Guy Fieri’s Kitchen + Bar (Menlyn)

Wednesday, June 21st, 2017

Reviewed by Pierre Coetzee

As American is it gets. The Bourbon brown sugar sauce on the Ringer burger was good, but that's sort of where it ended. The patties were over cooked and nothing memorable - a shame when small local burger franchises can pull it off better with our world class SA beef, at half the price (R175 for a burger and chips is rough). The fries were bland and all his signature dishes were a let down. Bacon, mac&cheese on a burger is just that, a bunch of ingredients thrown together and never really felt like it came together as a meal. Cheap crisps and pretzels stuck in a (admittedly great) baked cheesecake, again, were never going to merge as a good dessert. The ambience however, is very vibey with friendly service. It's not an unpleasant experience, but véry expensive for what you get, which is why I am very unlikely to recommend or return to Guy's SA 'dive'.