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The Best Hot Dog in Kuwait?

Since I had a lot of free time over Eid I decided to do a hotdog comparison. My go-to place usually is Shake Shack but decided to try out the Five Guys hotdog and the Johnny Rockets one which I hadn’t had in years. Here are the results:

#1 Shake Shack (KD1.000)
Bun: ⭐⭐⭐
Hotdog: ⭐⭐⭐
Looks: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Price: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

#2 Five Guys (KD1.750)
Bun: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Hotdog: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Looks: ⭐⭐
Price: ⭐⭐⭐
Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

#3 Johnny Rockets (KD1.700)
Bun: ⭐
Hotdog: ⭐⭐
Looks: ⭐⭐
Price: ⭐⭐
Overall: ⭐⭐

I had all three hotdogs with just ketchup and mustard. My favorite tasting one ended up being the Five Guys hotdog but in the end, Shake Shack ended up slightly edging out because of the price. Johnny Rockets was easily the worst of the three, the bun to hotdog ratio was completely off and I also thought it was the greasiest of the three.

What’s your favorite hotdog place in Kuwait?

Update: The Shake Shack hotdog is no longer being sold for KD1 and instead now costs KD1.5

59 replies on “The Best Hot Dog in Kuwait?”

Speaking of hot dogs, we’re back to tasting them after quite a sabbatical.

Well honestly we’ve been doing some experimenting at home and they turn out to be so good. So we use Doux sausages with the usual Samoun bread, ketchup, mustard & BBQ sauce. Turns out yum! 🙂

Yup that’s true. My son likes the BBQ sauce to go with. Initially I didn’t like it but after a couple of bites that changed.. 🙂

I fully agree! Had their Shackago Dog, also 1kd, comes with 7 toppings. And finished off with their custard, only 500 fils. My kids loved that they put sprinkles. I must admit, in the beginning I thought Shake Shack to be pricey, but they’ve really up the value for money factor. And the quality remains high. Now they offer free cheese fries with their new burger. Glad you tired them.

There used be a great hotdog place back in 1995 called Fat Boys, it was located behind the salmiya shopping center in one of the bye lanes….they had the best tasting hotdogs back in the day and various types as well…..I wonder if they have closed or moved to another location over the years…..

Yea I remember that shop in Avenues, man time flies. Visit those Butcher Shops located in shuwaikh after london market and the roundabout they have some serious meat cuts and beef mixes for burgers its my go to place to be honest I prefer to cook at home

Fuddruckers Hot Dog Jabriya Branch used to be the best! The meat was Imported directly from the US. and it was really yummy. Unfortunately they stopped importing Meat from the US for awhile now, and kept using the local ones (not good at all)!

As a huge hot dog fan, I’ve tried all of em repeatedly. The best one in kuwait currently is the Shake Shack Shack-ago Dog by far, followed by the Dogmatic range of dogs depending on which topping you prefer. the worst hot dogs in kuwait are the ones at Burger King (just nasty), and the ones at Haute, and sadly, the ones at Burger Boutique since the texture is just weird.

My favorite hotdog is the beef hotdog from Vox Cinema at the Avenues (not the VIP cinema though, it is a slightly different version). The one from the standard cinema is super high quality, both the meat and the bun. With the ketchup and mustard its great, and they also add crispy dried onion and it is awesome

Nathan’s was horrible, nothing like the US one. I’m pretty sure they used local (American/Khazan) frozen hotdog, not their famous US beef franks.

I recently had the new Veggie hot dog at IKEA. Quite a change from the traditional meat hot dogs and very reasonably priced.

Five Guys hotdogs taste better in Dubai for me. In Kuwait, I always end up with indigestion no matter the sauce I use.

That’s crazy, because I feel the exact same way. Not only with hotdogs, even with their burger and fries ._.

@dogmatickwt (Instagram account – Location the CUBE in Salmiya) , extremely tasty and good value for money. Their Corn dogs are also to die for.

Dogmatic is pretty good imo. I’m not a huge hot dog guy but that’s the one I usually think of when I want one

Johnny Rockets 2 inch hotdog for 1.750 is ridiculous. Ordered two Johnny Rocket hotdogs via Talabat, but received two dinner rolls with small miniture hotdogs….I actually thought it was a joke. Johnny Rockets has many regular size hotdogs, but Talabat delivers

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