This Breakfast / Lunch Left Me Totally Speechless
This breakfast / lunch left me totally speechless. Just near The British Museum, Munchkins is an eating place that will make you fall off your chair. Has to be the worst breakfast I have ever had.
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Really disappointing and ridiculous price. Shame because the place looked like a gem. Oh he burnt your eggs too, so bad. ❤ as always pal
@jonathanmaybury5698
2 ай бұрын
Is probably the place you are paying for rather than the food.
@harjitaujla9543
2 ай бұрын
Rip off
@smudger671
2 ай бұрын
Eggs are cooked okay IMO. I hate then half raw.
Catering sausages, eggs cooked to within an inch of their lives, bacon you didn't ask for, chips fresh from a bag in the freezer, some baked beans, a pot of tea, and two slices of white sliced pan bread, £23 is an insult, I'd imagine you'll not be back, using my own arithmetic they probably cost around £3 for the ingredients (if that), so 700% profit isn't bad. I'd be ashamed to charge anyone that amount for substandard food, taking the piss!
@DJsFoodTravels
2 ай бұрын
I couldn't believe it
@robertanthony929
2 ай бұрын
@@DJsFoodTravels you still had it all though
@wogfart8464
2 ай бұрын
Gas ,electric , wages, staff recruitment is a major problem, rental costs on property….this place is suffering in many ways .sad.
@Albert_O_Balsam
2 ай бұрын
@@wogfart8464there's no excuse whatsoever to charge that price for food that is subpar
@majorminor3367
2 ай бұрын
@robertanthony929 isn't that the idea? Good or bad, cheap or expensive, it's the whole point of doing it, to show others where to go to...or avoid!!! Otherwise the video would have lasted about 2mins
You’re not being negative, you’re just being honest. Can’t do anymore.
No wonder British food gets a bad wrap when tourists get this rubbish served to them.
@marigolds49
2 ай бұрын
This got a bad rap
@marksparkes1
2 ай бұрын
yes but based on the music, i dont think it was BY a British person
@Hellomynameis93
2 ай бұрын
@@marksparkes1tourists won’t know that
@fethryduck
2 ай бұрын
British Breakfast is always bad. Who eats Fries on a Toast. That's horrible. Fat sausages, fat Fries and fat Bacon for Breakfast. A real Nightmare. I wouldn't call the Toast real Bread. That's by far the lowest Quality of Bread you can have.
@fsociety.dat101
Ай бұрын
Even with a decent chef, British food is pretty bland in comparison to most other countries.
Tourist trap with no intent of trying to get repeat customers and build up a following. I'm afraid that this is standard set up in most national and international hot spots. Cheers for taking one for us so that we're all the wiser.
The sausages looked deep fried, their problem seems to be they haven’t got a clue.
£3.60 worth of food and drink. £20 profit. I’m in the wrong game
@deanmadnut2614
2 ай бұрын
I bet 1 sausage cost them like 20p, 2 slices of bread out of a loaf that likely cost him 50p so each slice is like 2p cheap looking bacon and eggs are probably cheap value eggs and don't forget these places would get trade discount from whole seller. I bet it was around 1.50 for these ingredients lol
@bannaubrycheiniog1329
2 ай бұрын
Yeah but the gas to cook the stuff cost £50 quid and the leccy to warm the beans up £75 quid 🙂
@deanmadnut2614
2 ай бұрын
@@bannaubrycheiniog1329 and 2000 a month on rent 😡😤😤😤😡, but still he should of done a better job on the food
@bannaubrycheiniog1329
2 ай бұрын
@@deanmadnut2614 and business rates, water, staff, national living wage + London allowance, plus gas, electric, products for the shop, repairs, cleaners, fixtures & fittings, etc etc He ordered baked beans and chips lol! Did he want truffle oil on the beans and the chips cooked 3 times in goose fat? 🤣🤣🤣
@deanmadnut2614
2 ай бұрын
@@bannaubrycheiniog1329 lol the eggs could of been done better
The background music, in it's self, suggests this cafe is not being run by someone who knows what ENGLISH BREAKFAST IS !
@sherlockgnomes8971
2 ай бұрын
Brexit means Brexit, absolutely dreadful that these foreigners are playing their music while butchering our breakfasts 😐
@beaufighter245
2 ай бұрын
Absolutely. Damned racket certainly not in tune for an English breakfast😡. Right rip off.
@dannyhamilton7683
Ай бұрын
@@sherlockgnomes8971,meanwhile, over in Costa Del Sol etc,the brits are cooking breakfasts aplenty for "ex pats"..😂,oh the irony 😂
@KeithDeley
Ай бұрын
@@sherlockgnomes8971what's Brexit got to do with it
@KimiMD
Ай бұрын
@@dannyhamilton7683What? That isn't ironic. Brits cooking for Brits isn't the same as Foreigners cooking for Brits. If Brits went to West Africa and cooked Cachupa, well, that would be!
I walk into a cafe with loud music in the morning, I walk right back out
Omg, £23.00 for that??? I paid £7.00 for a cappuccino not long ago in London and I make a point of asking the price beforehand now wherever I go. And yes it’s one of my pet hates when they act all dandy taking your order then get it all wrong. Don’t worry about your negative comments Darren. You are right and honest. Cheers.
@CarlBland-tn1jo
2 ай бұрын
For £23 that was daylight robbery
@griswald7156
Ай бұрын
The £10 coffee is coming..and the fifty quid full English..
@griswald7156
Ай бұрын
If they get the order wrong ,tell them then they can put it right…
The music would make me walk out.
@WideAwake-bl7gw
2 ай бұрын
I was thinking that as well but only b/c it was so loud.
@Aussie3225
Ай бұрын
Me too.
@johnmc3862
8 күн бұрын
I've heard worse.
Rip-off London.
23 notes for that Sh*t….Wow!!
Shocker Darren…..! Bottom drawer “catering” grade food throughout at sky high prices…. At least Dick Turpin wore a mask…..! Utter Thieves…..!🙁
*Tourist Trap* 😢 Sadly, places like this ruin visitors impression of the UK. Seriously, it is not difficult to get a basic fry up right. But those ripoff merchants managed it!
@johnmc3862
8 күн бұрын
Of London.
Just imagine how many tourists are visiting these places and coming away thinking that is proper British cuisine. As for the price 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@DJsFoodTravels
2 ай бұрын
What is sad, as I left, some foreign tourists sat down.... now they will think it's London standard.
@plrt6794
2 ай бұрын
I was in London for a week vacation last October. A good tourist looks for where the locals are. If a tourist gets caught in a tourist trap, gets bad food, service and high prices, it’s on them. As far as the food went I quite enjoyed the meat pies, obviously the fish and chips and of course the Indian food which I had a few times.
@Yodaspirit45
2 ай бұрын
@@DJsFoodTravelsYou’ve got take in consideration though that this restaurant probably has big overheads their running costs must be astronomical especially in that location of Larndon therefore that is reflected in the prices and service charge so you can’t complain really.
@jasonvoorhees5640
2 ай бұрын
@@plrt6794 nonce
DJ, thanks for the heads up on this joint . The cacophony in the background is the is the turn around for me . I am planning a two week stay in next London Spring from Sydney so I am taking you all in as I get ready. You have already found me a couple of gems . This one mate is a bin job.
It’s not negative DJ ….its honest 👍👍
That place must be a front for money laundering 🤔
@tinglestingles
2 ай бұрын
Funny you should say that!!!
@deingirl1183
2 ай бұрын
You are probably speaking the truth 👍
@matthew6994
2 ай бұрын
I wouldn't be surprised....
What the hell is that. I wouldn't feed it to a dog.
This is the epitome of why tourists think British food is shite. Crap ingredients cooked badly and way way way overpriced. I go to a local cafe where you get a lot more on your plate than that for £7.95. I doubt very much that this place has ever had a repeat customer.
Looks poor and music is far too loud
Shocking food for the price, I wouldn't serve that to the mother in law 😂
@stephenhaywood5672
2 ай бұрын
Oh I don’t know 🤔
@HipHopHymns
2 ай бұрын
😂@@stephenhaywood5672
@ritadonnelly8820
2 ай бұрын
stop 😂😂😂😂😂😂
DJ I went on a cruise when I was a kid with the folks. Dad use to drink G&T no ice. 5 years later on a different cruise ship in a different bar served by the same wateress. Before he could say anything she said 'Gin and tonic no ice' to my dad. I was dumbfounded. True story.
@hardywatkins7737
2 ай бұрын
That's a good story. Actually i have a similar story. When i was 14 or so i was walking along the main road near my home and a TR7 came speeding along the road, and seemingly hit something small, lost control and span on the spot like two or three times before it ended up facing the way it was headed and sped off again. About 14 years later i was hitchhiking on the same road and a guy gave me a lift and for some reason i mentioned the TR7 incedent and he told me it was him driving and he told me about it! Just one of those spooky cool things that happen sometimes.
If they can’t get the order right, then it’s not worth bothering.👎 ‘Ow much???? 👎👎👎
I was gobsmacked by the cost of your breakfast was not worth £10 never mind £23 ,that place should be on RIP off Britain
It is so annoying that some places can't get orders right. Then to be hit with that ridiculous price is beyond words. Loving the absolute honestly when reviewing these places!
When the staff play their music loud its sheer, selfish ignorance.
shows how good it was when it is empty
As 90% of London caterers are foreigners, British dishes are always going to be a challenge for them, so they go for the ready-made option. If it looks right then it will taste right. As brits never complain the cook's think 'A job well done'. They nailed your hat on with the price though🤗.
£23 good God almighty. What is happening to hospitality in this country? Poor service, poor badly cooked food. These places should be shut down.
Sausages look like Morrison's Savers or ASDA Smart Price range with less than 30% meat. Within a mile from the British Museum, you can find hundreds of dining venues and B&Bs determined to endorse/honour the statement in most tourists guide books saying "Britain is not particularly famous for appetising food, which, however, is well compensated by the beautiful leafy landscape in the countryside."
We had a waiter at Frankie & Benny's in Portsmouth & he did not write down any of the orders for the 4 of us, which all of them had additions, & he got them all spot on when he returned I was so impressed
@andrewskipp3013
2 ай бұрын
Can we have nachos for four....good job
@griswald7156
Ай бұрын
He’s probably on a ten figure salary by now…
My favourite comfort food, sausage mash and baked beans. My mum used to make it for us all when we were little, I still love it today.
Holy cow man! Sorry about the bad experience. I nearly rolled out of bed when I heard the price at the end.
Scandalous, not a hope I would’ve paid 23 beans (pardon the pun). New subscriber, good video 👍
Nice to have a honest review they can’t always be good 🤷🏻♀️thanks for sharing
@DJsFoodTravels
2 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Great video mate appreciate you👍✌️
The customer is always right u was right to send it bk and get what u wanted ❤❤
@deanmadnut2614
2 ай бұрын
Oh I dunno I've come across right bunch of Muppets in my time, in this situation I fully agree it was an absolute insult, they might as well write mug on a stick on label and stick them on customers foreheads 😂
I wouldn't feed that to my dog absolutely disgusting Darren nothing positive today .
@dublinsfaircity
2 ай бұрын
Less of that aul malarkey of course you'd give it to your dog and i bet she'd love it.
It’s amazing isn’t it how we, the customer, are tested with our patience over basics like this. Fair play DJ. At this point (order being wrong & then eggs over done) I’d have said thank you, I’ll pay for the tea but I’m off.
@DJsFoodTravels
2 ай бұрын
👍🏼🙂🙏🏼
@Yodaspirit45
2 ай бұрын
@@DJsFoodTravelsYou’ve got take in consideration though that this restaurant probably has big overheads their running costs must be astronomical especially in that location of Larndon therefore that is reflected in the prices and service charge so you can’t complain really.
@MichaelJay-rr2vz
2 ай бұрын
For 23 sovs , this proves this gaff is a total tourist trap as opposite the British Museum , no clue what so ever ! Every right to complain!
New subscriber from Sweden. Great content. Love London.❤
Pay for the tea and walk out - horrible music, horrible food, horrible service
I am being honest here to think someone in the kitchen thought this plate of food was deemed fit to be sent to a customer is beyond me….😩😩 when I cooked for my customers I asked how they liked their food cooked….not everyone likes their food cooked the same…..just take some time and ask your customers how they like their food….Also I would not of been able to sit eating with that music on so dam Loud, that is ridiculous 😩😩
it is arrogant and stupid NOT to write the order down and then bringing the wrong food...
@DJsFoodTravels
2 ай бұрын
Some may agree
hello here from the US i just wanted to say i just found your channel right now and i absolutely love it! love what you do and love your accent ! keep it up subscribed for sure
@DJsFoodTravels
2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!! Welcome aboard
you should def review any bad food you get for now on i love this
You certainly do pick ‘em. 😂
I think that could be the worst one you’ve ever visited pound for pound. Absolute disgrace that people dish that quality up and charge that price for it
4:48 what is your comfort food? That’s a loaded fries question! Hahaha.
does it really matter if the eggs are sunny side up, eggs are eggs, they all go down the same way, no way would i pay that money, Absolutely disgusting price for what he had
I'd have offered to pay half of that, and at half price it would have been still too much.
@DJsFoodTravels
2 ай бұрын
Agreed
@Yodaspirit45
2 ай бұрын
@@DJsFoodTravelsYou’ve got take in consideration though that this restaurant probably has big overheads their running costs must be astronomical especially in that location of Larndon therefore that is reflected in the prices and service charge so you can’t complain really.
@jasonvoorhees5640
2 ай бұрын
@@Yodaspirit45 🤡
@burtbacarach5034
2 ай бұрын
@@Yodaspirit45 Sure you can complain when the food is utter crap.
Don't feel bad about anything, you're the poor fella who took the hit so others don't have to. It takes someone with your honesty to call places like this out.👍
@ritadonnelly8820
2 ай бұрын
slop😢
The standard of a lot of food in London is atrocious !! It’s cheap rubbish with a heavy price tag , so for two people it would have been £50 .. dreadful
And the Salsa music that only the " cook " can understand .
Tourist trap. Gives UK food a very bad name..
Take the rough with smooth Darren!!! Really appreciate your videos as always you bring the sunshine to a rainy day. £23 i feel you pain brother!!!
Looked disgusting, and the price was shocking!
Omg that was well expensive 😮.
£23.00 for a destroyed Breakfast. I thought the Street Robberies were bad enough, that is taking the piss completely.
thx mate, great vid
This place looks awful before even going in. I wouldn’t have bothered. The quality of that food was awful- look at that bread!
I think I would let the manager know unless he is the manager, then I wouldn't go back. In Canada that amount of money converted to dollars would have paid for two meals.
@DJsFoodTravels
2 ай бұрын
Even for London, that was outrageous, at least have quality ingredients
@Yodaspirit45
2 ай бұрын
@@DJsFoodTravelsYou’ve got take in consideration though that this restaurant probably has big overheads their running costs must be astronomical especially in that location of Larndon therefore that is reflected in the prices and service charge so you can’t complain really.
Aww Daz, that was so awful matey! And 23 quid, gees will give this place a miss, hope you're well Dr Paul
Should have put the butter packet in the beans. Never seen a breakfast like that before 😂😂.. Good vid 🎉
Darren always says how it is. I enjoy listening to his views
Absolutely disgraceful ...!! I am gutted too, and it hurts watching it ..tks for the review DJ ..Win some loose some ...all about the experience and top bloke DJ for sharing this one ..😔😔
@DJsFoodTravels
2 ай бұрын
Big up
@Yodaspirit45
2 ай бұрын
@@DJsFoodTravelsYou’ve got take in consideration though that this restaurant probably has big overheads their running costs must be astronomical especially in that location of Larndon therefore that is reflected in the prices and service charge so you can’t complain really.
I love that area, but that’s a total tourist trap with inexcusable sub standard food and crazy prices. Sorry DJ, but for some reason I love it when they’re rubbish! You could see the writing on the wall early on. Poor you having to suffer it though, but you’re providing a public service to all of us, so that we can avoid going through the same experience!
HOW MUCH?? It can be a good wake up call for the venue.
That breakfast should have been £10-£12 max, that’s cafe quality, crazy price.
I'd be F..king livid!
@DJsFoodTravels
2 ай бұрын
There was lots of swearing
@Yodaspirit45
2 ай бұрын
@@DJsFoodTravelsYou’ve got take in consideration though that this restaurant probably has big overheads their running costs must be astronomical especially in that location of Larndon therefore that is reflected in the prices and service charge so you can’t complain really.
robbery
@DJsFoodTravels
2 ай бұрын
Agreed
Thank you for your honest review
That is over $39.00 CAD ! That is unbelievable ! So much for so little.
Lol, £23.06. That’s worse than Maria’s Cafe in Borough Market. I thought that was bad, that takes the biscuit at Munchkins though.
@DJsFoodTravels
2 ай бұрын
At least Marias cafe is nice grub
Gosh that food looks hideous, you should have walked out and refused to pay.
Hi Darren I have been a subscriber for a long time on your other channel fantastic video again. My comfort food is sausage eggs chips and beans
@DJsFoodTravels
2 ай бұрын
Fantastic!
Darren that music would drive me mad!! Good review.
£23.06 not on your life thats ridiculas, ive seen better cooked on a camp fire
Looked absolute rubbish, and that’s a new one eating a fry up with that music, certainly wouldn’t be eating in there from the start, £23.06😳😳😳😳 that’s insane!
@neiloldfield8661
2 ай бұрын
23 notes for that 😂 I could have got a brekkie for me my mrs and lad for that where I’m from 😂😂
@primetime8137
2 ай бұрын
@@neiloldfield8661 agree Neil 👍🏻
I think you've saved a lot of people good hard earned money today DJ with this review 👍
I find it increasingly common not getting things that you ordered in restaurants. Recently I visited a Mcdonalds in Ely, I ordered a latte and porridge with jam. On my tray was a white coffee instead of a latte and my porridge came without jam, and, perhaps more significantly, no spoon. No more eating out for me. If they can't be bothered to get my order correct I can't be bothered to give them my money.
Those ingredients probably came to about £2
How Much?! what a total rip off it looked horrible
Keep it real DJ, as always that's what we love about your channel.
My first visit to your site, looking forward to seeing more positive ones. Tripadvisor doesn't have good reviews... Great what you're doing 😀
@DJsFoodTravels
2 ай бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
OMG. What a complete rip off. Sounds like a tourist trap. Some of the great cafes in London you could have got 2 great brunches for that price!
I have to say that looks terrible food. I'll not be going there.
@DJsFoodTravels
2 ай бұрын
Good choice
You're growing on me. I'm subscribed
You are right there's no rule book on what and when to eat. Ice cream for breakfast today lol probably start cooking a curry ready for 3 am 😅
3/10 maybe?
What a mess about Darren 😮 Chip butty looked bloody good though 😊 Hope the bacon was free, not your fault. Scandalous price 😮❤
Absolutely honest review as always Darren thats the beauty of your channels keep up the good work nothing good about it in my mind food service and background music if they cant get that wrong they are in the wrong business maybe they should become Highway men at that price.
Give that place a wide berth then . Thanks for sharing !
£23 I would definitely had words and a lot of them.....ffs should have said at least Dick Turpin wore a mask when he robbed people.....
I wouldn't be happy with that 😮 My comfort food is definitely bangers &, mash, garden peas & onion gravy all over it ❤ I also do like a fish finger sarnie with loads of ketchup on it and loads of butter on the bread, not healthy, but hey, it's comfort food lol
Problem is, if a place is located next to major tourist attractions, it's not just that they are out to fleece folk, they'll also have eye watering overheads. Any tourist guide will tell you to avoid these places, British people should have more sense, caveat emptor.
Bleedin Nora, so glad you tried this place out before any of us 😮
23 quid. That must be another mistake.
That looked lousy, Cheap catering sausages as well.
@DJsFoodTravels
2 ай бұрын
It was pants
@Yodaspirit45
2 ай бұрын
@@DJsFoodTravelsYou’ve got take in consideration though that this restaurant probably has big overheads their running costs must be astronomical especially in that location of Larndon therefore that is reflected in the prices and service charge so you can’t complain really.