Big ol' Burger Comparison Thread

Raymond Lin · 12 Jun 2015 at 22:50

I love my local burger place, I think they are essentially a Patty & Bun copy, right down to way the food are served.

Today I had the rabbit Burger, very yummy.

One More Solo · 13 Jun 2015 at 07:10

Can confirm, Holstein's Gold Standard is right up there for best burger.

J-FRO · 13 Jun 2015 at 11:12

bingham67 said:
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?

Le Smokie or B-Rex with courgette fries and onion rings.

And if you're not 'drinking', then get yourself an oreo milkshake,

randal · 13 Jun 2015 at 20:34

^ Nailed it. That was a winning combo for me.

bingham67 · 14 Jun 2015 at 21:20

J-FRO said:
Le Smokie or B-Rex with courgette fries and onion rings.

And if you're not 'drinking', then get yourself an oreo milkshake,

Just back from Byron this is a excellent choice and a decent place to be honest had the B Rex and the recommended sides all very nice.

byeo · 15 Jun 2015 at 08:49

Off to London for a few days next week with the better half. Never had Five Guys but had Shake Shack in NYC. I understand this is a Five Guys thread so it may be slightly bias but where would you recommend ?

krooton · 15 Jun 2015 at 11:14

I've not tried either UK variant, but tried both in NYC.

Shake Shack won in terms of their milkshakes, but I didn't think their marginally better burger justified the extra price and queue times over Five Guys.

Looking at the UK Five Guys prices though, pfffft, no thanks.

Scam · 15 Jun 2015 at 11:26

byeo said:
Off to London for a few days next week with the better half. Never had Five Guys but had Shake Shack in NYC. I understand this is a Five Guys thread so it may be slightly bias but where would you recommend ?

Patty and Bun
Honest Burger
Meat Liquor

Raymond Lin · 27 Jun 2015 at 17:39

The Grazing Shed in Cardiff.

Tasty burger, had the Yokozuna! Which is teriyaki sauce and wasabi mayo, very tasty and would go again, ahead of Five Guys.

Youstolemyname · 28 Jun 2015 at 11:08

Went to Honest Burger in London yesterday. Was pretty bloody outstanding, had the 'honest' burger. Only criticisms; the burger needed some sort of sweet relish to just cut through the beef/onion combo and the cheese didn't get near it.

Raymond Lin · 28 Jun 2015 at 13:18

Just notice some places put patty on salad but some put salad on top of the patty.

I always thought that the beef at the bottom is the standard way to go.

Youstolemyname · 28 Jun 2015 at 13:23

I guess the salad at the bottom can help to stop the bun from falling to bits when the patty is uber-juicy. But yeah, salad on top seems the 'normal' way to go....

molinari · 6 Jul 2015 at 09:59

Went to Five Guys in Kingston yesterday. I have to admit that it was better than my previous (and only) visit to Five Guys (Guildford). Had a bacon cheeseburger with all the toppings. It was much messier than P&B and Honest, with bits falling out of it whilst eating it, but it tasted quite good. Not up there with P&B and Honest though (the patty's are that great), but better than I thought it would be.

Scam · 13 Aug 2015 at 14:02

I went to the new french burger place in town, yes really.

Big Fernand

And you know what it was pretty damn good. I had Le Bartholomé, which is raclette cheese, smoke streaky bacon, caremalised onions, chives, bbq sauce and their homemade cocktail sauce.

It was pretty messy in a good way, and you can (unsurprisingly) get your burgers cooked from blue upwards. I went for medium-rare which was lovely. Really tasty patty. And no brioche bun which made a nice change.

The chips weren't really french fries which was odd, they were tripled cooked though, so super crispy. Coated in paprika or something which I could do without, but still good. Homemade ketchup on the side too.

Worth a punt for any Londoners amongst us. If only to chat to the relatively hot french girls serving. Bonus points for authenticity

rogan · 15 Aug 2015 at 10:25

Had a really terrible Byron yesterday, that makes two bad Byrons in a row. shame because the milkshakes are incredible.

HazardO · 17 Aug 2015 at 10:00

rogan said:
Had a really terrible Byron yesterday, that makes two bad Byrons in a row. shame because the milkshakes are incredible.

Not actually had a bad byron before, what was wrong with it?

rogan · 17 Aug 2015 at 10:34

Burger patty was chewy and tasteless which is an instant turn off

Dave · 17 Aug 2015 at 11:11

Youstolemyname said:
Went to Honest Burger in London yesterday. Was pretty bloody outstanding, had the 'honest' burger. Only criticisms; the burger needed some sort of sweet relish to just cut through the beef/onion combo and the cheese didn't get near it.

I also went to Honest Burger this weekend past and was also pretty impressed with it. The 'Honest' burger was served with a sweet red onion relish that worked well with the burger - did yours not have this?

Captain · 26 Sep 2015 at 14:26

I see they're opening a five guys in the new Birmingham station, will have to try it now.

the-evaluator · 26 Sep 2015 at 20:13

I thought Five Guys was pretty good. I was really happy with the burger as it tasted fantastic and had great texture.

The fries on the other hand though I absolutely hated, they were so salty they were inedible. I had about 5 and then binned the rest.

Prices were on the high side too.