Five Guys

Meadowhall has a Five Guys! I have been lamenting over some of the places I liked in Manchester, so this discovery was very welcome. In fact, the first time we saw the Five Guys, they were still training staff, so it was closed. However, now when I say to Mr. Snarky, «Can we go to Meadowhall?» He is quite happy to make the trek as long as he gets Five Guys for lunch.
While the set up is a bit nicer than some… with a logical flow of traffic from placing your order to getting drinks at the end, it is a bit smaller. By smaller I mean, not much room to wait for your order and not as much in the seating area. Although the one part that doesn’t quite flow is where they chose to place the area that you pick up milkshakes. It is between the tills and where you pick up orders and it seemed to be confusing everyone… not to mention causing a bit of a traffic jam in the flow of people moving from placing their orders to waiting for them.
Because this is a bit smaller with fewer seats, we managed to grab seats across from Five Guys on some bar stools, but finding seating on a weekend at lunchtime is like finding a needle in a haystack. I know that’s not really Five Guys’ fault though. You do have to listen closely for your order number as it can be quite difficult to hear with the loud music and the noise from the food court. Food was good as always, although the burgers were a bit on the sloppy side… but then again they had only been open for two weeks by the time we went.