Meat Liquor, Soho

On Friday night I went to Meat Liquor with some work pals. It seems like everyone has an opinion on where you can get "The Best Burger in London"and this place had cropped up in conversations a few times so it seemed worth giving a try. We were warned of the queue but decided what better place to try on a Friday night... in Central London.. it was probably going to be deserted right?!

Plot twist- the queue was MASSIVE. Luckily my friend and I were running late and managed to jump in with the rest of the gang who had been queueing for an hour so were at the front (yes we were those people) but apparently there was free snacks. Fried pickles- which sound like a snack dreamt up by a heavily pregnant woman. Anyway we finally got in and then were told our table wouldn't be ready for another half an hour.. but of course we were welcome to grab a drink at the bar. Nice ploy. Though obviously we did just that... I mean the place both looked and sounded like a club so I did feel a bit out of place without a drink in my hand.

We finally got our table and having had plenty of time to look at the menu ordered our burgers straight away. Whilst waiting we got stuck into the mojitos which were pretty darn tasty.

Pretty soon after our food arrived on a large platter. I do think they could have thought this through a bit better logistically because it was quite dark and you really couldn't tell what was what but hey, minor issue. I got a cheeseburger and we also got a selection of fries to share- in order of excitement; chilli cheese fries, cheese fries, and normal fries. Apologies this pic is really blurry..

Attack of the burger, and my giant white hand

Now for the verdict... my burger was good. But it wasn't amazing. All the food was quite greasy and I don't mind a little grease but after waiting for an hour and a half if I'm honest I was expecting a little bit more. The fries were good but man this place loves onions- they were everywhere. This might not offend a normal person but I have a bit of an aversion to them so this wasn't a great thing in my book. In my opinion there are better burgers in London; Bryon, Honest, The Diner... It was a fun place to try but I prefer to actually hear people when I'm trying to speak to them... spoken like a true 70 year old!