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[Food] GBK in trouble
- Thread starter narly101
- Start date
Size is definitely not everything... especially with a burger.
It's not how big your worm is - it's how you wiggle it. At least that's what Mrs W has told me
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 27,884
Stayed for a week in Mousehole recently, there is one pub in the village and we were considering having a meal in there but virtually every dish was £3 too expensive for average pub nosh, from memory the Catch of the Day ( Cod/Haddock pre-battered from the freezer) + chips/salad was £13.99 and a Cheeseburger with the same £14.99 ! All the desserts on the board started from £5.00 even for Apple Pie and custard. Places charge what they can get away with.
Fully agree. When it started it was at the top and a newish idea but these days its neither here nor there; it’s not a cheaper takeaway or eat-in offering good value and it’s not at the higher end either....it’s somewhere in the middle. And what sort of customer seeks out this part of the burger market....obviously not many. Folk either want something cheap and reasonable or something special.
I agree about folk waking up to “real places to eat”. people are considering much much more when they eat out these days and are prepared to pay more for quality and be more demanding....which can only be good. This has made the U.K. arguably the number 1 country for restaurants.
AmexRuislip
Trainee Spy 🕵️♂️
marcos3263
Well-known member
Sadly most chains offer average food and prices are climbing to the point that it isnt worth it hence these companies struggling and closing down again. On Sunday we were kid free so decided on a cocktail in Hove followed by some grub. As the pre-drinks came to £17 (a white Russian and a Tia Maria on ice) we suddenly realised that a quiet night out was going to cost a packet. we cashed in some Tesco vouchers, tripled them up and went for a Pizza express. it was £25 for two meals - no starters or drinks and the place was largely empty. The other table also used vouchers otherwise they may not have gone out.
while the service was excellent (no one else to serve) the food was bang average but adding some drinks etc would have been £40-50
thats too much to spend on the wife. (and not enough to spend on the mistress)
while the service was excellent (no one else to serve) the food was bang average but adding some drinks etc would have been £40-50
thats too much to spend on the wife. (and not enough to spend on the mistress)
father_and_son
Well-known member
Big Kahouna Burger always tasty.
But GBK... no loss for customers if they moved out of all 85 locations and let something half decent move in.
Just, as always, feel sorry for the staff, always on a sh1tty deal anyway losing their jobs with what will obviously be a cr4ppy or non-existent payoff.
But GBK... no loss for customers if they moved out of all 85 locations and let something half decent move in.
Just, as always, feel sorry for the staff, always on a sh1tty deal anyway losing their jobs with what will obviously be a cr4ppy or non-existent payoff.
Mr Putdown
Well-known member
Who? Pretty much every antipodean I’ve ever met.
McDonald’s McOz has beetroot included because of their obsession for adding it to burgers.
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 27,884
Probably on the bare minimum wage and understaffed at that, it's a crap world .
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,286
its lazy journalism. the "casual dining" is losing out to pubs that serve up a better burger than GBK and other foods (though often higher prices as noted above). casual dining is in competition with other casual dining.
and Pizza Express another example of a one time pioneer that rested on it laurels and now an overpriced "brand" with no advantages over competitors.
Not to criticise you, but if going out in Hove on a Sunday why did you not go somewhere independent ? You can often have much better meal for similar value, if not less
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,296
Their "long life/airline bread" is horrendous.
Mr Putdown
Well-known member
I completely agree, it’s disgusting. Mind you most independents seem fixated on serving a burger on a brioche bun. I’m not American, I don’t want my burger served between two bits of cake.
Nitram
Well-known member
- Jul 16, 2013
- 2,178
Not surprised as basically it’s a place to go if you want a quick bite to eat but it falls this test for me as it’s too expensive and having to order at the counter is taking the proverbial.
Love my Uncle Sams from Montpelier though. Wish Samson’s had never closed.
Love my Uncle Sams from Montpelier though. Wish Samson’s had never closed.
marcos3263
Well-known member
Having spunked far too much money on drinks, the pizzas were free with the vouchers. So great value for nothing but disappointing if cash was transferred
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
As I've said on several other threads, to my way of thinking, a burger should never be labelled as 'gourmet', the two words just don't belong together. Don't get me wrong I enjoy a burger just as much as the next man, but I'm not looking for anything fancy, just good old fashioned fast food, and as you quite rightly say, a trip to McDonald's, or even Burger King, is enough to satisfy my palate.
For the cheaper end of the market I'd always go with Uncle Sam's and I will admit to buying the odd burger from the kiosk outside the Prince of Wales at CS, the burgers are fine and filling and the people that run it are very nice folks. For the upmarket option I enjoy Pink. You don't have to have it rare but as the name suggests, that's what they specialise in. I have been to GBK twice. Both times were expensive and faffy. The burgers were nice but not worth what they charge and the service is odd.
It was inevitably another fad that has peaked. They raised the game though so fair play to them.
It was inevitably another fad that has peaked. They raised the game though so fair play to them.
You've obviously never had the 'BB' at Bar Boulud
'BB*
beef patty, foie gras, short ribs, horseradish mayo, confit tomato black onion seed bun'