Five Guys

If you want a fast food style cheeseburger in the area, Five Guys is a much better option than McDonald's or Billy Goats, but still maybe not better than Steak N' Shake. The burger is pretty average for a fast food burger, aside from higher quality ingredients. Sometimes the burgers are really good, but the fact that they are cooked well done leads to inconsistencies. The skin-on fresh-cut fries, however, are worth coming back for. When eaten right away, the fries are some of the best. Not quite as perfectly crisp-on-the-outside and creamy-on-the-inside as the ultra potato-y fries at Rand Red Hots, but very good. I also really appreciate the fact that they disclose their potato sourcing.

The burger was mediocre at best, and the fries were simply average. Considering how expensive the food was (a cheeseburger and small order of fries - no drink - cost me around ten bucks) it's even more of a disappointment.

You're also going to wait a long time for your mediocre, absurdly overpriced food. The place was pretty dead when I went and I still had to wait for about fifteen minutes to get my food. For a place that is set up in every other way like a fast food restaurant, this was an unpleasant surprise.

Well I finally made my way over to Five Guys....ordered a cheeseburger, fries, and a drink....$13.00, I thought to myself, if it's really good, then that's not so bad.  After waiting over 10 minutes for my order, I dove in.  The burger was a big hot mess.  One bite and the entire thing fell apart.  Let me stress, it was a big sloppy mess.  I HATE that.  and it was mediocre at best.  No big deal at all.  Now for the french fries...they were good, but not great.  There were plenty of them.  Bottom line, Portillos blows this place away, and they're a whole lot cheaper!  I will not be going back to Five Guys.