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As a Brit I don't understand the fascination with Five Guys. Greasy, gross, mushy nastiness that is way overpriced. They're pricing themselves against the like

by nly 5y ago

As a Brit I don't understand the fascination with Five Guys. Greasy, gross, mushy nastiness that is way overpriced. They're pricing themselves against the likes of Honest Burger or Byron here and not even close in quality.

wil421 5y ago
5 Guys is a certain type of burger. It’s a high fat burger that is literally smashed into a griddle and usually served with a buttery bun. It’s not trying to be a gourmet burger.
Armisael16 5y ago
In my (entirely US) experience they haven’t done a good job making sure quality keeps up in restaurants far from their home site. Their corporate HQ is in Northern Virginia, and the restaurants in that area are excellent (especially the one actually owned by corporate). The same cannot be said of the Midwest. I’m not surprised they didn’t cross the pond very well.
- detritus 5y ago
  Yeah, I've had this experience with Five Guys here in Britain - the few times I've had one in London, it's been great. Slightly expensive, but quality 'plain, old fashioned burger'. Visited one in Harrogate on a stay up there a couple of years back and it was ... bad. Given it was a wee treat for myself after a long day, very disappointing.
brianwawok 5y ago
Five guys is great, if I am getting a Togo burger they are the best option I can think of… go maybe once a month or so with the family.
ghaff 5y ago
I brought up Five Guys, mostly because they're one of the bigger and more geographically distributed chains. But I generally agree there are other chains in this general category that are better, sometimes significantly--not that I eat enough at them enough to have a strongly formed comparative opinion. Five Guys is also one of the more expensive and, as someone else mentioned, all their "free" toppings encourage people to toss on a bunch of stuff that makes the bun soggy. If forced to choose, I'd probably go with In-N-Out though they don't exist around where I live and McDs fries are still better.

by nly 5y ago

wil421 5y ago

5 Guys is a certain type of burger. It’s a high fat burger that is literally smashed into a griddle and usually served with a buttery bun. It’s not trying to be a gourmet burger.

Armisael16 5y ago

In my (entirely US) experience they haven’t done a good job making sure quality keeps up in restaurants far from their home site. Their corporate HQ is in Northern Virginia, and the restaurants in that area are excellent (especially the one actually owned by corporate). The same cannot be said of the Midwest. I’m not surprised they didn’t cross the pond very well.

detritus 5y ago
Yeah, I've had this experience with Five Guys here in Britain - the few times I've had one in London, it's been great. Slightly expensive, but quality 'plain, old fashioned burger'. Visited one in Harrogate on a stay up there a couple of years back and it was ... bad. Given it was a wee treat for myself after a long day, very disappointing.

brianwawok 5y ago

Five guys is great, if I am getting a Togo burger they are the best option I can think of… go maybe once a month or so with the family.

ghaff 5y ago

I brought up Five Guys, mostly because they're one of the bigger and more geographically distributed chains. But I generally agree there are other chains in this general category that are better, sometimes significantly--not that I eat enough at them enough to have a strongly formed comparative opinion. Five Guys is also one of the more expensive and, as someone else mentioned, all their "free" toppings encourage people to toss on a bunch of stuff that makes the bun soggy. If forced to choose, I'd probably go with In-N-Out though they don't exist around where I live and McDs fries are still better.