Burgers & fries prices
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"5 guys", good if you want very nice peanuts for free . The food is about 1.5 steps up from burger king . I went to a few of the street hipster food pop up type events . What a FFNN mess. They all seemed to be clones of each other ."Fat " seems to be the "new slim" silly jumpers and beards, fake glasses and kung fu tattoos . We splashed out loads trying as much as we could eat. None of it was "amazing" People via social media are more interested in the concept/trend than the basic product .
cbmotorsport said:
There is though, very little excuse for a meagre portion of chips/fries.
A bag of potatoes costs a fiver and will make about 20 portions of chips.
I paid £2.80 last weekend for a large portion of chips from a chippie.
Wrong!A bag of potatoes costs a fiver and will make about 20 portions of chips.
I paid £2.80 last weekend for a large portion of chips from a chippie.
Marris Piper potatoes £10-12 per 25kg bag.
I don't really get this increasingly common 'burger moan', to be honest. There are enough options at almost every conceivable price-point, that you can easily avoid paying more than £10 for a "burger and fries" if that's your objective.
GBK will sell you a perfectly decent burger, many times better-sourced and made than fast food, with fries for less than £10. If you want to sit in a restaurant and have your food brought to your table, you add a small % for service. When you consider that you can spend £5 to have "burger and fries" at McDonalds, that seems like a bargain to me.
I have been involved professionally with one of the higher-end chains, and know a fair amount about their processes. The way they choose their meat (specific cuts, personal relationship with the farmer, selected breed) to the creativity and ingredient quality that goes into their toppings, it's quite easy to see why charging £12-15 for a "burger and fries" is justified.
I ate at an Italian restaurant the other day that charged me over a tenner (plus service) for a handful of (very pleasant) gnocchi and some melted cheese - which in itself wasn't hugely surprising. By contrast, that £12-15 "burger and fries" looks like an absolute bargain.
GBK will sell you a perfectly decent burger, many times better-sourced and made than fast food, with fries for less than £10. If you want to sit in a restaurant and have your food brought to your table, you add a small % for service. When you consider that you can spend £5 to have "burger and fries" at McDonalds, that seems like a bargain to me.
I have been involved professionally with one of the higher-end chains, and know a fair amount about their processes. The way they choose their meat (specific cuts, personal relationship with the farmer, selected breed) to the creativity and ingredient quality that goes into their toppings, it's quite easy to see why charging £12-15 for a "burger and fries" is justified.
I ate at an Italian restaurant the other day that charged me over a tenner (plus service) for a handful of (very pleasant) gnocchi and some melted cheese - which in itself wasn't hugely surprising. By contrast, that £12-15 "burger and fries" looks like an absolute bargain.
Mobile Chicane said:
Pub burger and chips is around £13 - £14 in my part of Surrey, if you can get a burger and chips at all.
Some pubs, notably the otherwise excellent Stephan Langton in Friday Street, don't offer this as a menu option.
Surrey here too, I love a decent Burger and will happily pay decent money for one http://whitehartwitley.co.uk/ does epic burgers.Some pubs, notably the otherwise excellent Stephan Langton in Friday Street, don't offer this as a menu option.
hyphen said:
Didn't get there in time for lunch? There should be a bit of cardboard cut out in a star shape on the window, saying lunch special of £3.50.
So nearly half the price. There’s a Macy D’s at a petrol station, 2 miles down the road, so next time I’ll compare, see if it’s half as tasty. I want to eat at home, so 1 mile round trip to kebab shop versus 4 miles with Macy D’s is an extra 50p petrol and the meal would have got that much colder, on my return 
Edited by Deisel Weisel on Wednesday 26th April 13:11
croyde said:
I was working at the Palladium and we had a quick break for lunch.
There's a 5 Guys next door. I'd heard the hype so walked in.
Long queues and crowded tables full of people munching their takeaway fayre from paper bags. Then I saw the prices!!!??
Walked out and had a Maccy D meal for less than a fiver. Long queues, crowded tables and people eating food out of paper bags.
I was there a few weeks ago, we went to a little place over the road called Leon. It's takeaway only really, but they do nice mexican style stuff (ie beans, rice, meat etc) in a box. Tasted fantastic and was something different to the usual fast food fare.There's a 5 Guys next door. I'd heard the hype so walked in.
Long queues and crowded tables full of people munching their takeaway fayre from paper bags. Then I saw the prices!!!??
Walked out and had a Maccy D meal for less than a fiver. Long queues, crowded tables and people eating food out of paper bags.
5 Guy's is a bit better quality than Mac D's, although it's not better enough to justify the difference in price. I went to the one at Trafalgar square on Friday, as I was fairly late finishing and considered it a bit of an emergency (I don't often do fast food!). It was ok, burger was nice, spicy fries too spicy and don't really fit with a burger meal. Shake Shack is better, as is Patty and Bun.
OK so I tend not to eat out at burger places, and seeing as a new place has just opened around the corner, link, compared prices. Ignoring any meal deals for a decent burger, with rare breed bacon on a brioche bun and proper chips is £12. BK is a gnat's over 7 quid, no idea about MaccyD frankly.
In the matter of the place linked I'd question their location, suspect they are expecting a fair bit of customers from uni students and staff, time will tell, but the quality is more than twice a BK Angus Smoked Bacon and Cheese which was the comparison.
So not sure that the OP's whinge is valid tbh.
In the matter of the place linked I'd question their location, suspect they are expecting a fair bit of customers from uni students and staff, time will tell, but the quality is more than twice a BK Angus Smoked Bacon and Cheese which was the comparison.
So not sure that the OP's whinge is valid tbh.
Granfondo said:
cbmotorsport said:
There is though, very little excuse for a meagre portion of chips/fries.
A bag of potatoes costs a fiver and will make about 20 portions of chips.
I paid £2.80 last weekend for a large portion of chips from a chippie.
Wrong!A bag of potatoes costs a fiver and will make about 20 portions of chips.
I paid £2.80 last weekend for a large portion of chips from a chippie.
Marris Piper potatoes £10-12 per 25kg bag.
I often go to Honest Burger for a work-team lunch and I really rate them.
I went for lunch today as it's my boss' last week before he moves on and had the Karma Cola special for £13.50. It was brilliant.
I wish I had shares in the place, although I am not keen on their "our chips come free" way of thinking; their burgers are good but not £13.50 good!
I went for lunch today as it's my boss' last week before he moves on and had the Karma Cola special for £13.50. It was brilliant.
I wish I had shares in the place, although I am not keen on their "our chips come free" way of thinking; their burgers are good but not £13.50 good!
I still don't understand all the pissing and moaning. Yes, going to Five Guys sees you paying a tenner for McDonalds quality food - but it also makes you a mug who has fallen into the marketing trap. Otherwise, there are plenty of options at all prices, largely commensurate with quality.
What sort of meal, considering all overheads and costs of running a restaurant, do people expect for less than £15? I can't think of anything I've seen/eaten that blew a decent burger (of which many are available away from McDs, kebab shops and Five Guys!) away at this kind of budget.
What sort of meal, considering all overheads and costs of running a restaurant, do people expect for less than £15? I can't think of anything I've seen/eaten that blew a decent burger (of which many are available away from McDs, kebab shops and Five Guys!) away at this kind of budget.
Hoofy said:
Wetherspoons - £5.something including a soft drink. Burger and chips, on a plate, chips not in a mini shopping trolley. Tasty, didn't die. The rest can f
k off with their tiny £10 burgers served with 3 "fries" because their chef is stuck up his own arse.
Greasy chippies are still doing burgers and fries (those awful skinny things) for about £4.
I'm in SW London btw.
Anyway, I've decided to NOT tip staff who bring me food in idiotic receptacles that annoy me.
100% if you're after a value burger, then Spoons. Under 8 quid (iirc) for a premium (blue cheese, tex mex etc) burger, onion rings and chips, small side salad and a pint of beer. Less if you go for a soft drink. About the same price as a Burger King, probably better quality too. k off with their tiny £10 burgers served with 3 "fries" because their chef is stuck up his own arse.Greasy chippies are still doing burgers and fries (those awful skinny things) for about £4.
I'm in SW London btw.
Anyway, I've decided to NOT tip staff who bring me food in idiotic receptacles that annoy me.
Edited by Hoofy on Wednesday 26th April 10:12
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