Here are some of mine:
In and Out Burger: While they are only confined to the USA for now and the Southern States the food is made in store, they cut the potatoes directly in the kitchen, slice the lettuce and Tomatoes.
Denny's: because sometimes you have a 3am hunger craving and their pancakes are waaaaaay better then McDonald's pancakes I hear.
Cinnabon: because I don't know anywhere else in Australia that does good cinnamon scrolls.
Panera bread: because of the healthy factor. A wide variety healthy options at this place.
Dunkin Donuts: so I can compare Dunkin Donuts to Krispy Kreme…
Restaurant/Dining/Food Chains We'd Like to See down under
Sydneyswans on 23/07/2015 - 09:30
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Two that were in aus but now gone:
Denny's: eaten many a meal at springvale road one, near channel 10 studios, in the 80's at 3am going home from gigs. I think they were taken over by Sizzler then promptly shut down. Now sizzler have gone the way of the dodo too. Mean justice!
Wendy's (hamburgers, not donuts): mmmmm delicious square pattie hamburgers also back in 70-80's. They crap all over McD, the other competitor not even worth mentioning
Burger King, none of this hungry jacks shite. Until you've had an XL bacon double cheeseburger, you don't know anything
There was a Burger King in Deer Park Vic for many years. Tasted EXACTLY like hungry jacks crap. The one in tullamaranie airport same. Mind you the burger kings in transit lounges in airports overseas tasted much better. Must be an aussie thing.
Heart Attack Grill.
IHOP.
Applebees
Sonic
Chik-Fil-A
Mos Burgers
Popeyes
FYI, they already have Mos Burger at a few locations in Brisbane. Not sure about other cities though.
Hotel Saravanan Bhavan
White Castle
Taco BellPopeyes guys. 1000x better than KFC.
KFC's was shit in the USA compared to here. We have it lucky.
That is very true. KFC is more prominent in Australia too, lots more visible stores. Only saw around 2 KFCs the entire time we were in the States (Cali/Vegas/NY) -
In and Out Burger was great too! Tastier than McDonalds, but, as discussed above, not as premium as Grill'd.
How about a Canadian one, I'd love to see a Tim Hortons down here.
We drink real coffee here. Not diabetes in a cup.
Diabetes in a cup, exactly what people drink down here.
Do you have any substance behind your trite response? Some people take a teaspoon of sugar in their coffee, most don't. Tim Horton's is simply famous for loading crap coffee up with cream and sugar.
+1 for Carls Jnr
+1 for Popeye'sA&W is pretty darn tasty too :p
Jack in the Box, because tacos with a burger meal is brilliant thinking. Jack's can replace Macca's and HJ's as far as I'm concerned. Bring it.
Few people I know have thought about bringing a food chain from OS to here but they did run into some issues regarding type of ingredients used and if possible a replacement variant and also something to do with the a government body throwing some big requirements before they start but I couldn't remember who they are but in the end they said that it too much work that it will change some food on the menu which then wouldn't be the same.
Too much regulation? Thry must be protecting the consumer. Think frozen berries :(
Could be but yeh it was the hurdle they couldn't jump over and pretty much stopped right there.
I'm going to say Pret-a-manger from the Uk. They are on every street corner in London and serve delicious, relatively cheap, gourmet food and goooood coffee.
Popeyes!!!
And Grays Papaya!!!Waffle House. I went to the one in Orlando Florida and it was the dirtiest/filthy place where I swear I would get food poisoning but OMG the food was so good…
Food Republic
In N OUT LAX Airport best ever!
Fergburger
Overrated.
Had one last week when I was in Queenstown. Burgers in Melbourne are better and no queue.
California Pizza Kitchen (which I believe was in Sydney years ago, but not any more)
Chik-fil-A (home to the best chicken burger in existence)
Red Robin
Denny's +1
I also have a few lists:-
Best Fried Chicken Restaurants
Top Restaurant Chains in USAI also put this list together a few months ago:-
Best fast food in Australia
Wetherspoon's in the UK. Absolute bargain!
From their website they currently have:
2x meals for £6.89
£3.39 panini and chips
£1.99 Bulmers pint
£0.99 large coffeeI can't remember exactly (was many years ago), but it was something like £2 for a full breakfast. And £1 pints.
Edit: Current exchange rate is pretty bad but the prices still work out way cheaper.^ 1.00 GBP = 2.12854 AUD
^ In comparison to WA pricing.
And famous for bar fights.
1) Chipotle
2) Buffalo Wild Wings
3) Papa Johns
4) Red Robin
5) Friendly'sYou're welcome :)
Fatburger
http://www.fatburger.com/Country-Select/Giordanos
https://giordanos.com/Grimaldis
http://www.grimaldis.com/City Wok
City Sushi
Casa BonitaI hope all fast food restaurants close down and leave AUstralia, except Subway. :p
Long John Silvers. first discovered it in Singapore.
Vinzenzmurr. yes, they're mainly butcher shops in Bavaria, Germany, but they also do snacks. they have standalone snack kiosks at train stations…the currywurst is to die for.
In & out, Boston market, red robin, red lobster, Olive Garden, fresh choice, Marie Callender's.
I'd just like some proper American BBQ. There's a whole bunch of new restaurants in Sydney claiming to do it but they all absolutely suck and charge a fortune.
Denny's is good.. NZ has it so why not Oz. One I'd like to see as well is A&W.. mmmhmmmm Root Beer float!!!!
Buffalo Wild Wings
Famous Dave's
are the two I really miss. I love the mango habanero sauce and the spicy sweet bbq sauce on pork ribs!Taco John's for oles
Fazoli's for breadsticks
Auntie Anne's for soft pretzels!Flamin' Hot Cheetos for the redness
Fuji Japanese Restaurant in Thailand and now in Lao and Burma Too. http://www.fuji.co.th/2009/TH/home/index.php
Absolutely Love it!A&W (love the coney dogs and root beer floats, grew up with it)
Jollibee
In-n-Out
I wish we had Chilis. Denny's in Australia in the 80's and Denny's in NZ both way better than Denny's in the US imo. IHOP is terrible.