Prime Burger Sukhumvit

Good burger restaurant with a clean and simple setup. The space is on the smaller side with tight seating, spread across two floors. There’s only one bathroom, which can be a bit limiting when it’s busy. Service was good and attentive, and the food was solid and well prepared. Overall, a nice spot if you’re in the area and craving a good burger. Conveniently located on the Green BTS line, making it easy to get to without driving.

3 weeks ago

I fell head first into a tourist trap. I didn’t like it. Just to specify from the beginning, ive had a fair share of burgers, all around the world. I’m all in for trying the local cuisine (I’ve been living mostly off street food and local eateries), but sometimes my body craves something more familiar, which is why I had dinner at this place last night. And coming from someone who knows his burgers, this one was very underwhelming, to put it nicely. I had the Paris burger with added caramelized onions (i thought they would add some nice sweetness) as well as some waffle fries. First, the fries. They were fine. Not bad at all but nothing crazy either. Now, the burger. The patties were overcooked and dry. The sauces were there, but the amount was negligible. The caramelized onions tasted like nothing. The bacon was the low-quality type, clearly one of the cheapest available (and the one that stands out the most from the photos). The bun didn’t taste fresh. For some reason, I couldn’t taste the cheese, i felt like they used the thinnest slices they could, and the quality wasn’t there either. The tomato was easily the most flavourful thing on the burger (+1 star because of this). I was lured in by the overwhelming amount of good reviews, and I left deeply disappointed. I know that in countries like Thailand it can be difficult to get good quality ingredients for Western food, at a fair price. But this restaurant clearly doesn’t use this kind of ingredients. As someone who works in the industry and had a fair share of burgers throughout his life, i can say Prime Burger is clearly a price that only cares about profit. After trying their food I can say there’s a way bigger investment in marketing and social media than in the food itself. The whole meal came out to just over 480 THB after tax (the prices on the menu are without VAT, which is advertised but it’s still sneaky). Now, I know I could have bought like 8 Pad Thais with this money. But as I said, I was craving something more familiar. And the only “familiarity” I got from this meal was the taste of corporate greed and price gouging, which nowadays doesn’t escape Thailand or anywhere in the world. So whoever’s reading this, go do something better with your money. There’s lots of better places for burgers out there: but even McDonalds stands stronger than Prime Burger. At least it tastes more familiar and consistent, at half the price.

2 months ago