Wanna know why it's called Five Guys?

Because it takes the salary of five people to pay for one meal.

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.

Guess you only got a family of 3.

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.

But they give you so many fries!

Wendy's $5 or $6 meal deals... you get a double stack, nuggies, fries & a drink, and a frosty with each purchase for a year if you get their key tag.

Go to McDonald's if you want to spend $60 for shit. At least 5 Guys is still good

It's also not very good. I don't get why some people rave about it. Local places are usually much, much better.

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.

It's not bad food, but it's definitely not worth the money.

It wasn't bad when it was a 5 dollar burger.

Pro tip: If you order Five Guys through DoorDash, UberEats, etc, you should know that Five Guys doesn't start cooking your fries until the driver gets there. Since these services usually give their drivers two or three stops at a time, and drivers know they will be delayed at Five Guys, drivers go out of their way to rearrange their pickups to get to Five Guys first. The Five Guys delay gives the other places a little extra time to complete their orders, so hopefully the driver will be able to get in and out with no additional delay.

It also means that your food will be waiting on the driver's cold passenger seat the longest possible time.

All that is just a matter of practicality. The drivers are trying to make the best of a bad situation. Some, though, take it a step further: it's not fair for the customers of other, better stores to suffer from Five Guys corporate policy. So they make sure the Five Guys order is not just picked up first, but also dropped off last.

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

Honestly though, Five Guys is one of the few fast food restaurants that I think the price warrants what you get. Like yeah it's 22 bucks for Fry's a burger and a shake but man is worth it you get so many fries in the burgers amazing, and the shake isn't that bad either, Not to mention the free peanuts, which I'm sure sucks if you have a peanut allergy but I love peanuts, plus I like that they pay well, I see signs saying starting pay at 24/h which for fast food is pretty good.

Behold the superior hamburger ye mighty and despair:

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

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.

How the fuck did fast food get this expensive?

It's terrible, but I guess it depends on the area?

Like, our local Steak and Shakes make far better burgers for nothing. Not to speak of real burger joints everywhere.

But if you're... I dunno, in a burger joint desert and Cracker Barrel is the only other choice, and you're rich, maybe Five Guys is not terrible?

Went there around covid time... Got shorted on fries and a 30 dollar bill for two...

Bro this is Burger in fries in freedom-land... Gtfo

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.

Their buns get soggy.

$78 would only feed 2 people

There is a five guys in my city. Tried it at two different locations, given its good reputation.

The single worst burger place. That they have any sort of reputation at all for being good is a stain on the fabric on the concept of restaurants.

Their hotdogs are almost the same price.