Brodburger

Note: This was November, 2016. I heard some good reviews about Brodburger so I decided to pop in during a road trip to Canberra. I was expecting a lot from this burger as it seemed to have all the right ingredients. Extremely disappointing... The beef was dry, the bun and sauce were flavourless. Maybe it was an off day, but it was a major letdown. Doesn’t come close to the burgers here in Sydney.

Spending some time in our nations capital this week and took a break from roundabout spotting to test our brodburger. I was skeptical looking at some of the photos and my photo is no better. The photo in a weird way does perfect justice to this beautiful burger. 200G FLAME GRILLED BEEF PATTY LETTUCE TOMATO SPANISH ONION HOMEMADE AIOLI TOMATO RELISH SWISS CHEESE This tasted like a really really good old fashioned burger. Moist bun, good balance of greens and the Aioli and patty were kings of this burger. The Spanish onion was prominent and complemented the Aioli and patty well. This burger also travelled well. Order online, it gets VERY busy around lunch. To improve, patty could have filled the bun better and I like a little more cheese. If in Canberra, you must try this out!

✔ Blue cheese, grilled meat patty, plain bun I used to frequent brodburger many years ago when it was a red caravan by the lake that was uneasy to the national capital authority's eye (they were truing to evict them for setting up illegally)... Now they've been set up art the glass works for a few years now. At the time i thought these guys were awesome as they were venturing into the gourmet burger scene where their nearest competitor was maccas. Times have evolved since then and they have a much larger selection. I opted for the original brodburger and whilst it doesn't compete with some of the new offerings around town, It still maintained its original flavors i remember so long ago. The tangy blue cheese, the slighty rare mince, the simple bun to allow you to focus on the meat and cheese. All of this is enough to make you crave more!!! The onion rings are of the battered variety in case you're expecting crumb.

I had heard good things about this place, The Hound even recommended them, but sadly they didn’t deliver. There was nothing terribly wrong with the burger, but there also wasn’t anything right with it. A bunch of us (28) headed there after a half day at work, when we were told there’d be a wait if 50 minutes half left. After 70 minutes our chips/onion rings arrived, and after a further 10-20 minutes all our burgers were on the table. The wait itself was not a problem, the problem was 3/4 the restaurant ordering after us, and being fed before us. Now to the burger, there is no better word than “meh” to describe it. Beef patty was large (200g) but was both dry and flavourless. The lettuce was bitter, and the aioli tasted like mayo. I’m 95% sure there were other ingredients, but they were forgotten amongst the mentioned ingredients. The chip servings are generous, $6.50 getting you a huge huge serve, but they were oily, cold and, again, flavourless. All in all, I’d skip a beef burger if I were to return, but I probably would recommend other burgers over these guys.