Five Guys doesn't actually give you "extra" fries. They give you a specific portion that they've calculated into the price. They place them into the bag and let you perceive that as "extra" as part of their brand.
Yeah kinda true. I work at fives guys in the UK and in the training they talk about being very generous with fries ouside the cup but 90% of the time just depends on how many fries are cooked and how many orders there are. Also top tip: if you "forget" to order fries online and go to pick it up (at least where I'm working) they will just give you them for free
Also, as an employee of Five Guys, in one of the training videos the employee asked a group of people if they wanted their fries refilled and did so free of charge. Not sure if that's ever been done properly but it's made me wonder
Lol I’m a five guys worker in America and we profit a lot on or fries and drinks so they dont care about giving you a lot of fries because either way we make a profit off of them. It all depends on who works and how many fries were dropped but the company itself doesn’t care if we put 3 large fry worth of fries for a small because we still made a profit
Best part of this series is how the British guy likes to take everything seriously but the American guy likes to crack jokes Edit: I think I need to make it clear I'm only talking about these specific people and not trying to make any sort of generalization.
@@mattyABC1 it’s true my aunt lives in the UK and she always comes home and tells us how different things are, the personality thing is completely true
One of the cooks at Five Guys rotates from store to story near my home in New Jersey. While making my order, I greeted her and told her that I recognized her from one of their other locations. I ordered small fries; she practically filled up the entire brown bag with fries! Such a lovely gesture.
@@seanmoses5225 Except it's a con because they're just the fries you're paying for, but served in a bag instead of the cup. It's like if McDonald's made the boxes for thier fries smaller and dumped the rest in the bag. It just means you end up with more cold fries.
@@Xenon0000000000001 My man, you don’t know how many fries they will give you. For 2.95 + tax(little Cajun Fries), I literally had half the bag filled with fries. McDonalds don’t even give enough fries in the large size fries to fill up 1/4 of the bag. You would need at least like 2-3 McDonalds Large Fries to equal the fries that Five guys gives you.
i work there are Potatoes cost more because we only get them from the north of the United States as well as their higher quality than any other fast food we have a 3 step process to cooking them all products we use are the best quality of items we can on a mass scale
as someone who works at five guys i recommend getting a regular sized fry (in america at least) when you go. the regular and little cup sizes look quite similar and the large looks like it has a huge difference to a regular, which might make you go for the large if you want a lot of fries, but it holds just about the same amount of fries and costs a lot more. always go with the regular
As another 5 guys employee, that's not entirely true. The small and regular do basically have the same amount of fries, but the large absolutely has more fries than the reg and the small. My advice is getting a little if you're on your own, and getting just one or two larges for everyone to share if you're in a group; 1 large is about the same as 4 smalls in terms of quantity, but 1 large is only half the price of 4 smalls. With so many of the people who openly complain about the prices one of the things I often see them do is buy too many small fries, when they could've just bought 1 of the bigger sizes to share and save a lot of money.
Meat is ALWAYS the uncooked weight for portioning info… I thought that was common knowledge. I’m assuming the fries was an uncooked weight as well. Hotdog was probably also meant to be weighed without then bun
This is so true, I went to the UK once and yeah everything was smaller BUT the ingredients seemed much fresher and things just tasted way better. It was true for even the most corporate fast food (McDonald's specifically)...
i always take the toppings in to consideration when thinking about the price at five guys. they have a huge variety and they’re all included in the price, which helps. hell, you can practically make a whole extra meal out of the toppings alone 😆
Maybe they should just charge for them instead of ripping everyone off who just wants maybe cheese and ketchup and/or mustard. Also, subway charges the same price whether you get every vegetable or none and they’re not overpriced.
@@snausages43 subway isn’t overpriced?? Lmaoo the foods no where near as good as five guys and it’s still expensive af almost 15 bucks for a foot long and a drink you can get chipotle for cheaper
Yeah, I thought his questioning of the split dog rather ridiculous. Anyone with half a brain could see from the grilled surface what the point was. Difficult to take him seriously when it feels like he’s just being snarky in an attempt to elevate himself or create a faux amusing character. However, it was enjoyable for me when he set off my HomePod’s Siri during the fry calculation 😂 Overall he’s amusing, just unfortunate of him to question something so obvious. Thank you for your straightforward answer.
But the beef actually is 100% beef, which is why it's more expensive. The other chains use fillers to cut costs. They also offer TONS of customization for NO ADDITIONAL COST. I think that beared mentioning in the video. The only issue is the burger buns are pretty weak and fall apart easily.
You’ll never hear me argue the fact that Five Guys is overpriced, however it is delicious. It’s not a place I’ll go to multiple times a week due to the price but I will go about every other week as a nice lunch and I enjoy it immensely.
@Atropinexx I work at a 5guys and you can ask them to not have your bun toasted or have your burger in a protein wrap, I’ve had multiple people come in asking for both it’s not a problem👍
@@dantes.4845 Oh believe me, I want to. I’m east coast though so I unfortunately don’t have one anywhere near me. Soon as I’m in the area of one I’m going
I visited one for the first time in The Hague (The Netherlands) last week. I thought the price was high, about the same as the prices in this video. I also thought it was much much more filling than I expected (too many callories). But the taste of the cheeseburger and the banana milkshake were both fantastic, much better than Burger King or McDonald's.
I’ve actually only been to 5 Guys once. I ordered, they said “it’s on us”. I said “what dyou mean”? Fella working there said “as you’ve not been before, you don’t have to pay, it’s on us this once”. Me, the Mrs and kids meal for free which should’ve been about £30. Awesome food and one of the best milkshakes I’ve ever had.
@@brianw.2791 maybe cos I looked cluelessly at the menu then ordered. He said “you’ve not been here before have you?”, “no”, “it’s on us then, have a good day”. “Ok, nice one”
Having worked at a five guys for 2+ years, I can say from experience that a lot of the differences in weight, as far as patties and fries go, depend heavily on the worker. When I would work on the fry station I’d always give more than what they ordered. Hope it gives some insight
Very true also it depends on how many fries are cooked. If an order has 3 portions of fries and I run out after one of the extra scoops, it's just going to be sent like that.
What astonishes me is how consistent these companies are with their short selling. We saw it with BK and Starbucks as well: when a company is low, its low by exactly the same amount and in exactly the same way both sides of the Atlantic. It can’t not be deliberate!
I do love how the portion sizes for once are nearly identical across both countries. In fact I love how my country (UK) is actually in a rare case more unhealthy with the options and exclusives you get. I mean beer with greasy fries and a burger is just insane.
Me: lives in Argentina and has never been to a Fives Guys Also me: loves this series and will watch it anyway Edit: I'm not sure what happened in the comments section
All hamburger patties weights are precooked weights. It does not matter what fast food chain you go to. And technically speaking, a hotdog (if served on a bun) is indeed classified as a sandwich.
Should have tested this with individual orders of fries. My theory is that they fill the cup, then regardless of what you order, an extra scoop goes in the big. I'm sure it's not exactly that, but I'd put money on if you only order one fry, you'll get closer to the correct amount.
It's that. I work there and that's what we do. There's a work around if you order one Cajun one regular fries they have to come in separate bags and you will get the extra twice.
A Five Guys milkshake in Switzerland costs 10 dollars. The scene in Pulp Fictions where Mia orders an overpriced milkshake should have literally been set in a Five Guys in Switzerland.
@@Hannah-mv3dw they use a different currency, 1 Frank = €1,08 atm but 2 years back 1 frank was € 1,20 so food was 20 more expensive for tourists + you are on a mountain top
Honestly, I wish y'all could try Nando's as a comparison - it'd be great! That said, in the US, Nando's is currently available in the DC area or Chicago.
@@zues121510 yep! Perks of living in a big city 😅 but also, big time ethnic diversity. We even have Jollibee here! I'm sure there are others but to be completely honest, it's impossible to keep up with it all. You could spend a lifetime trying every place here.
Fun fact with the Fries. The cup is an illusion. What you're given is always the same, the cup is just there to make it look like you're getting more than you ordered.
@@maybeskin8190 im underweight too (160 pounds at 6 feet) trying to build muscle. It doesn't work like that. Just because you don't gain weight doesn't mean its ok for you to eat. You still get the heart problems associated with eating high fat foods.
Is Five Guys overpriced? Yes but are we still gonna buy their food? Yup because no matter the prices, we will find ourselves still crawling back. Their shakes and peanuts are pretty good. And yes, they have the peanuts there as something to keep the customers occupied as you wait for your food. They don't want customers to stare into the kitchen
Problem is I hate peanuts and now I know they cook everything in peanut oil .So that's mo 5 guys for me . Anyway making my own will be Much better quality and tastier .
Actually they do want you to watch them cook. It's a marketing thing about giving the customer an "inside experience" or some shit. They talked about it when I was training there
@@bruh-sf4gw yeah😅 that’s like half of your training. You are taught to pretty much give the customers a show. It gets worse when you get higher in management. It was kinda creepy to me, we even get judged on it for bonuses😓
I use to work for five guys - everything is done exactly the same from UK, US, EU, wherever the system / process to cook, to prep everything are all exactly the same. & patties are weighed before in prep between 3.3-3.5oz per patty.
It’s like Five Guys tried to go a tad overboard with the American fast food stereotype over here to make it "authentic" (honestly it probably actually is the closest thing we have here to authentic American). It’s weird.
I mean how much do you want it to be? If you know five guys you know there burgers and fries are very high quality. They never freeze any of there meat there potatoes are grown in like one state in the whole U.S.. they have very high quality products. Plus if you go to a sit down restaurant a burger is any where from $15-$30. So $9 isn’t that bad
One time my friend went to five guy without knowing how they fill their fries. He bought 3 "cups" of Large fries, but instead we got 3 bags fillled to the brim with fries... It was a good day.
For the fries, it’s 2 extra scoops per one overall order. So since your order consisted of 3 orders of fries in one order, you only got the two scoops. The better way to measure is to measure all the extra fries with each cup of fries or have 3 separate orders and not one massive order.
It seems like no matter what size fries you buy, they put a couple scoops extra. So when u got all three sizes in a bag, you only got the extra scoops for one of the fries.
but it's not really even "extra," because it's the amount that should've been in the portion to begin with. so it's not that you're missing out on extra fries when you get more than one size, but actually having fries deducted from the portion.
At my Store in Germany we give out an extra portion of fries to every cup, so three small cups gives you three extra scoops. I would guess this is standard
@@PiTdeLyX same here and I work in the UK. It did confuse me that the British guy clearly ordered it with deliveroo but got cups of fries when we put deliveroo fries in a bag. Idk whats happened there
The prices are super expensive because of all the toppings offered. If you want a plain or basic burger go to in n out or somewhere else. It’s so expensive
Back in the very early 70's my town had a Beef and Barrel restaurant where you could throw peanut shells on the wood floor. It was not a take out restaurant. They had the best burgers and best onion rings I've ever eaten.
I worked at a 5 guys for 4 years. I sometimes still have nightmares of rolling the meat every morning. We had to weigh each patty--between 3.3 and 3.5 oz was the standard. It loses considerable weight after grilling. Cutting the hotdog in half is the best way to cook it! All beef too. Every fry order is different lol. It depends on the person making them. Prices are outrageous for the food. They always rose too. It was an easy job but pretty fun and the free meal every shift was a great bonus.
Speaking of nightmares, I have one of me smashing the meat but the mountain on the tray never gets any less. I also now I pain in my wrist from being forced to try and do the fries with one hand.
Fry issue is probably because when fries are put in bag they are to add a scoop of fries into the bag, but sometimes it's not stacked for more than one fry in bag.
you guys need to specify what US city you are getting your prices from. The prices you list here for the US are about a $1 higher than my local Texas Five Guys.
When we put fries into the bag, we give extra “toppers” per size of fry. I am not exactly sure how much the “topper” itself weighs, but we DO give a specific portion of fries per fry ordered!
People sleep on 5 guys hotdogs. So good. Also the way they do the fries is the fill the cup and then just throw another scoop into the bag (used to manage one)
Yeah, Five Guys' strategy is based around delivering the exact same product all over the world. I was surprised to see they even went as far as translating the menu signs in countries like Germany (they didn't bother in the Netherlands and Belgium). Calling their European numbers just forwards you to a U.S. agent. Also, directly comparing the ingredients of a U.S. product to that of a European product, while interesting, won't yield a particularly useful result. U.S. and EU (/UK) labeling regulations are wildly different. If you marketed the exact same product in the U.S. and the EU, there's a very good chance the ingredient lists would look nothing alike.
You ordered three sizes that’s why the excess isn’t as much, it’s split three ways. Order one size and the excess will be the outside piles. That’s why I only order small, they always fill the bag with more regardless of size of fries ordered.
Five guys are actually quite uncommon in the UK... I’ve only seen and been to one and it’s in Cabot Circus if you’ve ever been there... Five Guys is super overpriced is like £8 for 1 normal burger and like £5 for regular fries! Absolutely CRAZY!
@@Jenniferlwarm although contrast that to McDonald's, which has nearly 1300 branches. I'd have to drive over an hour to the nearest Five Guys, which is probably a good thing for my wallet and waistline!
The main reason why the burgers are so expensive is because the toppings are no extra charge and nothing is pre made. The only thing that comes in bags in the mushrooms but we have to grill them.
I agree that they are overpriced, but the burgers are so good!. I only go maybe once or twice a year. But my fave thing is they cook the food practically right in front of you. No divider wall between the counter and the kitchen.
These two are the only reason why I watch this channel
Same (Y)
Honestly
Exactamundo television
Next: Five guys at freddys
Thanks! What do you want us to compare next?
*FOR ONCE IN THE OPENING UK HAS MORE THAN THE US*
Impossible
@@Flash-yb8ls Simposible
Wild right?
You have to consider that in the US some restaurants have to shorten their menus due to COVID-19
@@urspicyasian it’s the same in the uk
I'm dreading the moment when they run out of food chains to compare
Same :(
They will eventually find more
They could compare food chains outside of the UK and US
@@mmnn3326 but they they would need different people 💔 I like these guys
I was thinking the same
Five Guys doesn't actually give you "extra" fries. They give you a specific portion that they've calculated into the price. They place them into the bag and let you perceive that as "extra" as part of their brand.
Yeah kinda true. I work at fives guys in the UK and in the training they talk about being very generous with fries ouside the cup but 90% of the time just depends on how many fries are cooked and how many orders there are. Also top tip: if you "forget" to order fries online and go to pick it up (at least where I'm working) they will just give you them for free
Also, as an employee of Five Guys, in one of the training videos the employee asked a group of people if they wanted their fries refilled and did so free of charge. Not sure if that's ever been done properly but it's made me wonder
Yep, that's how selling products works
As far as I’m concerned, they are extra, as there’s always too many.
Lol I’m a five guys worker in America and we profit a lot on or fries and drinks so they dont care about giving you a lot of fries because either way we make a profit off of them. It all depends on who works and how many fries were dropped but the company itself doesn’t care if we put 3 large fry worth of fries for a small because we still made a profit
That’s why I only order small fries in five guys. They give you fries by their emotions
Once I was high and I got the munchies, one of the guys gave me fries for free
Yess! lmao
The portions above small are ridiculous anyways
@@TheDocPlatypus These fries are added to the whole price of order, people think it's just free addition
@@nandinhocunha440 which of the five was he?
When this one series is completely carrying the channel
Second example pitch meeting screen rat
I mean... the cheese making ones go hard too but
For BuzzFeed it is worth it
fr tho
Must you make this exact comment on every food wars video?
Best part of this series is how the British guy likes to take everything seriously but the American guy likes to crack jokes
Edit: I think I need to make it clear I'm only talking about these specific people and not trying to make any sort of generalization.
they say Americans have more of a laid back personality.. that Europeans take as being fake,
@@quanbrooklynkid7776 who says that
@@quanbrooklynkid7776
it aint fake. its living life while avoiding insanity
@@mattyABC1 many
@@mattyABC1 it’s true my aunt lives in the UK and she always comes home and tells us how different things are, the personality thing is completely true
One of the cooks at Five Guys rotates from store to story near my home in New Jersey. While making my order, I greeted her and told her that I recognized her from one of their other locations. I ordered small fries; she practically filled up the entire brown bag with fries! Such a lovely gesture.
I can’t wait for when covid is over and there’s two can meet in real life
True. We have yet to meet irl
@@JoeAvella duuuuuuuude is it really you daaamn
@@JoeAvella
It really is you!! Bloody hell! How'd you end up at insider?
@@JoeAvella 15 year old account? This guy is OG TH-cam ^ 👏
@@harisjutt69 because he is on the show
"Five guys are quite generous with the fries"
Missing 200 grams of fries.
But they overfiled it tho
Either the guy who made the website messed up, or the person that prepared the fries messed up
Fries usually come in the bags too as extras
@@seanmoses5225 Except it's a con because they're just the fries you're paying for, but served in a bag instead of the cup. It's like if McDonald's made the boxes for thier fries smaller and dumped the rest in the bag. It just means you end up with more cold fries.
@@Xenon0000000000001 My man, you don’t know how many fries they will give you. For 2.95 + tax(little Cajun Fries), I literally had half the bag filled with fries. McDonalds don’t even give enough fries in the large size fries to fill up 1/4 of the bag. You would need at least like 2-3 McDonalds Large Fries to equal the fries that Five guys gives you.
You actually are paying for the extra fries in the bag and is a marketing strategy which make customers think they are getting value for money.
Yup. Everyone’s a trickster, but people are stupid enough to believe it.
They have a scoop for the bag fries
i work there are Potatoes cost more because we only get them from the north of the United States as well as their higher quality than any other fast food we have a 3 step process to cooking them all products we use are the best quality of items we can on a mass scale
@@vincentc6812 no one asked
@@jameschurcher3901 well i’m just attempting to displace his statement it’s not true
as someone who works at five guys i recommend getting a regular sized fry (in america at least) when you go. the regular and little cup sizes look quite similar and the large looks like it has a huge difference to a regular, which might make you go for the large if you want a lot of fries, but it holds just about the same amount of fries and costs a lot more. always go with the regular
As another 5 guys employee, that's not entirely true. The small and regular do basically have the same amount of fries, but the large absolutely has more fries than the reg and the small. My advice is getting a little if you're on your own, and getting just one or two larges for everyone to share if you're in a group; 1 large is about the same as 4 smalls in terms of quantity, but 1 large is only half the price of 4 smalls. With so many of the people who openly complain about the prices one of the things I often see them do is buy too many small fries, when they could've just bought 1 of the bigger sizes to share and save a lot of money.
I'll go with the somewhere else option, somewhere else being any place that doesn't want to charge me £7 for a poxy little hamburger.
when a British hotdog weighs more than an American one:
*Impossible*
Wait that’s illegal
@@walkergp2130 very illegal
@@micro11. ha ha British joke very funny
@@Yes-qj1kf aha it's funny because he missed out the T! Comedic genius, he is.
Matt its a war crime
The biggest takeaway I got from this video was that the UK has Five Guys
For me it was that the us had a five guys 😂
theres literally 5 of them in the whole nation.
@@cupidknewrap Uhhh... there are 118, and 3 more to come
@@aprilnewton_x I think it started in the dc metro
@@cupidknewrap - if my town has one, and it does, then they have to be everywhere in the UK.
“Technically it’s Frygate2021, check the release schedule”
*rolls neck*
*snap*
When people get a bunch of likes for saying a phrase that was in the video
They record this before 2021
@@0...omg...0 When it's funny, but you just don't wanna admit it.
ite
Meat is ALWAYS the uncooked weight for portioning info… I thought that was common knowledge. I’m assuming the fries was an uncooked weight as well. Hotdog was probably also meant to be weighed without then bun
Yes.
I think you nailed that.
This series is best!!!
Facts 👌👌
Ikr
I'm with you
I agree
Total factz🔥
Always wanted to try five guys. Didn't realise I needed a mortgage, a loan, and 5 jobs
You pay for five guys
😂🤣
It’s worth it tho. It’s the best burger I’ve ever had.
@@teheehe that's a good burger? Looks lile McDonald's skit
@@teheehe you have a bad taste in food. You can legit visit a proper restaurant for that kind of money
I love Five Guys but it’s a little pricey however, I’ve never been disappointed.
I appreciate that I can order any toppings without costing more. But it feels bad that using less ingredients costs the same.
People say this but I remember the fries portions and the lack of mcdonalds chemicals and I call it even
I was unimpressed. Tasted like a very overpriced burger king whopper. The fries were awesome though.
@@porcu12345 idk who made your burger, but they probably didn’t make it good. The Five Guys here is always better than other fast food burgers.
This is so true, I went to the UK once and yeah everything was smaller BUT the ingredients seemed much fresher and things just tasted way better. It was true for even the most corporate fast food (McDonald's specifically)...
The British dude is like I don’t mind paying for the exotic American burger they know how to make their burgers
American dude: I hate five guys
True, but he didn't even eat their burgers or the hotdog which I actually like.
5 guys tastes weird here in England, I think they fry in peanut oil which gives it an odd taste that some love and others (me) arent a big fan of.
@@northernguerrilla3168 thank u
@@northernguerrilla3168 no it doesn’t, 5 guys is nice in England, it’s just really expensive
@@PianoProfessor that's your opinion, mine is that it tastes funny, get over it.
When he said "i wanna talk to one of the 5 guys, get me guy 3 or 4, i don't care" man i laughed pretty loud
Easily amused. I should tell you a few jokes be nice to see someone laugh at them for a change .
😂
@@barrykevin7658 shoot, I love a good joke
@@barrykevin7658 great. let's hear em.
@@JoeAvella Still thinking , I'll get back to you's .
*5 Guys* : Normal
*5 LADS* : Tea Noises Intensifies
Ay shuddup mate i'm offended
5 blokes
5 Bredrins: cheffin noises intensify
Don't you have schools to shoot up
Not funny and is an overused joke -_-
i always take the toppings in to consideration when thinking about the price at five guys. they have a huge variety and they’re all included in the price, which helps. hell, you can practically make a whole extra meal out of the toppings alone 😆
Yes all the topping and sauce options they have are nice. I guess they kept it plain to simplify the comparisons.
Maybe they should just charge for them instead of ripping everyone off who just wants maybe cheese and ketchup and/or mustard. Also, subway charges the same price whether you get every vegetable or none and they’re not overpriced.
@@snausages43 subway isn’t overpriced?? Lmaoo the foods no where near as good as five guys and it’s still expensive af almost 15 bucks for a foot long and a drink you can get chipotle for cheaper
@@snausages43 lol, the pricing is more or less the same, most subways don't do 5 dollar footlongs anymore.
As a five guys employee I just wanted to say the hotdog is cut in half to cook on the grill weirdly enough
Yeah, I thought his questioning of the split dog rather ridiculous. Anyone with half a brain could see from the grilled surface what the point was.
Difficult to take him seriously when it feels like he’s just being snarky in an attempt to elevate himself or create a faux amusing character.
However, it was enjoyable for me when he set off my HomePod’s Siri during the fry calculation 😂
Overall he’s amusing, just unfortunate of him to question something so obvious.
Thank you for your straightforward answer.
@@Dotz_Sumimasen you shouldn't be grilling hotdogs, so his point is still valid
Also a five guys employee and the hot dogs are bomb! I don’t care what anyone says about it lol.
@@Mashamazzi what...? Grilled is literally the best way to cook hotdogs
@@chibby1904 you boil them though?
Joe going through the chemistry cupboard that is American ingredients will never not be funny to me
But the beef actually is 100% beef, which is why it's more expensive. The other chains use fillers to cut costs.
They also offer TONS of customization for NO ADDITIONAL COST. I think that beared mentioning in the video. The only issue is the burger buns are pretty weak and fall apart easily.
Did anyone ask? Keep your opinion to yourself my guy.
@@zylon186 no one asked you to reply, but you did????
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@@notlucas6859 I can launch this back at you buddy.
I didn’t ask you to reply to my reply
@@zylon186 but i didnt ask you to reply to the reply that i replied to u
You’ll never hear me argue the fact that Five Guys is overpriced, however it is delicious. It’s not a place I’ll go to multiple times a week due to the price but I will go about every other week as a nice lunch and I enjoy it immensely.
@Atropinexx I work at a 5guys and you can ask them to not have your bun toasted or have your burger in a protein wrap, I’ve had multiple people come in asking for both it’s not a problem👍
Who on earth is going to 5 guys multiple times a week, you’d look like a whale within 3 months
@@Nukeman6543 you’d be surprised. I know a few people that go at least twice a week and up to 4 times a week
@@dantes.4845 Oh believe me, I want to. I’m east coast though so I unfortunately don’t have one anywhere near me. Soon as I’m in the area of one I’m going
If they're overpriced. Then why do restaurants charge around $15 for an average burger
I visited one for the first time in The Hague (The Netherlands) last week. I thought the price was high, about the same as the prices in this video. I also thought it was much much more filling than I expected (too many callories). But the taste of the cheeseburger and the banana milkshake were both fantastic, much better than Burger King or McDonald's.
What flavour do you like?
They're both charismatic in their own ways
I’ve actually only been to 5 Guys once. I ordered, they said “it’s on us”. I said “what dyou mean”? Fella working there said “as you’ve not been before, you don’t have to pay, it’s on us this once”. Me, the Mrs and kids meal for free which should’ve been about £30.
Awesome food and one of the best milkshakes I’ve ever had.
Are you from the uk? Because happened to me and my brother.
Whoa! I want to go to Five Guys closest one is an hour away from me.
@@astrobeth yeah. I had no idea what was going on 😂
Bruh never happened to me
@@brianw.2791 maybe cos I looked cluelessly at the menu then ordered. He said “you’ve not been here before have you?”, “no”, “it’s on us then, have a good day”. “Ok, nice one”
Having worked at a five guys for 2+ years, I can say from experience that a lot of the differences in weight, as far as patties and fries go, depend heavily on the worker. When I would work on the fry station I’d always give more than what they ordered. Hope it gives some insight
Very true also it depends on how many fries are cooked. If an order has 3 portions of fries and I run out after one of the extra scoops, it's just going to be sent like that.
@@bruh-sf4gw There is a portion scoop that is used for different fry sizes. They use that to measure rather than weight.
@@Bladeclaw00100 yeah i worked there. i know
What astonishes me is how consistent these companies are with their short selling. We saw it with BK and Starbucks as well: when a company is low, its low by exactly the same amount and in exactly the same way both sides of the Atlantic. It can’t not be deliberate!
The whole episode:
Joe: I hate the 5 guys
Try the double filling oreo milkshake
Joe: I love 5 guys
That shake is nuts! I’m torn: I want it again but I don’t want to go to 5 Guys.
@@JoeAvella You are such a funny guy lol
whos joe
@@AmirKhan-kp5lv joe mama... gottem
I can never get enough of this series
Same
Thanks man
Please support me sister for the sake of Allah. This is also a virtue. Allah will surely reward everyone for this. Amen.
@@AyeshaVlogSDK nah I’ll commit school shooting
.^. Everybody does
it’s always been said but i’ll say it again: this series is CARRYING this channel
I do love how the portion sizes for once are nearly identical across both countries. In fact I love how my country (UK) is actually in a rare case more unhealthy with the options and exclusives you get. I mean beer with greasy fries and a burger is just insane.
I mean you can get beer at most kebab/chippies/pizza places - why not fast food. (Macdo does it in France I think)
Every episode:
Food: 1%
Maths:99%
How many maths?
@@zackiechan2601 it's over 9000
@@zackiechan2601 ITS OVER 9000!!
when I do the script is more like:
Food: 9%
Maths:95%
Lol
Five Guys has good food, but I'm with Joe and Harry they are way to expensive of what you get.
Super good though
And the fact that you have to buy everything separately is very annoying...ima still go tho
It is very expensive but for burger, fries and a drink its about £15. Which is about, if not better than restraunt prices.
@@newleif9739 u get more in a restaurant
@@newleif9739 plus it's way nicer in a restaurant
Me: lives in Argentina and has never been to a Fives Guys
Also me: loves this series and will watch it anyway
Edit: I'm not sure what happened in the comments section
Also you: The Falklands will never be ours.
@@bigchungus4331 that's a bit mean bud
@@qwak4022 So was illegally invading the Falklands.
how does annexing falklands have to do with five guys? lol
@@Nifty3301 Just bants mate, don’t bomb my harbour or anything.
All hamburger patties weights are precooked weights. It does not matter what fast food chain you go to. And technically speaking, a hotdog (if served on a bun) is indeed classified as a sandwich.
I love that you find people that actually enjoy most of the food. I swear on every fast food review people say everything’s disgusting.
Wow, I didn't know that CHEESE was in cheese, I thought it just had random chemicals.
Thats because American cheese is not considered cheese, but cheese product.
“69 percent”
Me: Wait for it
“Nice”
Me: Ah, a man of culture I see.
i enjoy the finer things
😂😂 I waited for it too
Wholesome 100 keanu reeves?
Hazzah a man of quality
Go sharks!
Should have tested this with individual orders of fries. My theory is that they fill the cup, then regardless of what you order, an extra scoop goes in the big.
I'm sure it's not exactly that, but I'd put money on if you only order one fry, you'll get closer to the correct amount.
It's that. I work there and that's what we do. There's a work around if you order one Cajun one regular fries they have to come in separate bags and you will get the extra twice.
A Five Guys milkshake in Switzerland costs 10 dollars. The scene in Pulp Fictions where Mia orders an overpriced milkshake should have literally been set in a Five Guys in Switzerland.
Every food is overpriced in Switzerland, it’s like €9 for an apfel strudel on the piste
How come it’s so expensive?
@@Hannah-mv3dw better economy...
@@Hannah-mv3dw they use a different currency, 1 Frank = €1,08 atm but 2 years back 1 frank was € 1,20 so food was 20 more expensive for tourists + you are on a mountain top
@@Hannah-mv3dw oh and compared to dollars now a days 1 frank = 1,13 dollar so it’s actually a big difference
Honestly, I wish y'all could try Nando's as a comparison - it'd be great! That said, in the US, Nando's is currently available in the DC area or Chicago.
Love nandos! Cheers from Chicago
Oh crap they have Nandos there, wow!
@@zues121510 yep! Perks of living in a big city 😅 but also, big time ethnic diversity. We even have Jollibee here! I'm sure there are others but to be completely honest, it's impossible to keep up with it all. You could spend a lifetime trying every place here.
Nandos is delicious! Cheers from DC
The nandos near me closed down lol in maryland
Homie really said “check the release schedule” 😂
Yeah i did, he's the showrunner!
Fun fact with the Fries.
The cup is an illusion. What you're given is always the same, the cup is just there to make it look like you're getting more than you ordered.
When the Uk guy was talking about the HP sauce and they just skipped him lol
Since when do my comments blow up lol 😂
They already covered HP sauce in another video.
harry potter sauce
also FYI A1 steak Sauce is literally HP sauce, just they changed the branding when they took it over to america
@@zectisk9824 No way, I’ve had both and although similar.. it’s not the same
@@zectisk9824 not true, they taste different.
Me at yesterday : food wars ran out of content now.
Food wars today :
Definitely my favorite series on this channel!
man i love this series so much because they use metric and i dont have to do maths in my mind every 2 seconds.
Math.
i just can’t comprehend how that little food can be so high in calories
Most people don’t realise this
Thats why its so easy to get enormously fat
Don’t matter to me I’m 19 and underweight due to fast metabolism lmao got another 20 years atleast before it slows down
@Brian Liang Neither "normal" meat or bread is high in fat, but burger buns have added butter and meat patties are usually 30-20% fat.
@@maybeskin8190 im underweight too (160 pounds at 6 feet) trying to build muscle. It doesn't work like that. Just because you don't gain weight doesn't mean its ok for you to eat. You still get the heart problems associated with eating high fat foods.
@@himlolo true but it’s ight I’m fine Ik my limits
I love that they cut the hotdog in half, it gives even the inside a nice char 🤷🏻♀️
The weirdest part about the hotdog was how much he cared that it was cut in half
Thanks Jackiie
Prevents any unfortunate rolling accidents too haha
Is Five Guys overpriced? Yes
but are we still gonna buy their food? Yup
because no matter the prices, we will find ourselves still crawling back. Their shakes and peanuts are pretty good. And yes, they have the peanuts there as something to keep the customers occupied as you wait for your food. They don't want customers to stare into the kitchen
Problem is I hate peanuts and now I know they cook everything in peanut oil .So that's mo 5 guys for me .
Anyway making my own will be Much better quality and tastier .
Actually they do want you to watch them cook. It's a marketing thing about giving the customer an "inside experience" or some shit. They talked about it when I was training there
@@bruh-sf4gw yeah😅 that’s like half of your training. You are taught to pretty much give the customers a show. It gets worse when you get higher in management. It was kinda creepy to me, we even get judged on it for bonuses😓
I use to work for five guys - everything is done exactly the same from UK, US, EU, wherever the system / process to cook, to prep everything are all exactly the same.
& patties are weighed before in prep between 3.3-3.5oz per patty.
the only time Britain has more food on the menu
It’s like Five Guys tried to go a tad overboard with the American fast food stereotype over here to make it "authentic" (honestly it probably actually is the closest thing we have here to authentic American). It’s weird.
ONE WORD: Overpriced
But it’s nice
@@sm8476 $9 for a burger is still way too much tho
@@opbacon4616 true
I mean how much do you want it to be? If you know five guys you know there burgers and fries are very high quality. They never freeze any of there meat there potatoes are grown in like one state in the whole U.S.. they have very high quality products. Plus if you go to a sit down restaurant a burger is any where from $15-$30. So $9 isn’t that bad
@@Tommy_vert ITS $9 FOR 1 BURGER
OVERPRICED
Edit: AND 2 BURGERS WOULD BE $18 AND 3 WOULD BE $27
One time my friend went to five guy without knowing how they fill their fries. He bought 3 "cups" of Large fries, but instead we got 3 bags fillled to the brim with fries... It was a good day.
I once saw someone order a large fry for all 5 burgers on the order. Those guys got some food that day. Five burgers, five large fries.
For the fries, it’s 2 extra scoops per one overall order. So since your order consisted of 3 orders of fries in one order, you only got the two scoops. The better way to measure is to measure all the extra fries with each cup of fries or have 3 separate orders and not one massive order.
It seems like no matter what size fries you buy, they put a couple scoops extra. So when u got all three sizes in a bag, you only got the extra scoops for one of the fries.
but it's not really even "extra," because it's the amount that should've been in the portion to begin with. so it's not that you're missing out on extra fries when you get more than one size, but actually having fries deducted from the portion.
At my Store in Germany we give out an extra portion of fries to every cup, so three small cups gives you three extra scoops.
I would guess this is standard
@@PiTdeLyX same here and I work in the UK. It did confuse me that the British guy clearly ordered it with deliveroo but got cups of fries when we put deliveroo fries in a bag. Idk whats happened there
The prices are super expensive because of all the toppings offered. If you want a plain or basic burger go to in n out or somewhere else. It’s so expensive
I never comment on videos, but I’ve never clicked so fast😂 obsessed with this channel... keep it up! What next I wonder? Nandos?
I used to work in a UK five guys, they cut the hot dog to speed up cooking
Hey guys, what has 10 thumbs and the worst hot dogs I’ve ever seen?
America
Oh shit, its him
@@StanSmith69 yeah lol
@@StanSmith69 whatup
And is massively overpriced 😂😂
When this pandemic malarkey is over, I want a special video where Harry and Joe review food in the same room.
@Eshan Butt they never said it had to be a food wars video tho 👀
Something like trying their regular order in the other's country could be cool
$7 for a large french fry is insanely outrageously over priced. I can buy 2 - 10lb bags of potatos!
Potatoes*
Exactly...you could easily make your own for cheaper and way more portion wise. Price is absurd.
Did you see how many fries you get in a large?!? Its basically impossible for a normal person to eat all of those with a burger in one sitting.
@@DAETRICH You underestimate Americans.
@@jazminmascorro334 And zooted people.
Back in the very early 70's my town had a Beef and Barrel restaurant where you could throw peanut shells on the wood floor. It was not a take out restaurant. They had the best burgers and best onion rings I've ever eaten.
You can do that at the Logan's Roadhouse in TX.
Food wars is literally one of the best and most enjoyable series ever🎉🔥
The best series on TH-cam!!
Yes
@@JoeAvella is this a real or fan account
@@nemomukerji he's real
@@nemomukerji real babyyyyyy
@@JoeAvella pleasure to meet you
I didnt know Five Guys were so big that they were even locations outside the US lmao 🍔
Yeah same
Its coming to australia now! Finally i can see whether it deserves the hype or not
I wonder if it had anything to do with the obamas being fans....
its even been in spain for a few years now
In Netherlands they have like 3 locations
12:13 that was hilarious! 🤣 just cuts him off 🤣🤣🤣
I worked at a 5 guys for 4 years. I sometimes still have nightmares of rolling the meat every morning. We had to weigh each patty--between 3.3 and 3.5 oz was the standard. It loses considerable weight after grilling. Cutting the hotdog in half is the best way to cook it! All beef too. Every fry order is different lol. It depends on the person making them. Prices are outrageous for the food. They always rose too. It was an easy job but pretty fun and the free meal every shift was a great bonus.
Speaking of nightmares, I have one of me smashing the meat but the mountain on the tray never gets any less. I also now I pain in my wrist from being forced to try and do the fries with one hand.
*APPLE-CALL-A-TENT-ALL*
Yeah that's about right 😂😂
2700 calories for 3 items, that is grotesque.
Exactly, way way way too much for one person
Idc five guys buss😩
It doesnt even look like it would fill you up for the whole day.
@@chrism45 depends on the person. 2000 a day is a very rough estimate. I eat about 3000 per day and am perfectly healthy
Don't ever look at the calories of the pasta and rice dishes you're consuming. Or really most any meal at a restaurant.
Fry issue is probably because when fries are put in bag they are to add a scoop of fries into the bag, but sometimes it's not stacked for more than one fry in bag.
Lollll when he tasted the Oreo shake. They really are the absolute best Oreo milkshakes. It’s insane how good they are.
I just tried their milk shake for the first time. The bacon milk shake was good.
I wonder what it looks like when they go into Five Guys and say “Could I have one of everything, please?”
That’ll be $950.47 please.
Lol
I once read the fries at the bottom of the bag are calculated into the price to only give the illusion of having a good deal
Joe and Harry are such a good combo. Harry's straight man to Joe's comedian is perfect haha.
Fries are not really "generous" after factoring in the price... ;P
you guys need to specify what US city you are getting your prices from. The prices you list here for the US are about a $1 higher than my local Texas Five Guys.
I think they are including tax
The meat is weighed before it is cooked not after lmao.
yes I stopped watching after that mistake. it is actually in the burger disclaimer that meat weight is pre cooked and is commonly known in the USA.
@@vultureTX001 he literally said he didn’t know if they weighed it before or after
@@takecare0721 and there is an actual fda advertising standard for hambutger patties that says all weights before cooking.
@@vultureTX001the fact that you stopped watching the video Bc of something so little
@@takecare0721 it meant it was not rigorously factual of a comparison. Sorted would have been more honest ;)
When we put fries into the bag, we give extra “toppers” per size of fry. I am not exactly sure how much the “topper” itself weighs, but we DO give a specific portion of fries per fry ordered!
People sleep on 5 guys hotdogs. So good. Also the way they do the fries is the fill the cup and then just throw another scoop into the bag (used to manage one)
"People sleep on 5 guys hotdogs." I'm trying for the life of me to understand this expression and failing.
@@mystifiedoni377 People don’t give them the attention they deserve in his opinion.
UK: hmm yes
The cheese here is made out of cheese
Cheese.
Kudos to the UK branch for selling chips in sizes "Little and Large". Yes, I'm that old.
I can not believe this man does like his hot dog cut down the middle and grilled???? That is undeniably the best way to make a hot dog…!!!!!
That is how they do it in Seattle at the many hotdog stands, Vickie. :) I like mine with cream cheese and sriracha.
Video says five guys but I only see two
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clIcKbAiT
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This is the first time USA Doesn't have the full periodic table in their burgers. 😜😜
Edit: I spoke too soon
Yeah, Five Guys' strategy is based around delivering the exact same product all over the world. I was surprised to see they even went as far as translating the menu signs in countries like Germany (they didn't bother in the Netherlands and Belgium). Calling their European numbers just forwards you to a U.S. agent.
Also, directly comparing the ingredients of a U.S. product to that of a European product, while interesting, won't yield a particularly useful result. U.S. and EU (/UK) labeling regulations are wildly different. If you marketed the exact same product in the U.S. and the EU, there's a very good chance the ingredient lists would look nothing alike.
You ordered three sizes that’s why the excess isn’t as much, it’s split three ways. Order one size and the excess will be the outside piles. That’s why I only order small, they always fill the bag with more regardless of size of fries ordered.
9:27 old homie had me for a sec
Five Guys
it contains "Five G" in it (5G)
Open your eyes!!
Lol
Qanon
I was so frightened when he was sloshing the drink into the measuring cup, I felt like he was going to spill it all over the table 😂
I can’t handle how soft spoken the English guy is
Five guys are actually quite uncommon in the UK... I’ve only seen and been to one and it’s in Cabot Circus if you’ve ever been there...
Five Guys is super overpriced is like £8 for 1 normal burger and like £5 for regular fries! Absolutely CRAZY!
There are actually over 100 restaurants in the UK currently
@@Jenniferlwarm although contrast that to McDonald's, which has nearly 1300 branches. I'd have to drive over an hour to the nearest Five Guys, which is probably a good thing for my wallet and waistline!
Same cabot circus is the only one I've seen!
The main reason why the burgers are so expensive is because the toppings are no extra charge and nothing is pre made. The only thing that comes in bags in the mushrooms but we have to grill them.
Exactly they got themselves like the most basic bland burger instead of getting all toppings that you'd get for their money
when i worked there we have to hand roll the patties in the morning and that's when you measure them
Thanks
I agree that they are overpriced, but the burgers are so good!. I only go maybe once or twice a year. But my fave thing is they cook the food practically right in front of you. No divider wall between the counter and the kitchen.