Where is the Best Burger in Dublin?

Counters in Dundrum are lovely if you can get a seat.

Bunsen is deffinitely the best, counter is great due to the options of making your own which I enjoy.


I can't stand anywhere that just stacks stupid amounts of ingredients on a ridiculously thick beef pattie that is then impossible to fit in your mouth

Feisar wrote: »

Burger meat needs to be fatty, a lean mince burger isn't ideal at all. Also one needs to grind the meat at home as it has a completely different texture to shop/factory ground mince.

By the by I cut up and ground an Angus rib eye from Aldi, the fancy ones in the black packs. OMG it was awesome!

Now on to toppings, I ain't a purist:

Lettuce
Tomato
Cheese
Caramelized Onion
Scallion
Gherkin
Chopped Black Olives
Butter - to one of the buns

Black olives
Butter on a burger bun

showpony1 wrote: »

nicest burger I had was Shake Shack in airport layover in the US, hopefully comes to Dublin.

Yea i love to get on a plane of a weekday and go get a burger.

Bandana boy wrote: »

Black olives
Butter on a burger bun

I know but try it!

Greyfox wrote: »

You wouldn't go to Ricks sober thou, tgis is a good shout but I'd also go with Bunsen

Oh jesus I would! It's just I'm only in town when I'm on the sauce.

But just on Chilli Shack again if anyone from there is reading please please have vinegar available for ya lovely chips!!

glasso wrote: »

The meat and bun in Bunsen are the best. only annoying thing about Bunsen is the wait system where you have to come back when they text you - it's always in the middle of a pint when they text you - guaranteed
Wow is decent and you don't have to go away and come back so handier but the burger is better in Bunsen imo.
Five guys haven't been - not going to a shopping centre just to have an over-priced burger.

I found Five Guys to be extremely overpriced and overrated. And the one in Dundrum has a really weird soulless atmosphere - like the entire place in general.



The 5oz freshly cooked in Supermacs is fairly decent as well. Puts the Big Mac or the Whopper in the penny place in comparison - microwaved jobs.

suicide_circus wrote: »

I could do with a hot beef injection right now

John Hughes fans tittered at that I bet :P

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

Pat McDonagh has hit on something special with the 5oz. Its an a very tasty burger and that was always the weakest part of his produce. Combine that withe a taco fries and you are on to a serious winner.

Very erudite observation, Paddy. Supermacs were known for their snackbox, and other chicken based offerings. Had expanded into the pizza game as well. But the burger offering was always the weak point of the portfolio. A MightyMac was acceptable, but didn't encourage the heavily drunk punter at 3am to make a beeline into Pat's fast food emporium.



The 5oz changed the game in the fight against the international conglomerates. Sure, it's 75 cents more expensive, but there's some love going into that burger. I tend to combine it with a garlic and cheese chips, as opposed to the taco fries. Personal preference. The garlic if fine is you've a 'sure thing' going on at home, but don't be thinking you'll be chatting up a bird outside the door with the expectation that you'll both be frantically hailing a taxi 10 minutes later, bent over with desire for a night of top class 'bonking'.

Ricks an old favourite, love Bunsen & Wow too. Ate in 5 Guys a few days back and while it was nice it wasnt 15 quid nice. The burger and chips in Tomahawk steakhouse next door to the Clarence Hotel is the same money and better tasting whilst being in much better surroundings. Anyway at the end of the day for burgers in Dublin I reckon Chilli Shack comes out top. That said I havent eaten in Bunsen in over a year because its always too packed. Im up to five stamps on my loyalty card in Chilli Shack now and I am not one for loyalty cards, the Shack being the exception.

Does anybody on this thread know what Bunsen Burger is like?

Bunsen is the gold standard - it's absolutely perfect, it blows the competition away so thoroughly that in my opinion it's closer to the best burger in Europe than the best burger in Ireland.

Failing that, Wowburger is probably second best. Five Guys is also very tasty in fairness - a bit expensive, but tasty.

I'm not a huge fan of the likes of GBK and that - too many options, and the burgers they serve tend to emphasize pure size and a million toppings over quality ingredients and actual taste. There's no point in a burger you can't even fit into your mouth - or one dripping in BBQ sauce or with a black pudding crowbarred in to make it more Oirish for the tourists.