Hard Rock Cafe's

decides2dream

hard rock is like any other truly commercial/corporate restaurant. bland pseudo-american fare. i can think of hard rock, ruby tuesdays, fridays, etc...all in that same vein. i will admit, some of the corporate chains are FAR superior to others. we enjoy houlihans and pf changs, for example...and some smaller, regionalized chains too. they are not all 'evil'...and some have great food.


the only hard rock i've ever eaten in is the one in london. and sure, just as you describe...rather eh food, although cool enough memorabilia. funnily enough, i have never set foot in the one in NYC. just recently walked past it few weeks ago, closest i've been to it in years.

Heineken Helen

Hinny wrote:

Why would anyone go to these places in Paris when there's all that brilliant French food around?

:eek: I HATE the food in France... I lost about 2 dress sizes when I lived there cos I was on a liquid diet (ok, that's not completely cos the food was so bad). That was the skinniest I ever was and I hated it. Sure everyone was complimenting me and saying I looked great... but I could see my ribs :eek: It was horrible.

Anyway, lol, yip, we stayed in the hard rock hotel in Chicago... it was pretty cool. Nothing special, the rooms were quite grey and not very homely and the service and prices in the bar weren't great... but there was a good feel to the place, perhaps cos of the company. I think it was Jimi's guitar on our floor

redrock

Heineken Helen wrote:

:eek: I HATE the food in France...

:eek: Not enough boiled potatoes and cabbage for you?

Heineken Helen

redrock wrote:

:eek: Not enough boiled potatoes and cabbage for you?

There wasn't enough of ANYTHING for me . I really just did not enjoy it at all... and pretty much lived on panini's and salads. Eating out wasn't much fun at all there.

redrock

Bloody hell, Helen... you visit the country which is the epitome of true gastronomy and there wasn't anything you liked!!!! Damn girl... what kind of places were you trying to eat at!

Guess McDonalds and the Hard Rock for you everywhere then!

Heineken Helen

redrock wrote:

Bloody hell, Helen... you visit the country which is the epitome of true gastronomy and there wasn't anything you liked!!!!

No actually I've been to Italy a few times and NEVER had anything even half decent... it was ALL absolutely amazing

I ate out with friends quite a bit in France... the lady I was staying with cooked every evening traditional French stuff. I just literally did not have ONE nice meal in that city and I was there 4 months.

MattCameronKicksButt

Heineken Helen wrote:

There wasn't enough of ANYTHING for me . I really just did not enjoy it at all... and pretty much lived on panini's and salads. Eating out wasn't much fun at all there.

I must say, that is quite impressive, Helen. You sound like my mum. Next time, make sure you get MORE drunk and you'll enjoy the food much more.

redrock

Heineken Helen wrote:

the lady I was staying with cooked every evening traditional French stuff. I just literally did not have ONE nice meal in that city and I was there 4 months.

Remind me not to cook for you when you visit!

You do sound like a little old lady travelling and not appreciating anything, but saying 'I wish i was at home where I could get a decent cup of tea'!

Steve Dunne

LOVE HRCs. Love the ambience of it all. I also have a very small collection of pilsner glasses from different cities, which will look cool in my home bar someday.

Heineken Helen

redrock wrote:

Remind me not to cook for you when you visit!

You do sound like a little old lady travelling and not appreciating anything, but saying 'I wish i was at home where I could get a decent cup of tea'!

nope, I did eat the food for as long as I could til I realised panini's were much more enjoyable.

MCKB... trust me, I couldn't have GOT any drunker

surfanddestroy

Steve Dunne wrote:

LOVE HRCs. Love the ambience of it all. I also have a very small collection of pilsner glasses from different cities, which will look cool in my home bar someday.

I collect the Hurricane glasses, they are really good for drinking cocktails from.

ozsmalltowngirl

WOW!!! If any of you ever get to the Goldcoast, Queensland (Australia) you really HAVE to visit the Hard Rock Cafe there!!!! I can't comment on what any of the HRC's are like anywhere else in the world, but HRC in Surfers Paradise is FANTASTIC!!! Seriously.....can't fault it!

* the atmosphere is great! Awesome entertainment!
* the staff are AMAZING!!! (to say the least) they all seemed like old friends, yet still totally professional. Even though it was always packed, we were always made to feel like we were their only customers....not just another number.
* the food....OMG! the food is to die for and really reasonably priced too.
*the service is top-notch, second to none!!!


I honestly can't say enough about that place!!!

There's also another side to the HRC.....they do alot of wonderful work, that maybe a lot of people don't know about - raising a LOT of money for wonderful, wonderful causes. I'm sure there's a site or something that gives all the info; on this.


I do, however, have 1 complaint :( We live in Western Australia, so can only go to HRC when on holiday :( If we lived over there, we would be there (HRC) whenever possible!!!

Steve Dunne

surfanddestroy wrote:

I collect the Hurricane glasses, they are really good for drinking cocktails from.

I got one in Chicago in '96 when it was the 25th anniversary of the HRC...I EARNED it!

surfanddestroy

Steve Dunne wrote:

I got one in Chicago in '96 when it was the 25th anniversary of the HRC...I EARNED it!

When you say 'earned it' I assume you mean you drank a shit load of cocktails and got wasted.

Steve Dunne

surfanddestroy wrote:

When you say 'earned it' I assume you mean you drank a shit load of cocktails and got wasted.

Never had such a hangover, but got the glass!

surfanddestroy

Steve Dunne wrote:

Never had such a hangover, but got the glass!

I want me some cocktails now.

Steve Dunne

surfanddestroy wrote:

I want me some cocktails now.

Believe me I know what you mean...been on the wagon 19 days now.

surfanddestroy

Steve Dunne wrote:

Believe me I know what you mean...been on the wagon 19 days now.

It's been about 9 hours for me

Steve Dunne

surfanddestroy wrote:

It's been about 9 hours for me

You bastard! Kick me when I'm down why dontcha!!!

surfanddestroy

Steve Dunne wrote:

You bastard! Kick me when I'm down why dontcha!!!

It's the easiest way, less chance of me being kicked back.

Heineken Helen

surfanddestroy wrote:

It's been about 9 hours for me

Almost 2 days for me

ozsmalltowngirl

ozsmalltowngirl wrote:

There's also another side to the HRC.....they do alot of wonderful work, that maybe a lot of people don't know about - raising a LOT of money for wonderful, wonderful causes. I'm sure there's a site or something that gives all the info; on this.

There is so many great causes they've raised money for in the past and as I said there's probably a site somewhere telling all about it......but....here's a link to the lasest.
http://www.hardrock.com/promo/sig25/

I wish them every success with this latest effort!!

Hinny

Heineken Helen wrote:

:eek: I HATE the food in France... I lost about 2 dress sizes when I lived there cos I was on a liquid diet

Jeez Hell, there's more to food than Bangers and Mash, Fish n Chips, and, ugh, Irish stews.

I couldn't stop eating in Paris last year. Then I promptly lost all the weight gained once I hit London. Blegh.

vital5

Byrnzie wrote:

I was dragged to one in London by a girl about 5 years ago and I remember that the price of a bottle - no draught - beer was extortionate. I also remember the staff hussling us out of the place as soon as we'd finished our food so that they could ferry in some more customers. It was one of the most soulless money grubbing corporate whorehouses I've ever been unfortunate enough to have set foot in.
Hard rock my ass. More like hard cock!

wow beer in the uk expensive.. who'd have thought that

I'd only hate the Hard Rock cafe if they didn't have any Pearl Jam stuff... but they do... so i can't say... plus i've never been!

vital5

ozsmalltowngirl wrote:

There is so many great causes they've raised money for in the past and as I said there's probably a site somewhere telling all about it......but....here's a link to the lasest.
http://www.hardrock.com/promo/sig25/

I wish them every success with this latest effort!!

uh oh i loaded the page.... and Bono's mug appeared.... must be a rip

KIDDING!!!

Heineken Helen

Hinny wrote:

Jeez Hell, there's more to food than Bangers and Mash, Fish n Chips, and, ugh, Irish stews.

I couldn't stop eating in Paris last year. Then I promptly lost all the weight gained once I hit London. Blegh.

Hahaha... only one of them is Irish . And hinn, the food's better here than in England. If you eat in a pub there, it's like the only vegetable they have is peas :eek: and once you put peas in water they're ruined anyway :(

surfanddestroy

Heineken Helen wrote:

Hahaha... only one of them is Irish . And hinn, the food's better here than in England. If you eat in a pub there, it's like the only vegetable they have is peas :eek: and once you put peas in water they're ruined anyway :(

Really, the only veg we eat is peas

Thats news to me!

dunkman

Heineken Helen wrote:

If you eat in a pub there, it's like the only vegetable they have is peas :eek: and once you put peas in water they're ruined anyway :(

thats just utter crap

Ireland: 2008 Hyperbowl Champions...

Heineken Helen

dunkman wrote:

thats just utter crap

It's not! :cool:

C'mon England isn't exactly known for it's good food I'm afraid

chime

Heineken Helen wrote:

It's not! :cool:

C'mon England isn't exactly known for it's good food I'm afraid

In the past may be but know it's definitely up there for eating out ... must be going to the wrong places ... the tourist traps ... didn't you guys go into a Garfunkles :eek: