Five Guys Burgers and Fries

I decided to treat myself here for the first time one day after a summer long of eating healthy foods and exercising. It was amazing and so worth it! Kind of pricey (about $ 11 for a meal w/​drink, fries), but the meat is fresh and not the over-​processed crap that you find at most other fast-​food burger joints.
Warning: Don’t come here if you have a peanut allergy, because there are unlimited peanuts everywhere.

I really enjoy eating burgers at Five Guys! It’s fast, fun, and the food is great. I usually get their little cheeseburgers and go all the way with the toppings — delicious!

Great food and great service! Unlike those that work in other fast food chains, these people make it their obligation to serve with a smile. I don’t see why it is so empty here. More people should eat at Five Guys!

So where should I begin?
So me and my friend wanted to get some burgers today so we decided on 5 guys to switch things up a bit. There wasn’t a line so we ordered quickly and the cashier was pretty good at taking the orders. We then got some peanuts and filled our drinks and sat down at a table.
So the first thing that went wrong was the table was really cheap. I got up to take my jacket off and I moved the whole table almost knocking my friends drink over. We got our food pretty quickly after that since they had 10 people behind the grill.
I got a bacon burger and my friend got a cheeseburger with a regular fries and drink. They put his burger at the bottom of the bag and covered it with hot fries so he had to dig through them to grab his burger. They really couldn’t give him 2 bags when he spent over $ 13 there? It seems silly to complain about but they really shoved this bag full!
But the burger, the patties were small and crumbling apart. The bun was too small and soggy. It kept ripping and all the toppings fell off every time I took a bite. That’s how I noticed that even though I bought a bacon burger, they basically took half a strip and crumbled it so it would look like more. Unlike the other toppings, bacon actually cost extra money so I had to go ask for more bacon which they were pretty rude about.
The fries were soggy and unevenly seasoned, nothing like they were when the store first opened. Half of them were broken, probably because they shoved the bag so full. They also used to put extra fries in the bag so you got a lot more but now they just underfill the cup and put the rest in the bag.
The quickest way for a restaurant to go under is to be stingy with the food. It costs barely anything compared to other expenses and keeps people coming back. With so many choices for a burger, why would I ever come back here?

Five Guys — the BEST! Impossible to top the world’s best fries — ingredients, «potatoes, oil».
Made to order, everything fresh. Restaurant always clean, and the friendliest Five Guys ever.
It’s sad that Smashburger would even attempt to open one of their inferior establishments across the street. Five Guys rocks!

Sorry, I don’t like it.
Overpriced: like $ 12 or $ 13 for a burger, fries, and drink! Why?!?
Food: yes, the fries are great … but the burger tastes like something I could cook at home (not in a good way). Also the bun got soggy and kinda fell apart.
Atmosphere: less attractive than eating at McDonalds. The tables and chairs are cheap, uncomfortable (for me) and they don’t even have any soft booths (like SmashBurger across the way).
Clientele: a third of the people in here are teenage boys, which is probably their market.
Music: they played a hybrid of country and soft rock … which isn’t my style. I mean, it would be cool really went all-​out with the country atmosphere (they also have free peanuts) … but right now it’s just generic in a bad way.
Verdict: come for the fries, and nothing else.

Great place for burgers! The french fries are the best I’ve ever had and they pile them on thick. I could live on the fries, alone.

Q: How many guys does it take to make a burger?
A: Five guys. hehe get it?
The place is nice and I love the fact you can see them cooking and making your burger. Cajun fries spice a litte strong for my taste but I like it all the same. The burger is a good burger and cooked well. I also Like the idea that they have peanuts for yout to munch on while waiting for the burger, Id rather wait for a newly cooked burger than get one thats been sitting in a heat lamp.

Your typical Five Guys. Great burgers and fries. Simple, but perfect.

I’m not a fan of fast-​food, but I love their peanuts here! I like mixing the unlimited toppings, but the perk of that is short-​lived. Two stars for the peanuts though!

The Burgers here are fantastic! Nothing crazy, funky, out there or anything like that. Just an honest to god damn good burger and the fries are great too. I’m officially a fan of Five Guys after checking this place out.

Delicious burgers and are the right size. Prices are a little high for a Burger chain.

Being from California, I’d heard that Five Guys was the next best thing to In-​N-​Out out here. As such, I was excited when I had the chance to try it as my first meal off the plane.
I got the Bacon Burger «All the Way» (meaning all free toppings included), Cajun Fries, and a soda.
Pros
— Patty was PERFECT. Cooked just the right amount and as juicy as could be.
— Getting all the toppings may seem like overkill, but the end result was quite tasty. All the fixings complimented one another quite well.
— The Cajun Fries are a bit on the larger side when it comes to «fry size», absolutely fresh, and perfectly seasoned. Definitely one of the better fries I’ve had in a long time.
— Free refills on drinks
*Bonus — Free peanuts on the side. That you can crack open, eat, and then toss the shells on the floor. Nice, unique touch.
Cons
— My only real complaints lie with the bun. One, it is two small for the burger in that the bun is not completely covered, making the burger fall apart easily when eating. Two, it’s a bit too soft, giving the burger a «sloppy» feel.
In closing, while Five Guys is no In N Out, it’s still a great burger joint and one of the better ones I’ve had. I’d definitely recommend it.

Five Guys isn’t for the faint of heart. Literally. I would never take my grandparents here or even my parents because I don’t want to be blamed for any of their cardiac arrest. (morbid)
BUT I DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT ME!
Delicious. Sloppy, JUICY BURGAAAAAAHH!
I am not a meat purist so when it comes to burgers, I want mine with plenty of fixins’ — Five Guys especially excels in their offering of FREE fixings with:
«Mayo Relish Onions Lettuce Pickles Tomatoes Grilled Onions Grilled Mushrooms Ketchup Mustard Jalapeño Peppers Green Peppers A.1.® Steak Sauce Bar-​B-​Q Sauce Hot Sauce»
These burgers will probably fall apart as you try to eat them with juices running down your hands. If slow-​mo cameras could capture people eating at Five Guys, every shot would look like a food porno. People look like they’re shuddering when they eat here. Yes… YES!!!
THIS LOCATION IS SO CLEAN!
Take advantage of how clean this location is because it just opened up last year. It hasn’t had the chance for all the oil and grease to sink into the tiles and floor. It’s beautiful.
Also the people who work here are nice.
DON’T TAKE PEOPLE HERE WITH PEANUT ALLERGIES!
You’ll kill them. I still don’t know why there are free peanuts available. Also, everything is cooked in peanut oil.
THE CAJUN FRIES AND FREE DRINK REFILLS MAKE LIFE SO GOOD!
Share the well-​seasoned fries with others because the order is huge. Buy a drink just so you can keep refilling. There’s lots of soda choices and even powerade and iced teas.
FORGET CALORIES, JUST GO! YES! YES! YES!!!

First burger I ate in ten years… so worth the wait. Best fries.

Overrated burger. Burgers isn’t even that big. The only good thing that prevented me from giving 2 stars is the free peanuts and their cajun fries.

Well let’s see what all the hype is about. Walked in and waited perhaps 5 minutes to order from what may have been an owner/​manager a plain cheeseburger…“What nothing on it” No just the cheese please,“Really…Nothing but cheese… no other fixings”? No thank you It’s my first visit and I would like to taste the meat, not the fixings, and could I have that medium?.“No all our burgers are well done but juicy”
The burger I received was smaller than I expected with 2 small irregular shaped patties that looked basically incinerated, the American cheese half melted between a soft but sturdy bun.
It smelled like a summertime grilled burger and tasted surprisingly beefy and well seasoned even if juicy was a stretch.
Would I return? Properly not simply because anyone with 20 minutes, decent ground chuck, coarse salt and pepper, a reasonably fresh kaiser roll and a skillet could surpass a 5 Guys burger and for ½ the cost.
Their menu advertises that no fillers or preservatives are added but I venture that their pantry is well stocked with MSG.

Finally, SO and I had dinner (take-​away but still) from Five Guys; something we’ve been wanting to do since it’s opened right next door to us a couple of months ago and since my best friend is from the NoVA area, we’ve heard good things about this chain. We came in hungry!
So, we went a little bit later, around 8pm on Monday evening, and we did not have to wait long. Our counter guy– I wish I got his name, because he was soooooo nice (older African-​American gentleman) and was super patient with SO as sometimes he is spacey when ordering food! He rung us up mighty quick and we waited for our food.
Our food did take a bit of time– maybe a ten minute wait? There were the complimentary peanuts, which we did not partake of, but I took note of since my dad loves peanuts any shape or form they come in, so definitely will be taking him here so he could load up pre– burger.
So we took our food home. The burgers– there are two patties on a regular burger, which was a total surprise to me, and now I realize that there is a reason why there is a ‘little’ burger also on the menu– were pretty good. They are all cooked well done, which sometimes bothers me, but not really since it is a burger. You can also order however you like –with everything, or with nothing at all, no BS charges because you wanted grilled onions or mushrooms. I got mine pretty basic (how i like them): mayo, ketchup, tomato, onion, and lettuce. SO got the bacon cheeseburger with pickles, ketchup, lettuce, and onions. We did really like our burgers, but next time will order the little burger, since two patties is a little too much for me!
Their fries were ok– I might have been a little spoiled since I just had some phenomenal boardwalk fries at Little Macs in Point Pleasant just last week, and the fries were a little on the softer side (compared to super crispy), but we still ate them with relish.
the only cons I can think of is the wait time for our food– there were still a lot of people ordering though at 8pm, and maybe as time goes by things will get quicker– the staff is probably still adjusting to the number of people they are getting, but all our burgers were made to our order, and not messy or thrown together at all. Another con would be the fries, but I can get over that by skipping them. I see also that they do grilled cheese, hot dogs, and a veggie sandwich, so I’m sure I can talk my veggie friends in joining the other carnivores for dinner or lunch once in a while. I do wish they had milkshakes though, as I love me a little vanilla shake with a burger. There is a haagen daz in the same shopping plaza, but I feel like a milkshake from there is like way too much for this tummy along with the double burger.

It was almost 10pm and me and the passengers in my car were hungry. We pulled into the shopping center to see if anything was open and saw Five Guys. This was my first time at a Five Guys so I was kind of excited. I always heard good things for the most part. The place was near empty as they were closing in 15mins. We ordered a regular burger, a small burger and a hotdog. We also ordered a large order of Cajun fries. It was pretty good but a bit on the salty side. They added salt in addition to the «old bay» seasoning. Also, the large is enough 2 – 3 person. I would recommend asking them to not add salt to the Cajun Fries and request seasoning on the side so you can season it yourself to taste. Besides that, the fries were pretty good. Their potatoes are hand selected for Five Guys from Idaho. The food took unusually long to come out! NOT ACCEPTABLE considering the fact that the place was not close to even being packed. Not to mention, there were like 6 – 8 guys working in the back. I had filled up my drink at the soda fountain, sat down to start Unilocaling, got up to go to the bathroom, sat back down and my food was still not ready! I can’t even imagine how long the food would take if the place was packed, let alone half full!!! The establishment was pretty big for a burger place. I’ve never been to any other Five Guys so I have nothing to compare to. But I roughly counted seating easily for 60. They offered free refills from the soda fountain and free peanuts while you’re waiting for your food. The free peanuts reminds me of a steakhouse place I go to once in a while in PA. Their bathroom was small and only for single occupancy. Again, I would assume the wait to be long if the place was any more than half full. Overall, it was an OK first experience. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t great. I will need to visit other Five Guys and try their foods for consistency…

Went on opening weekend around 7:30pm w/​7 people. Line was long but still ordered and got food in ~25 min. Burgers were mis-​labeled but assembled correctly.
Cajun fries were loaded with paprika. I’d stick with plain. Outdoor seating a +. Lives up to all my previous Five Guys experiences. Good fries, gold peak iced tea, juicy burgers loaded with toppings. Super happy to have a Five Guys in the area!