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Londoners say they love ‘hallowed’ Angus Steakhouse — but it isn’t all it seems


Londoners are diverting tourists by recommending Angus Steakhouse.

They think they’re so clever… (Picture: Shutterstock)

In the age of Instagram, viral food trends and travel influencers, hidden gems don’t exist anymore, and a city’s ‘best-kept secret’ restaurant is often plastered all over social media. 

For locals, this can be infuriating. In Barcelona, we’ve seen residents arm themselves with water guns to chase tourists away, and in Greece, thousands flocked together in protest. 

Londoners, however, have taken a different approach: they’re catfishing tourists. 

That’s right, locals are luring unsuspecting tourists away from their favourite spots, with glowing, exaggerated reviews for places they’d never actually recommend. 

It all started after a Redditor took to the London forum to complain that the Black Pig sandwich shop in Borough Market had been ‘ruined by influencers’. 

The poster described it as ‘easily the best sandwich in London’ and was ‘livid’ to discover a queue of over 200 people’ after the shop had gone viral on Instagram and TikTok. 

User Greenawayer responded: ‘This is why it’s a bad idea to post your favourite spots in London. 

‘FYI, Angus Steakhouse does an awesome steak sandwich. Influencers should try it and be amazed.’

It’s supposedly Taylor Swift’s ‘favourite place to eat’ (Picture: Getty Images)

The comment received thousands of upvotes, sparking a wave of ironic and ‘love-bomb’ reviews of Angus Steakhouse in a bid to divert tourists to the steakhouse chain.

There are five Angus Steakhouse restaurants dotted around London’s West End. While there is nothing ‘bad’ about the restaurant, which offers a 10oz rump steak for £22, it’s more of a tourist favourite than a place locals feel attached to. 

‘They have THE BEST steak sandwiches,’ one person wrote in Reddit’s London thread. 

One user said: ‘It was bound to happen, apparently it’s Taylor Swift’s favourite place in London to eat, so the influencers were going to discover it eventually.’

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Another wrote: ‘Omg is this THE London steakhouse where Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce went on their first date? The one she sings about in that song on that album.’

One hyperbole-heavy review read: ‘I was on a hunger strike once. Survived for 56 days, it was the steak sandwich that broke my resistance. I am now a nutritionist and I always recommend the Carnivore diet, centred around this hallowed steakhouse.’

On Tripadvisor, thousands of reviews paint a similar picture. The steakhouse is rated four out of five stars, and while many could indeed be true, there’s a chance Londoners may have snuck in a few fake or exaggerated reviews. 

One Redditor wrote: ”Influencers should try it and be amazed’ (Picture: Getty Images)

It’s a similar story over on X. One user even offered directions to a branch of the steakhouse. ‘The one by Victoria station go to that one,’ they wrote. 

Others, however, …read more

Source:: Metro

      

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