Burgers & fries prices

[theplayingmantis]

Define pub.

For example the burger at the Bath Arms Hornsingham is superb and around 15-17 quid with chips.
Wheras if i went into the average high-street/faux gastro pub it would be maybe 12-15 quid and a costco/mackro frozen 'gastro' patty at about 50p-£1 cost.

[hungry_hog]

theplayingmantis said:

Define pub.

For example the burger at the Bath Arms Hornsingham is superb and around 15-17 quid with chips.
Wheras if i went into the average high-street/faux gastro pub it would be maybe 12-15 quid and a costco/mackro frozen 'gastro' patty at about 50p-£1 cost.

I'm talking about a "nice" pub. I assume most of us on here want a decent pub not somewhere with pork scratchings and Fosters and geezers in Stone Island jackets.

there's a whole Wiki on here with list of pubs and places to eat, but I like

Lord Wargrave Marylebone
Bull and Last Highgate West Hill
Larrick Marylebone

[theplayingmantis]

hungry_hog said:

theplayingmantis said:

Define pub.

For example the burger at the Bath Arms Hornsingham is superb and around 15-17 quid with chips.
Wheras if i went into the average high-street/faux gastro pub it would be maybe 12-15 quid and a costco/mackro frozen 'gastro' patty at about 50p-£1 cost.

I'm talking about a "nice" pub. I assume most of us on here want a decent pub not somewhere with pork scratchings and Fosters and geezers in Stone Island jackets.

there's a whole Wiki on here with list of pubs and places to eat, but I like

Lord Wargrave Marylebone
Bull and Last Highgate West Hill
Larrick Marylebone

yes but the wiki is next to useless as completely subjective, and unfortunately not all of us on here define nice in the same way! one mans nice gastro pub will be another's gentrified horrible posh fake restaurant masquerading as pub, whereas someone else's nice will be Wetherspoons (nothing wrong with that for what it does).

[Jobbo]

To be honest, Wetherspoons’ burgers may have objectively worse meat in than Five Guys but they are properly seasoned.

[Greshamst]

Bleecker burger won burger of the year again this week with their double bacon cheese.

Still the best burger I’ve ever had. Although I still need to try black bear, as I’ve been told that’s a key contender.

[Luke.]

Greshamst said:

Bleecker burger won burger of the year again this week with their double bacon cheese.

Still the best burger I’ve ever had.

Mine too.

Perfect little parcels of perfection.

[hungry_hog]

went Bleecker today (not been for a while), really good

just had the hamburger, tasty, well cooked, bit of raw onion, perfect snack.

Was Westfield (White City) branch. Seems much better than Victoria.

[vaud]

hungry_hog said:

went Bleecker today (not been for a while), really good

How long before some private equity over expands them massively while driving down the quality?

[mcflurry]

Greshamst said:

Bleecker burger won burger of the year again this week with their double bacon cheese.

Still the best burger I’ve ever had. Although I still need to try black bear, as I’ve been told that’s a key contender.

Their blue cheese burger is divinely delicious

[hungry_hog]

vaud said:

How long before some private equity over expands them massively while driving down the quality?

Probably as long as it takes the private equity partners to find their next GT3 / sugar baby / flat in Chelsea

[omniflow]

I had my first Black Bear burger yesterday (at Box Park in Shoreditch). It was fabulous. It ticked all of the same boxes that Bleecker does.

Was it better than Bleecker? Don't know - more research needed - which will definitely happen.

[highway]

Bleeker is very good but as said, Victoria is a grim location. Full of pushy Uber Eats riders and uncomfortably packed all the time.
Good as it is, it remains a great shame In and Out burger won’t open here. There burgers are better than anywhere else.

[generationx]

highway said:

Bleeker is very good but as said, Victoria is a grim location. Full of pushy Uber Eats riders and uncomfortably packed all the time.
Good as it is, it remains a great shame In and Out burger won’t open here. There burgers are better than anywhere else.

Tried In-n-Out in the US last year, wasn’t impressed TBH

[craigjm]

generationx said:

highway said:

Bleeker is very good but as said, Victoria is a grim location. Full of pushy Uber Eats riders and uncomfortably packed all the time.
Good as it is, it remains a great shame In and Out burger won’t open here. There burgers are better than anywhere else.

Tried In-n-Out in the US last year, wasn’t impressed TBH

Agreed. There is a lot of hype around them

[Mont Blanc]

48k said:

£20 for a not particularly nice tasting cheeseburger, cajun fries and a vanilla milkshake. The shake was £5.65 and about the size of a can of coke.
Worlds gone mad.

hungry_hog said:

to further the dislike for 5G - burger wrapped in foil FFS. Makes the whole thing watery / sweaty

5 Guys - Absolute ste, and total rip off.

Tried one for the first time about 5 years and still can't get over how bad and how expensive it was. It cost about £28 for me and the wife to be served two soggy, wet, dripping burgers, some fries, and a drink each.

It was worse than McDonalds, IMO, and more than twice the price.

[Type R Tom]

craigjm said:

generationx said:

highway said:

Bleeker is very good but as said, Victoria is a grim location. Full of pushy Uber Eats riders and uncomfortably packed all the time.
Good as it is, it remains a great shame In and Out burger won’t open here. There burgers are better than anywhere else.

Tried In-n-Out in the US last year, wasn’t impressed TBH

Agreed. There is a lot of hype around them

Really? Where would you go to beat them for the money?

[craigjm]

They won’t be that price if they ever come to the uk that’s the point. People rave about them because they are a cheap burger which is fine if you want a cheap burger. Choice is limited but if you think they would be cheaper than McDonald’s if they came over here like they are in the US then you will be disappointed.

[captain_cynic]

Type R Tom said:

craigjm said:

generationx said:

highway said:

Bleeker is very good but as said, Victoria is a grim location. Full of pushy Uber Eats riders and uncomfortably packed all the time.
Good as it is, it remains a great shame In and Out burger won’t open here. There burgers are better than anywhere else.

Tried In-n-Out in the US last year, wasn’t impressed TBH

Agreed. There is a lot of hype around them

Really? Where would you go to beat them for the money?

That's the point. at McDonald money they complain.

It's the same with the 5 Guys hate, they'll pay £30 for a mediocre burger but 'refuse' to pay £17 at 5 guys for a better burger. It's not about the quality of the product, rather the venue they got it from.

In-N-Out is the middle ground and priced appropriately.

[toasty]

captain_cynic said:

Type R Tom said:

craigjm said:

generationx said:

highway said:

Bleeker is very good but as said, Victoria is a grim location. Full of pushy Uber Eats riders and uncomfortably packed all the time.
Good as it is, it remains a great shame In and Out burger won’t open here. There burgers are better than anywhere else.

Tried In-n-Out in the US last year, wasn’t impressed TBH

Agreed. There is a lot of hype around them

Really? Where would you go to beat them for the money?

That's the point. at McDonald money they complain.

It's the same with the 5 Guys hate, they'll pay £30 for a mediocre burger but 'refuse' to pay £17 at 5 guys for a better burger. It's not about the quality of the product, rather the venue they got it from.

In-N-Out is the middle ground and priced appropriately.

Who’s selling mediocre burgers at £30?

5 Guys has been poor in the few times I tried them. For a similar price you could have Patty & Bun or an Honest burger, both in a different league.

[omniflow]

captain_cynic said:

That's the point. at McDonald money they complain.

It's the same with the 5 Guys hate, they'll pay £30 for a mediocre burger but 'refuse' to pay £17 at 5 guys for a better burger. It's not about the quality of the product, rather the venue they got it from.

In-N-Out is the middle ground and priced appropriately.

In what universe is 5 Guys a better burger?

Try eating one plain - without all the toppings and then tell me it's a better burger.