Iceberg Dead Ahead!
Firstly the burgers at Byron are generally great and cooked well. It was a quiet lunchtime so our food came quickly. Due to the lack of customers the burgers were also presented well where as in previous visits they have been thrown together,
For £10 a burger with no sides you would expect it to be though.
I asked for my burger medium rare and it was little overcooked for my liking but perfectly acceptable. We both selected the latest special 'The flaming Iceberg' which is a normal pattie cooked in a home made hot sauce glaze, with jalapenos, crispy onion, bits of bacon, ranch dressing, more of that hotsauce and of course iceberg.
Many people may be put off by the lack of cheese but not me it was perfectly fine without it. The onions added great texture but the bacon bits were pretty small and not really noticable, Maybe some strips of streaky bacon would be better.
Onto the hot sauce part of the burger. I love hot sauce and generally the hotter the better, So I was disapointed the hot sauce wasn't hot. Infact Tabasco is hotter (tastier too imo). I wanted a firework in my mouth and instead I got a party popper. As this was the element that i was looking forward to most I was a bit gutted, It also tasted quite vinegery. I do have a bout 30 bottles of hot sauce at home so im sure i'm a bit more picky than most.
Apart from that the burger is pretty good and a welcome special.
Service was decent and the burgers came very quickly and all in all an enjoyable lunch.
Worth the extra £ when compared to Five Guys but i still think i prefer the burger joint down the road which is much better value and also a local business which I am always keen to support. Plus their hot sauce is great!
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