The Redbeards love Hard Rock Cafes. They are familiar and fun and I like the t-shirts. I searched for a thread describing the HRC's around the world, but was unable to locate one...so here we go.

Yes, there are those who despise the big chain restaurants and want to go local whenever they can. You can go somewhere else. ;) There are many of us who like the HRC experience.

My list...

Hong Kong - Very small HRC. and previously my "home" restaurant. It's near where we usually stay in Kowloon, and in walking distance.
Shanghai - AFAIK currently closed. My first HRC and my favorite t-shirt. (until United lost it. :mad: )
Beijing - Very large restaurant, and very crowded since it's near a large expat area.
Singapore - :td: the worst. Bad service and substandard food. Nothing special here...even bad memorabilia. I didn't even buy a shirt here.
Sydney - Very nice, and conveniently a stop on the city tour bus.
Honolulu - The only time we enjoyed HRC with all four of our kids. The shirt that I wanted wasn't in my size.
Bangkok - Located in a huge tourist area, and very crowded. My first pulled pig sandwich. ^
Denver - Nice location in 16th street mall. Good service and food. My favorite shirt that I still have.
San Diego (Gaslamp) - Went with Mother Redbeard. Nice nacho appetizer before heading to the airport.
Sacacrappo - Ho hum...nothing special
La Jolla - Old downtown La Jolla, on Prospect Street. Usually not crowded because more trendier restaurants are all around. Had my 40th birthday party there.
Orlando - Largest HRC in the world...two giftshops in case you get lost. It's part of CityWalk at Universal. Nice evening.
Nassau, Bahamas - Possibly the smallest in the world. Only about a dozen tables.
Chicago - Celebrating Redbeard Jr.s graduation from Navy boot camp.
Cabo San Lucas - The nachos tasted like they used canned beef, not the good stuff we've had at other restaurants.
New Orleans - Biz trip to the Crescent City
San Juan, Puerto Rico - I'll count this one as international. ;) Recently remodeled after a fire a few years ago.
Washington, DC - Cool giant guitar sculpture behind the bar.
Las Vegas - Nice business lunch.
Phoenix - Pre-Freddies snack
New York - Right in Times Square. Great memorabilia. They have the Beatles outfits from the first trip to the US.
London - The original
Paris - Just needed the HRC fix.

Totals:
Domestic: 12
International: 11

The problem that I have with the international restaurants is there's not usually unlimited refills on Diet Coke because it's in cans and not on fountain. :(

Shanghai - AFAIK currently closed. My first HRC and my favorite t-shirt. (until United lost it. :mad: )

Supposed to reopen at a later date...We shall see on this one.


The problem that I have with the international restaurants is there's not usually unlimited refills on Diet Coke because it's in cans and not on fountain. :(

Surprisingly I've never looked internationally, but I would find it really strange if they served Coke since they use Pepsi in the Corporate owned cafes.

I usually go to HRC if there is one available...not so much to eat as to collect pins. They are a good souvenir as they don't take up much room in the suitcase. My list so far:-

Sydney - My home town and close to work
Melbourne
Surfers Paradise
Singapore
London
Paris
St Thomas
Amsterdam
New York
Chicago
LA
New Orleans
Las Vegas
Newport Beach - A sentimental favourite
La Jolla
San Diego
Tijuana
Aspen..which closed a while back
San Francisco...the old location
Honolulu
Hollywood
Bali

I am planning on a few more visits shortly..I hope :)

One of my favorite souvenier t-shirts is from the HR Nairobi

One of my favorite souvenier t-shirts is from the HR Nairobi

Nairobi = Renegade = fake :)

There's a few other HRC collectors here on this board.

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I find the HRC Amsterdam to be a reliably good dining spot, near the Leidseplein. So many of the restaurants around Leidseplein are a rip-off with poor quality food and I've always had a decent meal when dining at the HRC.

Nairobi = Renegade = fake :)

There's a few other HRC collectors here on this board.

I collect t-shirts from cheesey chain establishments (though the last HRC I was at in La Jolla was pretty good), and the tackyier the better...

That being said....

I have a HRC shirts from Guangzhou, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.

A Hooters shirt from Buenos Aires

A Planet Hollywood shirt from Singapore. They have a Hooters there... had I known that....

I should probably order shirts from the other places I've been to but haven't gotten a chance to go into like KUL, LON, HKG etc.

I don't think HRC's are bad at all... the one in La Jolla is pretty good in fact for a decent bacon cheeseburger.

I just got into visiting the Hard Rock Cafe's in my travels.

I was recently in Singapore and did not think to get a T-shirt until after I left. From their Website, it did not seem they are for sale unless you are at the HRC itself.

Is there any way to get a Singapore HRC T-shirt? (besides eBAY, which I am considering).

NICK

It is against corporate policy for cafes to do any types of mail phone orders. The only way to get city specific merchandise is either have someone pick it up for you or eBay. They do sell city specific merchandise on the website although you don't get to pick the city and most of the stuff is clearance.

I work 200m away from HRC i Stockholm, it not so big, but nice service and a lot of big plasma screens to watch music on. They used to hava a big car in the seeling, but they rebulid the bar so the car is gone.

Dallas has one. It seems kinda small on the inside but there is an upstairs with an excellent view of the stage and an outside area.

HRC? I guess I don't really care for them. Nevertheless I have visited several them and have found their burgeres to be pretty good. A lady friend collects memorabilia from them, so on one visit to Kuala Lumpur I picked up some of those long whiskey shot glasses for her.

I didn't like Planet Hollywood either.

My biggest objection to these types of places is the overly loud music.

Z

Souvenirs must be comparatively rare, since the location is long dead.

It is against corporate policy for cafes to do any types of mail phone orders. The only way to get city specific merchandise is either have someone pick it up for you or eBay. They do sell city specific merchandise on the website although you don't get to pick the city and most of the stuff is clearance.

Thanks for the confirmation, kluau88, I thought that was the case.
D@mn, not sure when SIN will be on my trip list again.
At least I can stop looking
and just consider eBay.

NICK

I usually only visit HR's when I've been away from home for a while and want a 'hamburger fix'. So far I have been to:
London
New York
Montreal
Pittsburgh
Rome
Las Vegas
Honolulu
New Orleans
Miami
Queenstown, NZ
Orlando

I just noticed a new one has opened in Dublin this week. Saw a couple of people wearing the T-shirt the day after it opened :)

I just noticed a new one has opened in Dublin this week. Saw a couple of people wearing the T-shirt the day after it opened :)

Louisville and Destin also opened up in the last month. Foxwoods is up next.

The Vancouver Hard Rock Cafe, the few times I went, was decent -- but it has long since closed. The Planet Hollywood, which was better located, also closed.....

The HRC in Montreal is one of my favourites; the one in Berlin was awful with bad service and terrible food.

I personally prefer Planet Hollywood and my favourite one is Cannes.

Thanks for the confirmation, kluau88, I thought that was the case.
D@mn, not sure when SIN will be on my trip list again.
At least I can stop looking
and just consider eBay.

NICKJust as an FYI there is big SIN DO (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=313958&page=1&pp=15) planned for FT. Maybe you could convince one of the people on the trip to pick one up for you.

Back in 1990 when there were only about 25 HRCs, I started collecting HRC teddy bears and decided to visit each one. In around 1992 or 1993, they started expanding like crazy and now have over 100 locations throughout the world. I still have my goal but it will take a lot longer to accomplish. I have teddy bears from all of the locations that I have actually visited. I almost never eat the food; I look at the memorabilia (better than the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), use the facilities (they have great bathrooms), and buy bears and pins.

There are a lot of collectors out there and many sell on ebay. I belong to the HRC Teddy Bear Collectors Group and we buy bears for each other and also trade bears.

So far, I've been to:

London (the original established in 1971; Eric Clapton's guitar was the first piece of memorabilia)
Paris
Edinburgh
Stockholm
Cologne
Munich
Madrid
Amsterdam (including two of the old fake ones that sold great t shirts)
Antwerp (closed)
Sydney
Queenstown
Beijing
Tokyo
Tokyo Uno Eki
San Juan
St. Thomas
Tijuana
Vancouver (closed)
Whistler (closed)
Edmonton (closed)
Banff (closed)
Calgary (closed)
Toronto
Toronto - Sky Dome
Montreal
Niagara Falls, Canada
Honolulu
Kona
Maui
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Newport Beach
La Jolla
San Diego
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Salt Lake City
Aspen (closed)
Dallas (one of the first ten that opened in the USA)
San Antonio
New Orleans
Chicago
Cleveland
Niagara Falls, USA
Nashville
Atlanta
Orlando
Miami
Myrtle Beach
Washington, DC
Atlantic City
New York
Boston

The website at www.hardrock.com provides a list of all of the HRCs.

If anyone has any old HRC teddy bears that they want to sell, please let me know.

I also started collecting bears, but after a while I found that my house was being overrun with bears. I switched to pins, they are cheaper, easier to pack and sit in a shoe box at home. :)

I guess now I must have over 300 pins.

On the HRC pin club page it notes that there are now over 120 cafes and to make it into the top 100 you need to have visited at least 48 of them. Seven people have visited 100 or over. They obviously have more money and time than I do :)

Phoebe

AAA members get 10% off.
What about AARP?

The only one I've been two was London at midnight. Line out the door, but I was willing to pay anything for a real burger. Guide book tip of asking for a table downstairs for dinner got us ahead of the line wanting to drink and shout upstairs. It was so-o-oo good.

Collectors: Be aware there are two in San Diego. One downtown and one in La Jolla.

I also started collecting bears, but after a while I found that my house was being overrun with bears. I switched to pins, they are cheaper, easier to pack and sit in a shoe box at home. :)

I guess now I must have over 300 pins.

On the HRC pin club page it notes that there are now over 120 cafes and to make it into the top 100 you need to have visited at least 48 of them. Seven people have visited 100 or over. They obviously have more money and time than I do :)

Phoebe

David Rodriguez who is number 2 on the list with 121 cafe visits is actually a member of FT :)

Nairobi = Renegade = fake :)

There's a few other HRC collectors here on this board.

Yes - there's a few of those around. The one I like the best is in Dar es Alam (spelling, can't be bothered checking) Tanzania. I bought a shirt from there just for the sake of it (after all, it cost about $US2), and it fell apart in the first wash.

DaDOKin DC - it may be against corporate policy for HRC's to do any mail phone orders (I didn't know this), but if you e-mail them or call them, they're willing to make exceptions - I had a HRC Florida pin that broke, and I got in touch with the cafe and they sent one free of charge all the way to the UK. Another time, I was in Edinburgh and they didn't have any pins in stock besides special valentines day editions etc, so afterwards I got in touch and said I was dissapointed because I collected them, and I managed to buy one over the phone when new stock came in. I don't think they make a habit of it, but if you call and tell them you're a collector, and visit a lot of HRC's, they're quite helpful and might make an exception :)

At least I can stop looking
and just consider eBay.

NICK

Not a good idea, IMHO! I used to avidly collect HRC pins. Unfortunately you almost always have to buy at least some pins on evolBay. At least 6 or 7 times the pins have never arrived, several times the pins arrived damaged, and a couple of times my order was missing one or two pins.

A few dealers are decent and will provide a replacement. But unless you purchase extra cost "insurance," most will just tell you that, "Well, I mailed it" or "I don't send out damaged pins," and you have to take his/her word for it.

Funny thing, though, none of my other mail ends up missing or damaged, including a number of other eBay purchases. :confused:

Even if the pins actually arrive, most of these dealers pad the bill with outrageous shipping charges. Many charge upwards of $3 to ship a pin that costs 50 cents postage and 25 cents for a bubble mailer. In fact, they are really padding the shipping to cover their eBay and PayPal costs.

Wow...I can't believe I've found a thread dedicated to Hard Rockaholics...anywho, I've been to a few of them, but have stopped since...since I realized that I'd prefer the local cuisine...although a couple have added their own touches to the menus. Now, to the list:

London
Paris
Rome
Key West
Washington, DC
Salt Lake City
Atlanta
Ottawa
Yokohama
Hong Kong (Kowloon)
Bali
Seoul
Manama (Bahrain)
Beirut
Buenos Aires

I went to the one in Kowloon in 2003 and they had a weird but decent seafood stew. Additionally, there was a placard on the table describing what measures they have taken in the restaurant to defend against SARS.

Even though this is a Hard Rock thread, here goes the Planet Hollywood list:

New York (57th St.)
New York (Times Square)
London
Paris
Munich
Acapulco
Las Vegas
Atlantic City
San Diego
and potentially another that has escaped the density that is my mind :confused:

Hello, My name is Mike and I am a Hard Rockaholic. It has been three weeks since my last visit to a Hard Rock Cafe (Indianapolis)

I have been to way too many Hard Rocks. I primarily started going because I travel more than my friends and some people wanted pins. After that I started picking up pins for myself. I eventually started going to cities just because they had a Hard Rock.

My list is: London (including two Thanksgiving dinners), Los Angeles, New York, Stockholm, Chicago (my first one), Honolulu, La Jolla, Sydney, Boston, Washington D.C., Singapore, Orlando (cafe, hotel and live venue), Las Vegas, Puerto Vallarta, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Paris, Tiajuana, Berlin, Atlanta, Newport Beach, San Juan (currently closed) Miami, Bali (Stayed at the hotel and ate at the cafe), Hong Kong (Kowloon also saw the shop at The Peak), Madrid, Las Vegas (cafe and hotel/casino), Vancouver (now closed), Copenhagen, Whistler (now closed), Melbourne, Hollywood, Baltimore, Barcelona, Memphis, Edinburgh, Guam, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Rome, Amsterdam, Indianapolis, Manchester, Queenstown, Pattaya (Stayed at the hotel and ate at the cafe), Birmingham UK and Louisville.

The hotel at Pattaya had the nicest hotel room I have ever stayed in. My first room flooded (cheapest available) so they upgraded me to a King Suite (one floor from the top, big enough to have four balconies).

I tried to go to the Cape Town cafe, but discovered once I got there that it had closed a couple of months earlier. I have also been to the fake cafes in Zagreb and Mombassa.

My pin count is about 225, all of which have come from cafes I visited with the exception of ones bought on ebay from closed cafes.

Until last week, I had only visited London, San Francisco and Gatlinburg. Last week I added Miami, Nassau and Key West. All were noisy & crowded. Miami was particularly bad. After 15 minutes of no service I had to go back to reception and ask to be reseated at another table. I don't collect bears, pins or T-shirts but I do like the Pig sandwich. I buy the shirts for my sons on request and the 16 year old is particularly proud of his HRC jacket from the London casino. It is surely the only one in Anniston Alabama.

Until last week, I had only visited London, San Francisco and Gatlinburg. Last week I added Miami, Nassau and Key West. All were noisy & crowded. Miami was particularly bad. After 15 minutes of no service I had to go back to reception and ask to be reseated at another table. I don't collect bears, pins or T-shirts but I do like the Pig sandwich. I buy the shirts for my sons on request and the 16 year old is particularly proud of his HRC jacket from the London casino. It is surely the only one in Anniston Alabama.

You might want to fill out the survey from the bottom of your receipt about the service in Miami. You should get a response from the cafe directly. Once you complete the survey you'll get a $5 coupon off your next visit at a participating cafe.

You might want to fill out the survey from the bottom of your receipt about the service in Miami. You should get a response from the cafe directly. Once you complete the survey you'll get a $5 coupon off your next visit at a participating cafe.

Thanks! Now to find it in the jumble of receipts from a 9 day trip!

We usually visit HRC when we can. Would have to look at the pin bucket to see which I've been to, and which I've just got stuff from.

Short list of favorites:
Best View, Kona
Best Food, St. Thomas
Favorite Single Display Item, Wash DC (signed handwritten music from Sgt. Pepper's LHCB)
Display that set me on my heels: Baltimore, concert flyer from Fort Worth for Jimi Hendrix last US tour: I was at the concert (May 9, 1970).

First HRC for me was Wash DC, most recent Puerto Vallarta

We usually visit HRC when we can. Would have to look at the pin bucket to see which I've been to, and which I've just got stuff from.

Short list of favorites:
Best View, Kona
Best Food, St. Thomas
Favorite Single Display Item, Wash DC (signed handwritten music from Sgt. Pepper's LHCB)
Display that set me on my heels: Baltimore, concert flyer from Fort Worth for Jimi Hendrix last US tour: I was at the concert (May 9, 1970).

First HRC for me was Wash DC, most recent Puerto Vallarta

I was at the Jimi Hendrix concert in Fort Worth also. It was at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum. I think it cost $4.

My older brother attended also; he claims that he convinced Stevie Ray Vaughn to do some Hendrix covers back when they were both in Double Trouble.

I enjoy looking at the memorabilia; I have been more impressed than I was at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is really fun to walk around and point at all the groups that I saw in my younger and wilder days: Clapton, Hendrix, the Stones, Led Zepplin ...

I do not go to many HRC's, but the best one I have been to was Copenhagen. It sits on the edge of Tivoli Gardens. When I was there 6 yrs ago, the bar waitress allowed myself and the girl I was with to enter the Gardens for free after a good meal and decent tip. (I was in the midst of a eur-rail impromptu tour by myself, meeting different people as I went along.) Never heard from the girl after leaving Denmark, but I do still have the hurricane glass from the HRC.

I was at the Jimi Hendrix concert in Fort Worth also. It was at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum. I think it cost $4.

It was something like that, but your memory is probably better than mine.

That show almost cost me my wife. Young brother-in-law sez, "Hey, ya wanna go see Hendrix tonight? I go 2 tickets and my date can't go." I reply in the affirmative, quickly and loudly. My bride of 5 years sez, "Hey! Can I go too?" I just naturally step into it by answering, "Sure, if you can find a babysitter and a free ticket." :rolleyes:

She has forgiven me, but I think her purchases of Enya, Yanni and Josh Grushin/Grogan/whatever CD's is by way of long term payback. :D

I enjoy visiting the HRC's to buy the shirts; I only occasionally bother to eat at one! :D

The alltime best HRC shirt I own is from Los Angeles. I got it 9 or 10 years ago, embroidered logo on the left chest, good heavyweght cotton T-shirt that still fits (the polo shirts have a nasty habit of shrinking up on me and becoming useless :( ).

The downside is that the polos are becoming too generic; logo on the sleeve instead of the chest; etc. I'd prefer either the 'classic' logo or one that's tweaked tobe custom for each locale.

When I was younger, my mother would always bring home Hard Rock t-shirts for me from her various trips. She has never had the opportunity to travel outside of North America, however so I have many shirts from the various US/Canada locations courtesy of her.

Since I've started traveling for work, I've had a chance to return the gifts to her with Hard Rock shirts from London, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Rome, Moscow, Cairo, Sydney, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok.

I visit them in every city I go to specifically to buy my mom a shirt and most of the time end up eating at them as well.

My personal favorite: Moscow.

Buying a shirt without eating there is like picking up a ticket stub off the ground and saying you went to the game.

BTW - San Diego is getting a Hard Rock Hotel in gaslamp.

Buying a shirt without eating there is like picking up a ticket stub off the ground and saying you went to the game. At least I'm buying them AT the restaurants! It's not as though I bought them on eBay! :)

I try to get to the HRC in every city I travel to so I can pick up a city specific pin for my brother and his wife. I rarely eat in them, because I am on the go.

I think HRCs are good for their consistency and ease for travelers. One doesn't always have to go to McDonalds and other fast food outlets in case one doesn't feel like ordering blind in a foreign restaurant that particular moment (that can be fun though). And they are always located near the touristy spots for easy access.

HRC nacho appetizer with chicken. mmmmmmmmm :) :) :)

Bump to update my list.

I just went to the one in Sacramento, it was alright

The HRC in Newport Beach closed earlier this year, if anyone cares.

When I lived in Madrid, I resisted going to the HRC there for almost a year. After I finally caved in, I found the only "real" American food I ever had over there and was back a few times for the nachos and club sandwich when I was really sick of the local cuisine, which is nice for a while but becomes very repetitive.

I use to buy a pin from each location as a souvenir but have stopped because I keep going back and forth to the same ones.


San Francisco – old location and new location
Los Angeles
Universal City
Las Vegas
New York – old location and new location
Lake Tahoe
Sacramento
Kowloon
Hong Kong
London

I would guess that the majority of visitors to New York's restaurant actually visited their location on 57th St. They are now located in the heart of Times Square, where the old WWF Restaurant used to be. It appears to be a big step up from the old place including a live music venue, but the location leaves much to be desired. And they don't have the old Caddy hanging off the building anymore. :(

I like Honolulu's surf-mobile above the bar, the open-air feel of Guam, the cool grandure of Moscow, the distinct Italian feel to Rome and the Riverwalk location of San Antonio. One I'm not a fan of - Orlando. That thing is TOO big.


PS - If you are looking for New orleans gear, I hear they are wiling to send it to you if you can't visit. Though this is not a permanent thing.

I'm a former employee (retail) and I'd be more than happy to answer any specific questions. I worked in Niagara Falls (US) and Cleveland.

Souvenirs must be comparatively rare, since the location is long dead.

What? :eek: Vancouver HRC is closed! I have a Vancouver t-shirt from a couple years ago.

Here's where I've been. My wife collects the pins, is a member of the Hard Rock Pin Collector club. She has a display from them.

Amsterdam
Bangkok
Berlin
Birmingham
Chicago
Copenhagen
Detroit
Hong Kong
Jakarta
Kuala Lumpur
Osaka
Las Vegas
La Jolla
London
Los Angeles
Manchester
Melbourne
Munich
Paris
Phoenix
San Diego
San Francisco
Seoul
Singapore
Sydney
Tokyo - Roppongi
Toronto
Washington D.C.

For the first time ever, last month I ate at a Hard Rock. Wife, kids, and I vacationed down in Orlando and decided to take the kids there. My 11 yr. old son thought it would be neat to go and find Green Day paraphenalia on a wall somewhere.

That was quite possibly the loudest meal I've ever had the misfortune of partaking in... Not that I didn't know that going in. I can't even remember what I had... so I guess that tells you what I thought of the food.

Nonetheless, for the son, I acted like I was having a grand time. Actually, we did have a good time... just wish the food was better.

I don't care too much for the food, overpriced and sometimes not very good, but I keep a collection of HRC shot glasses.

Paris
Amsterdam
Brussels
NY
CHI
Detroit
Dallas
San Antonio
Philly
Pittsburgh
Boston
Montreal
Toronto
Niagara Falls
Baltimore
Orlando
Myrtle Beach
Gatlinburg
Nashville
Guam USA
New Orleans
Hollywood
San DIego

The coolest one is in Myrtle Beach. It is shaped like a huge Egyptian Pyramid.

I don't eat there, but I do get the shirts for a good friend.

Beijing
Cairo
Hong Kong
Bali
Singapore
Bangkok
Pattaya
Dubai
Melbourne
Sydney
Paris
Amsterdam
London
Niagara Falls (US)
Niagara Falls (Canada)
Toronto
Atlantic City
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Hollywood
Honolulu
Houston
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Nashville
NY
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Bogota
Caracas

Too many... :)

Hard Rock Cafe's I've been to:

Tokyo - Ueno Station (YEP, it exists there)
Honolulu
Los Angeles

Sanosuke!

EDIT: Seattle taken out of list.. I was wrong - I realized that was Planet Hollywood I went to. LOL. Thanks for pointing it out!

Hard Rock Cafe's I've been to:

Tokyo - Ueno Station (YEP, it exists there)
Honolulu
Seattle
Los Angeles

Sanosuke!
There's never been a HRC in Seattle

As for me:

Chicago
Washington DC
Vancouver
Tokyo (both Ueno Eki and Roppongi)
Maui
London
St. Thomas
Melbourne
Las Vegas

To whoever dropping by the London HRC... they will be using the 1971 menu on 14/june...
Everything will be on discount o.O

My list:

Jakarta
Bali
Bangkok
Amsterdam
Miami
Hollywood, FL
Boston
New York City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Atlantic City
Washington, DC
Atlanta
Dallas
Chicago
Hong Kong
Orlando
Singapore
Tokyo
Honolulu
Osaka
Taipei
London
Montreal
Copenhagen
Hollywood, CA

yes i'm a big fan :D

ps: I'll be honest ... I hardly ever eat at the restaurant. I would look for the restaurant if I'm in the area simply just to buy the merchandise :)

AAA members get a discount at Hard Rock on food and merch when they show their card.

AAA members get a discount at Hard Rock on food and merch when they show their card.


Is the AAA discount availible worldwide or just in the US?

I did way to much US travel.

St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Kona
London
Paris
LA
Dallas
San Fran
San Juan (week afer it causght on fire :( )
Orlando
NYC (57th street)
Newport, CA
Sacramento
Salt lake City
Cancun
Atlanta
Boston
Baltimore
Aspen
Denver
Vegas
Miami
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
Philly
Pittsburgh

I am sure there is more. My brother collects the pins, so I stop and get them for him where ever I go. + the all access card is like a FF miles thing. I have made back well over 500 bucks on it.

I had a routine where I would travel for a week, I would go to denny's on monday night (cause I got out of work at 1 am), Morton's on tuesday, HRC on wenesday, Benihanas on thursday, and some other local joint friday.

Updated my list on page 1...I'm at 15 now.

My list:

Amsterdam
Rome
Paris
Niagara Falls
Los Angeles
London
Honolulu
New York
Vancouver
Chicago
Las Vegas
Shanghai

O.K., my list....

Domestic:
Niagara Falls, NY
Washington D.C.
Baltimore
Orlando
Phoenix
Lake Tahoe (just a merch store)
San Antonio
NYC
San Francisco
New Orleans
Atlantic City

International:
Niagara Falls, Canada
London
Cardiff
Belfast
Sydney
Melbourne
Surfer's Paradise
Buenos Aires
Reyjkavik
Hong Kong
Tokyo (both)
Rome
Malta
Copenhagen


That's all I can remember right now.

ok.. my turn.....

newport beach, Los angeles, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Bangkok, and Pattaya.

Stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya so HRC was right there....

I've never been to a Hard Rock Cafe, but I live directly across the street from the one in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

I've been here for four months now and I plan to go there at some point before my two years here are up. I watch people coming and going every night. It would be a shame to live so close but never go there!

LA
Vegas
NYC
Tijuana
Kona
Tahoe
London
Amsterdam
Montreal
Toronto
Tokyo
New Orleans
Cleveland
Chicago
Paris
Baltimore

I felt bad my first night in New Orleans going to, of all places, Hard Rock Cafe. I'm hitting a local creole joint tomorrow. :)

I’ve only actually eaten in two of the Hard Rocks but I have been to everyone one of the following and bought a T-shirt (should have gone the pin route instead)

Phoenix
San Antonio
Philadelphia
Nashville
Baltimore
New York
Washington, D.C.
Indianapolis
London
Paris
New Orleans
Toronto
Niagara Falls (CA)
Manchester
Minneapolis
Boston

Let's see...

London
San Juan, PR
Stockholm
New York (old one by Carnegie Hall, not the new one on Times Square)
Kona
Maui
Lake Tahoe
Nassau
Copenhagen
Paris
Berlin
Cabo San Lucas
Hollywood, CA

There have got to be more, but I just can't remember for certain. Missed Bangkok and Singapore due to lack of time. Swung by Tokyo Roppongi too early in the day, they hadn't opened yet. I'll catch Honolulu next July.

Here's mine:

USA:
Atlanta
Boston
Detroit
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Hollywood, CA
Hollywood, FL
Miami
New Orleans
Newport Beach
Orlando
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Antonio
San Francisco
Sacramento
Washington DC

Intl:
Amsterdam
Berlin
Copenhagen
Lisbon
London
Montreal
Munich
Niagara Falls
Paris
Stockholm-- HRC and Gamla Stan store
Toronto
Toronto Skydome

Hotels/Casinos:
TPA---my hometown

US:
Houston
Sacramento
San Francisco
La Jolla
Los Angeles
Orlando
New York City
Philadelphia
Washington DC
Atlanta
Boston
Niagara Falls, NY
Chicago
Baltimore
Las Vegas

International:
Amsterdam
Berlin
London
Niagara Falls, Ontario

I've only been to one........Fukuoka.........and once was enough :p !

Honolulu, Hawaii--coolest item on display: the Cadillac "Woodie" station wagon over the bar.

Manchester, UK--met my boyfriend there in May of 2005. We went back there in October of 2006. :)

London, UK--was there in July 2005, HOT weather, when I requested "a glass of water" with my food order, I received a tall glass filled with plenty of ice and cold water. Not always obtainable, not specifically requested, but very much appreciated. Thanks Liam! (he was a great waiter) Sadly, the kitchen caught fire that day AFTER I left. Thankfully no one was injured, but they were closed for awhile.

Hollywood, California: coolest item on display: The Chris Thompson band doing a live performance for the ABC Trust. Chris rocks!

Washington, DC--coolest item on display: Freddie Mercury's red leather pants. I miss ya Freddie!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061207/ap_on_bi_ge/hard_rock_cafe_seminole_tribe

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061207/ap_on_bi_ge/hard_rock_cafe_seminole_tribe

And another story, with analysis, from public radio's Marketplace business program:

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/12/07/AM200612073.html

We just happened to be at the new HRC at Narita City Japan the day before it opened. Seems like an odd place to have an HRC but as an afterthought, there sure was a lot of foreigners killing time in the city as they waited for there flight. Probably a very astute move on HRC's part.

And another story, with analysis, from public radio's Marketplace business program:

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/12/07/AM200612073.html

I'm really disappointed :(

Especially since the whole chain sold for less than a billion dollar. While that is indeed a lot of money but Peter Morton, the original owner of HRC (before the Rank group) sold ONE Hard Rock Cafe in Vegas for $770 million.

The Seminole Tribe definitely got a great deal! :td:

Domestic:
Washington DC
San Antonio
Dallas
Houston
Chicago
Stayed at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas

International:
Madrid
Guam
Mexico City


drnp

US (no particular order):
San Francisco (old Van Ness, and new - not nearly as friendly - Pier 39 location)
New York City (57th st)
Las Vegas
Boston

Outside the US, in order of visit:
Sydney
London
Paris
Edinburgh
Pattaya
Bangkok
Singapore

Got T-shirts at all of the international locations except Pattaya; only NYC and Las Vegas for the US ones. I've also got a HRC Tel Aviv T-shirt - never been, but it ended up in mixed up laundry back in college.

Off the top of my head I can think of:
Orlando
Washington DC
NYC
Minneapolis
San Diego
Baltimore
Boston
London
Paris
Rome
Madrid
Las Vegas
Atlanta
Pittsburgh

Don't think this has been posted, but the Los Angeles Cafe at the Beverly Center will be closing its doors on 12/31/06.

Don't think this has been posted, but the Los Angeles Cafe at the Beverly Center will be closing its doors on 12/31/06.

That's really sucks :(

The Dallas Hard Rock Cafe will be closing on March 4, 2007. It will be relocating and opening at a later date.

I don't feel like such a nerd knowing I'm not so alone in collecting HRC shirts.

I've picked them up them from:

International

Manila - Anyone else been to this one?
Hong Kong
Jakarta
Bangkok
Tokyo



Domestic

Atlanta
Gatlinburg
Nashville
Chicago
Washington D.C.
Orlando
Minneapolis

I think I'm forgetting one or two but thats already a decent list...


Is there a thead like this for Hooters??? :D

I don't feel like such a nerd now that I knowing I'm not so alone in collecting HRC shirts.

On the contrary, after reading the people that also collect them, it just reiterates that notion ;)

I'm such a HRC shirt geek. I should switch to pins, as my closet is getting full. :)
I have been to the following:
Bahrain
Cancun
Hong Kong - Peak
Hong Kong - Kowloon
Atlanta
St Thomas
Dallas
Buenos Aires
Bangkok
Chicago
San Antonio
London
Denver
San Francisco
Maui
Sydney
Tokyo
Edinburgh
Lisbon
St. Louis
Moscow
Surfer's Paradise (Australia)
Queenstown (New Zealand)
Montreal
San Diego
New Orleans
Las Vegas
Cape Town
Johannesburg (fake)
Shanghai
Beijing
New York
Madrid
Honolulu
Paris
Boston
Nairobi (fake)

I don't feel like such a nerd now that I knowing I'm not so alone in collecting HRC shirts.

I've picked them up them from:

International

Manila - Anyone else been to this one?
Hong Kong
Jakarta
Bangkok
Tokyo



Domestic

Atlanta
Gatlinburg
Nashville
Chicago
Washington D.C.
Orlando
Minneapolis

I think I'm forgetting one or two but thats already a decent list...


Is there a thead like this for Hooters??? :D
Wow, you are indeed a collector. I have none. :o

My HRC T-shirt/shirt collection (includes now defunct locations):

Edmonton
Vancouver
Toronto Skydome
Houston
Las Vegas
Hollywood
Honolulu
San Diego
Washington, DC
New York
New Orleans
Kona
Cancun
Puerto Vallarta
Edinburgh
Berlin
Munich
Amsterdam
Madrid
Rome
London
Mykonos
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Kuala Lumpur
Sydney
Singapore
Cairo

My fave is a midnight blue Honolulu T with a fairly plain front but on the back a guitar surrounded with white flames and the "Pray For Surf" motto around the edge. ^

I see Bucharest is getting one in June, which is a few months before I arrive on my cheap NW tkt. ^ I'm also stopping for 8 hours in Houston, so will probably get into the Houston HRC and get another shirt rather than sit at the airport.

I'm sure you can dedicate an exclusive HRC wardrobe at home! :D

I'm sure you can dedicate an exclusive HRC wardrobe at home! :D

The funny thing is I haven't gone more than a few km's out of my way to get any of the HRC clothing as they've all been on my or my immediate family's holidays. And I'd rather have HRC than some generic touristy variety of T-shirt as a souvenir.

I see Bucharest is getting one in June, which is a few months before I arrive on my cheap NW tkt. ^ I'm also stopping for 8 hours in Houston, so will probably get into the Houston HRC and get another shirt rather than sit at the airport.

Very cool about Bucharest! Warsaw's just opened a few days ago, according to the web site.

Wow, I'm a real amateur compared to you folks. I've only got a few:

Yokohama
Tokyo-Roppongi
Lisbon
Honolulu

I always get a pilsner glass.

It's funny; I lived in Atlanta for 7 years and it never dawned on me to go by there.

In order of first visit:

Copenhagen
Oslo (First time was under a week after the opening. Been there a lots of time since, as I live an hour away..)
Gothenburg
Stockholm
(That's actually all Hard Rocks in Scandinavia..)

Will hopefully add the following on my trip to the US this summer:

New York
Cleveland
Chicago
Hollywood (CA)

Very cool about Bucharest! Warsaw's just opened a few days ago, according to the web site.

Dang. I'll be done with my NW Bucharest trips before it opens.

The Redbeards just added another HRC in San Juan. Updated my main list.

Chicago
DC

Next month.....

Oslo. Looking forward to it!

Although I have lost interest in HRC's, I was a huge pin collector about 12 years ago and visited the following cafe's during the time I collected:

San Francisco
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Hollywood
San Diego
La Jolla
Phoenix
Las Vegas
Lake Tahoe
Guadalajara
Mexico City
New York
Boston
Miami
Orlando
New Orleans
Chicago
Bali
Iceland
London
Paris
Niagara Falls, Canada
Niagara Falls, USA
Toronto Skydome
Toronto
Montreal
Ottawa
Beijing
Osaka
Tokyo
Kobe
Cancun
Acapulco
Puerto Vallarta
Singapore
Bangkok
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Denver
Gatlinburg
Hollywood, FL
Honolulu
Houston
Key West
Philadelphia
San Antonio
St. Louis
Washington, DC
Newport Beach

I was just in Dallas and noticed that the original location is now closed.

Anyone been to the Honolulu HR, lately? We'll be there in June and I'll have to have a t-shirt.

I was just in Dallas and noticed that the original location is now closed.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7192175&postcount=83

Anyone been to the Honolulu HR, lately? We'll be there in June and I'll have to have a t-shirt.We were there about three years ago. It is a great HRC, and I regret not getting the city shirt while I was there; it was a neat design.

Its a really nice HRC, if in HI check out kona and maui 2

I collect big glasses as a testament to my travels- not because I love the food. It is simply more economical to have one item from each locale, rather then shopping shopping shopping. Plus, it looks uniform when displayed AND you can use the glasses at parties- thats cool as long as dumb asses don't break them.

I collect glasses from where I've been- even if the cafe is closed. For instance, I've been to Aspen. I can't find that glass. I'm trying. When I head to Belfast, I'll look for that glass even though that cafe closed in 2004. Etc.

I guess I'm a typical when it comes to souvenir at HRC. I prefer the large glasses- not the shot glasses. As a result, my suitcase has become rather full as I roamed about Europe trying to collect them. Oddly enough, I found myself attending cities I had no interest in (Birmingham, England; Catania, Sicily, etc). Here's my current list:

Houston
Dallas
Austin
San Antonio
New Orleans (my first glass)
Memphis
Louisville
Nashville
Gatlinburg
Hollywood, FL
Biloxi
Destin
Tampa Bay
Baltimore
Washington D.C.
Orlando
Miami
New York
Boston
Indianapolis
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
Phoenix
Chicago
La Jolla
San Diego
LA
Honolulu
Hollywood, CA
Cancun
Cozymel
Tijuana
Atlanta
Barcelona
Rome
Catania
Munich
London
Amsterdam
Kowloon
Madrid
Whistler
Kanata, Ontario
Birmingham, England
St.Thomas
Denver
Newport Beach
Nottingham, England

That's 49 total?

My wife is headed to Mexico City and Guadalajara this summer, to I'll get those two; my personal edict requires that I either attend personally or someone purchases it for me without my request. If that occurs, then I have to visit that cafe within a couple of years.

This winter I'm headed to China, so that'll be Beijing. My wife and I were planning on driving up to New England for Christmas...that would have been when I hit Toronto, and Niagra Falls US and Canada...but this opportunity came up for me to go to Beijing sooooooo..........

I still need to hit some of the obscure cafe's here in the U.S. like Minneapolis, Pittsburg, Foxrun, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, Myrtle Beach. I really want San Fran, Sacramento, Lake Tahoe, and Las Vegas. The hard one will be Key West, Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Bahamas. Maybe I'll take a cruise for three of them and do a weekend trip to Bahamas. It doesn't cost much to fly over from Miami.

My wife and I are planning a back packing trip to Ireland, France, Greece, and North Africa in '08. That'll give me Dublin, Manchester, Leeds, Paris, (and maybe a quick trip over to Berlin and Cologne via Ryan Air). I'll hit Athens, and then Cairo, Hurghada, and Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt. God knows whenever I'll make it to Scandanavia and get Oslo, Copenhangen, Gothenburg, and Stockholm.

I kick myself for not hitting Lisbon when in Spain, and obscure places like Cabo San Lucas, Alcapulco, and Puerto Vallerta will have to be hit on a pacific cruise. I don't know if a cruise visits all of those places.

Did anyone know they just opened Santa Domingo in the Caribbean? I'm not sure I'm headed all the way there for just a glass. That's a little obsessive *cough cough.

I'm looking for Ft. Lauderdale (been to the city, not to the cafe...closed in 2000). Recently Bristol in England closed. It was only a bar, but they had a glass. I kick myself for not attending it when I was in London.

Eventually...someday, I want to have been to every city HRC has had a presence in.

Chicago
DC

Next month.....

Oslo. Looking forward to it!Don't get your hopes up ... :(

I won't comment on the restaurant food prices in Norway (and god forbid the beer prices...) as everything is expensive, but I had a burger at the HRC in Oslo a few weeks ago, and I won't go back :td:

If you want a burger, or similar type food, at an "American" style restuarant on Karl Johan in Oslo, I would pick TGIF.

Added Washington, DC tonight. :)

You know, back in high school, I decided to start the Hard Rock tee collection, which started in Honolulu.

After finding out each tee was $20, my collection stopped at one. :p

You know, back in high school, I decided to start the Hard Rock tee collection, which started in Honolulu.

After finding out each tee was $20, my collection stopped at one. :pI have like 7 or so now..

Rio de Janeiro
Guangzhou (which I heard closed)
Tokyo (one got stolen :mad: )
Amsterdam (wearing it now)
Beijing (latest one)
Singapore
London

The HR t-shirts go for about $1-$3 in your local thrift store. Enjoy.

MisterNice

Added Washington, DC tonight. :)

You should have called!

Double :( :( as I checked the HRC website and it seems they've pushed back the open date for Bucharest to "Fall 2007" from what had been a June open date. Was going to be one stop I had planned for my NW OTP run in Aug., but not now. :(

I've only been to three hard rock cafes so far, and one of those is in my home country of the UK. The others were LA and Copenhagen.

The one thing I love about the Hard Rock Cafe is that the staff always seem to enjoy their jobs, and they give better, more friendly service than most 'posh' restaurants I've been to.

I don't collect the T-Shirts, yet, as they seem so expensive, but I think I might start...

I didn't realise there was a HRC in Tokyo! I can't wait to go there now :)

The one thing I love about the Hard Rock Cafe is that the staff always seem to enjoy their jobs, and they give better, more friendly service than most 'posh' restaurants I've been to.



That me reminds me of a visit to the Hard Rock in Oslo with my sister and a friend of hers: As you might know, there's free refill of soda, and sometimes they ask you if you want more, sometimes you gotta ask them, which is no big deal..However this one time, as I was about to finish my Pepsi (I always seem to drink up first..), the waitress suddenly appeared with three new glasses of soda without even asking us first.. That's what I would call great service. And before the meal was over, we got even another refill without asking.. I don't need to say that she got a few extra NOK as tips that day..



However, I did also experience once - again with my sister and a friend - that my sisters friend didn't get her hamburger. She asked the waiter, who apologized, and promised her a free ice-cream. When we got the bill, the ice cream was on it.. However, we didn't bother and paid for it anyway..

Dallas has one. It seems kinda small on the inside but there is an upstairs with an excellent view of the stage and an outside area.

It's closed now. Just a month ago or more.

Added the Hard Rock in Amsterdam a month ago. Service a little slow, but great location. Very close to museum's and right next door to the casino.

WOW! I just found this thread and amazed at the different HRC's people have been to. I've been a HUGE t-shirt collector and just recently a Huntington Bear Company collector Here's a list of where I've been:

Houston (hometown)
Dallas (first ever HRC I visited, the original)
New York City
Washington D.C.
Baltimore
Orlando
New Orleans
Austin (sad it's now closed)
San Antonio
Phoenix
Denver
San Francisco
Los Angeles Beverly Center
Los Angeles Universal
Maui
Guam
Makati-Manila
Buenos Aires
London
Paris
Berlin
Munich
Rome
Amsterdam
Madrid
Barcelona
Montreal
Toronto
Tonronto-SkyDome
Niagara Falls Canada
Niagara Falls USA
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Hotel
Atlanta
San Diego

Friends/family got me stuff from these HRC's:
Beirut
Kona
Stockholm
Key West
Nashville

Mad that I didn't make it to the Sydney one, but vow to visit it some day soon! Can't wait to add Lisbon, Oslo, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Osaka, Melbourne, and Narita to my growing list!!!!!!!!!!

We walked by the San Antonio HRC last weekend. The timing didn't work out for some nachos or twisted mac. :(

BTW - Washington DC shirts are great!

Added Las Vegas. I finally got the cool double dragon back design. The LV City shirt has a showgirl and dice on the back. Kinda cheesy...

...hit the HRC Hong Kong this past afternoon.

I've been collecting shot glasses (just the basic logo for uniformity)

domestic
Hollywood
San Fransisco
Washington DC
Houston
Austin (closed)
Maui (only one I haven't visited, thanks mom!)
Orlando
Lousiville
Nashville
Miami
Salt Lake City

International
Montreal
Mexicio City
London
Berlin
Munich
Koln (made a special trip to just get)
Rome
Moscow, Still my favorite club, it had been open two weeks when I visited and after living in Russia for two months looked like a beacon of American to a home sick college student. It is actually a very nice multi-story venue.

Haven't been to one in forever except in Tijuana because I knew they would probably have a decent bathroom (they did).

I just visited the fairly new HRC in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico over the weekend. The San Juan site is very nice and I would recommend it.

I'll try to list my other visits that come to mind:

- Manila (Makati City), Philippines
- Tokyo Roppongi
- Hong Kong
- Rome
- London
- Madrid
- Whistler (Now Closed)
- Hollywood
- Santa Monica
- Grand Cayman Island - Now Closed
- Cancun
- Cozumel
- Dallas
- Houston
- New York
- Wash DC
- Baltimore
- Philadelphia
- St Louis
- Orlando
- Miami
- Chicago
- Denver
- San Juan
- Las Vegas
- Toronto
- New Orleans
- Atlantic City

I'll update as I remember more locations. I have my old shotglass collection in a closet somewhere that my wife won't let me "display". It looked great in my bachelor pad 10 years ago.

I now collect the costumed Huntington bears for my 4 year old. The Rome bear is in a gladiator costume. The London bear is in a Buckingham palace guard costume. Denver is in a snow-boarder costumer. San Juan is a pirate. Etc.... Not all locations seem to have the costumed bears but I buy them when I see them.

J_Hawk

I've only been in one (SF) and really wasn't very impressed with the food, although some of the memorabilia was pretty cool.

Does anyone have any merchandise from the HRC in Jackson,TN?(closed)

I've only been in one (SF) and really wasn't very impressed with the food, although some of the memorabilia was pretty cool.

In my experience, the menu in general (not at SF in particular) took a turn for the worse somewhere around 2000... around that time (shortly after, IIRC) the SF one moved from on Van Ness (which was walkable from where my then-girlfriend/now-wife lived) to the much more touristy location at Pier 39, and prices went up significantly.

I've only been back a couple of times since the move, although I do usually stop in once when I'm in a new city outside the US that has one.

I've only been to one: Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Fla for my dad's b-day last January

He loved it, especially when the staff started dancing to YMCA on every table... it was fun.

I've been to Hard Rock at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, NJ a bunch of times but never actually ate there so it doesn't count.

--Russ

Just noticed that Sydney and Melbourne HRC closed in October..

Seems the owners of the space in Melbourne wanted it back and the lease was up, apprently they are looking to relocate possibly into Crown, Docklands or St Kilda Triangle.

Can't find any info on Sydney though, anyone have any ideas?

Its a shame as a group of my friends have a pre xmas tradition of going, unless we go to the Gold Coast we are SOL.

My favorite HRC is definately the one in Vegas. Atmosphere just electrifying.

In my experience, the menu in general (not at SF in particular) took a turn for the worse somewhere around 2000........

That may be just around the time the owner/founder sold it and it went corporate? I believe he retained an interest in any HRC's that have gambling (and/or hotels?) associated wth them, but that's it.

Anyway, we've had one in our town since 1990, and in the last few years the food has become so bad we avoid it like the plague. And we're not the only ones: we've watched their business decline steadily over the years, from gangbusters to pitiful.

So it goes.

Just noticed that Sydney and Melbourne HRC closed in October..
...

Can't find any info on Sydney though, anyone have any ideas?



Anyway, we've had one in our town since 1990, and in the last few years the food has become so bad we avoid it like the plague. And we're not the only ones: we've watched their business decline steadily over the years, from gangbusters to pitiful.

So it goes.

I found a list of (mostly) closures and openings (http://www.hardrockcafes.info/english/cafes.htm) in developed and emerging economies.
Hadn't the Sydney HRC been closed for a long time after a fire in recent years?

I agree that the heyday was over around 1990 if not before; what happened to all of the memorabilia? Recycled to the new openings in the Pacific and central Europe?

We also had some memorable birthday parties there, long ago, in Sydney. ;D

i remember in the early 80s when the Hard Rock tshirts/sweatshirts were all the rage. I thought I was so cool when my sister brought me one home from London. I wore that thing out.

the food at HRC, however, never stuck out in my mind as anything extra special.

i remember in the early 80s when the Hard Rock tshirts/sweatshirts were all the rage. I thought I was so cool when my sister brought me one home from London. I wore that thing out.

the food at HRC, however, never stuck out in my mind as anything extra special.

Does *anyone* go there for the food? I go there for keepsakes of the cities I've visited. I'm not much of a souvenir person, but I like to pick up a pilsner glass from the HRC.

If interested check it out, Includes the rare Taichung set among many other hard to find pins.

ebay Item number: 330214275728


Thanks,

MJ

In PHX for the Freddies, and had a late lunch locally. DMX was having a few drinks at the bar.

Was very disappointed to find the Dallas HRC had closed before I finally got out there. Ho Hum. My list so far:

Los Angeles (at the Beverly Centre, now closed, I believe)
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Tokyo
Sydney
Amsterdam
Madrid
Barcelona
Paris
Cologne (bought the tee with the German spelling :))
Roma (where they'd sold out of the standard tee in my size :mad:).

Not many really but I'm glad to say I've never had a bad meal at one.

(and to think, I only popped by to see if a superb eatery I'd found in Rome had been mentioned in these forums).

Not many really but I'm glad to say I've never had a bad meal at one.


If you want to keep it that way, avoid the hamburgers at the Pattaya one :)

(Thailand has wonderful food in general, but I've just come to the conclusion that hamburgers are best avoided there; the best burgers I've had there have been mediocre, and I've had some truly awful ones.)

Ate at NYC on the way to the UK. Very nice restaurant. It's probably my #2 favorite.

We have a condo in GCM. Whenever friends visit us there, no matter what country they are from, they always want to go to the Hard Rock, even if it is just to buy a t-shirt. In fact, it's quite obvious that the place was designed more as a souvenir shop than a restaurant. When it rains on 'cruise ship days' the place is packed. BTW, the food there seems to be just bit better than the Hard Rock in Chicago. Maybe it's the salt air!

I was looking for somewhere for lunch today and I stumbled upon a new Hard Rock Cafe I didn't know existed. It is the HRC Fiji at Port Denarau near Nadi. It identifies itself as HRC Fiji rather than HRC Nadi (or Denarau) and is owned by Chefs, a restaurant somewhat renowned in these parts for the quality of its food and service. The same standard apply to its Hard Rock menu - I had the classic HRC Bacon Cheeseburger and it didn't disappoint (better than London and NYC in my estimation).

Are the any collectors of HRC stuff on FT? Please tell me I'm not the only pin collector.

Are the any collectors of HRC stuff on FT? Please tell me I'm not the only pin collector.

You are not the only one.....

We always add HRC to our to do list when on vacations. We get 2 sets of shot glass and 4~6 pins from each location. Visited close to 50 cafes and it is getting expensive. Shot glass used to be US$2.50 when I start collecting them, last month we paid US$12 apiece at Puerto Vallarta!!

My 4 years old would go there for the food. It was the only place that we can find American Mac & Cheese in Rome!

It was the only place that we can find American Mac & Cheese in Rome!Twisted mac....yummmmmmmmmm ^^

...
- Grand Cayman Island - Now Closed
...
My wife and I visited the Caymans a couple of months back and the HRC there is open again. But I have to admit it is probably the smallest one I've been in. Definitely a different experience than eating at the Orlando HRC.

It's interesting to see how many locations are listed here, that are not on the website's list anymore: http://www.hardrockcafe.com/locations/cafes3/locator.aspx

Added a couple more to my first post.

There's also a HRC fans of on Facebook.

I've only ever been to two (despite having them in every city I've lived in... I just never think to go there)


Key West
San Diego

Both were pretty good.


Went to the Hard Rock Hotel in Vegas but ate at another one of their restaurants. Very tasty.