SALT Bae's Nusr-Et London restaurant has been ranked the second most expensive in the WORLD, despite a millionaire saying it was not worth the money.
Last month, Turkish-born internet icon Nusret G？k？e - better known as Salt Bae - opened his first UK restaurant in London’s Knightsbridge.
It marks the chef's 15 luxury meat restaurant worldwide. Wealthy diners flocked to try his famed tomahawk steak, covered in 24-carat-gold.
But many balked at the extortionate prices - with the gold-coated meat costing ￡1,450, while is signature burger comes in at ￡100.
However, millionaire Chiraag Suchak, 33, who went from McDonald's straight to Salt Bae's London restaurant has said it was not worth the money.
“I would say that the food is good but it's not worth the price that they charge,” he told MyLondon.
"I’ve definitely had better. My friends who had the steak and the golden burger said the same."
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Milica Cosic 7 minutes ago
Inside Dani Dyer’s date with Jarrod Bowen to Nusr-Et Steakhouse
LOVE Island star Dani Dyer and her new man Jarrod Bowen enjoyed a luxury date night to Salt Bae’s Nusr-Et Steakhouse this week.
The new couple – who struck up a friendship earlier this year – both posted from inside the restaurant before deleting their snaps simultaneously.
Dani, 25, has been dating the ￡18million West Ham winger, who was spotted leaving her home after spending the night earlier this month.
The pair have grown increasingly close in recent weeks and have spent more time together, with the match given approval by her dad Danny – a diehard Hammers fan.
The new couple enjoyed a fancy date night to luxury restaurant Nusr-Et, which open in London’s Knightsbridge last month.
Milica Cosic 22 minutes ago
Drone-delivered
You just can’t get the staff these days – or so that seems to be the case for Salt Bae, who has been spotted using DRONES to deliver his meat.
The star took to his Instagram while working at his restaurant in Beverley Hills to show off how his steaks are brought to the kitchen.
A white drone could be seen shuttling vegetables and meat back and forth from the kitchen, before overseeing the cooking process on the grill.
“My new exclusive chef,” Salt Bae captioned the video of him ordering the drone around. We’re wondering if it will get any of the tips.
Milica Cosic 38 minutes ago
Salt Bae hailed as a ‘genius’
SALT Bae has been hailed a “genius” for keeping his London restaurant fully booked despite HUGE prices including ￡850 steak.
Turkish-born internet icon Nusret G？k？e has hit the headlines for the extravagant prices at his upmarket Knightsbridge eatery – which include a ￡100 burger and an ￡11 Red Bull.
But that hasn’t deterred curious diners from booking out the restaurant every night.
Restauranteur Nikolas Opacic – who owns Manchester celeb-haunt Seven 54 – hailed him as a “genius”.
Nikolas told The Evening Standard : “I think he’s a genius. He is fully booked with insane prices.
“If people can afford it and want to experience it, let them. He’s a genius if he can fill a restaurant with those prices.”
Milica Cosic 52 minutes ago
Inside Salt Bae Nusret’s glam life
Success meant expansion in the US, with restaurants in Dallas, Boston, Beverly Hills and New York, as well as Mykonos in Greece.
Celebrities including Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham, DJ Khaled and Naomi Campbell flocked to the US outlets and one post on the firm’s Instagram shows Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio captivated as his tomahawk is showered with salt by the chef.
It also brought the trappings of wealth, and in 2019, Nusret splashed out ￡36million on the famed Macka Palace in the Sisli district of Istanbul.
After spending two years running his restaurants around the globe, Nusret announced he wanted to spend more time in the Turkish city and moved into an apartment within the palace which was once owned by 20th-century playwright Abdülhak Hamid Tarhan, popularly known in Turkey as the Grand Poet.
He is also thought to have homes in the US, where he is often pictured by a private pool in Beverly Hills, as well as riding horses on what looks like a ranch.
Milica Cosic Today, 21:00
Rio Ferdinand’s son Cree gets a special gift at restaurant
KATE and Rio Ferdinand’s son Cree was given a special gift from Turkish restaurant owner Salt Bae on a family visit to his posh new London eatery.
The much-memed chef – real name Nusret G？k？e – was seen in his familiar circular shades and tight white top as he presented the tot with a bib emblazoned with his own image.
Kate was all smiles with her husband Rio inside the newly opened Nusr-et in swanky Knightsbridge.
She wrote on Instagram: “Fabulous afternoon with the family.”
Milica Cosic Today, 20:45
How much is a giant tomahawk at Salt Bae’s Knightsbridge restaurant?
The restaurant’s signature dish – a giant tomahawk steak covered in edible gold leaf – will set you back an eye-watering ￡1,450.
It is understood to be the most expensive item on the menu.
Gemma Collins tucked into the golden slab of meat while on a date with boyfriend Rami Hawash on September 24, 2021.
Milica Cosic Today, 20:30
Salt Bae’s very bizarre diet and workout regime revealed
Salt Bae has made a name for himself as the king of steaks – so it’s no surprise he scoffs three a day.
The internet sensation, real name Nusret G？k？e, also knocks back a cappuccino and grape molasses as part of his bizarre diet, which he sticks to alongside a gruelling workout regime.
The Turkish chef has described exercise and nutrition as “like fingerprints” in that they are “personalised”.
For the flamboyant salt sprinkler, this means two glasses of room temperature still water and four apricots to start each day.
This is followed by one cappuccino an hour later before beginning his daily workout.
Exercises include intense planks with his feet up walls and lifting heavy weights while balanced on a gym ball.
Milica Cosic Today, 20:15
Salt Bae forced to pay $230,000 to ex-waiters ‘for conning them out of tips’ & FIRING them
SALT Bae has been forced to pay ex-staff members $230,000 after being accused of conning them out of tips and firing them when they complained.
The chef turned internet star Nusret G？k？e reportedly kept his servers in the dark about how much they collected in gratuity payments and “retained” them for himself.
The Turkish born-butcher was served with a lawsuit by four ex-servers who worked for him at his Manhattan restaurant, Nurs-Et, in 2019.
The men alleged that G？k？e pooled tips among unentitled staff and shaved 3 per cent off the total amount of tips.
“Customers reasonably believed 100 percent of the gratuity was being remitted to the waiters and other serving staff,” one of the sacked staff members said at the time.
Milica Cosic Today, 20:00
Pictured: Young Nusret before he became famous
INTERNET icon Salt Bae is renowned for his ultra-toned gym-god physique which he proudly flaunts on Instagram.
But newly unearthed images of a young Nusret G？k？e in a small poverty-stricken suburb east of Istanbul where he grew up paint a different picture.
The son of a miner, Nusret – one of five children – was taken out of school after primary due to financial pressures, forcing the budding chef to work from a young age.
At 13 he was taken on as a butcher’s apprentice, working long hours in Turkish steakhouses for the next decade.
A young Nusret is seen smiling in his crisp white uniform in a set of images from the butcher’s shop – while other pictures shows the future-chef lovingly admiring some cuts of meat on a slab.
Milica Cosic Today, 19:45
Salt Bae’s restaurant ranked second most expensive in the WORLD
SALT Bae’s London restaurant has been blasted for its eye-watering prices – including an ￡1,450 gold-coated steak.
But the high-profile eatery came in second in a list of the world’s most-expensive restaurants.
Nusret was beaten out for the top spot by high-end diner Sublimotion, which charges ￡1,746.77 for a three-hour 20-course Mediterranean banquet.
Guests can enjoy 360-degree VR technology and immersive film projections blasted from the walls of the restaurant in the Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza.
Meanwhile, sushi restaurant Masa in New York took third place with its omakase for two coming in at ￡1,278.51.
Loan provider PayDayLoansNet rounded up a list of the priciest restaurants worldwide – but are any of them worth the splurge?
Milica Cosic Today, 19:30
How did Nur-Et become famous?
G？k？e became famous from a series of viral Internet videos and memes.
His fame came from a viral video, “Ottoman Steak”, posted on 7 January 2017.
The video shows him cutting meat and sprinkling salt on it in a “suavely” way.
The video received more than 10 million views on Instagram, and it was at that moment he was nicknamed “Salt Bae” because of his certain way of salting meat.
Milica Cosic Today, 19:15
Salt of the earth
SALT Bae’s London restaurant has been blasted for its eye-watering prices – including an ￡1,450 gold-coated steak.
But the high-profile eatery came in second in a list of the world’s most-expensive restaurants.
Nusret was beaten out for the top spot by high-end diner Sublimotion in the Spanish island of Ibiza which charges ￡1,746.77 for a three-hour 20-course Mediterranean banquet.
Guests can enjoy 360-degree VR technology and immersive film projections blasted from the walls of the restaurant in the Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza.
Meanwhile, sushi restaurant Masa in New York took third place with its omakase for two coming in at ￡1,278.51.
Read more here
Milica Cosic Today, 19:00
Salt Bae’s Nusr-et London restaurant ‘overhyped’
Brutal reviews of Nusr-et have questioned its value for money, with one furious diner saying the prices are “overhyped” and its food is “inferior”
The Trip Adviser reviewer urged others to avoid getting “hooked by this scam of a restaurant” and likened it to a “kebab shop”.
He wrote: “I thought this was a joke… unfortunately, it’s not! Inferior food and massively overhyped prices.
“The steaks were barely edible, and the prices bring water to the eyes.
“I’ve had better kebabs in Knightsbridge for under ￡7.00. The whole experience was shocking.”
Milica Cosic Today, 18:45
‘You pay for a picture, not the food’
On Google reviews, one customer wrote: “Amazinggg but overpriced though,” while another said it was “not child friendly”.
Nusr-Et’s was slammed on review site Squaremeal.
One eater gave the restaurant two stars, writing: “If you want to eat, go look for some other places. Here you don’t pay your food, you pay the picture and the video you take with Bae.”
Another review, titled “Avoid at all cost” said: “The Gold Burger for ￡100 was super dry and was totally average… the ￡200 steak was so poor I was actually flabbergasted.”
Milica Cosic Today, 18:30
Salt Bae pulls engagement ring from ￡200 rack of ribs
Diners in Salt Bae’s restaurant in Greece were left stunned after he pulled an engagement ring from a ￡200 rack of ribs.
In a video posted on his Instagram page, Nusret “Salt Bae” G？k？e placed the ￡200 slab of meat onto the couple’s table at his restaurant in Mykonos.
The unsuspecting girlfriend took out her phone to film Salt Bae cut up the ribs, when the Turkish chef plucks the ring out of the meat to hand to her partner.
The couple embrace as diners watch on in shock and applaud for the newly engaged couple.
Filmed in 2019, the video has amassed nearly eight million views.
Milica Cosic Today, 18:15
Not worth the money
A MILLIONAIRE who went from McDonald’s straight to Salt Bae’s London restaurant has said it was not worth the money.
Tech contractor Chiraag Suchak, 33, visited Nusr-Et for lunch having already chowed down a chicken sandwich meal at McDonald’s.
“I would say that the food is good but it’s not worth the price that they charge,” he told MyLondon.
“I’ve definitely had better. My friends who had the steak and the golden burger said the same.”
Milica Cosic Today, 18:00
Where are Salt Bae’s restaurants?
Nusret is now the co-owner of steakhouse chain Nusr-Et (named after himself).
According to Turkish media, its a million-dollar empire with 400 employees.
Nusr-et’s restaurant locations are spread across the globe.
You can find them in:
Ankara Bodrum Marmaris Istanbul Dubai Abu Dhabi Doha Jeddah Miami New York Mykonos Boston Dallas Beverly Hills London
Milica Cosic Today, 17:45
What is on Nusr-Et’s London restaurant menu?
Turkish chef Nusret G？k？e Erzurum opened his London steakhouse on September 23, 2021, after first being announced in 2017.
Nestled in Knightsbridge, it is the UK’s only offering of the 15-branch global chain, which has popular restaurants in New York, Miami and Dubai.
Nusr-Et is famed for its steaks, but it also serves a variety of other meat dishes, as well as sides and desserts.
The menu is divided up into sections, including salads, steaks, beef fillet, lamb, burgers, meatballs and sucuk – a Turkish fermented sausage.
Other unusual items on offer include onion flower, mashed croquet, a spoon salad and heart-shaped meatballs.
Milica Cosic Today, 17:30
How did Nur-Et become famous?
G？k？e became famous from a series of viral Internet videos and memes.
His fame came from a viral video, “Ottoman Steak”, posted on 7 January 2017.
The video shows him cutting meat and sprinkling salt on it in a “suavely” way.
The video received more than 10 million views on Instagram, and it was at that moment her was nicknamed “Salt Bae” because of his certain way of salting meat.
Milica Cosic Today, 17:15
Explained: Who is Salt Bae?
Salt Bae was a viral internet meme which blew up at the start of 2017.
The man behind the meme is a Turkish chef and restaurant owner called Nusret G？k？e.
The video of him lovingly preparing an Ottoman steak, posted on January 7, 2017, has to date garnered more than 16 million views.
His strangely sensual meat videos soon evolved into a series of viral memes, with viewers taking particular delight in the flamboyant way Nusret sprinkled a handful of salt crystals at the end of the clip.
Nusret became a celebrity in his own right, cooking for celebrities like David Beckham, Leonardo DiCaprio, and DJ Khaled.
Milica Cosic Today, 17:00
Indian restaurant copies with giant golden poppadom
SALT BAE’S Nusr-et restaurant has sparked a gold food craze – with one restaurant now creating a giant golden poppadom to rival his ￡630 gold-dusted steak.
Shad Indian, a local restaurant near London Bridge, is home to the 24 karat poppadom, with a hefty ￡100 price tag.
The 10-inch gold-covered spiced bread is one of the restaurant’s most popular items and is the next restaurant to jump on the gold-coated food craze inspired by Salt Bae.
The owner, Mohammed Kodrul Islam has described it as “an incredible twist to the Indian cuisine”.
The gold large circular piece of thin, spiced bread is made from ground lentils and fried in oil and topped with gold, though the owner said he could not reveal his recipe, stating “That is top secret.”
Milica Cosic Today, 16:45
Salt Bae’s restaurant ranked second most expensive in the WORLD
SALT Bae’s London restaurant has been blasted for its eye-watering prices – including an ￡1,450 gold-coated steak.
But the high-profile eatery came in second in a list of the world’s most-expensive restaurants.
Nusret was beaten out for the top spot by high-end diner Sublimotion, which charges ￡1,746.77 for a three-hour 20-course Mediterranean banquet.
Guests can enjoy 360-degree VR technology and immersive film projections blasted from the walls of the restaurant in the Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza.
Meanwhile, sushi restaurant Masa in New York took third place with its omakase for two coming in at ￡1,278.51.
Loan provider PayDayLoansNet rounded up a list of the priciest restaurants worldwide – but are any of them worth the splurge?
Milica Cosic Today, 16:30
Decor slammed ‘like a decaying seaside bistro’
SALT Bae’s London restaurant decor has been slammed as “like a decaying seaside bistro hosting a cheap Christmas do”.
Turkish-born internet icon Nusret G？k？e has hit the headlines for the extravagant prices at his upmarket Knightsbridge eatery – with a ￡850 gold-coated steak and a ￡100 burger both on offer.
Now, furious critics have turned to Nusr-Et’s interiors, with some blasting the decorating as like a “sh**** lobby of a hotel”.
One Reddit user wrote: “You can’t even claim you’re going there to enjoy the ambience.
“The place legitimately looks like an early 2000s, recently refurbished casino bistro in a sh** seaside town.”
Another user replied: “Wow. As someone who lives in a sh** seaside town full of tacky refurb restaurants, even I’d turn my nose up at that.
“The ambiance is ‘cheap Christmas-do on a decaying pier that does weddings on the side’, and those chairs look really uncomfortable.”
Milica Cosic Today, 16:15
Salt Bae’s transformation
INTERNET icon Salt Bae is renowned for his ultra-toned gym-god physique which he proudly flaunts on Instagram.
But newly unearthed images of a young Nusret G？k？e in a small poverty-stricken suburb east of Istanbul where he grew up paint a different picture.
The son of a miner, Nusret – one of five children – was taken out of school after primary due to financial pressures, forcing the budding chef to work from a young age.
At 13 he was taken on as a butcher’s apprentice, working long hours in Turkish steakhouses for the next decade.
A young Nusret is seen smiling in his crisp white uniform in a set of images from the butcher’s shop – while other pictures shows the future-chef lovingly admiring some cuts of meat on a slab.
Louis Allwood Today, 16:00
Decor slammed ‘like a decaying seaside bistro’
SALT Bae’s London restaurant decor has been slammed as “like a decaying seaside bistro hosting a cheap Christmas do”.
Turkish-born internet icon Nusret G？k？e has hit the headlines for the extravagant prices at his upmarket Knightsbridge eatery – with a ￡850 gold-coated steak and a ￡100 burger both on offer.
Now, furious critics have turned to Nusr-Et’s interiors, with some blasting the decorating as like a “sh**** lobby of a hotel”.
One Reddit user wrote: “You can’t even claim you’re going there to enjoy the ambience.
“The place legitimately looks like an early 2000s, recently refurbished casino bistro in a sh** seaside town.”
Another user replied: “Wow. As someone who lives in a sh** seaside town full of tacky refurb restaurants, even I’d turn my nose up at that.
“The ambiance is ‘cheap Christmas-do on a decaying pier that does weddings on the side’, and those chairs look really uncomfortable.”
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