Dirty Takeaway Pictures Volume 3

[escargot]

This & That curry cafe in the northern quarter for rice and three. It closes at 6 or 7 though so you'll need to get there early. It's a manc institution and rightly so!

[escargot]

Also Ashas for something a bit different. The mixed starter platters are absolutely fantastic.

[craigjm]

giblet said:

What’s everyones views on the flat rate service charge that JustEat et al have introduced to get round the new card charge law?

Haven’t been on to notice. Is it, surprise surprise, 50p?

[DoubleSix]

Thanks Chaps

[tobinen]

craigjm said:

giblet said:

What’s everyones views on the flat rate service charge that JustEat et al have introduced to get round the new card charge law?

Haven’t been on to notice. Is it, surprise surprise, 50p?

Inevitable, really. I'm not a big user of JE since all my local dirty takeaways are already saved in to contacts but if one was out of the area then 50p isn't the end of the world.

[BrabusMog]

I use Just Eat for the menu if I'm somewhere unfamiliar and then Google the place I wish to order from and order direct over the phone, so the service charge doesn't bother me.

[WCZ]

DoubleSix said:

Im in Manchester for a couple of nights on business.

Any good recommendations for a top curry??

Im near the Palace Theatre

ignore the other suggestions and go to East z East on princess street, get starters too. it's delicious and not far from you

[Cotty]

giblet said:

What’s everyones views on the flat rate service charge that JustEat et al have introduced to get round the new card charge law?

I hardly use just eat as my local curry house has their own online order site and its cheaper to order it direct anyway.

[craigjm]

Based on the amount that Just Eat charge the take away I am amazed they have the cheek to ask the punter for an additional 50p

[anonymous-user]

craigjm said:

Based on the amount that Just Eat charge the take away I am amazed they have the cheek to ask the punter for an additional 50p

Just Eat are quite bad. They charge a restaurant 14% commision plus add on fees and VAT on a order so it's close to 20% of the final order and the business essentially pays VAT twice on an order but if you think they are bad then look at Uber Eats. They take 35% commision on a order as well as charging £2.50 for delivery from the customer. I have no idea how so many business are happy to join them, especially the lower end joints that probably end up making a loss on orders.

Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 17th January 20:32

[escargot]

WCZ said:

DoubleSix said:

Im in Manchester for a couple of nights on business.

Any good recommendations for a top curry??

Im near the Palace Theatre

ignore the other suggestions and go to East z East on princess street, get starters too. it's delicious and not far from you

East z east is alright but it's no better than Swadesh or any number of other city centre curry houses.

[matrignano]

DoodoolTala said:

Just Eat are quite bad. They charge a restaurant 14% commision plus add on fees and VAT on a order so it's close to 20% of the final order and the business essentially pays VAT twice on an order but if you think they are bad then look at Uber Eats. They take 35% commision on a order as well as charging £2.50 for delivery from the customer. I have no idea how so many business are happy to join them, especially the lower end joints that probably end up making a loss on orders.

Edited by DoodoolTala on Wednesday 17th January 20:32

35%!!! Never realised it was that much!
Now I understand why portion sizes often seem smaller via Deliveroo than eating at the restaurant itself...

JustEat’s charge I don’t understand. Other than the platform, which is easily replaced by a cheap website with e-shopping functionality, what benefits do they offer the restaurant? At least Deliveroo/Uber take care of the delivery...

[ambuletz]

matrignano said:

35%!!! Never realised it was that much!
Now I understand why portion sizes often seem smaller via Deliveroo than eating at the restaurant itself...

JustEat’s charge I don’t understand. Other than the platform, which is easily replaced by a cheap website with e-shopping functionality, what benefits do they offer the restaurant? At least Deliveroo/Uber take care of the delivery...

a grubby takeaway that can't afford to create their own website could join it and gives a sense of it being established/reputable/decent when it well could be a load of crap.

[anonymous-user]

matrignano said:

DoodoolTala said:

Just Eat are quite bad. They charge a restaurant 14% commision plus add on fees and VAT on a order so it's close to 20% of the final order and the business essentially pays VAT twice on an order but if you think they are bad then look at Uber Eats. They take 35% commision on a order as well as charging £2.50 for delivery from the customer. I have no idea how so many business are happy to join them, especially the lower end joints that probably end up making a loss on orders.

Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 17th January 20:32

35%!!! Never realised it was that much!
Now I understand why portion sizes often seem smaller via Deliveroo than eating at the restaurant itself...

JustEat’s charge I don’t understand. Other than the platform, which is easily replaced by a cheap website with e-shopping functionality, what benefits do they offer the restaurant? At least Deliveroo/Uber take care of the delivery...

With JustEat it's more to do with the commercial side and reachability. The joining fee (£500) can easily be spent by the establishment to make a website but what they won't get with that is JustEat's advertisement (TV and radio), ease of use and also the fact that the app is always high up in the app store and on many people's phone. Personally speaking, I didn't even order takeaways until JustEat/Ubereats/deliveroo came along.

[JimmyConwayNW]

WCZ said:

DoubleSix said:

Im in Manchester for a couple of nights on business.

Any good recommendations for a top curry??

Im near the Palace Theatre

ignore the other suggestions and go to East z East on princess street, get starters too. it's delicious and not far from you

Much better than Akbars these days probably the best current city centre spot.

[WCZ]

escargot said:

East z east is alright but it's no better than Swadesh or any number of other city centre curry houses.

Swadesh recently got shut down for a couple of days for being incredibly dirty, I know people who got sick there after eating. This has put me off tbh.

I don't rate many places in the city other than east z and asha's tbh

on the curry mile I rate Punjab and mughli

[NicheMonkey]

It's a bit out of the city but Vermillion has been very good every time I been. It's Indian & Thai food.

[duckers26]

My first ever entrant!

[grumbledoak]

duckers26 said:

My first ever entrant!

Congratulations, it's Beige!

[BrabusMog]

It's like a prize from a 70's Wheel of Fortune Top work!