Ripe Bistro & Social Lounge Jeff Holleran ripe bistro rips off diners St Augustine, Florida
This restaurant lies to people about how wholesome there food is and that they by from locals, NOT!
I use to eat here all the time, but the more I would go in to eat the more I found I was being ripped off.
Over priced canned food, yes...... canned! You think there veggie food etc is organic lol, not even close!
This I think is the owners 3rd restaurant, the last place spy he had for only 7 months before selling it, hmm makes you think doesn't it......
I met a girl that use to work there and she told me the owner is the biggest liar she ever met, in fact he ripped off his own employee's. This girl said no one wants to work for him, that he treats people like crap and mentally abuses them.
They cook your food on "hot plates" lol and charge you more than any Restaurant in St Augustine For a steak $30 bucks for a fry pan cooked filet, just stay home and cook a steak lol.
I would from the bar the cooks in the kitchen since its out in the open touching there nose, face than touching food without washing there hand's ewwww, that was the final straw! Never again will they get my money
Diners beware... This is not the place to spend your money there are plenty of awesome places in St Augustine to Dine
9 Updates & Rebuttals
Maggie
Florida,DIRTY RESTAURANT
#10Consumer Comment
Mon, June 10, 2013
Diner from St Augustine
Joined Apr 2013
Advocate206
Atlanta,Georgia,
The FOOD & ATMOSPHERE less than ZERO
#10Consumer Comment
Fri, April 26, 2013
I feel so stupid for being suckered into eating at this RIP OFF JOINT!
The owner is a complete jerk to his guests!
HIS STORAGE REFRIDGERATOR IS LOCATED IN THE MENS RESTROOM, SERIOUSLY GO LOOK INSIDE THE DOOR NEXT TO THE TOILET, ISN'T THAT A HEALTH CODE VIOLATION? YUCK!
Advocate206
Atlanta,Georgia,
USA
Here is a Picture of Jeff Holleran
#10UPDATE EX-employee responds
Wed, January 30, 2013
Diners beware... This is not the place to spend your money there are plenty of awesome places in St Augustine to Dine
Ben
St Augustine,Florida,
United States of America
Yes you will need more than one Attorney
#10UPDATE EX-employee responds
Mon, January 07, 2013
Yes you will need more than one Attorney!!!!
1. A good TAX attorney
2. A good Employment Attorney
3. a GOOD criminal Attorney
PAY YOUR EMPLOYEE'S JEFF HOLLERAN!!!!
YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO CHANGE AND YOU WILL NEED LUCK!!!!
Jeff
St. Augustine,Florida,
United States of America
Defimation of character
#10REBUTTAL Owner of company
Sun, January 06, 2013
Please come out and tell me which ex employees you are that are filing out these reports together so that I can take the necessary steps to prosecute you. I have retained my attorney and I will find out this week and you will regret your cruel intentions to sabbatoge my business. Believe me, you will regret your evil lies and pay for your actions. I have narrowed it down to who I think you are, your life is about to change. Good luck!
Amanda
St Augustine,Florida,
United States of America
Jeff stop trying to clear your NAME, everyone knows you treat people like garbage and RIP THEM OFF
#10UPDATE EX-employee responds
Fri, January 04, 2013
Why does this Restaurant go through so many EMPLOYEES? Well it is due to the fact that the OWNER does not know how to treat people and that's a FACT!
Wanna work 40 hours and only get paid for 20 hours than this place is for you, but remember you will have to take the DE-HUMANIZING aspects of it too.
The owner steals his servers tips and refuses to give them a paycheck after they have left, uses excuses like: "I mailed it" lol!
Plus the owner gets his ROCKS off by telling your new employer that you have a bad attitude to try to get you terminated....TRUE STORY!
Jeff, ADMIT IT...YOUR A TOTAL SCUM BAD INCLUDING THE LITTLE ITALIAN MIDGET THAT KISSES YOUR A55 BUT TALKS SH...T ABOUT YOU WHEN YOUR GONE!!! OH AND EATS YOUR STEAKS AS PART OF HIS COMPENSATION, YES HE DOES, TRUE STORY AIN'T IT PAUL LOL!!
Jeff
St. Augustine,Florida,
United States of America
Owner of Ripe Bistro
#10REBUTTAL Owner of company
Thu, January 03, 2013
This site should not allow bad, disgruntle ex-employees to write any fraudulent statement they want to, without being warranted. We have an open kitchen that is at the forefront of the restaurant for all to see and it is not in the back of the building behind closed doors trying to hide anything. Our baked goods come from local bakers, produce as much as we can from our local farmers markets and we use the best prime hormone and additive free filet mignon from the Harris Ranch. We cook on authentic 16 inch wrought iron crepe' irons that cook meat to perfection with there high even heat distribution.
We pride our self on being extra sanitary and we use the freshest ingredients available locally to keep the local economy thriving. Please take the time to research this fine establishment and see these reports are nothing shy of bogus with zero fact or warrant.
I have been a long time entrepreneur in this community and have had many successful respected businesses without any misleading "scams". Furthermore, these two friends and malicious liars I am told from my colleagues that own other places here in town have filed the same frivolous reports on there businesses after they got fired. Please research and due your due diligence to see that these people show patterns of these same claims on every place they have worked. Please contact me at Ripe Bistro at (904)-471-3177 or at Jeff.Holleran@yahoo.com to discuss any concerns you may have about this matter. Come relax , enjoy and see for yourself what is really going on. References: Romano's Bakery, S&K Farms, Watson's Produce, A Frame Hot Sauce, Fretto Prints, Mile Marker & The Green Room Breweries and Hervins Rum Cakes just to mention a few of our local suppliers.
Sincerely, Jeffrey M. Holleran
Amanda
St Augustine,Florida,
United States of America
Oh I forgot something
#10UPDATE EX-employee responds
Sun, December 30, 2012
The owner Jeff Holleran trains his servers to pour whatever in your glass of wine, for example: You order a $14.00 glass of Cabernet but you get the house Cabernet instead, that is fraud! He claims if you are busy just pour anything the customers do not know the difference. That is a CON-MAN! Stealing customers money by giving them generic, bad bad man
Amanda
St Augustine,Florida,
United States of America
Ripe Bistro, Jeff Holleran, ripoff
#10UPDATE EX-employee responds
Sun, December 30, 2012
I use to work there and I have to agree this place is a total scam! The owner treats you like your stupid and always says bad things about EVERYONE THAT WORKS THERE BEHIND THERE BACKS, doe's nothing but brag about himself, what a loser!