\u201cI went on Reddit, every single response was Angus Steakhouse in Leicester Square,\u201d Nelson said in a June 1 TikTok video<\/a>, captioned \u201cTalk about a mis-steak\u2026,\u201d which quickly racked up over 127,000 views.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought maybe this is a little hole-in-the-wall area next to all these shops, like a secret hidden gem.\u201d<\/p>\n Turns out, he was the latest victim of a long-running British prank <\/a>\u2014 London Redditors have been \u201clove bombing\u201d tourist-trap chains like Angus with five-star reviews to keep real foodies away from the city\u2019s actual best eateries, as reported<\/a> by The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n \u201cI found an article about how London Reddit has tried to send tourists to Angus Steakhouse to preserve the good steakhouses for themselves \u2014 genius,\u201d he said in his nearly six-minute clip.<\/p>\n \u201cI have never seen Reddit all agree on a restaurant before,\u201d Nelson added. \u201cAnd they all had these glowing reviews \u2026 Some voice in the back of my head was saying \u2018this is wrong, this is not normal\u2019 and I ignored it.\u201d<\/p>\n Not exactly a red flag he picked up on \u2014 until it was too late.<\/p>\n The joint, he soon discovered, was actually \u201cloud,\u201d \u201cchaotic\u201d and came with a \u201cgiant neon sign.\u201d <\/p>\n Then came the gray slab of steak. <\/p>\n \u201cIt was bad. I tried the creamed spinach \u2014 worse than frozen somehow. London Reddit, that is one for you, zero for me.\u201d<\/p>\n Fellow TikTokkers had a field day with the viral video.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a London Redditor who actively takes part in this joke; I\u2019m not sorry,\u201d one user gloated beneath Nelson\u2019s clip.<\/p>\n Another added, \u201cHahaha I\u2019m glad it actually got someone,\u201d while someone else summed it up with, \u201cWE GOT ONE.\u201d<\/p>\n Others offered redemption suggestions in the comments section: \u201cGo Flat Iron, it\u2019s in Covent Garden, affordable decent steak,\u201d and \u201cNext time you\u2019re in London, get a steak at the Guinea Grill Pub in Mayfair! Incredible steakhouse.\u201d<\/p>\n The whole beefy debacle comes amid rising tension between real reviews and fake raves <\/a>\u2014 a trend The Post has covered before.<\/a><\/p>\n Earlier this year, a Florida restaurant tried \u2014 and failed \u2014 to sue a customer over a one-star review.<\/p>\n Irene Eng, a prolific Yelp and TripAdvisor reviewer, was slapped with a defamation lawsuit by Hales Blackbrick, a Chinese eatery in Tampa, after calling its spare ribs \u201cdry\u201d and its coffee \u201clukewarm \u2014 a Cardinal sin!!\u201d<\/p>\n The suit was tossed in February, with the judge siding with Eng\u2019s First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m 1,000% for freedom of speech \u2014 you can say whatever you want,\u201d chef Richard Hales later told the Tampa Bay Times. \u201cWe\u2019re not thin-skinned, we\u2019re just humans.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Angus](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/105980116.jpg\")
A New York funnyman thought he found a sizzling hidden gem in London \u2014 until a juicy twist at Angus Steakhouse left a bad taste. WD Stock Photos \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/7510962355853970734-webapp-1-sender-device-105980353.jpg\")
Turns out, Nelson got played \u2014 locals have been flooding tourist-trap chains like Angus with five-star reviews in a cheeky bid to steer foodies far from the real gems. Tiktok\/liamnelsoncomedy<\/p>\n