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

The Montague Pyke, 105-107 Charing Cross Road, London

Popped in for a bite to eat one weekday evening, standard Wetherspoons fayre, I opted for the 'Gormet Burger' with a free pint thrown in for just under £8.Well that's a bargain in anyone's book but even more so in the heart of the Big Smoke where a pint is over £4 on it's own.

But the proof of the pudding (or Burger) is in the eating.

Well I've previously had this meal In Bournemouth, and very nice it was too, and this was just as good.Nicely cooked meaty slice of Cow, topped with Bacon,Stilton and Shropshire Blue & spring onion sauce, two dips (Relish, Mayo) plus some nice chunky chips and 'real' Onion Rings to accompany it.The only negative was the bun was a bit limp and pretty much fell apart when picked up, it could have done with toasting, but other than that a tasty meal at a bargain price.

Burger 4/5
Bun 2/5
Extras 4/5
Overall 4/5

The Mitre, High Street, Oxford.

A new year, a new City visited and time for the first Burger of the year.The Mitre Pub is owned by the Beefeater chain, a nice olde Pub in the heart of Oxford, it looked inviting, and on a cold Winter's day I didn't need much persuading.
I went for the obligatory Cheese and Bacon Burger with fries.The meal arrived about 10 minutes later piping hot and looking not bad at all.Good thick, nicely cooked piece of meat, chunky chips, side salad and mayo and relish dips, all tasted good.The only minus point was the cheese (a slice of Emmental) wasn't melted at all, just plonked on top of the Burger with the Bacon as an after thought.Other than that small criticism, two thumbs up and pretty tasty.

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

The Rodeo Burger

From this months FHM.....lose the Onion Rings though...no need!

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