TikTok Food Critic Keith Lee Spurs Responses from Atlanta Restaurateurs

Atlanta’s meals scene has been underneath the microscope since a viral meals critic got here to city with unhealthy opinions — and now, a few of these locations are promising change.

Keith Lee, who has a large TikTok following and whose meals opinions have turned small, unseen companies into out-the-door favorites introduced his abilities to the ATL final week — and had loads to say.

He did quite a lot of video opinions … and a great handful of them truly ended up being retrospectives into how troublesome it turned out to be to order takeout at a bunch of well-known/fashionable institutions on the town. His stops included The Actual Milk & Honey, and Kandi Burruss‘s Outdated Woman Gang restaurant — each experiences, he says, left him with out meals.

Apparently, there are a ton of “guidelines” Keith says he and his household needed to undergo to even place an order or to be seated — stemming from what he characterizes as unhealthy customer support — and since calling these locations out … a variety of people have chimed in to agree.

Within the aftermath of those opinions — and amid all of the discourse that is adopted — there appears to be a consensus … it is kinda troublesome to dine in Atlanta, and for no actual good cause, both.

Kandi addressed a part of Keith’s critique — the actual fact he and his crew could not simply order takeout — and stated her restaurant places the main focus and assets on those that eat in. Nonetheless, she did not tackle his declare he was solely supplied a desk due to his identify.

In any case … Kandi welcomes him again and hopes she and the OLG staff can get one other shot. The parents who personal The Actual Milk & Honey (which is a franchised restaurant) took a barely completely different strategy … however in the end landed with a little bit of a clarification/apology too.

After one of many RMH honchos reportedly torched Keith on an area radio station — in making an attempt to defend his restaurant’s stringent practices — the restaurant itself issued a prolonged assertion Tuesday … seemingly admitting to being within the improper.

The company account says they’ve performed some soul-searching over the course of this week-long saga … and now, The Actual Milk & Honey is vowing to tweak how they function.

They do not precisely say what’s in retailer — however it seems Keith’s evaluate made ’em suppose twice.

BTW, this entire chapter took over a part of the Web for a great a number of days … and it obtained some big-time celebs weighing in on the supposed Atlanta meals scene “downside” — together with Cardi B, who in no unsure phrases sided with Keith … and thanked him for exposing it.