The Worst Restaurants that People Say are Good
Geranium
Fine dining restaurant · Copenhagen East
The World's 50 Best is a scam. This is most definitely not the best restaurant in the world. Food was very mid, service was bad, atmosphere was worse. They don't even serve you enough food to be full. It is a strong contender for the worst 3 star dinner I've had, up there with the rest of this list.
Atelier Crenn
Modern French restaurant · Union Street
I cannot get over how they served me a dessert that was a falling snowman, that looked like a 3 year old made it. And it was a bad dessert. On top of that, all the dishes were bad. And the wines.
Belcanto
Restaurant · Chiado
I don't understand why anyone likes this place. Their signature dishes were quite possibly worse than their other dishes, which tells you enough. Plenty to write home about, but not in the good sense.
The Restaurant
Fine dining restaurant · Sonnenberg
I wish I could even begin to recount how laughably bad this experience was, but I'd like to save myself the trauma. I have a review up on Google/TripAdvisor on this, but I don't want to doxx myself and post it here.
Le Gabriel
Modern French restaurant · 8th Arrondissement
Service was bad, food was ridiculously sweet, the experience was terrible.
BELON
French restaurant · Soho
It saddens me to put this here because I loved Belon when Daniel Calvert was the chef. It was one of Hong Kong's best restaurants. Now, they charge obscene prices, and their staff have no shame in telling you the price of everything as they serve you.
Écriture
Permanently Closed
I don't think this is on anyone's radar, but it is a 2 star Michelin, so I figured I would add it. Everything was tasteless. The waiters were incompetent.
Cosme
Mexican restaurant · Flatiron District
Similar to Pujol, the hype is high, the reality is ratchet. Don't go, it's overpriced, not good, and outright bad.
Pujol
Fine dining restaurant · Polanco
I have had the misfortune of going here twice and now my life's mission is to warn people from having to endure coming here. Yes, there are a lot of novel things they serve you. No, they are not worth trying.
sketch
Fine dining restaurant · Mayfair
This is not Sketch, the egg bathrooms, this is the upstairs Sketch by Pierre Gagnaire. It is always empty, for good reason, and the reason is that the food is bad.
The Fat Duck
Fine dining restaurant · Bray
Just don't bother. All theatrics, no culinary talent.