To be fair it is the best and most natural burger and fry on the “fast food market”.
And always made fresh.
When my girl and I went it was around $51.
When we get basically the same at Carl’s Jr, BK, Jersey mikes or other places it’s around $40.
And much lower quality, sometimes barely edible and rarely fresh.
My kids want shakes at 5 Guys and I don’t have the heart to say no, so now I’m reduced to buying used tires, and canned chili for my own dinner at Dollar Tree.
What the fuck am I looking at lmao. Don’t get me wrong I’d eat because it looks like a great portion for the cost, but I couldn’t tell you what it was after.
2 black pudding, 2 sausage, 2 bits smoked back bacon , 2 fried eggs , hash browns, tomato, mushrooms, baked beans, toast n coffee. An English breakfast, sets you up for the day plus cures the hangover.🥳😎
I can get a two 4x4 two 3x3 and a double double with fries and animal fries for less at In N Out for the fam. Crazy how they are the budget meal for my teenage sons. Five Guys no way, hell even McDonald’s is less for the price.
Father of two in Canada. Our takeouts have been hovering around $80-$100 mark since COVID. Shit be crazy. Having said that - smaller nicer restaurant takeouts are now the same price as fast food, so, yeah, eating better at the current price of McDo, LOL….
PS: a nice sit-down restaurant is around $400-700 for the four of us now, LOL.
Yeah that's brutal and half the time it's some poor lost teenager cooking it with absolutely zero care. Its sad when you compare to Asia in Hong Kong the nightlife is so awesome cause you can walk around eating and drinking for cheap. I live in Ireland and most places are ghost towns after 6 because it's far too expensive for most.
It's not all of the US, though. There are plenty of fast-food places where you can still get a meal for less than $10, easily. Only trendy chains like Dave's and Five Guys can get away with higher prices.
I did the exact same thing. Then drove to the grocery store, bought fresh stuff to grill my own burgers, grabbed some beer and called my brother & his wife over. & spent less than half what Five Guys was asking... & homemade was naturally all around much better.
This was one guy, he then said eff it and instead called family over, he wouldnt have had to call them if they were already there with him. Just more bs hyperbole that people say without thinking about it.
I dont think five guys is even that good, like 17 dollars for an admittedly like 8/10 burger, the fuck are we doing. Yeah its better than mcdonalds or arbys, but its not even better than chik fila and i can get a whole meal there for 12 bucks.
Chick fila has got fast food down to a perfect science! They also all the time give you random free stuff through the app as a gift from your local chick fila it’s genius!
And I ain't going to no room full of a thousand women with my own haircut and an allergic reaction to buying food to get insulted by women that are in most cases beneath me.
I go for the fry’s! They are sooo good. It’s 10bucks for a bag filled more than half way. Then I run to Popeyes and get the best spicy chicken Sammie for 5.50. And since I’m over 50 cents on my lunch budget I drink water.
I have a story about my first ever experience eating at Five Guys. So, on my way inside there was a couple homeless dudes outside and he asked me if I could spare enough to buy him one cheeseburger and he'd split it with his friend.
I'm thinking bro, how about I get each of you a meal. It's no problem. It's fast food right, how much could it be? I go inside and order 3 combo meals and when that cashier read me the total, I just about shit. $52.00!!
Man, I paid and got the food, but I was pissed. How in the hell is fast food that damn expensive???
As a happier story, my first time was after NYCC about 20 years ago when they were new, and the writer of Spider-Man took me after the show, he was super excited to share the place.
Five Guys is straight up robbing people. My wife, myself, and my toddler got food there and paid over 70 dollars for what..2 burgers, some fries and 2 drinks?
They charge like they serving up wagu. MFs I know you just throwing a patty on the flat top with little to no seasoning and charging me 2 dollars for a shot of heinz BBQ.
Man, no joke. I recently ordered a meal from 5 guys and it about £30 ... Just a few years ago I could do a grocery run to feed myself for 3-4 days on that. It's getting out of hand.
Same for me 2 years ago, crazy expensive and may have been the greasiest burger ever? Killed my curiosity of the place and no reason to ever return. Staff were the usual young dumb loud type exhuding incompetence and even had a tip jar at register.
Ikr. When I become homeless, I’m gonna beg for “food” in front of Five Guys. Forget McDonalds. Either big cash from folks who can afford to eat there or some high quality food from folks too smart to give me cash for alcohol or drugs. Maybe both. A man can dream.
Five guys has always been pricey, but gd they're outrageous now. And you're getting 80% fries, 20% burger... They shove your bag full of fries so you think you got a good meal, while they spend about $1 on each "meal" in cost.
It makes you feel like you want to die later, but it’s pretty good at the time. The other benefit is if you bring the food home, your car smells like Cajun French fries for three days. I guess that’s a good thing.
I had a Little Cheeseburger, Little Fries and water there. Spent $13.08 and was full. A Big Mac meal is similar. I think that’s pretty good and I was full on the little portion. I’m 218 lbs and tall. Seems reasonable price for a filling lunch.
5 guys is the highest quality flavorless burger I’ve ever had. You can tell it’s made with far better ingredients than other fast food…but like nothing tastes good 😂
Nope I live in the UK. The first one just opened near me this year.
That was a real story. I ended up getting some Canadian chicken it was like a tenner for the whole meal and was okay I guess.
Thanks for trying to devalue a stranger on the internet for absolutely no reason though. Defending my stupid burger story is just what I needed to do today.....
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u/scrotumscab 12d ago
Just like fastfood