I recently visited New York and our first place of call for eats was Planet Hollywood Time Square. Now entering the place was great, you had all the memorabilia, which was really interesting. You walked up the stairs and into the bar area and up to the further floor. It was all very facinating and even the large black man in the toilet offering hand towels was mildly interesting yet intimidating.
Once sat down I felt as though I was in a McDonalds. I had looked at the interesting Terminator Bike and now found myself sat at a chequered table with a music channel playing in the background, surrounded by Baseball pictures and records.
At this point I felt as though my time in New York could have been better spent than in a glammed up Maccy D's. But I thought, I'm on holiday lets have fun!
The waiter came over and I ordered a cheeseburger and chips - the culinary delight. The waiter then sped off and returned with a pitcher of coke to keep us going. Now content with socialising and finishing my slightly watery coke I waited. Moments later our food arrived. I found myself blown away. Not only was the size of the burger huge but it tasted fantastic. which was unusual for me.
Happily munching away I found myself feeling more and more detatched from New York.
Much to my dismay the waiter kept returning to make us drink as much fizzy drinks as we could. Upon finishing my mammoth of a meal I felt satisfied. But before I could even think about relaxing, the waiter snapped my plate away and handed me the menu. Could he not see I was trying to enjoy what I had eaten.
Nethertheless I ordered a cakey delight, which I enjoyed prodding with my fork.
Leaving the restaurant I felt stuffed but somewhat disappointed. On my first day in NY, I had eaten in a place that had none of the New York feel that I expected. (Note everywhere else I ate was much more New Yorkie, as in not a big chain that cuts you off from the city).
In short, Planet Hollywood is for New Yorkers to have a vacation to in my opinion and is not a high tourist location.
I would recommend it if you were staying in New York for a long time and were running out of places to eat at.
FOOD - Big and Tasty SERVICE - Fast and pushy ATMOSPHERE - Interesting but shortlived ATMOSPHERE OF NY - None TOURIST SPOT - No COST TO YOUR WALLET - High VFM - Medium FUN FOR KIDS - Fair WAITING TIME - Long (Evenings/Weekends)
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