Byron Hamburgers Restaurant
97-99 Wardour Street, Soho, London, W1F 0UD
Venue Info
telephone:
020 7297 9390
venue:
Restaurant
cuisines:
Burgers
opening times:
Mon-Thurs: 12pm - 11pm
Fri, Sat: 12pm - 11.30pm
Sun: 12pm - 10.30pm
Venue Rating
Diner Rating:
1 review
Critic Rating:
0 reviews
iStarvin Review
15th April, 2010
Probably the best burger chain in London, always in the same uncozy setting: hard angles, glass and white tiles. The newest branch at ex-goth pub The Intrepid Fox has some exposed brick, but looks much the same as the others. The food is always adept and generous: gloriously juicy, firm burgers and fries of crisp, golden sizzle. There are thoughtful touches like the frozen beer glasses for the Brooklyn Lager, and pickled cucumbers on the side. The signature Byron Burger comes with dry-cured bacon, a flap of cheddar and 'Byron sauce' - essentially tarted-up Thousand Island dressing. They serve wicked onion rings and slimy deep-fried courgettes, and you can finish with a textbook Knickerbocker Glory – but don't let any of these distract you from the central beefy event. In all, it's glorious stuff.
Byron At The Intrepid Fox, Soho
When Lord Byron - poet, aristocrat, traveller, soldier and politician - died in 1824, his contemporary at Cambridge and lifelong intimate Lord Hobhouse said of him that "No man lived who had such devoted friends." Judging by the praise lavished upon it by critics, bloggers and particularly the Twitterati, it would seem that his namesake chain of upscale burger bars inspires similar...
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My favourite of the Byron stores
Although I love all of Byron's branches, the Soho store is my favourite because of the way they've stayed true to their building heritage (Intrepid Fox!!) and also the great bar downstairs. And the burgers are *always* delicious!
So I finally dragged my butt down to Byron Soho
So I finally dragged my butt down to Byron Soho - I started doing this post the way I start all of my posts. I flick through my photos and after wiping a sufficient amount of drool off my keyboard, I get my creative juices flowing and smack them into some sort of an aesthetic collage, “kook” them a little, “vignette” the sides and supposedly, on the other end of...
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