Where is the Best Burger in Dublin?

RasTa · 13-10-2018 9:54am

Five guys is ****, support the local lads

miamee · 22-10-2018 3:48pm

I had my first ever Wow burger just over a week ago. Underwhelming is being kind. It was from the one on Wexford Street at about 12.30am so maybe they don't do their best work there but it's put me off ever bothering to try another one.

Kyle More · 22-10-2018 3:52pm

The White Moose Cafe in Phibsborough does a great burger.

Bandana boy · 22-10-2018 3:56pm

Kyle More wrote: »

The White Moose Cafe in Phibsborough does a great burger.

As long as your not Brazilian !

Kyle More · 22-10-2018 4:03pm

Bandana boy wrote: »

As long as your not Brazilian !

Or vegan, or a breastfeeding mother

But all joking aside, despite the image they portray online, Paul and Jason are actually very obliging and attentive hosts. It's all just publicity stunts. In fairness, it works. The reason I went there in the first place was because I wanted to see the place and meet the supposed nutter behind it all. Then, as it turned out, they actually did nice food.

Kyle More · 22-10-2018 4:04pm

Kyle More wrote: »

Or vegan, or a breastfeeding mother But all joking aside, despite the image they portray online, Paul and Jason are actually very obliging and attentive hosts. It's all just publicity stunts. In fairness, it works. The reason I went there in the first place was because I wanted to see the place and meet the supposed nutter behind it all. Then, as it turned out, they actually did nice food.

Apologies for going off topic there.

Assetbacked · 22-10-2018 4:39pm

Bunsen still the best for me.

I have visited GBK next to it on South Anne Street a few times recently and have to say that it offers a good overall experience. Paying at the counter at the beginning meaning one can just walk out when finished, free refills on fizzy drinks, great chip seasonings together with chip dips and a great (contemplates not stating this) vegan burger for 9.50.

Cienciano · 23-10-2018 12:01pm

I finally visited Bunsen but I was so drunk I can barely remember. I think ricks is better for drunk people.

whiskeyman · 24-10-2018 4:03pm

Assetbacked wrote: »

I have visited GBK next to it on South Anne Street a few times recently and have to say that it offers a good overall experience. Paying at the counter at the beginning meaning one can just walk out when finished, free refills on fizzy drinks, great chip seasonings together with chip dips and a great (contemplates not stating this) vegan burger for 9.50.

GBK could be under threat it seems as store closures are on the cards after racking up losses.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45962981

L1011 · 24-10-2018 5:52pm

UK market conditions are dire compared to here. UK franchiser does own the Irish branches since abrakebabra sold them in 2016 though

Singer · 24-10-2018 9:25pm

whiskeyman wrote: »

GBK could be under threat it seems as store closures are on the cards after racking up losses.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45962981

The branch in the Pavilions in Swords closed last weekend. Five Guys are moving in nearby in the next few months, so the burger boom continues.

Zulu · 25-10-2018 10:35am

Singer wrote: »

The branch in the Pavilions in Swords closed last weekend.

Well thats no loss. I ate there once with the missus. My burger was woeful; she got the scutts.

MarkY91 · 28-10-2018 11:25pm

Had another chili shack this weekend and was gorgeous as usual.

Tried a mad egg chicken burger tonight which h was decent enough too. Chips tasted a bit weird. Thank from for their sriracha and ketchup sauces.

AngryLoner · 12-11-2018 1:13pm

TOKEN have STOPPED DOING their Wild Boar Burger

Anybody know anywhere in Dublin that does a Wild Boar burger? I'm strung out....

gmisk · 12-11-2018 1:37pm

Cienciano wrote: »

I finally visited Bunsen but I was so drunk I can barely remember. I think ricks is better for drunk people.

Yeah tbh if you are langers I would prefer if you stick to ricks as well....

trellheim · 29-12-2018 7:39pm

Bujo tried last night, pleasantly surprised.

Fries not all they could be tho, quantity fine just a little overdone.

However the burger was superb. I'll be back !. Chili Shack still gets my vote but we have a new No.2

JayRoc · 29-12-2018 10:46pm

On the subject of fries/chips...for someone who generally considers them a waste of time I was pleasantly surprised by Five Guys peanut oil fries. Ate most of a large portion before I knew it.

Reckon the size may have been a factor...it was like the whole bag was full of the nice crunchy small bits that are usually at the bottom of a bag of chips

Certainly the best thing about 5 Guys.

Price was a huge turn-off

Gavin "shels" · 30-12-2018 7:14pm

Had a Captain Americas burger on Thursday after Leopardstown... granted I was a few pints in but have to say it wasn't a bad burger at all for a "mainstream" place - lovely crispy bacon too.

Muahahaha · 30-12-2018 11:55pm

trellheim wrote: »

Bujo tried last night, pleasantly surprised.

Fries not all they could be tho, quantity fine just a little overdone.

However the burger was superb. I'll be back !. Chili Shack still gets my vote but we have a new No.2

Bujo is great, Ive only been three times as it is out of the way for me but it is a real good burger.

Chilli Shack excellent too though last time I was in it wasnt great, perhaps just an off night because it is generally very consistent. Though have they sorted out their front door yet? It never seems to close properly and with Deliveroo riders constantly coming and going the place is pretty draughty and cold to eat in, especially during winter.

mrmorgan · 30-12-2018 11:56pm

this is a great question.

it's all about opinion I suppose, but i do think bunsen is the best. the meat is unreal

Beechwoodspark · 31-12-2018 12:00am

Had a burger in Abra in city centre earlier. Very average.

Salad wasn't great. Too much red sauce and burger itself bog standard frozen type.

Burger and chips was almost a tenner. Bit of a ripoff

mrmorgan · 31-12-2018 12:02am

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Had a burger in Abra in city centre earlier. Very average.

Salad wasn't great. Too much red sauce and burger itself big standard frozen type.

Burger and chips was almost a tenner. Bit of a ripoff

abra is terrible, i came home bananas drunk recently and they were the only lot open.

when i opened the door to the driver he had my food on top of the my bins waiting for me!!

dhaughton99 · 31-12-2018 12:36am

mrmorgan wrote: »

abra is terrible, i came home bananas drunk recently and they were the only lot open.

when i opened the door to the driver he had my food on top of the my bins waiting for me!!

I’d never go to abra again.
Recently went to the one in dame st during the afternoon.

Customer service is non existent. Sour and down right unfriendly. The food was slop. A donor and a chicken kebab. Donor was ok. Chicken was atrocious. Had to throw it out. The chicken was just filth. I really wanted to put their window in and hadn’t touch a drop of drink. Never again.

MarkY91 · 31-12-2018 12:41am

I ordered an Abrakebabra the other week. Everything about it was vile. It was probably the worst fast food I've ever had. Simply disgusting!

Beechwoodspark · 31-12-2018 11:49am

dhaughton99 wrote: »

I’d never go to abra again.
Recently went to the one in dame st during the afternoon.

Customer service is non existent. Sour and down right unfriendly. The food was slop. A donor and a chicken kebab. Donor was ok. Chicken was atrocious. Had to throw it out. The chicken was just filth. I really wanted to put their window in and hadn’t touch a drop of drink. Never again.

It was the dame Street branch I was in yest. And yes customer service was bad but the burger was worse !

Class of 82 · 31-12-2018 10:13pm

The Generator Hostel in Smithfield. Fantastic burgers.

trellheim · 01-01-2019 5:05pm

The Generator Hostel in Smithfield. Fantastic burgers.

I did not know that. Somewhere else to try !

w/s/p/c/ · 04-01-2019 2:36pm

Class of 82 wrote: »

The Generator Hostel in Smithfield. Fantastic burgers.

Had a burger here just before Christmas, was absolutely delicious. Was the BBQ one, reasonable price and filled me before my night of drinking!

retalivity · 04-01-2019 7:43pm

Went to five guys on georges st earlier, dont think ive been in one since canada about 6 years ago. Knew it would be expensive, but it is definitely not as good as i remember. Cajun chips were rank as well.

My curiosity satisfied, will return to bunsen/wowburger/rockets/bobo's ahead of it next time.

dr.kenneth noisewater · 05-01-2019 8:57pm

Tried Chilli shack tonight and was very underwhelmed, was grand but nothing above average. Bujo still top for me

babamaal · 15-01-2019 2:26am

How has this thread got to 20 pages without mentioning Featherblade on Dawson Street? Are they too fancy? Their lunchtime burger is the best I have ever had, in Ireland or anywhere else.

bilbot79 · 15-01-2019 2:34am

Best burger I've had was in pigeon house in delgany. That's wickla but there's one in clontarf

Useful.Idiot · 17-01-2019 10:00am

babamaal wrote: »

How has this thread got to 20 pages without mentioning Featherblade on Dawson Street? Are they too fancy? Their lunchtime burger is the best I have ever had, in Ireland or anywhere else.

I had it before, it was grand. Spose if you prefer a smokier burger it might be up there.

Gavin "shels" · 03-04-2019 11:21pm

Resurrecting an old thread but myself and herself were in Bison Bar on the Quays this afternoon for a post blood donation meal - she got the Bacon Cheese Burger!

The burger itself was delicious, really nicely cooked and that! The bacon was lovely. The brioche bun was tasty (I avoided the cheese when having a taste).

11 quid for a burger and a side! Can't go wrong with that!

MarkY91 · 04-04-2019 7:17am

Gavin shels wrote: »

Resurrecting an old thread but myself and herself were in Bison Bar on the Quays this afternoon for a post blood donation meal - she got the Bacon Cheese Burger!

The burger itself was delicious, really nicely cooked and that! The bacon was lovely. The brioche bun was tasty (I avoided the cheese when having a taste).

11 quid for a burger and a side! Can't go wrong with that!

Is that the bar you walk through to get to wow burger?

salmocab · 04-04-2019 8:13am

I had a cracking burger in Ashton’s in Clonskeagh the other day. 2 nice juicy patty’s bacon and cheese. It was lovely.

Passenger · 04-04-2019 8:43am

MarkY91 wrote: »

Is that the bar you walk through to get to wow burger?

Bison Bar is directly next door to the Workman's Club where Wowburger is.

beerpong · 04-04-2019 9:00am

Not sure if mentioned but bujo in sandymount is a good one. Much preferred it to bunson!

sweetie · 04-04-2019 9:07am

I might have mentioned it before but 'On the pigs back' on Capel st (near parnell st junction) does a great burger, not too big and messy and their sweet potatoe fries are to die for and will feed two people. Also PHX bistro and Woof in smithfield have really good burgers too. Oscars in smithfield used to be really good but the last time I went I was underwhelmed. All much better than the aforementioned Chili shack though.

FreudianSlippers · 04-04-2019 9:24am

sweetie wrote: »

I might have mentioned it before but 'On the pigs back' on Capel st (near parnell st junction) does a great burger, not too big and messy and their sweet potatoe fries are to die for and will feed two people. Also PHX bistro and Woof in smithfield have really good burgers too. Oscars in smithfield used to be really good but the last time I went I was underwhelmed. All much better than the aforementioned Chili shack though.

Couldn't disagree with this review more tbh. Depends on what kind of "burger" you're looking for I guess, but I'm guessing you'd be a fan of GBK/Bobos/Jo'Burger

sweetie · 04-04-2019 9:29am

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

Couldn't disagree with this review more tbh. Depends on what kind of "burger" you're looking for I guess, but I'm guessing you'd be a fan of GBK/Bobos/Jo'Burger

No actually, I'm not. I tried GBK/Jo'Burger once, Bobos I only have a chicken burger on the rare occasion I go there. What part do you disagree with?

FreudianSlippers · 04-04-2019 9:41am

sweetie wrote: »

No actually, I'm not. I tried GBK/Jo'Burger once, Bobos I only have a chicken burger on the rare occasion I go there. What part do you disagree with?

The entire thing if I'm honest.

Wuff is fine, nothing special any time I've eaten there.

PHX Bistro is somewhere I've only been once, didn't have a burger but someone I was with did and it looked pretty much like Jo'burger style, a big dry meatball.

Oscars - I've never eaten anything remotely serviceable there.

Chili Shack - had it delivered a couple of times and only had one occasion where it was not great, but still better than any of the above.

Gavin "shels" · 04-04-2019 9:56am

Passenger wrote: »

Bison Bar is directly next door to the Workman's Club where Wowburger is.

New "restaurant" part to Bison is nice! First time in there - comfy as f*ck seats!

FreudianSlippers · 04-04-2019 10:02am

Gavin shels wrote: »

New "restaurant" part to Bison is nice! First time in there - comfy as f*ck seats!

Where is it, back in the part that you used to climb through that window to get through?

Gavin "shels" · 04-04-2019 10:05am

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

Where is it, back in the part that you used to climb through that window to get through?

Just before that window there's now an entrance on the left (used to be a small seating/table) which enters into the new restaurant (google maps says it was Picture Rooms).

https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.3455249,-6.2663076,3a,75y,166.6h,90.91t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1syGKHJdbM-zGtp0QOdrJqAw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DyGKHJdbM-zGtp0QOdrJqAw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D274.9694%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100

sweetie · 04-04-2019 10:29am

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

The entire thing if I'm honest.

Wuff is fine, nothing special any time I've eaten there.

PHX Bistro is somewhere I've only been once, didn't have a burger but someone I was with did and it looked pretty much like Jo'burger style, a big dry meatball.

Oscars - I've never eaten anything remotely serviceable there.

Chili Shack - had it delivered a couple of times and only had one occasion where it was not great, but still better than any of the above.

Wow, so my main recommendation (On the Pig's back) you haven't even tried? PHX you haven't tried either and it's nothing like a big dry meatball. How long ago since you were in Woof, it's changed ownerships since it first opened. I also said Oscars had disimproved. Chili Shack is fine but I prefer the other local options to me.

trellheim · 04-04-2019 4:23pm

I see the Great Burger Wars are on again

MarkY91 · 04-04-2019 6:56pm

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

sweetie wrote: »

No actually, I'm not. I tried GBK/Jo'Burger once, Bobos I only have a chicken burger on the rare occasion I go there. What part do you disagree with?

The entire thing if I'm honest.

Wuff is fine, nothing special any time I've eaten there.

PHX Bistro is somewhere I've only been once, didn't have a burger but someone I was with did and it looked pretty much like Jo'burger style, a big dry meatball.

Oscars - I've never eaten anything remotely serviceable there.

Chili Shack - had it delivered a couple of times and only had one occasion where it was not great, but still better than any of the above.

I love chili shack but when it's delivered, everything is soggy from the condensation going on in the bag/boxes. Still good but eating in the restaurant is ideal.

MarkY91 · 04-04-2019 7:09pm

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

sweetie wrote: »

No actually, I'm not. I tried GBK/Jo'Burger once, Bobos I only have a chicken burger on the rare occasion I go there. What part do you disagree with?

The entire thing if I'm honest.

Wuff is fine, nothing special any time I've eaten there.

PHX Bistro is somewhere I've only been once, didn't have a burger but someone I was with did and it looked pretty much like Jo'burger style, a big dry meatball.

Oscars - I've never eaten anything remotely serviceable there.

Chili Shack - had it delivered a couple of times and only had one occasion where it was not great, but still better than any of the above.

I love chili shack but when it's delivered, everything is soggy from the condensation going on in the bag/boxes. Still good but eating in the restaurant is ideal.

FreudianSlippers · 05-04-2019 9:53am

trellheim wrote: »

I see the Great Burger Wars are on again

I honestly couldn't give a ****, but bad recommendations are bad recommendations. No accounting for taste I guess, but I can't not comment on someone recommending some of the worst restaurants in that area!

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