| rev:text
| - So my east-coast visiting aunt & uncle have never been to Vegas and never been to In-N-Out either, so of course I took them to the In-N-Out on Craig. They liked the burgers at In-N-Out but seemed to think a place back east called 5 Guys was even better. Low and behold, on our way out of the In-N-Out parking lot, my uncle sees the 5 Guys sign right across the street. How 'bout that! I never even knew the place existed before last week, and I drive by here all the time.
So took the GF to 5 Guys last night just to see if my relatives were right. They weren't. I love them dearly, but as far as the burgers go, In-N-Out has this place beat hands down.
The issue is the meat. It is greasy and relatively flavorless at 5 Guys. The toppings are as fresh and delicious as In-N-Out, but the buns aren't quite up to In-N-Out par and the burger meat just falls short.
Also, as I read in many reviews, they got our order wrong too. Yes I ordered properly - telling them what to put on it, not what to take off. The order-taker got it right on the receipt, but someone decided to put onions on my burger anyway. I hate onions. Took it back & the nice guy at the counter apologized & told me to keep the burger - he'd make me a fresh one. Much better response than taking it back and throwing it out or, worse, trying to get away with picking them off. Onions seep - I've busted places trying to do this to me before. Not 5 Guys though - the correction was made in two minutes flat and another sincere apology when picking up the corrected burger. Lesson here is nobody is perfect, but 5 Guys seems to F-up far more often than they should given their "BYOB" style of menu, so check the contents of your grease-soaked bag before you leave if you're taking it to-go.
I did prefer the 5 Guys fries - got mine Cajun style and yea, they were pretty spicy. Figured they would be - kind of the definition of "Cajun" isn't it? Why do so many reviewers get surprised by this? Mine were also greasy, soft and salty, but that's the way I like them.
The portions are HUGE. Standard burger is a double patty, which was more than enough for me and I'm usually a 3-by-3 guy at In-N-Out. The fries were ridiculously large, which ticked me off because my GF hates spicy stuff and I wanted to try the Cajun fries, so we had to get two separate small orders of fries at $2.89 per order. Then they come out and each order must be well over a pound of fries. Why even have a "small" order of fries on the menu if you can't get one? Charge me $2.00 and give me 1/3 the amount of fries and I'd be happier. They were yummy too, so it was a damn shame to throw so many away.
I was no big fan of the bright lights or loud music either, but didn't find either unbearable - mildly annoying perhaps, but not enough for me to bash them on it. The fries might bring me back here because the burger wasn't bad, it just wasn't anything special, and I did like the spicy Cajun seasoning on the soft, thick, wilted, natural-cut fries. In-N-Out fries are too thin, small and tasteless for me.
On second thought, maybe I'll just drive through In-N-Out for a burger then shoot over to 5 Guys for an order of fries if I want the perfect meal. Too bad neither one of them can get everything right. (sigh)
Neither 5 Guys nor In-N-Out lives up to all the hype in my opinion, but In-N-Out comes closer. 5 Guys might be good enough as they are for the east-coasters that can't get an In-N-Out burger, but they had better get some more flavorful patties and find a way to get some of that grease off the grill if they want to make it big out west.
Stop in if you want to spend slightly more $money$ than you should on an overrated burger place, but only if you're in the area and want something fairly unique. I wouldn't go out of my way just for a 5 Guys meal though, and those that would probably grew up on the things back east and have a geographical affinity for them more than they do an actual appreciation of a tasty burger.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)