I was walking around shopping when suddenly I spotted a Five Guys restaurant. I was caught by surprise since someone had told me there was no Five Guys in New York before I got here. Without hesitation I quickly rushed in and ordered my burger.
The way it works at Five Guys is all the burgers come plain and you tell them what you want inside (all the toppings are for free). I ordered a cheese burger which comes with 2 meat patties and cheese, I added three toppings, ketchup, mustard and grilled onions plus a small coke. Since they cook everything fresh to order it takes a bit of time to prepare your food so you go sit down until they call out your number. My number was 47 and when they called my number out I picked it up and came back to my table.
The packaging is very basic. They use brown paper bags with no branding and aluminium foil to wrap the burger with. Only the cup had Five Guys written on it. I unwrapped the foil to find a messy burger that looked very unappealing. BUT, the burger tasted AMAZING so it didn’t matter if the interior of the place was uninteresting or the fact the burger looked messy and came wrapped in foil. It was just like a wow! People THIS was as pretty close to a 5 out of 5 I’ve ever been!
The Shake Shack burger was good but the Five Guys burger was incredible and there was no line! Nat was just starring at me wondering why I was getting orgasmic over a burger since I was just munching and going amazing I love this non stop. When I left the place I was like I’ve got to go back and I sooo am going to!
Update: Below are pictures I took of another Five Guys branch in New York
44 replies on “The Five Guys Burger”
Finally ! Someone agrees with me..! Five Guys is better than Shake Shack —> thats true.. Thank you Mark for the honest “opinion” 🙂
I don’t mean to discourage you as I am sure you are enjoying your trip. But what happened to healthy eating and no more junk!!!?
I am walking from 9am till 11pm so I am burning a lot of calories. Just got a Nike+ sneaker so I will know exactly how much I am walking and burning. If I am burning 100 calories an hour I am fine although I think I would be burning more than that.
ambaih basik burgers shfeek mafjoo3 :p
Mark you are toooo funny!
Hahaha! Your goal is to try every burger place in the states! hahaha!
The only bad thing about my new place is that its 2 blocks away from five guys.. Mark the hot dogs are even better….. try their cheese dog with grilled onions, grilled mushrooms, ketchup and mustard.
Cheerz
Trust me on this Mark.
BURGER JOINT at the Parker Meridian, thats the best burger.
Like you i thought shake shack was good but not great, burger joint is.
Burger Joint inside Le Parker Hotel, 119 W. 56th
Original burgers and Fries in these small white paper bags that bring back memories, go early to find a table, its a tiny joint. LOOK NO More for burgers
This guy is pretty serious about his burgers;
http://www.hamburgeramerica.com
Hope this helps you find a good burger 😉
JG Melon… check it out, you might like their burgers 😀
ufff i want one soo bad!!
is there a reason behind the name.. 5 guys ? Or is it just random
Five Guys is overpriced and overrated. Still the same frozez burger crap as mcdonalds except after the burger is all friend they throw it on a grill for 10 seconds to give it the black lines and semi smoked flavors. Char-grilled rules and tricks very well.
Best burger places and local restaurants that get their meats from the local farms and not shipped to them in a 100KG box from china.
you have to try Rubys cafe it has the best burgers in NY. http://www.rubyscafe.us
Five guys is good, but I would not say it’s a 5/5. maybe 4 or 3.5..
Mark, will you be trying the Gyros @ 53rd and 6th?
I love the walking idea and everything, this is NY but would i need to rent a car even if im staying there for 4 days?
Five Guys better than In&Out.
I didn’t try Shake Shack.
“THE COUNTER” is the BEST!!!
I don’t know if there is a branch in New York mostly it is located on the west coast.
Enough with the burgers already !!! you come all the way to NYC to eat at Five Guys????!Seriously?
I don’t know if you’re into chocolate, if u are then you must not miss Max Brenner’s Chocolate by the bald man. near Union square. It’s sort of a hip Chocolate bar and they got chocolate pizza and chocolate running through pipes all around the store/cafe. But then again you probably don’t want to go cuz the owner is Israeli lol
Mark .. what happened to your NO – FAST – FOOD – DIET?
A bit like the OLD Fudruckers where you just chose the burger and then went away and put all your own toppings on it, poured yourself a coke and dished out a salad.
try soho park! their burgers are really good!
i have to agree with the 2 people up there saying that burger joint in the meredian is a MUST TRY !!! way better than all the other burgers. and goo to the GYRO GUYS MARK !!! 53rd aND 6TH !!!!
SOOOOO much food soooo little time!
Mark: While you are in the US, eat as much as you can!!
ENJOY the food, specially the burgers 🙂
HEY MARK ,
you didn’t stend up in any line 🙂 ?
is it true ?
hahahahahaha
Take care out there in Gotham Mark – that guy in the green t-shirt doesn’t look too happy to have his picture taken…
are those beef burgers or ham?
I eat at five guys burger it is incredible but you have to try in and out burger it emmmmmmm
and better than five guys burger
it is in le Parker meridien new York
Not in and out
JOIN BURGER
whoever told you there were no Five Guys in NY may not have been lying at the time . . . Five Guys is fairly new here . . . I think it’s been about a year since they opened their first store here. Now, they’re EVERYWHERE!
If you’re looking for some good Thai food in NY head to SEA in Williamsburg Brooklyn (they have a SEA in Manhattan, but I think the Brooklyn one is way better. It’s AWESOME Thai food, good sized portions, great drinks and CHEAP! The only drawback is that it can get loud and crowded on weekends. Take the L Train to Bedford Ave., walk on 6th toward the water one block to Berry (if you get confused, just ask anyone on the street – everyone knows where SEA is). The neighborhood itself offers some great bars, lounges and other eateries (just google Williamburg Brooklyn and take your pick).
Finally you try out 5 guys… And no 40 min line either.
come on
i am on a diet :L
they have corkboards near the counter where papers are stucked by guests who commented on their experience. Five Guys won various ‘Best Burger’ awards from the East Coast.
They also have sacks of peanuts in the dining hall and they fry their fries in peanut oil.
Great post man 🙂 keep it up
The name orginally should have been “One made Five” burger “.afterall the dad of the five guys who’s running the show made it first,eh?
so i see u’ve tried five guys!!! you brought back a lot of memories 😀
I loved five guys burger <3
next week we're heading to NY and I will try shake shack burger ;),, thanks for the amazing reviews ;D
We so envy you right now 🙁
this is the best burger restaurant i tried in my life. enshallah yft7 bel Q8 coz i talked to them about 4 months ago and they told me that they have 200 inquires to open in the gulf but at that time they wasn’t planing to open out of US and Canada
the best burger in the world
all the way :))))