Norma's Burger Bar

Super thin patty with great smash char. Lacking juices but flavour is there. I really hope they go back to caramelised onion, works better than pickle.

Coating not as in your face as I remember but that seeded mustard sauce made up for that. Very strong and on the fence for me. Chicken abit over done, dry, like my otger burg but flavours were there.

The original Norma’s is a hard act to follow. Burger was fine, but not the same caramelisation on the smashed patty, not enough maple on the maple bacon and the seasoning on the chips has changed for the worse. We used to drive distances to get Norma’s - while I’ll eat the new Norma’s if it’s on offer I dont think I’ll go out of my way.

Perfectly acceptable burger, but compared to what it was under the previous owners, a bit disappointing. It just feels less somehow. Less sauce, less attention paid, less personal. My friends and I used to be willing to drive out fair distances to follow Norma’s, now we might go if it’s conveniently local.

Bangarang Peter. The team on board are progressing nicely and as the weather's heating up so are their burgers. A brand new lamb special,. The smash is more consistent and big plans for 2020. Fingers crossed !

Added chicken because #friedchickenfriday Love the maple bacon and the sauce, chicken was crunchy and succulent, all the best for 2020

🍔Norma’s Lamb 2   🌶🐑Norma’s Smashed Lamb Patty (Chilli) 🧀American Cheese 🥖Crispbread 🌶Capsicum 💦Norma’s Secret Sauce   So excited to see new menu items at Normas, there are two smashed lamb patty options now, I went for the chilli one obviously.  Lamb had a nice strong meaty taste and the capsicum brought a real savoury taste.  Crispbread enhanced the crunch, personally I think it needs a mint sauce or something similar to counter the rich lamb taste, lamb is a hard meat to conquer in a burger but this is really encouraging.

It’s been ages since I had the pleasure of smashing the smashed patty goodness of Norma’s. They were local today down at Shark Island brewery which was great news. Terrific beer and tasty burger. Happy days.