Five Guys George's Street — Restaurant in Dublin

As an American, our Five Guys always have accolades from different cities plastered across the walls. Many of these are from Dublin. “Best burger in Dublin!” they proclaim, or something similar about the hotdogs or shakes. I had to find out if this was true.

I made the arduous journey across the ocean to Dublin, and ate one burger at Five Guys. Out of my sample size of one, I can safely proclaim that Five Guys was the absolute best burger I had in Dublin.

The overall experience is very authentic to its American counterpart, and that starts with the burger. Visually the differences are indiscernible. The toppings were generous, buns fluffy, and ingredients fresh. There were a couple quirks I did notice. The burger was way less greasy, the cheese was thicker, creamier, and the 100% Irish beef (Not the full all-American experience the wall proclaims) does have a unique taste. Not bad, and you might not notice it, just different.

The fries get the “bless their heart” award. While the spirit of fried peanut oil and huge bag full of fries mirrors America, the amount of seasoning for the Cajun fries is almost non-existent. In the states, the Cajun fries are essentially orange. They are messy, and the seasoning will be on your fingers the rest of the day, no matter how much you wash them. Here it was almost like they were accidentally given one shake of seasoning. The fries themselves were great though. There is a texture difference from Irish potatoes versus the American staple Idaho. They are a little more dense and filling. Again, not a bad thing, just an interesting quirk.

Coke freestyle machines have more options in the States than Ireland. I don’t blame Five Guys but that is valuable information that I couldn’t find before I went.

You guys know you can eat the peanuts, right? They aren’t just there for decoration. That might be something that got lost in translation.

Yes, even us Americans call Five Guys the expensive fast food option. That is very on brand. But their quality and quantity is usually a step above all other fast food options.

Service was speedy, friendly, and very clean for a fast food restaurant in the center of a city. Many American Five Guys could learn a lesson here.

I do adore how this location also has the signage about awards from Dublin. You have to pat yourself on the back sometimes. I think this location deserves the praise, it’s as close to a copy of an American Five Guys as you can get.

Thank you for living up to the high expectations Five Guys. I will not be having another burger in Dublin, nor will I be taking questions. This experience will live forever...

I have been waiting so long to visit this place and when I finally did, I was very disappointed. Five Guys standards are known for being high and for having an engagement environment with contagious positive happy crew working inside, I know, because I have been working on the company for more than 4 years... Unfortunately and for my surprise, this wasn't the case on Sunday the 7th. It was 11: 30 approximately and when we enter the store, it looked like someone had died inside. No music on site( which is a characteristic of the company), the crew seemed like they hated being in there, no smile at the tills or line, no engagement from any of them, I walk around the place looking everywhere and no one approached to me or welcomed me on any way. I spent around 10 min inside being totally ignored. There were three supervisors a black shirt and a crew member on that shift and the floor was on some parts covered on peanut shelves, some tables with crumbs and not tidy at some points and the funny part was that there were 4 customers on the store at that time, so no excuse for the state of the place... In general, my experience was negative and I hope this review help to raise the standards of this store, Five Guys is what I believe one of the best brands today and definitely improvement is needed at...

The worst experience ive ever had with a take away.

let's start with the ignorant rude French man who served us at the till, trying to push more sales onto us and when we said no, he threw us a look of disbelief and shock as if to say our order wasn't good enough , if he didn't ask me once he asked me 5 times is this all you want, it was 48.80 for 2 burger and chips with milkshakes, the most expensive you will pay for burger and chips in a take away,

No interest in cleaning, or changing the pump sauce dispensaries. No mayo available

Chips not cooked in peanut oil, they were cooked in vegetable oil, no taste of peanut oil what so ever and there no peanuts about the shop like every other 5guys I've been too, the chips I make at home are nicer, no evidence of peanut oil being used what so ever so the shop did not have a smell of peanut oil

Burger pretty much the same not the quality or standard of 5guys in the UK or in Belfast, very bad shop experience.

I left very angry disappointed and felt done out of my hard earned money, never again will I use this 5guys shop

Avoid like this shop like the plague !!!! go to MCdonalds it will be of better quality then this shambles of an...