Burger Review: Wimpy
The last time I had Wimpy was pre Gulf War and even back then it wasn’t a really popular place. Today I think they only have one branch in Kuwait which is in Nouzha and thank God for that.
Nibaq recommended I pass by and try their burgers which I happily did yesterday during my lunch break. The place looks shabby on the outside but since their burgers came highly recommended I decided to still go ahead and give them a shot. I ordered the two most popular burgers according to the cashier, the Quarter Cheese and the King Size. One’s a rip off of McD’s Quarter Pounder while the other the Big Mac. I picked up the burgers and went across the street to Shrimpy where my friends were having lunch.
Once I sat down and opened the bag the first thing I noticed was the smell, it was horrendous. It smelled like a cat thats been dead for a week in a public bathroom. Even my friends sitting next to me asked me what that awful smell was. Even with the terrible smell I still went ahead and tried the burgers because they were recommended by my so called good friend Nibaq.
Just yesterday I mentioned that its impossible to go wrong with a burger yet Wimpy have managed to prove me wrong with just a day into this burger challenge. These had to be the worst burgers I ever had. Now I’m a big fan of cheapo burgers so don’t think I am a burger snob or anything of that sort. My favorite burger place in Lebanon was called Gringo and was one of those shipping containers turned into a eat and die place with a large orange mexican looking horse painted on the side. But the Whimpy burgers were really nasty, like really bad. I honestly thought I would get food poisoning and thats why I waited till the next day to post the review. Their burgers are so bad that I decided if I got food poisoning they would get zero stars but if I survived unharmed I would give them a half a star and thats what they got. Its been nearly 24 hours since I had the burgers and I am still walking and talking without any side effects. It’s a good thing I didn’t listen to Nibaq and order the Quarter Cheese with Eggs thats for sure. I am going to end this post with an advice to everyone, stay away from Wimpy!
Wimpy’s telephone number is 2531372/4
The cost of the Quarter Cheese burger is 750fils
The cost of the King Size burger is also 750fils
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48 Comments, add your own...
1. z | March 13th, 2008 at 10:29 am
your selection of restaurants is way off,
2. Mark | March 13th, 2008 at 10:31 am
z this is supposed to be a fun challenge and I do want to have as many kind of burgers as i can. so as i said in my original post, you will have some reviews of expected places and some of the unexpected. just be patient.
3. Explorer | March 13th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Here’s a price/quality ratio comparison with The Little Oven :p
The Little Oven: 2.4/3.5 = 0.686
Wimpy: 0.75/0.5 = 1.5
4. Mark | March 13th, 2008 at 10:34 am
thats actually an interesting formula, going to give it a try with the rest of the reviews. so the lower the result the better? cuz if something costs kd1 and got a score of 5 thats a 0.2
5. mocman | March 13th, 2008 at 10:36 am
big thumbs up to nibaq!! keep it up bro….
6. Mark | March 13th, 2008 at 10:40 am
thats how he plans to take over this blog, by killing me
7. Moey | March 13th, 2008 at 10:47 am
they have huge demand, i mean wtf 3 phone lines
8. cajie | March 13th, 2008 at 10:47 am
The popular burger joints have to be reviewed for the challenge to be taken seriously. And by that, I mean:
1. MacDonalds
2. Hardees
3. Burger King.
9. Abdullah | March 13th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Now I am craving for a burger? Again ..How long this burger thing going to last?
10. Mark | March 13th, 2008 at 11:03 am
well i was planning 2 burger reviews a week but i think i am going to do a burger a day.
11. note | March 13th, 2008 at 11:13 am
dont forget to put your before/after weight
12. Cinemaeyes | March 13th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Interesting Challenge, I hope at the end you put a final post with all the results/scores!
13. naser m | March 13th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
if ur up 4 a winner, let me know my home made patty is by far the ultimate burger, as reviewed by friends in the shaleh
14. sdf | March 13th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
you planning to die eating all that beef?
15. fatfukka | March 13th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Mark, I gonna have to change my name and gif it to u now?
16. Explorer | March 13th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Mark, yes the lower the ratio the better :) ie, you’re actually paying more at Wimpy when considering quality; hence for Wimpy and Little Oven to be equal thru this ratio, the Wimpy burger has to be sold at 350 Fils
17. Rakan | March 13th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Mark, you need to drink mugs of laxative tea.
18. S | March 13th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I strongly recommend you try prime and toast’s burger.
Now that’s a winner!
19. L's | March 13th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Hi mark. I like Burger Company. I order from them when I am craving Johnny Rocket’s but too lazy to go there. Try their original or the Bacon one. They deliver.
Their telephone number is 2251555
20. Yousef | March 13th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
hahahah Mark I know this is a typo, but its freakin funny:
“was called Gringo and was one of those shipping containers turned into a eat and DIE place ”
LMAO!
21. anwarhayder | March 13th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
you should go and try burgers in the free trade zone. there is a shisha place called Harbour with a 100 inch flat screen hd tv and a place right next to it called bonjourno. Suprisingly enough all the burgers at harbour are resonably priced and i tired them all and like them all. bonjourno has all these homemade mutton burgers and they are ok just because the preperation is wrong. (like they put roca leaves directly ontop of the hot meat so they become all soggy and crap). to get there you leave movenpick on your left and head straight till you hit a circle. go straight on the circle as soon as you pass it you will find them on your right hand side next to the ministry for higher education buildings.
22. anwarhayder | March 13th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
there also was a place that were serving burgers on new years eve at a party i was at. i will find the name and i have to say those were some damn good burgers, but i wasnt entirely myself that night :)
23. Mark | March 13th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
its not a type, its a koll and mout place, eat and die.
24. Z | March 13th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Your next burger should be the Prime and Toast Burger.. Its a must and I am sure will get great review..
25. AngelOfDeth | March 13th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
A HUGE gringo fan ;) + I 2nd Burger Company.
26. John | March 13th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Facts about “Supersize Me”:
“After thirty days, he gained 24.5 lb (11.1 kg), a 13% body mass increase, and his Body Mass Index rose from 23.2 (within the ‘healthy’ range of 19-25) to 27 (’overweight’). He also experienced mood swings, sexual dysfunction, and liver damage. It took Spurlock fourteen months to lose the weight he gained. One doctor stated that the irreversible damage done to his liver could cause a heart attack even if he lost all the weight gained during the experiment.”
Good luck!!
27. Mark | March 13th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
You know gringo? It was located in Kaslik
28. Mark | March 13th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
yeah but supersize me sucks. during university i spent like 4 years eating mcdonalds everyday and i only gained weight when i came to kuwait and started eating proper food!
29. Amjad | March 13th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
John:
Good for him. :) .. after all, he proved NOTHING.
30. Marzouq | March 13th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
That just looks disgusting!
31. Mark | March 13th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Marzouq thats why nibaq is going to get his ass kicked tonight
32. Asooma | March 13th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
“urned into a eat and die place”
I know its typo but still.. funny .. its like
33. Asooma | March 13th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
hey! where is my
34. Asooma | March 13th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
shit!
plz edit my posts.. i said
35. EXzombie | March 13th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
you only eat roast beef and chicken felet from Wimpy, I still don’t know how Nibaq eat “drool burger”…..!!!
36. Angelo | March 13th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Mark, I tried the Triple Prime Burger at Ruby’s Tuesday in the states the other day and it was quite delicious. I dunno if they sell that in Kuwait but if they do, I highly recommend that you give it a try.
Keep it up ;)
37. TripleM | March 13th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
you should try the new Cheesesteak burger its the best..
38. Holla | March 13th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
nibaq 1
mark 0
it was prob on purpose LMAO
39. dj | March 13th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Now that’s a wimpy lookin burger.
40. Ansam | March 13th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Try Wagyu burger at the Slider Station… it is around KD 12 and it comes in a big boat on the conveyor belt.
41. Movies&Music News Blog | March 14th, 2008 at 4:16 am
it’s suck , i hate Wimpy
42. Rakan | March 14th, 2008 at 10:48 am
BOSTON PATTY MELT - you can find it at “Black and White”, Qurtoba Co-op.
43. Zed | March 14th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
dont waste your time, just go to The Burger Co. and end this challenge
44. Mark | March 14th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
I dont know how Burger Company is now but when I tried it like a year ago it wasn’t all that. Will give it a shot again though.
45. Sam | March 14th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
wimpy burgers are DISGUSTING.
46. liluaokalani | March 15th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
i like wimpy
47. vampire | March 15th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
i always loved wimpy but since the last time i had a double cheese with egg from there, i decided not to have it again
i’m telling u this egain: try applebees burger,, the mushroom burger
48. Mark | March 15th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
I will I will!! I go to souk sharq for lunch so i will try it soon.
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