4 Times I've Been CHEATED By Food Challenge Restaurants!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ธ.ค. 2024
- Hey everyone!! Here is a "different" kind of video than we normally post, where I reveal 4 times I've been cheated by food challenge restaurants during the past few years of my 10-year career as a professional eater. It's totally mind-boggling to me that someone would fly or drive many hours to help positively promote a restaurant by doing their food challenge to post a video on his or her growing social media, and rather than show appreciation, lol the restaurant cheats the person and screws them over by taking malicious actions to make the challenge way harder than it normally is. This has happened other times, but I have no intention of going back to any of these 4 restaurants, so there is no need to "cover up" or hide their unethical practices. I hope you enjoy the stories and here are links to what is discussed in the video:
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Hey everyone thanks for watching this video!! It is a bit different than what we normally post on our channel. Years later, it still bugs me that Lulu's ownership never apologized to any of the much appreciated innocent families who were there that night and got treated like felons/criminals. Big thank you to everyone with Bobby J's near San Antonio, Texas for letting my friend John and I take their burger challenge late that ridiculous night: th-cam.com/video/0Yx7Yzyk5vI/w-d-xo.html
Hi Randy keep up the good work from the UK.
that's ridiculous!!! they seriously owe you at least an apology I mean have integrity! You're always a winner in my eyes Randy! Love you because you're a hard worker,go getter,positive,and just over all being you! Keep up the great job man I'll always be a subscriber and will always watch your videos.Shame on those who've done wrong to you it boils me when people like you get treated like this and it shows they can do the same to everyone else. Stay safe and doing well I'm a happy fan every video.
@Teddy Holiday hey, he probably has a lot better numbers health wise than you do. Go back and watch his video from earlier this year before you open your ass to talk out of it again, or you're going to scare little kids.
We support you with everything brother.... Love you video's and information..... 😊✌️🇺🇸🇳🇱 The Netherlands
Keep up the great work.. not only you but ur whole team.. nj all
Lulu’s bakery is a notable money laundering business in San Antonio TX but you didn’t hear it from me.
Yooo lmaoo i was just watching your videos
Putther knows about SA? Hmmmm
There's no doubt that Lulu's is the SA version of Amy's Baking Company. Pretends to sell more food than they make, but a large chunk of the money coming into that place is from drug deals or human trafficking. I hope that "higher-upper manager" ends up in prison.
Baby daddy 🤣🤣🤣
That explains everything
911: What is your emergency?
Restaurant: People are here trying to eat our fooD
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Restaurant: People are here trying to eat our food! They are willing to pay and plug advertisements for our store too!
Lol
😄😄😄
Restaurant: People are here trying to eat our food. These people are also way too honest about their intentions, one even claimed he wanted to sign a "legal document".
9-1-1: We'll send a small group of the police gang over right away.
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If I was running or managing a restaurant , I would be thrilled to have youtubers come and beat us. It would be great promo
Yeah for real
It seems like people beating the challenge would encourage other people to go try it, but what do I know
Some people have zero business sense
Until Gordon Ramsay comes in with his Kitchen Nighmares team
@@zachiswayposi1 yeah he already said that
UPDATE :::
LuLu's shut down during COVID-19 and never re-opened! On top of that their page is littered with horrible reviews directly related to this situation. Beautiful.. just beautiful to see.
Massive win for Randy well done mate
Why isn't this post up top?
Lulus is getting hammered on Yelp right now.
Lol I saw that!!
Yelp disabled the reviews for all the people make 1 Star and bad reviews
the internet will deal with them hahaha , Randy is a smart man ; let the internet destroy your enemies
No yelp!? Go to google reviews!
People saying that the food is gross there lmao... Customer service is a big thing for me, the second I read a bunch of comments about poor customer service I will refuse to go to that restaurant. I can't believe they prevented him from recording, then treated him like the bad guy, just messed up.
Wtf is wrong with lulu's? That's ridiculous. They literally turned away like 1 grand of business at a minimum and lost at least a hundred grand in revenues from bad publicity.
To be fair, he didn't miss out on anything. Lulus is gross.
Did you listen to the man? They are inconsistent in their “policy” regarding filming (with food challenges this is a great advertisement why come down on it)
Screwing people out of their food is no good. Also why the hell call the cops (wasting tax payer dollars) on something they themselves were ok with a week before. So fuck Lulus may they be closed soon. Maybe COVID can fix it
@@talesfromthetoiletseat8295 I agree with what you say but we still pay those $$ whether the cops get called or not lol. They don't get paid per crime :)
Desudesudesu Nee'chan which they could be preventing by being in the street instead of listening to a crazy person griping about the presence of cell phones in their establishment
I feel that being wasteful of tax payer money when they are being pulled from real duties and objectives by something or someone who knows their issue is bullshit
When a place is so uptight about filming inside their joint, that's a pretty reliable sign they're afraid people might pick up on how unclean & unsanitary they are. Places like that deserve to go out of business.
I feel like he’s angry but he never shows it enough. He is staying so calm
I believe he's just a passive aggressive guy but still has a good spirit doesn't want any drama, he just want to eat some food! 🤘🏿
Major respect. Staying professional and doing the things you love.
It's called being a wise man. Try it.
I haven’t seen this dude blink once
He's the bob ross of food
I comment and appreciate this kind of transparency because not enough channels expose their negative outcomes dealing with food challenges
If you see a sign saying no recording, you should leave immediately. A “no recording” policy means they’re shady and don’t want to get caught
This is what I was thinking!!
Very true
Like most museums? :^)
@@knighty0220 well with museums its more anti robbery reasons
@@shadowpeople2645 Some would argue Museums are shady, just an unpopular opinion.
This guy was the most upset because his friend didn't get a cinnamon roll. What a legend.
Haha I look out for my people!! :)
link?
MiniMoose 122 its at the end of the video.
@@catsandrubber no fighting in the comments mate.
O5-1 AKA Dr Dragon ok
I can't imagine being a 911 operator and hearing"Send the police! He's eating EVERYthing!" 😂😂😂
This happened to a someone I knew. He was thrown out of an all you can eat restaurant. His lawyer said it was the most blatant case of fraudulent advertising since his suit against the film " The Never Ending Story".
@@bigchungus4331 i heard about that story, i heard that afterwards him and his wife went driving to see if they could find any other all you can eat restaurants in the area, and then when they couldn't find any, they went fishing.
@@bigchungus4331 Hey at least it ended well, with a nice endorsement contract and a good meal.
"But the sign said all you can eat"
Haha made me think of that Simpsons episode where Homer gets kicked out of the Sea Captain’s restaurant for that very reason.
As a native San Antonian, I am deeply ashamed of Lulu’s. I’m so sorry you were treated that way, Randy.
The whole point of a food challenge is creating advertisement, it's crazy for a restaurant to not only forbid filming but to act the way they did even after randy offered to sign a document agreeing to their terms. Now over 10.5 million people at this point know to never go there because of poor customer service.
@@PCgamer923 I heard it went out of business idk if that's true
Lulu’s Bakery Got Shut Down Because Of This Video-THANKFULLY!!!
@Tinkiepanda that's not the reason it closed
@@cthatcher11482 Health department shut it down?
Dude. I live in SA, and Lulu's is gross. Locals usually avoid it. Y'all dodged a bullet, tbh. The only thing you missed out on was dry old food and a dirty dining area.
Word on the heads up! ;))
It's a front for a lot of illegal shit.
Lulu's went way down hill and is just nasty. Last time I went after a few years, we were swarmed by flies and the food was over a hour late and nasty. We were like only the second table there. No reason for it being way too long and that cold and dry. Blech. Save yourself and don't go. Go to Big Lou's instead.
AMEN!
Ayyyy, you never really hear much about SA from people lol
Won't be eating at Lulu's in San Antonio, Texas 👎👎 This story is disgrace to the Texas way.
As a native Texan, I won't be either. Shame too, because those chicken fried steaks look pretty damn good!
Arlington boy here. Our local places, for the most part, take accountability in what we do. Sorry Lulu burnt ATLAS the way they did. That is not our way.
I used to go here everytime i visited. This will no longer happen if this is how they are.
hell no eff lulus that really pisses me off those people mustve been high as hell. and im from texas i feel so ashamed
I've always wanted to go since I live here in San Antonio, now I'm never going.
Lulu's screwed themselves. They got themselves bad publicity when they could have gotten free good publicty instead. Management fail!
They actually shut down as well as that first one, you read the reviews and you’ll see this video literally killed off two restaurants
In the immortal words of Bad Luck Fale - "FUCK 'EM!"
Yea like rhis place in Narraganset ri terrible
The owner was so happy with their hired staff.
I mean if the money laundering is true as mentioned by someone in this comment section, the no recording may have had a more illegal nature
I have a HUGE amount of respect for this video. Using your influence to stop unsuspecting diners spending their dime in restaurants run by greedy operators... that drives folks to other spots run by people who actually care. I not only love this, but I wish more of the big eaters would do this. 5 stars.
Yes!
I cannot imagine a business, let alone a restaurant, refusing and even calling the cops on someone offering them free positive promotion. Ironically it actually caused them to get free negative representation. Oh well
A simple no thank you goes a long way.
Just why 🤦🏽♂️it’s a stupid reason
They call that the Barbara Streisand effect
Unstoppable well sometimes restauranteurs don’t want their customers to be uncomfortable, as they may not want to end up on camera while eating around people filming. I understand your frustration with this particular situation though.
After he was even denied the challenge, the family's weren't served and kicked out.. for what? They ain't gonna record a challenge that won't take place, hope they have to shut down
Been a fan for years and would have never thought restaurants would try and cheat you. Good on you for calling them out!
I’m not really surprised actually, Randy has done a lot of food challenges and is well known. They do it to be buttholes and make him lose and they get the credit of defeating him.
This is the satanic world we live in !!!
😉😘
Wow yes
Same
i love how he put his location at that diner so that people looking up the place will see the video. chad move.
Absolute legend for doing it, I wouldn't have thought of that! 😂🙌
This video permanently closed down two shops so yes an absolute legend
@@acispadessedapsica646 thats amazing lmao 🤣
@Miss Hard Stan oh yes the random video with a whopping 5 mil views
Lulu bakery got closed too. Good job people. This is how rude restaurant's should be treated, customers come first. If they disrespect a customer like this, they should be shut down and not in the customer service business.
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Kick ass!!!!
I'd argue food safety should come first 🤷♂️
@@Dreeza68955 Food safety is obviously included in "customers come first." That's who you're making sure the food is safe for after all.
I’m happy you posted this because people need to know. That’s not fair to you.
I appreciate the support!!
Randy Santel 50% (1/2 - 1 Dozen) of restaurants who’s food challenge I completed, banned me from returning. 100% of them have been Asian/Indian restaurants. One time - a guy Pulled a Taser on me and told me to GTFO.
@@RandySantel Absolutely!
me and my cousins got deliberately food poisoned so that we couldnt win..
Or other people for that matter
Restaurant refuses to serve food to paying customers, then calls the police... sounds like a winning business strategy.
Such a winning strategy they are now out of business.
Sounds like a possible false police report…
@@rhettbaldwin8320 I honestly hope you're right
They’re permanently closed now so
That place had a bunch of Karen’s working there
So you were kicked out because they didn’t want free advertising?
I still don't understand it, that is for sure. Thanks for watching our video!!
Eh... it may not make sense but it's still the owner's choice what he/she wants to do to the restaurant. Sometimes advertisements might not be a good thing if a restaurant doesn't want too many tourists coming to eat there that may annoy long term local customers that are already giving them good business.
@@hoganshairline4175 if that's the case they need to drop that food challenge. Those are only really meant to draw attention to your store, not retain regulars
@@hoganshairline4175 What a stupid and ignorant to say. Not want free advertising? You must have voted for that thing of a mayor that San Antonio has. Nurenberg. The femen Nazi. He is the main reason I left. And Lulu's should be ashamed for doing that to customers. They had already agreed to let them do it or did you miss that part?
afvet i guess he didnt see that part because he is too focused defending the restaurant here in the comment section
Lulu's screwed themselves out of a ton of free advertising, doesn't make any sense!
WHO in their rihgt mind would eat at Lulu's OR any other eatery (there is no way these places an be called a restaurant!) just because a big fat guy got a free meal there ???
@@team3383 Never heard of Lulu's before this video. I'm here for Randy.
@team3383 Are you for real? This guy has 1.5mil subscribers. You don’t think there’s any positive effect of a restaurant getting absolutely free exposure to that mass of people?
The whole point of a food challenge is creating advertisement, it's crazy for a restaurant to not only forbid filming but to act the way they did even after randy offered to sign a document agreeing to their terms. Now over 10.5 million people at this point know to never go there because of poor customer service.
@@team3383 I personally won't go there now due to the fact they don't honor their word. So that is one customer lost at least.
This guy is a very humble and respectful. I wish him good luck on his future challenges
Thank you!! That means a lot to me!!
Seriously though, this guy is nice as hell. Can't believe him and the 7 families got mistreated like that.
Lulu’s in San Antonio is so gross. Everything is sticky. It smells of a sewer leak and the staff was rude.
Jason Mccue is there a good lulu’s or should I never go to any?
I went once, had the same experience. and the cinnamon roll was not good. just massive bread covered in powdered sugar glaze. nothing special at all.
Haven’t been In two years, can’t believe the sewer smell is still lingering .
When I saw the picture that was my exact thought, just looks like a piece of bread with icicng
It's also in a part of town that had become increasingly dangerous over the past few years. Would not go there.
Lulu has 2.5 stars on Yelp and one review states that they called the cops on a girl cause she had her phone on the table...
I think its cause a lot of comments are talking about it being a money laundering business so they're paranoid about recording devices
@@kittyvsmedia7065 sounds like there is fire behind that smoke
@@kittyvsmedia7065 If they weren't money laundering, recording devices would be irrelevant.
@NormalSodaGuy Which is what I said, yes.
Even drug dealers aren’t that sketchy
The idea these places were trying to dupe you is hilarious to me, hats of for taking it on the chin in the moment. Was laughing all the way through!
Why does this guy always sound like hes shouting quietly
He gives me that high school football coach substituting for a class vibe.
He beat Downs Syndrome, the man is truly a miracle
@@aaronmurphy6869 😂😂😂. Idk, the rematch might be really close
Michael Ambrosio 😂😂😂😂😂
Exactly that-because he's speaking loudly in a slightly echoey room, and the volume is reduced in production.
To be honest I feel you need to not tell these restaurants you're a ' professional eater' or a TH-camr that way the can't cheat on the food preparation.
Well nowadays the restaurants need to be prepared for the people coming to watch and eat.
‘professional eater’ what have we become?
Shawn Dimery it’s been around for decades
Shawn Dimery your probably that guy that complains why we need to eat.
@@RandySantel I completely agree with this suggestion. I've worked in many restaurants and some people don't even call ahead for a table of ten. Which is pretty much what you consume. They can make it no problem, and we can watch! Haha
I'm a San Antonio native and avoid Lulu's like the plague. Most of us do.
Is that place like a Dick’s Last Resort type deal?
Yes! It's seriously so gross.
Yep a tourist trap for sure.
It was good like 10+ years ago. Got food poisoning last time i went. Soo i dont go back anymore
There's resturants like that over where I'm at. Started out good. Then stopped catering to the locals. Stopped caring about the food in general. And the only ones that go are tourist
I love how Randy presents all of this as .......an OFFICIAL documentation. For the record!!! Lol...lol.... I love his seriousness & honesty.
KARMA hit Lulu’s restaurant this year
(Due to the corona virus, they went out of business and are all boarded up )
i'M from town bro , i had no idea it closed down . yup guess KARMA got em .
good
Justice Served boys!Justice always wins!
So is it karma that my uncle died
@@littlecesarv2500
Dude !! Really???
Why did you have to take it there ??
What psychopaths, if I were an owner, I would be HONORED to have such a prominent member of the food community come to my place, plus give me free promotion & business.
It's a shame, really!! Thanks for the support!!
@@RandySantel Forsure!! Keep up thr good work!! :)
LuLu's is officially closed, noticed on their page they had a bunch of people that didn't tolerate them because of what happened to you, their fb is littered with unsatisfied people saying they should apologize and linking this video, good stuff.
Really?
like he said it had nothing to do with the servers who were great but the management who sucked. perhaps they did not want filming because of illegal activities.
That’s kind of sad, no more giant cinnamon rolls...
Looks like it’s just because of Covid, they’ll be back
It says permanently closed.
this was an interesting and eye-opening video. thanks for some crazy back stories, love to see/hear more.
best thing about this guy is accepting his losses happily.
when it's his fault, yeah. which usually if he loses it really is his fault, of course to me anytime they "accidentally" add a couple pounds of potato/food to a challenge, that's far from being his fault, it's Sabotage as described in the food encyclopedia.
That's a part of professional ethics.
I agree this guy knows he is being screwed over and still takes the high route.
Its just food
Korrupted yM wdym
“Maintaining poor ethical practices in today’s world just isn’t sustainable long term” wow couldn’t have worded that better
Hey thanks for watching!!
If only it was true lmao
Tell that to the millions of sweatshops and meat and fish factories all across the 3rd world and the big American companies who profit from it.
Tell that to Google, Amazon, Apple etc. and they are just the most well know offenders lmao
Right on
Any restaurant suddenly denying the recording of a food challenge is most likely hiding health code violoations. If it ever happens again call the local health department! The situation you ran into is VERY suspect!
read the other top comments. apparently it's a known front around the area for money laundering and human trafficking
@@bwin2992 risk/reward? Tf are you on no such thing as risk/reward it's super simple follow health codes and sanitation laws that's it
@@bwin2992 Bro if letting someone film your kitchen is risky your kitchen probably shouldn't be open
Good call Greg!
Weird thing is he explains someone previously did it and posted the recording prior to him even going.
You did a good challenge in Topeka a few years ago in Topeka Pizza where the prize was $500 bucks, 24 slices New York style slices, and I attempted it and was proud to say I was the second closest person to finish it with 19 slices down before the 30 minute allocated time given. You came in the next day and smashed it. Congrats on that win. You are a true professional eater and just a beast. #atlasthebeast!
Glad you're calling these haters out!!!
LETS LEAVE LULU' BAKERY AND CAFE AT 918 N Main Ave, San Antonio, TX 78212 A NEGATIVE REVIEW. TERRIBLE
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He should honestly do this way more, when they do shit like this. People deserve to know about these
They are cheaters not haters
I'd like to see more. I am sure that Randy has had a LOT more grief that what he mentions here. Randy is such as an easy going guy that I think he is probably making the situations less stressful than they actually were.
Looks like you got kicked out because KAREN was the manager this time and not the customer.
@J. D. M. Shaggy cant compete
Karen!
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Cartel Karen
As a resident of San Antonio that terrible restaurant is closed.
U got pinned by the man
Same, I went there years ago. San Antonio is better than that
Did you see they closed for good this month!
Serve's that shit-hole right.
Same
You are such a humble and courteous guy. Even during this mess, you stayed classy and didn't throw any staff/servers under the bus. Also, when you happen to lose, you lose like a gentleman. A real breath of fresh air!!
I guess they don't know that TH-cam videos are free advertising.
why would you wanna advertise shit food?
@@diegobrown19 more customers brody
Well, in this case, it's advertising don't go there. The google reviews seem to have similar complaints with management.
Seems they want to avoid publicity because they're into criminal activities!
It is to the restaurants’ advantage that you succeed in beating the challenge.
It encourages others to take the challenge.
And it give the restaurants more publicity than the cost of the meal.
Exactly, I cant imagine why any restaurant would be so obsessed they feel the need to put their thumb on the scale to ensure you cant win. Just... why? I mean, i GUESS bragging rights about "beating" the professionals, but if you have to cheat to win, thats pretty sad. I wonder if Man Versus Food dealt with this? or if them being a legit tv show backed by a company meant they didnt get messed around with as much. I know in one of his first episodes he nearly died from a hot wing challenge because they just dumped the ghost pepper extract on it, but I dont know if it was a running problem or not.
@@chrishubbard64 Well it could work both ways for them tbh, who knows. If the people heard that the restaurant or dinner challenge is unbeatable, even by the pros then they might get curious
@@willisbronze9984 True, but either way they win. I would think that knowing the challenge CAN be beat would make more people want to try it but yeah, im sure there are plenty of people who would look at him fail and go, "Nah, I can take this."
Especially since most people fail. If alot succeed, then just serve more food.
@@chrishubbard64 m momo mm!Om
I didn't realize until NOW that you did the old "foodchallenges" videos back in the day! I never subscribed to a new channel so quick 😅Glad to see fresh content!!
I’ve had this channel for almost 14 years now!! Thanks for watching the foodchallenges.com videos too!!
@@RandySantel I see that!! I feel ashamed to be so late to it 😭 to my defense, I've only been "serious eating" competitively for less than a year. More shame, IK!
When a restaurant calls the cops because they don't want to sell you food, something is really wrong.
They’re most likely hiding something, who knows
Meth?
Either meth or money laundering.
anяi maybe meth laundering
Most likely money laundering
I’d never heard of lulu’s bakery. But now I know that it’s a front for money laundering and human trafficking
Wait what ?!?
@Beef E yes? Tf are you on about
@Beef E 😭😭😭
@Die Kista So i heard its still funny
@Die Kista do you have proof of this? Please link any proof you have
Yelp is no longer allowing comments on Lulu’s. Lol!
Just saw that and I'm wondering what "waves in the news" they are talking about. I can't find anything.
Try Google ratings! :)
This is getting to be sick!! I'm so tired of hearing about them silencing ppl. Who the fuk do they think they are?
This is what happens when the kids that got picked on in school end up running companies like this..
wow, Lulu's be that shady i guess, how the mighty hath fallen, considering they were on two... TWO tv shows, Man V Food and Ginormous Eats.
You can still call their phone #. The manager or someone is there during weekdays, or at least today. I asked her why they wont let my boy promote their restaurant? Then I told the lady, well you got the attention that filming gives, either way.
Instead of positive promotional footage, youre getting canceled.
Then I hung up.
Hey Randy! I didn't know we had any restaurants doing food challenges in Greece and was surprised to see that one of them mistreated a professional so bad they wouldn't want to come back for it. Shame, by the looks of it they lost 10 million potential clients from around the globe.
AMERICA LAND OF THE FREE.........terms and conditions may apply.
When was America ever free
Storse 1787 - present
America land of the fee
@@ghostlygamer5549 Nice joke
Name Surname wasn’t a joke but ok
Looks like lulu's is permanently closed now. The reviews on google showed solidarity with you.
Forreal this isn't enough we need the OWNER of lulus to suffer we need to cancel whatever they have going on.
@@PayasoKushen Bro, Chill. Innocent until proven guilty.
@@PayasoKushen facts it will happen and I will be happy
I remember eating there once years ago, and when I drove by it recently I noticed it was closed. I don't remember my experience there tho because it was years ago
@@CaptainDCap Innocent?! A bastard who makes calls to cops under false pretense is anything but innocent...
Just the fact that lulu's bakery would not allow anybody to be able to have a device with video capability, makes it seem like they had some very shady business practices they were hiding.
You are exactly right! And, it's the reason they are now permanently closed!
They're actually the cities biggest cinnamon rolls. So they have competition coming in trying to steal their secret recipe. They made a documentary about this on nickelodeon called SpongeBob
@@NOBODY-yh4tm 🤣🤣🤣
@@LeeBo318 lulu's isn't closed. The first restaurant of the four he spoke about is the closed one
@@derekgardin1512 it's closed bro, I live here and ride pass it every week, so I don't know what TF you're talking about....😂
Hi Randy! This breaks my heart to know that good people like you are getting treated poorly. I’m just very glad that you’re ok. Always, I just started watching your videos and now, you just gained another subscriber.
He looks like a defensive coordinator if Jimmy John's had a football team
Lmao
He sounds like the dad from King of the Hill.
Lmfao 🤣🤣
Underated comment
He does
I was cheated out of 10th place at submarine house . with their philli cheese steak challenge. I told them i was done they looked at me and waited like 5 seconds then stopped the clock . missed 10th place by 2 seconds
F
That's fucked up bro they can't do that to you. Lawyer up
@@ggh8384 "Lawyer up" - lol
So sad.
I’ve been a manager at restaurants for about 10 years, that last restaurant is absolutely insane. Not being able use cameras incites that they know they are not up to par with either health code or common decency.
Probably both
@@scotmandel6699 They're a pretty rude bunch, they have a bit of that "it takes as long as it takes" mentality on making people wait for orders, and they're definitely skimping on cleanliness practices. They're not up to health code and their food has been almost consistently been a source of food sickness.
Love the vid, but would also love a video about the best/funniest experiences you had with challenges!
lulu's is gross. I went there with my family and my husband ordered the cinnamon roll and chicken fried steak challenge. the place smelled bad and we all felt sick the next day. we lived there for 3 years and never went back, I don't think you missed out on anything special.
Thanks I appreciate you watching and yes haha I’ve seen and read lots of bad stories. Some good of course, but a lot of unfortunate things too.
@@RandySantel the good ones probably come from people who have shitty taste about food. I'm italian, trust me, im also a pizza chef, when i was in germany i tried my best to make the best pizzas i could, then since i always received compliments i tried to make pizzas that were so so , no reaction, always compliments, then i tried to make a low quality one, same results.
Many people have NOT developed any taste for good food.
@YoungOasis jeez no wonder they dont want to have it videoed. They are a trafficking ring 👀
@@RandySantel I know this is a old comment but I would just like to add that the good reviews you mention are probably fake. I have worked at a few restaurants where the employees are leaving good reviews for the place. Including a employee that was apart of some problems with the store. Alot of people where removed right after I got there.
I have been the under person that was nice, but the management made the place look bad. One customer's daughter and a coworker HATED each other, so they very obviously faked food poisoning on a salad,.and yes brought the "evidence" 1 hour after leaving with take out as proof. It literally just look like she chewed it, spit it out, and very obliviously took twings from a Bush and threw it in. Our lettuce was prebagged and there was no way Evergreen twigs would be in there. I like how you made a point to note that it was management and not the little people that was the problem!
Aye you can knock lulus but don’t make it seem like that’s why you moved from SA, probably one of the best cities in the world.
It's sad to see that a restaurant doesn't want any free publicity, unbelievable..
Jaime Ortiz people scared of a camera
They got free publicity though! Just the wrong type!
@@harborcree Sarah Sanders had a similar problem at a stupid chicken restaurant.....
They didn't want to fork out free food to people doing food challenges. I'm assuming if they ate it all they'd get it for free. Correct me if I'm wrong.
@@hankhill6702 Don't have a food challenge on your menu then... It's just a sales tactic in the end of the day. Sell a shit load of food for massive mark-up, most people won't complete it.
They didn't want THAT much attention mainly because they are a front from some illegal activity in SA. Yes I am getting the Breaking Bad vibes here. Haha
*Breaking Bad Theme Intensifies*
really , Lulu's are all around the world even coffe shops , night party and stuff so they expanded their place everywhere for money laundering k
@@drlu3823 you're god damn right
Very interesting! I like food challenge vids and never thought about restaurant hijinks and lack of transparency in the prep and weight!
Hey glad you enjoyed this one and thanks for watching!!
Wow, as a San Antonio resident I will never go back to Lulu’s. Food is overrated anyways.
I’m legit embarrassed too 😔 I’ve lived here 16 years and am shocked a restaurant here would act like that. Every place is normally awesome and friendly here.
Woooooo! 210 representing! Yeah this is trashy behavior. I used to go to the Tip Top for CFS.
As someone who grew up in Texas for most of my life I can definitely say that Lulu's is sooooo overrated. I've been there once. And I never understood the hype. My brothers like it. And that's fine. But me. No.
x2 Buller yep, i get the hype but i’d rather eat at cracker barrel
Just cook your own food when you can
"Hey I want to give you free publicity, in a mutually beneficial deal 😃"
Manager Karen: "NO"
The managers sell drugs, literally no reason to not have people there and filming for a food challenge, absolutely insane
Yup, definitely some shady people in that establishment. No one turns away free advertisement
Mane yall throwin dirt on them and spreadin flase rumors
They might sell some pp sucks, too.
Meth is very prominent in/around San Antonio and Texas as a whole
Pitufo Chiludo Florida is THE place for meth heads neither of you know what you’re talking about.
Lulu's sounds disgusting. I'm sorry this happened to you. They sound like total scammers who shouldn't promote food challenges if they don't want to do it. Love your videos Randy!
Fellow Texan close to SA Lulu’s is a joke will never go there don’t need them to call the police on me when I eat their crappy food & I will sure pass the word to everyone I know! Word of mouth is the best way to advertise!
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the macaroni is a disgrace, we used to go there when i was little. lulu's is no bueno, no one goes in or to lulu anymorr (that i know of)
I can't believe how dumb these places are. They should be serving you a _smaller_ version of the challenge because they want you to win it so that the world sees your videos and thinks that the challenge is winnable. It's like the booths at the fair, where the carnies show you how easy it is to ring the bell with the hammer or knock over the milk jugs with the ball.
Exactly!
You need to do their PR!
Amateurs run these places.
Exactly
Yoooo was gonna write this but then saw your comment...IDIOTS
As a person from San Antonio, Lulu’s sucks it’s just a tourist trap with shite food
That's what's wrong with stereotypes... like everyone wants to go to Colorado for the weed or cali for the weed but they wont know wha TV it's really like until they look outside the tourist attractions
Christobal Espinosa I agree fully its a dark arts practice to make people follow a predetermined plan when all of us have our own free will
I agree! Tip top cafe on fredriskburg rd is better!
Raphael Gomez facts only thing that’s important is that bigasss cinnamon roll😂 rather go to mama margies if we being honest
Christobal Espinosa idk wtf ur talking about we have bomb ass weed here in Cali
It's nice to know that at least 3-4 of the places have since been closed after this incident. Especially with how much of a rude, obnoxious, and serial liar the owner of Johnny's Burgers was. Keep up the great work, Randy!
These comments are basically:
1% the reubens
1% the greece challenge
1% some 'feel bad for you' kind of comments
97% LULU and its shady business
what LULU's is doing is sheer bullying ! it's like "you can eat here but you have to do as we say regarding the recording or else"....then they seem quite happy to call the cops over this dumb thing ! although they are well within their rights to ask that any rule they want you to follow should be followed, to me it's causing an unnecessary problem over something that is quite stupid !
@@SirManfly yeah, shame on that karen who called the police. They don't get good PR, which impacted greatly on their business thanks to her who called the police over that dumb thing.
10% rn just saying bring a scale lol
@@GrandDawggy yes lol
Mr. Krabs: "Anyone who eats a ten pound krabby patty gets it for free!"
Randy:" I'll do it!"
Mr. Krabs: "Anyone who eats a fifteen pound krabby patty gets it for free!"
Mr. Krabs would never do that.
Very tiny print " not really free must pay extras not included"........😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍
That's the whole point of a food challenge is to get people talking, putting on social media is just free advertising. That's whack
Well they definitely wanted to pull off some unlegit stuff in the challenge or they wouldn't have been so nervous
Being a local from San Antonio, I apologize for that happening to you and the other families. That is completely horrible. That restaurant has been shut down for a while now. And in my opinion wasn't that great and hadn't been for years. The few times I went, it wasn't a good at all. Again I apologize for your experience there. If you're ever in San Antonio again we'll have a BBQ for you.
Karma
Texan native here. I’ve been to Lulu’s a couple of times. I’ve had the giant cinnamon roll and their (smaller) chicken fried steak. It’s nothing special and the cinnamon rolls are over-hyped. Everyone now boycotting Lulu’s is not missing anything. At. All.
Lol that's what i'm hearing. Still, they robbed us of the opportunity. Thanks for watching Daniella!! Much appreciated!!
I’m from San Antonio. Lulus sucks. Has for the last 10 years or so. Lots of health department issues.
That's a shame!!
@@RandySantel He's not wrong. They've been shut down more than once. (Also from San Antonio)
Probably why they didn't want to allow filming. :-P
Agree
I'm from san antonio lulu sucks ass
So... they promoted a set challenge and then increased the size last minute? Seems pretty scummy.
sure is, and it's something i personally wont let slide, cause a half-pound or so CAN happen on accident, but 2-3 lbs? no sir, that's Sabotage!
Yeah, super disappointing!!
They called the police because you were cheating on a restaurant's eating challenge? "Hi 911, this man is cheating on a eating challenge that he paid for" LOL
Is it me or does he talk like he’s presenting a school project😆
Nah, he has just got a remnant of a previous challenge stuck under his tongue!
Tbh if me and my friend got high of a pound of weed we finishing all that shit
He sounds like he can't breathe through his nose
At first I thought it was annoying but now I think it is kinda charming
he speaks in alt caps
I will never go to lulu’s because they ruined everything. The family’s were their to eat with you guys.
*families
I live in San Antonio and have heard that they have terrible service. Will not be going
Yeah, I couldn't believe they would kick out the families too!!
I won't apologize on behalf of Lulu's, but I will apologize on behalf of San Antonio. That is *NOT* how people should be treated here in ol' San Antone.
Who says "no" to free advertising??? Crooks! Andrew you seem like a good guy! No reflection on the people of San Antonio. 😉🤗❤
Agreed. Any real native or true Texan knows we dont treat people like that down here !.. Maybe Lulu's will apologize.
"Don't California my Texas."
That’s what I say too bruh.. I’ve lived here for over a decade and I love it.
Thanks Randy, you've always seemed like a stand-up guy and thats why I love your content. It's dishonest for restaurants to screw anyone over, proffessional eaters or not. If they'll cheat people on camera, how do we know they're not cheaping out on ingreedients and charging premium for dog meat. All you're doing is looking out for your fans by making sure they don't get cheated at one of these restaurants.
I wish you could have had a chance to eat at my restaurant back when I still had it - not only would you have been able to film, I would have given you copies of all our internal video as b-roll. It is great that you help promote the small businesses.
If it’s okay to ask ! What happened to your restaurant ???
That would have been great!! I appreciate you thinking of me even after your restaurant is closed!!
It was Covid19 wasn't it?
@@noblefalcon4906 why?
@@larissaflores2723 Moved to be closer to family and sold it.
I always go to LuLu’s and due to your bad experience and how they treated you and your friends. I have not been back and will never go back again. I have told everyone not to go there. Word of mouth travels fast in these small communities.
Yup see ya LULUS
@@likestojam nah and what are you getting at. I agreed with the individual above? Learn how to read 😂
That is how you lose new customer and you won’t make money from the promotion form a famous eating TH-camr smh just like if piewdipie the most famous Swedish TH-camr walk into your store and forbidden to eat food challenge you’re company or restaurant is going to get bankrupt because word of mouth is going to travel faster and that is how you loose people to come eat in your store lol 😹🤣
ivenever even been to the states and i now know to avoid lulu's
Same this is so lame management treats guests that way
Lol, so many 'money laundering' comments on Lulu. If authorities start an investigation because of this video, that would be hilarious!!
I really hope actually! We will stay tuned for another follow-up video then! 😂🙌
They did
Yelp even put a warning
You didn't miss out on anything at Lulu's. Took a small group trip there one morning from Houston mostly to check out that huge cinnamon roll. It looked amazing, and was enormous. But it had 0 flavor. It was like eating a huge loaf of tough bread. It was so bad we didn't even take leftovers.
That women that is a “higher up manager” she defiantly a Karen
The highest level of Karen
Or a scape goat
Mostly because they don't have chicken to serve...
Hato Yin so you’re saying that because they don’t have chicken to server you call the police and make every single person leave🤔
What is a Karen? Is it a female Kevin?
The manager? Karen? She just became the very thing she swore to destroy
911: Can you please repeat your emergency
Manager: A giant man and many friends want to eat all the restaurants food. We fear that they may have a concealed CELLPHONE!!
better get the s.w.a.t. team out and alert the governor. too bad there's not a SEAL team nearby....
Worst restaurant management staff ever. Clearly they have a fear of the public. Talk about being in the wrong industry
Lulu's screwed themselves out of a lot of money that day.
....and now have a heaping helping of bad public relations which I'm sure will be sooooooo good for business.
Elite dumbasses
champsammy13 I hope the restaurant goes bankrupt soon..
@@TheButcher83 Randy doesn't to wish them Ill... He seem to simply want to point out the injustice
There had to be a specific reason why they denied him other than the filming issue. I would actually like to get the restaurants stance on the whole matter. I bet they weren't prepared and just gave the filming as an excuse.
So sorry that happened 😢 I was wondering when someone would post that. But you are a fantastic sport! You and Katina keep doing it 😊 Ignore the haters
As a restaurant, why would you want to take steps to make it impossible for a professional eater to finish your challenge? You’d think they’d want them to win so other people come to try thinking they could beat it too
Because why would "average joe" try said challenge of only a professional eater has done it?
Felix Leon there’s still more of chance of the average joe doing it if they see someone can do it , there’s no chance however the average joe would do it if a professional eater couldn’t even do it
Felix Leon why would a kid go outside and shoot a basketball after watching steph curry do it? People like to imitate, especially when they think they can relate to someone who is famous. If the average joe can win the challenge then they feel connected to that professional who could too. It’s simple logic
Spitefully Short-sighted
I lived in SA...Lulu’s is overrated straight up..better places to eat
Not at 2am.
Jonathan Kotecki whataburger is probably much better and much cheaper
@@jonathankotecki2408 There's 24 Hr. Walmarts all over the place. Just go in and get a couple tubes of Pillsbury Cinnamon rolls and combine them into one massive cinnamon roll. No reason to give Lulu's money.
I live in sa and it really isn't that great
SA born & raised. Lulu’s is ass... Lubys across the street is light years ahead
R.I.P. _"LuLu's Bakery & Café"_
Well.... Dont hope they have to close shop. But I do hope they would learn from this.
Good for you. I wish some of the other food challengers would call out these cheating restaurants for their unethical practices. The way that extra food is added (especially fries) is awful. If they don’t want to honor the challenge then don’t advertise it. Each of them should publicly weigh each challenge to ensure that it’s legit. By the way what decent restaurant doesn’t have a scale 🥴
BYOS. Bring Your Own Scale!
I used to love to go to Lulu's Cafe. Long time ago, their food was good, huge portion and very good price. Ever since they got famous, especially after the change of the management, that place became expensive. They jacked up the price multiple time. The 3lb cinnamon bun went from $5 to $13 within a few years. Service got shittier, and the manager at the time can be rude depending on the time of the day. That place has been out of business since last year.
Good , I'm glad .
GOOD.
Lulus was disgusting. When it wasn’t super busy during the lunch rush tables were left dirty and flies were allowed to just be chillin all in the place
None to soon!
Thank God. I never ate there and I ,m local.R.D.Burgers in Cibolo had a burger challenge.Its big like that Butcher Burger or a little bit small.Nice hidden local place east of SanAntonio.A lot of nice places in the SA area to eat,Don,t need a food challenge,great places in New Braunfels etc.
Is this guy so much of a beast that restaurants are scared of him taking their challenges ?
This was an unfortunate event for sure!! Thanks for watching!!
@@RandySantel thanks for sharing
It's actually free advertisement. Sure they lose on the food but maybe they dont want to draw too much attention.
I think it's more just that he's a TH-camr. One place did it to Adam on Man v Food by overloading the fuck out of the ghost chilli wings.
I got introduced to your recent videos and the no beard ia throwing me off😂😂
When you cheat Randy you cheat yourself
No one fcks with our proEaters ...cheers guys i know its no easy job,coz people + free food..what could happen🎩👊👊
My daughter wants to leave a review stating Lulu's a psycho and keeps her childhood dead cats in the freezer. Yes, my daughter's weird.
LETS LEAVE LULU' BAKERY AND CAFE AT 918 N Main Ave, San Antonio, TX 78212 A NEGATIVE REVIEW. TERRIBLE
Hell yeah!! 😂😂😂
@@clevelandbci9562 people have been leaving them bad reviews regarding them kicking out Randy on Google