Salt Bye from Salt Bae will be opening a new extravagant eatery in London on Sunday, when the internet meme that turned into a global restaurateur will be there.
The 38-year old Turkish chef is heading to Saudi Arabia to open his new restaurant, Riyadh, for meat-loving Turkish chefs.
It comes after Salt Bae – real name Nusret Gökçe – spent the last two months in London while opening and promoting his flagship restaurant, Nsur-Et.
The theatrical meat slicing chef has been a regular fixture at the Knightsbridge eatery, where diners have racked-up eye-watering £37,000 bills.
Salt Bae, a Salt-smattering expert, was in the capital to entertain Wayne and Colleen Rooney.
He took to social media today to announce that he and his stage knife-wielding techniques would be leaving for Saudi Arabia to open his 28th restaurant.
Sharing a picture of himself holding up a gold-covered Tomahawk steak – which costs £850 at Nsur-Et – he said: ‘Sunday is my last day in London. I will travel to Riyadh for my 28th restaurant.
Sharing a picture of himself holding up a gold-covered Tomahawk steak – which costs £850 at Nsur-Et – he said: ‘Sunday is my last day in London. I will be going to Riyadh in order to open my 28th restaurant.
It comes after Salt Bae – real name Nusret Gökçe – spent the last two months in London while opening and promoting his flagship restaurant, Nsur-Et (pictured)
Salt Bae, in addition to London, also owns restaurants in Turkey and Greece, as well as the United States and Dubai.
Salt Bae, who became an internet sensation after a viral video of him theatrically seasoning beef, opened his Knightsbridge restaurant in September to mixed reviews.
The restaurant attracted many celebrities, many of whom came to the eatery to take pictures and videos with the man. However, others slammed it as a ‘rip off’.
A receipt posted to Reddit by an anonymous user showed an eye-watering £37,000 receipt from October 8, with the service charge alone totalling £4,829.10.
A customer has been slammed after spending £37.000 at celebrity restaurant Nusr-Et Steakhouse in London’s Knightsbridge
The Turkish butcher-turnedchef Nusret Gkce, also known as Salt Bae, owns the chain of upscale restaurants. His hilarious salt-sprinkling antics have earned him more than 38million Instagram followers.
Shared with the caption ‘Now this is just outrageous’, it shows a Snapchat screengrab of the receipt, with the diner complaining ‘That’s just taking the p***’.
The receipt shows that almost £30,000 of the meal was spent on expensive alcohol, while a gold-encrusted steak came to £850 and 20 Baklavas came to £600.
The cheapest items, besides the water, were the mashed potatoes and sautéed mushrooms which came to £12 each.
Reddit user ‘Daylight Robbery’ commented on the receipt. Michelin is the only place that has been rigorously deemed to charge high prices. It would cost around 37x less!
Celebrity restaurant Nusr-Et Steakhouse was accused of deleting negative reviews after a customer’s eye-watering bill went viral.
London diners will soon be able to order the 24-Carat Gold Tomhawk Steak, which was previously available at their Dubai branch (pictured).
The menu includes gold plated steaks (right) – which cost up to £1000 and a £100 golden burger (left)
For dessert, the restaurant has golden balaclava (right), in addition to golden cuts of meat (left).
Many users felt that customers were to blame. One user wrote, “Receipts From This Place are just the latest social networking flex.” I don’t understand why anyone should care.
Another added: ‘Why do people keep posting receipts from a s***** restaurant? Is it some sort of anti-flex to say “I’m rich but also very very stupid and don’t have good taste”?’
“It’s a humble boast.” Posting your receipt for a £30k meal whilst simultaneously expressing outrage at the cost,’ another wrote.
One said, “I’m not commenting about the price cos that has been established as heavily from alcohol that these individuals specifically selected.”
Many users believed customers were to blame. One user wrote: “Receipts coming from this place are just the latest social-media flex.” I don’t understand why anyone should care.
Another added: ‘Why do people keep posting receipts from a s***** restaurant? Is it some sort of anti-flex to say “I’m rich but also very very stupid and don’t have good taste”?’
Google reviews currently have a rating of 4.8 stars. The site states that it was updated by the business one week ago.
This week the restaurant was accused of ‘deleting negative reviews’, after a customer’s eye-watering bill went viral last month.
Last month a customer’s receipt from went viral after totalling a staggering £1,812.40 earning the restaurant an onslaught of backlash, however Google reviews currently show a 4.8 star rating – with the site stating it was ‘updated by the business a week ago.
My London News claims that there was a ‘flurry of reviews’ that criticised the restaurant at its first opening. These reviews have since ‘disappeared.
The upscale eatery chain is owned by Turkish butcher-turned-chef Nusret Gokce, whose theatrical salt-sprinkling antics have earned him a celebrity following including David Beckham
The 38-year old, nicknamed Salt Bae by his fans, has 17 restaurants in his successful chain. He also has a legion celebrity devotees like Leonardo DiCaprio and DJ Khaled.
The restaurant has 4.8 stars on Google, and 4.7 stars on Facebook. One client wrote: “What can I say except WOW! Although the prices aren’t cheap, you get what you pay for in terms of service, ambience, and quality of food.
There is one less favorable review, where a customer branded it ‘too pricey’ and ’not child-friendly’.
FEMAIL reached out to Nusr-et Steakhouse to get their opinion.
The restaurant has 4.8 stars on Google, and 4.7 stars on Facebook. One client wrote: “What can I say except WOW! The prices are not cheap, but you get what your pay for in terms service, ambience, quality of food, and drink.
‘I was lucky enough to meet Nusret and he’s a lovely, humble man. It was amazing to see Nusret perform the signature steak slicing and then later, Baklava by another gentleman.
There is one less flattering review, where a customer branded it ‘too pricey’ and ’not child-friendly’.
Is this a 24-carat deal? Sunderland restauranteur charges £100 for gold-covered tomahawk steaks that Salt Bae sells for £850
A Sunderland butcher has created a cut-price version Salt Bae’s famous gold-covered tomahawk steak.
Priced at £100, the steak by John Stirk leaves less of a hole in the pocket than Nusret Gökçe’s (Salt Bae) £850 offering at his Knightbridge restaurant.
Stirk, who is also an restaurateur by trade said he wanted to replicate the famous dish at a more affordable price, The I reports.
The 35-year old said that he didn’t believe Salt Bae was the problem. I believe that people posting photos of their receipts is a problem.
Sunderland butcher and restaurateur John Stirk has recreated Salt Bae’s now infamous recipe, priced at an affordable £100 at his restaurant ‘The Broadway – Stirks Steakhouse’
It’s a vulgar joke to share bills for thousands of pounds on social media. I know of people who make less per month than what it costs to buy a dinner.
“I want people coming to my restaurants to have a good, honest dinner. I want them to love the food and rave about it. They should enjoy the food, not the money they spend.
Stirk says that he has sold over 40 gilded steaks since adding the option on his menu this weekend.
The business owner is a former contestant on the BBC’s Young Butcher of the Year and founded his butcher’s shop in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, ten years ago.
Five years later, he opened his own restaurant called “The Broadway: Stirks Steakhouse” and has since opened another location in Durham.
Mr Stirk bills his restaurants as ‘traditional British-Italian steakhouses’ and his top price for a large tomahawk was previously £30 before his chefs started gilding them.
He added, “We source our beef from local farms and care about the food, rather than the glamour.”
Nusret Gökçe (Salt Bae), 38, poses on Instagram with a chargrilled tomahawk steak wrapped in 24-carat gold-leaf and priced at more than £700
It’s a well-cooked, dry-aged steak. We will cover it in gold, no problem. It requires a fair bit of skill by the way – there’s craftsmanship involved.
‘If people want to go to Knightsbridge and pay £850, then go ahead. Our customers have been keen on our £100 steak. Ours is also profitable. It’s much more accessible, however.
“I think the difference here, I think, is we’re doing a good, grass-fed beef product from Northumberland, and the fact that we have already sold over 40 shows, there’s an obvious appeal to wrapping stuff up in gold.
Salt Bae, 38 years old, is a British culinary icon. He opened Nusr-et in west London in 2005 and has nearly 40 million Instagram followers.
Queues outside his establishment and a flood of Instagram photos have increased the appeal of the restaurant. Gemma Collins and Rio Ferdinand are both regulars.