# May have found the worst restaurant on earth. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-found-the-worst-restaurant-on-earth/727901 "2015-08-15T03:31:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-found-the-worst-restaurant-on-earth/727901/21 "2015-08-18T11:49:30Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > My worst was at a national chain that’s always been very good everywhere else, yet the three meals I had at the local franchise were all disappointing. _Three_ chances? If I get a bad meal (very, very rare) I’m never going back. Life’s too short. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-found-the-worst-restaurant-on-earth/727901/22 "2015-08-18T15:32:54Z")
I once ate at a “Mexican” restaurant in northern Wisconsin that had to be a contender for the title. I ordered enchiladas. I received two tortillas, filled with fried ground beef (with no discernible spices or seasoning, including salt or pepper), covered in plain tomato sauce. My dining companion’s entree was worse. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-found-the-worst-restaurant-on-earth/727901/23 "2015-08-18T15:36:13Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > I once ate at a “Mexican” restaurant in northern Wisconsin that had to be a contender for the title. > > I ordered enchiladas. I received two tortillas, filled with fried ground beef (with no discernible spices or seasoning, including salt or pepper), covered in plain tomato sauce. My dining companion’s entree was worse. Ah, A Wisconsin Enchilada. Just bear in mind that to some midwesterners, Milk is a spice. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-found-the-worst-restaurant-on-earth/727901/24 "2015-08-18T15:37:31Z")
[If you’re gonna eat here, you’ve got to try the “Shitty Soup.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJzFDBkFhdM) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-found-the-worst-restaurant-on-earth/727901/25 "2015-08-18T16:00:35Z")
> [@grude](#): > > [http://www.tntyellow.com/company/10526/Arabian\_Nights](http://www.tntyellow.com/company/10526/Arabian_Nights) Do a Yelp review, it will make you feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-found-the-worst-restaurant-on-earth/727901/26 "2015-08-18T16:22:52Z")
I tried to lunch at The Old Blackfriars here in Aberdeen yesterday. Big mistake. I ordered a steak cooked rare. It was delivered well done, so I sent it back. The replacement came back Medium. At which point I bailed. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-found-the-worst-restaurant-on-earth/727901/27 "2015-08-18T17:25:37Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Ah, A Wisconsin Enchilada. > > Just bear in mind that to some midwesterners, Milk is a spice. Born and raised in Cheeseland, so I’m well aware. I’ve eaten all over this state and never had anything so flavorless. On the other hand, at least I was aware enough not to order the shrimp soup. Unlike my fellow diner, who suffered mightily for two days afterward. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-found-the-worst-restaurant-on-earth/727901/28 "2015-08-18T17:26:31Z")
There is no excuse for bad Mexican cuisine. Mexican cuisine was literally invented by Neolithic Mexicans with meat, corn, vegetables, various kinds of peppers… and rocks. There are STILL places out there where they stone-grind the corn for the tortillas. But the only good chili I ate in Michigan came out of a can. And the things they do with burritos, there… errgh. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-found-the-worst-restaurant-on-earth/727901/29 "2015-08-18T22:56:18Z")
For me, “good hummus” and “good falafel” are oxymorons. One is a way to ruin perfectly good tahini and the other tends to be dry and bland. > [@Chimera](#): > > Ah, A Wisconsin Enchilada. > > Just bear in mind that to some midwesterners, Milk is a spice. Wisconsin and Minnesota are known for their tacos (that’s taco but pronounced “tack-o” donchaknow?). They go good with kaysuhdilluhs and chimmychaingas. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-found-the-worst-restaurant-on-earth/727901/30 "2015-08-19T02:22:29Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Are you serious? Steak 'n Shake (the proper way to spell it) is probably my favorite fast food place, Steak ‘n’ Shake fast food? Oh hell naw. They may have a drive thru, but they aren’t fast food, not at all. Go inside and you’re served on real plates by a waitress and everything. If anything they’re closest to a diner. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-found-the-worst-restaurant-on-earth/727901/31 "2015-08-19T19:42:02Z")
Well, it’s certainly not this place: [The Best Food In Town Restaurant](http://i.imgur.com/aW4HB1R.jpg) aka El Rincon De Quisqueya aka New Roseau Restaurant aka Caribbean D Restaurant aka Three Horse Restaurant (no, I’ve never ventured in, and no, they’re not on Yelp) ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-found-the-worst-restaurant-on-earth/727901/32 "2015-08-19T22:05:49Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > Bad falaffel = worst restaurant, ever? No bad hummus=plus buying expensive shelf stable tortillas instead of cheaper fresh pita bread AND someone locally saying oh god that place? Yea I stopped there on the way to Chagaramas and those were the worst gyros I have ever purchased makes it the worst place ever. They said the gyro meat tasted like tiny cubes of beef, instead of you know lamb sliced off the compressed meat spit. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-found-the-worst-restaurant-on-earth/727901/33 "2015-08-19T22:23:48Z")
For excellent gyros carved straight off the compressed lamb spit try one of the ten vendors on Ariapita street St. James they are all at least good, in your eye sight. Or [Lawrence Of Arabian (Maraval, Trinidad and Tobago) - Contact Phone, Address](http://www.tntyellow.com/company/10548/Lawrence_Of_Arabian) whose falafel and hummus are at least passable, or [http://www.premiermallstt.com/premier\_mall\_long.htm](http://www.premiermallstt.com/premier_mall_long.htm) Arabian something is the name, they are to the back of the foodcourt and to the left, at least passable falafel and hummus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-have-found-the-worst-restaurant-on-earth/727901.md?page=1)