I mean the restaurant chain with the jiggly waitresses. I’ve eaten there twice now and I don’t get it. As far as I can tell you are paying to much for mediocre service, merely for the “privilege” of looking at women (who may or may not be good-looking) in tight clothing.
Why bother? Why not just go to a strip club, if that’s what I want? Why do people even go to Hooters?
(There’s more of a story here, but I don’t want to get into it unless this thread gets a few hits.)
Well? What’s the rest?
Personally, I’ve paid more for topless service, but usually not on the food menu. It’s just that re-ordering expensive drinks brings the servers back more often.
Now that you mention it, I do believe it’s about time for another guys’ night out. Unfortunately I had to miss the last one. It’ll have to be after Martín recovers from his illness though.
Expensive? It’s not really any more expensive than any of the other nearby establishments. It’s definitely less expensive than the topless clubs, especially considering the $10 cover charge. That’s according to the articles I’ve read, anyway. And I do like the food there, believe it or not. Plus it’s closer to home and other places we enjoy “hopping” to. Yes, I enjoy looking at the waitresses, but as I said earlier, I’m not paying any more for it than I would be if I were to go elsewhere.
Hey Padeye, wanna go to Hooters?
I’m in the mood for some wings.
Sure, Sue, we’d be damn glad to have you! You must eat the 3-Mile Island wings though. Actually, they have a level that’s hotter than that not listed on the menu. Can’t remember what they call it, though.
Strainger, if you figure it out, let me know. As it is, though, their 3-Mile Island wings (naked, of course), are the best around (around here, anyway). And, as with any restaurant chain, the quality of the service varies from location to location (and from shift to shift, for that matter). Down here in LA, it’s as good as or better than most of the restaurants around it (which isn’t to say it’s good, just that it’s not bad).
I don’t know. I’ve never been to Hooters. But I’ve nearly knocked myself out rubber necking at the one in West Edmonton Mall.
I can only assume that the average man likes to be served by a busty woman in a tight top.
Sue Duhnym said:
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I’m in the mood for some wings.{/quote]
[Chris Rock]No one goes to Hooters for wings.[/Chris Rock]
–John
As I type this, construction of a Hooters restaurant is going on right down the street from me in this conservative little hamlet of Springfield, Illinois. Quite a few people in this community were up in arms about it, to say the least. You can read the letters-to-the-editor in the local paper at The State Journal-Register’s Web Site.
Mrs. Rastahomie and I will be going shortly after it opens, and I’ll gladly post a report here. I’m not expecting any protests, but just in case, I’ll take my Sore/Loserman poster. I figure, as long as there are protests going on, and I’m in the vicinity, I should be protesting something while I’m there, no? 
A few months ago, I got to chatting with a woman in these parts who works at Hooters. She thought I’d be impressed and would want to meet her.
She was wrong.
Hmmm, bad food, bad service, and way-too-top-heavy chicks wearing too much make-up. Gee, what’s the problem? :rolleyes:
um, yeah. This is somewhat related to my story. (Adriatic Ionian asked, so here goes)
My buddy and I went into this Hooters and sat down. A waitress with HUGE breasts comes over acting all chipper. She puts both hands on the edge of the table, leans forward and says “Can I help you guys?” Here’s the funny part: This annoyed me, for several reasons.
1- She knew her tits were huge and spilling out, and
2- that leaning over our table only emphasized the effect.
3- I don’t know lots of women that LIKE being ogled, so that can only mean that
4- She was doing this to get a bigger tip.
5- I found THAT sad and disgusting.
I purposely avoided looking at her chest, and I noticed that as the time wore on she grew progressively less friendly. I guess she wasn’t used to guys who didn’t drool all over her. Even worse, she wasn’t even a good waitress! We had to find her or flag her down anytime we wanted anything. This jived with my other experiences with this establishment, and with anecdotal evidence I’ve heard.
I’m sure there are some dopers who will think I’m strange (or worse) for the above, but they can kiss my ass. I just felt manipulated, and I don’t like that feeling. I’m not going to shell out money just because some broad bounces her cleavage in my face.(Strip clubs being the exception, because that’s what they are for) Call me crazy, it’s just how I am.
Other people have remarked on the average service at these places. I wonder if the waitresses feel that since they are eye candy, they don’t have to actually do the job they are paid for? That’s certainly the impressions I’ve gotten at these places.
Well, I can say that in my area Hooters is as cheap, and often cheaper than most bars in the area. It probably a shade more expensive than a restaruant, once drinks and food are added in its probably somehwere between what I’d spend at a bar and at a restaruant. Based on my experience I’d agrue that the “paying more for T&A” critisism is bullshit.
Second, I do go for the wings (ate some leftover TMI wings tonite as a matter of fact). If there was a typical bar, and a Hooters next door to each other, I’d go to the bar 75% of the time if the wings and food were better. Fact is I’ve yet to have wings better than I get at Hooters. Oh, and face it, alot of the articles in Playboy are good too!
Third, I love having a hottie wait on me and serve me food, especially when she’s flirting and in a good mood. A fair amount of the time I’d say the 18-19 year old girl is genuine with my fairly polite and personable group of 20 something friends. It can feel lame when you get that 35 yo hag who’s hating life to wait on you, but its the gamble you make.
Anyone who’s been to a strip club would know that comparing the two is riduculous. Hooters is about $50 for 4 guys to get good and drunk and stuffed with cholesterol. A strip club is about $50 just to get into the door and buy 2 drinks for 1 person. Second, the attitude guys go in with in vastly different. Strip clubs are about sex, we get drunk, have fun bonding with the guys, but we go for the girls. Hooters is about drinking and eating with the guys and bonding, the girls are just icing on the cake. It probaly seems like subtle semantics here, trust me when I say guys go in with 2 totally different attitudes.
I agree with Omni. Their TMI wings[sup]*[/sup] wings are awesome, and the Hooters in my area has, in addition to the best wings I’ve found, the following advantages to surrounding and comparable establishments: it’s cleaner, brighter, has pages from the sports section posted at eye-level above the urinals, has bigger, clearer TVs than the competition, and these are always tuned to ESPN or the sporting event of the night (your entertainment mileage may vary).
[sup]*[/sup] When I first read this, I thought Too Much Information wings and was thinking, “Jesus, I wonder what the hell they did to his food!” :rolleyes:
I’ve NEVER understood why guys will propose a mixed group going to Hooters. I mean, I’m a heterosexual female, and I’ve got no interest in going to a restaurant which has, as its main attraction, “scenery”. I can get mediocre service and food elsewhere much cheaper. I mean, do guys think that women actually would want to go to Hooters, or are they just not thinking?
Lynne, as a general rule, always assume that guys are just not thinking!
And, BTW, I have never been to a Hooters… but would if there were any here in Korea! And I’d probably ask the fiancee to go with me… she’d be interested…
Hubby, daughter, and I enjoy going to Hooters. We like the wings and I get a kick out of watching hubby try NOT to get caught watching the waitresses. As if it matters… In any event, they weren’t all busty, tho they were all wearing tight clothes.
Last time we went, the service was very slow - not sure why - there weren’t many patrons. The main thing that irritated me was when our waitress SAT at our table to chat with us. That might work for a bunch of guys, but we were trying to converse as a family and make our snide comments in private…
What on God’s green earth is wrong with you? Didn’t you get the memo in Junior High?
(former)Roommate and I would always go to Hooters. There are several in this town, being a tourist area, of course [Hooters in the mall?! WT*?].
The food is decent (except breaded wings, IMHO, are an abomination), the sandwiches are good, and the waitstaff is always pleasant (and not always blonde and top-heavy). MY only complaint is that they do not have the closed captioning on the TVs while the music is playing - what’s the point of watching 6 different sporting events or ESPN news if you can’t hear the play-by-play or commentary, especially if something adverse (liker a crash or fight) happened on-screen. [Then again, I complain about that with all the sports bars.] We’ve been friends with the girls, and whenever either of us had to travel out of town, he or I would make it a point to bring back a shirt from another Hooters (the shirts with the city names on them).
BTW, the Hooters in Kissimmee has the ‘World’s Oldest Hooters Girl’ - “Mama” Hooter - I only wish I could look that good when I get to nearly 50. And she’s a really great person.
For years, I’ve heard how good the wings are, they have the best wings, ya gotta try the wings, the wings are awesome, etcetcetc. So a friend and I decided to try 'em (and yes, I went for the wings. Being a gay male and all, why else would I go???) The prices were bad, the service was terrible, and the food was worse. But my (straight) friend did like the “scenery”. And he did like the waitress flirting with him. But, still, he said he’d never go back.
Now if they could just open a restaurant with a MALE wait staff…shirtless, beefy guys in tight daisy dukes…hmmmmmm.