A burger bar in Blackpool has been a popular spot for years thanks to its bargain food prices – but what does the burger taste like? One man went to find out
Finding a lunch for £1 in today’s economy is no easy feat, with even a supermarket meal deal setting you back at least £3.60 at Tesco. However, there’s one spot in Blackpool where you can still nab a burger for just a quid – and it appears the owner has no plans to hike up the prices anytime soon.
But does it pass the taste test? Higgitt’s Las Vegas Arcade in the popular seaside resort continues to draw in the crowds. Recent TripAdvisor reviews rave that you “genuinely can’t get better value than this” and praise the burgers as “big and delicious”.
One customer even journeyed “a long way” to try the “famous £1 burger” and found it did not “it didn’t disappoint”.
Online influencer Spencer, also known as Gully, took to his @lifeatgully TikTok account to share his verdict on the £1 burger, which left him rather taken aback. Scanning the menu, he noticed a cheeseburger was available for an additional 50p.
Other options such as a Spam and Egg Barm, Sausage and Egg Barm and a Spam and Cheese Barm were priced at just £1.50. Meanwhile, a Burger and Onions, Hot Dogs, Egg Barm, Spam Barm and Sausage Barm all came in at a mere £1 each.
Gully opted for a £1 burger with onions and ketchup. While waiting, he queried the owner if he planned to “move away from the £1 burger”, following its online fame, to which the response was a resounding “No, no, no!”.
He then proceeded to sample the burger, jokingly taking his first bite “with caution” due to its speedy preparation time of “it was ready in about eight seconds”. However, he was pleasantly surprised by the flavour.
“It’s actually not bad. I don’t think they’re too bad. I’m not even going to complain about it. Decent.”
He wasn’t the only one who thought the burgers were worth every penny. “I went on Saturday. It’s actually decent,” one customer said.
Another chimed in: “I’ve been there before and it’s such good burgers I think.
“They’re just as good as any burgers in Blackpool honestly,” another added.
Reporter Conaill Corner from the ECHO also recently visited the popular spot and was happy to sing its praises: From the point that I told the chef my order of burger and onions to the moment when he’d wrapped it up and placed it in front of me, the time which had passed mustn’t have been more than 30 seconds – a turnaround time that puts supposed ‘fast-food restaurants’ to shame.
And, I have to say, it was good. Not gourmet, not award-winning, but good in that way only seaside burgers can be.
The kind that reminds you of childhood trips to the coast, the smell of salt in the air, and a ketchup-slicked bun in your little mitts. The burger was moist, generously sized, and sandwiched between a no nonsense oven bottom muffin. Nostalgia served hot.