Comments on: MEATMarket’s Greasy Grub not for the Groundlings

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:03:14 +0000

I am sooo late the MEAT party, but what struck me most about my Dead Hippie experience last night was that I had simply just become another mug who had bought the hype and paid GBP13.50 for a Big Mac Meal.

MEAT is great proof that you really can fool some people all of the time.

When will we all learn? Just because some people will line-up to get in somewhere, it doesn’t mean that what’s inside must be good.

By: AH

AH — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:45:57 +0000

I had a Black Palace a few days ago – with high anticipation after a very tasty burger at MeatLiquor. What a massive disappointment. The overt sloppiness has been well documented by others above and we also had an issue with inconsistency, some burgers rare, some well done. My burger was bizzerly hot in temperature – at least the meat was, i dont know how they got it that hot. That made the pickles and onions really steam up and along with the general sloppiness this made the bun (which they steam anyway) fall apart almost instantly. If you’re wrapping a burger in paper as they do here i dont think you need to steam the bun as well. I also found the meat a bit gristly – perhaps some of the fat in it had not redered properly? And only double burgers on offer?

I’m not sure how this place manages to be so different from MeatLiquor? The tasty element on offer was the fries, and the girls on the front counter (is that appropriate?). But I won’t be rushing back for a burger.

By: Becki

Becki — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:36:39 +0000

No question that Lucky Chip’s burgers are some of the best around at the moment, they’ve certainly done their homework.

And Ian, agree with you that the consistency at MEATLiquor and MEATMarket isn’t great, but almost for the opposite reason – dare I say that you can have way too much of a “towering sloppy messy feast” and I know I’m in dangerous territory here, but this sums it up perfectly – http://thewheatandthechaff.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/are-meatmarkets-burgers-the-wrong-side-of-filth/

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:16:44 +0000

Agree with You completely Ronan as Lucky chip’s burgers are consistently tasty and
good value for money and the truffle chips are to die for 😀

By: Daniel Young

Daniel Young — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 09:57:20 +0000

In reply to Ronan. Ronan - No queues, or crowds, at my three midday visits. Have no idea what it's like in the evening.

By: Alicia (foodycat)

Alicia (foodycat) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 09:51:43 +0000

So is this up where the “food court” used to be? There was a horrible Chinese and quite an OK Caribbean takeaway?

By: Ronan

Ronan — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 09:50:35 +0000

Lucky Chip holds the crown in my view, though it’s a close run thing with them and MeatLiquor.

Is MeatMarket very busy? Still not been along…

By: Daniel Young

Daniel Young — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 09:24:18 +0000

In reply to Donald Edwards. Donald - Well said about MEATLiquor and MEATMarket having been designed with the sensibility of sniggering 15-year-old in mind. Even so, you might be setting the age a year or two or three too high: I could imagine Ben, the young terror from Outnumbered, getting a rise from seeing DICKS on a men's toilet door but not Jake, his teenaged older brother.

By: Donald Edwards

Donald Edwards — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:58:28 +0000

Oddly what annoys me most about Meat Liquor and Market is the decor, I find both places seem to have been designed with a sniggering 15 year old in mind. Contrasted to #meateasy which for me hit the nail right on the head in terms of edgy cool. I also thought that meat liquor was a bit inconsistent early on, but recent visits to both have been spot on with burger quality.

By: Daniel Young

Daniel Young — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 06:34:07 +0000

Ian – The thing about the really good burger joints is they’re consistence. Oddly, it’s true of many of the really not-so-good burger joints, too. Is there a more consistent eating establishment than Burger King?