South Kensington, Burgers, Etc Restaurant Guide

2021 Review: “When all you want is an old-school burger”, these US-based arrivals of recent years really “hit the spot” – you can “build your own”, with “tons of accessories”; plus “seriously addictive fries”, “thick milkshakes”, and “more soda flavours than is reasonable”. “The eat-in experience is as depressing as McDonald’s”, though, in fact perhaps more so – “some branches have a strangely gloomy ambience” – but fans feel that “if you don’t mind 1980s-rock, a trip can still be surprisingly fun”.

«C’est ouf!». “Superb burgers at reasonable prices” – “a really good range with a focus on flavour” and using different French regional cheeses – win a big thumbs-up for the South Kensington outpost of this Gallic ‘Maison du Hamburgé’ chain (that’s 50-strong in ‘La Patrie’). Delivery is a big business here too: “appropriately packaged so none of the greatness is lost!”

Burgers served à la française in a brioche bun still win a good level of support for this 20-year-old fast-food group. Having shrunk to just two branches – Balham and the Camden flagship, the latter said to be a favourite of Amy Winehouse back in the day – they are now part of Jamie Barber’s Hush Mayfair operation, with former branches in Kingston, Holborn and Chelsea upgraded into brasseries.