Five Guys Review

      OK, I am sure you are saying, what's up with another fast food review. But since this is our first 5 guys in Vermont, I think some people would want to know what it's like, right? RIGHT? Maybe not, but here goes anyways. Five guys has won numerous awards for its hamburgers and that in a nutshell is what they are, a fast food hamburger chain.Now you may say a burger is a burger but a Five guys burger relates to a pink slime McD's burger as equally as a Democratic congressman relates to a Republican senator, in other words NOT AT ALL.

      Now in a moment I will clear up our only confusion with the 5 guys ordering procedure. Since the South Burlington location (on Shelburne road in the same strip mall as the Shaw's) is small and the chain appears to be EXTREMELY popular with Vermonters, I would suggest ordering online. Online ordering is simple, you pick from the menu, (not hard to do as the entire menu is hamburgers of various sorts, hot dogs and french fries). Once you pick out your burger, you get to pick from 18 different toppings at no extra charge, (bacon, cheese, b-bque sauce was mine), pick out which fries, we got two large fries, one regular,one Cajun.  BIG MISTAKE, this was enough fries for 10 people not 4, if your gonna order large, make sure you are having a party. After your done ordering, pay with a credit card and you will have about a 10-20 minute wait. So jump in the car and head over to Shelburne Road.

       Once you arrive, you realize ordering online to go was the right choice. This place is SMALL, and CROWDED. Now comes the one point of confusion, as you have ordered and paid you would assume you move to the end of the restaurant where orders are being processed, WRONG, make sure you check in at the counter and tell them you are there for a pick up or your order will sit on the heater and never get called, I speak from experience. Anyways, after figuring out the right way to get our food, we were off, and as Mike and Kris don't live so far away, we arrived in no time to hot and juicy burgers and fries.

      Now what the picture doesn't show well is that each burger is actually a DOUBLE burger. Again the website or menu doesn't really mention this, they do list a "baby" burger but who's to know that is really a standard burger, one patty. Anyways we were totally full and Kris and Mike had enough fries to last a week.

Food,                     4.0   Be aware that I am rating this on a fast food scale and not a fine dining scale.
Beer and Wine,    NO  No alcohol, so no rating.
Service,                 2.5  Again think fast food, employees not really helpful just there to take your order.

Ambiance,             2.0  Really, get it to go.
Price,                     4.0  Pricey compared to the clown and king but WAYYYYY better food.

Overall                  3.125  OK, I know it's a fast food joint, so really what counts is food and price. And in this case 5 Guys really shines. the food is very tasty and appears to be way more natural than its competitors. And while the pricing is a bit higher than those others, you really get alot for your dollar. Is it the best burger I have ever had, God No, is it the best fast food burger I have ever had, very likely.