Dining Experience @ Five Guys. . Founded in 1986 in Arlington, Northern Virginia, Virginia, United States Of America, by husband-and-wife team Jerry and Janie Murrell, Five Guys is a casual fast-food diner known for their hamburgers, hot dogs, fries, and American milkshakes, all made-to-order using fresh ingredients, served in large generous portions. Named for their 5 sons (Jim, Matt, Chad, Ben, Tyler), who all joined the family business, Five Guys has over 1,700 outlets across 26 countries. . The Burger Little Bacon Cheeseburger (USD $10.19) is, despite its name, not very little at all, being a fairly large and hefty burger for regular folks. Between fluffy wheat burger buns studded with crunchy sesame seeds, is a tender ground beef patty, crunchy streaky pork bacon rashers, and your choice of toppings. . I opted for 'All The Way', which includes creamy mayonnaise, crisp fresh lettuce, crunchy dill pickles, juicy tomato, springy grilled button mushrooms, thick tomato ketchup, tender grilled white onions, and rich yellow mustard. . Combined, each bite bursts with bready sweet meaty salty savoury vegetal nutty sour tangy zesty milky earthy bitter spice flavour. Messy but so filling and satisfying. . Their Fries (USD $5.09), done Five Guys style, feature chunky twice-cooked potato fries that are straight-cut and salted, resulting in a crisp outside fluffy inside texture, with starchy salty savoury flavour. Typically overflowing out of the serving cup, spilling over into the paper bag, lending the visual impression...
Read moreIt's a pretty decent burger place. Not a whole lot of variety, and it's expensive. A Bacon cheeseburger, small fries, large drink comes to 17 bucks. The portions are quite large. Small fries are not small. The default burger has two patties. So if you want a lot of food, you can get it easy, but you'll pay for it. The food is cooked after you order it, so it's hot and fresh. They only have American cheese, so you can't get much variety on that front. They have the usual selection of expected condiments. Overall, the food tastes good. Not the best burgers in the world, but good. They have piles of potatoes in sacks by the door with a sign indicating what farm they sourced this week's from. The resulting fries are definitely real potato fries; they certainly aren't processed. They still have the skin on them. The place is kept pretty clean, but the floor was very greasy today. It would have been easy to slip. The water spigot in the soda fountain was broken today. I mentioned this to the employees, but I never saw anyone attempt to fix it while we were eating. They only work one register, so a long line won't move fast. There are free peanuts in the shell freely available to get while waiting for your food. I probably wouldn't go in there if I had a bad peanut allergy. I would say the food is consistently and objectively high quality, so it all comes down to your own personal opinion...
Read moreI have never been a fan of their burgers, but today when I took my wife here, because it's one of her favorite places. I had a rare moment and had a bacon cheese burger. If you like 5 Guys, then this is your place. I will say their toppings are fresh and if it weren't for that, I wouldn't have put 4 stars. I would have given them 5 stars for being better than any other one I have ever been forced to go to. Their patties are so over cooked that they have no flavor to me and so thin. You can't squeeze juice out of these babies, but I actually was okay with eating this one. They have my rare seal of approval. Most 5 guys remind me of something we made ourselves when I was 10 years old and pretended we were cooks. If the other 5 Guys establishments takes a few tips from this one it might help. Note to this one as well, though: Your buns are so thin and soggy, you'd think your patties were juicy, but they are not and that is very strange. GET REAL BUNS! The ones you use start falling apart halfway in to eating the burger! My wife loves their hotdogs and we both like the Cajun fries. Other 5 Guys still get a 1star, so enjoy NASA 5 Guys! You got the most stars I would ever give. Anytime she wants to go to one of your establishments I will make an excuse to end up around...
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