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      Fat Hippo Reviews

      3.4

      55% would recommend to a friend

      (44 total reviews)

      50% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.1

      Culture and values

      3.0

      Work/Life balance

      2.8

      Senior management

      2.8

      Compensation and benefits

      2.3

      Career opportunities

      Fat Hippo has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 44 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fat Hippo employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants and food service industry (3.7 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      44 reviews
      4.0
      9 Sept 2021

      Very informal, worked hard but paid well

      Line chef
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Flexible hours Easy interview Can listen to music at work Free meal every shift Hour breaks Staff allow cigarette breaks A good system for logging hours and booking time off Friendly front of house staff Nights out after work Lots of students Tips split between everyone

      Cons

      Typical burger restaurant kitchen, greasy as expected Have to work quick and keep on top of things Managers sometimes can be visibly stressed. You’ll know if you’re doing a bad job, but as long as you turn up on time, work hard and communicate, you’ll be fine. Long hours Unfulfilling, the food you make is easy, not a “real” chefs role

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      Fat Hippo Response
      4y
      Hello and thank you for your review. We really appreciate you taking the time to leave this review and are glad to hear you enjoy the working atmosphere and team environment at Fat Hippo. We have also taken your comments on board regarding monitoring staff turning up late so thanks for your feedback on this. Kind Regards, Fat Hippo HQ
      1.0
      17 Jun 2026

      Awful management leads to high turnover and chaos

      Line cook
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Some good people, but they all left because the head chef’s reign of terror goes unchecked by GM, who doesn’t care because he thinks it doesn’t impact him. When the head chef isn’t in there is actually a much better atmosphere, even when it’s busy and stressful it can actually be really nice if he’s not there throwing one of daily hissy fits.

      Cons

      Worked like a dog, and treated horribly. Actually, if someone treated their dog like that they would call the RSPCA. Head chef tends to go through phases of terrorising one specific person. It’s seemingly random so I don’t know if he draws a name out of a hat at the start of a shift or what. Upper management / area manager sometimes comes in and doesn’t talk to anyone but other managers. Then he changes everything and moves everything in the kitchen which inevitably leads to chaos because no one knows where anything is. There is a reason this job is always hiring, if you take the job then you’ll understand why.

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