The search the Sydney's best burger continues as the city's burger-crazed madness lives to fight off thigh gaps. Newly established Five Points, in North Sydney, just recently celebrated its first 3 months of opening and makes a worthy contender in the burger scene. My inner fat cat spirit animal was freed to the smell of grilled patties, melted cheese and bacon with any and every thing. I'm such a massive sucker for burgers.
What I LOVE about Five Points, firstly, is that it's down the road from my office (and my gym, oops). North Sydney finally getting some good grub, take that city slickers.
DDN, Deli & I were too eager to hop on the "Omg, something exciting happening in North Syd"-train and went during the first week of opening (as always, my posts are super delayed). The queue was painfully long, but after going the second time around last week, it seems they've finally got an effective production line system happening to beat the peak hour lunch woes.
Manhattan Burger $10 + double meat $3 + chips $4
CUE THE MEAT SWEATS. Ok, I didn't get this. I would never be able to finish a double patty and have to then go back to WORK with my food baby. This burger is serious though. Double grilled beef patty, double cheese, tomato sauce, pickles, american mustard aioli, iceberg lettuce. It makes me feel more masculine just looking at it, definitely not one for the light hearted.
Bronx Burger + double meat $12.50 + $3
Double grilled beef patty, double cheese, tomato sauce, pickles, american mustard aioli, bacon, onion jam, iceberg lettuce. BRUH, look at dat cheese tho. And bacon, don't forget that bacon. Burger so big you need two hands and can't eat it in a mouthful. You also need napkins, lots of napkins. It'll get real messy, real quick.
Bronx Burger $12.50 + chips $4
OMG, slightly grilled sweet Brasserie Bread (!!!). The soft and fluffy bread soaks in some serious juice aka grease. Even with a single patty I had to be rolled back into the office, meat sweats were too real. Let's talk about the perfect smash-style patty; juicy, pink, wonderful char flavour - one of my top rated patties. The onion added a perfect sweetness to it, however it needed a bit more pickles to cut through all the oil and lettuce was sort of awkward to eat. Wished my hands were less greasy and more free to take a photo of the cross section :-(.The beer battered fries were great, very light, crispy and well seasoned. Not wow, but pretty solid side.
I also tried the milkshakes on my second visit, which were de-fkn-li-cious. Maybe because I've been craving a milkshake for WEEKS, but totally feeling the chocolate and salted caramel milkshake. Slurp-able consistency, classic taste, not too sweet - nothing fancy, but ticks all the right boxes (and better than Mary's PB shake IMO). Grab a shake after though so you don't fill up your stomach before you digest two days worth of calories.
Five Points seems to have one of the best American-Style burgers in Sydney at the moment, and the whole industrial fit out look is just understated cool. I seem to be able to get a table easy, but sitting outside when the weather's clear is even better. The service has really picked up since the start and the staff are tops. I finished the burger and felt like complete crap, and ate nothing but air for the next few days but totally worth it.
Best burger in Sydney? Arguable, but definitely floating somewhere in Top 5.
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