Patrick Carney Quotes

I don't like eating in restaurants.

I enjoy the burger joint the same way I enjoy fancy meals.

I prefer pub food to posh food.

People are bored of these 12-course gastronomic menus. They want affordable glamour.

When I'm dining out privately, I tend to avoid fine-dining venues; I like things to feel casual.

In the United States, there is a restaurant called The Outback Steakhouse, and I could survive in there for several weeks at least, sustaining myself on bloomin' onions and, I'm sure, their legitimate and very Australian cuisine. In the real Outback? I give myself about 14 minutes.

I don't know why people are so down on the Best Western. They have the best sweet potato fries I've ever had.

I can afford to get Tesco's finest sandwiches rather than the basic ones.

I'm from Jersey, so I have a love of T.G.I. Friday's and chain restaurants in general. When you go to a Friday's, it seems like everyone's on ecstasy and way too happy anyway.

I love restaurants from top to bottom.

I still eat a burger at a counter with ketchup dripping down my face.

I learned the first night that IHOP's not the place to order fish.

I'm normally a burger and chips girl - such a cheap date.

Essentially what's going to determine how you succeed in New York is how people feel about the space, how delicious the food is, how they perceive the value and, most important of all, how they feel treated. My understanding is Stephen Starr is exceptionally good at all of this and his ability to create a transporting experience.

There's great food everywhere, and even McDonald's uses nice wood now.

I love really good food and I don't ever want to spend too much for it, but I like hanging out and having really good, tasty, interesting food.

But I don't want to lose touch with things like eating in Bob's Big Boy.

Give me Caviar Kaspia and give me a hamburger. I love the two extremes.

I absolutely love low-key restaurants.

You really can eat well in England - if you have the money.

The bottom line - customers want delicious food served quickly in an interactive format, and they are increasingly unwilling to compromise.

A burger is a black dress; a kebab is a Met Gala gown.

Nando's is a casual restaurant rather than a fast-food one - another aspirational touch. The food is energetically spiced, where so many of its competitors are bland and grilled to order, where the competition fries food and then lets it sit around.

Never eat in a place called 'Mom's'.

Eating out doesn't have to be a formula. Eating out is about having fun. I get really frustrated when it's badly done.