What to Order at Five Guys: Every Item, Judged

$6.49 avg · 550 cal

The correct default, and the order the rest of the menu should be measured against. One patty, cheese, and as many toppings as you can talk them into, which is the part you're actually paying for. The regular version adds a second patty and $2.40 for a burger most people can't finish.

$8.49 avg · 630 cal

Two dollars for bacon is steep on paper. It's also the only upcharge on the menu that changes the burger, because Five Guys bacon is cooked crisp on the flat-top rather than steamed limp in a warming tray. Worth it once you've decided you're already spending Five Guys money.

$10.49 avg · 920 cal

Ten fifty for a sandwich with no side is the number that makes people quit this chain. If you're getting it anyway, ask for extra bacon and extra cheese, which they'll add free on the full-size version only. Otherwise the Little is 290 fewer calories and four dollars cheaper for the same flavor.

$9.49 avg

Started as a customer hack, went official in 2024, and quietly became the best-built thing on the menu. Toasted bread handles the grilled onions and grease far better than the sesame bun, which goes soft under a loaded burger within about five minutes. If your Five Guys order has ever arrived with a wet roll, this is the fix.

$4.99 avg · 526 cal

Still more potato than the cup implies, because they overfill the bag on purpose. Five dollars is a lot for fries. These are hand-cut in peanut oil the same day and they earn it, provided you eat them in the car and not forty minutes later.

$4.99 avg

Same fry, same price, better fry. The seasoning is salt-forward with real cayenne heat and it's free, which makes ordering plain a small act of self-harm. Get half-and-half if you're sharing with someone timid.

$6.49 avg · 953 cal

Not because they're bad. Because it's a two-person portion sold to one person, and hand-cut fries collapse into limp sadness faster than frozen ones once they cool. You'll eat 600 calories of good fries and throw away 350 calories of bad ones.

$7.49 avg · 695 cal

The dog is split lengthwise and griddled flat, which gives you crisp edges and a surface that holds mustard and grilled onions properly. It's a genuinely good hot dog. It's also $7.49, and a Little Cheeseburger is a dollar less.

$4.49 avg · 470 cal

Cheapest thing they sell, and it's two slices of American on griddled bread. Where it gets interesting is the free toppings: add grilled onions, mushrooms, and jalapeños and you've built a $4.49 sandwich that isn't embarrassing. Order it plain and you've paid $4.49 for a kid's lunch.

$5.49 avg

Real vanilla base, hand-spun, up to a dozen free mix-ins, and the bacon-plus-salted-caramel combination is not a joke. The recurring complaint is fill level — cups arrive short with whipped cream making up the difference often enough that it's worth watching them build it. Ask for less whip.

$7.49 avg · 533 cal

Seven forty-nine. For bacon, lettuce, and tomato on a bun. The bacon is good and that is the entire case for it. A Little Cheeseburger costs a dollar less, includes beef, and lets you add the lettuce and tomato for free.

$7.49 avg · 510 cal

The worst value on the board. It's the free toppings, on a bun, with a slice of cheese, sold for the price of a bacon sandwich. The plain Veggie Sandwich at $5.99 has the same problem for less money, and a Grilled Cheese loaded with the identical vegetables costs $4.49.