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Dermot Desmond's sons to bring Five Guys to Ireland

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    #152
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    5 guys is very nice but I would love to get a Shake Shack in Ireland, my god it's unreal absolutely savage burgers cooked medium. Any time I go to the US the first place I go for dinner is Shake Shack (if there is one around as they aren't everywhere over there), it is just so good.


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    #153
    Quin_Dub
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    Luciano Helpful Fullback wrote: »
    5 guys is very nice but I would love to get a Shake Shack in Ireland, my god it's unreal absolutely savage burgers cooked medium. Any time I go to the US the first place I go for dinner is Shake Shack (if there is one around as they aren't everywhere over there), it is just so good.

    There are multiple places in the same category , but the point is that there , you are getting your food for less than $10.. It's a bit more than you pay in a McDonalds/Burger King etc. but the couple of quid is well worth it..

    But when these places get to Ireland , that suddenly becomes €20+ which for a simple burger and chips is just silly


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    #154
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    Quin_Dub wrote: »
    There are multiple places in the same category , but the point is that there , you are getting your food for less than $10.. It's a bit more than you pay in a McDonalds/Burger King etc. but the couple of quid is well worth it..

    But when these places get to Ireland , that suddenly becomes €20+ which for a simple burger and chips is just silly

    Shake Shack ain't cheap in the US either, you won't get much change out of $20 dollars for a meal, well worth it though.


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    #155
    Woke Hogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,630 ✭✭✭Woke Hogan


    dennyire wrote: »
    Jaysus Greebo you get into every feckin thread with your bullsh1t comments. you banned me once for a comment i made on golf forum when you were a mod there, and withouth any reason wanted to show your authority, Thanks be you were shown up for what you are and no longer a mod....though i see you are still spouting off incoherently in golf forum

    Oohhhh, you’re hard.


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    #156
    hynesie08
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    Quin_Dub wrote: »
    There are multiple places in the same category , but the point is that there , you are getting your food for less than $10.. It's a bit more than you pay in a McDonalds/Burger King etc. but the couple of quid is well worth it..

    But when these places get to Ireland , that suddenly becomes €20+ which for a simple burger and chips is just silly

    A basic hamburger, small fries and a drink in 5 guys in America is anywhere from 15-18 dollars, it's probably 17 euro. Are you ordering of the kids menu??


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    #157
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    Quin_Dub wrote: »
    There are multiple places in the same category , but the point is that there , you are getting your food for less than $10.. It's a bit more than you pay in a McDonalds/Burger King etc. but the couple of quid is well worth it..

    But when these places get to Ireland , that suddenly becomes €20+ which for a simple burger and chips is just silly

    Where is this €20 for simple burger and chips?


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    #158
    Shred
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    I think Five Guy's is delish personally, having said that the last time I was in it was 10 months ago so I'm due another visit.

    I was in Bóbós last Saturday around 7.30pm and got a burger ('The Emancipator'), coke and bacon fries; while it was quite nice it was almost €22 :eek:
    I should have went to Five Guys where it's a (far superior, imo) double burger, free toppings, bottomless drinks, tonnes of fries and for about €5 less!

    People can like or dislike whatever they want but it just seems apparent to me that it's quite trendy to slag off Five Guys here for some reason.


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    #159
    theteal
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    Luciano Helpful Fullback wrote: »
    5 guys is very nice but I would love to get a Shake Shack in Ireland, my god it's unreal absolutely savage burgers cooked medium. Any time I go to the US the first place I go for dinner is Shake Shack (if there is one around as they aren't everywhere over there), it is just so good.

    I had my first sample of Shake Shack in the UK recently. More expensive, less food and not as nice as 5 Guys. I only went in because the 5 Guys directly across from it was rammed.


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    #160
    dennyire
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    Woke Hogan wrote: »
    Oohhhh, you’re hard.

    Not hard enough for that b''''''' look at the golf forum where he was a mod for years


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    #161
    Thelonious
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    The burgers are excellent. The milkshakes are also excellent. Fries; nothing wrong with them either.



    Not surprised to hear they are operating at a loss. The one on Georges street is nearly empty every time I walk past. The food isn't cheap obviously and it's hard to justify eating it regularly.


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    #162
    salmocab
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    Thelonious wrote: »
    The burgers are excellent. The milkshakes are also excellent. Fries; nothing wrong with them either.



    Not surprised to hear they are operating at a loss. The one on Georges street is nearly empty every time I walk past. The food isn't cheap obviously and it's hard to justify eating it regularly.

    Not sure operating at a loss is the right term the losses are due to expansion mainly from what I read.


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    #163
    Fritzbox
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    Five Guys gets reviewed by the Irish Times, 2018:

    https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/food-and-drink/restaurant-reviews/my-worst-ever-meal-as-a-restaurant-reviewer-1.3521284

    https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/a-beef-with-restaurant-review-1.3539307


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    Martin Lanigan
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    Fritzbox wrote: »
    Five Guys gets reviewed by the Irish Times, 2018:

    https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/food-and-drink/restaurant-reviews/my-worst-ever-meal-as-a-restaurant-reviewer-1.3521284

    https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/a-beef-with-restaurant-review-1.3539307

    That the one where she orders the vegetarian burger?


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    #165
    Ardent
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    That review was a nonsense and little wonder Five Guys complained about it. Lady blasts a beef burger joint because her veggie sandwich wasn't up to her Michelin star expectations.

    Edit: A quick look at Catherine Cleary's twitter feed explains all. Clearly this woman has an axe to grind - promoting veganism and a reduction in meat consumption.


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    #166
    Fritzbox
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    Martin Lanigan wrote: »
    That the one where she orders the vegetarian burger?

    Yup.
    That review was a nonsense and little wonder Five Guys complained about it. Lady blasts a beef burger joint because her veggie sandwich wasn't up to her Michelin star expectations.

    It looks like a hatchet job alright, especially as people are saying the food isn't all that bad


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    #167
    Martin Lanigan
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    Fritzbox wrote: »
    Yup.

    No need to read it then.


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    #168
    salmocab
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    Review wise I’ve had it a 3 or 4 times. I really like the burger don’t really love the fries. Not somewhere I’d be going out of the way for it but it’s grand.


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    #169
    JohnnyFlash
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    Had it twice. The burger was grand, but I’d prefer the cheeseburger from Bunsen. The amount of salt on the chips would pickle you as well. Pricey spot for what you’re getting.

    Featherblade on Dawson Street has a burger at lunchtime that costs less than the ones in Five Guy and is in a different league altogether.


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    #170
    Brian?
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    Honest question. When did people start calling chips “fries” in Ireland?

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #171
    Brian?
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    It’ll always be burger, chips and a mineral for me.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #172
    JohnnyFlash
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    Brian? wrote: »
    Honest question. When did people start calling chips “fries” in Ireland?

    Around the same time they started calling rashers ‘bacon’ and calling a takeaway ‘take-out’.

    Shower of douchebags.


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    #173
    Yamanoto
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    Depends where you're ordering from.

    Chips from the chipper, fries from McD's. What irks me to a far greater degree is the number of restaurants who'll serve your chips in a little fcuking tin bucket, with a burger on a wooden board.


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    #174
    Brian?
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    Yamanoto wrote: »
    Depends where you're ordering from.

    Chips from the chipper, fries from McD's. What irks me to a far greater degree is the number of restaurants who'll serve your chips in a little fcuking tin bucket, with a burger on a wooden board.

    Agreed. Those places should be burned to ground. I’d always ask for chips everywhere in Ireland.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #175
    OwlsZat
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    Making a fat loss because they're charing to much and the chips are too big. Make the ordering fries for one fries for two and bring down the price.


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    #176
    Brian?
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    OwlsZat wrote: »
    Making a fat loss because they're charing to much and the chips are too big. Make the ordering fries for one fries for two and bring down the price.

    I’ve read this 4 times and still can’t understand it.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #177
    salmocab
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    OwlsZat wrote: »
    Making a fat loss because they're charing to much and the chips are too big. Make the ordering fries for one fries for two and bring down the price.

    The articles suggest they are expanding and that’s were the money is going.


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    #178
    OwlsZat
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    salmocab wrote: »
    The articles suggest they are expanding and that’s were the money is going.

    The premises are rented the staff are on contract, the suppliers already exist. Retrofitting I guess but they've losses of almost 4 million. Seems an odd strategy.


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    #179
    OwlsZat
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    Brian? wrote: »
    I’ve read this 4 times and still can’t understand it.

    Do you comment a lot on things you don't understand Brian? Must be very tough.


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    #180
    salmocab
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    OwlsZat wrote: »
    The premises are rented the staff are on contract, the suppliers already exist. Retrofitting I guess but they've losses of almost 4 million. Seems an odd strategy.

    The rent has to be paid for months before opening, staff have to be trained and paid before opening, fitouts aren’t cheap.plus legal fees


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    #181
    OwlsZat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,510 ✭✭✭OwlsZat


    salmocab wrote: »
    The rent has to be paid for months before opening, staff have to be trained and paid before opening, fitouts aren’t cheap.plus legal fees

    Legal fees and fit outs I guess. Seems a strange way to do business, would rather organic growth. They would be fairly exposed in the face of a downturn, given there business model is basically original Eddie Rockets. In and out burger on the other hand...


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