Some celebs should keep their day jobs.
Eateries owned by Hollywood bigwigs including Mark Wahlberg and Robert De Niro topped the list of lowest-rated celebrity-owned establishments, according to a new study.
Less than half of the reviews — 45.8% — for Wahlburgers, owned by actor brothers Mark and Donnie Wahlberg and their celebrity chef brother Paul, received five stars, landing it on the top of the list for worst-ranked celeb-owned restaurants, a review by the gaming website cases.gg found.
Reviews posted on Google and Tripadvisor of the A-lister owned bars and restaurants — many of which are in and around the Big Apple — were gathered and percentages of five-star reviews were compared to compile the list.
The burger chain has locations across 21 US states, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. A whopping 79 outlets in the Midwest are expected to close, according to recent reports.
Wahlburgers’ only New York restaurant, in the Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, Long Island, missed the Marky mark, with an average Google rating of 3.3.
“Looks like school cafeteria food,” one customer complained in a review last month.
“Now I’m convinced TV stars shouldn’t own restaurants,” another wrote after an “understaffed” crew gave her the wrong order.
The only New Jersey outlet, in Atlantic City, has more “Good Vibrations,” with an average rating of 4.
Second on the list is the late Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, which the survey found was wasting away with just 47.6% of its reviews receiving top accolades.
There were few cheeseburgers in paradise served up at the Times Square location, which received a 3 average out of 5 on Tripadvisor.
“The service and the food was horrible,” one visitor griped.
In third place was the ritzy sushi spot Nobu, co-founded by Oscar-winner De Niro, where only 51.5% of its reviews awarded five stars, according to the survey.
In fourth place, Cabo Wabo Cantina, a nightclub owned by rocker Sammy Hagar located in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, has 52.6% of its reviews rated five-star.
Billionaire rapper and businessman Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club, which has a location in Brooklyn, took fifth place with 52.9% of its reviews garnering five stars.
“Overpriced for the food quality and watered down drinks,” one disappointed customer wrote in a 1-star review.
In sixth place was Rustic, the restaurant on director Francis Ford Coppola’s winery in California.
It had an average Google rating of 4.4 and and a Tripadvisor rating of 4, according to the survey.
Behind it was Joanne Trattoria, the Upper West Side Italian eatery owned by Lady Gaga’s parents and invested in by the superstar, which boasts more than half its reviews — 54% — five-starred.
Trailing the pack is Martha Stewart’s The Bedford, located on the Las Vegas Strip, in eighth place with 54.85% of its reviews rated five-star.
Pharrell William’s Miami restaurant and lounge Swan was a “Happy” ninth, with 55.3% and retired quarterback Peyton Manning’s Saloon 16 in Knoxville, Tennessee, scored tenth with 56.21%.
“It’s important to distinguish between celebrity-owned establishments that leverage famous names purely for profit and those created as genuine passion projects,” said cases.gg research head Gabriele Asaro.
“Those who gave their favorite celebrities low ratings may have felt that the experience failed to meet the high standards they associate with that celebrity, expecting a higher-quality outcome.”
