Simply Asia Southdowns — Restaurant in Gauteng

This is not a review of simply Asia as a franchise this is a review of the Simply Asia Southdowns specifically. I have eaten at Simply Asia before and thoroughly enjoyed myself so when I saw the Simply Asia at South downs and found the need for a food alternative I did not have to make myself I was eager to eat at a Simply Asia's again. After some debate whether it was actually open or not as it was mostly dark within and all the door and windows were closed (and there was no loadshedding) we went in and decided to sit down and eat as we had time to kill, this was at 18:00. The restaurant was very quite to begin with but after about 30 minutes it started to pick up and get busy, at this point we already found it a bit strange that our food was taking so long but we had time so we left it be. After waiting an hour for our food we ended up having to change our order to take away. When we eventually got our food we had to rush away as all the spare time we thought we had had evaporated so imagine our dissapointment when we ate our food only to find that it was near to unpalatable, the food honestly was some of the worst I have ever gotten from a restaurant (wich is saying something as I have enjoyed meals more that gave me food poisoning). As with all things this might have been a rare occasion that does not reflect the establishment as a whole but from my experience I can't recommend this...

Simply… what the actual hell, Asia?

Ordering from Simply Asia isn’t a meal. It’s a psychological test of existence.

You open their app…a digital haunted house built by someone who clearly hates joy. Buttons don’t button. Pages don’t page. You hit Pay. Error. You hit it again. Ping, your bank: “Money’s gone!” but the app just sits there, dead-eyed. No confirmation. No SMS. Just… silence, oh wait, a payment error.

So you phone them. Oh, brave, foolish you.

You enter a parallel universe where time stretches, and you repeat your number. No, your other number. The voice on the other end sighs like they’re trapped in purgatory. You start questioning everything: your cravings, your sanity…I mean, why do you even like salmon roses?!

Eventually, a vague confirmation arrives. You drive there, clutching onto hope like a fool. Will there be food? Will it be yours? Will it resemble what you ordered? Who knows. It’s Schrödinger’s Pad Thai…both existing and not, until you open the box.

When you finally collect it, the staff look at you like you just insulted their ancestors by ordering online. You walk out holding a mystery bag that smells both promising and deeply suspicious.

You eat in silence. Taste nothing. Just the metallic tang of regret.

It’s...

Will never go back again, my husband and I were just there for lunch. Waited 10 mins at the door while 2 waiters waited on 4 tables. We were seated and waited 1 hr for our starters it was the spinach dumplings x2, after complaining that its been an hour the waiters after 5 mins brings out the starters, they were crispy on the outside and raw inside. We returned the starters and given that we had already wasted over an hour we requested that the waiter cancel the starters order and bring the main meals which were 523 x2 hot, when the waiters goes to the kitchen we can hear the cooks talking loud and arguing that the starter is right. The waiter brings the mains which were not hot but inedible hot it was filled with chilli seeds and definitely extra hot. We ordered the exact same starter and main 2 weeks ago and we can tell the difference between raw and cooked and hot and extra extra hot. We threw the food into doggie bags, paid and walked out. This is the worse service and food and the waiter apologised but I'm sorry it's not acceptable. We ended up going to mugg and been for lunch. Disappointed and this will be the last time that we go there and...