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Obtuse said
Shame about the actual burger!
Recently opened in a far corner of the "less fashionable" side of the Clifton Triangle is Yo Yo Burger Station. Competition on The Triangle is pretty fierce for restaurants and take-aways and their out-of-the-way location really lets them down in terms of passing traffic. However the lack of a good burger joint in Clifton encouraged a friend and I to visit for a mid-week lunch.
First impressions are that it's bright and clean. A couple of TV displays hang from the roof listing the array of burgers (beef, lamb, chicken or veggie) as well as sides and drinks. The price for a double burger, fries and a drink isn't unreasonable but it's pricier than a trip to Burger King.
You can either take your burger away or eat-in in the basement seating area. The basement is all clever lighting and white walls. A single wedge shaped table is in the centre of the room with fixed stools around it. Seating is limited and not suitable for groups. Quite distracting too are the TVs embedded into the tables showing music TV to accompany the music piped into the restaurant.
The food was a seriously mixed bag. The fries were light, crispy and not over salted. The burger bun and the Portabella mushroom strips were tasty and mouth sized. So it's a real shame that the star of the show, the burger, was such a disappointment. It tasted like a frozen cheap supermarket burger - no real taste and a strange mouth feel that leaves you wondering about the provenance of the meat contained in it. There are dozens of places around Bristol serving far better tasting home made burgers. Hopefully this is something they can quickly rectify because a burger joint serving such mediocre burgers will surely not last that long.
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Obtuse
London, UK
