Please List Best Restaurant in Brisbane for KFC, Domino's, Pizza Hut for Taste

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  SydStrand on 23/07/2020 - 22:06

  +4

  People might think all Pizza Hut, dominos and kfc taste the same, but they are not.

  Yeah, people tend to think that when it's literally the same boxed ingredients from the same suppliers cooked with the same equipment to the same controlled portion sizes…

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    bobbified on 23/07/2020 - 22:24

    +4

    What you are hinting at is all well in theory and, yes, they're all supposed to taste the same, but it doesn't always happen in practice.

    Some franchisees take short cuts to try save some money or they won't cook the food right to the specified times when it gets busy. Little things cause variations in the taste of the food.

    I've even seen KFCs where the franchisee has decided to use home cut potato chips instead of the heavily marked-up chips they should have purchased from the KFC distributor.

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      SydStrand on 23/07/2020 - 22:53

      -3

      Franchisees don't randomly risk upsetting corporate by using off-brand product or under-cooking chicken. These anecdotes about are just that, anecdotes. Even the loosey goosey franchisees like Subway have tightly-controlled supply chains tied to sales, and they aren't closed systems either.

      No one expects an identical pizza each time; it's unrealistic, even in fast food. What we have are normal (and minor) variations between servings. But the OP's conspiracy theory that 'X branch does Y better' is laughable. If you've ever worked fast food, you'd know everything is ridiculously controlled because they're trusting 16 year olds with food safety = controlled squirts of sauce, controlled portion size, preset/pre-programmed cook times etc.

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        bobbified on 24/07/2020 - 10:53

        +1

        Franchisees don't randomly risk upsetting corporate by using off-brand product or under-cooking chicken.

        I'm not just talking about KFC. I've just used that particular incident to give an obvious example.
        When you order extra toppings on say Dominos or Pizza Hut, do you actually get what you're supposed to get? Some franchisees will give the specified extra amount, but some will add a little more than the standard but not up to head office specifications. Look at the salads at some Subways and you can clearly see that it's not as fresh looking as it should be because they haven't thrown out the leftovers like they should have. It doesn't look good for the brand and i'm not sure if it's a health hazard or not, but it certainly saves the owner some money. I've been in other franchises where the owner simply changes the dates on the Best Before labels of ingredients or they leave food in the window for much longer than they should.

        With the thin margins that head office leaves the franchisee, it shouldn't a surprise that some owners will try to squeeze out the extra few dollars if they think they can get away with it. Just because head office sets rules, it doesn't mean they're followed.

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          SydStrand on 24/07/2020 - 23:22

          @bobbified:

          Some franchisees will give the specified extra amount, but some will add a little more than the standard but not up to head office specifications.

          Correction: a 'Subway artist' put a slightly different volume of shredded lettuce on your sandwich from the last one, which is immaterial. But this notion that entire franchise locations are deliberately over/under-serving is laughable. X product from the supplier = Y profit. So what's the end game of skimping on the cheese? They can't quietly sell more pizzas than the computer says they should be able to make.

          Look at the salads at some Subways and you can clearly see that it's not as fresh looking as it should be because they haven't thrown out the leftovers like they should have.

          The salads are wilting because some of them are fresher than others depending on time and day. It's not a conspiracy. Do you also automatically assume IGA is selling expired stock because some lettuce heads looked a bit soft the other day?

          I've been in other franchises where the owner simply changes the dates on the Best Before labels of ingredients or they leave food in the window for much longer than they should.

          Really? You've personally worked at multiple franchises where owners forge use by labels? And no one seemingly knows or cares about these health code violations, even the casuals who have no skin in fattening the owners' wallet?

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    Ghost47 on 24/07/2020 - 17:30

    +1

    As a matter of fact and comparing two Pizza Huts that I frequent (one in Sydney and one in Melbourne) I can confirm that they are actually not all the same.

    The one I go to in Sydney lacks cheese and the oven seems like it doesn’t get hot enough. Every pizza I get when it’s cooked doesn’t seem very hot and there is no cheese pull. In Melbourne when I pull a slice there is actually a decent cheese pull. This is ordering the exact same pizza with no add ons.

    They aren’t all the same. Even the Macca’s near me constantly has soggy chips whereas the one I frequent in Melbourne has hot crispy chips. It’s actually frustrating, noticed the Macca's issue a while ago and only realised the cheese issue the last time I bought it — thinking back though it's always been like that.

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      SydStrand on 24/07/2020 - 23:28

      Everyone gets soggy chips. It means you caught the tail end of a batch. Unless you're Pizza the Hutt or eat junk food so regularly and consistently that you can actually produce a data set that controls for confounders like shift, batch, etc., then this is, and always will be, anecdotal hearsay. I wonder if you or the OP, or anyone who claims 'their Macca's' is best, would put hard money down on a blinded taste test comparing Big Mac to Big Mac.

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        Ghost47 on 25/07/2020 - 00:02

        I do eat it pretty regularly. You can decide not to believe my story if you want, but I do actually know what I'm talking about. This is visiting these places at different times of the day, but it's overall subpar. Even the other day, the "freshly made" (I had to wait because they said they were making more) Hot & Spicy wasn't piping hot (and no it's not like I left it for 30 minutes before eating it).

        I would wager that my local Macca's, KFC and Pizza Hut in Melbourne are all overall better, but you must know more because you've been in my shoes eh? You've eaten regularly at the stores I have huh?

        Just FYI the Macca's I frequent in Sydney that's closest to my place — I've been at various times in the day 10+ times at least and I don't recall ever receiving piping hot chips even once. I guess that could be why people say "Macca's is crappy" or "KFC is crappy" — because their local store actually sucks.

        Here are links to my locals, you can see the by the Google rating that they largely corroborate my story, KFC is about the same (I beg to differ — the gravy is usually watered down at the Sydney store):

        Melbourne McDonald's
        Sydney McDonald's

        Melbourne Pizza Hut
        Sydney Pizza Hut

        Melbourne KFC
        Sydney KFC

        Whilst I do agree that franchises are largely the same overall, that doesn't mean corners aren't cut by some franchisees which lead to a lower quality of their food. Only recently have I actually realised this after visiting the Sydney stores several times (e.g. it was just the other day I noticed the PH in Sydney hardly puts any cheese on the pizza compared to the one in Melbourne, but I did notice a long time ago the pizzas are never hot, usually just warm).

        I'll put money down on my locals, sure. I'll definitely put it down on the Pizza Hut. Next time I'll take some photos for you of the cheese pull from both stores or something, unless you're just going to make up some story about it being a different time or day or a fake photo?

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  87percent on 23/07/2020 - 22:19

  +1

  I’ve had kfc hot and spicy a couple of times from different stores, definitely different spice levels

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  Archi on 23/07/2020 - 22:31

  I think you should put all this positive energy and time into solving something that is more worth while

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  Mechz on 23/07/2020 - 22:38

  +4

  Why would you go out of your way to get food from these places? They exist for convenience, taste is fourth or 5th on the consideration list.

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  bazingaa on 24/07/2020 - 02:13

  +1

  Try your local pizza place which may taste better and cheaper.

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  Hardlyworkin on 24/07/2020 - 07:52

  +2

  God forbid, how about trying an independent restaurant?! Somewhere your food is prepared by a chef rather than a 14 yr old kid.

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  dylanando on 24/07/2020 - 08:12

  Kfc sunnybank is gash

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  Bargain80 on 24/07/2020 - 10:02

  Personally I think KFC in Acacia Ridge has better taste than Calamvale.

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  Ghost47 on 24/07/2020 - 17:32

  Someone do a thread like this for Sydney because my locals are arse compared to my locals in Melbourne. It’s quite frustrating that it should be the same quality but it’s not.

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  Baysew on 24/07/2020 - 17:43

  +2

  I will just check my Michelin Guide.

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  Peter Enis on 24/07/2020 - 21:26

  I had a perfect Zinger burger from KFC Capalaba a while back. But that's the only thing I ordered, a single burger on its own, so I put it down to them putting in more effort into making 1 item compared to throwing a meal together.

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  OzMike on 25/07/2020 - 06:53

  I can’t believe you are consider these as restaurants.

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  Stargazer5 on 09/08/2020 - 11:11

  So,I put a post about different stores have different quality. And they are pretty consistent in their taste to a degree. And some stores are definitely generally better, I know that as a long term fast food customer. Lol.

  I am not really debating that stores have differences and why. (But thanks for explaining :)

  From past experiences not recent.
  KFC
  Browns plains….I wounld’t go there…makes me sick..bad chicken, maybe off chicken, flavourless, small…I went there about 3 times and very similar….had enough.
  Sunnybank stores, in plaza was bad, not fresh. Not really hot, flavour wasn’t much and consistent small pieces.
  Sunnybank Park kfc is big pieces, fresh, crunchy just not much flavour.
  Accica ridge kfc is very good actually, and I consider one of the best too. In brisbane I tried. Haven’t been for a while.

  Pizza Hut don’t know where is good. I know for Calamvale one, for the quality, I rather eat dominos in sunnybank.
  For Enoggera Pizza Hut, I love it! I can eat 3 times a week $5 Americano Alfredo sauce with chilli.

  My main question is, in brisbane, which do you guys think is the best ones from experience? Because I would like to go eat from them. I want to eat from the best ones. ESP around sunnybank brisbane.

  Thanks for your help!

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  Stargazer5 on 09/08/2020 - 11:12

  Myer centre and Arthur building in Edward st KFC are really good too in city.