In the last
couple weeks there has been a little of a buzz about a new place in Brixton
Village named Honest Burgers, even though I have read mixed reviews from fellow
bloggers, I decided to go and judge by myself. The place is simple,
unpretentious, small, a couple tables inside, a waiting bench and a little bit
more outside for an al fresco experience or at least to mimic that as you are
inside the arcade.
The Honest Place
I usually don’t
go to the Village but I have to say is getting a cool vibe, plenty of small
options, cafes, artisan restaurants, shops, a good change for the hectic and
not colourful market outside. I spotted a Colombian restaurant that might be
good to try for a future incursion at the Granville Arcade.
Brixton Village
More of the Granville Arcade
Anyway back to business, the menu pretty
straight forward, three types of burger, chicken, beef, and a vegetarian option
with a couple of combinations, burgers served in a toasted glazed bun with
triple cooked chips and rosemary salt. The products free range chicken, 35 day
dry aged British beef, and Brixton market’s vegetables.
Menu on the wall
I went for the
Honest Burger, beef medium cooked as that is their recommendation, smoked bacon,
cheddar, pickled cucumber, red onion relish, and lettuce.
Honest Burger
Honest Closeup
The verdict,
good burger bad fries excellent service, the meat was a little overcooked for my taste, but the flavour was
nice, the fries not so nice, soggy and soft, so it was a good cop bad cop situation for me, I
can’t understand how after triple cooked you can’t have decent fries, it was a big
NO for me, actually reminded a line of Barney in How I Met Your Mother “you are
the weakest link goodbye! Punchy. The tribe has spoken. Please pack up your
knives and go. Your work of art, didn't work for me. You're times up. I have to
ask you to leave the mansion. You must leave the chateau. Your tour ends here.
You've been chopped! You've been evicted from the Big Brother house. Your
desert just didn't measure up. Sashay away! Give me your jacket and leave
Hell's kitchen! You did not get a rose. You have been eliminated from the race.
You are no longer in the running to be America's Next Top Model. You're fired.
Auf Wiedersehen”.
The damage, 9.5
quids for the burger, fries, and a coke.
The conclusion,
good burger with lot of potential, but not Meatwagon or Lucky Chip standards yet, there is room for
improvement, I will give them a 6.5 in my scale.
Honest Bill
George: So this Anna called me from out of the blue.
Jerry: Really? I thought you were rebuffed.
George: With extreme prejudice.
Jerry: Maybe Elaine put in a good word for you.
George: No, no. That's just the thing. Anna told me that Elaine said I
was one of the worst seeds she'd ever seen.
Jerry: Interesting. She doesn't care for you, then a stern warning,
suddenly a phone call. Seems Elaine's made you the bad boy. And Anna digs the
bad boy.
George: I'm the bad boy. I've never been the bad boy.
Jerry: You've been the bad employee, the bad son, the bad friend…
George: Yes, yes...
Jerry: The bad fiancé‚, the bad dinner guest, the bad credit risk...
George: Okay, the point is made.
Jerry: The bad date, the bad sport, the bad citizen... The bad tipper!
Honest Burgers
T: 077 3918 2955
Burgers
Area: Brixton
Borough: Lambeth
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