Back in April, Patty & Bun was my and Clare's first restaurant adventure together; we had both seen The Londoner's post saying it was the best burger in London, so how could we not try it after that recommendation?! I then took James in November as I wanted his opinion as well on how it compared to the likes of Meat Liquor! Even though we arrived ten minutes before opening time there were people waiting outside, and this was the queue when we left...
Each time we had to start with some of the chicken wings as basically everyone was singing their praises, and with good reason.
The picture probably doesn't do them justice, but they are literally amazing. I don't even like chicken wings usually (too much effort for not enough meat) and I would have gone back for a second helping, so that's saying something. The BBQ sauce is smokey, the coating is crispy and the meat just falls off the bone - no effort for quite a lot of meat, top marks!
They're messy but 100% worth it! We also had chips with rosemary salt
They're good chips. Pretty similar to Honest, but I'd say Patty & Bun probably triumphs purely because there were less chip shells and more soft chips!
Then the burgers...they come wrapped in wax paper with P&B stickers on them which I think is a nice touch. The first time I went I had the Ari Gold (cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickled onion, ketchup and smokey P&B mayo) but with carmelised onions instead of pickle, and Clare had the straight Ari Gold.
The next time I went for the normal Ari Gold (as the caramelised onions made the burger too sweet, so I wanted the sharpness of the pickled onions this time!) and James had the Smokey Robinson (cheese, tomato, lettuce, caramelised onions, bacon, ketchup and smokey P&B mayo)
There is no denying that the burgers here are really good. They're juicy, well cooked so they're nice and pink in the middle, they have good quality toppings in appropriate portions and the brioche is soft, sweet and provides a good patty to bun ratio!
However...there was nothing about it which sent me into raptures, hence the reason why I wanted James' second opinion, in case I was missing something - he agreed though! It was a really nice, juicy and tender burger, but when I compare it to somewhere like Meat Liquor which I am absolutely obsessed with, it would definitely come second every time (actually, probably fourth after Honest and the Admiral Codrington). I think it's partly due to my obsession with the chilli cheese fries at Meat Liquor, but also the burger here just isn't "close your eyes in wonder" good, whereas the other three are I think!
I'd still recommend people to go and make their own minds up, because it still is probably one of the best burgers in London, but there are just other places I would go to first.
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