Meat Liquor

Tried out ML last night. Hidden just off Oxford street and you’d find it hard to locate if you didn’t know of it. Very American diner style food and that’s a great thing. Super tasty burgers and fries. Atmosphere also resembles an American diner and they have the concept down perfectly. Great for birthdays or big groups out.

Be warned, you’re going to make a mess when you eat at MeatLiquor! But worry not, as there are rolls of kitchen paper towels on each table. Greasy goodness, but not the type you end up regretting an hour later, the type that feels like it’s giving your tummy a big warm hug. I had the fried chicken smothered in gooey cheese in a bun. It really hit the spot! Their cocktails are pretty tasty too. This place does get very busy with queues out the door, but somehow we managed to get a table straight away on a Friday night after work, so you might get lucky.

Been a few times and always love it there chicken wings are spot on and the burgers are great too

Super cool place! Food is also delicious.
This place it definitely unique, the décor is really cool, a perfect fit with the burgers and drinks.
The staff is also very helpful in recommending food and drinks! Definitely recommend!

Second visit to Meatliquor and decided to have food at the original outlet. We went during the five year anniversary where everything was 50% off (absolutely mad, and our wallets felt all the better for it). I ordered a Dead Hippie Burger (my favourite) and we decided to share a garbage plate. It’s not a plate of garbage — it’s a huge plate of chips, caramelized onions, a patty, and barbecue sauce. And it was GOOD. The patties in both burger and plate were dripping with juice as usual, and my friend wanted to go back to MEATliquor again just for the garbage plate (she hates burger buns and loves chips). They played some great music as well, and while some may feel uncomfortable in the darkness, I loved it to bits and am ready to eat more meat. Very friendly waiter as well who was nice and pretty prompt.

The portion of chillli cheese fries was so big!!! Food Quite enjoyable at first but then easily feel fed up since the portion is too big and heavy tho.

The food is fantastic! Greasy, deep fried deliciousness. I was surprised at how reasonably everything was priced as well. Honestly a bit dark inside, but I guess thats the atmosphere. We came on a Monday night so it was fairly quiet.
The only thing was the service was awful. Our server barely spoke above a whisper and came over only once. Made it difficult to get the bill. When we did receive the bill, they had added on gratuity (we were a party 2… so thats not really fair) and a ‘donation.’ When I queried the server what the ‘donation’ was for, she said she wasn’t sure. I obviously demanded it be taken off our bill as I will not be coerced into making a donation to something I dont even know. I also asked for the gratuity to be taken off, as its quite presumptuous to add that on. Being Canadian, I happily tip generously when I receive good service but I think its shameful for a restaurant to add automatic gratuities onto small parties — especially when the service is so painfully mediocre.

Food is great, usually pretty quick to come out and not that expensive. The burgers are pretty damn good — not your usual boring burgers. Only cons are that the venue is super dark and the food comes out on a tray, no on individual plates.

This is the place for best chicken wings! Burgers are juicy and the atmosphere has its own hype.
This llace is a must see in London.

Do you like meat? This is your place then.
Saturday night. Long shift at work. Grumpy and hungry. Not a happy Alba. I was craving beer and meat. And that’s what you get if you go to ‘Meat Liquor’. I was a big fan of ‘Meat Mission’ already so I though: I’m sure it will be fine.
We got a nice table, next to the bar. It is similar to ‘Meat Mission’: dark and loud (music is even louder there). I didn’t care, I was in heaven. Burgers and booze everywhere! We ordered straight away. Service was fun and lovely! Our drinks and food in perfect time. Soooo gooood. We devoued our burgers and sides.
I was really tired so we didn’t stay long. It was really crowded and everyone seemed to be having a lot of fun. Next time! I’ll come back for sure.

Arrive hungry, leave drunk”. That’s the tagline for this restaurant so it’s really no wonder that’s it’s one of my favourites! The other thing I love about MEATLiquor is the fact that despite all the hysteria around 2 hour queues around the street for a table — every time I’ve been, I’ve walked straight in and been seated! (Sundays afternoons seem to work a charm!).
As soon as you walk through the front doors, you’re plunged into a dark, domed room complete with red lighting, wrought iron pillars, and sinister illustrations of owls, wolves and skulls adorning the walls. It’s not for the faint-​hearted and it’s not very camera friendly but the food itself more than makes up for that! I actually quite like the vibe of the restaurant, it feels like a real hardened bar where you’d expect to find some seasoned drinkers glugging bourbon out the back and MEATLiquor seem keen to indulge that vision with an impressive drinks menu to match. I always go for the fabulously named ‘Donkey Punch’ — vodka served over cubed ice with a dash of Absinthe and topped with spicy ginger beer, a dash of bitters and fresh lime.
Meat Liquor is my idea of heaven with a hangover — I can only go following a night of drinking when all plans of calorie counting go out the window and I can feast on all the meaty, cheesiness goodness I desire! The tables each have a roll of kitchen towel plonked on them so you know this is a place for feasting. The dead hippie burger seems to be the sweetheart of the restaurant, but my favourite option is always the buffalo chicken burger. I can honestly say it is the best burger I’ve ever eaten (and I’m a beef kind of girl) — the combination of the hot sauce/​blue cheese and the crunchy batter is simply out of this world.
Remember fries are made for sharing — and the chilli cheese fries in themselves are a meal! A huge mass of potato fries heaped with flavoursome chilli, melted cheese and chopped jalapenos — order these to share or face a man versus food challenge if you so wish!

Still on my hunt for the best burger of London, I decided to try Meatliquor on Saturday night. I had high expectations for this place, as I was bringing some friends with me and wanted them to have a great time ! But Meatliquor didn’t disappoint !
The atmosphere is really funny and unconventional: it’s dark and edgy, with a lot of photobooth pictures, writing on the walls, red lights, neon sign lights… Here, you don’t just eat a burger, you embrace the place !
Because everything seemed so delicious, we shared a lot of our plates. So I got to try the chili cheese fries, the hippie fries, the mac’n’cheese for the sides, and I had a red chili burger for the main. Everything was delicious ! My favourite sides were the mac’n’cheese and the chili cheese fries, which were a perfect match with my burger ! Yes, I love a good beef chili in my fries and burger ;)
I really wanted to try the milkshakes (especially the White Russian) but I was already full. Next time ?
The only thing that annoyed me a little, is the fact that we had to speak really loud to understand each other. Part of the atmosphere I guess !

This is a burger and cocktail place. The atmosphere is underground, it is quite dark inside with subdued lighting, some music, street art on the walls. It is a nice atmosphere yet a bit noisy to chat easily, but well it is a burger place and the way the food is served you know you are going to need some cleaning after eating so don’t bring a date!
At the entrance they take your name for the table and then they let you in to enjoy a cocktail, we were wondering if we were supposed to rush whenever a table is available but no they really search you in the room when your table is ready!
Cocktail time! They have a huge range of cocktails available, pretty much every alcohol you might like is available. I took the cocktail called game-​over. It was really good, yet I think the red bull is either too sweet or too strong to taste all the flavours in the cocktail, maybe you can ask to have the cocktail with more lemon juice and less or no red bull.
When the waitress finally finds you in the room, trying to pronounce you name which can be quite funny if you are not from the UK, it is now time to feast!
The burgers are really good, however they kind of feel small, it is not about the number of layer in it, maybe it is the bread which is not that thick but don’t worry you will leave the place full. Because the sides are huge! Really it is like a whole plate of fries topped with whatever you chose, be it spicy minced meat or onions…
Be warned however, when they write hot something, I mean it is not hot if you are used to eating spicy food but for newbies I wouldn’t recommend it!

Loveeeeee this place, came across it a few years ago just behind selfridges, and since then i have been going back time and time again. Yes it is a little dark inside, but the food is impeccable. Large portions, value for money, proper american style burgers, loaded fries, battered pickles, simply the best mouth watering binge eating you will experience. The milkshakes are also yummmy. If you can’t eat it all in 1 sitting, ask for a doggy bag, its well worth it :)
Be sure to get there quick, otherwise there will be a queue outside, which is definitely worth the wait.

Sooo I’d been waiting to go to one of the Meat Liquor branches for a long time and a few weeks ago bf and I popped in to Meat Market in CG and bloomin loved it so went away vowing to try their other branches!
Low and behold I get an email over bank holiday weekend offering 50% off on Tuesday 26^th to beat those post bank holiday blues! Well boy did they?!
It was a toss up between Meat Liquor or Meat Mission but we decided to Meat Liquor (closer to home and reviews on Unilocal swayed me)
I’ve heard queues can get ridiculous so we rocked up pretty early at 6. It was getting busy but we were seated straight away.
Man is it dark and noisy but you know what I liked it even though I couldn’t hear my bf half the time.
Unlike Meat Market, there is table service, staff were friendly and service was reasonably quick.
Well the food was amazing! I had the bacon and cheese burger — soooo good, especially the bacon! Bf had the red chilli burger which he liked but preferred mine! I tried the chilli — was delish but a bit spicy for me. We also got onion rings (the biggest and crispest you ever did see), coleslaw (to be healthy) and Mac and cheese bites to share. Best Onion rings I’ve ever had (no lie) and I bloomin love the Mac and cheese.
Menu is slightly different here (less burger choice) and also there is a side (monkey fingers) I want to try from Meat Mission so will definitely be going there next — if my heart can take it!
They also don’t do puddings which is a shame however I was so insanely full it shouldn’t have mattered!
In all came to £30 with a cocktail and 2 beers (50% off food) and tip — not bad seeing as I could barely roll home!

After my colleagues ranted and raved about this place I grabbed my Burger-​buddy and made a date of it.
Firstly the décor is amazing, slaughterhouse style with a hint of Vaudeville. It was very dark and I could easily imagine a party coming from Torture Garden to dine here before heading off to play with toys similar to the decorations.
We were lucky in that as there were only two of us we had only a 25 minutes wait, and doubly lucky that we were allowed to wait inside at the bar.
The cocktails are great, a little bit pricey, even for this part of London, but well made. Sadly it took me 15 minutes to catch the bar-​staffs eyes there were two of them behind the bar doing nothing, just talking to each other whilst one guy worked the waiting crowd. When we were shown to our table and ordered our food arrived quickly but the staff were inattentive, possibly due to the large number of people wanting to eat here. The chips were divine, but the burgers were disappointing a little too greasy and over-​cooked.
My burger-​buddy and I were comparing it to other burger bars in the area and it came up short. — However it is apparently open ’til the early hours and so after a night out my attitude towards it might have changed.

Does not take reservations. Long queue. But they did bring out onion rings for us to sample which were lovely. Had a sweaty atmosphere and almost felt unhealthy breathing in the air. Food was nice but almost too sickly!

Always a favourite haunt but had to review after my last visit… feasted for the first time on the buffalo chicken burger and OH MY GOD best thing I have ever had ever. I am genuinely still thinking about it 4 days later. Blue cheese sauce on top with mac and cheese bites on the side… literally chickeny heaven on a plate.
TOP TIP: Went at about 4pm on a Saturday and for the first time ever I didn’t have to queue — so skip lunch and have an early dinner!

So this is how some devilish, voodoo, New Orleans underground cult would make a burger. It’s dark, it’s loud, and the Dead Hippy’s meaty juices act like an elixir to control your mind. You are now one of them. Happily consuming 2,000 calories in one meal. The music pumping into your ears tells you it’s ok … go on … do it … shhh, just eat the deep fried mac & cheese. Just put it in your mouth like a good girl. Wait, that just went too far.

If you want meat and you want it now, get down here asap — MeatLiquor is an experience and certainly one that shouldn’t be missed, especially for burger fans.
Given burgers don’t sit at the top of my food agenda, I delayed coming here amongst all the hype it had a few months ago, but I luckily decided enough was enough, and I grabbed lunch on a quiet (ish) Tuesday lunchtime.
The décor is enough to set your tastebuds to the moon and back, old American-​style bar scene with iron clad bars and exposed timber. Bench, booth and stool seating with a nice bit of room over by the bar to knock a few pickle-​backs in the gullet. We were seated right in the middle of the action, louder than average but a really nice fun vibe. The menu is vast and filled to the brim with burgers of all variations, and I mean ALL variations. The list is crammed with different ingredients, everything from halloumi, red onions, pepper sauce and mustard-​fried patties — excellent!
After a great punchy suffolk cider, I wanted nothing but the «Dirty Chicken» burger in front of me. I jumped in on some slaw to also sweeten the deal. Not much of a wait later, this absolute beast of a chicken burger landed on my table. Huge, almost glowing buns cover one of the best fried chicken slabs I’ve ever laid eyes on. The usual suspects of lettuce, tomato and onions were also stuffed right on in there… Lost in the atmosphere of EAT EVERYTHING NOW (Angry Face), I lifted the top bun and shoved the slaw right in… First bite, wow, second bite, double-​wow and by the 5^th it was gone. WHAT a chicken burger and it’s up there with the best in the city!
Outside of the burgers, the menu is filled with amazing sides including deep fried pickles, cheese fries and onion rings. And then there’s the adult-​only milkshakes. I mean where else can you get a Jäger and vanilla shake!
This place is awesome, a real in-​your-​face place to enjoy a couple of stiff drinks and tasty hearty food. It’s perfect for a group of mates or colleagues to kick back and get loose. So leave your diets at your desk and don’t worry about the huge lines outside, this place is more than worth it.
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En visite à Londres ce week-​end, mon cher et tendre souhaitait absolument aller manger dans ce lieu étrange et au succès apparemment grandissant (interdit aux enfants après 18h).
Nous arrivons devant la restaurant, situé aux alentours de la station Bond Street, aux alentours de 19h. Comme spécifié sur leur site, pas de réservation et une possible file à l’entrée: ça n’a pas manqué car malgré l’heure pas trop tardive, il y avait entre six et huit personnes devant nous.
Bön, pas la peine de râler, à première vue, car on entre au bout de 10 minutes d’attente, un cachet sur la main afin de pouvoir re-​rentrer en cas de sortie pour prendre l’air.
On entre donc, on prend notre nom et on nous invite à nous diriger vers le bar, bondé, au fond du restaurant. Cela nous permet de décrypter la déco et l’atmosphêre ultra particulière du lieu: il y fait noir/​très sombre, lumière rouge pour un minimum de clarté, tables et chaises en bois disposée «en cercle» autour et dans une sorte de mezzanine ronde et centrale, des dessins un peu «„trashs“» sur les murs. C’est spécial, du jamais vu pour moi et ça vaut le détour.
On a pu admirer tout cela (et les gens qui mangeaient) pendant… 1h. Oui oui, 1h d’attente entre l’entrée et le placement, voyant tous les groupes/​couples être mis à table par ordre d’arrivée. C’est logique, un peu bizarre mais pas super super bien organisé (victimes de leur succès? Des gens faisaient encore la file lorsqu’on est sortis vers 22h.).
Enfin à table, on choisi parmi la liste de burgers et autres petites choses à prix plus ou moins raisonnables pour la capitale anglaise. Attention, les garnitures (frites, onions rings.) né sont pas compris dans le prix.
Un «Deadhippie» pour le chéri et un «Cheeseburger» pour moi. Arrivés avec beaucoup de retard car notre commande a été légèrement oubliée (bon, ça arrive.) mais soyons patients !
Un des meilleurs burgers mangés pour ma part: pain «maison», viande très bonne et cuite au souhait, garnitures généreuse. THE BEST pour le chéri: malgré la loooooongue attente, on né regrette rien !
Bref, armez-​vous de patience et allez-​y sans hésiter si vous aimez les lieux originaux et les burgers à tomber. Un conseil: soyez sur place assez tôt afin de manger à une heure convenable ;)