marcos3263
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My son reached the glorious age of 5 yesterday so we took him out for a treat dinner and tried "5 guys" down the marina. We had heard various references to it in the media from Absolute DJs talking or throwaway gags on 9 out of 10 cats does countdown plus the fact they seems to be everywhere so thought we may be on to a winner.
Firstly I was in shock over the price and we nearly walked out but my son was excited so we had to stay. We ordered 2 normal and 1 small burger, medium fries, one soft drink and a bud (it was his birthday after all) this came to £32 ish which I thought was shocking. There is no table service so after a few minutes one of the guys bellowed number 13 and off I trotted to collect.
The burgers were tasty but wrapped in silver foil so were wet and greasy. the chips were in a little tin bucket - fine but too salty, the beer was out the bottle, no glass offered and of course the soft drink was unlimited but we only had the one anyway.
I thought it ranked better than a whopper or big mac but way less than anything from Uncle Sams or Grubbs or even anything knocked up in a weatherspoons, gastropub etc. but for the price I could have had substantially more elsewhere and maybe the wife could have got a wine. It left a bad taste in the mouth as I have made better at home.
So was I unlucky and should try again or are your experiences similar? My kid liked it but then he likes everything - he is 5 (I think that fact it had five in the name was the main thing)
Or am I just a tight *******? is £30+ for three burgers just the going rate these days?
Firstly I was in shock over the price and we nearly walked out but my son was excited so we had to stay. We ordered 2 normal and 1 small burger, medium fries, one soft drink and a bud (it was his birthday after all) this came to £32 ish which I thought was shocking. There is no table service so after a few minutes one of the guys bellowed number 13 and off I trotted to collect.
The burgers were tasty but wrapped in silver foil so were wet and greasy. the chips were in a little tin bucket - fine but too salty, the beer was out the bottle, no glass offered and of course the soft drink was unlimited but we only had the one anyway.
I thought it ranked better than a whopper or big mac but way less than anything from Uncle Sams or Grubbs or even anything knocked up in a weatherspoons, gastropub etc. but for the price I could have had substantially more elsewhere and maybe the wife could have got a wine. It left a bad taste in the mouth as I have made better at home.
So was I unlucky and should try again or are your experiences similar? My kid liked it but then he likes everything - he is 5 (I think that fact it had five in the name was the main thing)
Or am I just a tight *******? is £30+ for three burgers just the going rate these days?