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Best Burgers (Tried And Tested)
Sink your teeth into the best buns the capital has to offer
By Esquire Editors
17/09/2020
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Burgers take pride of place on menus across London, but how many of them actually deserve your time and money? To help you out, we've taken a bite out of the very best buns the capital has to offer.
1.The Double Standard
The Standard – the beautiful brutalist hotel that looms over King’s Cross, packed with enough Seventies kitsch to keep your Insta feed full for months – now has a bottomless brunch option, available on the terrace of the ground floor Double Standard restaurant on Sundays. Beyond the constant streams of Prosecco and Bloody Mary's that arrive at your table, the food menu features hot dogs and vegan banana pancakes and all sorts of booze-soaking goodness.
We suggest you opt for the Brunch Burger, however, which is genuinely one of the best we’ve had in London for a very long time. The breakdown is simple but effective: a juicy smash patty, with dribbles of Bloody Mary ketchup, strips of bacon & melted smoked cheddar. We demolished it in seconds. Unfortunately the burgers aren’t bottomless too, but you can’t win everything.
The Double Standard, Argyle Street The Standard, London WC1H 8EG
2. The Patate
The Patate started out at Camden Market, but now has its first bricks and mortar place by Kentish Town station. This is less a traditional patty-lettuce-pickles kind of a burger than a full boeuf bourgignon condensed into a portable, bread-encased new form. The beef is stewed in red wine until meltingly soft, then shredded and put in a brioche bun with The Patate’s signature sauce. The other big thing is the array of fine cheeses you can add: it’s the Vacherin Mont d’Or for us, but gorgonzola, raclette and goat’s cheese are there too.
The Patate, 323 Kentish Town Rd, Kentish Town, London NW5 2TJ
3.The Bluebird Café
It may be served on one of London’s most upmarket streets, but the Bluebird Café’s classic hamburger has no pretence. A juicy patty, cheese, gem lettuce, house sauce, pickles and a side of fluffy chips, nothing more and nothing less. What really sets the Bluebird Cafe apart, however, is its leafy outside seating area, perfect for a warm summer’s day (and a mild one too, thanks to the umbrellas and heaters on supply). Pair with one of the cocktails – we recommend the lychee & rose martini. When al fresco dining is out of the picture, the Bluebird restaurant (which sits beside the café) also serves a delicious burger piled with Mayfield cheese, bacon and caramelised onions.
The Bluebird Café, 350 King's Road, London SW3 5UU
4.Lucky Chip
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LUCKY CHIP
You can find Lucky Chip burgers in two very, very nice pubs: The Old Queen’s Head in Islington and the Blue Coats in Tottenham. Their pun-based names are a little hokey for our taste (the ‘Steve Martin’ has jerk sauce in it, etc), but you can’t complain about the burgers themselves – unfailingly juicy, delicious and the perfect accompaniment to a relaxing Sunday pint. We recommend the El Chapo: beef, smoked bacon, roasted jalapeños, blue cheese & aioli.
5.Burger & Beyond
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When you place your eyes on the satisfyingly trim Burger and Beyond menu, it’s hard to look past the ‘Bougie Burg’ (especially when it lands on your plate). We’re talking dry-aged beef (which BoB uses to make all of their burgers), double American cheese, steak sauce 2.0, marrownaise and beef fat onions, all cooked beautifully and dripping with flavour. And while that may seem like enough sauces for one dish, we recommend testing out the burnt butter mayo and tangy secret sauce, too. If that calls for a few orders of truffle tots and cheesy fries, then so be it.
Burger and Beyond, 147 Shoreditch High St, Hackney, London E1 6JE
And as always have a chilled day from the Viking
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