Five Guys is simply the go-to place for a delicious bacon cheeseburger and fries. Bacon and extra bacon! The food is absolutely consistently delicious, and the service is efficient, fast, and friendly. While I don't typically eat in the store, it's fun to walk in to what seems like peanut heaven and out with more fries than you can eat. Yes you can grab a scoop of peanuts to eat while you wait for your very flavorful fries cooked in peanut oil. And thank goodness, there are extra fries in every bag that is less like spillage and more like abundant gifts of joyous yumminess. There is a time to get Five Guys burgers and fries... and for us that can be multiple times a week! read more

Five Guys - Burgers Near Me - Lawrence, Kansas

This is the first guys that i haven't given 5 stars. I should have know when they wasnt pack on a sunday during lunch time. After i ordered i knew my burger would be dry as i watch the cook press all the juice out of the burgers. I mean pressing down with all her weight.. when you do that you press out all of the flavor out.. and when i bite into it is was dry and lack flavor.. also the bacon was overcooked.. manager needs to do some training on the cook read more

Burgers are great, fries are great, prices are steep. Granted they are probable using a better product to start with but unfortunately keeps me from going as often as I would like. Staff is hit or miss, sometimes great, sometime awful. Atmosphere is industrial diner, not a fan but understand what they are going for. Focus is defiantly on the food. Should have a location in west Lawrence, would probably do better business but would also probably be even more expensive. read more

Yes, it's GREAT they do have smaller stuff available. However, I personally went with the original burger. Even though, I shared the fries with my brother-in-law; and both of us didn't finish one regular (a.k.a. medium) order. Kinda sad FiveGuys serves Coke products. But they have reinstated the peanuts. That's a good sign for us old timers. read more

I don't go out very often, but I was super excited to splurge on 5 Guys. I was extremely disappointed to receive fries that were more raw than cooked! I will NOT be back! read more

Messy, delicious, expensive hamburgers. The French fries are good and it's a cute thing they have where they tell you where the potatoes of the day came from. read more

Still the best in city. Hamburger juicy and fries delicious. Always will go back. Very good service too. read more

It was good and all the only bad thing about it was the person in the bathroom while I was there there was what seemed to be a homeless person there and so I quickly exited and went back to enjoy my food. read more

This place went above the call of duty. I asked for small fries. They gave me XXL fries. It was literally overflowing out of the bag they gave me. I couldn't even contain it in the bag it was so immense. I ate half the bag of fries and still wasn't even tired of it. I completely forgot I even ordered a hotdog to go with my fries. The fries completely overtook and exceeded all of my expectations. This place is quite literally the best place for fries. Their fries are immense. read more

Every time we go to this five guys restaurant it is wonderful I love you cheeseburgers and your fries and the staff and always friendly and very nice and it is always clean keep up the great work will be back soon. read more

Everything was delicious and hit the spot. So glad they had a smaller version of the bacon cheeseburger so I didn't feel too full. You can also customise your shake with two (2) flavours! Pro tip: Add malt vinegar to both your burgers and fries. read more

Five Guys - Regular Fries (good enough for two people), Malted Milk + Chocolate Shake, bottle of Malt Vinegar (try it on your fries!) - Burgers Near Me - Lawrence, Kansas

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Not the healthiest place to eat, a bacon cheeseburger packs a whopping 920 calories, 560 of them from fat. No wonder they are so good! I love salted peanuts and they have barrels of free peanuts available for the munching while waiting in line or at your table while your food is being prepared. You also get to choose your burger toppings, including grilled onions and mushrooms at NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE. Their French fries are a bit pricey, but they are made in house from fresh potatoes and are fried in 100% pure peanut oil. Service is always friendly and helpful and you rarely have to wait more than ten minutes for your order no matter how busy they might be. As a native Californian, if I cannot have In-And-Out, Five Guys is a reasonably suitable alternative. CombatCritic Gives Five Guys 7 Out Of 10 Bombs ... More Bombs Are Better! read more

Excellent quick great service when you have a cheeseburger and good quality french fry craving so glad to have this on the south side of town read more

Holy shit the staff is rude when the messed up my burger I went to tell them and Evan (the manager) just gave me a sigh like it was a problem and the cashier was on her phone instead of helping me it took a full 2 minutes for her to notice I was even there NEVER eating here again read more

Great service. Went in the other day to pick up an order and was helped right away. The girl that served me named justice was a sweetheart. Hot food real fast. I know it's pricey but it sure is good. Would go there more often if they had coupons or military discount. Thanks again justice what a doll. read more

Five Guys is normally good, but avoid this one. Food poisoned the whole family, and our grilled cheese sandwiches tasted like kitchen chemicals. Awful diarrhea will not eat here again. read more

5 Guys is one of my few guilty pleasures. The atmosphere is very industrial and cold and when the place fills up it can be very loud and difficult to have a conversation, and the cooks shouting order numbers can get annoying. So why do I like it so much? Burgers (most any way you want 'em, including in a wrap or bowl,) and fresh cut and twice fried french fries! The free peanuts are a plus, too and hot dogs and milkshakes can be had, but the stars are the burgers and fries. I tend to like my burgers on the medium side, but The Guys only do well done although the patties are thick and juicy with a delicious beef flavor, so I won't knock them for that. Ketchup and malt vinegar are available for the fries and grab some peanuts while you're waiting for your order. Yeah it's a chain, and the atmosphere is nothing to shout about, but 5 Guys is also really freakin' good! read more

Five Guys Burgers and Fries is a go-to place when I want to get something to eat, but don't want to cook and don't want to hit lower-tier fast food. Mrs. R and I have eaten at Five Guys so many times that I did not realize that I had never written a review for it. In terms of frequency, we're not on a first-name basis with employees, but we still get Five Guys around once a month, and we have a standing order saved in the online order form. Five Guys provides just what it says -- burgers and fries. When you order, the kitchen starts making your burger the way you asked. The basic burger is two ground-beef patties, cooked on a flat-top grill. The menu offers a dozen toppings for personal customization. The burgers are deceptively small-looking but are really quite dense. I stepped back from getting the full-sized burger a while back and have moved to the "junior" size, which is a single patty. In a world of ubiquitous burger places and gourmet burger offerings, Five Guys hits it right on the head and makes a solid customized burger at a reasonable price. In addition to burgers, Five Guys does fries. Their fries are cut from whole potatoes in-store. In a touch of farm-to-table flair, a side-board will list the name of the farm that provided the potatoes that are currently being made into fries. The "regular" designation for fries is deceiving, as a "regular" is very large portion of fries, around 3-4 full potatoes cooked into fries. If you watch the kitchen make the fries, they first fill up a drink cup with fries and put it in the order-bag. Then they follow up by dumping another small tray of fries into the bag. One regular order of fries is sufficient for 2 people. Mrs. R and I typically order through the online form and pick-up the order from the store. This way, the burgers are ready to go when you arrive, and the fries are added to the order as the last step. It's efficient to get a pick-up order, and a good burger and fries. read more

Five guys is five stars!!!! The staff in Lawrence is soooo friendly and very helpful! The place is immaculate! I visited from CA. And I will be back!!! read more

Had this again, and I feel the need to do my first ever update of a review. We got an order to go, and by the time I sat down to eat my fries were pretty cold and sopping wet with grease. I couldn't even finish them. My double bacon cheeseburger tasted exactly like a Wendy's burger (yes a friggin WENDY'S burger) which is to say it was horribly, horribly bland. Like chomping down on a big, juicy... glass of water. SO not worth the cost or hype. read more

I've had pretty good experiences with Five Guys restaurants previously, but for some reason the Lawrence location left me a little cold. It's hard to pinpoint exactly what would make this one any different than another, but there were certain qualities to the burger and fries that felt off. From the start though, Five Guys has a slightly overly complicated ordering method, which they will gladly explain to you. Given the wide array of toppings available, it's understandable that they'd want to codify somewhat, but it does seem a tad unnecessary or even demanding to learn a super secret code to get your food (though In-N-Out seems to make "secret" ordering options a selling point). The burgers themselves are rather large; I never go bigger than a "Little Hamburger", mainly because the structural integrity of the burger can't handle much else. With all the toppings and sauces, this is the only manageable size I've found (and my hands are comfortably sized to wrangle fulsome stacks of food). Eating here can get messy quick, but it can be part of the fun too. The flavor of the burgers themselves is quite good and fairly busy with flavors they are still well defined. At this particular location I found the sauces to be applied a bit heavily, which muddied the flavors a bit. When the amount of sauce is restrained a bit, the burger definitely tastes a notch or two above a basic fast-food hamburger. The ingredients are fresher and of higher quality and worth the extra dollar or two you might pay. I recommend the grilled onions for an especially warm, savory flavor. Five Guys fries are thick and fried in peanut oil, which is a relatively healthy oil for fries. The portions of fries are extremely generous, making a regular order ample for two people. The fries I had at this location were a tad over-salted, but were otherwise excellently done -- neither too crisp nor too soggy. Cajun-style fries are quite good, though I find the flavor wears on me partway through. Overall, Five Guys is a good place to go where you can get a couple higher quality burgers and fries for about 10 bucks -- an inexpensive night out that is leagues better than an embarrassing McDate. The Lawrence location felt a little off compared to other locations I've tried, but it's certainly still worth a look to see if you like it. Review: 3 stars. read more

5 guys is the non-chain burger chain. everything is fresh? cooked to order? placed in a paper bag? peanuts everywhere? vinegar on fries? Yes. I don't think 5 guys deserves all the hype, but it's a great spot to pick up the best burger in lawrence. i won't say it was the best burger ever, but it was good and the portions are overwhelming. little expensive for glorified street food, but you get a ton of food. if it was local people would like the place more. the kc area locations are also pretty atrocious and far away from population centers. 5 guys doesn't change the dining scene, but i'm definitely glad they've made their way to the midwest. much appreciated. read more

This place spoiled me for McDonald's and Burger King. I haven't been back since I had a Five Guy's burger. Not the healthiest meal on the planet, but if you want a burger and fries, this is the place to go. Their regular burger is two patties. Get the small if you only want one. And they only cook it to medium well. I like mine a little more on the medium rare side, but their meat is tasty and juicy. As others have said, you can get all the toppings you want, so you can truly have it your way. My standard is with grilled onions, jalapeno and bbq sauce - a damn tasty burger! All the toppings are fresh and delicious. I'm not much of a fry guy, but theirs are outstanding. They actually taste like potato, and they have malt vinegar in the store that make them so much tastier. I normally like shoestring fries done up dark golden brown and crispy, smothered in ketchup. Five guys aren't like that. They are potato planks cooked up to what I'd call medium and somewhat droopy. I like things spicy, so I get the Cajun style, which are probably too spicy for most folks. And here's a tip on the fries - don't order any extra. A regular order is more than enough for two people. read more

I really really appreciate the fact that the fries here are gluten free. Delicious fries, either spicy or normal, and always safe for someone with celiac disease, like me. Thank you Five Guys for bringing french fries back into my life! It's crazy how hard it is to find safe fries. These ones are delicious. read more

first off, let me say that the burgers are good...they are slightly overpriced and more than likely, I will go back to five guys when I'm in the mood for a burger and their soooo good peanut fries...but this particular location i will never return to. I came into order my food and the guy behind the counter must of found my looks amusing, for he couldn't keep from giggling while taking my order. I felt so uncomfortable and hurt, that I will never go back to the lawrence ks location read more

There were a few of these out in Philly, but I never bothered to go to one, so I figured I'd give the one here in Lawrence a shot. The burgers ... well, they're burgers. Five Guys seems to have a complex about their quality. You walk in, there are twenty signs proclaiming that they've been voted best burger in DC since, well, apparently the beginning of time. Go into the men's restroom, at least, and there are newspaper clippings to the same effect. Really, guys. Your burgers are pretty decent, but I'm not going to go proclaiming them as the best to the whole world (see the three star rating). They are, well, just good burgers. End of story. In good news, all toppings except for bacon and cheese are on the house (and the list of toppings is extensive ... I got sauteed mushrooms and onions on mine, which made me happy). The fries ... well, the fries are pretty awesome. I wish they were a bit crispier (they had a texture close to McDonald's, but without that oily goodness). The taste, though, was fantastic. If I were just rating on the fries, they'd get four stars. read more

Do I care I have to pick my overloaded toppings with my fingers every time they fall out of my burger? No. Do I care I have to hold my burger in aluminum foil to prevent making a complete mess all over myself? Not really. Does it matter the bottom of my bag is blotted with oil from the abundant fresh cut fries thrown in? Nope. Does Five Guys hit the spot? Absolutely, yes!! For a franchise chain, you actually get filling, good quality food here. I truly appreciate the opportunity to customize my burger and get extra, extra grilled mushrooms and no pickles. Other extra free toppings they have include jalapeños, onions, barbecue sauce, and green peppers, to name a few. I'm also really digging their '90s playlist they have playing in the background. I just heard some "No rain," "Where is my mind," and "Love shack." '90s music... is literally... the best music! read more

I know this is a chain restaurant of sorts, but I'd never been there until this past Friday, and it's still fairly new to Lawrence, so here's a bit of a review for you! First of all, I really appreciated the fact that there are notices on the doors that this place serves peanuts out of the bag and right out in the open. I (thankfully) am not allergic to peanuts, but I imagine that someone unfamiliar with this place would appreciate the warning. The menu is simple and there's pretty much something there to satisfy anyone who might find themselves here, including a veggie "burger" (no meat involved). I just got a cheeseburger, which actually had two patties, not the one I was expecting, and I didn't order fries because...well, I never order fries (I did taste them though, and they were definitely some of the better ones I've had) The price was great for a good-sized meal. Almost everything you'd want to put on a burger was at no additional charge, which was nifty. It was basically the same stuff you'd find on a do-it-yourself burger bar, but they just do it for you. I dig. The food was yummy! I am picky about burgers, and this one definitely hit the spot. The location in Lawrence has two walls that are basically huge window banks, and the decor was minimal but inviting. It's also very convenient to shoppers in the south Iowa area (Target, Old Navy, Wal-Mart, etc), and near the movie theater. I found the staff to be friendly and welcoming, and they seemed happy to be there, which always makes for a better experience. They take your order and call out your order number when it's ready, which is a system I've always liked, so that was groovy. Id go back. read more

I don't eat beef, and this chain does not offer a veggie burger or a fish sandwich; so I had been avoiding Five Guys. But I just tried it, since they have a veggie sandwich. It was better than I had anticipated. They have many veggies, including some that are grilled. I asked for all the veggies. It took about 10 minutes for them to make the sandwich. It was so thick, that I could not get the sandwich into my mouth without removing some of the veggies. Now if they would offer sweet potato fries and whole grain bread..... read more

The location is certainly not convenient, but if you find yourself in the area, it's a yummy little place and fast. I love that you can completely customize your burger. The fries are great, too. I get the mini burger b/c one patty is way more than enough for me. read more

Best franchise burger in Lawrence. Best burgers 1) Burger Stand 2) Dempsey's 3) 5 Guys

I love the Five Guys burgers and fresh cut fries. They remind me of the meals my mom would make us from the beef my dad raised. She would cook the burgers in a skillet and deep fry the fresh cut potatoes in lard. (Five Guys uses 100% peanut oil.) I wish there was a seasoning to their fries though. That would just make them even better. I've tried their Cajun ones but thought they were too spicy. If you want a good griddle made burger in Lawrence then this is the place. If you want a smoked burger you must try KC Smokehouse (who has seasoned fresh cut fries that make them the best fries in Lawrence). If you want a gourmet burger it's Dempsy's or Burger Stand. read more

The bun was stone-cold and soggy. Very very disappointed in both the service and the food. The food took too long and was not worth the wait and money. Shame. read more

Food was good. Had never been here before and was confused about the ordering, which was more confusing since they were packed. Didn't get all of our order, and if you are taking more than two people, pick somewhere else. There were 8 of us, and it cost a c note to get out of here. Good place to try, but not go on a regular basis. read more

I don't eat regular bread. So, I like Five Guys because they will make a lettuce wrap, or burger bowl for you. No problem. Also, I always order ahead via the web so there's no wait. The staff is courteous, the place is clean and the food is good. read more

I can't give it the full 5 stars (because then it would be In-N-Out Burger, which hasn't expanded to Lawrence as far as I know), but it is probably the best "mainstream" burger in the city. A bit pricey? Sure, but you'll taste where that money went in every bite of your custom burger, loaded with any of the toppings you like. And you'll taste a little bit of added value if you order the fries, which defray the costs a bit by practically filling the bag, engulfing the inadequate paper cup collector in golden-brown goodness. Of course, if you eat them all, you'll probably have to pay a visit to the cardiologist, so it's really just a matter of who you want your money to end up with. If it were open later, or if it were a bit cheaper, or if it offered milkshakes (like catty-corner competitor Steak & Shake), it would render all other burger places outside Mass St. obsolete. Sadly, it's not a perfect world, but with ample parking, a great central location and just a downright great, basically incomparable (in Lawrence, at least) burger, you won't complain too much. read more

Excessively overpriced. $13.56 for a cheese burger, regular sized drink and fries. Condements were fresh, however I could not find the gold sprinkled on the burger pattie that caused the ridiculous price. This was the second time I've been and I could never go back. This is at best an overpriced Wendy's burger. Fries were decent, however just simply not worth the lack of value. read more

5 guys are excellent. This yelp site is lame. I'm here in Topeka not here at this venue, this site is lame if they don't update real time!

I expected to dislike this place, but I was surprised. The fries were really good, they tasted like actual potatoes, and the cajun seasoning was flavorful. The large fry was HUGE, enough for a family. I had the veggie sandwich, which is essentially a burger without the meat. Again, I had low expectations, but the mushrooms and green peppers were tasty, and the cheese was perfectly melted. The decor is basic fast-food, white and red tile, lots of windows, and the service was friendly. Not bad for a burger joint! read more

I definitely agree with Chris P. that the five guys have some kind of (undeserved) complex about their quality; in reality you get an ok burger, with a nice selection of toppings, but honestly the fries kind of suck. And it's not a spectacular burger by any stretch, the flavor is ok but nothing to crave. I would say the average bar burger is better and probably costs about the same, and needless to say, a good bar burger is MUCH better. I would give this place 3 stars if it weren't for the fact that the fries really suck. (I tried them on more than one occasion just to make sure I didn't get some bad ones the first time.) Portion size is big both for the fries and burger. read more