The Original Gourmet Burger Co. in Reading

Food from here is amazing. Service is fast. I love the wraps.

Regularly drop in here whilst working to pick up a tasty burger and chips. The cheese stack burger is out of this world and crammed full of flavour! A real treat & reasonably priced! Give it a go, you won't be disappointed!

Had a super delicious meal here! The rice bowls are delicious and portion sizes are goooood! Everyone was really friendly and hospitable, would deffo come here again!!!

Super delicious with amazing quality ..best value

Best food and clean great service

Every thing superrrr amazingggggggggggg,cleannn and super delicious

I recently ordered a meal through a delivery service, and unfortunately, the overall experience left much to be desired. The service, in particular, was disappointing. The app provided the option to have the food delivered directly to my location—specifically to my hotel room. However, upon arrival, the delivery person called and requested that I come down to the reception, stating that they were unable to bring the order up to my room. This lack of service was inconvenient and contrary to what was promised by the app. As for the meal itself, the hamburgers were well-prepared. The meat was of high quality and tasted very good, which was a highlight of the order. However, the sides I ordered—fries and wings—were underwhelming. Despite being marketed as gourmet, the wings, in particular, were disappointing and did not meet the expectations set by the description. The quality of these items diminished the overall experience and detracted from the meal's gourmet label. In summary, while the burgers were enjoyable, the subpar service and mediocre sides reduced the overall satisfaction of the experience. I would hesitate to describe the meal as gourmet given the inconsistencies in quality.

Quality food and exceptional customer service. Best spot in Reading. Highly recommend!

Nice fresh healthy food. Highly recommend to anyone in good grilled food.

Clean hygiene food, Food is 11/10 very tasty, fresh and delicious can’t go wrong with the prices there Excellent customer service Shoutout to the boss

Great food and service! Regular spot

Food is absolutely amazing here , 😋

Amazing food Nice and fresh never let me down Front of house are friendly

Yesterday i had taste breast burger it was very tasty. chicken was properly cook. Amazing service by ahmad and cooks. 👍🏻👍🏻

Excellent food Great service staff is friendly and helpful food is always great made with love

Fantastic food and service. Would definitely recommend

took lamb burger may be patty size could be increased … remaining all ok with the price.. infact tasty burger

Good food good size portion. However I wouldn’t say ‘gourmet’. If you’re looking for reasonable burger place to fill a hole and doesn’t break the bank then defo this is the place. Ordered the tikka combo, hot dog jalapeño , grilled Chinese wings and tikka bowl. £20 for all. Tikka combo was the best part. Too much cheese sauce on the tikka bowl for my liking. Hot dog wasn’t anything special unfortunately. And the wings for me were a let down, saw them cooking it - it was grilled wings then chucked into a bag with sauce added and mixed. They could’ve put the sauce on the grill with sesame seeds to give it that authentic taste. Overall first time wasn’t bad, will try again and see how it is again. Service 3/5 due to they forgot my wings and had to wait another 15mins.

I’ll start by saying if I could give this a 3.5 stars I would, but I can’t and it’s not a 3 star so 4 it is! It’s a nice little burger spot with some seating inside nice decor and vibe, the menu is expansive to say the least pretty much Something for anyone here. I ordered a a cheese stack burger as a meal. Let’s talk about it, 6oz burger patty loaded with halloumi, mozzarella sticks and more cheese. I was expecting some serious cheese pull with cheese dripping everywhere, but there was none of that but that’s ok. The patty itself could have been frozen bought? Certainly not freshly made in house which a lot of burger spots do these days, it lacked any juiciness was a pretty dry patty tbf, there was some seasoning too it and it had that flame grilled taste. Halloumi was cooked nicely, and mozzarella sticks don’t really do much tbh. The bun certainly held it all together but it was pretty chewy and soft again could have been frozen?. The fries were very basic, some crispy some maybe undercooked, certainly no seasoning on them, came with 2 sauces a mint chillie and garlic mayo both were pretty decent as far as dips go. Overall I wouldn’t say this place is bad, it’s cheap it hits the spot but wouldn’t say it’s gourmet! But for cheap quick decent burger it will hit the spot! Under £10 for burger chips and drink is pretty good In my book! Today’s rating overall is 6.5/10 - needs more finesse and upping the patty game to call this gourmet! But let’s be honest I’d happily go back!

Best burgers in reading - JazakAllah Khair Ahmed.

I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with a recent order I placed through your service. On 23/06/2024 I ordered a meal consisting of a burger, two cans of juice, and two sweet fries, for a total cost of £41.02. Unfortunately, my experience was far from satisfactory. Firstly, the food arrived cold, which significantly detracted from the enjoyment of the meal. Secondly, the order was incomplete, with items missing. Given the high price I paid, this was extremely disappointing. When I attempted to resolve this issue by calling your customer service, I was put on hold and eventually hung up on. This lack of response and support is unacceptable and has left me very dissatisfied with your service. Due to this experience, I do not intend to use your service in

My burger was very tasty and big fresh cooked to order amazing price 1000000 better then takeaway and restaurants nearby

Had a chicken and beef burger in one very creative food and delicious 😋

Me and my Family love the food great atmosphere welcoming service from the staff and always treated with respect highly recommend for all food lover to try

Great food. Great staff. Highly recommend

Disgusting sausage in hotdog bun.This should be a Frankfurter, brown processed meat NOT American hotdog at all and way overpriced.

Just what I wanted.. a dirty take away don't matter the price, it was worth every penny dirty fries chicken tikka fries bowl!! O.m.g and a decent proper burger tastes delicious. Defo recomend.

Very bad food And employees behaviour not good Bad served service Don't visit again guys

Tower Burger and the cake were amazing, but I was missing some items from delivery

Oh dear. Not what the name implies at all. My Original Meal Deal with pre-formed, warmed-over cheap beef patty, sickly sweet onion sauce & pickled jalapeños was only just edible, but I was hungry. No passion in this food. No toilet in this worn-out tired-looking place either. It’s cheap, but I’d avoid if you’re looking for a serious burger. This whole meal was only £8.69 and the shoestring fries were OK so there’s that.

Always buy the Mexicano gourmet burger very nice and slightly chilly aswell hits the spot would recommend to try it

One of the best in town..excellent value and very high quality

Absolutely delicious burger with perfectly cooked chips.

Nice pace for a hand made burgers 🍔

After long time somebody delivered the yummy food to us, every time we order the food from other take aways either it’s cold or taste less and waste of money but The Original Gourmet Burger Co. didn’t disappoint us and specially buy one get one burger deal really surprise us we thought it will be small burgers but it was good size burger and quality wise it was good too. Peri Peri Chicken was yummy and juicy too. Food was delivered hot and on time really enjoyed the meal with family after long time without any issue other wise every time we order the food from out side there are some issue we need more take aways like The Original Gourmet Burger Co. in Reading and who deliver in Arborfield Green. Sorry food was so yummy forgot to take the pictures 😂

Lovely place, great food just a touch cold - the place not the food! Great service

Burgers should be juicy theres were like they were made 2 days ago and then placed on the grill which was dirty... Had food inside the place and that to was dirty

Small,quaint and often busy..but burgers are fantastic !

Awful. The burgers were rubbery, service was fast and poor in general. No care or attention to you as the customer. Not impressed. Won't return.

Love grabbing a peri chicken burger here. Staff are always friendly.

Been going here for 2 years now very good food and service i love your peri peri chicken burgers, and takeaway food is always hot when i get home

Food came cold and looked like this., i called to give the benifit of fixing the ussue as ive ordered over 30+ times with no problems, but appatently they dont want to fix issues when they mess up, didnt get the name of the guy who i spoke to but aporentky it was all my fault. Great customer service. Never ordering again

I been there fırst tıme wıth my frıends, there were 2 young guys and they were nıce and kınd and they took our order kındly.while we were waiting onother old man came and he was very rude just like we did bad things.just want to say do not order that man ask for the other young guys for order

High quality burger and chips, I order the cheese burger usually and it’s amazing! Really recommend.

Really impressed, wasn't expecting it to be that good

The food and service is always on point. Sunday 9th April it was very busy, especially at iftar time but all the staff worked hard together. I watched them churn out order after order and when my food arrived it was hot and tasty. Ahmed was on shift and all the boys worked together to please all the customers.

We ordered in the store for take-away and you can see the stations behind the counter. It looked very much like everything that went into the burger was bought in, premade. Chips were out of a frozen bag, and from what I could tell the burger patties were straight out the fridge. Nothing gourmet about this place. If this doesn't bother you, the burger was still tasty and everything was made to order even if a little pricey given the quality of the food.

Loving their cheese stack. Best burgers in town

Top place! Kids loves too, chicken nuggets brilliant! Not some cheapest weird meat like in some other places. Food always hot and very decent portions for decent price. Everything made really nicely and not overloaded or missing. Definitely worth a visit or get it home when it's to cold & rainy! Thank you

food is okay, chicken wrap is usually dry. definitely the slowest food service in reading.

If you can put the 2 star hygiene rating to the back of your mind, this place is a diamond amongst the rough. It's insanely good value, and the burger variety and flavours are really good, and a great guilty pleasure.

New to the area and been trying to find a local takeaway we can rely on for our once a week takeaway. Driven past here a few times and decided to give it a try. There is a lot of choice here with burgers, hotdogs and chicken available. I thought I would try out the burgers as this is what you'd expect is the speciality. Again a decent choice of burgers, I picked out the original burger with a couple of modifications. Service was very good, order was easy. Didn't have to wait too long for my burger, which I think is an interesting one because it rang some alarm bells. Normally I'd expect the cooking to take a bit longer. Regardless I took the items and went home to try. The burger wasn't that good unfortunately, it had the dry mealy texture of a frozen patty. The toppings were nicely applied and it had a brioche style bun. But it was all let down by a dry juiceless burger. I think if you want to call yourself The Original Gourmet Burger Co you really need to be using freshly made burger patties. This didn't do it for me. The search continues

Been here a few times, but never again, I thought il give it a chance but it was always bad. Gourmet high prices but not gourmet food. Burgers dry and chewy. Chips soggy and bad tasting. Cheese is cheap processed stuff not cheddar. Burger looked messy like it was thrown together, even had nearly half an onion with stalk attached. Paid for extra burger toppings but dont get them. Paid for breast burger and got a strip burger. Staff to busy on phone instead of making sure food comes out quick and hot. After asking about missing items they weren't interested in resolving it. Not recommended.

Fabulous foods and excellent service they are lovely people

This place has got really good this year the piri piri burger is the best I’ve had so far in reading very well priced 6.50 for a meal is insane half the price of pepes and you get a way bigger portion and it tastes so much better especially with the sauce on the chicken and the store is so clean when I go and looks fresh nice design on the packaging as well. Chips also cooked to perfection. Definitely going at least once a week

Five Star to your falafel halloumi burger. Please don’t stop doing it. I see from last one week it’s unavailable. #VeggieNotVegan

Food is good, definitely worth it , one of the best burgers in reading

I just ordered a takeaway. I can say I always order the chicken tikka loaded fries, which is always the best 10/10. However, this time my parents thought let’s try the chicken strips. I can strongly advise anyone who wants to get chicken strips- do not get it as it’s very dry. Also, in my salad I found a plastic at the end, plastic probably from the cucumber wrapping. I (I’m guessing). Very disappointed. I have posted a pic of the plastic

Had the American burger, pretty tasty to he fair, would have been nice to have the option to double up on the patties

clean, tasty food reasonably priced and served quick.

Really good burgers and chips, great choice of different burgers to try each time in

Best chicken wrap very good taste and perfect cooked

Honestly, the best burgers we have ever had! Incredible!

Undercooked chicken - Mega platter Terrible customer service from Mehdi Offering 10% when they are at fault

Never disappoints the taste buds

One of the best places to eat In Reading

The cheese burger is soooo good!

Beware: tough dry frozen burger patties. Not fresh at all. Definitely not gourmet as the name states. Note to restaurant owner: Fresh minced meat is cheaper and better than frozen. Cook gourmet as the name states on your restaurant.

Amazing food, Wide selection and most importantly AMAZING customer service.

FSA rating 2/5 as of 01 September 2021

Burgers are amazing one of the best I travel from Oxford to eat here!

Ordered two burgers and a hot dog, I shall not be going back at all. The Burger is full of hard gristle took many bites to ensure it wasn't just an unlucky first bite. All I can saw is the taste is ok but as soon as your mouth is full of rock like gristle the whole experience dies. Chips were good but unfortunately they use the cheapest of the cheap burgers and the hot dog is cheap fish n chip meat not worth what they ask for it, and the taste.is not nice. Packaged well but the contents really let this place down.

Always eat her when in Reading see you for the next three weeks excellent as usual

Enjoy the food from here but recently last 3 times have had items missing from my order. Ordered today missing my fries drink and sauces when ordered a meal just the burger and nuggets turned up.

Love these burgers!!!! Tried them once for a change without knowing what were we gping to have and they are our main burger place now! We love the variety of burgers (have tried a few and they are all amazing!), price and food quality are perfect (although I have to say that Fridays and Saturdays it is a bit worse than weekdays, specially the chips), amount of food is more than enough and presentation is perfect! 100% recommended!!!

Glad I ordered from here, I never ordered from here before and today thought giving it a try. Which turns to be today's best decision. The burger and fries were awesome never had such fresh and crispy fries from a delivery. And the beef (original) burger was awesome the cheese the sauce.. I mean it's great. I usually never posts reviews today after having I couldn't resist and called them already now posting here. Must try

Really delicious burgers and fresh chips, my favourite is the Italian chicken burger😋 highly recommend!!

Ordered through Just Eat today. 1) Incomplete order (one meal deal instead of two) 2) So sad burgers! Seemed like someone sat on them.. 3) No Juice in patty.. Very dry 4) Spent almost 50 pounds for 8 burgers through Justeat!!!! Expensive deal but not worth Wont order again... Good only when you have it there.

Best place for burgers, I love them so much, very clean, efficient and friendly staff. Keep it up guys 👍🏻

Hands down the best wings I’ve ever had. My friend recommended me Gourmet burger reading and they didn’t disappoint. I’ll be back very soon

Had the cheese melt burger,horrible taste overcooked and very salty

Every time I've been here, it's been good. Good quality chicken. Wait times are usually good. Sometimes it can be long

Great place for halal burger. American style cheese burgers and other creative options. Prices are also decent for the portion

I have been known to drive from SUNBURY, Surrey for this places food. If I know I'm going to Reading, I won't eat!!!!!!!!!! Can only give 5stars, deserves more. Just saying.

What a burger for the price, easily up there with GBK et al. Proper thick tasty burger well worth a visit

Service is a tad bit slow, average

Doing a bit of a new area tour since moving here for uni Having tried the cheap yet overpriced food at the café along, decided no one could mess up a burger meal Yeah, actually, someone can indeed mess up a burger meal. This place can. If you manage to safely get inside, running the gauntlet of roadmen outside trying to look well 'ard, and dodge both the builders and scaffolding with limited health and safety knowledge and the UberEats/deliveroo riders waiting outside, you get in to what looks like it may have been cool in 1975. This being 2021, it's so not cool anymore. Prepare to repeat your order v-e-r-y slowly, at least three times before you get a nod and asked to part with a considerable sum of cash. Got it home and talking slowly hadn't worked as each and every bit of what was shoved in the bag was wrong. If you thought McDonald's lacked flavour then you will be sourly disappointed here. Not sure if it was a burger or the cardboard from underneath a microwave burger? Vegetarian housemate was given chicken. Or soylent green. Who knows. How this place is open I've no idea but I won't be going back. I wasn't going to complain in person as the roadman probably wouldn't have appreciated it. Proof that you should stick to what you know.

Always fab tasting food.Much better than Nandos

I ordered the lamb classic which is very juicy and no strong smell, vegetables are very fresh with the sauce just match well £4.29👍

Mr Baig is a good guy. Always provide 100% good food service

Ordered via just eat last night after reading all the great reviews on Google but I must admit that was I disappointed. My lamb burger was cold which was surprising and frustrating as the food was delivered quickly and the beef burger which my wife had was warm (though not hot). The patty was also a bit dry which again was disappointing. The fries were again average and not hot. On the plus side, the buffalo wings were very good and flavorful, delivery was quick and friendly and food is well priced too. Maybe the average food was a one off and it was our first time too, but definitely disappointed.

This place is an absolute joke, they take your money and don’t even deliver your order. After 3 hours of waiting for my order, they tell me it’s been delivered when it didn’t! The driver is completely rude, swore on the phone and hung up. When you call the takeaway, all they do is laugh on the call and put you on hold! DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS PLACE! YOU WILL REGRET IT! FAKE BUSINESS! THEY TAKE YOUR MONEY AND DONT DELIVER! WOULDVE GIVEN NO RATINGS BUT HAD TO PUT 1 TO SUBMIT.

The Original Gourmet Burger outlet today for a piri piri chicken wrap. So shop front thou in its hay day was done to a fairly decent standard it's now looking pretty worn, it's still clean thou and they have bench seating you can sit at... On looking at there prices they are very reasonable and our at the average range for this type of outlet, the product packaging is great loverly paper bags, and recycled card containers, the fries were very good for the price and you certainly could taste the potatoes in them, the wrap was also very good with a decent standard piri piri sauce marinade, there some parking to the front but this small shopping pr cinct is quite busy you can park around the corner thou in Noris Road which is still 2hrs no return. All in all a thumbs up definitely from me 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Combo tikka is the best burger I've ever had. Well priced. I have eaten here many times without disappointment. My favourite burger place.

Strongly recommend! Best burgers and chicken in town . Can't complain! 👌👌

Great food for a good price. Definitely recommend

Provides good food and good service 👍👍👍

Chicken platters with hot sauce - bangin'

By farr the best burger joint in reading.

Great taste, cleaningness Ok, Buffalo wings good, quite spicy 🔥, beware.