Restaurants on the Edge

When I saw the trailer for this I got pretty excited, I love these types of shows and tend to be good entertainment. But this show was a big snooze fest.

The restaurants are like 6% of every episode and the rest is just the hosts doing cool stuff and meeting 'awesome' locals and talking about how cool things are. You see one shot of the restaurant and heck the owners aren't even involved in learner the new menu or food they are going to have.

This show is just a big circlejerk of the hosts being all hyped about how amazing they are and how amazing they are discovering things that are wrong. I feel bad for the owners participating with this show, this is all about the host not about any restaurant on any edge.

I love the beautiful locations and I'm interested in the local food in the locations but I could not deal watching this. It super pretentious, the hosts trips are very very loosely attached to the restaurant so I wondered why we were doing some of this stuff. Too much slo-mo and attempts to artificially create drama. Ultimately, I found it to be unwatchable.

Really enjoyed the show and very inspired by the cast. Love the design and how they tackle each restaurant differently to make them shine. The places, the people and the restaurants are brimming with characters. Not sure why there are so many bad reviews. Out of jealousy?

It started of really promising, you get these struggling restaurant owners trying to save their scenic but failing restaurants, plus experts to help them with the business. I get that theyre trying to show the beauty of the place where the restaurants at,like going to the local markets, talking to the locals,etc. the main goal of this show is supposed to be helping the owners but you barely see the owners learn any of the local recipes or like learn how to properly operate the business! Like the only part I enjoyed was when they reveal the revamped interior!there's no follow up if the owner has learned any business operation tip from them or if the customer turnout was good.(Ive watched too many kitchen nightmares to know that even thought they helped the restaurants they still end up closing) basically its like a travel show with a little bit of restaurant makeover on the side

What should I say? This show is basically everything what is wrong with food journalism! It is shallower than puddle of gravy...

Let's start with the restaurateur: I don't say, that he doesn't have good ideas. But it seems that the solutions what he has, is short-lived.

The designer - wow - she is more interested in showing how beautiful she is (she is cute) - and pushes her taste on everybody around. While she is incorporating some designs and decorations from the respective regions, the changes are just skin-deep not really.

Same applies to the chef. I actually really enjoyed his experiences with local cuisine and food culture. But then he is just curating a menu, which again is shallow and doesn't really incorporate an important aspect of the culture.

Further I have got the feeling, that every single restaurant will fail (again) after just a short while. Because I don't see a lot of training or some changes. A lot of restaurateurs are really frustrated, that they have no clue how to manage a restaurant - but these guys coming in and just bruise up the restaurant make a new menu and calling it a day.

It seems, that this program is a total rip off of Kitchen Nightmare featuring Gordon Ramsey. I always thought, that it is not possible to turn a restaurant so quickly around - but Ramsey did a far better job than those 3.

The tragedies and failures of the restaurant owners seem to be just a prop for this show and it really seems, that these 3 protagonists are more interested to have their own fun - than really caring for the restaurants.