grill'd

14 July 2009, 01:41

it seems burgers are all the rage nowadays. Grill’d (57 Willoughby Rd) is the new kid on the block with shiny red signs and crazy murals on the wall. helen and i have received free vouchers from the lovely amanda from undertow media and after a morning at the sydney winter festival we arrive at the crows nest store and glance at the menu on the tables. not that we hadnt already studied the menu online already. nope.


tomato bottles! so cute! the deal with grill’d is you order and pay at the counter and they’ll bring your burgers to your table. the burgers are made to order and you get to pick what kinda bun you’d like from the basket display. we’d managed to score a table right by the semi open ‘kitchen’ and loved watching the grill’d boys shape and mould each pattie. but not so much the stabbing of the chicken on the grill. so we opted for burgers that weren’t from the chicken family.


MAH BURGAH! i ordered the baa baa lamb burger ($11.90)- Grilled lean lamb pattie with avocado, tasty cheese, salad, relish and herbed mayo. erm and then i decided my burger was a little too healthy and added extra pineapple. and egg. and brie which was $1.30 each. and yup it was super tasty!


helen ordered the almighty grill’d beef burger ($12.50)- Grilled 100% lean beef, tasty cheese, crispy trim bacon, free range egg, a couple of slices of beetroot with salad, relish and herbed mayo.


hee om nom nom. oh so you see my bottle of sky vodka? grill’d is licensed and I GOT CARDED! ugh i understand they need to check everyones id but seriously? i look under 18?!


burgah innards! my burger was such a beast with all the added extras i had to chop him in half


Hot chips ($4.30)- Thick chips with Grill’d herb mix. the hot chips arrive in a paper bag and disappointingly the salsa comes in a plastic tub. dudes really? plastic?


i loved the drawings on the wall and if im in there area i would prolly return. oh and shame they dont have a dessert section on the menu!

chocolatesuze dined courtesy of Grill’d with thanks to Amanda from Undertow Media.

1. LOL at getting carded! I think I’ll still be getting that too, for a while. The plastic tub actually turned out to be convenient for us since we took our leftover chips and sauce home and nommed it in front of the tv :D

   — Steph    Jul 14, 09:55 AM    #
   
   

2. The carding is due to a new push on the carding of people who look under 25, as specified by the laws…

   I love real burgers! never put egg on mine (ugh) but the rest!!

   — Fiona    Jul 14, 11:45 AM    #
   
   

3. LOL at you getting carded! Burger joints are popping up all over the place – I feel like a burger now! Love the tomato bottles – so cute!

   — Betty    Jul 14, 12:04 PM    #
   
   

4. Burger mania! I find the pic of the chicken and the cow with burger captions above their heads strangely disturbing and yes, dessert would’ve been good!

   — Helen (grabyourfork)    Jul 14, 12:44 PM    #
   
   

5. i’m so tempted to buy one of those tomato bottles. found them in a kitchenware shop in balmain but thought otherwise..it seemed a bit silly to get one for home. my next stop for burgers will be grill’d – burgers and chips look great!

   — panda    Jul 14, 10:32 PM    #
   
   

6. Hee hee pats head there there underage drinking is very badd so just let me take care of that for u… :P
   but yeah I think their burgers are ok but their chips are very nice

   — FFichiban    Jul 14, 10:33 PM    #
   
   

7. steph: haha true true the container would be good for takeaway
   fiona: lol i love egg! i wouldve added mushroom if they had it
   betty: and when the dude asked me i didnt have my wallet on me so had to run back to table to get it ahhh the shame
   helen: mmm dessert… dinner is never complete without dessert
   panda: haha me too! but i hardly ever use tomato sauce bah
   ffichiban: LOL thank you big brother!

   — chocolatesuze    Jul 16, 12:02 AM    #
   
   

8. those tomato bottles are retro NZ kitchenware….every kitchen in NZ had one….would love to get one now for my kitchen here in OZ

   — Lilly    Jul 16, 12:24 AM    #
   
   

9. After seeing your photos, having burger and chip cravings! Though Vodka during the day…? Must have been a rough week :)

   Do you think a dessert burger would work at all?

   — Simon    Jul 16, 05:20 PM    #
   
   

10. I LOVE this place!! Wish we had more in Sydney!! Summer Sunset, with chicken is my fave atm lol

    — Miss Honey    Jul 22, 11:18 AM    #
    
    

11. Hey this place has a been ard in St kilda in Melbourne for ages .. awesome place :)

    — Rajan    Jul 23, 12:54 PM    #