FLIP Burger Boutique
I’m probably the last one to post a review on FLIP. I’ve been here a handful of times and each time, we’ve had to wait a good 45 minutes for a table. It didn’t matter whether we came on a weekday or a weekend, mid-day or peak time. There was a wait. But tables do turn fast and it’s nice to people watch while waiting or ogle what people are eating.
On this last visit, my sister insisted we sit at the bar where Chef Mark Nanna was in action. So we gave up our table twice for the much coveted bar seats. Believe me, it was worth the wait — Chef Mark in a graceful cadence, focused, yet still having fun.
I do have to point out that the burgers here are smallish (5.5 oz uncooked). I have to have at least two. They are bigger than a slider yet smaller than the norm. I did see a few ladies eat just one and a good many who ate two. Most guys eat two or more. I had three. Burgers are made with hangar steak, brisket, and shortrib so there’s a good amount of good tasting fat in them. My all-time favorites are the FLIP burger and the Butcher Cut. The FLIP burger is pure, unadulterated burger goodness. You can’t go wrong with it. It is simple yet a consistently good all-around burger. The buttery brioche the burgers come in is definitely a plus and makes the burgers as good as they are.
I really like the Butcher Cut. It’s got caramelized onions, blue cheese, and red wine jam. The jam cuts into the fattiness of the meat which is really nice. The Po Boyger, sadly, is my least favorite. I really love shrimp but a thick patty of ground shrimp tastes, well, shrimpy. In small quantities like dimsum, they’re great but the minute you use a whole lot of them, hmm, I don’t know — they’re just hard to handle. I did see a lot of people order them and didn’t have any problems finishing them. I’m sure it’s just me.
For sides, the onion rings rule. The thin, crispy batter is excellent. The tempura rutabaga wasn’t as big a hit. I guess I just find the breading too thick — they were more like sliced rutabagas encased in doughnuts. Our fries this visit was a let down. They were so oily and I know the oil that the fry guy used just wasn’t hot enough. We had to send it back and the replacement was a tad better but not as good as when we had them before.
I find the Krispy Kreme milkshake a little sweet for my liking. But I do like the Nutella milkshake. It actually tasted more chocolatey than Nutella and I like the bits of nuts for crunch. Loved the toasted marshmallow topping although I personally think they put too much of it.
Verdict: A fun, trendy place to have unique burgers. Service can be slow but efficient, nonetheless. Average tab per person $25 (two burgers, a side, and a shake).
Insider tip:
Shakes can be shared and will be served into two smaller glasses. Additional parking across the street.
The scoop:
FLIP Burger Boutique
1587 Howell Mill Rd NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
(404) 352-3547
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7 responses so far ↓
1 Bren // Feb 9, 2009 at 3:05 pm
i’ve not done my review either, but will after reading this. i had such a great time there! and thank God we didn’t have to wait 45 minutes!
2 Katharine // Feb 9, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Service was terribly slow when we went there on January 9th, 2009, and it shouldn’t have been.
We arrived at around 2:40 or so, after the main lunch crowd and before the dinner crowd; we were seated immediately, but it took forever to for our food to arrive, and we had told our server that we needed to go because we were on the clock.
I was completely finished with my Nutella milkshake and *still* waiting before my bun mi burger arrived, and I didn’t drink it quickly.
Despite the quality of the ingredients, I thought it was overpriced for the portion size. My burger was tasty, as was the shake, but I couldn’t call it a good value.
I’ll try it again in the future. I just hope that the kinks have been worked out by then.
3 Chloe // Feb 10, 2009 at 11:10 am
Bren — get a move on
Katharine — I am with you a hundred percent. My last visit, we had to wait for our burgers a good 30 minutes. And like you, we were finished with our shakes and diet cokes way before the food arrived. I also think it’s very pricey. A trendy place, for sure.
4 Review: Flip Burger Boutique | Tales of a Charmed Life // Mar 3, 2009 at 11:23 pm
[...] new burger place off Howell Mill, Flip Burger Boutique. I read about it a few weeks ago on Chow Down Atlanta and have been wanting to try it out ever since. A group of us tried to go weekend before last but [...]
5 Jeffrey // Sep 14, 2009 at 3:39 pm
I went on Friday & had the Po Boyger. WAY too much tobasco. Couldn’t taste the shrimp at all.
6 Christy Annis Interview | A is for Atlanta // Jan 15, 2010 at 12:30 pm
[...] road, we’ll swing through The Varsity, because you just gotta do The Varsity, and then head to Flip Burger Boutique for a Krispy Krème milkshake. This shake is just plain gluttony. [...]
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