Seven, Gourmet Burger House, Queens Road, Clevedon

It takes a brave man to open a 'Gourmet Burger' restaurant, off the beaten track (Queens Road) in a small town but that's just what someone did a month ago, and now I've finally got round to giving it a go.

There's two types of Burger on offer, the 'normal' menu, ranging from £1:25 for a basic burger, to £2:95 for a deluxe quarter pounder with Cheese, and the 'Gourmet' menu which start at £4:50 for a burger with just mayo and salad, and no chips, that's an extra quid!

I went for the Blue Cheese Melt, which as the name suggests comes with blue cheese, mayo and salad (mushrooms also but I didn't bother) Te Burger looked and tasted good, good thickness well cooked, with some nice fries, that's where the plaudits end though.The Blue Cheeses was almost non-existent, you could barely taste it, the salad comprised two pieces of tomato and a tiny bit of lettuce, no onions, and for £5:50 this really isn't great value.The restaurant doesn't take cards (this is the 21st Century ffs!), once served you are pretty much ignored, and when we left there was barely a murmur of thanks, dreadful customer service.

Burger 4/5
Bun 3.5/5
Extras 1/5
Overall 3/5

Bristol Inn, Chapel Hill, Clevedon

It's the big one, time to review my local!!
The Pub is currently running a two meals for £7:99 (usually £9:99) so on paper very good value, but is it good value on the plate though? (see what I did there)

So, for four quid you get cheese burger, chips and a salad.The Burger was pretty much cooked to perfection, a nice thick juicy patty, very tasty.Chips again, nicely cooked and tasty, finally the salad was well presented with lettuce, onion, red pepper and some nice long thin slices of cucumber with a splash of salad dressing.

Excellent meal, well presented and super value for money (slightly cheaper than what it would cost you for a McBigcrap meal!!)

Burger 4.5/5
Bun 4/5
Extras 4/5
Overall 4/5

Seven-Gourmet Burger House, opens in the 'Don!

A new Burger restaurant/take away has just opened in Queens Road, Clevedon, bottom of the road opposite the Electrical shop.Good luck to anyone opening a business in these tough times, and I feel the place might need it, new restaurants and takeaways are notorious for going under in hard times, and its location isn't that great, "off the beaten track" in a property that's been a Auto Parts store, Indian and Book shop in the past decade!

Best of luck though, and if you live local as least pop in once to see what it's like...

(I hope to pop in this weekend)

Seven-Gourmet Burger House Facebook Page

Crab Apple Pub, Southern Way, Clevedon

The 'Crabs' been closed the last 10 days or so for a refit and reopened on the previous Friday so I thought I'd get my skinny ass round there to check out the food.
Owned by the Baras chain it's your usual pub 'favourites' on a glossy menu with some pics in case you weren't too sure what a steak looked like.
I went for the usual Bacon & Cheese Burger, came with some nice chunky chips and a few onion rings.The Burger meat sadly was the stuff you might get from a Costco or Supermarket, nicely cooked it must be said, and two pattys chucked in there, so you really couldn't fault it.Bun was good as was the Bacon on top though the Cheese.....I'm sure it was in there somewhere!

A shade under £6 and perfectly acceptable.

Burger 3/5
Bun 4/5
Extras 3.5/5
Overall 3.5/5

Monday night homemade creation

Morrisons minced beef, salt & pepper, garlic, blue cheese, 4 minutes in the George Forman grill.Nice crusty roll, again from Mr Morrison, topped with 'plastic' cheese and some fried pineapple sprayed with balsamic vinegar.
Result.

Burger 4/5
Bun 4/5
Extras 4/5
Overall 4/5

The Old Inn, Clevedon

The Old Inn's been getting some good reviews from the locals so I thought it was time to haul ass there to try one of their Burgers.
£6-75 for a double Burger, Bacon, Cheese and Chips seemed a good choice, and it didn't disappoint.
Nice large, well cooked, and quality, couple of slabs of Cow, Bun wasn't the best at supporting the weight of the Bovine, not really a problem.Nice ample portion of chips, fresh salad (cucumber, tomato, pepper, lettuce) Thumbs up!

Burger 4.5/5
Bun 3/5
Extras 4/5
Overall 4/5

http://www.theoldinnclevedon.co.uk/

Belly Buster, Hither Green, Clevedon

After a week 'off' from the Burgers we're straight in there, all in the name of research.Went for a Cheese Burger with Onions, got to be said, didn't look the most appetising Burger but this was a case of 'don't judge a book by it's cover'.
Tasty slice of beef, usual slab of thin processed cheese which did it's job, nice tasty onions.Job done well.

Burger 4/5
Bun 3.5/5
Extras 4/5
Overall 4/5

The Marlens Festival, Clevedon Seafront

The scene of the crime

I should have known better.The Burgers all sat there there pre-cooked, looking pretty unappetising, someone else bought a hot dog, which looked fresh and tasty.No I thought, in the pursuit of  Burger research I shall go for it.The lifeless burger was dumped into a dry roll, I think there was cheese on it, all served with a slight sneer, and all for £3:50!!!

Depressing.

 

Burger 1/5

Bun 2/5

Extras 1/5

Overall 1/5

H&H, Teignmouth Rd, Clevedon

I think this place used to be Shirley Burger, so I thought it could be the first of the Clevedon food wagons put to the test.A reasonable £2:40 for a cheese burger cooked from fresh and very nice it was too!
Roll 4/5
Burger 4/5
Extras 4/5

Overall 4/5 (obviously!)