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Does the proximity of a Hard Rock Cafe count?
by alphabettsy 3y ago
Does the proximity of a Hard Rock Cafe count?
- dumpsterlid 3y ago[dead]
- keiferski 3y agoNot necessarily. There is a Hard Rock Cafe right next to the main train station and major mall in Warsaw, and I wouldn't call that mall touristic. It's just a nice mall, as far as malls go.
- Symbiote 3y agoI think Hard Rock Cafe exists to keep those tourists away from the other places. (Though I've only been in one once, when my friend's band played a gig.)
- Tade0 3y agoConsidering it was the first such place in Poland, it's sort of a tourist trap in and of itself. Or was. Never been there, because 25PLN for a beer was an outrageous sum at the time.
- shortcake27 3y agoThere’s a Hard Rock cafe in Wrocław charging 2x the price of every other restaurant. From memory 70PLN for a burger. And yet it’s always full. I genuinely don’t understand.
- brnt 3y agoMany tourist are really scared of trying something they don't know.
- keiferski 3y agoSure, but I wouldn’t call the area an ugly mass tourism zone. That would be more the Old Town.
- Tijdreiziger 3y agoAs a tourist who has been to said mall, it is a pretty damn nice mall, maybe the nicest I've been to. (I didn't go to the mall for touristic reasons, I just wanted to grab a bite after arriving in Warsaw by train.)
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoSeattle had a Hard Rock Cafe for a couple of decades. I never saw anyone go there before, seems like most of the tourists just stand in line waiting to visit the first Starbucks.
- latchkey 3y agoThe Hard Rock Cafe in Saigon, before it closed down, was actually kind of fun (where else would you hear a live Rock coverband in Vietnam?) and the food was decent.
- alephnerd 3y ago> where else would you hear a live Rock coverband in Vietnam Acoustic Bar and Yoko Cafe in D3
- latchkey 3y agoSo that’s where they ended up?
- alephnerd 3y agoMaybe? I was never in Saigon when the Hard Rock Cafe was around. That said, D3 has an amazing arts and culture scene. Lots of hip cafes, art shows, and popups. Plus, because of the large Viet Kieu community back in California, a lot of cultural interchange occurs between the two.
- latchkey 3y agoD3 is the locals "wealthy" area going back to post war days. Many homes there were gifted by the government as a reward. It is indeed a really nice part of town. My partners family lives on Tu Xuong street.