Big ol' Burger Comparison Thread
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Soldato
I had the BBQ burger recently at The Big Easy in Covent Garden. Had it about 3pm and it was fantastic. Amazing value for money as well on their lunch menu.
Two courses and a beer for £10
http://bigeasy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/BE_Lunch_A5_30cq.pdf
I've always been a big fan of the Big Easy and this was a tasty burger.
Two courses and a beer for £10
http://bigeasy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/BE_Lunch_A5_30cq.pdf
I've always been a big fan of the Big Easy and this was a tasty burger.
Soldato
Recently visited Five Guys in Solihull,
Though I found the burger nice, it wasn't on the cheap side. If I remember correctly, I had a doulbe cheeseburger with most toppings, the wife opting for the single with nothing on! shared chips between us (which were nice) and it came to roughly £17.00.
I'll have to check out Patty & Bun
Though I found the burger nice, it wasn't on the cheap side. If I remember correctly, I had a doulbe cheeseburger with most toppings, the wife opting for the single with nothing on! shared chips between us (which were nice) and it came to roughly £17.00.
I'll have to check out Patty & Bun
Had the spicy BBQ steakhouse for lunch (double patty) and IMO it was very difficult to tell the difference between that and the normal, except the standard american cheese is probably better. Places like BK are never going to make a sauce really spicy though are they? They are crispy fried onions BTW.
10 patty bacon cheeseburger
all the way.
Is that your own concoction of 5 5guys burgers?
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why are people in this thread saying that BK is better than five guys?
why are you even posting in a thread about burgers if you are that wrong about the subject!
to answer HazardO:
at Five Guys you can take an extra patty for your burger for an extra £2.
My friend went a few weeks before and had a 6 patty burger for his birthday.
Myself and another friend thought that this wasn't good enough so we tried a 10 patty burger. This is a Bacon Cheeseburger (with two pattys in standard guise) and 8 extra pattys added to it. The burger was made 'all the way' which really helped as the extra toppings were used to ensure varied consistency throughout the meal.
It was magnificent but unfortunately it beat me.
It was a spur of the moment visit and I had already eaten a sunday dinner the same day.
If I had known then I would have been more prepared and it would have been easy.
why are you even posting in a thread about burgers if you are that wrong about the subject!
to answer HazardO:
at Five Guys you can take an extra patty for your burger for an extra £2.
My friend went a few weeks before and had a 6 patty burger for his birthday.
Myself and another friend thought that this wasn't good enough so we tried a 10 patty burger. This is a Bacon Cheeseburger (with two pattys in standard guise) and 8 extra pattys added to it. The burger was made 'all the way' which really helped as the extra toppings were used to ensure varied consistency throughout the meal.
It was magnificent but unfortunately it beat me.
It was a spur of the moment visit and I had already eaten a sunday dinner the same day.
If I had known then I would have been more prepared and it would have been easy.
Caporegime
Because even the Whopper still qualifies as a burger.
Because it is based on a personal opinion.
A burger is a very simple recipe so easy to compare directly with another.
I find 5 Guys' patty taste like they have been cooked with too many other patty on the heat plate and it taste like it, actually I have seen them like that as it is an open kitchen. There is that lack of caramelisation on the outside that I like, it's like the heat plate isn't hot enough. They patty in both the Whopper and 5 Guys are of a similar size and thickness so it is easy to compare IMO (as opposed to other places). Where as the Whopper doesn't taste like it has been stewed, 5 Guys does. Only when you slap an obscene amount of toppings on top, then you can't tell.
I tried 5 Guys bunless once, it was awful, average at best. You really can taste what the beef is like when you do that.
Soldato
Mate, I would take a whopper over that mess any day. Having ten patties, for what can only be bragging rights, gives you reign over who can and can't post in the thread?
bacon cheeseburger is £8.75 according to their menu online,
+ £16 for 8 extra pattys at £2 each,
so £24.75
id take 5 double whoppers with cheese over that mess any day..
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I wouldn't say that BK is better than 5 guys, but they are comparable. 5 guys burgers are better, but not much. Toppings are what take them to a higher level, but there are no crispy fried onions 
I like Byron because the beef is good, the toppings are great, the service is superb and craft beer with burger is a win for me.
I like Byron because the beef is good, the toppings are great, the service is superb and craft beer with burger is a win for me.
Yeah I think it's that which makes them taste cheaper. No idea on the quality of their meat, anyone know? It's strange, if they just cooked them a bit better (which is surely, hotter and faster) rather than essentially boiling them in their own juices they'd taste a lot better. Not that I disliked Five Guys -- I was actually pleasantly surprised. Maybe because (a) someone else was paying and (b) there's two right on my way home, so it's now stored in the back of my mind for a potential post-pub emergency backup food
And 10 patties? C'mon what a waste of time
Must just be me then. I mean a BK is better than McDonalds but they are just so bland. I think five guys depends on the way you have it really.
I personally just don't see how they are comparable but I've had a lot of bad burger kings recently.
A lot of travelling involved in getting a good burger where I live.
I personally just don't see how they are comparable but I've had a lot of bad burger kings recently.
A lot of travelling involved in getting a good burger where I live.
In the past I've noticed the quality of individual BK franchises varies enormously (McDs too). The two BKs in Cambridge seem to be fairly good in that you don't get a random amount of toppings unevenly bundled into the burger and the fries are good and fresh tasting.
Caporegime
I had a really good BK in a service station just outside Warwick last week. Just single patty whopper and it was tasty.
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Soldato
Yeah I think it's that which makes them taste cheaper. No idea on the quality of their meat, anyone know?
And 10 patties? C'mon what a waste of time
Well its fresh beef for a start unlike BK, so that alone makes it better.
Soldato
Ate here the other day for lunch. It was good, and the chips with cajun seasoning were tasty, but for the same price I can go to Nandos or Wagamama, so I doubt I'll be returning very often.
Soldato
So plan to go to Byron at Liverpool Street on Sunday around 4pm but also have the option of Patty and Bun but its quite small so not sure if we will get a table for three of us?
What the best burger and sides to go for at Byron looking back in the thread it appears the B-Rex is the burger of choice?
What the best burger and sides to go for at Byron looking back in the thread it appears the B-Rex is the burger of choice?