Five Guys Burgers and Fries - D'Iberville Mississippi (no video)

Five Guys Burgers and Fries - D'Iberville Mississippi location

(Because of me not having my video camera, this will be a written review)

Burger: B-
Fries: D
Overall Grade: C

Pros: Okay burger
Lots of choices of toppings
Peanuts while you wait for your food

Cons: Expensive for what you get
Terrible French Fries

I've been hearing a lot of hype about Five Guys Burgers and Fries for a long while now. I've read the hype on the Internet and heard all about the place on radio and TV for a few years, so on a trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast this weekend I was excited to see that Five Guys had opened a location in D'Iberville Mississippi. The location is in the new D'Iberville Promenade Shopping Center which is right off of I-10 at the I-110 exit north, it's very easy to get to. The store and shopping center must have just opened because Five Guys and the other stores were packed on a Sunday morning.

When we entered the place, the line was pretty long but the time flew by fast when I started thinking about how good the burger would be. Like I had heard the menu was pretty basic: hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hot dogs and fries. I ordered my hamburger with lettuce, tomato, mayo, and pickles and got a large fry to share with the others eating with me. I grabbed some peanuts to munch on while waiting for the food and sat down.




Before long our order was ready. With Five Guys a burger really means a double burger. I was surprised to see two patties, and with the toppings piled high it was really a task to eat. Now, the two patties aren't the biggest patties in the world, each one is about the size of a Wendy's patty, but stacked with the big bun it made it look huge.

The burger was a little better than okay. Nothing too special, the patties were kind of greasy, but the problem was with the buns. They don't toast their buns at Five Guys and it made for one messy eating experience. Because of the grease and mayo and the bun not being toasted the burger just fell apart after a few bites and was such a mess, I had to get a fork and just eat parts of the burger instead of eating it like a burger like you're supposed to. I didn't mind that too much, but the burger would have been so much better with a toasted bun. The taste of the hamburger patties were okay, a little too greasy.

The worst part of the experience had to be the fries. When you get to the counter to order you see a sign telling you where there potatoes came from that day, big deal, since these fries are horrible. They call these things "home fries" but let me tell you, it's nothing like the home fries I cook at home. I'm a big fan of home fries and have been known to make a meal out of nothing but home fries. But these were some lame home fries. They were soggy and tasted like they weren't cooked enough. And I like my home fries peeled all the way and these still had some peelings on them. I wasn't the only one with the same opinion about the fries, nobody at our table had more than a few bites and I talked to a few people around me that had the same opinion.

So to wrap it up, don't believe the hype. There are many more places to get a burger better than this one (in fact, we had a better burger at the Hard Rock Casino the day before). The food is also more expensive than regular "fast food" places. My large fries cost about $4.49 and a drink cost me $1.99. My entire bill for 2 burgers, a large fry, and 2 drinks was over $20. I'm glad I tried Five Guys Burgers and Fries and now that it's out of my system I doubt if I'll be visiting again on my next trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.