Lidl £5 frozen lobster - complete rip-off

shadowknightz

I bought one of these and tried it the other day. The lobster was absolutely tiny with a small amount of meat. I had thought from the packaging that it'd be a decent-sized one but then found out that a huge layer of ice surrounding the lobster had been what had made it feel much more substantial when observing the packaging. Complete rip-off.

You may be thinking, "what did you expect for a fiver"? Again though, the packaging and feel of it makes you think there is a substantial lobster inside, and the other foods they sell such as the ostrich steak are actually quite good so I had hoped this quality would be "across the board."

There is also a sign saying "deluxe luxury lobster" on the front of the packaging. Deluxe? It was fupping tiny. Steer well clear!

bcl999

Tesco often have similar on offer and they too are very disappointing. To be honest, I don't think you can get a decent frozen lobster, even if it is bigger. The freezing process affects the taste & texture.

robpw2

take it back ?

Morglin

shadowknightz wrote: »

I bought one of these and tried it the other day. The lobster was absolutely tiny with a small amount of meat. I had thought from the packaging that it'd be a decent-sized one but then found out that a huge layer of ice surrounding the lobster had been what had made it feel much more substantial when observing the packaging. Complete rip-off.

You may be thinking, "what did you expect for a fiver"? Again though, the packaging and feel of it makes you think there is a substantial lobster inside, and the other foods they sell such as the ostrich steak are actually quite good so I had hoped this quality would be "across the board."

There is also a sign saying "deluxe luxury lobster" on the front of the packaging. Deluxe? It was fupping tiny. Steer well clear!

Surely, buying food from Lidl, you knew you were only going to get crap? :whistle:

There's an old saying - "You get what you pay for", and it's one of the truths in life.

Lin

over_flo

I've largely found that the quality of food is pretty good in Lidl -
far better than Tescos unless you can afford their 'finest' range
but I can't answer for the lobster as I've never bought one!

lucylucky

Was it not advertised as being £5?

What did you expect to pay?

In what way was it a "rip-off"?

Zippy123

What a lot of grouches, the OP was posting a warning because what in their eyes seemed like a bargain was not.

lucylucky

Zippy123 wrote: »

What a lot of grouches, the OP was posting a warning because what in their eyes seemed like a bargain was not.

That may well be true, however it no way is it a rip off.

Perhaps the OP would change the title to reflect their disappointment?

Coopdivi

Morglin wrote: »

Surely, buying food from Lidl, you knew you were only going to get crap? :whistle:

There's an old saying - "You get what you pay for", and it's one of the truths in life.

Lin

Anybody who regularly shops at Lidl would tell you that's not actually true.

You've obviously never been in a Lidl store and are just making an assumption based on your food snobbery.

The OP got a poor deal on this occasion like I did last year when I bought Irish Velvet crabs (I think they were called) and after half an hour of scraping got about 3 ounces of meat off them.

Auntie-Dolly

Fresh lobster is around £35 a kilo. A cooked one for a fiver isn't going to be very big is it?

skiddlydiddly

Don't think of it as a little lobster, think of it as a big prawn and it won't seem so bad.