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Penn Station Subs is expensive too. Like Five Guys, I won’t even consider eating there.
But they give you so many fries!
Should be called Fries Guys
Not at any of the ones I’ve been to :( It’s more than McDonald’s but it’s never been a problem to finish them.
It varies by location. The one near my house can hardly be bothered to fill the cup. One like an hour away I used to go to for work fills half the freaking bag.
Putting fries in paper cups is a stupid idea to begin with.
It wasn’t bad when it was a 5 dollar burger.
Now it’s not even $5 fries
The Wendy’s, McDonalds, and Hardees In my town are all closed or closing soon. They’ve priced their garbage quality food right out of what the people that would go there can afford. Good riddance. My only sympathy is for the folks losing a job, but working Fast food suuuuucks. I hope those folks find something better.
There’s a Five Guys in my city and whenever I’m reminded of it, I always wonder why I’ve never tried it before. Then I remember I always walk past it after seeing the prices on the menu.
It is good, but not worth the money. They were reasonable back when they first opened in my area. Then it went about 2x the price in a year. And kept going up.
Yep, when they had one near my office like 15 years ago, it was almost the same as McDonald’s and it was great…then prices have basically quadrupled and they’re not worth it at all anymore.
I suspect they keep the prices low the first year or so to establish a customer base and then start raising them.
Interesting and very unfortunate. I loved Five Guys when I first visited the US and they opened one up in Australia and the prices are so high it’s insulting and I’ve never been.
Sad to hear it’s the same in the US now.
Yea this was maybe 17 years ago. I used to get it regularly, but I haven’t had it in at least 10 years from the outrageous prices.
Yea I think I’m pushing 10 years as well now. It’s good food…but it’s still fast food burgers for premium restaurant cost. It’s no longer worth it, hell my local burger places which are actual restaurants with waiters are usually cheaper by $10 or more for the wife and I and that’s with a 25% tip. How 5 guys is still open amazes me.
Yeah, this I can understand. Like Applebee’s does the 2 for 26 deal where you can get two burgers an appetizer and fries for about 28 bucks, granted they’re going to nickel and dime you if you want anything other than a standard Burger which is unlike Five Guys(which is about 22 for a bacon burger, large fry and shake) but you do get a little more food even if the burger isn’t as good.
As for how they’re still open, it’s because despite what others have said on this post. They are still one of the best quick restaurant around, they’re also one of the more healthier options. That combined with the fact that they’re one of the few fast food joints that actually pays their workers a living wage makes it a pretty big choice for people who want a quick and easy meal
That’s disappointing, in my area fast food didn’t really start skyrocketing in price until about 2019. But since then oh my God it is only gone up. My $12 meal without rewards has turned into a $19 meal with rewards which is ridiculous to me
I haven’t gone to a fast food joint myself unless the family is also going since then cuz it’s not worth it
Go to McDonald’s if you want to spend $60 for shit. At least 5 Guys is still good
5 guys is ok
Compared to chains? I’d say it’s generally quite good
the cost of lunch at a fast food place is almost the same as a sit down restaurant. although you will have to tip.
but no standing in line, fewer loud customers, less stress, better food quality and the ability to customize dishes. plus you can actually have a conversation without yelling over everyone else.
the problem with cheep fast food is it is no longer cheep and just fast…ish. but every other aspect has become substandard crap.
I used to think that Five Guys in my country had awful prices because of some weird franchising agreement. Seems I’m wrong
In n out has the best food and it’s still like $5 for a meal
It’s why all of the other drive throughs are empty and in n outs drive through line spans three parking lots. Somehow pulling up to in n out as the 40th person in the line I still get through it quicker than if I pull up to an empty McDonald’s. I guess the in n out having 20 employees is able to actually make food faster than the McDonald’s with maybe two people in it
Disagree on the taste, and hate the wafer-thin patties, but you can’t argue with the price. Cheapest fast food in town.
That said, you can make the burgers a little more palatable by asking for a 4x4 with chopped chilies and pickles, and replacing the spread with mustard. Makes it taste closer to a traditional double cheeseburger. But unfortunately the buns still taste like crap, so I have to order it protein style, and either spend a little extra money grabbing my own buns from the grocery store (and thus negating any cost savings), or simply eating the burger without a bun.
And don’t even get me started on how bland the fries are. Quite honestly the worst French fries I’ve ever had. But they’re okay if you order them with cheese (or animal style without the spread). TBH, I’m just not much of a fan of fries. I wish they had more choices for side dishes.
But again, you can’t beat the price, so I’m willing to sacrifice on taste to save a little money from time to time. But I will never understand why people like the taste so much.
It’s a shame they serve cardboard instead of French fries though.
How the fuck did fast food get this expensive?
Greed.
FG has always been more expensive. They try to keep things very fresh, they give you pretty large portion sizes.
But last time I went, my kids wanted plain hotdogs no toppings, we ordered 2 fries for the table drinks and one sandwich, ended up in the $70s
$8 for a grilled cheese, I can make 12 grilled cheese for $8. $12 for a hot dog, That’s enough to buy a whole pack of buns and dogs.
It’s like everything there is set to 10:1
Before Covid, fast food chains had lines out the doors. Restaurants had lines, you needed reservations. It’s been forever since I’ve even seen a place that was busy.
There has to be some form of happy medium where you can still make cheapish food and serve enough quantity to run a business.
They’re called taco trucks. Or if you’re really lucky, clearly unregulated pop-up taquerias that operate from like 6-10pm outside hardware stores and cheap grocers. The one near me also has a rotating cart: sometimes a frutera, sometimes tamales, sometimes elotes.
Man, I would kill for some nice cheap taco trucks around me, I used to live in an area with a decent Latino population. The trucks and restaurants we so damn good and affordable. I kinda moved into a food desert. There’s no lack of places to eat, but they’re all just low-value, high-price trash.
Their buns get soggy.
They also wrap them too tight at times they’re like hockey pucks when you take them out of the bag.
People post shit like this as if they’re being forced to eat fast food. Make your own fucking food if you’re worried about the price. It’s been like that forever.
Especially this food. Like it is stupidly easy to make, esp now that air fryers are so common.
I agree, it’s not a particularly fun or helpful tip, but being poor for 10 generations I can tell you, learn to cook, it’ll save your a lot of money.
How old are you?
Bro remembered his previous lives, they’re the next Dalai Lama!
Make your own fucking food if you’re worried about the price
Yeah why bitch about something being wrong. Just ignore it. I’m CERTAIN it’ll get better. We’ll step right in line.
It’s been like that forever.
It wasn’t $80, it was maybe $50
McDonalds for 4 was now $30, it’s now $60.
Went there once and never went back. I can’t enjoy my food knowing it was so expensive for fast food. You can get a steak dinner at Texas Roadhouse instead.
I never visited America. Could you describe in vivid detail to me what is the Texas Roadhouse experience like?
It’s loud. There are peanuts everywhere. Your table is sticky. Corporate country music is playing at a ludicrous volume and everywhere you turn is a TV playing ESPN.
You pay $40 for a so-so steak.
They no longer do peanuts, they throw bread at you now
Shows how often I go XD
Imagine a slowmo video of a grenade going off. You’re walking in to that.
Unless you go at 4 pm when they open, you’re in for a bad time. Actually scratch that, you’re in for a worse time.
You go early for dinner, expecting to be sat immediately to be greeted by a press of people at the door. No one is happy, everyone is grumpy and in each other’s space. You wade through the throng to a hostess stand, which is next to a butcher’s counter full of disappointing looking meat. On top of it is clawingly sweet smelling bread. The 16 year old girl asks you how many impatiently, and takes your phone number. They’ll text you when your table is ready. As you’re trying to ask how long someone else pushes past you to grab a bowl of bread, and ushers a family of 4 morbidly obese people through an opening barely wide enough for the teenager.
Oversized tables are mushed together and you watch them navigate a labyrinth before someone else pushes past you to talk to the hostess. You go stand awkwardly in a corner somewhere.
It’s uncomfortable and crowded but it won’t be long, you tell yourself.
The minutes drag on, you feel your will to stay drain with each passing second. As you’re getting ready to get up to leave your phone buzzes, your table is ready. You push past the throng of people, past someone asking how long it will be at the host stand, to see someone grabbing a bowl of bread for you. You follow the 32 year old teenager through the labyrinth to an oversized table. You actually have to sit on the edge of the booth to reach it, it feels too tall. The bench is over worn, and the guy serving you leaves without a word and returns with waters before asking what you’d like to drink, as if you’re interrupting him.
You’ve looked at the drink menu, and they’ve taken the effort to rename every overly sweet cocktail to something cheeky, and you have to go by the pictures to know what they are. You decide to stick with water. He hands you menus and disappears.
The menu is overlarge, sticky, and colorful. Nothing looks unique or interesting. It’s bog standard steakhouse flare and you remember the steaks in the cooler really not looking all that appetizing. You’ve had a basket of sweet dinner rolls and are no longer hungry but feel like if you don’t get an appetizer you’re missing out on the essential TR experience. You order the platter and a cheeseburger.
The food shows up before you finish your water, and it’s fine. Nothing is wrong with any of it. You have absolutely no complaints about the food itself, but nothing stands out as particularly unique, or interesting. And you could have gotten all of this somewhere else cheaper, you’re sure. Maybe even less of it because the amount of food put in front of you is insulting. It’s a lot. The burger is difficult to finish and you have another basket of rolls you haven’t touched. 3/4s of what you ordered is still in front of you, you’re full, tired, and not really interested in having any of it later.
You pay at the little computer that’s sitting on the table that you largely ignored after discovering it wanted to charge you 5 dollars to play an android game. You leave past an even denser crowd of people and vow never to go back
Lol wow i fee like ive been there now
clawingly
think you meant cloyingly. the rest is spot on.
Frighteningly accurate. Even if I never step foot in one again it will be too soon.
Meanwhile i grabbed potato buns and beef and made myself a bunch of smash burgers that would put five guys to shame. Only cost like $10
It’s interesting to hear how prices are so different in other parts of the world.
Where I live, which is considered low cost of living for the USA, $10USD is about what it would cost to buy a pound (roughly 0.5 kg) of the lowest grade hamburger and a pack of generic potato buns at the lowest cost store around. That wouldn’t be enough to make a bunch of burgers unless they were slider size and it wouldn’t cover the cost of all the other extras (veggies, cheese, condiments) that I’d need to be able to approximate a burger from a place like Five Guys.
Granted, I could do much better for myself for much less than $80 (assuming we’re talking about $80USD for a family of 3 - 5). But there are some advantages to not having to do the shopping, the prep work, and the clean-up. I could see doing this every once in a while as a special occasion thing, but then I haven’t eaten at Five Guys in over a decade, and I don’t know if their food has declined in quality as much as pretty much all the other fast food places.
I bought a pound of beef, the grocery store stuff is good where I live. That cost $6.50 And I got like 8 buns for like $4
The beef was enough for like 6 burgers and I had cheese at home.
Wanna know why it’s called Five Guys?
Because it takes the salary of five people to pay for one meal.
