A SCOTS diner has been blasted for its ‘disappointing’ Full Scottish breakfast by a popular food reviewer.
YouTuber Gary Eats visited South Queensferry’s Down The Hatch for his first taste of a Full Scottish brekkie.
Youtuber Gary Eats wasn’t all that impressed with Down The Hatch’s breakfast[/caption]
Their Full Scottish Skillet comes with all the bells and whistles for just £13.25[/caption]
But the food critic was left “disappointed” by the scran he was served[/caption]
The eatery, which has another location in Edinburgh’s city centre, is advertised as an “authentic Canadian diner” which uses “fresh, locally sourced” produce.
We previously told how one raging Down The Hatch customer slammed the restaurant after they sent him a burger which paled in comparison to its advertisement.
Gary, who has worked in the food industry for over 35 years, travels across the UK in search of “some of the best food available”.
And the English foodie has been doing the rounds of different Scots establishments recently, giving his hot takes on the scran they have on offer.
At Down The Hatch, the critic ordered the Full Scottish Skillet – which comes with all the bells and whistles for just £13.25.
Served on a hot skillet, the pan is brimming with smoked streaky bacon, two link sausages, a Lorne sausage, black pudding, haggis, hash brown, tattie scone, grilled tomato, fried egg, baked beans and toast.
And he washed it all down with a £3 breakfast tea.
But the Scots delicacy failed to impress the food reviewer.
On his first impressions of the dish, Gary was left “a bit disappointed” by the lack of “drama” and “presentation” of the meal.
He said: “I thought it was going to be a real hot, sizzling skillet but it isn’t. The other thing that lets it down is the presentation. It’s a bit of a mess, isn’t it?”
The review continues on a downward spiral, with Gary criticising the “nasty” link sausages, overdone egg and “pretty poor” Lorne.
The “brilliant” black pudding and haggis get an honourable mention, and the hash brown also gets a “thumbs-up” from Gary.
Throughout the video, the Youtuber insists that most of the plate is made up of bad quality “catering” ingredients.
But he made sure to tell his 189,000 subscribers that the “service was excellent”.
Giving his final verdict, he said: “I can only give it a five [out of 10]. Bit disappointing to be honest. Maybe it was a bad day at the office – who knows?
“I think some of the ingredients need elevating. There wasn’t a huge amount of quality there.”
Local foodies flocked to react to Gary’s review, with many disagreeing with his restaurant choice for a Full Scottish breakfast.
One wrote: “I’m a bit confused. As an Edinburgh resident, I’ve never ever thought I’d Down The Hatch as a place to get any form of cooked breakfast, it’s known here for its American and Canadian style food. Edinburgh is full of incredible places that specialise in full cooked breakfast; this is not one in my opinion!”
Another said: “It’s great having you in Scotland reviewing our restaurants but if you want a good (and representative! ) Scottish breakfast then go to somewhere Scottish….not a Canadian company that deals in ‘International’ breakfasts’. That’s like going to MacDonalds for a Biryani.”
Gary also stopped by Anstruther, Fife, recently to sample the town’s famous Fish Bar.
And he just tried out Scotland’s ‘most expensive restaurant’.
