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theNumberOfTheBeast

Points +4929

Vegan
25 Dec 2022

Smash My Baby

Dystopian vibe. One poor guy working his ass off while a robot touch screen takes your order in this dismal and unpleasant dining room. What if I have a question? Who ever guessed in the future the humans would be slaving in the kitchen while the robots did the human interaction hospitality labor?

No outlets to charge my dying phone and nobody to ask for help. Toilets? Locked by a code. Again nobody to ask for a code. Art on the wall? Who the hell designed this place? Judge Dredd? Like good god this place was so dreary despite the awesome name and well here comes the burger in a sad white bag.

Kinda ruining the mood to have to eat here. Maybe a homeless camp on the sidewalk would be more welcoming. Okay here goes. Bite. Gross. Okay, so it's small, soft, junky, plant based maccas analog with a house made patty. Just what every vegan wants to be reminded of horrific fast-food nightmares.

I left and expected my guts to explode and a baby robot symbiote to pop out and drink my spinal fluid or something. Food was gross and I wouldn't ever return because it was so hideous and depressing inside.

Update. These idiots decided to argue with me about my review. Not even vegans. Lied about being a non-profit. Defended their high turn over rate and low wages. Revolting.

Overpriced and lousy, non-existent customer service with owners that whine at reviewers instead of fixing their poor management, overpriced garbage, terrible customer experience and lousy labor conditions. Embarrassing and absolutely to be avoided. Good luck, jerks.

Updated from previous review on 2022-12-25

Pros: likely to be out of business soon

Cons: i hate robots, all freezer food, weirdly dystopian

monisonfire

29 Oct 2022

nmr1sunshine

15 Nov 2022

You should see the inside of the LV location!! But that late night burger run saved our vegan butts in Vegas!

theNumberOfTheBeast

15 Nov 2022

Veganman204

21 Dec 2022

Just FYI they have many signs posted that they’re hiring and eager to hire anyone, it’s just been hard for them to keep anyone, last time I went I saw 3 guys and a girl working, they helped me customize my burger and didn’t charge extra to upgrade! So nice of them! Also this company buys non vegan restaurants and turns them vegan according to the manager, the Vegas location used to be a smokehouse and this was a kebob place and they sterilize it and make it 100% plant based! So give them a break on the interior design it’s only been a few months that they opened! Haha
Also try the Nashville hot chick’n it’s literally a 10/10! I’m so impressed by that I go daily😄

theNumberOfTheBeast

22 Dec 2022

If they're not retaining labor they are undercutting it. Worker Solidarity. Animal Solidarity.

smashmebabyco

23 Dec 2022

Hey! We love that you loved our burger!!! Thank you for the kind words!
Just want to publicly state that undercutting employees is not true as we pay 50% over competitors at our starting wage! Now that we have had a few months since your visit, we have double the employees and going strong!! Interior design is not our taste but the kebab shop we took over, we don't love it either so we had a full rendering and redesign from our new interior design genius @nazelidesign
We will remodel once we have a strong grasp of the location! :)
And the bathroom code is mandated by the landlord to keep employees and customers safe and stop people from making the shopping center a pitstop-parkinglot for taxi drivers and homeless and keep insurance at bay from concert go-ers from across the street from doing drugs in the bathroom before and after concerts and to give our actual customers a safe place to use the bathroom in the meantime, originally. Bathrooms are closed by all others including Starbucks and Lucifers due to the elevated insurance price and liabilities :'|
And @veganman204 - it is true that we took over a flesh fueled Smokehouse and Kebab shop and sterilized/acid washed it and turned it 100% vegan! Thank you for your support!!
-SMB

theNumberOfTheBeast

24 Dec 2022

Dropping my review from five to two stars based on the above comment. What was a lighthearted jest is now going to become a full tirade against exploitation of vegans for profit. That representatives of this company chose to comment on my review to attempt to make a public relations opportunity and defend themselves against my critique really confirms my suspicions of what they are. A capitalist for profit corporation targeting vegans. I would be shocked if they were ethical vegans and not the kind of people that kept pets and feed them livestock and drove jaguars with leather seats, etc. Pure speculation, but this is the vibe I'm getting now. The condescension implicit in the reply above is revolting. 50% wages above what the competition pays doesn't impress me one red inch. Restaurant workers are horrifically underpaid, a living wage in Los Angeles is 300% of minimum wage and that's still a rough life living with roommates or parents and never saving. Working in hospitality is the definition of wage slavery and the vertiginous exploitation of indentured classes is not excused for vegans. Look how they missed my point? I don't give a damn that the doors are locked. It's the fact that they have touchecreens instead of counter service and nobody to ask for a code because they're working their asses off, alone. Just shows that it doesn't matter how tasty a burger is, when the scene is wrong, and the workers look like they're suffering, the food becomes inedible. I'd be impressed if they paid their kitchen $40/hr and opened a soup kitchen and feed those homeless and taxi drivers rather than complaining about them. Get off my goddamned review, losers. Disgusting.

smashmebabyco

25 Dec 2022

Owners are vegan and NOT for profit! Employees are paid well! Thanks for your review!

theNumberOfTheBeast

25 Dec 2022

Doubt it. But I'll ask them next time. Oh wait. Nobody to talk to. Jesus Christ don't waste my time with your bullsh*t. For profit Business License Number G70-00364 Business Name SMASH ME BABY Address 333 W St Louis Ave K15 Las Vegas NV 89102 Telephone (702)703-7737 Owners: Enlight Digital - LLC Jamie Gao - Partner Sean Kim - Managing Member Business Type Food Services or Cafe

smashmebabyco

25 Dec 2022

Please do! Also not the current owners as secretary of state is not up to date😄Merry Christmas to you!

Nazeli93

25 Dec 2022

Why does it sound like you have a personal problem with SMB? Have you heard of ghost kitchen concept? Look it up…
I have been there so many times and their food is great every single time and the interior of their restaurant has a chill vibe
I don’t understand why you refer to it as dystopian lol real humans work there and prep your meal. People in LA have to complain about everything! Just be happy that there’s a yummy vegan restaurant out there and its main focus is to save animals from being slaughtered!!

theNumberOfTheBeast

25 Dec 2022

Nazeli93

26 Dec 2022

How do you know I’m not vegan? So rude of you to just assume and cuss people out.
I’ve actually been vegan for the past 10 years due to heart disease.

theNumberOfTheBeast

26 Dec 2022

theNumberOfTheBeast

26 Dec 2022

You started with the rude insults of people in LA being complainers and your condescending "Look it up" comment. GFYS. 😍❤️🌈🙏🌟😘

theNumberOfTheBeast

26 Dec 2022

Vegan "for your health, is vegan for yourself" and not what veganism is by definition. LOOK IT UP.

theNumberOfTheBeast

26 Dec 2022

Comment again if you enjoy being publicly mocked for abject stupidity you cur. This was an okay review until you got involved. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Nazeli93

27 Dec 2022

You definitely need some help
I wasn’t even aware that my profile said that I’m not so worried about what my profile says I know what I stand for unlike you. Filled with so much hate and negativity.

theNumberOfTheBeast

27 Dec 2022

Oh so you do want to be mocked some more? What the f*ck do you stand for? Arguing against critical labor reform? Arguing in favor of robotic touch screen self-service telescreens that require customers to do the work that service workers used to do? Happy for these jerks to exploit labor? To lie about their non-profit status. To lie about your veganism. Vegan for your heart condition? You're the one that brought the negativity to this review with your dumb defense of their labor struggles. Oh no! Nobody wants to work for unfair wages in understaffed conditions for a bunch of lying opportunists exploiting people's ethical concern for animals by selling crappy $16 cheeseburgers. Get lost loser.

theNumberOfTheBeast

27 Dec 2022

Seriously, this post would have been a much better look for this enterprise without your input and burning desire to get the last word in-- on my review. Write your own if you're so in love with touchscreens, over-priced vegan food and worker exploitation. Now, I just suspect that you're the owner pretending not to be. The review below is your follower who only has one review of this place and they give it such fake and glowing review, and you have no reviews but are so invested in messing with mine? Get real. This is an embarrassment, you could have been spending your time and energy looking for and retaining employees instead of whining about my review. You want me to change my review? Go feed the homeless, drop your prices, increase the work crew size and retain them by paying them what they're worth. I'm not negative because you're doing it right. I'm negative because you are an infuriating reminder of what capitalist exploitation looks like in what should be a functional modern society.