Five Guys Burgers

[FlatOnTheHill]

Went to Bluewater today. Keep hearing how fantastic Five Guys burgers are!
So myself and DS 15 popped in for lunch all excited.
Can honestly say it tasted no better than Burger King except 5 times the price. Would have expected so much better. Anyone else think Five Guys are shit. Apart from GBK where else on the high street is good.

Haven't tried 5 guys yet and you're not selling it to me! Was keen to try it when I heard it was opening in my city, but when I went there, the setup didn't appeal (for some reason, probably the prices, I didn't expect it to look like a fast food place - thought it would be more restauranty) and the hygiene rating on the door was shockingly bad, so we moved on.

Best burger I've had in recent years was in a Bills restaurant. Not quite the same, as only one type of burger on offer as its not a burger joint, but bloody lovely.

I went to Meat Market last night for research purposes. The staff were very good, friendly & spoke good English. The burgers are the two thin patty style and all of them come with cheese in some way or another. I had a green chilli cheeseburger, it wasn't painfully hot, which was slightly disappointing as I like the searing feeling. We tried the Dead Hippie fries but they went a bit soggy, they are fries served in a rectangular loaf tin with onions & cheese on top. We liked the style but not the content and as I said before, the staff were very good.

There was a little article in a Ch4 TV show last night about burgers. They were looking at bacteria levels in gourmet burgers, which are being served cooked as customers like them...rare, medium rare etc.

I think that Byrons was found to have traces of listeria in their rare burger. (am happy to be corrected on this!) The message was basically, get your burger cooked all the way through.

That is all.

And five Guys? YABU. Bloody love them!
Shake Shack has just opened near us. Looking forward to trying that.
GBK have been shit the last few times we've been, but that was years ago. maybe they're better now?