I Couldn't Believe This Famous Diner Was So Bad

[@simonbnyc]

I'm not sure why anyone would go to Nathan's and eat a burger. It's known for its hot dogs and the hot dog eating contest on July 4th. You don't go to Coney Island for gourmet food. New Yorkers go there for the beach and a day out away from the concrete and heat of an oppressive New York summer. It's basically a seaside resort like Margate or Weston Super Mare or Blackpool for New Yorkers who don't have much money.

[@leeatkin9583]

Ouch....

[@marlonr197]

I know lol.famous for hotdogs

[@WeAreThePeople1690]

Nathan's is famous for boggin hotdogs. Been once and would never go back. Seems the burgers are just as bad!

[@SilverBearwalker]

It doesn’t matter, when you pay decent money you should at least get well cooked tasty food, yes even for the seaside cafes and diners whatever you want to call them.

[@karenclancey2557]

It’s known for hotdogs , the top eaters do the hotdog challenge ,Darren that’s such a shame. 😜❤️🤨

[@stevebeever2442]

Going to the seaside and moaning about seagulls is like going to the woods and moaning it has trees 🤪

[@colinpadley1897]

😂

[@mallyroberts8330]

Would you consider visiting some restaurants rather than Diner's and Fast food outlets?

[@valeriewright8686]

Here’s a tip, if you don’t want seagulls, don’t go to the seaside.

[@nigelnigel.]

Why don't they sell seagull burgers?

[@jeffjones9792]

Self-assembled stand with a kite in the shape of a hawk on the top. Seagulls gone!

[@leehenry5764]

​@@nigelnigel.Probably do in India😂

[@annbest9218]

Hi DJ, have a great time over there!

[@3enLiamMichael]

Hi DJ. Hope you enjoyed your trip to NY mate certainly love the content. Maybe worth investing in those dedicated mics as well certainly benefit. As long as the ROI is there. Thanks for the great videos mate.

[@marcust123]

Great vid mate loving this new york series

[@DJsFoodTravels]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@Redsnapper123]

Everywhere in the world sucks. Smaller portions, more expensive price and increasingly bad food.

[@phineasgosalbez4024]

Thailand is the best place for quality food and 50baht for a pad Thai

[@Redsnapper123]

@@phineasgosalbez4024 at least everywhere in the west.

[@MikePaton-Williams-yv9qo]

Nathan's is known for hot dogs. If you want a burger, go to McDonalds🙄 And if you want a hot dog, go to Gray's Papaya😋

[@lukebignell7846]

The New York food reviews should be titled: Bent over in New York Part 1, 2, 3, 4, etc...

[@adamtimson8046]

😂😂😂

[@Essydyk]

You live and learn - that looks like something that has been sitting about overnight and stuck in the microwave for 5 mins. Plastic food in what looks a shitehole.

[@matthew6994]

Welcome to America

[@karengalley3669]

Don’t apologise, I feel for you. All I can say is keep away from the big companies and use old family run diners even though there weren’t any in Coney Island

[@Yungforever12]

Why on earth would you go too Nathan's for a burger 😂😂😂

[@brod5079]

I came for this comment

[@caterham555]

If Nathan’s can’t cook a burger then remove it ether menu 😊

[@caterham555]

from the

[@billow9721]

When I went to the USA in the early 70's for the first time monstrous amounts of food at cheap price, now they are struggling to survive like the rest of us

[@markriley5863]

As other people have commented Nathan's is world famous for it's annual hot dog eating competition which is televised live on a major channel over there. It attracts the top eaters such as multi winner Joey Chestnut and Matt Stoney as well as our very own Adam "Beard" Moran.

[@vinnieleader]

Seagulls are laughing their heads off.🤣

[@thegreenman7181]

Would love to see you try some "Soul Food" Mate! Just planting Seeds!:)

[@jeffreyphillips2323]

Nathan's is famous for hot dogs! Even the seagulls were laughing at your meal 🤣🤣🤣

[@KimiMD]

Because you are famous, as you put it, that doesn't mean serving the rest of your menu below standard.

[@sheilagalvin9342]

Even the hot dogs are made with the worst possible ingredients. If you think sausages are made from crap - lips, eye lids, anal rings. connective tissue etc - the Americans can make things even worse!

[@ChiragPatel-bc5vt]

Burger!!!! No, no, no, no. It is famous for the hot dogs. Oh dear.

[@DJsFoodTravels]

Sea food

[@Benjipee77]

@@DJsFoodTravelshot dogs I’m afraid. Got this well wrong pal, the food is also bang average.

[@rogan70]

If it’s only famous for its hot dogs, what the hell is it doing serving crap burgers for?

[@GRNorman514]

@@DJsFoodTravelsI live in America mate & Nathan’s isn’t known at all for seafood. It’s primarily known for hot dogs. Coney Island dogs etc.

[@markwilliamlacey]

Nathan's has NEVER been known for Sea Food

[@BernehOnPS3]

Fred Durst has let himself go

[@markwinter8315]

😂😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@dazzliod]

Agree wholeheartedly about Coney Island, was there some years ago and it was a kind of post apocalyptic setting. Couldn’t find food or decent beer, ended up in some wonky freak show and then rode the cyclone and went back to my hotel. It felt like a broken trashy place and not in a good way. Good luck finding a mega burger in NYC mate.

[@thegreenman7181]

"Warriors come out to play":)

[@mrLeejones]

good to see you enjoyed blackpool darren, just with a bit of sun

[@TimK2646]

Looking great DJ. You definitely look like a "Warrior" !!! Shame about the food. Then again have you met Boris?

[@witchmellor]

I would've been tempted to stop in at that Popeye's you strolled past, I always enjoyed their food in London back in the day. Cheers

[@Realworldnews247]

Great to see the lesser known parts of ny

[@Be4Him]

Maybe try taste food first with just water-then add in milkshake halfway thru. Possibly high sugar/fat milkshake making harder to taste meal..? Love ur channel ❤

[@sarahwilliams6592]

Me and my daughter had a Nathans hot dog and loaded fries from a food truck at Bryant Park...was an amazing hot dog, best ive ever had.

[@chrisgillanders111]

I see you walked past Popeye's, I'm intrigued to know it's any good. Nathan's is famous for the hot-dog big eating contest. Cheers Darren.

[@seamusleecg8579]

Brilliant video mate, honest and spot on

[@CardiffOneOne]

Brilliant? It's practically inaudible due to the wind!!

[@beverleyseddon550]

Hi Darren I honestly don't know the big attraction of America and the food is very stodgy looking not my idea of heaven but hope you really do enjoy your American trip at least the weather looks great it reminded me of a clip from Alfred Hitchocks film the birds with the seagulls 🤣😂

[@thatschilltssk6274]

When you said you had never heard of Nathan’s I thought you have to be lying….then you ordered the burger and I realised you really didn’t have a clue.

[@DJsFoodTravels]

It's a sea food place but the burgers looked good

[@megamicrofish]

@djsfoodtravels there are a couple of diners on the boardwalk

[@GRNorman514]

@@DJsFoodTravelsIt’s not. It’s a hot dog place.

[@markwilliamlacey]

​@@DJsFoodTravelsno it's not 😂😂😂😂

[@muckle8]

Uk 🇬🇧 Here and I’ve not heard of NATHAN’s either - are the hot dogs anything special then? @OP

[@davederave134]

Hey Darren, maybe you should have had some of the gulls instead of the burger, it couldn’t have been any worse, the gulls would have been fresher as well :-)

[@helenmiddlebrook1491]

Wow, Coney Island 🎉 I've always wanted to go there. Hope you had the famous Coney Island Hot Dog 🌭 And it has a Beach 🏖️ doesn't it, at Coney Island 🎉

[@williebobs3830]

Many years ago, in Manhattan dinner cost me about £4. Filled me till lunch the next day. It's a different world.

[@annbest9218]

When burgers are on sale they should still be tasteful, the chips looked fabulous but I'd need 3 portions and im small made. :-)

[@Lizajayneloulabell666]

The whole towns laughing at me , silly fool how'd you lose such a good friend. maybe if I had spent more time with you then you'd still be mine , if only I'd been a little more kind to you , there be no need for this man to be crying.....makes me cry everyday I listen to it on my playlist ❤️

[@DJsFoodTravels]

Love that song

[@Lizajayneloulabell666]

@@DJsFoodTravels ❤️

[@petergoodger4809]

I wondered where you were Darren. Great to see another NYC video

[@DJsFoodTravels]

Thanks 👍

[@ttsese]

will you try nathan's hotdogs? i hear theyre pretty good from an uk food competitive eater max vs food

[@DJsFoodTravels]

Not sure I would go back

[@kirathomsen-cheek9834]

@@DJsFoodTravelsHonestly you should try a hotdog and clams. That’s why they are famous. As an ex-New Yorker I am loving your hilarious take on my city! 😊❤

[@mattperkins1992]

@@kirathomsen-cheek9834to be fair, seems to have shot up in price for bang average food.

[@747jono]

Please may I ask how much it was ?

[@charleshiort7153]

Nice to see you wearing a Ducati cap,I used to own a Ducati 900ss in 1978.

[@buggersmuddle84]

I’m surprised you’ve never heard of Nathan’s, being a food blogger. Their hot dog challenge is legendary. It really is a hot dog place, although these days it has become a tourist trap. Would have been useful if you had told us the cost. Review loses a lot if the cost isn’t mentioned.

[@damianfuller74]

Have you seen any vlogs by mike maylak? He is/was constantly looking for a great burger. Am sure he found a good one in the new York area....seagulls...a curse wherever! Cheers boss man. Great video as always.

[@michaelvrabel4517]

Ditch the music it ain't doing you any favours

[@jglasernyc]

Basically Nathan's is a tourist trap. They really don't have good food other than the hot dogs (which I admit are very salty). People wait in line for hours to get food. I don't get it. Not OTC but maybe a 2. Go to Paul's Da Burger Joint on 2nd ave at St Marks in the East village.

[@michaelbratton3319]

You fit right in with your "BILLY BOB JR" baseball cap on?😂😂

[@shnboardman1]

Have you tried In-an-out, I haven't but would like to know what you think

[@RobertClark-bw5er]

The Emmy burger at pizza loves Emily, west village. Incredible.

[@markmower6507]

Going to Nathan's for a Burger is like going to a fancy Steak Restaurant and ordering the Salad...

[@TipTom-l1p]

Reminds me of Skegness, can’t get nothing decent to eat there either and what you do get you have to share with greedy sea gulls.

[@ianm2170]

Well DJ, you talked about the dangers of tourist traps in Manhattan...and then you ate at Nathan's...

[@The_Walrus_Was_Paul_1984]

Coney Island, The Warriors film! Trouble is with the portions & prices, you’re in a tourist trap, in a small town it would be completely different.

[@macrook1961]

I was half expecting one of the seagulls whipping the burger out of your hand. Prices and portion sizes definitely risen and shrunk since I was there ten years ago.

[@martineleven8179]

Dj, if you want a proper burger and chips go to skeggy mate, beach is lovely aswell.

[@martinquinn9007]

Haha its like that line frim elf. Worlds best coffee

[@hoppersdoppers]

Love Coney island for the warriors film. I've never been but watched the film 1000 times at least

[@747jono]

Can't believe how expensive NY is these days

[@wormsnake1]

Good to see you in Coney Island pal. Shame about the food. Always watchable either way. Love the honesty.x

[@neilwharton720]

I can’t get over the prices rip off comes to mind and the place looks like a real dump!!!

[@stephentalas1940]

We were out in NYC and DC last Summer, Our verdict was that Shake Shack is good but expensive, we found Wendy's pretty decent, but varies a bit according to branch, but Daves Hot Chicken on 8th Ave, was a pretty outdstanding chicken burger experience , fabulous dry rub flavouring on the chicken various levels of heat with generous portion size.

[@JasonParkerComics]

You like a good moan to be fair. Can’t believe you haven’t heard of Nathan’s. More famous for their hot dogs.

[@thegreenman7181]

All part of the adventure Darren! Shame that one was quite poor...You had worked up an appetite to be "Wowed"...As well! 👍

[@chrism1102]

That burger is an epic fail! So tell them! You've got a beef with their beef. For the price you pay it should be hot, fresh and tasty. No excuses. Nathans is a premium brand and you pay for it.

[@palace1439]

DJ, so far everything seems 'alright or ok'. And certainly nothing OTC's on your trip stateside so far.

[@Jo-Froggy]

It’s famous for hotdogs, they do a massive hotdog eating competition every 4th July, not sure if u know Joey Chestnut but he won it 16 times in a row and the banned him this year lol .. but anyways looks bloody lovely there in America, love a new video as u know 😊😊❤❤❤

[@iancrawley4009]

Load of old tosh. Class 😂😂😂

[@Christianlee14]

My trip to America last year was full of wonderful delis and burgers - i think you go looking for trouble tbh 😢

[@Filmmaker809]

Hi DJ, Sorry you have enjoyed your burgers in USA. Apparently, No. 1: Double Char - The Habit Burger Grill, Charring burgers over an open flame since 1969, The Habit Burger Grill started in Santa Barbara, California, and has grown to some 350 restaurants. Order the Double Char from the California-inspired menu and get ready for two freshly chargrilled beef patties, caramelized onions, fresh lettuce and tomato, pickles, and mayo on a toasted bun. You can also add cheese.

[@arthurdaley6456]

You went to Nahan's and never had a hot dog!?!?!? That's like going to Five Guys and ordering a salad! Should have tried Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken in Colney Island.

[@heathermartin8932]

The clams there are really good. What on Earth made you have a burger?

[@DJsFoodTravels]

Watch the video again

[@Benjipee77]

@@DJsFoodTravelswatch the attitude, guy only asked a question ffs

[@fidgetspinner343]

​@@Benjipee77 Why don't you clear off somewhere else?

[@Benjipee77]

@@fidgetspinner343 why? It’s a comment section, or are we only allowed positive comments?. Grow a pair mincer

[@Andy-ir6rt]

I’ve been to Nathan’s in Florida and had the hot dogs. They were terrible, small, not cheap and the whole experience was really underwhelming! 👎

[@johncolton2859]

Too bad. I hate to get disappointed with a bad dinner.

[@gazzasgooners5662]

While you in Manhatten, try Benni Hannahs, spilling is crap, but a wonderful Japanese Hibachi restaurant

[@eathan323]

I bought two wagu burgers in Aldi just to try them and I was really surprised they were gorgeous lovely flavours 320 g pack cost 349

[@leehenry5764]

Probably 5% Wagu like at Iceland😂

[@neave789]

not sure I could eat either breakfast or burgers so much but that why I watch you do it 😂

[@iandunipace]

Nathan's is about the same level as crap Donald's. Although sometimes I don't mind a big crap sorry big Mac. 😂😂😂

[@markmower6507]

Hahahahahahaha 😂. Someone that has been cooking there for 10 years is probably like we sell burgers?! I didn't even know that we sell burgers. And the owner points to a freezer in the back covered in dust and Cobwebs...

[@ZZR1200ZX]

Just like Brighton seagulls and pricy. 🍔🍔🍔

[@keithboddey]

How much was it?

[@DJsFoodTravels]

$27

[@MarkDoe-lg1kp]

Bet that was 50 Bucks damage. Pricey stuff

[@scottdonaldson1973]

Had Nathan's hotdog weiners, chilli and fries for dinner last night. Simple tastes here😂

[@dianeharrison3210]

The place looks sad 😢…. Probably was amazing back ‘ in the day’ but looks like it would suck your soul out!…. Anyway… You’ve scratched that Coney Island itch and can move on to better 👍🏼.. Good video though

[@LeeMurton.]

Think a big mac is bigger bro,the whole towns laughing at me,cant beat a bit of Teddy Pendergrass 😊

[@monument4852]

So now you can call frozen crinkle cut chips fries ? And what was with the shake Looked nothing like the picture never mind the burger

[@JasonParkerComics]

He had the Vanilla shake which is a plain one.

[@johnnytibbs3198]

I went round the U.S in 2019 Darren !! Some places were good but honestly I think the UK outdoes it now pound for pound !! The south is much better btw

[@TheCorlee]

I agree…I think English food is more to my liking as well…

[@DrFrankLondon]

Nathan's is famous all over the world, as they do the 4th of July hot dog eating competition. Beard meets Food has participated several times. But that doesn't mean that the food is good, their famous hot dogs are sheit, their burgers average at best but they are good at marketing, that's all from my point of view.

[@dirkbogarde44]

All over the world? That's probably a stretch.

[@SoLongKingBowser]

@@dirkbogarde44 look at this guy, didn't know Nathan's did the hot dog eating championships. Next you'll say you don't know where the StaplerCup forklift truck driving championship is held. 🙄

[@davegommer101]

The fries look like they came out of the south end of a horse.

[@adamwynyard4065]

Love how they make a big deal about it being open since 1916 - errrr that’s the 20 th century ! do they think it’s old ??

[@suepalmer8508]

the food was that bad, you ate it all!!😂

[@DJsFoodTravels]

My mention was for you Sue

[@Buggsy61]

I love the States as there is so much to admire about it - the scenery, the contrasts and the energy of it, but over 80% of the time I find the food, although in huge quantity, is lacking in quality.

[@moalf5088]

Darren, Sorry, u had a bad experience I grew up in Coney from age 10 to 18 Married and moved out Those were wonderful years for a child Rides all year long With fun food and beautiful beach winter and summer Nathan’s is not the same I grew up with It has changed Became commercial The old timers knew how to cook those dogs just right Last time years ago I asked for well done dog What I received was half heated up dog Fries terrible as well Years ago fries were big chunky and soft. Delicious!!! Not today The shake was lousy as well Years ago, my husband would take me late at night on a weekend night near 11pm and off to Nathan’s we would go! I always got the dog and fries which were fantastic My husband got a sandwich called “chow mein” sandwich Yes…in a sandwich roll! Then they had the sandwich a “Special “. Some sort of pork sandwich Husband was crazy for them! I myself never ate them. He also ate the clams on half shell Ugh…i couldn’t eat them One block over across the street is sort of diner called IHOP U could have eaten there One block in the other direction was a very old Italian restaurant for generations called “Gargiulo’s well known in NYC You could have eaten there as well. I was there myself 1.5 months ago with family See…you should have mentioned u we’re going to Coney I could have shown u where to eat etc. Oh well, damage was done. Enjoy the rest of your NYC trip!

[@747jono]

Darren you need to go to a decent steakhouse, creamed spinach nice steak awesome

[@Jay-Leigh]

To be honest I think your honest opinion is the best way to go. Such a shame as it’s built up so much in your head, then to be let down. Plus I bet it wasn’t cheap? See if you can find a D.Q. Darren if they have them down there. I had a Dairy Queen burger with Poutine last night and it was delicious. Just a thought. 😊

[@DJsFoodTravels]

That sounds new, interesting

[@chrisstewart7420]

It's more like Con me island to me,more I see of NYC, more it makes me want to go to the real country. Tourist con most of the cities. 😢

[@karlknocker7007]

come on DJ...you of all people should have known better...look at Coney Island..its a kip....Go back to the city and try Hamburger America,owned by George Motz.I think you will like it.Thanks for all the great reviews...have fun.

[@shellybrooke8676]

Still plenty to look forward...hopefully the next will be better. Stay safe

[@johnrambo618]

How much? Try and remember to tell us the price.

[@michaelmaloney4517]

The birds were probably hanging around as I suspect the foods gross and they eat leftovers

[@kirathomsen-cheek9834]

Nathan’s isn’t a diner. 😂❤ But okay. Am watching with interest!

[@DJsFoodTravels]

🙏🏼🙂

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Really....you MUST have a pizza at either Lombardi's in Little Italy or Juliana's in Brooklyn...(very close and walkable from the Brooklyn Bridge.). And then some soup dumplings at Joe's Shanghai.