@Archie, that’s crazy. I have never had a bad experience at any 5 Guys location I have been to. Outside of paying for three burgers but only getting one… Seriously, the wife and I went last week. Two burgers, one small order of fries and two drinks, bill was around $30.
No NOT Whataburger - Five Guy's
I guess here in Scotland things are different. But in the end it’s their loss not mine. As I stated earlier I am not a fan of burgers no matter whether its MacDonald’s, Burger King or any other US style fast food outlet. To me their meat is bland (junk food) not in the least bit appetizing. If you bought three burgers for $30 then I was definitely ripped off. We do pay tax on food so that might bump up the price.
Sorry for the bad experience Archie.
If you ever get the itch to head towards Texas come on over! I think it sounds like a fun quest to try to find a burger that you would like.
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GO Merica!! Prove once again America is the Best!!
At least with fast food they are. And Gun laws. In Texas. I would love to move to Texas.
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I am guessing you have not been to Scotland, have not had a fish supper with salt & vinegar and a can o’ Irn-Bru or Haggis N’ Chips
Full Scottish Breakfast with Porridge followed by Eggs, Bacon, Lorne Sausage, Black Puddin’ Fried Tomato, Beans, Tattie Scone or Fried Bread and a pot of tea to wash it down.
In a country where the streets are so safe you don’t need to go packing. Because nobody does.
Here is a little insight curtesy of Anthony Bourdain & CNN
Don’t worry @Archie, i was just kidding. No offense meant to all you Scots and Brits. Was just having a joke since 5 Guys here seems to be much better than there 
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Dats why we stays in da country. Who needs da citys anyways?
Edit-Don’t worry i’m just kidding again. Seems maybe i joke too much.
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No offense taken @Shaky_loves_banjo We have much in common but over here we don’t treasure or want the kinds of things you folks hold so dear. Our culture is so different.
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Maybe they were 5 Imitation Guys??! 
I’m used to getting big, fresh burgers in 5 Guys.
To clarify, by saying “paying for three burgers, but only getting one,” I was insinuating one burger at 5 Guys cost as much as three burgers anywhere else. They are quite expensive. That said, as far as burgers go, they are pretty good. At least they are in the states. Sorry you had a bad experience either way.
There’s no Freddys in the UK yet is there, @Archie? Always loved that place. Ate there last night and remembered why 
great food
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Yes our culture is quite different. We seem to get very patriotic about our food. And the places we went to school 
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We are not patriotic about food. We just enjoy eating it!
Most Scottish foods are traditional. Porridge, Smoked Kippers, Arbroath Smokies, Black Pudding, Lorne Sausage, Smoked Bacon, Fried Bread, Plain & Pan Bread, Morning Rolls with butter and bacon, Tattie Scone, Scotch Broth, Lentil Soup. Cock-a-Leekie Soup, Cullen Skink, Haggis Neeps & Tatties, Mince & Tatties, Stovies, Scottish Salmon, Aberdeen Angus Beef, Highland Beef, Shortbread, Steak Pie, Mince Pie, Mussels, Buckies. Scotch Egg, Cranachan, Clootie Dumpling, Ross’s Edinburgh Rock (I was a Sugar Boiler at Ross’s in my youth and used to make this as well as other tradition Scottish sweeties) Tunnocks Tea Cakes and Caramel Wafers, Oat Cakes, Bannocks, Scottish Cheddar & Cheeses, Raspberry - Strawberry - Blackcurrant & Bramble Jams, Lemon Curd, Orange Marmalade I am barely scratching the surface here. Then there’s the drinks but I don’t have time to list them.
Na! we are not patriotic about food we just like to brag aboot it. Like who eats a sheep’s stomach, better yet who on earth is brave enough to eat a sheep’s stomach and enjoys doing it.
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Louisiana brings food pride to new levels. I’m from North Louisiana but even I won’t eat Gumbo outside of Louisiana. The further south you go the food pride get a little stronger as the people in South Louisiana set a line that even North Louisiana is out of the zone of getting “Louisiana dishes”.
Fats Domino even restricted his touring because he didn’t like the food outside of New Orleans…
Although he was no longer a pop sensation, Mr. Domino continued to perform worldwide and appeared for 10 months a year in Las Vegas in the mid-1960s. On tour, he would bring his own pots and pans so he could cook.
His life on the road ended in the early 1980s, when he decided that he did not want to leave New Orleans, saying it was the only place where he liked the food.
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Does it taste like goat’s intestine, then cool, I like it!! Don’t like cleaning it though. 
We’re a bit of both.
Don’t know never had goat. I tried tripe and onions once, never again. It was a favourite of my fathers but it smelt terrible when being cooked. Thankfully dad didn’t eat it too often. I think mum & dad were the only ones in the house that did maybe some of my older brothers and sisters did too. Back in the war years and for many years after some foods were pretty scarce and rationed so you had to make do with what was available. I quite like a bit of cooked cows tongue. Luckily for us mum was quite a resourceful cook.
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I remember it needs cleaned very well. Sometime we buy it cleaned and clean it even more. My father does it and mother cooks it but we ate it on only a very few occasions. Sometimes we buy, and the curry will be very tasty! You don’t have to smell it raw as it is cleaned and well prepared. Wonder when will I have the chance again!
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I couldn’t find a Whataburger or a Five Guy’s to compare but go check these out.
KFC UK v USA
McDonalds UK v USA
Burger King UK v USA
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I thought I add link to Get-Go burger (tried it last week, big, and really good, and no comparison between the above ones!) but unfortunately the link is not working.