Reviewing Tom Kerridge's EXPENSIVE £37 FISH AND CHIPS. A HUGE RIP OFF!!
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- Опубликовано: 8 ноя 2023
- Now, I had so many people in the comments recommending me to go back to Harrods to try Tom Kerridge's Fish and Chips which ended up costing £37. I won't give any spoilers in the description but the price was an absolute joke for what can only be described as a very mediocre meal.
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I would expect a great white shark on my plate for that price!
LOL. One of the funniest comments I've read on this channel.
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You would expect ‘Jaws’ on your plate for that price! 😂
And a handjob
😂😂😂😂
What do you expect? Golden rule: NEVER, EVER go to any restaurant or cafe with a celebrity chef's name attached. Even before you walk in the door you are going to be ripped off. Add the Harrods name and you are going to be double ripped off. Go to a humble chippy where you'll not only get better portions at a third of the price but it'll probably taste better too.
Disagree. Went to Kerridge's restaurants in Bourne End a few times about 18-24 months ago and every time it was amazing. Fairly expensive, though not ridiculous, but well worth it. The real problem here is that it's Harrods. It's been a tourist trap for decades. Everyone in London knows to avoid it like an Angus Steakhouse.
@@chris1london do you cook yourself? A bag of 2.5 kg potatoes costs £1.15 at ALdi... and a bag of fish fillets costs £2.50.... that would produce 4 large fish n chips portions at least for 90p each. Only empty headed suckers go these restaurants...
and owner will be grateful for your visit
I've been to one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants and it was quite disappointing. Food was a bit bland and nothing stood out. Just slightly fancy presentation and steep prices.
I agree i used to work in catering and we would often laugh about the fact that celebrity chefs who have loads of restaurants cannot be spending any meaningful time in all the restaurants its basically impossible quite often the quality is also laughable
9 chips? 9...really? 9 chips in a bowl with an unflattering bit of flat fish on a plate for almost £40! Shameful from these folks.
Indeed.
They put the chips in a pot because they would look pitiful if spread out on the plate. Disgraceful.
The general thinking is posh rich folks aren't there to eat they are there to talk mingle so 9 chips is adequate can't be gorging into food the price tag is for the ambience service etc hope this clears.
There's was actually 5 pieces of fish..............think he ate 4.
@@BoingBB considering that potao is one of the cheapest foods you can buy, why would they have serve such small portions?
Now we need more food critics like this gentleman,..honest, down to earth with his review,..no food snobbery.
You're too kind.
I'm not a native of Yorkshire, but I freely admit that I've had the best fish and chips in my life in the few times I've visited there. I still salivate over a memory of a visit to Holmfirth.
@@jackwaycombe Lancashire lad here, and I totally agree. Yorkshire beats the world hands down when it come to fish and chips.
I wouldn’t even bother let’s face it fish and chips can only be so good,and for that price it should be spectacular.
I don’t like reverse food snobbery either! Beans and pies and chips are crap same as doner meat
People should share this to Tom Kerridge's social media. Absolutely shocking! At £37, i could've been mugged and still saved money!
Thanks for watching!
@@insanelyjason What’s that? A mug who will fork out a fortune for a tiny portion of food? Not sure I’d want to be the target clientele, in that case.
didnt realise muggers carried change
I am flabbergasted that any restaurant can charge that much for fish and chips. Well done for exposing such a blatant rip off.
You're welcome mate. Thanks for watching!
I thought it was bad enough when one of the Irish pubs here in Bucharest (Romania) started charging 55 lei (€11 / US$12) for 3-4 small pieces of fish and a modest basket of chips. But Kerridge's has taken to a whole new level of hustling....!)
You must have low IQ... The rent on this place is 100k per month. So you are not paying for the food but for the location.
@@danielvanr.8681 It's a "hustle" only if £37 is eye-watering to you. The market that Harrod's targets don't need to concern themselves with price. A Rolex Submariner @ £20,000 or a Casio @ £20...
Both tell the time - both are accurate - both are waterproof to 100m...
Those who don't need to worry about price can choose either the Rolex, or the Casio, or anything in-between.
For us poor folk, even the Casio may seem expensive.
I think the term "fine dining" is lost on you. You probably champion quantity over quality.
I feel bad for the staff, you know they feel embarrassed every time they bring that meal out to people.
Lol.
I doubt it - they are brainwashed into thinking this is normal
If a majority of customers were not happy they could not get away with it
most people here don't like to cause a fuss lol@@arostwocents
Don't panic, it's London; nobody gives a flying f**k about anybody.
It’s London, in harrods, value is not a term that would be ever relevant. The prices are so the wealthy don’t have to rub shoulders with us peasants.
Quality not great
I had to comment on this because I think you hit the nail on the head. They often label themselves ‘exclusive’. That’s from the verb ‘to exclude’ meaning to keep out. So the high prices are to exclude the poor. They could hardly put up a sign saying ‘No ordinary people allowed’ So they do it by charging so much that ordinary people are in practice excluded. So as you say, they pay for the pleasure of dining with their own kind!!
If it cost £7 you’d say it was great… the issue is pricing. It’s priced like this to make a profit from wealthy shoppers in Harrods. Simple.
I can PROMISE you ain't no celebrities eating there, even the celebs are out of by the RIDICULOUS prices
@@gailtaylor844 Your expectations are less if you pay £7 than £37. Can't get more simple than that!
This man is a true gentleman. Very blunt in his speech and gave an honest review of the food. Well done Sir.
Thanks so much!
Tom saw this review and has taken on board the feedback and as a result, now offers 10 chips.
Lol.
😂😂😂
You are HORRIBLE!
Upvoted.
Expect a much better fish than haddock for £37 😂
It definitely would be interesting to hear feedback from him though! 🤔
A fool and their money are easily parted, The food snobbery in this country is laughable!
Thank you for showing the absurd cost of a childs portion of food.
ive found that most fish and chips shops ive had all over the country is quite awful, god knows what visitors to our country think of the crap. and that tom kerridges fish and chips looks thin and awful
@jayjanuary4754 That is your personal opinion, Im a shepherd and i work hard and eat well. If you dont burn off energy by say driving a desk you won't. Gluttony not with that plate of food but thats just my opinion.
Stephenholmes yes you are right. Fish and chips cost 7.50 round here. Went off fish and chips for years but now we like it. Nutritious and filling..
Jack flash it’s a tough business. There isn’t much profit in it. Fish and making the chips, can cost a lot with shop overheads.
@@jayjanuary4754 You can get better cod for £5-10 in most chip shops and the cod will be much bigger than this. I weigh 10 stone by the way, not a fatty but I can easily do a large cod & chips if I am starving for £10. This £40 portion would be over in seconds so in that case it is actually a rip off, the restaurant knows it, you know it, it's down to you if you want to pay way over the top.
"The star of the show was the lemon"🤣(Love that)
Thanks so much Gary for the fantastic review. Yes, the fish was ever so thin and 9 chips were a joke😏. From what I saw and of course, your words, the sauces weren't much to write home about either. £37 for that!!! I much prefer the good old chippy. I remember the days when I was a student in Manchester and used to pay 13p for a great (quality & quantity) portion of fish & chips🤣(1970/71).
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks mate :)
wow! I have agree. Faking the level with a Muslin cloth on the lemon..... The meal was ... a lemon!
Indeed!
The restaurant industry seems to think the humble potato is an extinct species. Anyone who serves a cup of chips is not human.
Yes that also applies to the 'potato skins' rip-off,they used to be called potato peelings which were unceremoniously dumped in the bin
Yep - usually paired with chicken wings...@@busking6292
Its a thing, unfortunately, my heart always sinks when they serve your chips in one of those miniature galvanised buckets. I wonder who thought of that stupid idea.
It's more to do with entitled so called celebrities who have an over inflated sense of self importance or narcissistic personality disorders.
Man, you made my day with your comment!
You can tell the fish was fresh - it ate most of the chips!
LOL.
This comment made me laugh out loud
😂 nice one thanks
Ha ha!
One chip drowned in the tartar, poor thing 😢
I really enjoy your candid food reviews; this one is particularly good. An honest, no nonsense appraisal here. As soon as i saw those chips presented like that i was stunned! That's a staggeringly absurd price.
I appreciate that, thank you
I can't believe people pay this price just because he is Tom kerridge even dick turpin had the decency to wear a mask ,well done Gary for giving a honest review
Thanks my friend
I love how even when you're giving a negative review you are fair, to the point, you don't exaggerate your complaints for dramatic effect, and still put together a review entirely within the calm, grounded style
Thank you mate. I appreciate that!
Used to be a great fish and chip shop in Ayr it was called Jim Jacks best fish and chips ever .. much better than this pathetic effort .. and about 10 quid cheaper at least
Agreed
A few years ago, wanting to take my wife to a good restaurant for our anniversary, I was tempted to a posh place by one of her socially climbing friends. Frankly, apart from the swingeing bill, the tiny-portioned food wouldn't have passed muster in a motorway cafe.
As I left, I told the proprietor there was a difference between swank and service - and we wouldn't be back. He confirmed that decision with his profane language as I left without leaving a tip.
Worse was to come. About a year later, in another (genuinely decent) restaurant, I recognised a waitress who had worked at that other place - who told me that everything they had served at exorbitant prices had come out of a freezer to be cooked by 'Chef Mike'.
I don't name the place as - inevitably - it's now under new ownership. Though as its prices are still astronomical, I don't think I'll bother.
And my wife's friend? She still believes it's a law of the universe that food automatically tastes better the more she pays for it.
That's shocking. Not good to hear Jack!
Love your reviews and seeing this one, your honesty and breakdown...Amazing my man !
That’s very kind thank you 🙏
Outrageous, Gary! I'm gobsmacked at the portions and the prices. Thank you for taking one for the team on this one.
My pleasure (My wallet certainly isn't thanking me right now). Thanks for watching!
I know right, imagine if you had an Adult sized portion.
Give this place a wide berth it looks sh.t
Why would any British person go there to eat fish,and chips?I know this is your job Gary,I’m not talking about you,I think this sort of meal is for tourists,and not English ones,there is nothing a chef can do to elevate a piece of battered fish,and some chips to make it worth $45 dollars.I worked in a top fish restaurant for over 21 years,and you can elevate a lot of fish dishes,but not anything as simple as F&C.Anyway just my opinion.
Our local chippy could do much better for under £8 ..
Kerridge is one of these chefs who’s let success go to his head. I’m not surprised it was lousy. He’s reducing portion size in all his places and pushing up prices. Thanks for confirming he’s doing the same in central London. Well done again Gary. Hope the bank manager doesn’t call you re this one!
I've taken out a loan mate, lol. Thank you very much :)
Nice one Gary! BTW I'd love see your take on a Blacklock Sunday roast. I know you're keen on your beef! Make sure you go on a Sunday though!😊@@GaryEats
Found your review!!
Maybe you'll go back to Blacklock for the Sunday Roast? The Soho or Shoreditch one perhaps? I know you may say 'never go back'! enjoy your weekend mate@@GaryEats
Got it booked already. Soon!@@aclubcalledRAGE
Thank you for being an honest person. I truly and really like England, and I'm enjoying every minute when im over. But I don't like companies stealing my money. I'd bet you'd get better food at the Camden food market and also for a lower price.
Thank you and definitely, a tourist trap and a fool’s trap 🪤
Well done Gary,honesty is everything. For that kinda money I would expect better than that.
I agree it was just so poor quality especially for the money 💰
£37 for 9 chips, a large fish finger and a lemon thing (in a pair of tights!!!) WOW !
And I bet the majority of people that go there are saying 'its so amazing - ' food snobbery all the way
Indeed.
@@GaryEats When it's fish and chips , I only go to mom and pops. Great to watch you giver er a try though.
You should NOT be able to count the chips at a glance 😂 haha oh dear
@@njwtube Nor should the portion be so stingy that you can complain to the waitress, hey I'm a chip down from yesterday's and that is a reduction of 11%.
A large fish? I'd have thrown that one back.
Fair play to the staff for keeping a straight face when taking orders.
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They laugh at the fools when hidden in the back surely
There’s an old Jamaican saying: A fool is easily parted from his money😂😂
I'm not normally interested in food reviews, but it's the way you tell it that makes it interesting. Subbed. :) This restaurant was truly a rip-off, thanks for reviewing it.
That is very kind and thank you for subscribing it’s really appreciated, price and quality was very poor
Hi Gary, I give you the Thumbs up for going into the restaurant after reading the price of the fish and chips You are a very brave man
Thanks so much lol. Not all heroes wear capes eh!!
That's relatively cheep compared with Tom's Sunday lunch priced at £175 per person at his Marlow Hand and Flowers restaurant. I visited Harrods last Monday and saw the queue for Kerridge's fish and chips which reminded me of the old saying "a fool and his money are easily parted".
Bloody hell. Have you been to Marlow’s?
Bloody hell. Have you been to Marlow’s?
How true
These chefs are so on themselves and their fussing & frigging around
If people are daft enough to go into these places and pay redicolous money for fish and chips i paid fifteen pounds fifty for horrable pie and skimpy bit mash and small tea in manchester off oldham street i told the staff complete rip off pie was horrable
Thanks for a great review Gary. I now steer well clear of paying silly money for celebrity endorsed eateries, as they are all well-disguised scams. Another recent rip-off for me was afternoon tea at Kensington Palace Pavilion. Pot of tea, a few basic sandwich quarters and shop bought cakes for £46 per person plus 12.5% service! And when we asked for another pot of tea it came back like dish water. They'd simply poured hot water over the same leaves used for the first pot! Never again.
More than welcome Dan. It was ridiculous mate. Thanks for watching!
you're usually paying for the location with those things
all celebrity chefs arent as good as they make out either
All places to eat are only as good as the people who work there who are often paid peanuts while the celeb. chef the place is named after gets megabucks in naming payment.
It's just for bragging rights to people
Love your honest approach and review.
That is very kind thank you very much and have a great week 👍
Gary ,
I am planning a trip over in September from Australia as I have said earlier.
Your channel is giving me plenty of advice in advance.
May I just say the best looking fish and chips I have seen lately seems to be right here in OZ.
Good luck mate , I hope we catch up sometime.
Let me know via email when over and we can try to meet for a beer 🍻 if good with you 😊
Under no circumstances would I go there to eat fish and chips, and after watching this video I don't think a lot of other people will either. Thank you for an honest assessment.
More than welcome Colin.
Yeah I’m sure the typical harrods clientele will be watching this review! 😂
Well done Gary! An honest food review, these celebrity chefs are milking the system. Cheers
Thank you James. Much appreciated!
Totally obscene prices,these people are not in the real world. Catering for the tourists but the bubble will burst
No, they arent. Nobody forces people to eat there.
@@chad0xyoure right...... they wont !
The government milks the system.
But with this, if people are fooled easily, so be it as it's basically a fish and potato served in slices.
At my local I pay a fiver 😆
Very interesting review, thanks, and I loved the music 😁
Great stuff Shirley!
As a Northerner that plate of Fish and Chips is a disgrace! 😮
If Tom Kerridge opened in the West Midlands serving the same as you had and charged that amount for it, he would be ran out of town as a grifter. I think it is obscene that anyone would have to pay that much for that amount of food anywhere. Some family’s are having to eat for a week for £40.
Indeed.
I find this guy rather irritating, why does he go to the most expensive eateries in London, then complain. These places dont live long.
The average salary in this country is about £25K, thats £50K per couple. Thats ordinary jobs.
The average customer will be on £100K
All these celebrity chefs set up rip off restuarants, they dont actually cook your fish and chips or make gourmet ssuces.
The last time I bought fish and chips I paid £30 for 3 portions of cod and chips and each piece of cod was far bigger than that piece of haddock and let's just say there were more than 9 chips on each plate. The fact that people are prepared to pay £37 for a plate of mediocre food speaks volumes. Great review and I admire the way you were quite fair in your criticism. I'm not sure I would have been.
Thank you Steven, much appreciated 😊
you are absolutely correct
Since when has fish & chips been gentrified. Give my local fish & chip shop any day. They still wrap the order in paper
we have a fish and chip van in our area and for £10.50 you get a fresh piece of fish which was twice the size of Harrods, mushy peas, freshly made tartare sauce, and at least 300g of chunky fresh chips. It tastes wonderful and the van is used by about 200 people in the area. London prices are a rip off and you are paying for the service, name and kudos.
I'm an Aussie in Australia (but lived in the East Midlands for nearly 15yrs) I can buy 3 battered cod with chips and a serve of calamari for $30 at my local chippie in SE Qld. We never can finish off all the chips, too many..! And it's delicious...
You are a trooper , getting yourself rinsed so we don't have to, your videos are like the public information films we had in the 1970s , those 9 chips equates to 1 potato the most common plentiful vegetable on earth, around here in North Norfolk you can buy 25kilos of potatoes for less than a tenner , the soles on my worn out slippers reminded me of that fish , this is criminal activity. Thanks for another astonishing video 😮.
Thank you Peter but this one astonished me as of its location
Just seen this! Brilliant truthful review the problem is most of the people who go don't seem to mind paying rip off prices for a small amount of food.
Thank you this was just poor food and terrible value 👌
Here's the thing - as an Aussie, we pretty much need to double the price in pounds (after exchange rates, taxes, fees etc) to get the price of something in Aussie dollars. That means that you've just eaten a $74 piece of fish, with three sauces, and 9 chips. Holy hell!!
Yep. Extortionate!
plus 12.5% service brings it to 83.25!!
I'm English, but the best fish and chips I've ever had were from a fish and chip shop in Balmain, Sydney.
@@tonykavanagh4850 australia not usa
It's for tourists, like the $6 cans of drink at Circular Quay 🙂
Ever wonderd why Tom always looks so cheery ? ££££££££££££££££££££££
Mmmhmm. Thanks for watching!
why you gutted sean 🫡
When done do u get all dishes flat ware table chairs linen etc. If yes it's a good deal
Unfortunately no lol
I know.
But Tom Kerridge has been on TV, and it's in London - so a certain type will always HAVE to go there
They won’t have a good time Tom
It doesn’t even look like an expensive plate of food…I know that isn’t easy to do with fish and chips, but that fish just looked like something you’d buy in a packet from the supermarket
Looks like those McCain Chunky chips with some fresh fish , total cost £6 not £37 lol P take if ever i seen one
I would be very disappointed if I had spent £17 for that, never mind £37!
My thoughts exactly.
Great minds think alike £37 quid where do I get the application to remortgage sorry I forgot interest rates at 6% can’t even get a mortgage no wonder Gary was cheesed off lol 😂
Our local fish and chip shop has just put up cod and chips peas and drink to £6.50..good value and decent food..great video as always 👍
Its not even worth a fiver.......
MASSIVE MASSIVE rip off!! That could never fill me, and portion size is too small for that price. Almost, 50 US dollars for that rip off meal. WOW!
I've never seen such a clinically unappetising plate of food. Nothing about it excited my taste buds. I felt you gave it a generous score.
Love your channel 👍
Thank you Pat, in fact I would in hindsight given it a 1 😳
You are 100% mate I've been to all of them, the seagulls wait outside the magpie because it save them time flying to the tip
Thanks Anthony
Scandalous pricing and ridiculous portion size,I would of been fuming at only getting 9 chips, the haddock seemed rather thin and skimpy,as for the sauces……nothing much to shout about,thanks for showing us what we are not missing out on 👍
Spot on. No problem Mark - glad I could be of help!
I wouldn't have been too happy either!
the 3 star rating might make people think it's ok cos 3 stars usually means acceptable but needs to be improved
And restaurants wonder why they're having to close - why anyone would go to one of these 'celebrity' restaurants to get ripped off is beyond me
Because emotion trumps logic.
Just found your channel Gary , superb, honest review. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thanks my friend
holy sh!t gary!!! i thought rick stein was a tight arse with his portions and price . a cup of 9 chips , absolutley insane . my wallet is crying just watching this. thats almost 90.00$ new zealand for 9 chips and a fish with sauces. im glad your showing these places and the fish and chips cause i would have made the mistake of thinking we would get a great deal for that price when we come visit the uk
Rick and Tom must be comparing notes on how not to do fish and chips lol 😂
Tom's great answer to most businesses is just increase the prices.£6 £7 £8 £9 £10 a pint .Well once all the customers have gone who does he think will pay these prices.Perfect example of how to finish a business off .
Hmmm... you don't seem to understand how market sectoring works. Harrods has many decades strategic intent of attracting well-heeled customers. They intentionally target A++ income groups and don't care about (or want) the riff-raff - ie: you and me. Look at the luxury goods market for another example: A Louis Vuitton handbag can cost £25,000 - and it's "just a handbag". People who casually buy Vuitton handbags are totally unconcerned with its price - they are in the market sector that Vuitton is absolutely focused on targeting.
While Tom's videos are interesting and appeal to us paupers, to knowingly go into a venue which you clearly can't afford to patronise, then criticise it, is disingenuous.
@@brunosmith6925 well well if each restaurant are bar had a millionaire or billionaire why do they need any customers .
@@brunosmith6925 True story, mate. These people live in an income bracket that mortal plebs like us will never even get close.... £25,000 is €28,500, roughly. I'd have to work 2,370 hrs to make that. Or, on average, 6.5 hrs every day of the week for a year. Huuuh.......
@@briansimms6949 I can well believe that shocking 😭
@@danielvanr.8681 I was earning less than £25k ten years ago. So I upped my skills (through free tutorials on the internet), learned computer programming and ecommerce, started my own ercommerce business in 2013 - and now make over £25k a month. If a person believes they are only worth £2k a month, then that's what they strive for. I changed my thinking, knowing that (with some hard work and commitment to learning) I could be worth 10 times that.
However... Spending £35 on fish n chips is dumb... come to think of it, spending even £3.50 on that crap is just as dumb.
That portion size is absolutely shocking for £37 😭
Agreed.
it should be a criminal offence to serve tiny portions of fish n chips... poor condition with no flavour, for unreasonable price that no one can possibly justify.. all should increase sentencing
Even if it was a very large portion the price is still shocking lol
Absolutely agree...9 Chips??
Sadly, the more money than sense brigade encourage harrods to charge such prices.
It is in Harrods, a world famous shop known for quality. Can you imagine how much the monthly rent would be? Staff would be paid London rates and the chefs would also receive “London waiting” ( help with accommodation) all these factors would add to the operating costs. Most chippers are family run and own the premises so we have a vast difference in operating costs.
Of course but the quality was still poor Jim
I'm sorry, Gary, but I had to pay this video another visit! I worked myself up into a bit of a state before I started watching it, so I was in the right mood! Your comment about having more fingers and thumbs than chips has mellowed me right out, so now I can 'enjoy' the rest of the video!
I hope you enjoy 👍
Until very recently, I lived in a small island in the Outer Hebrides who's main source of income was in fishing. I am appalled at the prices that people are being for charged for fish and seafood in these high end restaurants! I also wonder what their profit margin is, as I know this money does not directly go to any of the local fishermen.
Not good.
Their profit for each meal sold of that fish & chips is probably above 25£ per meal, but it depends on many factors, including renting such facilities in London is very expensive, so we can just make a guess here.
I wouldn’t even say he was in a high end restaurant, but a cafeteria and the background music in the cafeteria was terrible too. Poor man.
Wow. Wonder what the local MP sees into this? Probably their next cheesy smile as they line K£rridge's silk laden pockets!!
@@kille7543I agree with you there,
£7 for the fish and chip £30 for the ambience. They saw you coming, 🙂
On a separate note: A fortnight ago, I brought a cone of chips ( smaller than a small portion ), a large carton of curry and a large haddock. It cost me £13. This is slap bang in the middle of the Midlands. The fish is basically the same size as a small used to be. The large fish is now 10oz. A large fish used to be big enough for two adults to share. Not any more. Fish, chips and curry is now so expensive, it is now a luxury.
It is expensive
Great review Gary. I seen some other post on social media about this.I also seen TK response to the criticism and attempts to justify the cost. He made it sound like some poor divil was getting up at the crack of dawn to go to the fields to dig and hand pick potatoes which were then handed over to a culinary sculptor to peel and cut with precision to fit into the little cup.
Absolute garbage as you know 👌
I once went to Jamie Oliver’s restaurant in Manchester. It was called 15.
I ordered lobster with roasted veg. The portion was absolutely ridiculous!
I still annoyed that I don’t think I got the full lobster along with the half a potato and one whole carrot.
If I remember rightly, it came to £84!
Just the main- no starter or dessert.
Suffice to say, I’ve never been to a famous chefs restaurant since.
Moral of the story is support your local family run chippys!
Atleast you get your moneys worth.
Good vid.
New sub.
Thank you for subscribing Anthony! Much appreciated - sorry that you’ve also had an unenjoyable experience!
Same here, we went to Great Yarmouth to the most famous fish & chips place... It would not pass any back street Chippy!!!!!
There is absolute no meal to my mind that is worth £84. What were you thinking?
A very fair review Gary. Can’t believe the price for what you were served. £6 for a buttered roll also?!? I wouldn’t go there even as a special treat. Great review Sir, keep it up. All the best to you and yours.
My thoughts exactly John. Really appreciate it and I hope you're doing well mate.
6 quid for a buttered roll, that cost 25p to make. Whoever recommends this is off their rocker.
And it’s called a cob 😂
You can get bakery ones in supermarkets for £2 for 4
Wow and I thought £3.95 for a slice of cake in John Lewis Liverpool was a rip off but this, even for London, is just taking the p**s.
I'm becoming a big fan of your's Gary ,, great reviews, honest and fair ,,, good job sir ,,,
Thank you for that. Much appreciated!
After re- watching both this review , and the Heston Blumenthal review , I had a couple of thoughts . On the chips , the crunch was so loud when you bit into Heston's chips I jumped , not so with Tom's . On the fish , I thought the reason the batter at Heston's was crispier was because they added extra batter during the frying process , not any oxygen . In the end you obviously enjoyed Heston's more . Thankyou for being honest , it's always appreciated .
As a side note regarding your preference for vinegar before salt , you are not alone , I have always requested this myself . I recently had fish and chips from an establishment called Oh My Cod in Aldershot , I did not even have to ask , vinegar before salt was automatic . Lovely food , big portion , friendly staff , good value . Also staff regularly go out to pick up litter that less careful patrons might drop . Unfortunately I do not live in Aldershot , my waistline thanks me for that 🤣🤣.🤣
Heston's was fantastic, I must say
Good Job Gary... about time the likes of these establishments are called out.. well done
Thanks mate.
Poor Gary, he looked so crestfallen after settling up the bill. 😢
Good food is one of the few treats we get in life, and when it goes wrong, it can feel as though we've been cheated. ☹️
Indeed.
Rip off! Big time!
What a fantastic job my friend . excellent channel 👍
Thank you so much 👍
Nice one Gary, what's your full time job apart from reviewing the food
A very typical 9-5 installing TVs 😄
That price is ridiculous! There is no way to justify that!!
You certainly deserve a thumbs up for paying that.
As long as there's idiots willing to pay for it you can't really blame these celebrity chefs they are just milking the sheep taking money from fools.
People living close by pay rent £10-15K ... Harrods isn't for everyone
@@marcinski5201 harrods is for everyone as you can find anything at reasonable prices for that area it's about narcissistic celebrity chefs overpricing 9 chips and a slither of fish 😂
Add over to Mr Kerridge for his explanation.......Tom?, Tom?. Just because you went on a huge diet a fews years back which probably involved Sparrow sized portions, it doesn't mean you should subject your customers to the same treatment .
@@charliecoutts3003 Well he's gone back up again so nine chips obviously didn't satisfy him either!
For that price and for such a small amount of food, I'd expect a reach around and a happy ending before I left !!!!
9 Chips !!!! Don't go in hungry!
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They should oblige as they have already done you from behind.
Intersting to see your visit here. I was eating opposite at the Oyster bar in Harrods a few months back (also a rip off) and saw people queuing to get in here so thought it must be a bit special and wished I had gone there instead.
How wrong was I. Obviously the whole food hall must be a total tourist trap.
I’m with you completely it’s definitely a tourist trap 👍
The whole situation and setup somehow reminded me of the artifice of Fiddler's Green in 'Land of the Dead'. And jeez that portion looked really miserable. I had haddock and chips at my local last week and it looked far nicer. And I got x2 fillets each about the size of your single fillet. £8.95
Indeed!
I'd have gone crazy if I was given 9 chips (even in Harrods) ! Once again (unlike many other reviewers) you have no fear marking down showing why this Channel is the very best.
Thank you Stephanie. Always complete honesty no matter what. All the best! (It used to be 7 chips).
Prices like that are ridiculous, but for a simple reason (other than greed), it is to keep the normal day to day oiks out of places like Harrods so that the people who don't care about prices can eat without having to smell normal people.
people who don't care about prices can eat without having to smell normal people well turd you still shit the same 💩💩🤡
I work around that area. Very wealthy people live and shop around there. 40 quid for a meal means nothing to them.
I wish I could afford not to smell normal people.
Very refreshing honest review most reviewers they please the stores
Thank you very much Mohammed
The fish looks very fresh but we can get local fish with plenty of homemade chips here in Cork for about ten euros (which is expensive enough).
Nice.
The worst part is that after paying £37 ninety minutes later you will still be hungry! It seems that more and more shady restaurants are popping up serving these mini tasteless meals to people.
I did another review afterwards which I never do!
Yes, it's all about making the plates look good for photos and nothing else, how on earth can a restaurant serve nine chips with fish and chips and charge £37 ? It's obviously just there to rip off tourists , no local person will willingly pay that price for fish and chips with nine chips.
if you are hungry 90 mins after eating a 500 calorie meal , your caloric needs must be insane
@@MrRafagigapr seriously that fish and that amount of chip would never fill an average build adult.
The main reason why the calorie intake is so high is mainly due to the fatty oil and breading used for the fish. Last time I checked consuming fried oily bread is not proper fuel for your body. Much is turns to waste, yes? Now if your full after eating a 4 oz. piece of seafood skinny fish. You must be very thin.
9 chips ? WTF !
The fish ate the rest.
They are triple cooked chips... Time effort and storage, 9 seems about right per serving... But 37 pound is a rip off for sure for this
@@abcdefg3214 Effort ? The only effort is Tom not laughing his arse off at the mugs paying £37 for a poxy 9 chips . Trading standards need to get involved
Totally agree with your score. A real case of style over substance ; but even the presentation wasn’t that great! I ate there with a friend & he thought food better than I did. You are bang on to my mind ; calling it as it is. Ambience & tradition is 1 thing but how many people come to London & think the poshest place like H.A Rods as my Japanese mate calls it , is the pinnacle of a fine eating experience & goes away disappointed & sharing that . Shame on you Harrods . Thanks Gary honest as ever& very fair. Maybe you answer a question on your next review … do you cook?!
Thanks so much my friend. I do cook yes, not exactly Tom Kerridge but yes I do when I have time :)
In a world where people are genuinely starving, where kids have no food and suffering, this is a f'ing disgrace
Agreed
I think you nailed it when you said you dont mind paying premium price for a premium meal/experience. Im the same, but its F&C and there is only so much you can do i think. That said, for £37 id want it to be the best id ever had. You have spared the rest of us wasting our hard earned in that place. Thanks Gary.
Spot on Rob. This was too much for average quality and no quantity. Not good enough and thank you very much mate.
It’s harrods they charge what they want it’s a different world for tourists nothing to see here if you disagree just jog on
@@michaeljoyce6834so it’s okay to rip off tourists with ridiculous prices like this?
Also if you didn’t like his review then why don’t you take your own advice and simply jog on.
@@martinlally8311 why did you bother replying?
Totally pointless response...jog on😂
Absolutely, there's the local chippy then there's eating out somewhere posh. It's going to cost more but you expect more ... not quantity ... but taste, quality, and a real experience. Not ASDA fish n chips 😂😂😂
This is an example of how some use the ‘prices have gone up’ excuse to charge extortionate prices for what is a working man’s meal. You paid for the up keep of the grandeur surroundings, the fish and chips were £15 at most and £22 to cover the overheads.
I posted this to Tom and Harrods on Twitter, I don’t expect any reply soon..
Well done for enlightening us Gary 👍
You're more than welcome Mike. I expect you'll be waiting a while for that reply..
@@GaryEats For sure, Harrods won’t give a fig, maybe Tom will, even then, the license agreement is probably in Harrods favour..
Well done posting your remarks to Harrods however do you think they really give a SH,,, ? no ,trust me
i wouldn't have paid more than a fiver
in fact i'd have eaten half of it and told them it's horrible, then asked for a refund
On a serious note how much would a prober portion of chips cost at this place 80 quid?
Indeed
Worked at Harrods, they have an amazing staff restaurant, it was cheaper than down stairs . I use to run up ,get a chocolate eclair, and eat it quickly on the stsirs going back down to the ladies wear . This would happen at least twice a day . Wouldnt dare pay customer prices in there .
Thanks Laura
Imagine if Tom Kerridge opened up one of these in any seaside town in the uk and had the audacity to serve that for £37.
I think you might be missing the context: This is Harrods. I can't imagine people going there with the sole intention of just eating.
I would also argue that this is more the lowest common food for picky people that still want to show how posh they are. The "look what I can afford but anything above mash and gravy is too exotic" sort.
Because you are right in that you get the best in a chippy on the coast. But that isn't exactly rocket science and wouldn't fill a YT channel.
Harrods are probably charging tom kerridge millions a year to have a restaurant in there so thats why the inflated prices are there, but still, £37 for fish & chips is just stupid & pretentious
@@LG-ro5le ..just like Tom kerridge .. .
@@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361 😂
I gotta say, i'm speechless!!! One second into looking at that menu and i'm like "£6.50 for a buttered bread roll", "£8.50 for a bit of lettuce and salad cream". I know London's supposed to be expensive but that's disgusting!! And i cannot believe you could count the number of chips on your hands and still have a digit left over!! Don't ever go to a restaurant for fish and chips, the best ones are always from a proper chippy and you get your money's worth!! I watched a video of someone reviewing fish and chips in a place called Murgatroyds which is in Leeds and they had an absolutely massive fish with large chips and sauces for only £17, maybe you should go there!! This is absolutely outrageous!!!!
I'm going to Murgatroyds next week. Can't wait!
It's near the airport in Yeadon, their chips ain't all that but fish is always good there
The cheapest in the uk, is about £3 for fish & chips. Pretty good!
You pay for the seat.
Our local Sanders in Cornwall is about 12 quid , always delicious and I can never finish it as the portions quite frankly are too large!
Thanks, I really fancy Fish and chips now! Unfortunately I live in Surrey and was brought up on the Sussex coast. Nothing beats seaside F&C's...
That’s completely right Mark unfortunately
In the early 80’s I used to work in a fish and chip shop in Bexleyheath (Bell’s Fish & Chips), cod and chips was under a pound…
The expensive fish, skate, was £1.20
Things have changed sadly Arthur
When I lived in the UK, there was an extremely popular Chinese chippie near us that, even though they had five people serving, as well as the kitchen staff, always had people queuing. Why? Always gigantic and thick pieces of fish and far too many chips to finish. But it was always fried to perfection. At the time, about six years ago, it cost about £5-50. Mind you, it didn't have tasteless sauces and a nice piece of lemon! I love to see these 'fancy' places being shown for what they are. Cheers, mate.
But they also have staff to pay and massive overheads! Running costs for them, are huge!
Cheers Desmond. Thanks for watching!
@@S.Trades I would still expect to be served a very nice meal for that price, otherwise I certainly wouldn't go back again. Ever. Also, all chippies have to pay staff. The one I was talking about had a total of eight staff, plus their own overheads. It's just a racket, because of the name.
Gary, if you haven't already watched it, I think you'd enjoy watching Dan, in The Oldest Fish and Chip Shop in London.@@GaryEats
Thanks mate. Will give it a watch. I actually wanted to review that place myself soon!
I always thought Tom was a down to earth chef, cooking reasonable family grub?? Obviously I was wrong!!! I would feel a right prat ordering that crap!!
It wasn't good at all.
Yep, me too - pretty shocked by this. It's definitely lowered my opinion of him quite a bit.
My friend's parents are both chief doctors in their respective specialised fields (in medicine) & earning likely £80k a year, each. They have a decadent house, huge living room with money green leather sofa, swimming pool & outhouse. Even they have a receipt from Harrod's when they bought 2 ice cream sundaes & the total was like £80 FRAMED & placed in their upstairs toilet. Never fails to not get a laugh when anyone uses it which is a clever way to use an experience like that.
It certainly is 👍
Get down to the Three Pilchards at Polperro for Fish & Chip nirvana. You won't regret it. You may need a kip afterwards however!
Ken I’ll take a look thank you 🙏
I remember when the " £37.00 fish and chips " story broke lol, Tom Kerridge tried justifying the price by saying they use special potatoes 🤦🤣
They didn’t taste all that special!
Even if it were true that he used "special potatoes"....why!!!? Fish and chip shops have been getting it right all over the country for over 100 years serving up delicious chips with your everyday potato. Real fish and chips comes from fish and chip shops with the tried and tested method, every other style is inferior. This is a classic pretentious case of trying to fix something that is already in tip top condition and also ripping people off in the process.
Would those "special" potatoes be cooking your meal or serving it? Hmmm......
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Ffs they should be gold plated at that price 😆
I saw some documentary on RUclips a good while back where they had some meal in Vegas that was $10,000, or maybe it was some silly drink I forget …… but it had gold flakes in it, some silly gimmick that made the price insane.
Typical of Vegas I guess, the whole place is designed to drain you of your money.
Gary,that was literally a "pixie portion"and the price was outrageous for what was presented.That SLIVER of fish was only boosted by the batter.Kerridge is laughing at his customers with menu item
It was very poor Mary.
I know a restaurant has a lot of overhead costs, and some customers don't seem to appreciate staff wages,rent,rates,utility bills,VAT etc have a big impact on gross profit margins, but having supplied restaurants with produce i have a good idea what food costs were on your plate.The wholesale fish costs (most expensive ingredient on the plate) would have been £3-£4 max.To charge £37 plus a 12.5% service charge is certainly in rip-off territory.Sadly i can't enjoy many dining out experiences because i know what the food costs are on any particular finished dish and there aren't many restaurants i have been to where the overall dining out experience has been worth the cost.I prefer Mexican,Indian and Greek food for the value for money aspect of good size portions at reasonable prices.I don't generally go Italian or Chinese because the food ingredients are cheap compared to what they charge........plus i can cook both cheaper myself anyway.It is only my subjective opinion.
I deep fry my own chips in beef dripping or lard.
That's how my my mum used to cook them when me and my brothers were children back in the 60s.
Getting the right potato is the hardest thing.
Interesting. Thanks :)
First time I've ever seen you and your channel (I'm from London originally) - in my honest opinion, Harrods is for tourists and rich locals. Fish and Chips in Harrods is to service those tourists and local rich people who don't/won't go anywhere near a proper fish and chip shop. Mostly, I'd say, you paid for that art deco ambiance and experience. Now, I'll go watch your other fish and chip review :) Nice work!
Indeed. Thank you my friend!
In the mid 70s, our local chips shop in Mildenhall gave you a huge slab of cod and a big mound of chips for 99p. (The pound was $2.70 at the time.) All wrapped up in newspaper. As servicemen, we would recruit one of the few guys who had a car to do a run. Their fryers ran nonstop. Still the best I've ever had.
Very nice 👍🏼
I remember a threepenny bag of chips in the 60's 😊 .
What's the difference between mushy peas and peas pudding?
Is the service charge a new thing in London. Surely you shouldn't be told to pay for the service as a tip...?
It’s optional 👍