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What should I order at Five Guys?
At Five Guys the burger is honest and the fries are enormous. Order the Little, take every free vegetable topping, and decide on the fries separately.
Order a Little hamburger or Little cheeseburger — 'Little' means one patty, not small — and load it with the free toppings, which include grilled onions, mushrooms, lettuce, tomato and jalapeños. Then decide about fries as its own question, because a regular Five Guys fries is genuinely large and it is the part of the order most people did not consciously choose.
Best choices
- 1Little hamburger or Little cheeseburgerOne patty rather than two — the standard burger here is a double, which catches people out
- 2Every free vegetable topping you likeGrilled onions, mushrooms, lettuce, tomato, pickles and peppers cost nothing and are the easiest volume on the menu
- 3Bunless burger in a bowl, if you want the meat without the breadThey will do it, and the patties are the part worth paying for
- 4A hot dog instead of a burgerOne sausage in a bun is a smaller thing than two beef patties, if you want the smaller order
- 5Little fries, shared, or noneA regular is famously more than one portion — the little is the honest single, and skipping them changes the order most
Watch out for
- 'Little' means one patty; the plain 'hamburger' is a double, so the default order is bigger than the name suggests
- Regular fries are large enough that they are routinely shared — the cup arrives inside a bag with more poured on top
- Bacon and extra cheese are per-patty additions, so on a double they land twice
- The milkshakes are thick and the mix-ins are free, which is exactly why they add up
- Peanuts by the door are free and easy to eat by the handful while you wait
Also asked
Is Five Guys healthier than McDonald's?
Not automatically — the patties are fresh and the toppings are free and generous, which are real points in its favour, but the default portions run larger. A standard Five Guys burger is two patties and a standard fries is famously oversized. Order a Little burger with vegetables and skip or share the fries, and it compares well. Order the default burger with a regular fries and it does not.
What is the smallest thing at Five Guys?
A Little hamburger, plain or with free vegetable toppings. 'Little' is the single-patty version, and it is an ordinary burger — the name is doing something unusual here, because the plain 'hamburger' is the double. If you want less again, a hot dog is one sausage in a bun.
Can you order without the bun at Five Guys?
Yes — they serve it as a bowl, and it is one of the more useful off-menu things at a burger counter. You keep the patties and the grilled onions, mushrooms and salad toppings, and drop the bread. If you are ordering for protein and want the toppings anyway, that is the shape to ask for.
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