Copenhagen just got its first Five Guys, and this is what you are walking into. The world-famous burger chain finally landed in Denmark, right inside Field's, and the first thing that happens when you walk in is free peanuts. That is a Five Guys tradition, and it sets the tone: this place does a few things, and it does them without holding back. This visit was sponsored.
Field’s is the big shopping center out in Ørestad, an easy Metro ride from the city, and Five Guys sits there in full red-and-white uniform. It is loud, bright and busy, with sacks of potatoes literally stacked around the room so you can see exactly where the fries are coming from. This is fast food as spectacle, not a quiet dinner, and that is the whole point.
Every burger is made to order, and you decide exactly what goes on it. If it is your first time, keep it simple, maybe just cheese. If you want total chaos, stack as many toppings as you like, which works out to over 250,000 possible combinations. And if you cannot decide, there is a name for that too: order it All The Way, and every single topping goes on at once.
The choices do not stop at the burger. The Freestyle soda machine mixes over 100 flavors, so you build your drink the same way you build your burger, mixing and matching until it is exactly yours. And the fries are the real deal: actual potatoes, cut by hand every single morning, which is why those sacks are stacked in plain sight.
We went for the All The Way burger, obviously, and a bacon cheeseburger with hot sauce and jalapeños. Juicy patties, melted cheese, a soft toasted bun, the kind of burger you need both hands and a stack of napkins for. Cajun fries on the side, seasoned and hot. Then we polished it all off with the salty-sweet peanut butter bacon milkshake, which sounds like a dare and drinks like a victory lap.
This is not fine dining and it is not pretending to be. It is a big, messy, properly American burger for when the craving hits and only volume will fix it. Go hungry, because the portions do not hold back, and go with someone who will split the fries, because a regular here feeds two. More Copenhagen locations are already on the way, but this is where it started.
If you have been waiting for real Five Guys in Copenhagen, the wait is over, and it delivers exactly what it promises.
But now… the real question is… where do we go next?
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