January 2019 - Food
Where To Eat This Month - Honest Burgers
Honest Burgers seems to have grasped that, though, and – although a London-born group, with more than 20 branches in the Big Smoke alone – it’s taken some time to get to know us before moving in. Over to the food menu: it’s all about the beef, save for one chicken and one veggie burger (a good-sounding spiced fritter). Indeed, so into their beef are these guys, that Honest now has its own butchery outfit. It uses chuck and rib cap cuts in its burgers, and the meat is hand chopped as opposed to minced – which you can notice pretty clearly when you’re chewing on it. The patties, which are flat and served pink, unless you want otherwise, hold together really well, and have a chunkier, coarser texture – none of that crumbling business.
Prices start at £8.75 (or £7.95 for the veg option), and everything comes with chips as standard. There are a whole load o’ sides too, though, if you think you can take on more. Chicken wings (£4.75) come crisp-skinned and slathered with generous amounts of barbecue sauce (there wasn’t an awful amount of meat on ours, but that’s most wings for you, really); onion rings (£3.95) are large, sans excessive grease, and coated with a very decent golden batter; and a coleslaw (£3.50) of red cabbage, apple and beetroot is light and crunchy, promising mouthfuls of relief from the meat and carb fest happening on your main plate.
It looks like Honest Burgers has paid real attention to the peripheral details: initiating local collaborations, tailoring the offering and taking the time to train staff really well are all characteristics of a company that’s not about to take the appetites of Bristol punters for granted. Oh, and the burgers are good too, mind.
Honest Burgers seems to have grasped that, though, and – although a London-born group, with more than 20 branches in the Big Smoke alone – it’s taken some time to get to know us before moving in. Over to the food menu: it’s all about the beef, save for one chicken and one veggie burger (a good-sounding spiced fritter). Indeed, so into their beef are these guys, that Honest now has its own butchery outfit. It uses chuck and rib cap cuts in its burgers, and the meat is hand chopped as opposed to minced – which you can notice pretty clearly when you’re chewing on it. The patties, which are flat and served pink, unless you want otherwise, hold together really well, and have a chunkier, coarser texture – none of that crumbling business.
Prices start at £8.75 (or £7.95 for the veg option), and everything comes with chips as standard. There are a whole load o’ sides too, though, if you think you can take on more. Chicken wings (£4.75) come crisp-skinned and slathered with generous amounts of barbecue sauce (there wasn’t an awful amount of meat on ours, but that’s most wings for you, really); onion rings (£3.95) are large, sans excessive grease, and coated with a very decent golden batter; and a coleslaw (£3.50) of red cabbage, apple and beetroot is light and crunchy, promising mouthfuls of relief from the meat and carb fest happening on your main plate.
It looks like Honest Burgers has paid real attention to the peripheral details: initiating local collaborations, tailoring the offering and taking the time to train staff really well are all characteristics of a company that’s not about to take the appetites of Bristol punters for granted. Oh, and the burgers are good too, mind.
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