSANELY overpriced menu items, outdated arcade machines (that cost $2 to play), poor lighting, a totally questionable atmosphere (loud violent drunks on the premises), and service that is just off-the-charts (BAD). I brought a few Lakota friends of mine, who were visiting from out of state. They all wore plain casual street clothes, but no tribal wear or funny-looking headdresses of any sort. The only thing that would probably stand out about them is that they sported very long hair; like ponytails and braids, but nothing too weird or crazy tho. They came from way up in the Northern states, so they all spoke perfect American English. The waitress was all mean and pushy right from the start. It was pretty damn clear and apparent, that she did NOT like me or my Lakota friends. She was being VERY rude, condescending, and disrespectful to me and my Lakota friends. She made some very rude remarks, mocking/sneering at my Lakota friends, and that made them all feel pretty annoyed. While taking our orders, she asked us some really dumb/unrelated questions, and then she would just mock us right back like if we were STUPID. Sneering and jeering at us, like the outspoken jerk she was. This crass and unruly broad (with punk looks and TONS of makeup on), talked VERY LOUDLY and she talked right over us. We tried telling her what entrees we wanted to order, and what specific kinds of ingredients to watch out for (because one of my Lakota friends was a vegetarian and he had certain food allergies), but she would NOT listen to us at all. She was just popping bubblegum loudly from her mouth and constantly making all these weird-ass body movements, cranking her neck around and jerking her shoulders up and down; like as if she was on some HEAVY SHIT. She rudely raised her voice (literally yelling) and kept on yelling at us to speak up louder. And then when we did tried to speak up, she just outright SCREAMED at us at the top of her lungs! My Lakota friends are soft-spoken gentlemen with low voices and polite manners. They rarely ever speak much, but after this terrible and god-awful dining experience; it really gave 'em THE TALK. She also constantly looked us up and down, like as if there's something WRONG with us. I think she had a MAJOR problem with people crossing their legs or putting their boots up on the table. Her behavior was just SO appalling, that it made us felt like we were eating in some kind of prison cafeteria. But the WORST part of the whole dining experience tho, was that we got followed around and watched like CRIMINALS during the whole time while we were there. The staff just stood around and watched us like a buncha HAWKS. They were always constantly observing our every move and action. My Lakota friends went over to play some of the pinball/arcade games, and then they had a staff member (possibly security) who stood closely right next to them and watched them MENACINGLY with his arms crossed during the whole time while they played. All this, while that LOUD BOOMING disco/techno music was pounding right down on us. "THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP THUMP, THUMP, THUMP!!!" At like around 150+ BPM, just like the kind you would find in some of those shady and illegal underground dance clubs. The music wasn't even any good; it was all just meant to be overly loud and disruptive, so that customers wouldn't hang around for too long. Just ear-shattering and nerve-racking. They always play that goddamn music at FULL BLAST anyway, so no wonder the whole staff is always so edgy. LOUD BOOMING BASS. Just plenty LOUD and GAY, if you ask me. There were lots of crazy kids running around and screaming everywhere, and the drunks who were seated nearby can also be heard mumbling out loud, with plenty of cursing and swearing. I have NO idea just WTF they spiked their drinks with, but those dark brooding drunks looked like they were up to NO GOOD. There was even a loud, emotional conversation going on between two drunks, who were talking about race and women. But the more they drank, the more darker their conversations became. First it was just some funny sex jokes, but then it soon became VIOLENT; loaded with threats of death and bodily harm. I could see the sweat dripping down their foreheads as they drank hella fast and hard. Shot after shot. Round after round. Hard liquor and throat-burnin' stuff. They had these GLARING red eyes. Banging their fists on the counter, and demanding the bartender to pour MORE booze... Yeargh, I could tell that those guys drank ALOT. They were SO drunk and talking SO loud, that even the whole goddamn place can hear it. All that jazz and commotion, like right in front of the children; who were paying some games nearby. Nobody even gave a shit or a fuck, as they just continued to pour that diluted piss-water down their throats; while all hunched over on the bar counter. There is even VOMIT on the floor, and the whole damn place just reeks and smells of URINE. That just pretty much sets the 'mood' for this dirty, run-down, and shady-ass dump. Loud music, screaming children, and violent drunks just don't mix too well. You just know it's BAD. Just try to sit down here for like 5 minutes, to enjoy a nice sandwich and a cold drink underneath all of that commotion; and you'll see what I mean. Just PAY and GTFO is their motto! Then came the food... It was served in large plates and dishes, but the actual portions were rather quite small tho. Just a few small bites here and a couple of sips there, and you're pretty much done already. $60 for an entree is INSANE. $15 per drink is MURDER. Skimpy-ass food portions, tiny-ass beer/wine glasses, and just greedy-ass business practices overall (as other reviewers have pointed out). 8 bucks just for a water is awfully expensive if you ask me, and I honestly think that I've had much better beer at some other places. And when we tried the stuff out, NONE of it was actually any good at all. The food was really bland and under-seasoned, but we could also tell that they had really loaded it down with like a TON of MSG and artificial additives. Far too little ingredients, not quite enough flavor, very poor texture/consistency, and it really shows when you taste it. You could probably do WAY BETTER than this, with some microwave dinners at home. The meaty parts were just RAW on the inside and inedible, plus the veggies were cold and tasted like LEAD. None of it was fresh at all, bro. Some parts of the dishes were also under-cooked, as it gave one of my poor Lakota friends the SHITHOUSE RUNS afterwards. He was the kinda guy who just happens to have a sensitive stomach, and was quite allergic to things like that. He got so terribly sick, that he even PUKED when we all went back to the hotel later that evening. "That wasn't no meat or fish; that was SOMETHIN' ELSE, ese..." He said, as he gripped his stomach in pain and then just barfed ALL his guts right into the toilet. Then when the bill finally came, it was almost $800. I just shook my head and rubbed my eyes in SHOCK, thinking that it was all a mistake. But to THEM at least, it was definitely NO mistake. There were only 4 of us in all, and each person spent about 120 bucks or so on food and drinks, not counting the 50 extra bucks that we spent playing some pinball/arcade games while waiting FOREVER for the food to arrive (which even ate up some of our quarters, BTW). So after taxes and fees, the total should've really come out to be like no more than $550. We got the waitress, and inquired about it. Then she simply just cleared her throat, raised her voice again and told us in a very rude condescending tone (with amplified volume), that it was a 'gratuity fee' that was automatically tacked on by default. "You HAVE TO PAY that, sir!" I'm like, SERIOUSLY??? Well, I'm all for tips and service/overhead charges when it comes to dining out with friends, but HOW ON EARTH did that come out to be an extra $150? Knowing that she simply just CANNOT be reasoned with, we just foot the bill and left the damn place. We were so 'full of it' that we couldn't even stay for dessert. My Lakota friends even got sick afterwards. I think they will all make it a point to NEVER visit me or my town ever again. I am SO sorry, my friends! 😫
@@OtomoTenzi Wait what?
Dude you know you're supposed to peel the shrimp before you eat it right?
They don’t eat it much in the uk
Dude you can eat legs too. I think you know little about shrimps
You don't have to- the head, tail, and shell are actually nutritious if you choose to eat them
@@ZhangBangsFurylol we absolutely do. He obviously doesn't
@@deadziobut who does? Nobody but 3rd world country white people
You're supposed to peel the shell off the prawns... Haha
You can eat legs too.
This guy probably wants the shrimp deveined as well.
You can eat it with shells too
I did peal off the shell and was met with the shit sack and mushy flesh, my dead nan was younger than the prawns.
To be honest they do eat some very weird food in China , so this sort of thing is very tame in comparison.
I remember the best Chinese buffet , was in Vegas , off the beatten path . I knew it was going to be good , because I was the only white guy there , everybody else was Asian .
Really..how worthy is this guy’s “appraisal - he’s certainly not a “ gourmand” - not with his elbows on the table!! Hahahaha!!
Aguamiel honestly have the best churros in London 🙌🏼🙌🏼 10:45
binging through your videos, i don’t think i’ve seen you hate a place this much before, the food must’ve been VILE
thT was an experience 😂😂😂
If the restaurant waiters/waitress/staffs are unusually super nice to you, walk out!! It is indication that the food is bad and they have to have good service to compensate for that & pull people in. Because in a good restaurant, the waiters & chefs don't give a sh1t what you order, don't need to serve you like kings/queens and don't care whether you walk out or not
It looks like some dingy seventies cafe that hasn't moved with the times and often a sign a place is being run on the cheap.
I want to see you rate the best rated Chinese restaurant in London
That could be fun!!!
@@HarrisonWebb97 Go next door, literally as you said, the place next door is great I went there last week! Its called Tao Tao Ju, would make for a good vid.
Tell me you didn’t just eat a prawn with the shell and legs still on 😂😂
that s ok.
Well, this still lokks better as most "average" american restaurants! We were visiting the USA for a two month "road-trip" across the country back in 2022!
I almost couldn´t believe what we were seeing on this journey, this was really kinda "life-lesson"!😏
P.s: Thank god i´m from Switzerland, here standards (especially when it comes to serving food) are very high! 🤗
Why are these places still open????
so they could vastly improve their buffet just by getting a better recipe cook? but then if they're busy like that...what incentive is there to improve? it's kinda surprising that it's so crowded
One way to keep people from eating too much food in a buffet setting, is to make it all inedible. 😂
It looks amazing for the price and all you can eat. For the greasy parts, I would just scrape the grease off! Love from San Francisco
cramped. Reminds me, we ate in a restaurant in Delhi once the whole place was about 2meters wide, but long. And the chapattis came flying out of a hole in the roof onto the servers plate. True story.
that sounds fun!!!! I wanna go hahah
A hole in the ceiling??? I’m cracking up over that image… lolol
“How did you get into China” when I see the subtitle 😂😂😂as a Chinese I enjoyed this content hahahhaha
Lol omg this video is hilarious, "mmm delicious" 😅😂
hahaha you know what else is funny? if you , farted in someones face 😁😂
Stay away from China Town buffet in Tenerife. Las Charifas. I had the noodles and I shit you not I literally had a plate of grease I had to mop the grease up with a tissue. And still there was only one napkin on the table. Got completely soaked in grease and that was just the noodles.
That’s how most Chinese restaurants cook prawns. Head and shell still on the prawns. You’re supposed to pull the head off and peel the shell off before eating it.
The window sign. 'Out side table for dine in customers only'???
I am a new sub from the USA. You are brilliant and funny!! love it.
Thanks for subbing!
Attempt a chinese buffet in Douglas, Ga United States they have best chinese cuisine.
Happy i came across his TH-cam channel! He’s pretty awesome!
Most buffets will need payment upfront to stop the people eating and running.
Big selection? That's about a quarter of what's offered in the US Chinese buffets. That selection was just plain Sad.
Also, not joking, you've never had peel and eat shrimp. They come with the legs on, you grab the tail and pull the shell off. That's how you get them in the US. Or you pay more for no shell. We've always had them with legs my entire life.
Having an automatic service charge added on is dodgy in the UK IMO, even if it’s not a buffet place (which makes it even more egregious). We have a minimum wage and our wait staff are paid (reasonably) well so they don’t have to rely on tips. But more and more places are doing it and I find that in those places that do it, that service charge doesn’t go to the wait staff, it’s just extra money that goes to the owner. Highly dodgy.
I am sure the food is not even that bad. Chinese food is the best ❤❤❤❤
Lol, I was uncomfortable, and I'm in a whole different country. 🙃
Hello Harrison, Cheers from Mexico. I'm a retired Yank who's been living in Mexico for 37 years. I watch a lot of UK videos, and tons of food content. I could plainly see you didn't want to offend the nice folks who ran the restaurant. I think if I were doing your job, I'd have the same hesitation. I think you avoided the Scylla of not offending anyone and the Charybdis of letting us know the food wasn't .... primo hehehe. I could plainly see when things were so over cooked (a hazart of Chinese Buffet) they became unpleasant. Sympathetically Jacques Southern Mexico.
as a Chinese wasian, growing up walking past this restaurant the food always looked western and you could not catch an chinese in there lol, chinatown is filled with amazing food but this place? Hell no
I had to pay first too in a restaurant but the food there was really good!
Please do these in the US the next time you visit
eat it... eat it, GEORGIE! 🤡🤡🤡 08:27
Mmm, proper Delish!!!
Save me a seat, mate!!!!
I'm glad you went there instead of me. You must try the other buffet called Mr Wu and compare both.
There's a 4.9 rated (out of 1383 reviews) like two doors down the street xD
Feels food poisoning man.
It’s a Chinese all you can eat buffet ! What did you really expect
Yummy !🤤🤤
I’ve been to a Vietnamese restaurant that was very crowded. I just knew for sure. The food will be delicious. It wasn’t. It was horrible.
why is there a service charge when you serve yourself.
so your service charge is for some one to watch you eat there food.
may be just film secretly with spy cameras then voice over instead so don't draw attention to you.
the food did not look that good and the unwanted attention from staff and people is very off putting to eat there
its like they know completely that there food is not good. and dont want anyone else to find out about it
Looks fantastic