Five Points

A bit on the pricey side, but there’s nothing like a Bronx Burger and a Chocolate Milkshake from Five Points. Highly recommended.

I arrived at 11.50 am and ordered the Bronx and a serve of chips.
Service: friendly and super quick, even though there were about 6 orders ahead of me. Restaurant is clean with a large communal table and some stools.
Food: I love salty food told but both the burger and chips were too salty from the first bite onwards. The bread didn’t taste fresh and the texture was crumbly, like you get with old bread. There was lots of bacon, the meat patty was pink and thankfully not bloody. Salt was the prominent flavour which is why I can only rate this a 2 star experience.
Value: $ 13 for the burger alone is a bit steep however, I was willing to pay to see what the hype was about.

Was going to give it 4* but they’re making the thing with bare hands. I don’t know what the health and safety guidelines are in Australia, but I prefer to see a thin layer of plastic between my raw lettuce and freshly toasted bun, and the hand of the person putting them together. This is how Chipotle got norovirus outbreaks… I mean, Five Points looks to have a very clean kitchen, complete with hand washing sinks and the right sprays, but those bare hands… So, one star goes.
It’s a decent, large burger in the style of Carl Jr’s etc. It’s competently prepared, everything is the right size/​cooking level/​taste in the Bronx (standard option). Quite expensive at $ 13. But then I am told $ 13 is a bargain for lunch anywhere near the centre of town.
The joint was mostly empty at 5pm on a weekday and service was a little gloomy although they make an effort to muster some energy when communicating with you, and it’s quick and efficient and friendly. Maybe it was the weather. The low lighting and «Swedish hipster minimalist» interior makes this about as friendly to hang around in as McDonald’s or an airport gate.

The best burger I’ve tasted in Sydney. Possibly the world and I’ve travelled a lot. A burger without chips is not really an American burger and the chips here a fantastic too.
If you can handle the guilt to add a milkshake, go with the salt caramel. Perfection.
The only problem is that I work in North Sydney so resisting eating a Five Points burger every day is a challenge.

Three words.
Double beef bronx.
So good I legit had dreams about it this morning.
Small venue which is always packed so if you’re with friends you’ll either have to wait or get takeaway. Even with how busy it was, my burger came out in what felt like 5minutes — amazing speed!
More space and a liquor license are the only things this place needs.

So, five points! Finally tried. Arrived 2pm, prob 5 orders to cook and still took 30 min to see food!
That aside, this is a five star burger by five points. (Bronx burger $ 12.50) Beef perfectly cooked, slightly under. Perfect beef flavour to not overpower whole thing. (Not sure of cut but probably chuck)
Crisp salad, warm brioche bun.
A little too much sauce, especially when u add the melted American cheese. But the burger did hold its shape until the last mouthful!
Other positives:
— cleanliness of front of house including condiments on each bench/​table
— friendliness of staff, willing to explain menu to first time customers (without eye rolling like some trendy spots)
— loved seeing them care enough to put milkshakes in fridge at counter to keep cold waiting for burgers
Negatives:
— grill cook wiping his mouth multiple times on tea towel riding on his shoulder/​hygienic no no!
— same guy putting bacon on and off a burger multiple times until he realised it was sans pork … what if customer was Muslim dude! Keep it pork free!
— milkshake lacked wow (see Ribs and Burgers Thickshake as perfect wow shake!)
I will be back :-)

Fab burgers (best in North Sydney?),
But crowded at lunchtime.
Open on Thursday and Friday evenings though (else closed at 5)

After having heard so much and with the commencement of Burger passport thought this would be a great place to start given the close location to my work.
The one star Is for the excellent service received when ordering, because I like my burger patty well done zero red and I’m very specific about this. The order was captured with all these details and because I had to run back to work for a phone hook up imagine my disgust and rage the upon cutting the burger is half it was full of redness in the burger patty.
If Five Points wasn’t 35degress outside I would have walked back up hill and thrown the burger in the chefs face.
Attention: chefs /​short order cooks no one cares how you think a burger patty should be cooked — the customer is always right — so get it right!

OK, OK, OK.
Since I wrote my last review, I have had some other burgers, including the Rustic Board burger (café around the corner), and, yes. This one is waaaaaaay better.
So much better.
Pretty much a perfect cheeseburger.
There is a reason for the long lines and chaos here at lunch time. I’m still not sure I can be bothered with it all on an average day, but there is a reason!

The hype for this place was out of control. I heard rumours of 50-​plus lines at lunchtime when the North Sydney office workers spilled out of their cubicles jonesing for a burger fix. God knows they needed a new hotspot to take their attention away from the slew of been-​there, done-​that eating options littering Miller Street and surrounds.
The Bronx was good, nice and sloppy just how I like it, juice dripping down my hands with a patty all up in and around my mouth business, the bun smearing sauce all over my cheeks like some kind of delicious rouge. I like that they’ve got hot sauce on the table, as well as American mustard and such. Hot sauce goes with everything. Even hot sauce.
The bearded owner came over to me and asked me to taste test some new artisan soft drinks he was thinking of stocking, a ginger ale and a chilli orange fizz. He gave me a small cup of each and said «on the house, what do you think?» I told him my honest feedback, then on the bill noticed they’d slugged me 50cents for the ginger ale. Really?

Awesome burgers, on par with Mary’s as my favourite in Sydney.
I don’t understand their sauce policy though. Dine in customers enjoy the privilege of 3 different types of free sauces on their table but takeaway customers pay 50c for a squirt of sauce on their chips. Would have given 5 stars if not for this.

There’s this company called Airtasker through which you can basically hire people to do things you’re either too lazy or not skilled enough to do. For example, you can hire someone, for a fee, to line up for you for a certain number of minutes. I don’t know what I’d be charged, but my 50 minute wait for a takeaway burger from this place had me wishing I’d utilised this service. This wouldn’t be so if the burger wasn’t up to scratch, though the opposite is true — the burger (The Bronx, which is, not surprisingly, their most popular) tasted f**king fantastic. The meat was perfectly cooked, and I didn’t need to wait, as I did with the Old Growler’s Roadhouse burger, for it to cool down. It was layered with a juicy strip of bacon, a fresh and crunchy slice of lettuce, American mustard, jack cheese and some other tasty ingredients.
I do wish it were open after 5pm, like Mary’s, but there aren’t enough people on the streets of North Sydney for this to be justified. A man can dream, though, can’t he?

Finally made it to this place today and burgers did not disappoint!
Arrived about 1pm and it was packed! However, the orders get out fast enough.
Only had to wait just under 10 minutes for our burgers to arrive.
Very tasty Manhattan burger and goes well with the vanilla bean milkshake.
By the time 1.30pm came the place was almost empty! So a good time around then.

Delicious burgers! There seems to be a surge in old school burgers at the moment; Mary’s, Grill’d, The Burger Project, and now Five points.
Borrowing from the Five boroughs of NY we get a supposed authentic taste of America. (Haven’t been to NY so can’t verify. ;)
And boy are they tasty. We went for the Bronx burgers and weren’t disappointed. Beautifully char grilled, the pickles were tasty not tart, the bacon was perfectly cooked and the bun soft but not weak.
I’d have to put this right up the top, with Mary’s a close second. These burgers were a little fatty, but that’s where the flavour is, right? Would recommend.
But it gets busy quickly so get in before the lunch rush.

I had never really been a burger person, not many people probably were… not until the Bronx.
This burger is perfection. Soft hot plate charred bun, perfectly cooked/​seasoned generous pattie, perfectly placed peripherals, crispy bacon and the best cheese I’ve had yet on a burger.
For me it will take a lot to get on top of this burger for it’s price. Rockpool and Marys come at a distant second.

I was on a burger hiatus for the longest time due to a bet and then Five Points came out… I was seething inside because I couldn’t cave in and from the photos it just looked amazing.
The bet finally ended and I made sure Five Points was one of the first burgers for me to get my hands on. Came last Friday just shy of noon and there was already a massive queue, even on a rainy day. The line snaked around the entrance to a side road, and it took about 20 – 30 minutes to put our order in, and another 15 minutes to wait for it.
I ordered a Bronx Double, and my fiancée and friend got the Manhattan and fries. I don’t know how some reviewers can compare these burgers to In-​N-​Out, because they taste nothing like In-N-Out…In-N-Out is an upscale McDonald’s, not a holy grail of burgers. It’s like comparing In-​N-​Out to Shake Shack, you can’t…they’re totally different burgers and at different price ranges.
Anyway, was it worth the hype? For the most part yes. Loved the Brasserie Bread and the meat was a great pink. However, I’ll definitely be opting for a standard Bronx next time as the double beef overwhelmed the burger a bit. It probably needed a little more cheese or sauce as two (large) beef patties plus bacon is a lot of meat. The fries were average at best. Would I wait 45 minutes again for it? I’d wait 20 minutes max, and only if I worked in North Sydney.
Best burger in Sydney? No, but in the top 10 for me… but definitely the prettiest one.

Nothing really happens in North Sydney. The most exiting part of the day would be to successfully avoid those charity workers at Elizabeth Plaza on Mount Street standing strategically at the top of the hill.
Five Points is quickly changing that now. Lunch time cannot come any sooner. This New York neighbourhood inspired café offers a range of beef, chicken and vegetarian burgers, beer battered chips, slaw and milkshakes.
It was 11.40am and there was already people being served and a 10-​man line. By the time I received my order 15 minutes later, the line was at two dozen with non-​committed foodies turning back.
BRONX $ 12.50
(Grilled beef pattie double cheese, tomato sauce, pickles, american mustard, aioli, bacon, onion jam, iceberg lettuce)
This combination is pretty much the perfect beef burger for me. All of the ingredients and condiments are common but in the right proportion. The beef patty was charred around the edges almost crispy (I liked that) whilst still moist and medium inside without being too oily. The bacon added texture whilst the cheese speaks for itself. It’s hard to explain all of the flavours and textures coming through, it is definitely an experience. The portion is quite large with the chips, I was stuffed. You can always add a patty for $ 3 extra.
BEER BATTERED CHIPS $ 4
(Our home 5 point beer battered chips)
Five Points beer battered chipsThese are the best chunky chips I have had in a while and are worth the $ 4. The batter is perfect, light and full of flavour from the beer. The inside is so smooth almost like mash potato.
Conclusion
Really one of the best burgers in Sydney, I can’t wait to try the other burgers. The Bronx burger is a classic perfectly executed with flair and the chips were light crispy little pockets of comforting mash. They will open for dinner soon. Expect this place to be packed for the months to come.
@thesydneynoob

Like a good little boy, when I am told to go try a new burger joint, how can I refuse??? O_​o
If the cue is anything to go by, Five Points is THE place to get a burger in North Sydney. Given that the Bronx burger seemed to have all they had to offer, I ordered it and a side of chips.
Compared to Mary’s (the favourite of many at the moment) this Five Points burger is an order of magnitude better in pretty much every way. The bun, is still sweeter than I’d like, but the burger is thick and juicy, the cheese is melted and intertwined with the bacon, and oozes out just a little with every bite.
That said, after the first bite, the mix of fatty, salty, sweet rendered the rest if the burger both mouthwatering and tasteless. Like eating raw cookie dough, there is a blissful moment of guilty pleasure, but much of the bliss is wasted after the first mouthful.
The chips were good, but nothing exceptional.
All in all, the experience was good, but… I won’t be going back. Bonarche Burgers in Leichhardt is still the Sydney Burger shop that has my top recommendation, as the individual flavours of all the ingredients intertwine and standout simultaneously.

Outstanding.
I had a Bronx with double meat and a side of fries. Somewhat comparable to a double double from In N Out, only about twice the size and cooked to perfection. Patties were medium rare, juicy and delicious. Beer battered fries also top-​notch.
¹⁰⁄₁₀ will burger again, and not just because I live 200m away. Jealous? You should be.

Visit #2:
Went here this Friday just gone and was quite impressed by the progress this place has made, I originally went the second day in and they have certainly improved!
The line was well out the door but we were served and received our meal within 30 mins. A vast improvement!
I decided to order everything the same to compare just over a month on from the first visit. I ordered a Manhattan, Fries & Choc Shake came to $ 20.
The burger looked different when I opened the box but for the better the new buns were much more appealing the burger looked slightly smaller buts that’s ok because it was fantastic I loved every minute of eating it. Still not enough Tom Sauce but no worries I added some. The quantity of fries has improved and thy were cooked better too! The shake however to my disappointment was not improved so I won’t be getting one again. Also still no slaw available yet it’s on the menu?
Overall a much improved experience I give it a ⁴⁄₅ and the burger itself a ⁵⁄₅!!!
Visit #1:
Ventured here today after thinking about it all week, the joint is across the road from my workplace so very convenient! I walked into Five Points at 12.05 the Que was around 7 deep and other people waiting for their orders at that point I was served in around 15 mins and ended up walking out with my burger at 12.40 so a fairly long process! By the time I left the line was out the door and extended down the sidewalk.
Burger was nice, bun tasty, patty cooked perfectly, lettuce crisp and good mix of aioli, mustard and pickles. Could have done with more tomato sauce it was a little too creamy for me, but no worries I just added extra! Chips were tiny for $ 4 they were tasty but certainly the quantity was not enough for the price!
Tried a milkshake wasn’t overly impressed lacked in thickness really just tasted like milk to be honest and was tiny.
Was disappointed they didn’t have slaw something I was looking forward to trying.
It’s Five Points first week so I’m sure things will die down after a while however in the interim they don’t have enough prep space to efficiently turn the volume of burgers around with the demand.
Overall the burger was tasty & i give it a ⁴⁄₅ and it Is very convenient for me however they lose a few points for the above shortcomings therefore the overall experience would be a 3/5…I will try them again in a month or so to see if things improve.