Is GORDON RAMSAY Fish & Chips a TOURIST TRAP? Review in Times Square
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- Опубліковано 15 гру 2022
- No matter how you feel about Gordon Ramsay's reality TV shows, such as Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, The F Word, and MasterChef, there is no denying he is regarded as one of the best chefs in the world. With Gordon Ramsay's 17 Michelin stars, he is indisputably the best chef in England and the best chef in the United Kingdom. His flagship restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London, has held three Michelin stars for more than 20 years. There is no question he is one of the best chefs in the world when it comes to haute cuisine and Western fine dining.
However, what is interesting about Gordon Ramsay is he has made the leap beyond being renowned in fine dining. Due to his TV shows and his fiery and entertaining personality, he is now a celebrity chef and perhaps the most famous chef in the world. Due to his fame amongst the masses, he has started opening a chain of Gordon Ramsay fast food and Gordon Ramsay fast casual restaurants. While some of his past restaurants, such as Gordon Ramsay Steak and Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill, were more casual but were still sit-down restaurants, Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips specializes in takeout and does not have wait staff.
While this chain already has had three locations, namely Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips Las Vegas, Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips Orlando, and Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips Washington DC, the latest iteration of it is Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips New York City branch. Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips in Times Square is smack dab in a tourist center, so it begs the question. Is Gordon Ramsay Fish and Chips good? Or is Gordon Ramsay Fish and Chips a tourist trap?
Beyond whether or not Gordon Ramsay's fish and chips recipe is good, or whether or not Gordon can make a great British fish and chips, or a British pub style fish and chips, Gordon Ramsay's immense fame has led to many viewing him as THE source of great cooking. Because of that, any restaurant that Gordon Ramsay opens will surely see a flood of traffic just because of his name. Because of that, one big question will be in general: Is Gordon Ramsay overrated? Is Gordon Ramsay just a celebrity chef? Or is Gordon Ramsay legit? And is Gordon Ramsay Fish and Chips a tourist trap?
I hope you enjoy the video and the food vlog! I always have fun reviewing great restaurants in New York City. This was the first time I got to review some of the best food in Times Square NYC. I also get to find out if Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips is among the best English food in NYC and the best British food in NYC.
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Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips
1500 Broadway Suite 105, New York, NY 10036
i’m british and i will say, those chips are far too thin to be classified as chips really, or at least the traditional type of chip that you find in fish and chips. it is definitely far closer to french fries
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Yeah we brits would call what he had fries not chips.
Agree, they need to be thicker. No mushy peas?
And a naan bread option 😂 this is Americanised fish and chips
It’s a shame as surely the whole point is to provide British fish and chips. Why bother if you’re going to adapt it to the American palate? If I were having a New York pizza in the UK I wouldn’t want it boiled in a pot for two hours, UK style.
i thought chips and fries are the same thing?
Problem with these branded restaurants is that the general public expecting Gordon to be in the kitchen cooking their food, but many years ago I went to McDonald's and the cook was Ronald 😄
Nah. The point is that it's still supposed to be his recipe and they are supposed to be trained to make it like him
That was a clown, but not Ronald.
I was hoping to see Ray Kroc cooking at the McDonalds.
@dlt9784
"supposed to be"
Yes. You've got that right. Also this is supposed to be a British fish and chip joint. Chips is the British English word for fried chips of potatoes. Hence "chips". What I saw here were thin spindly American fries, called French fries or since 2003 and Chirac's unwillingness to join the Bush Blair Iraq invasion, "Freedom" fries. They're as British as the National Rifle Association. NRA.
So Gordon Ramssy is selling some kind of mid Atlantic hodge podge that he is assuming will be a money spinner.
In the UK you would NEVER get 3 small pieces, you would get one giant fillet. Not sure why Gordon went for that approach.
Probably easier to prepare smaller pieces in a very busy fast food restaurant. Also you can use smaller containers, which saves money .
@@carlosdanger947 No traditional chip shop would have problems preparing fish and chips, because the prep is done in advance, and more effort is involved in skinning and filleting & then cutting as opposed to just skinning and filleting. Also, these containers are smaller than the traditional ones here in the UK, and they are not smaller because it saves money. They are smaller because of the "small plate effect". Customers subconsciously think they are getting more if the food they ordered is crammed into a smaller container, when in fact it's the opposite.
Add to that the price is ridiculous. $18 for a meal that would cost a third of that in a traditional fish and chip shop and will taste at least every bit as good.
Everything is about profit above all else where celebrity chefs are concerned. Small portions with a celebrity name attached isn't good value.
It's a very American approach to Fish and Chips - I've seen it in lots of places in the US when I been visiting. I suspect part of the reason is because you can cook them faster - and the US is very good at 'doing' fast food (not necessarily 'good' but fast). Cooking variable sized / variable thickness large fillets takes longer and some attention rather than just setting a timer on a trimmed piece which is a fixed size and weight and pulling it out of the fryer when the timer pings..
It takes far less skill (and less cooking time) to cook 3 small pieces than 1 large piece. This is not a restaurant but I've had some really awesome restaurant fish suppers in strange places like Hong Kong (HK rugby club with a British chef) and they tend to serve 2 or more smaller fillets than 1 large one. I think I prefer multiple smaller fillets as you get more crispy batter and it's generally cooked better, but a skilfully prepared large fillet from a traditional UK shop would still be my preference
Yeah these are fish fingers, this isn't a traditional fish and chip
I went there a few wks ago. Suprisingly fresh tasting fish, except it's bland screaming for a pinch of salt before taking a batter bath. However at $17.99 it's well worth it esp. in NYC just for the quality of the fish. Dame in Village has better tasting fish & chip, but is much more pricy and difficult to get a table.
I disagree with you about take-out and dine-in food. Anything that deep fried, unless you live within minutes of the restaurant, is cold and gross by the time you get it home. Plus you can’t really reheat deep-fried.
Good point! I do agree that deep fried food doesn't last long when to go. What I meant was more that some comfort foods are better done as fast food or fast casual than sit down food, such as fried chicken. Also the fish batter reminded me of tempura, which in my experience stays crispy longer than conventional fried foods. I wonder if that was what Gordon had in mind!
Get an air fryer. It does wonders on fried leftovers..
So true.
air fry it
Baste in hot oil. Try basting cold kfc. You will thank me later.
When I used to live in the UK I would just put vinegar and salt on my fish and chips. No need for all those fancy sauces. In the UK, foods like fish and chips, doner kebab etc are cheap and simple street food
No way fish chips cheap no chance
Correct
Were cheap, not anymore.
Yea not cheap anymore... Also, I love a bit of curry sauce too.
Just put mayonnaise on it. You will like it.
A lot of the chips in the UK are fried in beef dripping which add a whole new dimension to it
I go to the restaurants in NYC after you review them. Au cheval was one of my favorites that you visited. Keep reviewing and I will keep going. Thanks
As the English are saying, the chips are too small and you need malt vinegar. Ps they’re chips here in Australia too.
I watch Rate My Take Away a UK-based youtube channel. Whenever Danny rates a Chippy, he gets the fish and chips, mushy peas, curry sauce, and gravy. The chips are thicker than fries. And the fish is like an entire fillet.
I love Danny. Get yer knacker Cracker away !!!!
Watch the MacMaster he’s an expert on reviewing fish and chips.
Rate my takeaway gives everything a 10 so it's pointless. The MacMasters reviews are ridiculously repetitive, the fish is always flaky, the fries always crunchy on the outer, fluffy on the inner, once you've seen one you've seen them all
@@brendan904 the pair of them are absolutely unbearable
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Im surprised no malt vinegar
Yeah I was hoping they would have some at the tables
ayyy you got recognized! i see your channel blowing up in no time!! keep it up!
It was a cool feeling! Hopefully the channel keeps growing!
It's not Fish n chips unless you have mushy peas on the side and malt vinegar for the chips 😋🇬🇧
You're right. Hard to find mushy peas in the US though!
Onion vinegar for me! I live in England by the sea. Fish and chips can be very hit a miss IMO
I even malt vinegar on my fish as I don't do tatar sauce.
@@uaeats yep mushy peas and Haddock.
Very generous with the salt as well please . When you cook the mushy peas you must always stir them clockwise or they won't taste right.
Nice video. Keep up the good work😊
Thank you!
I always prefer the local family owned takeaways than the fancy restaurants. Bigger portion and cost price although they are all overpriced nowadays(based in UK)
You dont know everything is expensive now?
English chips are a fair bit thicker than your French fry!
Salt and vinegar is a must…
We usually serve then with curry or gravy sauce.
And ketchup for dip
Well done UA! Excellent review. You made me want to try the fish and chips. Your breakdown of the Naan bread sandwich was great. I appreciate your honest review and reactions. Keep up the great work and looking forward to your next review.
I'm glad you liked the video! Yes I will always be honest about how I feel about the food I eat. I'll give Gordon credit for the fish and chips but everything else was mediocre at best
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9 bucks for a shake? When I can get a Starbucks Frappé for 6 dollars. Hell, I can get a McDonald's Shake for 3 dollars. You're just paying for the damn brand.
That fella on your right kept glancing at the camera 🤣
Haha yeah. I hope I wasn't bothering him
I love the face you make when you bite into food, it's your signature!
Haha is it? I don't know how else to eat food!
Keep up the good work UA- liking your content a lot- you seem like a good guy !
Marvellous UA Eats, delighted you enjoyed yer scran, Best wishes from a Scot. 🙏🏻
Yes those chips are definitely too thin to be chips so I’d class them as fries. It’s weird as I saw a reviewer do a Gordon Ramsey at the narrow fish & chips restaurant in London which looks like more of the traditional fish & chips to me than NYC one. Although that mango curry sauce does look interesting. Personally salt vinegar & ketchup for me with mushy peas & washed down with dandelion & burdock.
Chips are disgusting soggy not crispy abomination anw..... Especially if u do the chip butty wtf would anyone put limp potatoes between 2 untoasted bread
What you said, apart for vimto for me 👌
@@lisalisala117 Yes Vimto is so good. I had to buy the diluting juice version of it so I can have it more often and not feel guilty about drinking fizzy juice haha.
Calling Scottish Gordon Ramsey "English" is a very quick way to earn yourself a slap
People born in Scotland are called Scottish or British and can say that they live in Scotland, Britain and/or the UK. Most people in Scotland will say they are Scottish rather than British. People born in Wales are called Welsh or British and can say that they live in Wales, Britain and/or the UK.
tomato tomato
@@3DMAX. they are all English 😆
Dude might be born in Scotland but he has no Scottish accent.
@@Irv350hahaha. Or tomato tomato (i reversed them)
01:54 really? Battered fried fish is a Portuguese tradition, chips are Belgian. All we did in the U.K. is put them together.
Curry Sauce is a staple in every fish and chip place in the UK
And gravy
Always a pleasure to watch your videos UA. Well done.
Thanks! Glad you liked the video!
Your enthusiasm and the faces you make while eating food is what make your videos fun to watch.
Thanks for the kind words!
In England we have curry sauce with chips, some people also like gravy with their chips.
I prefer baked beans with them. It can vary depending on what part of the country you are in. Lots of tomato ketchup for the chips also. Yummy!
@@canonballkid8829 Gravy with chips seems to be more of a northern thing, but my town in Suffolk, the chip shops do sell gravy and curry sauce.
@@canonballkid8829 this has to be a northern council estate thing, surely?
@@StuartT1981 100% a northern thing
Someone has to address the fact that in the U.k. we dont call french fries "chips" if we went to McDonald's we wouldn't say " are you going to get chips with your Burger ".
Fries and chips are different things. French fries are thin cut things that you get from fast food joints like mcds and chips are a different animal. Thicker cut, usually purchased from your local chippy and cut that day. If it sais fries on the menu, you are gonna get fries. If it sais chips on the menu you are gonna get chips. And all chippy's in the UK make curry sauce. Its a staple.
Keep up the good work.
I was expecting the Naan sandwich to have its bread more charred. In the end, it looked like just a bao bun sandwich typically found in Asian fusion restaurants!
Yeah it did not have the char or the clay oven flavor you typically get from a freshly baked naan. I wouldn't say it was like a bao, it was more like pita bread, but unfortunately the store bought kind from a bag.
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The fries aren't hand cut. The potatoes are washed then are set in a machine that cuts the potatoes into that shape. It'd be better if they were hand cut because then they'd be thicker like british chips.
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8.99 for a shake, $18 for fish'n'chips, that's restaurant prices. What a rip-off!
Enjoyed watching the facial expressions of the couple sitting behind you. I'm not entirely certain if they enjoyed being on camera. :-)
US$17.99 for fish and chips is pretty stiff. And also considering that the place looks more like a fast food restaurant.
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If you’re ever in the UK I recommend the Magpie Cafe in Whitby, Haddock and chips, mushy peas, bread and butter, salt and vinegar and a nice cup of tea to wash it down. It’s fried in beef dripping so tastes a bit different to the regular oil taste. Dripping gets hotter than oil so the batter really crisps up and cooks quickly, lightly battered is better. There’s photos on Tripadvisor.
Haddock’s a bit like Cod but it has a nicer taste.
In fish and chip shops (also called “a chippy”) you can also usually ask for extra bits of fried batter for free, they’re called “scraps”. If you’re having fish and chips for early evening dinner (which is also called tea-time) some people say they’re having a “chippy tea.”
Another good fish and chip shop is the Fisherman Restaurant in Settle, North Yorkshire, which is nearby to some nice places to visit and hike around in the Yorkshire Dales.
A lot of fish and chip shops use oil and the fish has way too much batter which makes it a bit undercooked and soggy around the fish.
Yep. Beef drip. The only way.
Thanks! Great job!
welp, guess I'll add this place to the list of places to get food from on vacation trip. thank you!
I think it's worth trying! Just brace yourself for the Times Square and celebrity chef prices
Oklahoma casinos have like the same type of places if you're ever there. Used to eat at them every time I went into the casinos. When I saw Gordon open one up in Vegas, I knew what was going on.
In the UK that fish will be called something like cod Bites or something tiny not fish and chips lol
I just at the fried haddock and seafood platter with fried cod bites and fried white bait at Poppies in London. Was good, particularly the white bait which is little fish. I miss English fish and chips. Will try Gordon Ramsay.
Fish and Chips place on Greenwich Ave in the village is pretty good. It's called "A Salt and Battery". Also the staff are British.
I'm from New York City born and raised! All of manhattan is a big tourist trap now! Lol
It’s funny watching the people behind you watching you !!!
The guy was dressed like he should be on a shrimp boat.
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There’s a large Indian community in England and everyone it’s Indian food. Ramseys flagship restaurant would be the place to go, the ones around here are just like chain restaurants
The tartar sauce is for the fish, rather than the chips!
Good review. I’d definitely try this place out. Fish and chips should not be seen as a luxury food item. But fast food, great idea on Ramsey’s part.
Not spending almost $30 for a milk shake and frozen fish sticks
Bro you need to come to Blackpool the fish and chips are 🔥🔥
£15 for fish and chips in a box , no thanks lol 😂
Good to know it actually lives up to the name/hype (I'd try it). I would've thought it was a typical tourist trap too.
What's up Andrew! Yeah the fish and chips was great, I definitely recommend trying it sometime. Everything else on the menu was mediocre at best.
Chips in England are 2-3 times thicker. In pubs in England usually only get tartar sauce.
Chinese food at any take out place is a tourist trap too
I hope he does hp sauce…bread and butter ,mushy peas and cups of tea…
Is he frying in beef dripping ? Is there a choice of haddock or cod?..
And do the servers greet you with “ hello love”. What can i get you ?
Have you checked out the kitchens? You need salt and malt vinegar not naff sauces…
How many dollars did it take?
As I despise Times Square, I'll pop in and try if I'm in the area. I lived in Leicester, and had some great fish and chips from local joints that would just roll them in yesterday's newspapers 🤣 In my opinion, A Salt & Battery in the West Village is probably the best in Manhattan... Check it out!
Thanks for sharing your experience eating fish and chips in the UK! I have heard good things about A Salt & Battery. I'll try it!
I’m from Chicago, I remember, authentic and Arthur Treacher’s Malt vinegar, but it’s very clear that Americans don’t like that combination. That’s why you got the Indian curry thingy!
The price of $18US for a relatively small order is pretty high. Granted that it's Times Square but that price equates to around $23 or $24 in Canadian currency and that's a bit much. A similar order in downtown Toronto would be around $14 or $15. I guess the Ramsey name adds a lot to the cost but not the size. The cost of rent for that location must be huge.
I know Ramsay is British, but he's not a "British Chef". He's primarily a French chef (as in his specialty is French Cuisine) and more broadly a European Gourmet Chef. He's no more able to cook good comfort food than your typical grandmother. Heck, watching him try to make a grilled cheese once was painful.
I'm glad the food was good, but all this restaurant is is a fast food place capitalizing on branding. There's nothing wrong with that, but don't expect "the best" out of it. And I bet even if Ramsay himself was in the kitchen making the food, it wouldn't be nearly as good as a standard Fish and Chips shop in Britain, because that's just not his style of cooking.
Dude, that is not fish and chips. It's FISH STICKS and french fries.
The bloke looking at the camera the whole time made me laugh! xD
A British Chip shop in Times Square, he got his way. It must have the staples of mushy peas, baked beans, sausages and gravy on the menu. Then it's a chip shop.
Those chips are about the same size as my local chip shop, another one a bit further away does thicker chips but I find that the thicker chips are more greasy.
I prefer vinegar for fish and chips.
Its more like Battered fish fingers and fries. Serve this in the UK you would quickly go out of business
Looks good. How much for an order of fish and chips?
$17.99 for a fish and chips combo
Gordon isn't gonna f around in time Square.
I'm sure he's got serious quality control
The chips go in the tarter sauce and malt vinegar goes on the fish.
British speaking - that's a small portion size for a fish supper, the chips are wrong (those are fries) and the price is too high. A large fish supper in the UK from a chip shop costs no more than £10 ($12.50) and at this price generally includes a 330ml/500ml thing of Coke and perhaps a dip. In a restaurant, which will serve you better quality than Gordan Ramsey, around £13-15 ($15.73 - $18.15) will buy a great fish supper with triple cooked chips and beer-battered cod.
As someone already pointed out - this is transatlantic fish & chips. In the uk we'd have ONE large piece of fish.
I would say it is a tourist trap. In the UK you’d get thick cut chips , these are more like French fries. Never heard of mango curry sauce , in the Uk we only have curry sauce and curry sauce is for chips not fish. Ranch sauce is a joke with fish and chips.
Furthermore a real fish and chips shop would serve one large fillet of fish , not 3 small goujons.
17.99 for a relatively small portion of fish and chips. Maybe for half the price i would buy it. Noy for 18 bucks, no way.
Look like pretty good fish and chips to me great review ! After the expression on your face on your first bite I thought you did get a stiffy LOL at least they give you three pieces for 20 bucks the chips look pretty good too I would also add a side of cocktail sauce with lots of horseradish that's just me
If you're ever in Los Angeles check out Malibu Seafood on PCH excellent fish and chips it's down and dirty nothing fancy you eat outside on picnic tables overlooking the breakers
@@johnkovalicky3389 I think the weather lady ( meiterologist) runs that fish shop with her hubby I believe Vera Hermanez from W K T L A news channell
Dude I’m glad you addressed the ranch mistake I was about to kick off as a British snob
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I've been fish and chips places recently, thought Gordon's was good and solid, everything was good, loved the curry sauce. Best i had NYC (and I've been several places but not nearly all) is this bar called "As Is" on the east side of town around 51st or so.
UK fish and chip shop don’t have potato skin left on the potato
“Fish and Chips isn’t really sit down restaurant food.” Why not?
If it’s naan bread, then what is it?
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Where's the wally gherkin, salt & malt vinegar? Heresy without them. A culinary crime, in fact.
Fish and chip shop which doesn’t serve cod, haddock, rock, skate, plaice fish is not British fish and chip shop
skate isnt all that common in fish n chip shops, certainly not daaaan saaaaffff
The fries were too salty. The fish was good enough, the curry and the tartar sauces were good. With tax, it was nearly $20!
I have not tried Gordon Ramsay's Fish & Chips. But after watching your video, I'm going to make a point to take the 7 train (I live in Queens) to Times Square.
British call French fries "French fries" and they call chips "chips"
The best Fish n Chips is in New Zealand mate, the English came up with the concept,but we perfected it.
that dude inthe background was staring at the camera the whole time lol
lol it's not uncommon for that to happen. Hope I wasn't bothering him!
The best chippers are not corporate owned and controlled but usually family heritage chippers that have maintained that personal touch. Support your local family owned businesses and not these fake corporate giants.
Fish and Chips is most definitely a sit down meal. Your fish is battered not breaded. Eat fish and chips in the UK or Ireland, then you will have something to compare it to.
18 bucks for 3 fish and fries. Nah I'm good
My daughter asked me yesterday that she wanted to try this. Now I know what not to order.
I’m from Dublin and I can tell you now they are definitely not chipper chips…if someone handed me 3 pieces of fish and a handful of rubbish French fries I’d hand them back… disgraceful
It’s not fish and chips unless it’s deep fried in beef dripping and smothered in salt n vinegar 😋
WTF?????????
I would buy the fast food serving frozen, not the frozen now. I went to Seattle for the Fish and ships and eat them on the boat rides. I make my own now.
I haven’t tried his restaurant here yet, but I have been to the one in Las Vegas and it was good. I enjoyed it.
This looks nothing like the fish and chips we get in England. Should get yourself to Cleethorpes, Whitby or any other well known fish and chip towns across the UK. I find the big Cities like London and Manchester struggle to keep up to the standard of the smaller coastal towns.
French fries is a misnomer
American G.I.s in Belgium tried them while stationed there during the war
They brought the idea home, only thought they were in France (probably because Belgium is a largely French-speaking country
And Americans aren't world beaters in Geography to be honest...
New Zealand and Australia do the best Fish and Chips !! Must say it did look quite appetising and the Sauces are a nice touch.
Although I never have had fish and chips in NZ, I have had them numerous times in Oz, they are good, but not as good as Scotland, I would say, IMO, the best in the world....the word to describe them there....MAGIC!
The Dutch do.
Australian fish and chips are sooo average.
NZ fish and chips rule the world.
I had fish and chips at like a dozen places in the Ireland and another 15 or so across England but only 5 Scotland.
NZ wayyyyy wayyyyy wayyyy better.
The lemon is for squeezing on the fish, LOL