Ribs & Burgers Fortitude Valley — Restaurant in Brisbane City

We joined a friend for lunch here on the weekend. First time for all of us. The friend chose cabbage salad; I had a chicken salad bowl, while hubby had a Vegan Beyond burger. And we added sweet potato fries (with aioli $2 extra), which were great! – thin, crispy and sweet. And great that the dip was in a bamboo container. The friend drank sparkling water, I had a piccolo of Prosecco, and hubby had the best strawberry thick shake either of us had ever tasted. It was so good I nearly stole it from him. There wasn’t a huge amount of grilled chicken in my bowl, but it was tender and flavoursome. There was a good amount of avocado, but I found the rest of the bowl somewhat overpowering, in that all I could really taste was vinegar. The tabbouleh, the salsa, the cabbage, the pickles – everything was soused in a fairly strong vinegar. Sadly it all ended up tasting the same and I gave up pretty quickly. The friend didn’t eat much of his cabbage salad either, though hubby enjoyed his vegan burger. But he said a mushroom burger probably would have gone down better, as the vegan patty emulated beef – so why not just eat beef, my friends? I just don’t get faux meat … Anyway, our waitress was pleasant, the atmosphere was relaxing, and we all enjoyed the get-together. Not bad for a last minute...

We had the bacon n cheese, great burger, not too much salad and even had grilled onions, c

mon now, how many burger joints put grilled onions in a burger these days?? The beef was tasty and non greasy so Im guessing it was real beef, another thing which is not common anymore. The chips were great, and the small size really is enough for two people. We also ordered a rump steak, jeezus, also very unusual to get a steak these days that comes out just as described on the menu, and by that I mean, cooked the the way you ordered it and also over the described portion size/weight. The 400gr looked like an easy 500gr. Im used to ordering a supposedly 500gr steak elsewhere, and when they drop the plate in front of you, you look in horror at a portion thats lucky to be a 300gr. So with that fact alone, Ribs & Burgers gets my vote for giving the customer the real deal with quality, portion size and cooked to your liking, not the chefs. Also worth a mention, free chilled water and a variety of sauces. The staff are courteous and very efficient and pay attention. Also liked the cutlery & serviettes coming out in tea billy

I would actually give it 3.5* but you cant do it. The South African lass that served me was great as was the rest of the staff. Sitting at the table it was alarmingly sticky and the staff assured me it was clean and was a problem with all tables. It was clean but please fix this problem as apart from ordering it is customers first experience before food and just doesn't feel right. Got the mighty bacon and cheese. Homemade patty was good although I think you guys could cook them a little less. There was also a bit too much bacon and it overtook all the other flavours. I am from the school that everything tastes better with bacon but you can have too much of a good thing sometimes. Take about 1/3 of it off. I find a lot of the different style of buns a bit perplexing as I think the old school toasted white bun is just simply the best. My only real gripe with the burger was how the bun started to fall apart about 1/2 way through it and made it a real messy finish. Hands were way too greasy to pick up phone to take a pic. Just wish burger joints would make their buns a tad wider with a little bread overhang so as to keep it together longer. Overall though it is a good tasty burger and experience, but...