Five guys

The_Lizards_Jumpers said:
I'm not a fan of it at all for food, although I don't mind it for drinking.

Mrs Jumpers is a big fan, and used to visit a couple of times a month when staying at the Renaissance round the corner, but I find it a bit meh (although it must be said I'm not a huge fan of German cuisine so not exactly the target market).
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'German cuisine' - not a phrase you hear often.
 
Piece in the Gazette and it said someone had paid £30 for two burgers and two shakes! As a non fast food eater, this seems ludicrous, or is that just standard price now.
 
Michael_Vronsky said:
Piece in the Gazette and it said someone had paid £30 for two burgers and two shakes! As a non fast food eater, this seems ludicrous, or is that just standard price now.
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you buy a burger, buy a size of fries and a size of soft drink or milkshake

you then pick from a list of toppings for the burger, they scoop the size of fries out, put them in the bag then scoop it again so getting a large fries is a huge error. Then milkshake same as burger - pick as many ingredients from list as you like, or soft drink they have machines where you can pick flavours and there’s about 1000 combos all told.

a burger is £6.95 up to £8.95 for bacon cheeseburger - these are decent size and two pattys.

fries are £4.50 medium but can probably get away with a small

shake is £5.25 or soft drink £3.65, unlimited refills on the soft drinks


Anyone moaning over the price quite simply isn’t their demographic - they will do very well and they’re usually always busy. It’s like going out to a pizza joint and moaning it’s bit as cheap as a takeaway pizza. It’s not fine dining but it’s miles better than kfc / McDonald’s etc

bacon in a milkshake sounds weird but it’s candied bacon and it’s immense
 
ThatFragranceGuy said:
you buy a burger, buy a size of fries and a size of soft drink or milkshake

you then pick from a list of toppings for the burger, they scoop the size of fries out, put them in the bag then scoop it again so getting a large fries is a huge error. Then milkshake same as burger - pick as many ingredients from list as you like, or soft drink they have machines where you can pick flavours and there’s about 1000 combos all told.

a burger is £6.95 up to £8.95 for bacon cheeseburger - these are decent size and two pattys.

fries are £4.50 medium but can probably get away with a small

shake is £5.25 or soft drink £3.65, unlimited refills on the soft drinks


Anyone moaning over the price quite simply isn’t their demographic - they will do very well and they’re usually always busy. It’s like going out to a pizza joint and moaning it’s bit as cheap as a takeaway pizza. It’s not fine dining but it’s miles better than kfc / McDonald’s etc

bacon in a milkshake sounds weird but it’s candied bacon and it’s immense
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Fair enough. I'm not moaning, just asking a question as it just seems steep to me!
 
I think Burger King has gone up of late so you can be looking at over £20 for 2 .
On my last visits to 5G I’ve spend just short of £15 test may of been without chips . One small chips is enough for 2 people generally
 
the inside looks and feels like a wimpy/Burger King/McDonald’s, that’s why people baulk at the price when they come across

5.25 for a milkshake. Seems steep to me. 3.65 for a soda refill- again seems expensive

I agree a small chips doing 2 people

personally I don’t think five guys is value for money
 
I'll be going in a few weeks once things have calmed down and the staff have all settled in. Had one in Covent Garden few weeks back and it was epic, really enjoyed it. Think it was about £32 for 2 x bacon cheeseburger, large fries (huge) and 2 drinks, couldn't really grumble with that.
 
You wouldn’t want to take a family of 4 , you could feed a whole family for a week for the price . Personally think it’s the best taste out of all of them but I’d just have them less often .
Founders said they won’t do deliveries as it compromises taste so I’m surprised they now do it in the uk
 
GazC_MFC said:
the inside looks and feels like a wimpy/Burger King/McDonald’s, that’s why people baulk at the price when they come across

5.25 for a milkshake. Seems steep to me. 3.65 for a soda refill- again seems expensive

I agree a small chips doing 2 people

personally I don’t think five guys is value for money
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most restaurants will charge a similar amount for a single flavour milkshake, it’s not a McDonald’s / Burger King style milkshake out of a machine, but a custom made one with the flavours you choose and blended up.

Like I said, people baulking at £3.50 for a soda or £5 for a milkshake are just not their demographic. They’ll go to McDonald’s or kfc.
 
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