Burgers & fries prices
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captain_cynic said:
paulguitar said:
MrJuice said:
paulguitar said:
Bareburger in Manhattan yesterday;
1 plain cheeseburger
1 blue cheeseburger
Fries and onion rings
1 white wine
1 Large IPA
£60.
Plus tip or including?1 plain cheeseburger
1 blue cheeseburger
Fries and onion rings
1 white wine
1 Large IPA
£60.
I'm jetting off to South America soon where I'm not expecting to pay much beyond a fiver for good burgers. A tenner will get you 300g of Argentine coo cooked to your liking.
Melman Giraffe said:
20% Tip WTF - I thought 12% was the norm
If you ever want to start a fight between Americans, just ask what is the best amount to tip... Still that's £48 for the food and alone. I'd be expecting a happy ending for that much. Edited by captain_cynic on Friday 12th April 16:06
CubanPete said:
captain_cynic said:
paulguitar said:
MrJuice said:
paulguitar said:
Bareburger in Manhattan yesterday;
1 plain cheeseburger
1 blue cheeseburger
Fries and onion rings
1 white wine
1 Large IPA
£60.
Plus tip or including?1 plain cheeseburger
1 blue cheeseburger
Fries and onion rings
1 white wine
1 Large IPA
£60.
I'm jetting off to South America soon where I'm not expecting to pay much beyond a fiver for good burgers. A tenner will get you 300g of Argentine coo cooked to your liking.
Melman Giraffe said:
20% Tip WTF - I thought 12% was the norm
If you ever want to start a fight between Americans, just ask what is the best amount to tip... Still that's £48 for the food and alone. I'd be expecting a happy ending for that much. Edited by captain_cynic on Friday 12th April 16:06
ETA I converted to pounds, so in dollars, it was about 80.
Edited by paulguitar on Wednesday 24th April 13:05
paulguitar said:
CubanPete said:
captain_cynic said:
paulguitar said:
MrJuice said:
paulguitar said:
Bareburger in Manhattan yesterday;
1 plain cheeseburger
1 blue cheeseburger
Fries and onion rings
1 white wine
1 Large IPA
£60.
Plus tip or including?1 plain cheeseburger
1 blue cheeseburger
Fries and onion rings
1 white wine
1 Large IPA
£60.
I'm jetting off to South America soon where I'm not expecting to pay much beyond a fiver for good burgers. A tenner will get you 300g of Argentine coo cooked to your liking.
Melman Giraffe said:
20% Tip WTF - I thought 12% was the norm
If you ever want to start a fight between Americans, just ask what is the best amount to tip... Still that's £48 for the food and alone. I'd be expecting a happy ending for that much. Edited by captain_cynic on Friday 12th April 16:06
ETA I converted to pounds, so in dollars, it was about 80.
Edited by paulguitar on Wednesday 24th April 13:05
Gameface said:
Is that the underground one? I think I recognize the white bowls. If so, I've been there. Was pretty good.
Yeah. It's pretty consistently very good there in terms of the food but f*ck, it could do with a lick of paint and maybe an air freshener.It's also right next door to Size?
Went to the Five Guys in Kings Cross for the first time last week...
Decent enough, and the American wife said the meat in the burgers was actually a lot better than in the US (no additives and hormones). Nice enough fries, and a carbon copy of the decor in the US restaurants.
However, I shall not be returning in a hurry, the prices are MENTAL.
A cheeseburger with medium fries and a soft drink was £17.50!!
That's £3 more than the equivelent meal at Shake Shack in Covent Garden (another US import)... and a whopping £6 more expensive than the same meal from a Five Guys New York restaurant.
Pure price gouging, I'm amazed that people pay the asking in the London Five Guys, are the regional ones as extortionately priced? They can't use sourcing ingredients as an excuse, all the meat and potatoes are UK sourced.
Decent enough, and the American wife said the meat in the burgers was actually a lot better than in the US (no additives and hormones). Nice enough fries, and a carbon copy of the decor in the US restaurants.
However, I shall not be returning in a hurry, the prices are MENTAL.
A cheeseburger with medium fries and a soft drink was £17.50!!
That's £3 more than the equivelent meal at Shake Shack in Covent Garden (another US import)... and a whopping £6 more expensive than the same meal from a Five Guys New York restaurant.
Pure price gouging, I'm amazed that people pay the asking in the London Five Guys, are the regional ones as extortionately priced? They can't use sourcing ingredients as an excuse, all the meat and potatoes are UK sourced.
designforlife said:
However, I shall not be returning in a hurry, the prices are MENTAL.
A cheeseburger with medium fries and a soft drink was £17.50!!
That's £3 more than the equivelent meal at Shake Shack in Covent Garden (another US import)... and a whopping £6 more expensive than the same meal from a Five Guys New York restaurant.
5G UK has always been more expensive than the US... but that is more expensive than 5G in the UK. The 5G in Reading or Guildford is around £15 for that. Might just be London.A cheeseburger with medium fries and a soft drink was £17.50!!
That's £3 more than the equivelent meal at Shake Shack in Covent Garden (another US import)... and a whopping £6 more expensive than the same meal from a Five Guys New York restaurant.
C0ffin D0dger said:
No, just got to blame all these trendy burger places popping up all over the place frequented by bearded tossers washing it down with some over priced "craft beer". It's a passing fad, normal service will resume in 2-3 years. Sorry about that.
Notrodamus you ain't. captain_cynic said:
5G UK has always been more expensive than the US... but that is more expensive than 5G in the UK. The 5G in Reading or Guildford is around £15 for that. Might just be London.
in fairness you do get a mountain of fries at 5G.Honest burgers is probably the best value for money "premium" burger in London, bacon cheeseburger (the Honest) and chips for £11.5, Coke is £2.5
matrignano said:
in fairness you do get a mountain of fries at 5G.
Honest burgers is probably the best value for money "premium" burger in London, bacon cheeseburger (the Honest) and chips for £11.5, Coke is £2.5
Agree on both counts. Honest is my favourite of the premium chains, brilliant burgers and the rosemary chip are fantastic but the portion sizes aren't as generous as I'd like. You can easily leave a Honest still hungry, you won't do that at a 5 Guys. Honest burgers is probably the best value for money "premium" burger in London, bacon cheeseburger (the Honest) and chips for £11.5, Coke is £2.5
Although every time I go to a 5G I tell myself I'll just get a small chips because the medium is too much although that is actually yet to happen
I went to the Byron in Birmingham for the first time in a while recently. I had previously rather liked their burgers, before they had their financial troubles. The Birmingham outlet was earmarked for closure but seems to have had a stay of execution.
They may as well close it though! The food has gone downhill, in that it's now really quite bland. The burger wasn't the slightly pink, juicy thing which I remembered. It feels very much as if they have decontented and reduced costs. Wonder if this is true of their other locations?
They may as well close it though! The food has gone downhill, in that it's now really quite bland. The burger wasn't the slightly pink, juicy thing which I remembered. It feels very much as if they have decontented and reduced costs. Wonder if this is true of their other locations?
Jobbo said:
I went to the Byron in Birmingham for the first time in a while recently. I had previously rather liked their burgers, before they had their financial troubles. The Birmingham outlet was earmarked for closure but seems to have had a stay of execution.
They may as well close it though! The food has gone downhill, in that it's now really quite bland. The burger wasn't the slightly pink, juicy thing which I remembered. It feels very much as if they have decontented and reduced costs. Wonder if this is true of their other locations?
Yes, they're rubbish nowThey may as well close it though! The food has gone downhill, in that it's now really quite bland. The burger wasn't the slightly pink, juicy thing which I remembered. It feels very much as if they have decontented and reduced costs. Wonder if this is true of their other locations?
First half of this decade I used to go regularly, went couple of years ago, then again last year. Both times it was tasteless with tiny portions. Like you I suspect cutting costs - seemed to have opened too many outlets in prime London locations (Central + West)
Honest B and Patty and Bun are good for the chains, and Goodman's does a cracker as well (admittedly more expensive)
hungry_hog said:
Jobbo said:
I went to the Byron in Birmingham for the first time in a while recently. I had previously rather liked their burgers, before they had their financial troubles. The Birmingham outlet was earmarked for closure but seems to have had a stay of execution.
They may as well close it though! The food has gone downhill, in that it's now really quite bland. The burger wasn't the slightly pink, juicy thing which I remembered. It feels very much as if they have decontented and reduced costs. Wonder if this is true of their other locations?
Yes, they're rubbish nowThey may as well close it though! The food has gone downhill, in that it's now really quite bland. The burger wasn't the slightly pink, juicy thing which I remembered. It feels very much as if they have decontented and reduced costs. Wonder if this is true of their other locations?
First half of this decade I used to go regularly, went couple of years ago, then again last year. Both times it was tasteless with tiny portions. Like you I suspect cutting costs - seemed to have opened too many outlets in prime London locations (Central + West)
Honest B and Patty and Bun are good for the chains, and Goodman's does a cracker as well (admittedly more expensive)
captain_cynic said:
matrignano said:
in fairness you do get a mountain of fries at 5G.
Honest burgers is probably the best value for money "premium" burger in London, bacon cheeseburger (the Honest) and chips for £11.5, Coke is £2.5
Agree on both counts. Honest is my favourite of the premium chains, brilliant burgers and the rosemary chip are fantastic but the portion sizes aren't as generous as I'd like. You can easily leave a Honest still hungry, you won't do that at a 5 Guys. Honest burgers is probably the best value for money "premium" burger in London, bacon cheeseburger (the Honest) and chips for £11.5, Coke is £2.5
Although every time I go to a 5G I tell myself I'll just get a small chips because the medium is too much although that is actually yet to happen
All of the 'premium chains' are reporting revenue and footfall down.
I don't know whether Five Guys and Shake Shack are directly contributing.
Maybe it's more about changing tastes and trends, as well as the Casual Dining industry being in a rut.
Maybe 'premium burgers' have had their day, after being on top for the best part of a decade.
RC1807 said:
McDonald's Signature Series burgers .... OMFG!
On the store's order screens you can customise them too, but they're already bloody massive.
As a meal they're about €10 locally.
I have to stay away from there!...
Are they that big in Lux???On the store's order screens you can customise them too, but they're already bloody massive.
As a meal they're about €10 locally.
I have to stay away from there!...
They seem tiny in the UK, although I think they are quarter pounder patties
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