Tipping in GBK/Nandos
Discussion
croyde said:
In fact the US Inland Revenue Service expects waiting staff to earn at least 15% in tips thus taxes them on that automatically. Pretty rubbish if you have not made that as you still have to pay up.
That's insane, isn't it! But it is the way it is...It absolutely does not work like that here in the UK. Not at all.
I never tip in Nandos. The customer does more work than the waiter there anyway. If they called you to collect your own food from the pass and wipe down your table when you left they could do away with their waiters entirely.
Mind you, it has been a few years since I've been there. It seemed a novel alternative to Burger King and KFC when it went mainstream about a decade ago, but for the price of their food you can eat very well in an independent restaurant
Mind you, it has been a few years since I've been there. It seemed a novel alternative to Burger King and KFC when it went mainstream about a decade ago, but for the price of their food you can eat very well in an independent restaurant
DRFC1879 said:
Yep. We all like good food. If we didn't, we wouldn't be posting a food sub-forum.
That doesn't mean we can't see the appeal of nipping into a Nando's with the kid (singular in our case), spending £20 and getting a reasonable bit of nosebag fairly swiftly and be on our way to the cinema/shops/match/whatever we're doing with our day. I wouldn't take Mrs. 1879 for our wedding anniversary but it does an adequate enough job for its purpose.
£20.00? That doesn't mean we can't see the appeal of nipping into a Nando's with the kid (singular in our case), spending £20 and getting a reasonable bit of nosebag fairly swiftly and be on our way to the cinema/shops/match/whatever we're doing with our day. I wouldn't take Mrs. 1879 for our wedding anniversary but it does an adequate enough job for its purpose.
For that , 3 of us can eat eat excellent food in one of hundreds of quality Turkish restaurants . Fresh as fresh can be and prepared by chefs.Not students trained to heat food .
In fact we eat at a french place , most weekends for Breakfast . Its very often frequented by The Beckhams and The 2 bigger boys (Beckhams) have both spent a "lot of time there :-)" It costs us about £20 for a good breakfast of scrambled eggs, salmon, pastries and coffee etc . Good fresh food is not expensive .Nasty food is as you are paying for what most of us would throw in the bin.
Edited by brianashley on Wednesday 29th March 20:51
brianashley said:
£20.00?
For that , 3 of us can eat eat excellent food in one of hundreds of quality Turkish restaurants . Fresh as fresh can be and prepared by chefs.Not students trained to heat food .
In fact we eat at a french place , most weekends for Breakfast . Its very often frequented by The Beckhams and The 2 bigger boys have both spent a "lot of time there :-)" It costs us about £20 for a good breakfast of scrambled eggs, salmon, pastries and coffee etc . Good fresh food is not expensive .Nasty food is as you are paying for what most of us would throw in the bin.
You know what, I don't post on PH much any more, but my lord that's a classic.For that , 3 of us can eat eat excellent food in one of hundreds of quality Turkish restaurants . Fresh as fresh can be and prepared by chefs.Not students trained to heat food .
In fact we eat at a french place , most weekends for Breakfast . Its very often frequented by The Beckhams and The 2 bigger boys have both spent a "lot of time there :-)" It costs us about £20 for a good breakfast of scrambled eggs, salmon, pastries and coffee etc . Good fresh food is not expensive .Nasty food is as you are paying for what most of us would throw in the bin.
brianashley said:
£20.00?
For that , 3 of us can eat eat excellent food in one of hundreds of quality Turkish restaurants . Fresh as fresh can be and prepared by chefs.Not students trained to heat food .
In fact we eat at a french place , most weekends for Breakfast . Its very often frequented by The Beckhams and The 2 bigger boys have both spent a "lot of time there :-)" It costs us about £20 for a good breakfast of scrambled eggs, salmon, pastries and coffee etc . Good fresh food is not expensive .Nasty food is as you are paying for what most of us would throw in the bin.
"quality Turkish restaurant "? For that , 3 of us can eat eat excellent food in one of hundreds of quality Turkish restaurants . Fresh as fresh can be and prepared by chefs.Not students trained to heat food .
In fact we eat at a french place , most weekends for Breakfast . Its very often frequented by The Beckhams and The 2 bigger boys have both spent a "lot of time there :-)" It costs us about £20 for a good breakfast of scrambled eggs, salmon, pastries and coffee etc . Good fresh food is not expensive .Nasty food is as you are paying for what most of us would throw in the bin.
brianashley said:
DRFC1879 said:
Yep. We all like good food. If we didn't, we wouldn't be posting a food sub-forum.
That doesn't mean we can't see the appeal of nipping into a Nando's with the kid (singular in our case), spending £20 and getting a reasonable bit of nosebag fairly swiftly and be on our way to the cinema/shops/match/whatever we're doing with our day. I wouldn't take Mrs. 1879 for our wedding anniversary but it does an adequate enough job for its purpose.
£20.00? That doesn't mean we can't see the appeal of nipping into a Nando's with the kid (singular in our case), spending £20 and getting a reasonable bit of nosebag fairly swiftly and be on our way to the cinema/shops/match/whatever we're doing with our day. I wouldn't take Mrs. 1879 for our wedding anniversary but it does an adequate enough job for its purpose.
For that , 3 of us can eat eat excellent food in one of hundreds of quality Turkish restaurants . Fresh as fresh can be and prepared by chefs.Not students trained to heat food .
In fact we eat at a french place , most weekends for Breakfast . Its very often frequented by The Beckhams and The 2 bigger boys have both spent a "lot of time there :-)" It costs us about £20 for a good breakfast of scrambled eggs, salmon, pastries and coffee etc . Good fresh food is not expensive .Nasty food is as you are paying for what most of us would throw in the bin.
My local turkish place while I'd love to eat at more is in the town centre (and we all know how they don't like you parking in there). £6 for a doner kebab meal which includes rice AND bread + salad etc.. a bargain compared to nandos indeed. and the doner meat is excellent stuff that they make themselves, not some crap bought from JJFoods.
Countdown said:
"quality Turkish restaurant "?
No . Try the like of Selale On Green Lanes . they are a good example of good Turkish/Kurdish food in London .https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g1...
Edited by brianashley on Wednesday 29th March 20:54
brianashley said:
No . Try the like of Selale On Green Lanes . they are a good example of good Turkish/Kurdish food in London .
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g1...
Looks lovely, unfortunately (a) there isn't one local to me and (b) I also like Nandos. https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g1...
Edited by brianashley on Wednesday 29th March 20:54
brianashley said:
DRFC1879 said:
Yep. We all like good food. If we didn't, we wouldn't be posting a food sub-forum.
That doesn't mean we can't see the appeal of nipping into a Nando's with the kid (singular in our case), spending £20 and getting a reasonable bit of nosebag fairly swiftly and be on our way to the cinema/shops/match/whatever we're doing with our day. I wouldn't take Mrs. 1879 for our wedding anniversary but it does an adequate enough job for its purpose.
£20.00? That doesn't mean we can't see the appeal of nipping into a Nando's with the kid (singular in our case), spending £20 and getting a reasonable bit of nosebag fairly swiftly and be on our way to the cinema/shops/match/whatever we're doing with our day. I wouldn't take Mrs. 1879 for our wedding anniversary but it does an adequate enough job for its purpose.
For that , 3 of us can eat eat excellent food in one of hundreds of quality Turkish restaurants . Fresh as fresh can be and prepared by chefs.Not students trained to heat food .
In fact we eat at a french place , most weekends for Breakfast . Its very often frequented by The Beckhams and The 2 bigger boys (Beckhams) have both spent a "lot of time there :-)" It costs us about £20 for a good breakfast of scrambled eggs, salmon, pastries and coffee etc . Good fresh food is not expensive .Nasty food is as you are paying for what most of us would throw in the bin.
Edited by brianashley on Wednesday 29th March 20:51
We also go for family brunches in a couple of lovely independent wine/tapas type places once or twice a month. I've got a mate who plays for Donny Rovers so I'll ask him if he's ever been to them with the kids so I can make sure they're acceptable places to eat.
brianashley said:
No . Try the like of Selale On Green Lanes . they are a good example of good Turkish/Kurdish food in London .
Had a look at the manu prices...how exactly did you get this £20 bill for 3 people then? brianashley said:
It costs us about £20 for a good breakfast of scrambled eggs, salmon, pastries and coffee etc .
£20 for a couple of 10p eggs, a quid of smoked salmon, 50p pastries, water with beans for breakfast? Nando's £20 for me is a whole chicken + 4 sides...and no knighthood chasing charity strategist in sight!hyphen said:
£20 for a couple of 10p eggs, a quid of smoked salmon, 50p pastries, water with beans for breakfast? Nando's £20 for me is a whole chicken + 4 sides...and no knighthood chasing charity strategist in sight!
2 adults and One child . Portions are mental ! what they call a " Meat selection platter for 2" is enough for 4 people . lets say you want just a classic lentil soup or as real foodies would ask for "Mercimek Corbasi" .Thats less than £5.00 It will come with unlimited fresh baked bread. Salad, olives, peppers etc . tea and a piece of Baklava . The moment you add another dish the extras are a "huge " salad and humus,Yogurt etc .
So super fresh quality food. Rather than a doped up chicken from China that has had a min wage min hours spotty git heating it up and shaking some "peri peri " seasoning over it .
brianashley said:
2 adults and One child . Portions are mental ! what they call a " Meat selection platter for 2" is enough for 4 people .
lets say you want just a classic lentil soup or as real foodies would ask for "Mercimek Corbasi" .Thats less than £5.00 It will come with unlimited fresh baked bread. Salad, olives, peppers etc . tea and a piece of Baklava . The moment you add another dish the extras are a "huge " salad and humus,Yogurt etc .
So super fresh quality food. Rather than a doped up chicken from China that has had a min wage min hours spotty git heating it up and shaking some "peri peri " seasoning over it .
"Was just passing late night was open so had a dessert and Irish coffee - not bad - but the let down wAs the toilets - very dirty and a total let down - I understand it was late around midnight but the filthy toilets has put me off going back".lets say you want just a classic lentil soup or as real foodies would ask for "Mercimek Corbasi" .Thats less than £5.00 It will come with unlimited fresh baked bread. Salad, olives, peppers etc . tea and a piece of Baklava . The moment you add another dish the extras are a "huge " salad and humus,Yogurt etc .
So super fresh quality food. Rather than a doped up chicken from China that has had a min wage min hours spotty git heating it up and shaking some "peri peri " seasoning over it .
Sounds delightful.
Nandos chicken is fresh and farmed in the UK. A simple Google revealed this information, I suggest you make yourself familiar with Google because you can check the validity of your crazy claims. And even worse, for you, so can we.
sneijder said:
brianashley said:
£20.00?
For that , 3 of us can eat eat excellent food in one of hundreds of quality Turkish restaurants . Fresh as fresh can be and prepared by chefs.Not students trained to heat food .
In fact we eat at a french place , most weekends for Breakfast . Its very often frequented by The Beckhams and The 2 bigger boys have both spent a "lot of time there :-)" It costs us about £20 for a good breakfast of scrambled eggs, salmon, pastries and coffee etc . Good fresh food is not expensive .Nasty food is as you are paying for what most of us would throw in the bin.
You know what, I don't post on PH much any more, but my lord that's a classic.For that , 3 of us can eat eat excellent food in one of hundreds of quality Turkish restaurants . Fresh as fresh can be and prepared by chefs.Not students trained to heat food .
In fact we eat at a french place , most weekends for Breakfast . Its very often frequented by The Beckhams and The 2 bigger boys have both spent a "lot of time there :-)" It costs us about £20 for a good breakfast of scrambled eggs, salmon, pastries and coffee etc . Good fresh food is not expensive .Nasty food is as you are paying for what most of us would throw in the bin.
astounding isnt it.brianashley said:
2 adults and One child . Portions are mental ! what they call a " Meat selection platter for 2" is enough for 4 people .
lets say you want just a classic lentil soup or as real foodies would ask for "Mercimek Corbasi" .Thats less than £5.00 It will come with unlimited fresh baked bread. Salad, olives, peppers etc . tea and a piece of Baklava . The moment you add another dish the extras are a "huge " salad and humus,Yogurt etc .
So for the same price you can have half as much food? Brilliant!! lets say you want just a classic lentil soup or as real foodies would ask for "Mercimek Corbasi" .Thats less than £5.00 It will come with unlimited fresh baked bread. Salad, olives, peppers etc . tea and a piece of Baklava . The moment you add another dish the extras are a "huge " salad and humus,Yogurt etc .
brianashley said:
So super fresh quality food. Rather than a doped up chicken from China that has had a min wage min hours spotty git heating it up and shaking some "peri peri " seasoning over it .
The Halal chicken is supplied from Cargill Freemans. Where do your preferred Turkish restaurants get their meat from?ETA Please let me know where I can get smoked salmon, scrambled eggs, pastries, and coffee for less than £6.67/person
dazco said:
"Was just passing late night was open so had a dessert and Irish coffee - not bad - but the let down wAs the toilets - very dirty and a total let down - I understand it was late around midnight but the filthy toilets has put me off going back".
Sounds delightful. except you didnt read ll the other good reviews . And no one on trip advisor or google has to prove anything .
Nandos chicken is fresh and farmed in the UK. A simple Google revealed this information, I suggest you make yourself familiar with Google because you can check the validity of your crazy claims. And even worse, for you, so can we.
The toilets are 100% stunning and clean. they are checked every 30 mins . The owners are no fools . I have eaten there for more than 20 years . Last christmas day they served over 700 people .Sounds delightful. except you didnt read ll the other good reviews . And no one on trip advisor or google has to prove anything .
Nandos chicken is fresh and farmed in the UK. A simple Google revealed this information, I suggest you make yourself familiar with Google because you can check the validity of your crazy claims. And even worse, for you, so can we.
I dont care if the Queen herself gives birth to nandos chicken. Its rubbish council type food for the masses .I had to eat there once and walked out .The food was rubbish and to be told you have to get up and collect drinks and knifes and forks etc !!!! Its like thinking "5 guys" make good burgers etc . People who eat in these places need help.
Countdown said:
The Halal chicken is supplied from Cargill Freemans. Where do your preferred Turkish restaurants get their meat from?
ETA Please let me know where I can get smoked salmon, scrambled eggs, pastries, and coffee for less than £6.67/person
No , you will just want to have a "selfie" when David and Posh Rocks up !ETA Please let me know where I can get smoked salmon, scrambled eggs, pastries, and coffee for less than £6.67/person
But yes we can have 2 x salmon and scrambled eggs , toast etc .Coffee , a juice and Almond or plain "croissant "s for £20 .The little boy eats with us .
Cheaper than all these rubbish high street chains and far better . And for a treat My son sometimes has "waffles" cooked by one of the Beckham boys .
This is how we Roll !
I have only ever been to a Nandos once for a co-workers birthday. This was about 10 years ago now, no intention of going back to one or any other chain fast food place either. As said, you can get better and cheaper at independents.
Back to the OP's original question; I don't see why you would tip in a fast food place where you serve yourself.
Back to the OP's original question; I don't see why you would tip in a fast food place where you serve yourself.
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