Dumbo Shoreditch — Restaurant in London

I tried this out because of the peer pressure from the long queues I saw. Boy, was I pleasantly surprised at how good it was! A really simple, understated, yet excellent burger.

A terribly fresh brioche bun with fantastic dry-aged minced beef, simple sliced American cheese (I believe), all coming together to create this warm, loving bite of a burger.

Pro tip: ask them to cook your burger medium so it doesn’t dry out. The fries were excellent, seasoned with some sort of house seasoning. The chicken nuggets were probably the best thing on the menu. A crispy exterior, juicy interior, and they felt handmade with a lot of care.

Overall, I was shocked at how good it was. Pls, do not expect anything over the top. It is a simple burger made right, which is exactly what they set out to do. Someone near me said it was a 6/10. Honestly, I thought he was being dishonest for controversy’s sake. A friend of mine also felt it wasn’t flashy enough, but I reminded her that it’s not meant to be a bells-and-whistles burger.

All in all, I would travel from far and wide just to have this burger again. It was that good. This is proof that simple sometimes does work and works very well!

A solid...

The latest but (sadly) not greatest food hype gets the full-on proper hipster treatment. Firstly, the guys on shift were impeccable, they were fast, friendly and efficient. Highly impressed. For me the stripped back affair was enjoyable, a clean, and quaint setup, the simple take away only menu was reasonably priced (£9 for a classic cheese burger at time of writing) I’ve heard the wait times can be excessive, but maybe I got lucky? (about 8mins from ordering to receiving the goods.) Regarding the food, it was just fine. A pair of pretty thin smash patties topped with cheese were a little overcooked for my taste, it was well seasoned and the sauce was ok. I think if I’m being totally transparent; Bleecker burger, burger & beyond and patty & bun still offer a tastier meal, albeit slightly pricier than what Dumbo have on offer. One plus I have to commend however is that I didn’t feel ‘bleurgh’ after eating it. Was the hype real? No. Was I blown away? No. Would I go again? Yes. Would I recommend you try? Yes. Even...

Distinctly average burger, one hour wait for food.

Honestly, it was nothing special. Shake shack does far better smash burgers (and the best in my opinion). You queue outside in the street for an hour (because hype is hype) which is challenging enough as a prospect, but the food was underwhelming.

The positive: the nuggets were genuinely pretty good. Think an ever so slightly healthier taste (although still fried and delicious) McNuggets the staff were pretty friendly and upbeat

The negative the burger was pretty dry, not enough sauce and genuinely disappointing after the long wait the chips were OK. Nothing special

(Sort of) fun to do once. No need to ever repeat. I would imagine the business model would be to eventually move to online orders because the wait time vs taste is just...