Rocomamas / Boston Burger Co.

LCBXX said:
Rocomama's: A Spur-group restaurant for those who just hate Spur.
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The same people I heard boycotting Spur is still visiting Spur Group shops, some use their kids as an excuse, others are plain old hypocrites, all the same.
 
Slootvreter said:
Specifically the Spur franchise.
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Fulcrum29 said:
The same people I heard boycotting Spur is still visiting Spur Group shops, some use their kids as an excuse, others are plain old hypocrites, all the same.
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I've asked for the family cards of fellow boycotters and they almost showered me. I have been to spur 4 times now where we have eaten dinner/lunch for free, thanks to their vouchers.
 
SauRoNZA said:
His original statement was R140 at RocoMamas which relates to the Beef ribs and aren't even listed by Spur.

For the lack of sides and the improvement in quality it's much of a muchness really.
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In your own taste and opinion, how does Spur pork ribs compare to RocoMamas pork ribs? How did each taste respectively?
 
Oke a used to work with used to call it SPURs, with the S on the end.

"Took the family to SPURS this weekend " ... used to drive me mad

This has eff all to do with this thread, but I just remembered about it ..
 
Friend took my family and his to Rocomamas in the Strand, for this Slow death by chocolate milkshake. I noticed that they had like more people working there, than they had chairs for customers. Probably why they're so expensive, to be able to pay salaries.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
In your own taste and opinion, how does Spur pork ribs compare to RocoMamas pork ribs? How did each taste respectively?
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Haven't had the RocoMamas ribs.

But going by the general qualify of food from both offerings I'll be damned if Spur's is better than RocoMamas...even if they came from the same supplier.

RocoMamas does offer different basting options to Spur either way so there is no fair 1:1 comparison really.

Besides the food at Spur being poor and expensive, the general atmosphere is enough to spoil my meal. Those horrible fake cow seats? Not to mention horrible lacking service.

You pay for a lot more than just food. That's what makes a particular restaurant worth it or not, otherwise just get takeaways and eat at home.

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Burgers and Chips are a night and day difference and RocoMamas easily wins that comparison.
 
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LCBXX said:
I've asked for the family cards of fellow boycotters and they almost showered me. I have been to spur 4 times now where we have eaten dinner/lunch for free, thanks to their vouchers.
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There is a guy I still have on Facebook which is still posting Spur this and that, typical Steve supporter, Spur boycott supremacist. He eats more at Spur than anyone else I know.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Haven't had the RocoMamas ribs.

But going by the general qualify of food from both offerings I'll be damned if Spur's is better than RocoMamas...even if they came from the same supplier.

RocoMamas does offer different basting options to Spur either way so there is no fair 1:1 comparison really.

Besides the food at Spur being poor and expensive, the general atmosphere is enough to spoil my meal. Those horrible fake cow seats? Not to mention horrible lacking service.

You pay for a lot more than just food. That's what makes a particular restaurant worth it or not, otherwise just get takeaways and eat at home.

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Burgers and Chips are a night and day difference and RocoMamas easily wins that comparison.
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I don’t know, pork ribs are pretty much an Spur tradition, they hardly mess up on the consistency. I really cannot see how RocoMamas serves a better-quality pork rib than Spur, it is probably the exact same supplier and ribs served at these stores, cut into weighted portions. Basting is an option, an additional choice by the customer, what is it BBQ (which will be close to Spur basting), peri-peri and the special? I also don’t see how this adds more value than Spur when Spur is likely to provide the same quality, more quantity at a lesser price when it comes to pork ribs, other than someone really wanting to have peri-peri pork ribs.

Not a much of a muchness really, never mind a 1:1 comparison really. The big differentiator is the burgers.
 
bwana said:
The nice thing about Rocomamas, and presumably Boston Burger, is you can leave there with your dignity intact.

If you eat at the Spur and you don't have kids... well, that's just weird.
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Agreed but I'd go a little further quite frankly: I can't wait until my kids are too old for us to have to go to any chain restaurant.

I just find there is very little on offer that I can't do better at home.
 
UrBaN963 said:
Are you a master baster? :D

Sounds good, I may do the same, though I haven't had a texan steak in a while, may go that route.
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UrBaN963 said:
Are you a master baster? :D

Sounds good, I may do the same, though I haven't had a texan steak in a while, may go that route.
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Were you so excited that you had to repeat yourself?
 
Rocomamas, in my opinion, is gross.
If anyone has a Jerry's near them, try them...one of the best burgers I've tasted.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
I don’t know, pork ribs are pretty much an Spur tradition, they hardly mess up on the consistency. I really cannot see how RocoMamas serves a better-quality pork rib than Spur, it is probably the exact same supplier and ribs served at these stores, cut into weighted portions. Basting is an option, an additional choice by the customer, what is it BBQ (which will be close to Spur basting), peri-peri and the special? I also don’t see how this adds more value than Spur when Spur is likely to provide the same quality, more quantity at a lesser price when it comes to pork ribs, other than someone really wanting to have peri-peri pork ribs.

Not a much of a muchness really, never mind a 1:1 comparison really. The big differentiator is the burgers.
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Like I said though, even if they were exactly the same I would rather go to RocoMamas and pay more because it's just a nicer place to be.

Then again that being said if I wanted Ribs specifically I wouldn't go to either.
 
EMAM said:
Rocomamas, in my opinion, is gross.
If anyone has a Jerry's near them, try them...one of the best burgers I've tasted.
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I don't know how you get to Jerry's being the best and RocoMamas being gross. Those are just too polar opposites which simply isn't true.

I'd rate them pretty much equal for being quite different in approach.

That being said I've had a nasty burger at Jerry's before and never a bad experience from RocoMamas across multiple branches.

Best Burger in Cape Town I've ever had was at Hartenberg though.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Like I said though, even if they were exactly the same I would rather go to RocoMamas and pay more because it's just a nicer place to be.

Then again that being said if I wanted Ribs specifically I wouldn't go to either.
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Thoroughly agreed.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Haven't had the RocoMamas ribs.

But going by the general qualify of food from both offerings I'll be damned if Spur's is better than RocoMamas...even if they came from the same supplier.

RocoMamas does offer different basting options to Spur either way so there is no fair 1:1 comparison really.

Besides the food at Spur being poor and expensive, the general atmosphere is enough to spoil my meal. Those horrible fake cow seats? Not to mention horrible lacking service.

You pay for a lot more than just food. That's what makes a particular restaurant worth it or not, otherwise just get takeaways and eat at home.

****

Burgers and Chips are a night and day difference and RocoMamas easily wins that comparison.
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Don't think you've been to a Spur in awhile, they've not had the horrible cow seats for quite sometime (well in the last 3 to 4 years). We used to be regulars for the Monday night burger special and the breakfasts and the one down the road from us has a massive playground and the specialility burgers weren't bad at all. But we've not gone in awhile as the prices have gone up quite a lot and for the same price as their breakfasts I can get a much better one at Pizza Del Fornos.
I've eaten at two different Roco Mamas and I don't see the appeal, the chicken burgers are dry and the beef is over sauced, for the price I'd rather look at other burger places.
 
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