Jeremy's review of Chicago Rib Shack

Went to the CRS last night with my 11 year old (his birthday), my wife and 2 of his brothers (aged 12 and 16). We were unanimous in our opinion – it was the worst birthday meal we had had…ever!
Admittedly we were early (6.15pm) but the place was lifeless. Our waitress couldn't have delivered her rehearsed lines in a more disinterested way if she tried.

Food was overpriced (ok this is Knightsbridge) but if you charge a fiver for a Caesar salad it shouldn't taste sour, look grey and be the size of a small sideplate.

Specifically:

Chicken wings in their signature BBQ sauce were just under a pound each and the sauce was almost pure sugar. Inedible.
Half a BBQ chicken was £15.75 and was just enough to satisfy the 11 year old. Half a very small chicken.
Ribs were ok but not very juicy – I felt they had been sitting around for a bit and had started to dry out.
£14.95 for a burger. The Gourmet Burger Company have set a standard for burgers and the CRS failed to match it by quite a long way.

In all £73 for 1 burger, 1 half rack, 1 half chicken, 2 fries, 1 Caesar salad, 8 wings , 1 diet coke and 1 Peroni.

We were tempted in by their half price offers but the list is very limited.

My wife and I had been to its previous incarnation and were looking forward to going back.

What a dreadful disappointment and there is no way we will ever be tempted to repeat last night's awful meal. It scored no points on atmosphere, service, quality and value. You can do much better than this if your'e looking for the authentic American diner type experience.

Our son's birthday meal will be remebered for all the wrong reasons. He coloured in the pig and handed it in- as a prize they gave him a voucher for a free kid's meal which he threw away as soon as he got outside. Enough said.