Winston's Burgers & Beer — Restaurant in Phú Quốc

At best this place is just average yet very expensive on all their menu items. Another overpriced restaurant in Phu Quoc gouging at the transient tourist trade. On a positive note, the Cheeseburger Spring Rolls are flavoursome and delicious, though let down by the minuscule size and quantity - 5 tiny pieces for 89k. I also tried their Best Bacon Burger Ever which was a big disappointment and daresay a false claim with the name. The burger only contains 2x small pieces of Bacon and although the burger patty maybe made with 50% Bacon the taste is far from Bacon flavoured (just tasted the same as a normal patty). The burger will set you back 175k and doesn't even come with fries (they're extra at 40k for a tiny 150gm or 75k for 300gm). To enhance my burger I added extra cheese (which wasn't even melted properly) and sauteed mushrooms/onions. The mushrooms weren't even warm and tasted really bland and onions were only just cooked - they both certainly didn't seem to be sauteed at all. When they asked how my burger was I mentioned the fault with the mushrooms being a bit cold, and they were indifferent to my comment....as if they didn't really care. Just a smile was offered??? Overall the burger was a big disappointment and a very messy experience as it fell apart about halfway through. I found the service to be a bit overbearing and felt rushed to order something too. Though they did come across friendly and were OK with my dog coming inside. However their young child harassed her with his ride on toy adding to my less than relaxing experience). A small upside is that you can pay the bill with a credit card but this will incur a 2% fee. Being expensive and from my experience here, I wouldn't recommend eating here. I certainly won't be returning during my 30 scheduled days on the island. I wish I could add photos but Google Maps in their ludicrous, automated decision making block all my new reviews from the public when I review a place or business and add photos....where's the incentive to keep posting detailed reviews when all it does is create a major...

This place was recommended by Lonely Planet, and as a result was absolutely jam packed with Westerners. However, I wouldn't call this a negative point at all, just an observation.

The main point to this review is this: a tiny tropical island in Vietnam has absolutely no right to serving burgers this good. The pictures online do absolutely no justice to how good these burgers taste, it just doesn't make any sense. As a resident of London, I know the trendy burger scene very well and think I've probably eaten way to many since they started becoming trendy in London, Paris, NYC. The burgers here taste absolutely as good as any of them, and I'd put them in the top 2 or 3 if the restaurant was in London (just as an example).

The restaurant itself was very cool and relaxed, and Winston was very happy to talk about the craft beers he had in - which are also really good, and not just for Vietnam. Winston was greeting everyone and was very friendly, and the whole place had a great feel to it. Cocktails were really nice and reasonably priced, burgers ranged from I think a little over 100k to 250k which is maybe not "budget eats" for Vietnam but I would describe as such for any tourist.

We went two days in a row because the burgers were that good we weren't even ashamed to be eating Western food instead...

Decent food, burgers were good. However: staff glare at you as you walk in, they give menus without a smile or even a simple “hello.”

They also provide cheap ketchup (instead of Heinz) which is quite ridiculous given how expensive the food is (about $7-10 for a burger).

They also immediately take the menu away from you as if they can’t fathom the possibility of a customer possibly wanting to order more food later (like a dessert or drink for example). We would’ve actually ordered more food if they hadn’t taken the menu away from us.

Additionally, it took over 30 minutes to receive our burgers and the restaurant wasn’t even that busy. It also took over 15 minutes to receive a pre-made key lime pie.

The restaurant used to be great when Winston was in charge, but it seems to have gone a bit downhill, as is just average now. Doesn’t have the warm atmosphere it once had!

Overall, the experience wasn’t horrible, but it also...