As a current cleaner myself (life circumstances) the mop is the worst one. I don't get enough time before we open to get the floors done. Stingy owner also means that we won't sign up for a laundry service. Dude buys new mopheads one at a time.
Thank you! My parents used to snark at me all the time for going to the bathroom soon after arriving at a new restaraunt, even after I explained this to them (and after three instances of me avoiding getting sick from said restaurant's food simply by not ordering anything). A bathroom is a good reflection of how clean the kitchen is.
As someone who's worked in resteraunts; I hate when the mop head is filthy beyond cleaning, but the managers won't order a new mop head. You can't effectively clean a floor with a dingy greying mop.
@@phantomstrider I've come across quite a few restaurants with sticky floors and other sticky areas. Especially one of my local IHOPs that was extremely gross. Thankfully my other local IHOPS are good, but that one still stays in my mind.
As a kid myself, I think the reason kids doing homework in a restaurant means the restaurant is good especially when they have no parent with them is because of their attention spans. Children have always had low attention spans and now with TikTok and RUclips shorts (Which I do admit I watch way too much of) making them worse. Because of this, when they are waiting for their food, they are gonna want to do something and if they just got out of school a while ago they might still have their homework on them so they might want to do that while they wait. Also, I'm pretty sure kids prefer predictable stuff so if they like a place they will more than likely go there again instead of trying a new place unless they are forced.
The Red Flag about no utensils is interesting. I live in NYC and they passed a law a little while ago that you have to ask for utensils from an eating place, it is to cut down on waste. Even places where you would expect you might need utensils like say Chinese you have to ask or they won’t include it, not because they are being rude or a red flag but so they stay within that new law. Even with online ordering you have to check a box to get utensils and napkins.
Which is something I wish they did here... The online ordering that is. In my country a law recently passed to make restaurants charge extra for disposable cutlery and such and all the online menus just automatically give it, and charge it. With no option to turn it off. I have all the cutlery I need at home. Stop charging me for stuff I don't even want.
I have sensory issues, so I'm sensitive to a lot of smells. So walking in a bad smelling or dirty restaurant is hell.. especially ones who reek of cleaning supplies ironically. That smell of Lysol and mop water and spray makes my head hurt.
Me too, I’m sensitive to lights, sounds, and smells myself. Lots of overwhelming smells trigger my head to ache, except for calming ones for me like mint, orange jasmine, lavender, etc. I can also understand not everyone likes lavender.
I was thrilled to see the "Kitchen Nightmares" clips over your commentary on the menus. I've learned from that show that restaurants must cook fresh and never use microwaves. If you know you can make better than what you order, either the cooks or the owner are doing something wrong. I know that staff would argue, too, but I've never heard people fighting like on the show. I hope I remember to check out the environment around and inside a restaurant next time I check out one I haven't been in.
What bothers me is when a great franchise goes downhill. For example, Taco Cabana used to be a fast food brand I would seek out, but they somehow went from having some of the best Mexican food to being ridiculously generic and low quality.
Moving from mid to South Texas Taco Cabana basically disappeared while other franchises sprung up like Jason's/Schiloscies. Never saw a big difference in Taco Cabana between our more local (FAST FOOT) Mexican restaurants like El Pato or La Mexicana, in addition to the many local places. Was curious if they're still doing well. (Keep in mind Taco Bell has practically taken over all the TB/Lomg John Silver locations).😊
Another red flag could be when a restaurant says they’re a Mexican restaurant but the people working there are not Mexican. It can apply to any restaurant like that.
the female cartoon oc is his wife? i thought shes just phantomstrider using a voice changer. ppl already confirmed this when they use a female to male voice changer on the cartoon girl and she sounds literally like phantomstrider
The third point is interesting to me right now, because I just went to Seattle over the course of last week, and I actually went to a restaurant that _is_ a tourist attraction in itself. I don't remember what it's called, but it's a seafood restaurant near the coast that has a display where they have the fish put around mounds of ice cubes, and the workers there throw the fish between each other for certain steps of the process; it's been shown on TikTok a lot, I've heard, and when I went there, there was a ton of people filming it too; someone even had an actual large and pretty sophisticated camera filming it, and not just their phone! I'm sure the food is good or at least alright there, and no hate towards the people working there since it's a very unique presentation I enjoyed seeing; the point just reminded me of how I ended up not going there, since I was kind of put off by the fact that they had a crate of crayfish with their limbs still twitching...
1:37 Not a restaurant, but a ballpark, and we sell food there, so it counts. Our restrooms are normally very clean and orderly, so if, for some reason, the toilet paper is low or the soap dispenser is empty, its probably just the traffic from yesterdays game wiping it out completely, and an usher who cleans the bathroom hasnt looked at the situation yet. As for me, I've become somewhat of an expert in cleaning the condiment carts!
Neato Video! I Will Use This Information to choose places for my friends! Note: Doug, You Did a Great Job As That Demon Slayer RUclipsr in Smiling Friends, and Enjoyed Seeing PhantomStrider in The New Sonic Shorts! Cheers!
Doug and Josh doing a video together always makes me happy! I can tell these two are like besties or even Internet Brothers! Also yeah, some restaurants can be a little disgusting if the food or even the inside of the restaurant is not sanitizied, they'll get shut down if that happened.🤩😬
There was a restaurant where I live that I loved going to. They had good food and good prices, however behind the scenes there was some trouble including the owner having some personal problems. The final nail in the coffin was when the apartment above caught fire. That building has had 3 or 4 restaurants in it and they’ve all closed.
I am learning so much. Thank you so much. 🙏🏻 Also this is why I like north Carolina they have this system where they check in on your restaurant to see if it’s clean or if the food is good, if it is, your restaurant stays up, if not then your restaurant gets closed down.
My high school culinary teacher taught us that one red flag to a bad restaurant is the quality of its parking lot. Same reason as the bathroom quality, their parking lot is apart of their property so if they don't take care of it, there's a chance they don't take care of the inside either
I will say that #6 isn't always true. I work at a restaurant myself, and there isn't one moment where my bosses aren't looking out for all of us. However, most of them complain and regardless, blame them, and become ungrateful for it. It's just unfortunate sometimes. I will say that yes it can be a red flag, but I will say that it isn't always because the restaurant is bad. It CAN mean that, but not always.
The thing about "the food is probably good if there is a kid doing homework at one of the tables" kind of has a basis in that a kid there implies that the restaurant is owned and operated by a family. 'Mom and pop' shops like that tend to not resort to the kind of 'quick and dirty' practices that big chains do, and their customer load is probably much lower, which could mean the food is better.
One of my main choices about what I want to do when I grow up is starting/opening fast food chains and restaurants, along with marine biology. This are tips I will definitely take into consideration for my potential future establishments, here are some of my ideas I have: Louisiana Cookout: I have lived in Louisiana my whole life and I love all the food, which is why part of me is disappointed that most people don’t get to try our states unique cuisine, so this would serve as a way to give other people a chance to try it. Surfside Shellfish: A large part of Louisiana cuisine and it’s culinary identity is the seafood, so I thought about opening a fast food restaurant selling freshly harvested seafood, namely crustaceans like crabs and crawfish, giving a heather option while still tasting great. Creel’s Greens: Takes inspiration from the farm that has been in my family for more than 100 years and focuses more on healthier eating with a large variety of vegetarian dishes and using meat that hasn’t been heavily processed like it is at other places while still tasting good. Connor’s Eatery: I’ve had a adult friend who has gone to prison quite a few times, and let’s just say his experience wasn’t too enjoyable, so combing that as well as trying to think of a fast food gimmick that nobody has done before has led me to the idea of a prison themed restaurant that leans into it to try to give people a good time and will donate 20% of its monthly profits to poorly managed and low funded prisons around the country. Keep up the great work Strider!
Strider, boy do I got a story for you. Last year, my parents and I went to an Outback Steakhouse (a restaurant you talked about in your Top 10 Most Hated Sit-down Restaurants) near my house and IT WAS HORRIBLE! First off, as you had talked about it in the video, the restaurant was almost empty. Many tables were vacant. Not only that, the waiter that was serving us was beyond abysmal! He was really rude and it seemed like he was on drugs and took AGES to serve us. My parents and I had actually spent time in the car discussing what we thought he was on. The food was gross too. It looked like they had cooked the mustard when they gave me the burger I ordered. Also, another note, when I entered the bathroom, the men's room was SO HOT. This may be an exaggeration but it was like a tanning bed in there! It was absolutely horrible! Luckily, the restaurant ceased operations this year, because it apparently was a common thing for people to have a bad experience there.
My goodness this couldn’t be closer to the truth strider you nailed the head on the nail with this video absolute 100% accurate with these places so easy to realize how easy these problems are to solve but yet the workers decide not to. Sad that they are not paid enough to care for their customers
I haven't seen any of your prior collabs with NostalgiaCritic, nor do I watch his channel, but apparently he's iconic enough for me to recognize him just by his face and put a name to it.
As a former cook for local restaurants in my area when you have the owners kid’s coming in and their friends doing homework means the place is good enough for them to not be embarrassed to show friends, and when you have the staff eating the food you know it’s good enough to eat on a regular basis
10:28 Yup. Same. Love our independent food trucks. ... If I know one thing, it's this. Reliance on sense of smell is about all we have when it comes to this, unless it is visually obvious.
Got a sidestep rebuttal to 11:25 It can also be caused by management not stocking the right cleaning supplies. Worked in the back of a cafeteria for the better part of a decade, and for a year it echoed like velcro because the new manager decided to replace all our detergents with disinfectant, after he was demoted the next boss resumed our usual supply shipments but it still took another month before the tile floors stopped sticking to our nonskid shoes.
I'm honestly a bit glad you showed footage of South of the Border when talking about not trusting restaurants that are tourist traps. The only time I ever went there they gave me and my family warm mayonnaise in little plastic packages instead of butter and no one believed me when I said it was mayonnaise until my aunt had to have her pancakes remade.
I’m looking at this cause not only do I wanna know what to look out for in a bad restaurant, but also know what to avoid on the off chance I ever have the chance to open my own restaurant…if ever. Thanks everyone! You did awesome!
*I've seen this in most places I've been, especially major fast food chains. Most of the time, if the place isn't busy, the staff are just either standing around, or are on their phones, not bothering to acknowledge anyone.* *Also, I've noticed, that, the staff sometimes forget to empty the bins out in these restaurants, resulting in overfilled bins, which, I have seen. And It also resulted in people having to put their leftovers on top of the bin.* *Also, yeah, sometimes, if I go into a fast food chain, like McDonald's, and the table is dirty, I'll just, clean it myself. Cause, clearly, someone didn't seem to care.*
Howdy Strider! This was a very informative video, and sadly I have actually come across a lot of these red flags at my local Wendy's and a local IHOP. However, I rarely have these issues with the independent restaurants I go to, which is a good sign. I hope all of these restaurants clean up their act and become better one day. On a different note, I have become hyperfixated on the claymation works of Will Vinton, and I would love to see you do a Top Ten Best list on Will Vinton's work. Meet The Raisins is one of his best, IMO, but I also adore the Will Vinton adaptation of The Little Prince, it's the closest to the original book.
9:36 as an ex McDonald’s employee, that’s fair. Although sometimes I like to shake things up with the greetings in the drive-thru. Also, the turnover rate was nuts
A take out place in my town when it first opened, a college classmate told me and a few classmates that the employees were sweating over the food. Two or so years later, the same place opened a sit-down restaurant next door to them. My dad went to the sit-down restaurant twice with a few people that he knows. My dad said that the floor was slippery, like greasy slippery and said that the food was either meh or not good. The take away place and the sit down branch closed down not long ago, due to not paying their rent.
This one place I got to is always busy and so popular, the woman cleans every bottle and menu the person touched when they leave and make sure the floors are wash every ten minutes
A weirdly green flag is a faded menu when getting Chinese takeout. They’ve made that food so long that they didn’t have a need to change the menu. You know you’re about to get some TASTY food from that place
It’s funny you mention kids doing homework in the restaurant. The other day I went to get brunch with my dad and sister after I attempted my first road test. We were there and two little girls in the back doing math work and their mom who’s a waitress was making sure they’re fed. The restaurant food was really good, they’re a local owned Filipino fusion place and it had been years since I’ve been there.
I used to work at KFC and I felt as though I was the only cashier who cared enough to actually clean the restrooms, empty the trash, and restock the lobby. Drive through always got orders wrong and they favored certain employees over others. The manager then acted shocked that I quit. I was planning on giving 2 weeks then quitting but I was given 0 hours when everyone else was getting at least 10. I had been job hunting because I was getting scheduled for 8 hours a week and working 2. I believe the manager refused to give me hours for the week due to the fact that I used him as a reference while job searching.
I honestly have seen a lot of these as a worker in different fast food places, specifically Number 1 since I'm one of, if not the only regular left. I've been at my current place longer than all of the managers.
I feel like a red flag, to me, is when they nickel and dime (meaning they charge you for everything, from sides to even toppings) you for everything AND make it expensive. There was this new chicken restaurant that my mom and I went to, and the bill came to either nearly or over $100 (we haven't been there in a long time, so I forgot how much it cost exactly), and all we ordered was a couple of sandwiches and a kids meal
This was actually an interesting list. I may try to look for these signs more often when I go out. Thanks for doing this so I know what to really look out for
Ten thousand long menus are a key part of most of Gorden Ramsey's restaurant videos. Man I am in a position where I'm supposed to great customers that come inside, I have ADHD and Autism so it is so hard for me to do but I try to be very nice. It's not that I'm deliberately trying to ignore the customers but because I have selective mutism and social anxiety I always panic deep down inside but I am super nice to the customers.
Honestly With McDonald's growth over all, I remember hearing that the First CEO of McDonald's make it a point to focus more on the stores location then what it actually was making as even if the food is basic, if it's in a convenient spot like next to a highway or tourist trap or whatever, you'll still make profit more often then not.
I agree about the tourist trap one. There was once a buffet place called Captain Kidds. The food was abysmal. The only reason it lasted as long as it did was because it was across the street from Disneyland. The pandemic finally killed it.
My local Applebee's is the same way about not being crowded even during mealtime. Thankfully, I usually get the same servers in the bar area, who know me well enough and my heavy iced tea drinking, and I know what to avoid (never order steak unless there is an ulterior reason and even then, get sweet asian sauce to help it).
I went to a restaurant once out of town and ordered a salad. Me and my grandpa sat down and saw so many dirty windowsills next to us. Even though the salad tasted ok, i couldn't stop thinking about those dead flies so I didn't finish it. he finished his burger though. I went to a restaurant that was empty but, didn't have that issue. The waitress just said that this wasn't their busy time of day. My only complaint was that the strawberry pie i ordered didn't have the bottom. I joked around and said "i guess I'm on a diet."
10:36 I cleaned the kitchen floor and delivered packaging materials to a doughnut bakery for several weeks. 🍩 Their kitchen floor is so greasy, you could easily skate from one end of the kitchen to the other! ⛸️
At least for me and some of the people I worked with, we couldn't afford or have time to go anywhere else to eat. At least at my Subway, a 6 inch meal for employees was only $0.99 and could get a rush at any time. Just 0 to 12 in line in under a minuet so our quick hot meal turns into cold sub and more annoyed and hungry than before.
I work in a kitchen. Sometimes the cooks fight. But it doesn't mean the food will be bad. Working in a fast paced, high volume kitchen is extremely stressful. Couple that with the fact that its ridiculously hot, tempers can flare.
16:28 Shouting or fights I would consider a red flag, but only for this particular instance. It's possible that it's very unusual or even unique situation that you happened to encounter.
One of the entries on this list made me realize something. My local Fazoli's has a sticky floor. Though I always think it's the floor cleaner they use. Pine Sol tends to do that. The food is always great though.
This one time me and my mom were in Las Vegas and we went to this restaurant/nightclub called the voodoo lounge and it was pretty expensive. I think it was a four or five star restaurant in the most expensive thing we saw that we could somewhat afford, were frogs legs, and when the waiter asked us what we were going to start off with my mom just said, I’m we’re just gonna have some appetizers and this waiter gave my mother a really dirty look and when our food arrives, I hate to sound like Gordon Ramsay, but the frog legs taste like dishwater. It was horrible. I even told my mother and I have never said this or have ever done this, but I told her I said mom don’t leave him a tip, but she did anyway.
Also, I personally don't go to places like McDonalds for a lot of the reasons stated in this video, pretty much every time I've been there the floors have been sticky and the bathrooms have been dirty and there's always some weird funky smell. I still don't know what that smell is, I just call it the "McDonald's Kitchen Smell"
my dad works at a very popular tourist destination and bc of that we visit there occasionally, usually checking on him too. heck i even worked there a few summers ago and the food was...mediocre to say the least. even when we go to a fancier place to eat the service tends to be not the best, i went to a local food place where it was served in an interesting way but they took forever to get our orders and my food came out cold. ever since that i hesitate to go to that destination and just walk up to somewhere close to it but it's more popular among locals. it tends to have very good food compared to that place
I'll never forget the bad experiences my mom and I had with a Perkins on the north side of Elkhart Indiana. We would occasionally go there with our church's senior Bible study group. And while everyone else gets service, mom and I are completely ignored by the staff.
My local dairy Queen always has a clean bathroom and has a cleaning schedule on the back of the bathroom door. My favourite place when I want a cheap bite to eat
I ate at Denny's once, we were only the second table there. We ordered and the waitress brought us the check right away. We then waited for over 20 minutes and i brought this up, and the waitress hollered something at the chief and we got our food 20 minutes later.
I don't know about how things are in the land of Oz but here in Pom Land I find that the independent burger, pizza and kabab place often have better standards than places like some Mc'ds and better burgers as a bonus.
i would joyfully watch a top ten list about bluey episodes or marvel movies (or, if i may suggest somethin, dc animated movies, i really love those! its nice to see the passion of animators and the references or storylines taken from the comics)
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These Top 10's are like a great comfort meal! Thanks for having me!
I love your videos
Hold up, are you going to EAT the videos?
@@Basalter04 Maybe
As a current cleaner myself (life circumstances) the mop is the worst one. I don't get enough time before we open to get the floors done. Stingy owner also means that we won't sign up for a laundry service. Dude buys new mopheads one at a time.
Hi, Nostalgic Critic! It's nice to see you again! You and Phantomstrider are so hilarious and I love both of your videos!🤩
Toilets are the best sign, gives them how much a restaurant treats their environment and the food being served.
But most places now require you to buy something in order to use their restroom…
what if they dont have a restroom
Yea you're probably right
@@dynamitewolft4194 Or an 1 wc restoom with someone on it taking an very long time for number 2 don't want to inspect that 😅
Thank you! My parents used to snark at me all the time for going to the bathroom soon after arriving at a new restaraunt, even after I explained this to them (and after three instances of me avoiding getting sick from said restaurant's food simply by not ordering anything). A bathroom is a good reflection of how clean the kitchen is.
As someone who's worked in resteraunts; I hate when the mop head is filthy beyond cleaning, but the managers won't order a new mop head. You can't effectively clean a floor with a dingy greying mop.
Agreed. It gets all dried and flakey and near-impossible to use even when soaked.
@@phantomstrider I've come across quite a few restaurants with sticky floors and other sticky areas. Especially one of my local IHOPs that was extremely gross. Thankfully my other local IHOPS are good, but that one still stays in my mind.
Drove me nuts when I worked in retail. I made sure to hose down the mop head after using it. My coworkers picked up on that habit as well
Bon appétit, folks! Hope you enjoy this video 😄
My boy @HoodoHoodlumsRevenge didn’t expect to see ya
@HoodoHoodlumsRevenge do you work here now
Bon appétit (Enjoy your meal) to you too, doc
Bon appétit,but i have a question,when will you upload a new video
Oh shut up! What a dumb thing to say 🙄
As a kid myself, I think the reason kids doing homework in a restaurant means the restaurant is good especially when they have no parent with them is because of their attention spans. Children have always had low attention spans and now with TikTok and RUclips shorts (Which I do admit I watch way too much of) making them worse. Because of this, when they are waiting for their food, they are gonna want to do something and if they just got out of school a while ago they might still have their homework on them so they might want to do that while they wait. Also, I'm pretty sure kids prefer predictable stuff so if they like a place they will more than likely go there again instead of trying a new place unless they are forced.
The Red Flag about no utensils is interesting. I live in NYC and they passed a law a little while ago that you have to ask for utensils from an eating place, it is to cut down on waste. Even places where you would expect you might need utensils like say Chinese you have to ask or they won’t include it, not because they are being rude or a red flag but so they stay within that new law. Even with online ordering you have to check a box to get utensils and napkins.
Interesting
Which is something I wish they did here... The online ordering that is.
In my country a law recently passed to make restaurants charge extra for disposable cutlery and such and all the online menus just automatically give it, and charge it. With no option to turn it off.
I have all the cutlery I need at home. Stop charging me for stuff I don't even want.
@@TarossBlackburnutensils are free here.
I have sensory issues, so I'm sensitive to a lot of smells. So walking in a bad smelling or dirty restaurant is hell.. especially ones who reek of cleaning supplies ironically. That smell of Lysol and mop water and spray makes my head hurt.
Interesting
I have the same issue any extreme strong scent gives me such a head ache if not a migraine.
@@Alewolf01 same but the one that gets me the most is lavender I can't be around it at all
@@hollycat6654
Me too. Lavender is supposed to be so calming, but not to me. Never has been.
Me too, I’m sensitive to lights, sounds, and smells myself. Lots of overwhelming smells trigger my head to ache, except for calming ones for me like mint, orange jasmine, lavender, etc. I can also understand not everyone likes lavender.
I like it when Doug and Josh colab!
I like it too but I don't even watch the other guy
Nope! Sucked 😊
Omg me too! It feels like only yesterday they collabed for the first time ever!
I mean... It's something.
I was thrilled to see the "Kitchen Nightmares" clips over your commentary on the menus. I've learned from that show that restaurants must cook fresh and never use microwaves. If you know you can make better than what you order, either the cooks or the owner are doing something wrong. I know that staff would argue, too, but I've never heard people fighting like on the show. I hope I remember to check out the environment around and inside a restaurant next time I check out one I haven't been in.
What bothers me is when a great franchise goes downhill. For example, Taco Cabana used to be a fast food brand I would seek out, but they somehow went from having some of the best Mexican food to being ridiculously generic and low quality.
Moving from mid to South Texas Taco Cabana basically disappeared while other franchises sprung up like Jason's/Schiloscies.
Never saw a big difference in Taco Cabana between our more local (FAST FOOT) Mexican restaurants like El Pato or La Mexicana, in addition to the many local places.
Was curious if they're still doing well. (Keep in mind Taco Bell has practically taken over all the TB/Lomg John Silver locations).😊
Another red flag could be when a restaurant says they’re a Mexican restaurant but the people working there are not Mexican. It can apply to any restaurant like that.
I'm happy Doug's doing good now.
Ikr
Cool you got The Nostalgia Critic again & I liked that the critic Knows your Wife
Oh that's his wife?
Are they married yet?
the female cartoon oc is his wife?
i thought shes just phantomstrider using a voice changer. ppl already confirmed this when they use a female to male voice changer on the cartoon girl and she sounds literally like phantomstrider
@@ReviewGuy01 You can see what she looks like on his second channel
@@ReviewGuy01No, that's Nin, Josh's wife 😀
honestly that "I QUIT" with the triumphant music is one hell of a Power Move lol
2:36 omg is that a hoodohoodlumsrevenge cameo??? man i miss when you and him would colab good times
He's been around a few times recently
Please Do Top 10 Best Disney Sitcoms!
It's good to see Doug again
Good to see you Guillermo
@@ChannelAwesome Hi Doug.
The third point is interesting to me right now, because I just went to Seattle over the course of last week, and I actually went to a restaurant that _is_ a tourist attraction in itself. I don't remember what it's called, but it's a seafood restaurant near the coast that has a display where they have the fish put around mounds of ice cubes, and the workers there throw the fish between each other for certain steps of the process; it's been shown on TikTok a lot, I've heard, and when I went there, there was a ton of people filming it too; someone even had an actual large and pretty sophisticated camera filming it, and not just their phone! I'm sure the food is good or at least alright there, and no hate towards the people working there since it's a very unique presentation I enjoyed seeing; the point just reminded me of how I ended up not going there, since I was kind of put off by the fact that they had a crate of crayfish with their limbs still twitching...
1:37 Not a restaurant, but a ballpark, and we sell food there, so it counts. Our restrooms are normally very clean and orderly, so if, for some reason, the toilet paper is low or the soap dispenser is empty, its probably just the traffic from yesterdays game wiping it out completely, and an usher who cleans the bathroom hasnt looked at the situation yet. As for me, I've become somewhat of an expert in cleaning the condiment carts!
I'll be keeping this in my liked playlist for when this becomes useful. Thank you Strider
Neato Video! I Will Use This Information to choose places for my friends!
Note: Doug, You Did a Great Job As That Demon Slayer RUclipsr in Smiling Friends, and Enjoyed Seeing PhantomStrider in The New Sonic Shorts! Cheers!
Doug and Josh doing a video together always makes me happy! I can tell these two are like besties or even Internet Brothers! Also yeah, some restaurants can be a little disgusting if the food or even the inside of the restaurant is not sanitizied, they'll get shut down if that happened.🤩😬
I love getting started on a project and then a new phantom strider video comes out
I bet that's satisfying
There was a restaurant where I live that I loved going to. They had good food and good prices, however behind the scenes there was some trouble including the owner having some personal problems. The final nail in the coffin was when the apartment above caught fire. That building has had 3 or 4 restaurants in it and they’ve all closed.
No way, Strider got Daniel The Demon Slayer to collab with him!
Who?
I am learning so much.
Thank you so much.
🙏🏻
Also this is why I like north Carolina they have this system where they check in on your restaurant to see if it’s clean or if the food is good, if it is, your restaurant stays up, if not then your restaurant gets closed down.
My high school culinary teacher taught us that one red flag to a bad restaurant is the quality of its parking lot. Same reason as the bathroom quality, their parking lot is apart of their property so if they don't take care of it, there's a chance they don't take care of the inside either
This guy reminds me of the Blue's Clues guy for some reason.
It's not an official strider video without nastolga critic collaborating 😂
Super glad to see another collab from you guys! Great video and looking forward to the next one.
I will say that #6 isn't always true. I work at a restaurant myself, and there isn't one moment where my bosses aren't looking out for all of us. However, most of them complain and regardless, blame them, and become ungrateful for it. It's just unfortunate sometimes. I will say that yes it can be a red flag, but I will say that it isn't always because the restaurant is bad. It CAN mean that, but not always.
The thing about "the food is probably good if there is a kid doing homework at one of the tables" kind of has a basis in that a kid there implies that the restaurant is owned and operated by a family. 'Mom and pop' shops like that tend to not resort to the kind of 'quick and dirty' practices that big chains do, and their customer load is probably much lower, which could mean the food is better.
hell yeah, another NC collab! doug and josh's friendship is awesome, two of my favorite dudes on youtube :D
Love your channel so much I’ve watched you for years!
One of my main choices about what I want to do when I grow up is starting/opening fast food chains and restaurants, along with marine biology. This are tips I will definitely take into consideration for my potential future establishments, here are some of my ideas I have:
Louisiana Cookout: I have lived in Louisiana my whole life and I love all the food, which is why part of me is disappointed that most people don’t get to try our states unique cuisine, so this would serve as a way to give other people a chance to try it.
Surfside Shellfish: A large part of Louisiana cuisine and it’s culinary identity is the seafood, so I thought about opening a fast food restaurant selling freshly harvested seafood, namely crustaceans like crabs and crawfish, giving a heather option while still tasting great.
Creel’s Greens: Takes inspiration from the farm that has been in my family for more than 100 years and focuses more on healthier eating with a large variety of vegetarian dishes and using meat that hasn’t been heavily processed like it is at other places while still tasting good.
Connor’s Eatery: I’ve had a adult friend who has gone to prison quite a few times, and let’s just say his experience wasn’t too enjoyable, so combing that as well as trying to think of a fast food gimmick that nobody has done before has led me to the idea of a prison themed restaurant that leans into it to try to give people a good time and will donate 20% of its monthly profits to poorly managed and low funded prisons around the country.
Keep up the great work Strider!
I love nostalgia critics snarky remarks 🤣
Strider, boy do I got a story for you. Last year, my parents and I went to an Outback Steakhouse (a restaurant you talked about in your Top 10 Most Hated Sit-down Restaurants) near my house and IT WAS HORRIBLE! First off, as you had talked about it in the video, the restaurant was almost empty. Many tables were vacant. Not only that, the waiter that was serving us was beyond abysmal! He was really rude and it seemed like he was on drugs and took AGES to serve us. My parents and I had actually spent time in the car discussing what we thought he was on. The food was gross too. It looked like they had cooked the mustard when they gave me the burger I ordered. Also, another note, when I entered the bathroom, the men's room was SO HOT. This may be an exaggeration but it was like a tanning bed in there! It was absolutely horrible! Luckily, the restaurant ceased operations this year, because it apparently was a common thing for people to have a bad experience there.
17:15 Happy Birthday Sonic!
My goodness this couldn’t be closer to the truth strider you nailed the head on the nail with this video absolute 100% accurate with these places so easy to realize how easy these problems are to solve but yet the workers decide not to. Sad that they are not paid enough to care for their customers
Really great video, thank you guys for making this, I will make sure to keep an eye out for these tips when I’m going to a restitant
I haven't seen any of your prior collabs with NostalgiaCritic, nor do I watch his channel, but apparently he's iconic enough for me to recognize him just by his face and put a name to it.
As a former cook for local restaurants in my area when you have the owners kid’s coming in and their friends doing homework means the place is good enough for them to not be embarrassed to show friends, and when you have the staff eating the food you know it’s good enough to eat on a regular basis
10:28 Yup. Same. Love our independent food trucks.
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If I know one thing, it's this. Reliance on sense of smell is about all we have when it comes to this, unless it is visually obvious.
Got a sidestep rebuttal to 11:25 It can also be caused by management not stocking the right cleaning supplies. Worked in the back of a cafeteria for the better part of a decade, and for a year it echoed like velcro because the new manager decided to replace all our detergents with disinfectant, after he was demoted the next boss resumed our usual supply shipments but it still took another month before the tile floors stopped sticking to our nonskid shoes.
I'm honestly a bit glad you showed footage of South of the Border when talking about not trusting restaurants that are tourist traps. The only time I ever went there they gave me and my family warm mayonnaise in little plastic packages instead of butter and no one believed me when I said it was mayonnaise until my aunt had to have her pancakes remade.
omg I thought I recognized Hoodo, love seeing two of my fav creators collaborating
I’m looking at this cause not only do I wanna know what to look out for in a bad restaurant, but also know what to avoid on the off chance I ever have the chance to open my own restaurant…if ever. Thanks everyone! You did awesome!
That amazing nc call back to him quitting. Such a perfect moment to remind people he did that.
*I've seen this in most places I've been, especially major fast food chains. Most of the time, if the place isn't busy, the staff are just either standing around, or are on their phones, not bothering to acknowledge anyone.*
*Also, I've noticed, that, the staff sometimes forget to empty the bins out in these restaurants, resulting in overfilled bins, which, I have seen. And It also resulted in people having to put their leftovers on top of the bin.*
*Also, yeah, sometimes, if I go into a fast food chain, like McDonald's, and the table is dirty, I'll just, clean it myself. Cause, clearly, someone didn't seem to care.*
Howdy Strider! This was a very informative video, and sadly I have actually come across a lot of these red flags at my local Wendy's and a local IHOP. However, I rarely have these issues with the independent restaurants I go to, which is a good sign. I hope all of these restaurants clean up their act and become better one day. On a different note, I have become hyperfixated on the claymation works of Will Vinton, and I would love to see you do a Top Ten Best list on Will Vinton's work. Meet The Raisins is one of his best, IMO, but I also adore the Will Vinton adaptation of The Little Prince, it's the closest to the original book.
9:36 as an ex McDonald’s employee, that’s fair. Although sometimes I like to shake things up with the greetings in the drive-thru. Also, the turnover rate was nuts
A critic walks into a bar…
A take out place in my town when it first opened, a college classmate told me and a few classmates that the employees were sweating over the food. Two or so years later, the same place opened a sit-down restaurant next door to them.
My dad went to the sit-down restaurant twice with a few people that he knows. My dad said that the floor was slippery, like greasy slippery and said that the food was either meh or not good.
The take away place and the sit down branch closed down not long ago, due to not paying their rent.
Daniel The Demon Slayer and Dark Strider should meet on Halloween or something
I never thought I would see The Nostalgia Critic and PhantomStrider in the same video
YAY🎉 For more PhantomStrider and Critic top ten together and nice work PhantomStrider thanks for enjoying us with your top ten videos
This one place I got to is always busy and so popular, the woman cleans every bottle and menu the person touched when they leave and make sure the floors are wash every ten minutes
I was once in a restaurant and I saw a member of staff WASHING THE MOP IN THE TOILET
6:57 before I read over the review, I found myself thinking “Wait, how old is Dennis again?”
A weirdly green flag is a faded menu when getting Chinese takeout. They’ve made that food so long that they didn’t have a need to change the menu. You know you’re about to get some TASTY food from that place
It’s funny you mention kids doing homework in the restaurant. The other day I went to get brunch with my dad and sister after I attempted my first road test. We were there and two little girls in the back doing math work and their mom who’s a waitress was making sure they’re fed. The restaurant food was really good, they’re a local owned Filipino fusion place and it had been years since I’ve been there.
Great video as always strider! One, I demand more Doug and Strider banter. And two, have you watched inside out 2? If yes what’d you think🤔😇
I used to work at KFC and I felt as though I was the only cashier who cared enough to actually clean the restrooms, empty the trash, and restock the lobby. Drive through always got orders wrong and they favored certain employees over others. The manager then acted shocked that I quit. I was planning on giving 2 weeks then quitting but I was given 0 hours when everyone else was getting at least 10. I had been job hunting because I was getting scheduled for 8 hours a week and working 2. I believe the manager refused to give me hours for the week due to the fact that I used him as a reference while job searching.
I honestly have seen a lot of these as a worker in different fast food places, specifically Number 1 since I'm one of, if not the only regular left. I've been at my current place longer than all of the managers.
I feel like a red flag, to me, is when they nickel and dime (meaning they charge you for everything, from sides to even toppings) you for everything AND make it expensive. There was this new chicken restaurant that my mom and I went to, and the bill came to either nearly or over $100 (we haven't been there in a long time, so I forgot how much it cost exactly), and all we ordered was a couple of sandwiches and a kids meal
This was actually an interesting list. I may try to look for these signs more often when I go out. Thanks for doing this so I know what to really look out for
Ten thousand long menus are a key part of most of Gorden Ramsey's restaurant videos.
Man I am in a position where I'm supposed to great customers that come inside, I have ADHD and Autism so it is so hard for me to do but I try to be very nice. It's not that I'm deliberately trying to ignore the customers but because I have selective mutism and social anxiety I always panic deep down inside but I am super nice to the customers.
Thanks for the great video. I was wondering if you could do a separate list on signs of a bad Chipotle.
This channel is like breakfast, it's the best thing to consume in a nice warm morning
Honestly With McDonald's growth over all, I remember hearing that the First CEO of McDonald's make it a point to focus more on the stores location then what it actually was making as even if the food is basic, if it's in a convenient spot like next to a highway or tourist trap or whatever, you'll still make profit more often then not.
I love how you used the Monkey Island theme.
Let's all admire the fact that he can juggle
Most FUN and entertaining video I've ever seen! Fantastic Strider, keep it up!
Hi dad!
I agree about the tourist trap one. There was once a buffet place called Captain Kidds. The food was abysmal. The only reason it lasted as long as it did was because it was across the street from Disneyland. The pandemic finally killed it.
My local Applebee's is the same way about not being crowded even during mealtime. Thankfully, I usually get the same servers in the bar area, who know me well enough and my heavy iced tea drinking, and I know what to avoid (never order steak unless there is an ulterior reason and even then, get sweet asian sauce to help it).
I went to a restaurant once out of town and ordered a salad. Me and my grandpa sat down and saw so many dirty windowsills next to us. Even though the salad tasted ok, i couldn't stop thinking about those dead flies so I didn't finish it. he finished his burger though.
I went to a restaurant that was empty but, didn't have that issue. The waitress just said that this wasn't their busy time of day. My only complaint was that the strawberry pie i ordered didn't have the bottom. I joked around and said "i guess I'm on a diet."
20:20 man, I didn't know Doug was an absolute gigachad. He might not have the physique, but he's got the attitude.
Doug and Josh is such a great collab, glad to see yet another one
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I cleaned the kitchen floor and delivered packaging materials to a doughnut bakery for several weeks.
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Their kitchen floor is so greasy, you could easily skate from one end of the kitchen to the other!
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Me who likes the smell of Gasoline and smoke: *Are you sure about that*
It's cool you still have Doug Walker once in a while
It's great to see he's doing well
I love these food-related videos, Strider! And the Nostalgia Critic did great, too!
At least for me and some of the people I worked with, we couldn't afford or have time to go anywhere else to eat. At least at my Subway, a 6 inch meal for employees was only $0.99 and could get a rush at any time. Just 0 to 12 in line in under a minuet so our quick hot meal turns into cold sub and more annoyed and hungry than before.
I work in a kitchen. Sometimes the cooks fight. But it doesn't mean the food will be bad. Working in a fast paced, high volume kitchen is extremely stressful. Couple that with the fact that its ridiculously hot, tempers can flare.
16:28 Shouting or fights I would consider a red flag, but only for this particular instance. It's possible that it's very unusual or even unique situation that you happened to encounter.
Nice to see everyone here, like Hoodohoodlumsrevenge and the Nostalgia Critic
Thanks! I’ll use this video as a guide. I appreciate the help!
The most digesting bathroom i went to was a Greyhound bathroom in Los Angeles. Bugs and god knows what else was all over the floor.🤢🤮
In the 1st 5 minutes eddsworld I already love this video
One of the entries on this list made me realize something. My local Fazoli's has a sticky floor. Though I always think it's the floor cleaner they use. Pine Sol tends to do that. The food is always great though.
Particularly can be slippy/ a little sticky within a few hours after being freshly cleaned 😀
This one time me and my mom were in Las Vegas and we went to this restaurant/nightclub called the voodoo lounge and it was pretty expensive. I think it was a four or five star restaurant in the most expensive thing we saw that we could somewhat afford, were frogs legs, and when the waiter asked us what we were going to start off with my mom just said, I’m we’re just gonna have some appetizers and this waiter gave my mother a really dirty look and when our food arrives, I hate to sound like Gordon Ramsay, but the frog legs taste like dishwater. It was horrible. I even told my mother and I have never said this or have ever done this, but I told her I said mom don’t leave him a tip, but she did anyway.
Also, I personally don't go to places like McDonalds for a lot of the reasons stated in this video, pretty much every time I've been there the floors have been sticky and the bathrooms have been dirty and there's always some weird funky smell. I still don't know what that smell is, I just call it the "McDonald's Kitchen Smell"
my dad works at a very popular tourist destination and bc of that we visit there occasionally, usually checking on him too. heck i even worked there a few summers ago and the food was...mediocre to say the least. even when we go to a fancier place to eat the service tends to be not the best, i went to a local food place where it was served in an interesting way but they took forever to get our orders and my food came out cold. ever since that i hesitate to go to that destination and just walk up to somewhere close to it but it's more popular among locals. it tends to have very good food compared to that place
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Oh, so that's the reason that Doug did that.
I always wondered the reason why he quitted that job in that way.
I'll never forget the bad experiences my mom and I had with a Perkins on the north side of Elkhart Indiana. We would occasionally go there with our church's senior Bible study group. And while everyone else gets service, mom and I are completely ignored by the staff.
My local dairy Queen always has a clean bathroom and has a cleaning schedule on the back of the bathroom door. My favourite place when I want a cheap bite to eat
4:58 I mean, I would agree just look at the how big the menu is at the cheesecake factory that thing is a magazine
I ate at Denny's once, we were only the second table there. We ordered and the waitress brought us the check right away. We then waited for over 20 minutes and i brought this up, and the waitress hollered something at the chief and we got our food 20 minutes later.
I don't know about how things are in the land of Oz but here in Pom Land I find that the independent burger, pizza and kabab place often have better standards than places like some Mc'ds and better burgers as a bonus.
i would joyfully watch a top ten list about bluey episodes or marvel movies (or, if i may suggest somethin, dc animated movies, i really love those! its nice to see the passion of animators and the references or storylines taken from the comics)