Almost Famous

In London we’ve got burger places on nearly every street — boring old limp McDonalds burgers just don’t cut it anymore so when I come out the capital it’s hard to find somewhere that matches up.
That’s until I came across Almost Famous in Liverpool. The Triple Treat is a 3 cheeseburger beast topped with bacon AND pulled pork! They’ve got wings coated in fiery ‘suicide’ sauce and chips laden with cheese and chilli. Portions are huge so come hungry, and leave very satisfied!
No table service — this a DIY venue but worth the trip!

Being a Chef myself and after living in California. I must say. This is the only place in Liverpool doing American burgers and sides properly. Apart from when I lived in Liverpool:) It has a student vibe about he décor, but attracts all age groups. As far as I remember too, they have a big selection of drinks. I really do think they should change their name from «Almost Famous» to «Famous» they really are that good. Do they need to change? Nope! They have really got the bull by the horns with their food. They do blow the competitors out the water. Be warned. You might get hooked on this place. The only place to be doing American food properly:) thanks

First thing to note is that this is not a place to go on a first date. There simply is no way to gracefully eat their burgers or wings without slathering face, fingers and possibly eyebrows in the vast amounts of sauce dripping from everything they make. It’s probably why you’re given a roll of kitchen of roll instead of napkins when you sit down.
When we first arrived it was queued out the door, ok it’s a small entrance way but that still meant there was at least a dozen people ahead of us. Thankfully we were quickly ushered inside and while we still had a 15 minute wait for a table for 4, and we could spend that time at the bar. The bar has a decent selection of the usual favourites. It’s a bit short on good beer/​ale but does have Brooklyn larger on draught. They also have their very own larger, which to be honest was unimpressive. It tasted very weak with no strong flavours and a distinct lack of hops. I would describe it like sex in a canoe, f**king close to water. If you’re a Bud or Coors lite drinker you’ll likely enjoy it.
But you don’t come here for the booze. The burger menu was impressive, the smallest they do is a double and every burger comes with a long list of toppings. Some crowd pleasures feature, candied bacon, pepper jack cheese, BBQ onions, but there are also some weird and wonderful additions such as crunchy pretzels, frazzles (yes the crisps!) and even beerios, which are some sort of beer infused cheerios, they only appear on their breakfast burger.
I had the river phoenix, a double cheese burger with bacon, BBQ onions, chipotle sauce, baconaise and the aforementioned frazzles. The burger was delicious, the meat was good quality and well cooked, although it did get lost under the vast amount of different toppings.
As sides we had their chilli cheese fries and suicide wings. The fries were excellent, a mixture of regular and sweet potato fries. They were cut to just the right thickness and had a nice crunch while still being fluffy on the inside. There wasn’t quite as much chilli as I’d have liked but other than that the fries were perfect. However I was disappointed in the suicide wings. I’m a big hot sauce fan and they were pretty mild. I would have liked for them to have been a lot hotter. I was expecting ghost pepper heat and only got Jalapeño.
It’s not full waiter service as you do have to order and pay at the bar. But the staff were pleasant and the queues were short so I didn’t mind. Our four burgers (3 doubles and a triple), two portions of fries and a portion of wings came to a very reasonable £40.

This place is great! The burgers are cooked and created to perfection. The sides are delicious. The young hipster staff provide a friendly and inviting atmosphere.
Also the house beer is awesome!
I highly recommend and will be back there soon.