Five Guys is coming to London!

Five Guys is coming to London!

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TwigtheWonderkid

43,248 posts

149 months

Sunday 20th August 2017
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craigjm said:
soad said:

For the price, might as well go to Nandos...
Like Nando's isn't rubbish
It's KFC for people who have mastered cutlery.

craigjm

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17,909 posts

199 months

Sunday 20th August 2017
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anonymous said:
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Agree totally

Burwood

18,709 posts

245 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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Top quality cheese and bacon burger from a good Surrey based pub. Only £9 all in. Ordered as a take away.

Johnniem

2,660 posts

222 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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Toaster Pilot said:
Yidwann said:
Oi! Some of us have to work in Croydon on a regular basis! I know I know, I don't know who I upset either! I am at least going to check it out though having never been before! Quick and easy on works expenses!
Some of us have to stay there 3 nights a week for the foreseeable! yikes
Go to Box Park for the street food, if you haven't already. It's next to East Croydon station. Wonderful!!

craigjm

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17,909 posts

199 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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Johnniem said:
Toaster Pilot said:
Yidwann said:
Oi! Some of us have to work in Croydon on a regular basis! I know I know, I don't know who I upset either! I am at least going to check it out though having never been before! Quick and easy on works expenses!
Some of us have to stay there 3 nights a week for the foreseeable! yikes
Go to Box Park for the street food, if you haven't already. It's next to East Croydon station. Wonderful!!
Quite a few of the places in box park are really over rated don't you think?

Cotty

39,389 posts

283 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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cuprabob said:
I miss Wimpy smile
I still see some café with very similar menu. People still want that stuff, especially the breakfasts

Toaster Pilot

14,615 posts

157 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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craigjm said:
Quite a few of the places in box park are really over rated don't you think?
Definitely - still usually eat there most nights though irked

prand

5,910 posts

195 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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We arrived in Calais a couple of hours early so filled up with Diesel and went to find a bite to eat at the Cite de Europe shopping centre next to the Tunnel terminal.

Their food court has a "Shake and Steak" burger bar which the kids got enticed by the diner look and feel and dragged me into.

Considering Cite De Europe to me feels no more than a service station with lots of shops, this turned out to be the best burger I've had in ages, and the basic cheeseburger (juicy double patty, cheese, gherkins, onions, sauce) plus a generous tub of great fries was only €5.95. Their more "special" burgers with extra fillings and fries were still only €7.95.

Given that I found most things (apart from diesel and wine) seem more expensive in France at the moment compared to home, this was quite a surprise. I'm not sure if Steak and Shake are a US brand, but if they came to the UK with these sorts of prices and quality, they'd give the other gourmet places a very good run for their money.


thetapeworm

11,192 posts

238 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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We have three Fives Guys in Leeds now (all with the same public toilet decor) so they obviously have an audience, I remain disappointed and am unlikely to revisit again, especially with such great alternatives available like Almost Famous and (tonight's trip out) Patty Smiths.


R1gtr

3,423 posts

153 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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Cotty said:
cuprabob said:
I miss Wimpy smile
I still see some café with very similar menu. People still want that stuff, especially the breakfasts
There is still a Wimpy in my home town.

craigjm

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17,909 posts

199 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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Toaster Pilot said:
craigjm said:
Quite a few of the places in box park are really over rated don't you think?
Definitely - still usually eat there most nights though irked
There are much better places to try what is your nightly budget?

Toaster Pilot

14,615 posts

157 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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craigjm said:
There are much better places to try what is your nightly budget?
As little as possible biggrin

No real set budget but no expense accounts here, I'm a contractor.

cuprabob

14,419 posts

213 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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R1gtr said:
Cotty said:
cuprabob said:
I miss Wimpy smile
I still see some café with very similar menu. People still want that stuff, especially the breakfasts
There is still a Wimpy in my home town.
Where is your hometown and I'll pop into the Wimpy if I'm ever in the area smile

R1gtr

3,423 posts

153 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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cuprabob said:
Where is your hometown and I'll pop into the Wimpy if I'm ever in the area smile

Here it is in all its glory, the Town is called Dingwall which is in the Scottish Highlands near Inverness, pop in if you ever do the NC500 as it's only a couple of mile detour of the route. Apart from Wimpy there is not much else here tho so don't get your expectations up! smile
I have only eaten in it once years ago when it opened, I could possibly go in this week and sample their delights and post the pics here for you to reminisce?!

cuprabob

14,419 posts

213 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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R1gtr said:
cuprabob said:
Where is your hometown and I'll pop into the Wimpy if I'm ever in the area smile

Here it is in all its glory, the Town is called Dingwall which is in the Scottish Highlands near Inverness, pop in if you ever do the NC500 as it's only a couple of mile detour of the route. Apart from Wimpy there is not much else here tho so don't get your expectations up! smile
I have only eaten in it once years ago when it opened, I could possibly go in this week and sample their delights and post the pics here for you to reminisce?!
Cheers, I'm just South West of Glasgow so not as far away as it could be smile

Cotty

39,389 posts

283 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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cuprabob said:
Where is your hometown and I'll pop into the Wimpy if I'm ever in the area smile
Lots still around

http://www.wimpy.uk.com/locator

cuprabob

14,419 posts

213 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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Cotty said:
cuprabob said:
Where is your hometown and I'll pop into the Wimpy if I'm ever in the area smile
Lots still around

http://www.wimpy.uk.com/locator
Thanks for that. It would seem there is still one only a few miles away that I wasn't aware of smile

Cotty

39,389 posts

283 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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I think Beckenham is my closest


craigjm

Original Poster:

17,909 posts

199 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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Toaster Pilot said:
craigjm said:
There are much better places to try what is your nightly budget?
As little as possible biggrin

No real set budget but no expense accounts here, I'm a contractor.
Not wanting to derail the thread but cheap but good on George street there is the German doner place, Kokoro for cheap Chinese that's good, caribsoul for Jamaican at a good price and rios peri peri on the high street is decent Nando's style take away. The Glamorgan on cherry tree road does good cheap food and Galicia on the high street is fairly cheap for good tapas

davek_964

8,796 posts

174 months

Monday 21st August 2017
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Burwood said:



Top quality cheese and bacon burger from a good Surrey based pub. Only £9 all in. Ordered as a take away.
Mmmmm - what pub? I live in Surrey, and I want to eat one of those!