South Africa’s best and worst family restaurants in 2016

[bwana]

Mugg & Bean? :wtf:

Hooters should be on the list… they have a bouncy castle…

 

[Cray]

Yeah I was shocked at the prices and what you get when we stopped at one a couple of weeks ago.

Spur breakfast. Now that's good value for money.

Spur and Wimpy both have a breakfast for R29.99 - two eggs, bacon, tomato, chips and toast. Very good value IMO.

 

[Slootvreter]

Hollow Tree on Oxford, R30 for bacon, two eggs, two slices of toast, chips and coffee.

 

[Tikkop]

Spur and Wimpy both have a breakfast for R29.99 - two eggs, bacon, tomato, chips and toast. Very good value IMO.

Yip. Until you actually sit down and calculate it would cost you less than R5 to make the same breakfast yourself. #mindblown

 

[ToxicBunny]

Yip. Until you actually sit down and calculate it would cost you less than R5 to make the same breakfast yourself. #mindblown

Does that cost factor in the time to make the breakfast, to clean up after it and the electricity/gas used?

 

[satanboy]

M&B have good prices for their portions.

The Paddocks branch has the worst service I've seen anywhere.

 

[Tikkop]

Does that cost factor in the time to make the breakfast, to clean up after it and the electricity/gas used?

If you are going to factor in other and opportunity costs, then you will also have to add the other and opportunity costs of the spur/wimpy breakfast, such as cost of preparing yourself and possibly kids to go out, driving to the spur/wimpy, time spend waiting for food, time spend eating, etc etc.

 

[faniebraai]

1. Wimpy is not a restaurant in my opinion.... (had this argument last year when they came first)
2. Misleading title with "the worst" when the worst is not mentioned... or did I misread?

 

[ISP cash cow]

1. Wimpy is not a restaurant in my opinion.... (had this argument last year when they came first)
2. Misleading title with "the worst" when the worst is not mentioned... or did I misread?

it seems Spurs and Mugg and bean were rated last

 

[ToxicBunny]

If you are going to factor in other and opportunity costs, then you will also have to add the other and opportunity costs of the spur/wimpy breakfast, such as cost of preparing yourself and possibly kids to go out, driving to the spur/wimpy, time spend waiting for food, time spend eating, etc etc.

Of course...

But at some point, the fact that someone will make you a breakfast for R30 is actually a pretty blood good deal and worth it, even if the cost of materials is only around R5.

 

[BradleyKZN]

Our local wimpy (douglasdale) is great for breakfast every second Saturday. Food is presentable but what really makes it great is how fast they are - 4 minutes from when they take your order to when you are munching. Probably that specific branch's management but gosh darn if it doesnt speed up the rest of the day nicely

We actually find that our food arrives too fast at the Northgate branch. We order drinks, and food at the same time. Last time we ate there the food arrived 30 seconds later (not joking) and waited for our drinks so long we had finished the food before the drinks arrived

 

[maumau]

-50 for service at Mugg and Bean Clearwater Mall.

Also hate it when waiters stand in a group with their backs to patrons to view the passing parade. Customers land up looking at waiters' backsides for duration of the meal.

I have left M&B and Ocean Basket before because of it.

 

[faniebraai]

it seems Spurs and Mugg and bean were rated last

they are marked as 4 and 5? Are there only 5 restaurants in the whole of SA?

And then I want to add:

3. I see 1 and 2, and 4 and 5.... who is three? Average? Never heard of them.

 

[ISP cash cow]

they are marked as 4 and 5? Are there only 5 restaurants in the whole of SA?

And then I want to add:

3. I see 1 and 2, and 4 and 5.... who is three? Average? Never heard of them.

LOL I didn't even notice the numbering on the side

I read the article as them showing a table with the top 2 and then the industry average and then the bottom 2 of all the franchises taken into consideration.

Maybe they did only do the survey on 5 restaurants - I wonder who was the industry average?

 

[faniebraai]

LOL I didn't even notice the numbering on the side

I read the article as them showing a table with the top 2 and then the industry average and then the bottom 2 of all the franchises taken into consideration.

Maybe they did only do the survey on 5 restaurants - I wonder who was the industry average?

.... so businesstech was the poster of this article, so we shouldn't be too surprised about the quality.