Actually, I was kinda excited about it because 5NB was pretty good in NYC... But as with franchises goes, it doesn't always get better with quantity. You can bring a little piece of New York to the South but you may not get the same quality. I was hesitant to come here because I knew it would be swamped with everybody and their cougar moms. It's a good location (no other burger joints in sight), parking sucks dick, though... No pun intended but not that there's anything wrong with it.
Eh, fuck it, let's just get on with it... Y'all knew I had to do it sooner or later.
(Scales and Meat Hooks)
(Cornmeal Crusted Onion Rings -Blue cheese dressing & 5N sauce)It was pretty good, except that it tasted more like Panko crust than cornmeal... Which was a plus. Coulda been a mix but who cares. It wasn't greasy and had a nice crispy crunch to it. The sauces sucked ass, the 5N sauce was horrid use ketchup instead. The price to rings ratio = total rip off.
(House Cured Pickles)Tastes just like store bought bread & butter pickles but not as good. Totally forgot that these pickled flaps came with the lobster roll sliders, what a waste of like $4. Blah.
(Combo Platter -3 pieces sushi (tuna, yellowtail & salmon) 1 shrimp avocado roll, 1 spicy tuna roll)HAHAHA!!! Yeah, yeah, I know what you're saying... Why da fuck would I order sushi from a burger joint. Because it's fucking there on the menu and it was such a freakshow. I had to do it... Because I live on the edge. Eating raw fish at a meat joint is a total Triple Dog Dare. So, how was it? One word: It Was Fucking Horrendous. I swear this shit was left over from Nickimoto's walk-in, a box of frozen fish in the corner. What a lovely present. The nigiri was sliced so poorly and thinly, you can read the rice beneath it... It said, "SUCKA!". Amateur hour at its finest but with celeb-lawyer prices.
(Original 5 Napkin Burger - 10 oz. fresh ground chuck, gruyere cheese, caramelized onions, rosemary aioli, soft white roll)And now, da pièce de résistance! The 5 Napkin Burga...
(Under da hood)Doesn't look bad. And it wasn't a bad burga. Not the best nor was it what I remembered it in NYC. It's a well constructed burger, the patty didn't fall apart but the toppings did. Gruyere was melted way too much and start oozing off like a Mississippi mud slide. The ground chuck needed more fat, it was kinda dry inside. The bread woulda been nice if it was buttered and toasted. The fries tasted like Mickey Dee'z nuts fwies but just not as tasty.
(Lobster Roll Sliders - Sweet Maine lobster with 5N mayo, scallions & cucumbers, on 3 toasted soft white rolls with bread & butter pickles)I love my lobster rolls, gotta order it when I sees it. The lobster meat was borderline acceptable, lightly dressed but needed a tad more seasoning. The slider rolls needed to be buttered and toasted, desperately. It was so boring, tasted like a throwed roll that was tossed to you at some cheesy restaurant in Missouri. Get that roll thinger worked out and this would taste a lot better, prolly not by much. But at the end of the day, these sliders were just merely conversation. B&B pickles were as described, tiresome.
(Up and personal shot of these crustaceous rolls.)Overall, a decent over-priced burger that the midtown crowd will gladly pay for. For me, at that NYC price point, I expected a helluva lot more. Better food execution at the very least. The service was attentive and good. This place is a hit already and will going to be in the future. It's been a friggin' gold mine since the doors opened. But it will be my first and last visit here. Been there, done that. Nothing exceptional to bring me back unless you're paying.
Suckaz.
1.5 Stars.
990 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta , Georgia 30309404-685-0777
http://5napkinburger.com/midtown-atlanta
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