KFC – A Terrible Experience!

| June 15, 2009 | 5 Comments

kcfffnToday I had the misfortune to visit KFC – the Khayaban-e-Ittehad outlet during lunch hours. A couple of us colleagues were out for a meeting and on our way back we didn’t have much time left but were really hungry as well and so just wanted to go someplace quick and this outlet was on our route. So, we unlucky people chose to ruin our lunch big time.

 

 

Now we went in, the air conditioned didn’t work. It was so damn hot. We ordered and they told us to go upstairs. We went upstairs and found the entire floor was closed. All the tables and chairs were not even set. So then on inquiring we were told you can go downstairs. So we walked down the stairs and it smelled BAD. It was such a bad smelly experience – a strange combination of rotten stuff, fumigation and phenyl. It was so damn suffocating.

 

 

The wall cover was also torn from a few places. It was so hot, we sat under the split air conditioner and SURPRISE it wasn’t working. In fact, it looked as if it will fall upon us. Our food wasn’t even ready so we walked upstairs as it was unbearable to sit there. By then our food was ready and we just sat in the small space in front of the ordering counter. And the fries were old too. And the air conditioned was not working even there. I have never had such a bad experience… having food, sweating, old fries, no air conditioner.

 

 

We did make it a point to tell the people at KFC how below standards their service was. So shocking that a franchise could be so shitty. Even the long forgotten Mr. Burgers at Tariq Road provide better service than this KFC outlet.

 

 

So all in all the gist of it all was this is a perfect example of having a bad lunch with a good company. Secondly, none of us will ever say…finger lickin’ good ever now. Because this experience was pathetic beyond one’s imagination.

Tags: finger lickin' good, KFC, Khayaban-e-Ittehad, Mr. Burgers, service, Tariq Road

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  • http://omar.t3-interactive.com Omar Khan

    wow, KFC should really take notice of this especially since the part of Ittehad where this outlet is located is extremely busy.

    I find 26th street the best outlet to visit.

  • Reema Dada

    Ick! Yes, unfortunately KFC’s become known for the variations in their taste and service quality. Surprisingly, I was at their Sharaae Quaideen outlet for lunch yesterday, and got to have a decent looking freshly made Zinger and warm fries.

    My experiences at the 26th street outlet have been good too!

  • http://zainad.blogspot.com Zaira Rahman

    @ Omar, yes they should definitely do something about this outlet and improve the services. This experience reflects poorly on their overall standards.

  • Bushra Ayub

    Well well well… iam one of those unfortunate ones who was there to experience the worst ever eating out experience :P

    when you pay for a small size of burger with a lil bit of chicken to it at the cost a FULL chicken then actually you are not just paying for the food but for the complete fulfilling experience that could give you a sense of satiety from all aspects rather you eat in an environment where you would not even want to merely sit as its so stinking and dripping hot that you start hating yourself for being there….
    it is such a miserable experience that I simply could not even think of having it for the rest of my life…. half cooked fries and that too cold…. no sauce available… tissues provided counted one each….YUCKY it was.

  • Navaid Abrar

    Wohoooo… never ever will i lick my fingers lolz… kfc noobs!

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