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5520324 No.5520324 [Reply] [Original]

Is this the greatest mid-tier food chain? If not, then what?

>> No.5520332

>>5520324

all those applebee's clones are just the same restaurant. How can you even tell the difference?

>> No.5520340
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5520340

Because Chili's offers this

>> No.5520350

>>5520340
Are those the honey chicken strips things? I remember years back as a kid trying to get them, and the smell of the plate made me gag to the point of throwing up a little. I tried it next time with the buffalo sauce, and had the same reaction even though it was clearly a different scent. It must have been the corn on the cob or something.

>> No.5520831

>Chili's
>Applebee's
>Friday's

what other places like that are there?

>> No.5520838

>>5520831
Macaroni grill
olive garden
Outback steakhouse
long horn steakhouse

>> No.5520847

>>5520838
Black Angus

>> No.5520848
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>>5520324
Well, seeing as how I've gotten food poisoning from Chili's (three different Chili's, in two different states) the past three times I've eaten there (spaced far between visits), I'm going to have to say NO.

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5520928

99s > chilis all day long idk if they have 99s elsewhere but theyre everywhere in new england

>> No.5520932

>>5520332
>applebee's clone
i-i thought it was a Friday's clone...
>>5520350
the honey chipotle crispers look great but i think wingstop does the "marinated boneless wings" thing better.

>> No.5520933

>>5520831
>>5520838
>>5520324

I think these places are all pretty shit. Honestly better off spending your money at something that's not a chain, but if I must, I usually do BJ's Brewhouse.

>> No.5520941

>>5520933
BJ's food isn't bad, but the service there is so fucking terrible I haven't been back since the last time we went there, over 2 years ago. Literally the worst service I've ever had in a restaurant.

>> No.5520945

>>5520941
I've heard this at a lot of places. Local one is surprisingly great

>> No.5520947

>>5520332
Maybe because they have completely different dishes you utterly retarded fuckstain.

>> No.5520952

>>5520947
Not really, they all serve generic bar food. Burgers, fried shit, shitty steak, shitty chicken, shitty pastas, gruesome salads, and the most ridiculous excuses for appetizers ever. Plus, it's common knowledge that they all microwave the shit out of everything. All the pasta dishes, appetizers, pretty much everything but the items that need to be grilled, come in microwave bags. If I want a frozen dinner, I'll go buy one at the store for 1/4 of the price.

>> No.5520963

>>5520952
> Plus, it's common knowledge that they all microwave the shit out of everything.
False I worked prep/line at 2 brinker restraunts one being Chilis the other Maggianos and I can tell you for a fact I've never even seen a microwave in one of our kitchens.
Most items you may think are made in a mic. are probably deep fried.

>> No.5520967

>>5520952
>seafood, italian, southwestern/tex-mex, american diner, and bar food is all the same

>being completely wrong about what comes in the microwave bags

I bet you think you're the smartest guy in the room with such refined taste!

>> No.5520968

>>5520945
Yeah, it was pretty fucking bad. We went there late, like 9pm, but they are open till 11pm, so that shouldn't have been a problem.
>walk in
>give name to hostess and sit down
>15 minutes goes by
>get up and ask, am told table will be ready in a few minutes
>look around restaurant and notice one whole side of the place is nearly empty
>Okay.... sit back down, anticipating we will be seated shortly
>wait another 15 minutes
>ask again, am told it will be another "few minutes"
>ask if we can just sit in the bar section
>am told that's fine, we can just go grab a table
>sit down at table in the bar section, literally 10 feet from hostess station.
>she can clearly see us
>sit there for 10 minutes, no menus or anything, no waitress
>ponder just leaving, but no other restaurants in the neighborhood are still open, and we don't want fast food
>waitress finally comes, takes drink order, but we still don't have menus
>5 minutes later comes back with menus, no drinks
>asks if we're ready to order
>tell her we'd like our drinks first because we're dying of thirst after waiting so long, but we'll order anyway
>explain very nicely (we were not rude at all) about how long we'd been waiting
>waitress immediately takes on beaten puppy attitude, won't look us in the eye and mutters "I'll get the manager"
>20 minutes later, the manager comes over RIGHT as we are getting our food
>waitress just sets food down and tries to run off, didn't even ask if we needed drink refills
>manage crouches down next to our table and asks us what the problem is in hushed tones, like some horrible catastrophe is happening
>keeps talking to us for 10 mintues, as our food is sitting there getting cold
>finally tell him we'd just like to eat our food, please
>manager leaves, waitress still acts like we're about to beat her or something
>finish eating and get the fuck out and never go back

It's like they were trying to make US feel guilty for the terrible service. What the fuck?

>> No.5520971

>>5520963
>>5520967
Bullshit, we all know that shit is microwaved.

>> No.5520973

>>5520971
But it's not
You're wrong

>> No.5520975

>>5520967
>>seafood, italian, southwestern/tex-mex, american diner, and bar food

LOLOLOL, oh god, that's funny. As if any of those places offer anything that's actually decent seafood. "5 ways to fuck up shrimp" isn't seafood. And the mockery they make of Italian and southwestern food is shameful. SHAMEFUL.

>> No.5520976

I really like the Applebee's bar that I go to honestly. It just has a nice atmosphere, mostly a product of the bartender and clientèle. I really like Ruby Tuesday's steak and their broccoli is pretty much perfect. Their cheddar biscuit roll things are decent too.

>> No.5520977

>>5520968
Hey dipshit, it doesn't matter how much seating capacity they have if they don't have enough wait staff to seat you. Then you immediately get passive aggressive with the waitress when in all likelihood her dipshit coworker probably blew off work and she is managing the whole dining room.

You should feel guilty, you're an ass.

>> No.5520978

>>5520971
You obviously have the pallet of a king, nothing can get past your super taste buds.
OH WAIT YOU'RE WRONG YOU FUCKING RETARD

>> No.5520980

>>5520324
You consider Chili's mid-tier?

Jesus fuck, nigga, what's low tier constitute? Your motherr's bleeding cunt?

>> No.5520982

>>5520977
You're a fucking moron, GDIAF.
I've been a server before, and a fucking cook, you stupid twat, and I know how seating works. There were other waitstaff in that dining room, they were quite visible, chatting, standing at the hostess station drinking, tending to the couple of tables they each had. There is NEVER any excuse for keeping people waiting over 30 minutes. NEVER. That is the sign of a poorly run restaurant. Maybe you don't care about getting mediocre/poor service, but other people have standards.

>> No.5520984

>>5520978
>says the guy who eats shit

Yeah, your opinion is invalid.

>> No.5520985

>>5520980
>He prefers well-done cunt

>> No.5520988

>>5520952
It's not microwaved, but a lot of it is heavily prepepared. I.e. No sauces or battering done on site, just frying, grilling, and assembling

>> No.5520990

>>5520975
Sure thing buddy. As if it's even possible to make inauthentic crab legs, tuscan soup, or a taco. You're like that redneck housewife who thinks watching Downten Abbey gives her an air of class.

>> No.5520991

Ironically enough, my favorite thing to get there is their Chili.

>> No.5520992

>Chili's
>Applebee's
>Friday's
>Macaroni Grill
>Olive Garden
>Outback

These are what we call the "squish commercial" places. They all use those stupid extreme close up shots in their commercials of their food getting "squished" as in, pushed down, squirted by the never-ending lime wedge, lava-flow gravy or sauce, etc. Fucking gross.
And, all those places suck, btw.

>> No.5520995

>>5520990
This isn't about authenticity, it's about shit preparation and shit "recipes".
>tuscan soup
NO. It's not.

>> No.5520999

>>5520992
Depends what you get. Chilis has good potato soup and big dick burgers. Olive Garden has good soup and breadsticks, and okay stuffed pasta.

Applebees truly is terrible though.

>> No.5521001

>>5520990
The only thing I really don't like about these places is how AMAZINGLY FUCKING TERRIBLE the food is for you relative the price and quality.

Like, a chicken sandwich just shouldn't have a day and a half worth of salt. It just fucking shouldn't.

I do like the Chips and Salsa at Chili's, but everything else is some variant of mediocre to atrocious.

I'd rather just go to a bar, you know?

>> No.5521003

>>5520995
Not what? Tasty? It's almost as good as I make at home. It's potato sausage soup, hard to fuck up. You can take that superiority complex and shove it, you're just as much of a jagoff as the people you look down on.

>> No.5521009

>>5521003
>almost as good as I make at home

Well, you've just confirmed yourself to be a shit cook. Congratulations.

>> No.5521011

>>5520999
Their burgers are okay. It bothers me that they won't go below medium on it(not that you'd really want t below medium with their quality, but still), but they're not bad.

I actually like their blue cheese burger; it's vaguely disgusting, but in a bizarrely pleasant way.

Their potato soup has been dicks to me, though. One time I got a bowl that hadn't been cut with stock. It was like eating sweetened potato custard (which wasn't exactly bad, but rather nauseatingly rich).

I've never eaten at an Olive Garden, but my friend used to be waitstaff at one. He was not a fan.

>> No.5521013

>>5521009
Great argument faggot, you sure convinced me with those hot opinions!

>> No.5521014

>>5521013
That's wasn't an argument, dumbass, it was a statement. Or do you not understand the difference?

>> No.5521015

>>5521014
keep going, you're only looking like more of a dipshit each time you post

>> No.5521018

>>5521013
>>5521014

You're both cunts, so go find a dick to gobble.

>> No.5521019

So, this thread's made me curious. What restaurants do /ck/ say is good that costs less than ~$25 a person.

>> No.5521024

>>5521019
>local ones

You've probably never heard of it...

>> No.5521025
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5521025

>>5521015
quit now, before you completely blow your shtick, jr. You're an obvious shitposter, and now you've reduced yourself to playing the last word / base insult game in a sweaty, last minute attempt to save face. You blew your wad by trying to say that some shitty ass, over-salted, poorly made soup was as good as what you make at home, thereby telling everyone you're a terrible cook. So, why not go regroup and find another thread to rage on, instead?

>> No.5521036

>>5521025
... are you retarded?

It is nigh impossible to fuck up potato sausage soup with swiss chard (I use kale). Your only argument is "hurr chain restaurant bad." They make it the same way anyone else would make it, albiet more thin than I prefer.

Are you next going to imply that somehow a cheese omelette is inferior because it comes from Denny's instead of a local diner?

Fuck off retard.

>> No.5521039

>>5521036
So your homemade soup also has 50% of your daily allowance of sodium? Yeah, you're a shit cook.
Also
>Are you next going to imply that somehow a cheese omelette is inferior because it comes from Denny's instead of a local diner?
Yes. Yes I am. (Depending on which diner, of course, but no doubt much inferior to what you can prepare at home)
I can't believe you're this stupid. Do you not understand the difference in ingredient quality, preparation techniques, and additives? You really are a fucking moron.

>> No.5521042

>>5521039
>an egg and cheese is magically transformed when it goes through the doorway of a franchise

just stop
>inb4 farm fresh egg and artisan cheese

>> No.5521045

>>5521042
>just stop having taste and class

Yeah, no. You are more than welcome to keep eating shitty food, but some people prefer better.

>> No.5521052

>>5521045
>pseudo taste and class

Yup, like a reneck housewife watching Downton Abbey. Got it. Done.

>> No.5521057

>>5521052
You're misguided words don't bother me a bit. You can keep rolling around in shit all you like, and I'll continue to enjoy good food, that doesn't come shipped in and reheated.

>> No.5521250

>>5521057
I've worked at Denny's and I currently work at a local restaurant that serves brunch and I can assure you that you're not really getting much better from eating local. And no, I don't work at a shitty joint, our entrees cost about 20-30 and people love us.

>> No.5521253

>>5521250
In terms of an omelet, by the way.

God forbid we charge 30 bucks for canned green beans here lol.