The WORST restaurants in New Zealand

[Music] New Zealand has some of the best food in the world, the finest quality produce. But that's not what we're going to look at today. We're going to look at some of New Zealand's worst restaurants, eeries, cafes, you name it. Places that put all of New Zealand's fresh food and produce to shame. Serving bad food with even worse service. So, without further ado, let's take a look at some of these establishments, have a bit of a laugh, and maybe learn where not to go out and eat along the way. All right. Well, why don't we first start off with a Kiwi favorite, Mackers. Now, the gold archers aren't what they used to be. Let's face it, you're paying top dollar these days for what is increasingly a sadder and sadder product. Now, according to Google reviews, the lowest ranked McDonald's is, wouldn't you know it, at Oakland Airport. McDonald's Oakland Airport Airside gets a 1.6 star average rating overall. So, what do people have to say about McDonald's Oakland Airport Airside? This place needs to be shut down. Worst experience at McDonald's I have ever had. Me and my girlfriend decided to eat something while waiting for our plane. We got two cheeseburgers each, which were both raw. Undercooked would be an understatement. Anyway, my girlfriend, who does not have McDonald's much informed me that they taste weird, but I didn't think much of it, and neither did she as she assumed that was normal. When I opened my burger, I took one bite and spit it out and realized it was completely raw. How do you miss that as a cook? I mean, I could understand slightly undercooking something, but completely raw. Like, would it just go straight from the freezer into the bun? I informed the manager and requested a refund, which he informed me he would not be giving a refund for the burgers we had eaten, including the ones we had taken a bite from. Wait, so you ate the burgers even though they were raw and you tried to return them? We ordered two milkshakes which came out like water. When I asked if we can get a refund, the manager said, "Okay, sassy." McDonald's Point Chevier, also in Oakuckland, comes in with some pretty low Google reviews. Went to Point Chev to order from the self-service machines. Out of the four machines, initially two were operational. Just before finishing ordering a machine, froze. Went to use the only working one left and completed order only to find out, print a paper, took note. And then finally, when they got their order, I mean, check this out. The fries are half empty. And that burger just looks like pure sadness. Point Chev McDonald's has dropped in the last few years. Service and quality of food. Look at Is that supposed to be lettuce? If you're a ketchup eater, well, yes, I am. I don't recommend this place. I visit here three to five times. Three to five times a week. You give it one star. You and moan about the place, but you still go there three to five times a week. And after 3 months of observation, it's over 95% of the day without ketchup. I don't know. I really ask for ketchup at McDonald's because well, let's face it, it's quite a hassle to get the attention of someone at McDonald's these days. They just don't want you to interact with them. Bought a quarter pound powder today and it was raw on the inside. When you bite into it, blood was coming out of the patty. Oh yeah. Oh jeez. Yeah, that's that's some salmonella right there. How do you expect a disabled person to access the toilet with a pin lock door? What happens if you have no fingers? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Like may maybe this person legitimately doesn't have any fingers. I I shouldn't be laughing. But actually, if if you don't have fingers, how did you type this out? Eh, let's go over to the capital now. McDonald's Man Street. Boy, this will be a good one. I went to McDonald's around 1:30 a.m. Well, there's your problem. You went to McDonald's at 1:30 a.m. and you went to McDonald's Man Street. I placed my order, which included one coffee and a chicken burger. When I received my order, I politely asked the staff to put a safety label on my coffee. What? A safety? What's a safety label for your coffee? And why would you need a safety label for it? However, the employee responded by saying that I was being rude. I don't being rude, but just being weird. Feeling uncomfortable with the situation, I started recording for my safety. In response, the employee threatened to call the police on me. Jeez. This made me feel even more unsafe and was completely unnecessary. What is going on in this story here? I'm very confused about the whole interaction here. Let's get away from chain takeaways now and let's go to something a bit more sophisticated, somewhere where you could go for brunch. What about a nice bakery/cafe? Let's take a look at a popular Oakland cafe. So anyway, one customer who went to this bakery left a review saying, "Absolutely disgusting old pies, dry with burnt onions and the staff are sour. I've even had a sandwich where it was bland and dry and all overpriced. Learn how to make real food. Typical nasty unprofessional owner sending nasty replies. Grow up and take criticism and stop lying. No wonder your staff are rude. They get it from you. Have a great thumbs up. Okay. And it's always great when the owner comes back and argues with customers, isn't it? The owner of this establishment replies with, "We do not sell old pies. Your review is disgusting." As it's a BS review. 12 people work very hard every day to make fresh food and our front of house staffs are lovely people that don't deserve to be portrayed as sour. You have a super fantastic day. Another customer complains about the pies was absolutely disgusted when visited to try the pies. The male owner was publicly dressing down a female staff member. It's never a good look. In a prolonged abusive attack. Jeez. This included swearing and yelling and didn't stop for the 5 minutes I was there. Another customer also witnessed the abuse and was very concerned and said it was the second time she had witnessed such behavior. And again, the owner felt the need to reply to this. They say, "I apologize for the distress you experienced during your visit. The incident you witnessed was a heated argument between family members." Oh, so that's okay then. It's okay to abuse people if they're in your family. I'm not a small business owner, but I know enough to not argue with my staff in front of customers. This bumper just leaves a one-star rate, and the owner replies with any reason why, mate. Just leave it. I know it can be frustrating to get bad reviews on Google, but it's probably not a good idea to go out looking for fights with customers. Nice steak and cheese pie. Oh, someone likes the pies finally. But the way the male was speaking to one of his staff members, this seems to be a common theme, doesn't it? Today was so honestly so bad. It was so sad to see this happen. I can't believe he spoke like that to them. And there were customers in the shop. It was so tense. The only replies were, "It is what it is." Let's stay in Oakuckland. This time we'll switch genres and go to Japanese food at a mall somewhere in Oakuckland. Uh, let's just say has a reputation for being one of the lowest ranked eeries in all of New Zealand with an average rating on Google reviews of just 2.2 stars. That's pretty damn low. One person writes, "I bought chicken kebab and the meat is raw, so I swap it with a new one and it's the same." Oh jeez, that is Yeah, that is completely raw. That's just salmonella waiting to happen. Okay, let's get out of Aland now and we're going to travel down to the capital of New Zealand, Wellington. And we're going to look at a chain store, but I'm not going to name it because it's one of the smaller chains around. I will say that it's a Mexican chain. We'll just leave it at that. Now, this person leaves one star and writes, "Quite disappointed. Ordered on the self-service machine and it took 15 minutes for them to realize in order to come through." You know you're dealing with a quality establishment when again the owner feels the need to retort. Response from the owner. Hey, sorry. We don't know you are one of those vegans who complains about every other food places. Ah, good one. Insult the customers. Here we go. Someone writes, "Few Punjabi/Indian staffs are absolutely unprofessional." All right, we're delving into racism here. It's never a good sign. They don't pay attention to incoming orders and rather chat around even if customers are there. Unprofessional. These morons only care of making money and no proper service. I don't like the whole racial angle this person's taking here. The owner comes back flying in with this response. You are a dog. Jesus Christ. Who just bark at the back but don't have guts to come in front. But the hits keep coming. Someone else says, "Absolutely ruined my evening. Went in to grab an easy dinner on the way home and it was absolutely disgusting. My food was the definition of soggy and watery gross." owner comes back with, "Please get a life. Thanks." Oh, man. Staying in Wellington, we're going to visit a cafe next. So, one person originally wrote a threestar review, and this seems to be a common theme about this place, but then they later changed it to a one-star review because the owner comes back at them with some well, you'll see. So, the original review was three out of five. We ordered the Avoon toast, carrot cake, and two regular lattes. The best dish was the Avoan toast. There was an abundant amount of avocado, the tomato, onion, the standard review rating the food and service. To which the owner feels the need to reply with, thankfully you're just visiting. I think that means thankfully. Yeah. Okay. Thankfully, you're just visiting. Thankfully, again, you're not a local. Would it would be diffic Jesus, this is hard to read. Would be difficult for a place that is this busy. and simply you do not understand a great strong Havana coffee. Well, here's just a straight up one-star review. Owner is rude, doesn't seem to have any people skills, swears at potential employees trying to get in touch about his job listings, and seems to have a tantrum if you don't respond 100% positively to his cafe. I'm starting to notice that as well. We'll also kick you out for no reason, even though you're a paying customer. Would not recommend. And yeah, here we go. What do you know? A reply from the owner. Because you can't find a job is no issue to us. Yes, you are an idiot. Look in the mirror. Great stuff. And this theme continues. The owner is the rudest person we've ever had the misfortune of meeting. He is horrifically unprofessional and seemingly has a vendetta against people from the UK. H I don't leave negative reviews as I believe people/ businesses can have an off day. This is not the case for this cafe. And yeah, the owner fires back with, "Yes, you're the same idiot that left the same two stupid reviews previous. And yes, you are a substance affected person. Goodness. Here we go. Worst cafe experience in Wellington. I went there to have a nice breakfast. As soon as I arrived, the elder lady asked me in a rude manner, "What do you need?" I decided to sit down, order a cappuccino first, which came half full with no foam at all. I still tried to enjoy it, but after a while, the same lady came to my table and told me off because I was wearing Crocs and not shoes. As soon as I finished eating, an elder man, which I believe was the owner, kicked me out of the place because, in his own words, I had been seating there for too long and I had to leave. So, I paid and left. And um, what do you think the owner thought of this review? You're a repulsive tosser. Your body odor o d e r was so offensive. This may be acceptable in your home country, but not here. Whoa. Does this guy understand business? Like I've said before, I'm not a small business owner. I'm not a restaurant, too. I don't own a cafe or anything. But I know not to start insulting your customers. Not only can't the owner of this place take any criticism, even if it's a fairly good critique, he gets offended as well. He has questionable command of English as well. And on that note, I think we'll leave it there. If we've learned anything today, it's that uh if you're going to Wellington, don't look for Mexican food and um be careful of the cafes you frequent downtown. 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