Boogaloo Burger

JONJO THE MISER

Always on the search for a good burger ive yet to try this particular place.
Has anyone been there and what is it like.

Mr Keek

It's a good spot, better than Mustard in my opinion, the Lamb burgers are unreal. Free WiFi. A bit expensive though.

JONJO THE MISER

Mr Keek wrote: »

It's a good spot, better than Mustard in my opinion, the Lamb burgers are unreal. Free WiFi. A bit expensive though.

Ive never had a lamb burger and i love lamb, must try this.

JONJO THE MISER

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Ive never had a lamb burger and i love lamb, must try this.

Yeah, they're not baaaaad

TheCosmicFrog

rarnes1 wrote: »

Yeah, they're not baaaaad

Get out. Get out now.

Boogaloo Burger is lovely. Really nice burgers, definitely didn't need the side of chips and I was schtarvin' when I went in. It is seriously pricey though. Even if it does fill you up, it's still just a burger.

And I was tempted to try the lamb burger, usually love them. But I thought I should give their beef burger a go on the first visit!

Black_Knight

Great place, nice staff, and lovely burgers. Shame about the pricing though, way too expensive for a burger!

Vodkat

Where is this place?

Black_Knight

Vodkat wrote: »

Where is this place?

If you go through and out the back of the eyre square shopping center, its on the right. Or! Heading down shop street, take a left at AIB (lynchs castle).

Pretty sure thats where it is.

steel_spine

It's fairly expensive, but it is lovely, with loads of choice on what type of burger/bread/topping to get.
I starved myself for the whole day before going for a burger and sweet potato fries there, and I damn near couldn't walk after! :pac: So you get a good feed, even if it is a little on the expensive side.
Definitey better than mustard IMO, every time I got chips or wedges from there, they were cold :mad:

PEACEBROTHER

How expensive are we talkin here ?
Where exactly is this place ?:D:D:D:D

pleasant Co.

It's on lower abbeygate street, between the Gourmet Tart Co. and Yankee candle shop. I don't accurately remember the price of their cheapest burger but I believe it was about 16euro (hopefully someone else can clarify this)

Madame Razz

I think their cheapest burger is about €12 for a basic one. More 'exotic' ones start from about €14 and go upwards. All the sides are extra. They have a lunchtime special sometimes but it's only on the basic burger, if you want something more you have to pay full menu price. It's nice, but extremely expensive; at the end of the day it's still a burger. They seem to be doing well there tho.

Mrs OBumble

Mactard wrote: »

It's on lower abbeygate street, between the Gourmet Tart Co. and Yankee candle shop.

Very close to Yankee Candles, and before Book Exchange. Across the road and down a bit from Gourmet Tart though.

brianthebard

FUtoo wrote: »

I think their cheapest burger is about €12 for a basic one. More 'exotic' ones start from about €14 and go upwards. All the sides are extra. They have a lunchtime special sometimes but it's only on the basic burger, if you want something more you have to pay full menu price. It's nice, but extremely expensive; at the end of the day it's still a burger. They seem to be doing well there tho.

Did they put up the prices recently or something? I don't remember it being more than a tenner for a burger, which was still expensive. Mustard sucks imo, poor service and mediocre food at too high a price.

Stench Blossoms

Was there a few weeks ago. Had a chicken burger, it was delish.

yer man!

They do student discount part of the week and sometimes they have a €10 option which is a burger and a beer which isn't too bad really.

Maja

brianthebard wrote: »

Did they put up the prices recently or something? I don't remember it being more than a tenner for a burger, which was still expensive. Mustard sucks imo, poor service and mediocre food at too high a price.

Which is a pity because they have lovely location (service was fine though), but Mediterranean salad i ordered was disaster! ( pile of lettuce with dry hummus on the top and maybe two pieces of olive and tomatoe)

Melty

The €10 burger and beer from boogaloo is a pretty good deal and their burgers are large and tasty.

Gonna have to defend mustard as I eat there quite a bit. Have only ever encountered friendly, efficient service and their student and lunch specials are excellent value. Oh, and the food is great too with a nice choice of beers!

My only gripe with the place is they changed their menu a few months ago which now means no more lamb burgers or potato skin pizza

biko

14 euro burger? It better come with black caviar on top for that kind of money.

dantbyhid

Went there when they first opened. Got the veggie option which was roasted veg on a bun pretty much. Haven't gone back since...

El_Dangeroso

I just get the bacon and avocado burger without the bun for a euro less (seriously not necessary). I'm full for hours and hours for 9euro, which when you think that you're normally hungry an hour after miccie d's. Deliciousness.

Black_Knight

yer man! wrote: »

They do student discount part of the week and sometimes they have a €10 option which is a burger and a beer which isn't too bad really.

AFAIK its only 1 or 2 particular burgers that are in that deal, ie. their cheapest.

Das Kitty

We got a barbecue "box" from them in June. 10 burgers, crispy buns, heaps of salad and so many toppings and sauces for €50. They were gorgeous. Well worth it.

lou cypher

Jaysus, my mouth is watering now. Gotta check this place out.

muppetkiller

dantbyhid wrote: »

Went there when they first opened. Got the veggie option which was roasted veg on a bun pretty much. Haven't gone back since...

You went to a Burger Bar and didn't like their Veggie option ? :pac:

hyperbaby

They don't do the beer and burger for €10 anymore, i went in and asked yesterday.

bat boy

dantbyhid wrote: »

Went there when they first opened. Got the veggie option which was roasted veg on a bun pretty much. Haven't gone back since...

Same as. Seeing as they charge pretty much the same for the veggie 'burger' option as they do for the big hefty meat burgers you'd expect them to put at least a bit of effort into it. The cost and effort they put into the ingredients is minimal but the price is huge. It's very easy to make a big filling patty style veggie burger with mashed chickpeas/beans. Roasting a bit of pepper and courgette doesn't constitute a burger. I wanted to complain to the manager at the time but they were mad busy.

The meat burgers do look decent though, as they should be for the price. Hopefully they'll take that roast veg 'burger' off the menu and try and make a proper veggie burger. I might give it another go then.

Ruthee

muppetkiller wrote: »

You went to a Burger Bar and didn't like their Veggie option ? :pac:

well considering how easy it is to do a fairly decent veggie burger (eddie rockets is fairy decent, Mustard also do a nice falafal burger) its fairly insulting to stuff a some roast veg into a bun and charge nearly the same prices as a meat burger.. either do a proper veggie burger or dont bother at all..

martyboy48

lou cypher wrote: »

Jaysus, my mouth is watering now. Gotta check this place out.

Likewise... Somebody take a pic of one of these fine burgers just to seal the deal:)

TheCosmicFrog

Mustard, they talk a good meal :rolleyes:

thesandeman

dantbyhid wrote: »

Went there when they first opened. Got the veggie option which was roasted veg on a bun pretty much. Haven't gone back since...

Bit off topic but funny- I remember when Supermacs opened first their 'Vegetarian Burger' was a bun with sauce, onion, lettuce, slice of cheese and a pineapple ring from a tin cos it fitted in the bun lol. Strangly enough it tasted lovely (and only cost 50p as opposed to the murder burger which was 80p) Bit like the Roches Veg Pizza which included chunks of orange as a topping.

pleasant Co.

thesandeman wrote: »

Bit off topic but funny- I remember when Supermacs opened first their 'Vegetarian Burger' was a bun with sauce, onion, lettuce, slice of cheese and a pineapple ring from a tin cos it fitted in the bun lol. Strangly enough it tasted lovely (and only cost 50p as opposed to the murder burger which was 80p) Bit like the Roches Veg Pizza which included chunks of orange as a topping.

Murder Burger sounds really appealing to me! Do Boogaloo sell it? :pac:

TheCosmicFrog

thesandeman wrote: »

Strangly enough it tasted lovely (and only cost 50p as opposed to the murder burger which was 80p) Bit like the Roches Veg Pizza which included chunks of orange as a topping.

They're murdering animals now? :eek:

thesandeman

Well Ive never heard of an animal asking for euthanasina so I suppose so. But as I said my post was off topic so lets not go off off topic. Back to Boogaloo.

trio

Went to Boogaloo for the first time there the other week. Was expecting great things but was very disappointed.

Took ages waiting for the food - about 15 minutes at least. We had ordered drinks which came straight away and of course they were long gone by the time the food came. Which was then so greasy it ruined our hands and was pretty messy to eat. Seriously - oil everywhere! Not sure if the lettuce they put in the burgers has dressing on them or what the hell was going on.

My friend ordered a burger in Naan bread thinking it'd be a better alternative to the buns. Don't bother - the Naan bread was so stiff the whole thing was a nightmare to hold and eat.

Very dark and dreary inside (why on earth paint a little place like that in dark colours?) and rather uncomfortable seating.

And the burgers were well, just ordinary tasting burgers! Costing 10 euro each! Really didn't think much of it and wouldn't bother again, tbh.

Asmodean

rather uncomfortable seating

Like being in mass I thought, When I went in there I was waiting ages too and my beer was long gone. Was empty in there at the time so I was dissapointed the service wasn,t quicker. Mind you there is an almost identical place in waterford and the waiting time is ages also so maybe its hand in hand with homemade burgers.

brianthebard

They are big burgers so they'll take a while to cook. And with that much meat a burgers going to be somewhat greasy even if it was dry fried. Understand the complaints though.

El_Dangeroso

Yeah, they do take ages.. I find myself being enraged by the time my burger comes, which quickly turns to emotions of mmmmm..om nom nom..

Seating is annoying too, we ended up sitting beside these two aul' fellas who stumbled in pissed during race week. They were highly indignant about not being able to get a cup of tea, much to the delight of the busy waitress.

GuessWho2009

Scottys burger are fairly decent but they are seiously over priced.

what does a burger go for in boogaloo? there newhere between 12-16 euro in scottys and come with a small chips which by the way are small.

antonf

Can't believe there are places charging 12 euro for a burger. You can get 4 courses in Thai Garden on their Early Bird menu for 17.50.

TheCosmicFrog

trio wrote: »

Very dark and dreary inside (why on earth paint a little place like that in dark colours?) and rather uncomfortable seating.

Yeah, it's depressing inside. That street is dark as it is, the fact that it's dark green in there really doesn't help.

cranky bollix

boogaloo are expensive hipster burgers - scottys for the win

pleasant Co.

cranky bollix wrote: »

boogaloo are expensive hipster burgers - scottys for the win

and scottys are just regular expensive burgers is it?

Das Kitty

I don't understand why a burger is such a looked-down-upon foodstuff. All this "it's just a burger" stuff. Some of the most delicious and memorable meals I've had in my life were burgers. A good burger can be like manna.